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Development of a soft-rock weathering test apparatus
This paper presents a weathering test apparatus developed for testing the deformation and shear strength behavior of rockfill materials for high dams under coupling actions of drying/wetting cycles, cooling/he...
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Intense paramagnon excitations in a large family of high-temperature superconductors
In the search for the mechanism of high-temperature superconductivity, intense research has been focused on the evolution of the spin excitation spectrum on do** from the antiferromagnetic insulating to the ...
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Single Crystal Growth and Effect of Do** on Structural, Transport and Magnetic Properties of A1−x K x Fe2As2 (A = Ba, Sr)
We demonstrate the preparation of large, free-standing iron pnictide single crystals with a size up to 20×10×1 mm3 using solvents in zirconia crucibles under argon atmosphere. Transport and magnetic properties ha...
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Identification of cytoplasm types in rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) accessions by a multiplex PCR assay
Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) has widely been used as an efficient pollination control system in rapeseed hybrid production. Identification of cytoplasm type of rapeseed accessions is becoming the most impo...
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Multiple Superconducting Gaps and Anisotropic Spin Fluctuations in Hole-Doped and Electron-Doped Iron-Pnictides: NMR Studies
We present extensive 75As-NMR data on the electron-doped pnictides PrFeAsO0.89F0.11 (T c=45 K), LaFeAsO0.92F0.08 (T c=23 K), and the hole-doped Ba0.72K0.28Fe2As2 (T
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Comparison of three genetic similarity coefficients based on dominant markers from predominantly self-pollinating species
Three genetic similarity coefficients were estimated and compared for their usefulness: simple matching (S SM), Jaccard’s (S J) and Dice’s (S ...
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Open AccessTransport properties and the anisotropy of Ba1 − x K x Fe2As2 single crystals in normal and superconducting states
The transport and superconducting properties of Ba1 − x K x Fe2As2 single crystals with T c ≈ 31 K were studie...
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(π, π) electronic order in iron arsenide superconductors
Electron density waves have been observed in many families of superconductors, and are often considered a prerequisite for superconductivity. Recent work on iron-arsenic (or iron pnictide) compounds revealed n...
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Research of thermal decomposition kinetic characteristic of emulsion explosive base containing Fe and Mn elements
The kinetic characteristic of thermal decomposition of the Emulsion Explosive Base Containing Fe and Mn elements (EEBCFM) which was used to prepare nano-MnFe2O4 particles via detonation method was investigated by...
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A new synthetic method for manganese ferrite ultramicropowders
Manganese ferrite (MnFe2O4) ultramicropowders were successfully synthesized via a new synthetic method, i.e., detonation of a special explosive emulsion. The X-ray powder diffraction research carried out for the ...
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Preparing tin-doped indium oxide ceramic bulk via explosive consolidation and sintering of nanopowders
The tin-doped indium oxide (ITO) ceramic ultra-dense target is the crucial material in spurting preparation of optical-electric films. The difficulty in target fabrication is due to ITO decomposing at high tem...
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Functional properties of a new low-molecular-weight glutenin subunit gene from a bread wheat cultivar
Some allelic forms of low-molecular-weight glutenin subunit (LMW-GS) can greatly influence the end-use of wheat flours, understanding the function of each allele of LMW-GS is important to wheat quality breedin...
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Analysis of MS2Bnap genomic DNA homologous to MS2 gene from Arabidopsis thaliana in two dominant digenic male sterile accessions of oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.)
PCR technique was employed to isolate gene homologous to the MS2Bnap (X99922.1) from two rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) dominant digenic male sterile lines, namely 220A (male sterile) and 220B (male fertile), 6A (m...
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Genetic distances revealed by morphological characters, isozymes, proteins and RAPD markers and their relationships with hybrid performance in oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.)
Genetic distances (GDs) based on morphological characters, isozymes and storage proteins, and random amplified polymorphic DNAs (RAPD) were used to predict the performance and heterosis of crosses in oilseed r...
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Microsatellite polymorphism and genetic differentiation in three Norwegian populations of Elymus alaskanus (Poaceae)
Variation at seven microsatellite loci was investigated in three local E. alaskanus populations from Norway and microsatellite variation was compared with allozyme variation. The percentage of polymorphic loci w...
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Genetic diversity and structure in a natural Elymus caninus population from Denmark based on microsatellite and isozyme analyses
Genetic diversity in a natural Elymus caninus population from Denmark was assessed using isozyme and microsatellite markers. A total of 119 individuals from 46 maternal plants were assayed. Microsatellite loci a...
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Distribution of allozymic alleles and genetic diversity in the American Barley Core Collection
A survey of allozymic alleles and genetic diversity was made for 151 accessions of the American Barley Core Collection. A total of 25 alleles at ten loci were observed. Two loci were monomorphic. The average d...
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Microsatellite and RAPD polymorphisms in Ontario corn hybrids are related to the commercial sources and maturity ratings
Random-amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and microsatellite markers were used to estimate the genetic relationships among 37 Ontario corn hybrids. Almost all (95%) of the 160 RAPD fragments and all of the 79 mi...
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Tissue factors on acute promyelocytic leukemia and endothelial cells are differently regulated by retinoic acid, arsenic trioxide and chemotherapeutic agents
The aberrant expression of tissue factor (TF) in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) cells has been implicated in the pathogenesis of the APL coagulopathy. In this study, we found that in APL patients receiving...
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RAPD polymorphism of wild emmer wheat populations, Triticum dicoccoides, in Israel
Genetic diversity in random amplified polymorphic DNAs (RAPDs) was studied in 110 genotypes of the tetraploid wild progenitor of wheat, Triticum dicoccoides, from 11 populations sampled in Israel and Turkey. Our...
