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miR-196a-2 rs11614913 polymorphism is associated with vitiligo by affecting heterodimeric molecular complexes of Tyr and Tyrp1
Tyrosinase and tyrosinase-related protein 1 (Tyr-Tyrp1) complex plays a critical role in the synthesis of melanin intermediates, which involves the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and contributes t...
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Dual-end-pumped high-power Cr2+:ZnS passively Q-switched Ho:YAG ceramic laser
We demonstrated a high-power dual-end-pumped passively Q-switched Ho:YAG ceramic laser with a Cr2+:ZnS saturable absorber (SA). The influence of the beam diameter on SA on the Q-switched laser performance was in...
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An Inexact Two-Stage Allocation Model for Water Resources Management Under Uncertainty
In this study, an inexact two-stage allocation model is put forward for supporting decisions of water resource planning and management. Two processes and three phases with the associated net costs are consider...
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miR-20a-5p mediates hypoxia-induced autophagy by targeting ATG16L1 in acute kidney injury
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Electromagnetic small-scale modeling of composite panels involving periodic arrays of circular fibers
Electromagnetic modeling of composite panels as planar multilayers involving a periodic set of circular cylindrical fibers in each constitutive layer is considered. As a first step, the case of a single layer ...
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An Inexact Two-Stage Water Resources Allocation Model for Sustainable Development and Management Under Uncertainty
In this study, an inexact two-stage water resources allocation (ITWR) model is put forward for supporting sustainable development and management of water resources in Sanjiang Plain, China, which is in such a ...
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Effects of 18-month low-magnitude high-frequency vibration on fall rate and fracture risks in 710 community elderly—a cluster-randomized controlled trial
This study is a prospective cluster-randomized controlled clinical trial involving 710 elderly subjects to investigate the long-term effects of low-magnitude high-frequency vibration (LMHFV) on fall and fractu...
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Erratum: InVERT molding for scalable control of tissue microarchitecture
Nature Communications 4: Article number: 1847 (2013); Published: 14 May 2013; Updated: 4 February 2014. Some of the layers within the graphics in Fig. 1a are missing in this Article. The correct version of Fig...
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InVERT molding for scalable control of tissue microarchitecture
Complex tissues contain multiple cell types that are hierarchically organized within morphologically and functionally distinct compartments. Construction of engineered tissues with optimized tissue architectur...
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LD end-pumped passively mode-locked Nd:YVO4 laser with single-walled carbon nanotubes
We demonstrate a LD end-pumped passively mode-locked Nd:YVO4 laser using a single-walled carbon nanotubes saturable absorber (SWCNT-SA). The SWCNT wafer was fabricated by electric arc discharge method on quartz s...
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Apoptotic effects of hydrogen peroxide and vitamin C on chicken embryonic fibroblasts: redox state and programmed cell death
The pro-apoptotic effects of hydrogen peroxide and the purported anti-apoptotic effects of Vitamin C on chicken embryonic fibroblasts were investigated. Hydrogen peroxide induced morphological changes in a dos...
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Variable-rate colour image quantization based on quadtree segmentation
A novel variable-sized block encoding with threshold control for colour image quantization (CIQ) is presented in this paper. In CIQ, the colour palette used has a great influence on the reconstructed image qua...
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Human Pathogenic Fungi in China—Emerging Trends from Ongoing National Survey for 1986, 1996, and 2006
This epidemiological survey was a retrospective study on three nodes during the past three decades on fungal infections representing the China, including Taiwan. Owing to rare publications reporting on dynamic...
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QCW diode-side-pumped Nd:YAG ceramic laser with 247 W output power at 1123 nm
We demonstrate for the first time a diode-side-pumped quasi-continuous-wave (QCW) operation of a 1123 nm Nd:YAG ceramic laser. The single 1123 nm wavelength is acquired through precise coating. With a pump pow...
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A Study on the Properties of Different IMP Ta, Ta(N) and Multi-Layer Ta/Ta(N) as Diffusion Barriers for Cu Metallization
We report a study on the properties of Ionized Metal Plasma (IMP) Ta, Ta(N) and multi-layer Ta/Ta(N) based on a comparative evaluation of their performance as diffusion barriers in Cu based metallization schem...
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Efficient greyscale image compression technique based on vector quantization
In this paper, a novel greyscale image coding technique based on vector quantization (VQ) is proposed. In VQ, the reconstructed image quality is restricted by the codebook used in the image encoding/decoding p...
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A Correlation Study of Thermal Stability on Porous Low k
The thermal stability of organic porous low k, porous SiLK with a dielectric constant of 2.4, has been studied. Organic low k material SiLKTM, non-porous SiLK, with a dielectric constant 2.8 is used as a baseline...
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Diffusion Studies of Cu in Si and Low-k Dielectric Materials
Experimental results are presented on the diffusion of Cu in silicon and Black Diamond¶ (BD). Cu coated silicon samples, with and without the BD layer, are annealed at various temperatures and times. It is con...
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93.7 W 1112 nm diode-side-pumped CW Nd:YAG laser
We demonstrate a high power continuous wave (CW) infrared laser operated at 1112 nm from a diode side-pumped Nd:YAG crystal with a plano-plano symmetrical resonator. By inserting an etalon, an output power of ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Schottky Solar Cells Based on Graphene and Silicon
The paper describes the combination of conductive, semi-transparent graphene films with a n-type silicon wafers to make solar cells with power conversion efficiencies up to 1.5% at AM 1.5G. The Schottky juncti...