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Root hypoxia aggravates the effects of saline tailings water on the growth and physiology of woody plants
Oil sands mining in the boreal forest produces large volumes of liquid tailings. Forestry research has generally focused on the thickness and composition of the soil layers to be placed on top of the tailings ...
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Novel aqueous rechargeable nickel//bismuth battery based on highly porous Bi2WO6 and Co0.5Ni0.5MoO4 microspheres
Develo** high performances aqueous rechargeable batteries is imperative and valuable. Herein, a novel aqueous rechargeable nickel//bismuth battery is developed based on highly porous Bi2WO6 and Co0.5Ni0.5MoO4 m...
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Open AccessManipulating the interlayer carrier diffusion and extraction process in organic-inorganic heterojunctions: from 2D to 3D structures
Interlayer carrier transfer at heterointerfaces plays a critical role in light to electricity conversion using organic and nanostructured materials. However, how interlayer carrier extraction at these interfac...
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Halegenticoccus tardaugens sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from a saline soil
Two extremely halophilic archaea, isolates SYSU A00711T and SYSU A00630, were isolated from a sediment soil sample collected from the Aiding lake, China. Cells of these isolates were cocci, non-motile and stained...
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Research on protection system of resonant network in CSNS magnet power supplies
Chinese Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) is one of the key projects of China, in which the main magnet power supplies adopt the structures of resonant networks (Wang et al. in Sci China Phys Mech Astron 54(Sup...
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A Comparison of Analgesia After a Thoracoscopic Lung Cancer Operation with a Sustained Epidural Block and a Sustained Paravertebral Block: A Randomized Controlled Study
This study aimed to compare the challenge of puncture and catheterization and the effect of postoperative analgesia of ultrasound-guided continuous thoracic paravertebral block and the continuous epidural anal...
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Tissue sodium and chloride concentrations in relation to needle injury in boreal conifer seedlings subjected to salt stress
Tissue Na and Cl concentrations can be used for estimation of salt injury for white spruce, black spruce, and jack pine growing at salt affected areas.
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Ancestry informative DIP loci for dissecting genetic structure and ancestry proportions of Qinghai Tibetan and Tibet Tibetan groups
Tibetans living in the Qing-Tibet plateau show unique genetic features since they are exposed to the high altitude environment. Accordingly, it is necessary for us to analyze genetic components of the Tibetan ...
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Effects of iron and root zone pH on growth and physiological responses of paper birch (Betula papyrifera), trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) and red-osier dogwood (Cornus stolonifera) seedlings in a split-root hydroponic system
Iron deficiency that is induced by high soil pH is a major factor affecting plant growth in calcareous soils and in some areas that have been reclaimed following industrial activities. Since the effects of hig...
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Open AccessIdentification of putative fecundity-related gustatory receptor genes in the brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens
The insect gustatory system plays a central role in the regulation of multiple physiological behaviors and the co-evolution between insects and their hosts. The gustatory receptors (Gr) are important to allow ...
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Associated Production of the Charged and Neutral Higgs Bosons at the ILC within the Higgs Triplet Model
The Higgs Triplet Model (HTM) predicts the existences of the extra neutral scalars H i (H i =...
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Open AccessGenomes of the rice pest brown planthopper and its endosymbionts reveal complex complementary contributions for host adaptation
The brown planthopper, Nilaparvata lugens, the most destructive pest of rice, is a typical monophagous herbivore that feeds exclusively on rice sap, which migrates over long distances. Outbreaks of it have re-occ...
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First-principles study on the structure, electronic and magnetic properties of HoSi n (n = 1–12, 20) clusters
The structure, electronic and magnetic properties of HoSi n (n = 1–12, 20) clusters have been widely investigated by first-principles calculation method based on density function...
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HMGB1 Contributes to Regeneration After Spinal Cord Injury in Adult Zebrafish
High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1, also called amphoterin) facilitates neurite outgrowth in early development, yet can exacerbate pathology and inhibit regeneration by inducing adverse neuroinflammation when re...
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Open AccessFabrication of biocompatible and mechanically reinforced graphene oxide-chitosan nanocomposite films
Graphene oxide (GO)can be dispersed through functionalization, or chemically converted to make different graphene-based nanocomposites with excellent mechanical and thermal properties. Chitosan, a partially de...
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Apoptosis Mechanism of Human Cholangiocarcinoma Cells Induced by Bile Extract from Crocodile
Animal bile is popularly used as a traditional medicine in China, and bile acids are their major bioactive constituents. In the present study, effects of bile extract from crocodile gallbladder on QBC939 cell ...
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Antiviral activity of recombinant cyanovirin-N against HSV-1
In this study, a standard strain of HSV-1 (strain SM44) was used to investigate the antiviral activity of the recombinant Cyanovirin-N (CV-N) against Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) in vitro and in vivo. Cyto...
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Manufacturing synthesis of 5-hydroxy-2-methyl-1H-indole
The manufacturing synthesis of 5-hydroxy-2-methyl-1H-indole is described and two synthetic methods were used and the results discussed. Two small and three large runs with Nenitzescu’s method were analyzed and re...
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Forced Time-Dependent Harmonic Oscillator in a Static Magnetic Field: Exact Quantum and Classical Solutions
Exact wave functions of the forced time-dependent two-dimensional harmonic oscillator in a static magnetic field are derived by unitary transformation. The geometrical phase induced by the driving force is the...
