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A D.C. optimization method for single facility location problems
The single facility location problem with general attraction and repulsion functions is considered. An algorithm based on a representation of the objective function as the difference of two convex (d.c.) funct...
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On Superlinear Convergence of Infeasible Interior-Point Algorithms for Linearly Constrained Convex Programs
This note derives bounds on the length of the primal-dual affinescaling directions associated with a linearly constrained convexprogram satisfying the following conditions: 1) the problem has asolution satisfy...
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Economic Evaluation of Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Acellular Pertussis (DTaP) Vaccine in the United States: A Cost-Benefit and Cost-Effectiveness Model with Visual Basic Application
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A Probabilistic Benefit-Cost Model of Hepatitis B Vaccination
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A Discrete-Event Computer Simulation of an STD Clinic to Evaluate the Feasibility of Implementing Hepatitis B Vaccination in San Diego County
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Efficient translocation and processing with Xenopus egg extracts of proteins synthesized in rabbit reticulocyte lysate
Cell-free translation/translocation systems are broadly applied to examine gene expression and characterize the structure-function relationship of gene products. We present the characterization of Xenopus egg ext...
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Use of RNA Interference to Dissect Defense-Signaling Pathways in Rice
The RNA inference (RNAi) technique is a powerful tool to suppress gene expression and has been widely used for functional discovery of eukaryotic genes. To dissect defense-signaling pathways in rice, it is imp...
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Combustion synthesis and luminescence characteristic of Eu3+-doped barium stannate nanocrystals
It is the first time that the undoped and Eu3+-doped barium stannate nanocrystals with definite morphologies are synthesized using a new combustion method. This method offers several attractive advantages such as...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Role of Ethylene, Abscisic Acid and MAP Kinase Pathways in Rice Blast Resistance
A combination of genetic, molecular, biochemical and pathological approaches have been taken to elucidate the defense signaling pathways leading to rice blast resistance and susceptibility. Using transgenic ri...
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Open AccessUptake of meningococcal conjugate vaccine among adolescents in large managed care organizations, United States, 2005: Demand, supply and seasonality
In February 2005, the US Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended the new meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV4) for routine use among 11- to 12-year-olds (at the preadolescent health-care visi...
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Modulation of Carotenoid Accumulation in Transgenic Potato by Inducing Chromoplast Formation with Enhanced Sink Strength
An increasing interest in carotenoids as nutritional sources of provitamin A and health-promoting compounds has prompted a significant effort in metabolic engineering of carotenoid content and composition in f...
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Characterization of gold nanorods in vivo by integrated analytical techniques: their uptake, retention, and chemical forms
Integrated analytical techniques were used to study the tissue distribution and structural information of gold nanorods (Au NRs) in Sprague-Dawley rats through tail intravenous injection. Before in vivo experi...
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Superscalar communication: A runtime optimization for distributed applications
Building distributed applications is difficult mostly because of concurrency management. Existing approaches primarily include events and threads. Researchers and developers have been debating for decades to p...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A DVE Time Management Simulation and Verification Platform Based on Causality Consistency Middleware
During the course of designing a time management algorithm for DVEs, the researchers always become inefficiency for the distraction from the realization of the trivial and fundamental details of simulation and...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Robust Digital Image Watermarking in DWT-SVD Domain
Digital multimedia content protection has increasingly become an important issue. Because image watermarking is identified as a major technology used in copyright protection, a key requirement for image waterm...
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Thiabendazole inhibits ubiquinone reduction activity of mitochondrial respiratory complex II via a water molecule mediated binding feature
The mitochondrial respiratory complex II or succinate: ubiquinone oxidoreductase (SQR) is a key membrane complex in both the tricarboxylic acid cycle and aerobic respiration. Five disinfectant compounds were i...
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Open AccessTranscriptome analysis of ectopic chloroplast development in green curd cauliflower (Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis)
Chloroplasts are the green plastids where photosynthesis takes place. The biogenesis of chloroplasts requires the coordinate expression of both nuclear and chloroplast genes and is regulated by developmental a...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Selection Method of Minimum Test Set at Circuit Board Based on Improved Node Matrix
Graph theory is applied in this paper to optimization design of test point set in circuit board fault diagnosis. The optimal detection node set of a circuit board can be established by a improved node matrix. ...
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Optimization of Test Points at Circuit Board Based on Network Topology Structure
Selection of test points is the foundation of fault diagnosis for circuit board. On the basis that test point set includes fault source information as far as possible, principle of optimized selection for test...
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Surfactant-assisted reflux synthesis of PbS nanostructures and their properties
Uniform PbS nanostructures with varied morphology have been synthesized by a surfactant-assisted reflux route. ZnS and CdS layers were successfully coated onto PbS nanocrystals by encapsulation or epitaxial gr...
