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Open AccessEffect of Jiaji electroacupuncture in transected rat spinal cord
We evaluated the effect of Jiaji electroacupuncture on cell proliferation and the expression of markers of endogenous neural stem cell activation after complete spinal cord transection. Female Wistar rats were...
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Open AccessElectronic properties and stabilities of methoxy-substituted Lindqvist polyoxometalates [Nb2W4O19CH3]3− by DFT
The electronic properties and stabilities of five [Nb2W4O18OCH3]3− isomers have been investigated using a density functional theory method. The results show that the isomer with the methoxy group occupying a brid...
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Open AccessDegradation of the antibiotic sulfamonomethoxine sodium in aqueous solution by photo-Fenton oxidation
In this study, photo-Fenton oxidation was applied to degradation of sulfamonomethoxine sodium (SMMS) in aqueous solution. The operation parameters of pH, temperature, and concentrations of H2O2, Fe2+ and SMMS wer...
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Open AccessMaintenance of cooperation in a public goods game: A new decision-making criterion with incomplete information
Hardin’s “The Tragedy of the Commons” prophesies the inescapable collapse of many human enterprises. The emergence and abundance of cooperation in animal and human societies is a challenging puzzle to evolutio...
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Open AccessOccurrence and assessment of veterinary antibiotics in swine manures: A case study in East China
We investigated the occurrence of 14 selected antibiotics including five therapeutic classes of tetracyclines, sulfonamides, macrolides, fluoroquinolones and chloramphenicols in manures collected from four swi...
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Open Accesst-bit semiclassical quantum Fourier transform
Because of the difficulty of building a high-dimensional quantum register, this paper presents an implementation of the high-dimensional quantum Fourier transform (QFT) based on a low-dimensional quantum regis...
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Open AccessFreestanding single-walled carbon nanotube bundle networks: Fabrication, properties and composites
As a type of thin film, two dimensional (2D) reticulate architectures built of freestanding single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) bundles are suitable for scalable integration into devices and nanocomposites f...
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Open AccessChronology and pattern of integration of tandem genomic islands associated with the tmRNA gene in Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica
tmRNA, a combination of a tRNA-related fragment and a small mRNA fragment, was confirmed as the integration site of genomic islands (GIs). Using sequence alignment and comparative genomics, 68 GIs associated w...
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Open AccessRelationship between composite structures and compressive properties in CuZr-based bulk metallic glass system
Bulk metallic glass (BMG) composites with the austenite B2 phase as reinforcement macroscopically showed strain hardening behavior due to the plasticity induced by martensitic transformation during deformation...
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Open AccessPreparation of high selectivity silicalite-1 membranes by two-step in situ hydrothermal synthesis
High selectivity silicalite-1 membranes were synthesized on silica tubes by in situ hydrothermal synthesis. Using a two-step synthesis, a membrane with a separation factor of 99 was prepared for separating an eth...
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Open AccessA vacuole localized β-glucosidase contributes to drought tolerance in Arabidopsis
The phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA) plays a critical role in plant growth, development, and adaptation to various stress conditions. The cellular ABA level is constantly adjusted to respond to changing physio...
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Open AccessPML contributes to p53-independent p21 up-regulation in gamma-irradiation induced DNA damage responses
The cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21WAF1/Cip1 is a critical cell cycle regulator which translocates into the nucleus to participate in DNA repair during DNA damage responses. In the present study, we showed ...
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Open AccessFirst principle calculation of lithiation/delithiation voltage in Li-ion battery materials
A first principle method, based on the density functional theory, was used to investigate the average voltage of lithiation/delithiation for Li-ion battery materials across 7 categories and 18 series, includin...
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Open AccessTree-ring-based annual precipitation reconstruction in Kalaqin, Inner Mongolia for the last 238 years
A tree-ring-width chronology of Pinus tabulaeformis from Kalaqin, Inner Mongolia was developed using modern dendrochronological techniques. Based on the results of correlation function analysis, the total precipi...
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Open AccessAmplitudes, rates, periodicities and causes of temperature variations in the past 2485 years and future trends over the central-eastern Tibetan Plateau
Amplitudes, rates, periodicities, causes and future trends of temperature variations based on tree rings for the past 2485 years on the central-eastern Tibetan Plateau were analyzed. The results showed that ex...
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Open AccessEffects of inorganic arsenic on growth and microcystin production of a Microcystis strain isolated from an algal bloom in Dianchi Lake, China
Our previous data have shown that inorganic arsenic concentrations were high in Dianchi Lake, China, where Microcystis blooms often occur. To explore the relationship between arsenic and the growth of Microcystis
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Open AccessMechanism of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge overflow variation under different atmospheric CO2 scenarios
Baroclinic transport and the barotropic effect are two different viewpoints for understanding the mechanism of the Greenland-Scotland Ridge overflow. The mechanism of this overflow, being an important deep bra...
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Open AccessTheoretical analysis of a method for segmented heat exchanger design
In the process of the design of heat exchangers, it is difficult to establish the factors governing the optimal points of the design objective functions due to the contradictions and uncertainties of the desig...
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Open AccessOptimization of flue gas turbulent heat transfer with condensation in a tube
Conservation equations for sensible and latent entransy are established for flue gas turbulent heat transfer with condensation in a tube, and the entransy dissipation expression is deduced. The field synergy e...
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Open AccessMolybdenum isotopic composition as a tracer for low-medium temperature hydrothermal ore-forming systems: A case study on the Dajiang** pyrite deposit, western Guangdong Province, China
Little is known about the range or controls on the molybdenum isotopic composition of low-medium temperature hydrothermal ore-forming systems. We present molybdenum isotope data from 12 hydrothermal syndeposit...