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Characterization of commercial 18,650 Li-ion batteries using strain gauges
Most battery management systems make decisions based on voltage, current and temperature. Based on volume change, the resistance strain method is proposed and used to obtain more information about battery stat...
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A trimeric human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 as an anti-SARS-CoV-2 agent
Effective intervention strategies are urgently needed to control the COVID-19 pandemic. Human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is a membrane-bound carboxypeptidase that forms a dimer and serves as the ce...
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Open AccessSearching large-scale scRNA-seq databases via unbiased cell embedding with Cell BLAST
Single-cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) is being used widely to resolve cellular heterogeneity. With the rapid accumulation of public scRNA-seq data, an effective and efficient cell-querying method is critical for the...
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Mesenchymal Stem Cell Based Approaches for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Immunotherapy
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease, which is characterized by multi-organ involvement, with significant morbidity and mortality in young women predominantly. SLE is pathologically char...
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Open AccessNovel mutations in ADSL for Adenylosuccinate Lyase Deficiency identified by the combination of Trio-WES and constantly updated guidelines
Whole-exome sequencing (WES), one of the next-generation sequencing (NGS), has become a powerful tool to identify exonic variants. Investigating causality of the sequence variants in human disease becomes an i...
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Cloning and expression analysis of the R2R3-PsMYB1 gene associated with bud dormancy during chilling treatment in the tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)
Transcription factor (TF) MYB-like proteins are involved in many physiological and biochemical processes. This study isolated the full length cDNA encoding a MYB from the tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa Andr.), ...
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Study of Structural and Mechanical Properties of WN/a-Si3N4 Hard Coatings Grown by Plasma Focus
WN/a-Si3N4 thin films have been synthesized by utilizing the energetic ion/electron species emanated from hot, dense pinched plasma column in UNU/ICTP plasma focus operated with nitrogen gas. Structural, chemical...
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Hierarchical Text Detection: From Word Level to Character Level
Text detection is a challenging task in computer vision. In this paper, we focus on English text detection in a natural scene image. We propose a hierarchical approach for text detection, which unifies the wor...
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The effect ofHelicobacter pylori infection on hMSH2 and P53 proteins in gastric carcinogenesis
To investigate the effect ofHelicobacter pylori (H pylori) infection on expression of hMSH2 and P53 and its possible carcinogenic mechanism.
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Changes of hMSH2 and hMLH1 Expression in Nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells after X-radiation
To study the effect of X-radiation on expression of hMSH2 and hMLH1 in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) CNE-1 cells, and explore the mechanism of DNA mismatch repair after radiation.
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Characterization of NO adducts of the diiron center in protein R2 of Escherichia coli ribonucleotide reductase and site-directed variants; implications for the O2 activation mechanism*
The R2 subunit of Escherichia coli ribonucleotide reductase contains a diiron site that reacts with O2 to produce a tyrosine radical (Y122·). In wild-type R2 (R2-wt), the first observable reaction intermediate is...
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Applications of homemade kit in mutation detection of genes
Several methods of mutation detection, such as single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP), tandem SSCP/heteroduplex analysis and SNaPshot analysis were developed using homemade kit on AB1 310 genetic analy...
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Response of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizas of maize to various rates of P addition to different rooting zones
Colonization of plant roots by vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi is known to be reduced as the phosphorus nutrition of the plant is increased. It is generally accepted that the concentration of P in the p...
