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Urban development land price distortion and industrial structure evolution in China
Based on quantile regression model, we explore the mechanism of the impact of urban development land price distortion on industrial structure evolution. Furthermore, we investigate the nonlinear effects of urb...
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Performance Study of High-Temperature Foaming Agents for Improved Steam Flooding
Performance studies of foaming agents in terms of thermal endurance, foaminess, foam stability, and structural and morphological robustness are carried out to investigate the mechanism of steam overlay and cha...
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Dietary tryptophan requirements of juvenile pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone) reared in low-salinity water
An 8-week growth trial was designed to study the effect of dietary tryptophan on juvenile Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone) in low-salinity water (0.50–0.80 g L−1). Six diets with different concen...
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Open AccessReversal of the Apoptotic Resistance of Non-Small-Cell Lung Carcinoma towards TRAIL by Natural Product Toosendanin
Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) selectively triggers cancer cell death via its association with death receptors on the cell membrane, but exerts negligible side effects on norma...
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The effect of different feeding rates on growth, feed efficiency and immunity of juvenile Penaeus monodon
Juvenile Penaeus monodon weighing about 1.46 g were fed on a diet for 8 weeks at various daily feeding rates of 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 % of their body weight (BW), and the growth, feed utilization, blood paramete...
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Quantitative dietary isoleucine requirement of juvenile Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone) reared in low-salinity water
This study was designed to determine the isoleucine requirement of juvenile Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone) in low-salinity water (0.50–0.70 g L−1). Six diets were formulated to contain 410 g kg
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Effect of dietary vitamin E and selenium supplementation on growth, body composition, and antioxidant defense mechanism in juvenile largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoide) fed oxidized fish oil
Six oxidized fish oil contained diets were formulated to investigate the effect of graded levels of vitamin E (VE) (α-tocopherol acetate: 160, 280, and 400 mg kg−1) associated with either 1.2 or 1.8 mg kg−1 selen...
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Open AccessExcess dietary cholesterol may have an adverse effect on growth performance of early post-larval Litopenaeus vannamei
One experiment was conducted to determine the nutritive value of cholesterol for post-larval shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei. Four isoenergetic and isonitrogenous diets supplemented with four levels of cholesterol (...
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Similar neutralizing activity in the HIV-1 infected long term non-progressors(LTNPs) and typical progressors(TPs)
Neutralizing antibodies are considered to be an important protective parameter used in HIV-1 vaccine evaluation. However, the exact role that neutralizing antibodies plays in controlling the disease progressio...
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Effects of different dietary wheat starch levels on growth, feed efficiency and digestibility in grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)
An experiment was conducted to determine the effect of dietary wheat starch on grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) in terms of growth performance, feed efficiency and digestibility. Five isoproteic (23.5%) and i...
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Indinavir resistance evolution in one human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infected patient revealed by single-genome amplification
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 exists in vivo as quasispecies, and one of the genome’s characteristics is its diversity. During the antiretroviral therapy, drug resistance is the main obstacle to effective v...
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Effect of dietary protein reduction with synthetic amino acids supplementation on growth performance, digestibility, and body composition of juvenile Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei
Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the effect of lowering crude protein level and fish-meal inclusion rate by using commercially available synthetic amino acid supplements in practical diets on the gro...
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Transcript expression profiles of Takifugu rubripes spermatozoa and eggs by expressed sequence tag analysis
Two cDNA libraries from Takifugu rubripes spermatozoa and eggs were constructed and a total of 620 expressed sequence tag (EST) clones were generated from the two libraries: 300 clones are from the spermatozoa li...
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HIV-1 Vif protein mediates the degradation of APOBEC3G in fission yeast when over-expressed using codon optimization
Interaction between the HIV-1 Vif protein and the cellular host APOBEC3G protein is a promising target for inhibition of HIV-1 replication. Considering that human cells are a very complicated environment for t...
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Effect of different dietary raw to pre-gelatinized starch ratios on growth performance, feed utilization and body composition of juvenile yellowfin seabream (Sparus latus)
The effects of different ratios of dietary raw to pre-gelatinized starch on the growth performance, feed utilization and body composition of juvenile yellowfin seabream (Sparus latus) were evaluated during a 10-w...
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The influence of feeding rate on growth, feed efficiency and body composition of juvenile grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)
An 8 weeks growth study was conducted to estimate the optimal feeding rate for juvenile grass carp (3.08±0.03 g, mean ± SD). Fish were fed with a casein purified diet (360 g protein, 56 g lipid and 3000 kcal t...
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Prevalence and evolution of drug resistance HIV-1 variants in Henan, China
To understand the prevalence and evolution of drug resistant HIV strains in Henan China after the implementation of free antiretroviral therapy for AIDS patients. 45 drug naïve AIDS patients, 118 AIDS patients...
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Effect of dietary lipid level on growth performance, feed utilization and body composition of grouper Epinephelus coioides juveniles fed isonitrogenous diets in floating netcages
An experiment was conducted to determine the effect of dietary lipid levels on growth performance and body composition of grouper Epinephelus coioides juveniles cultured in floating netcages (1.5 m × 1 m × 1.5 m)...
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Alteration of 20∶5n−3 and 22∶6n−3 fat contents and liver peroxisomal activities in fenofibrate-treated rainbow trout
Fish easily accumulate n−3 PUFA of exogenous origin, but the underlying mechanisms are not well established in the whole animal. This study was undertaken to investigate whether this feature was physiologicall...
