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Focal mechanism solutions and its tectonic significance in the trench of the eastern South China Sea
According to the activity of earthquakes and volcanoes along the Manila trench and its adjacent region, combined with analysis of focal mechanism solutions and geophysics data, the Manila trench is still being...
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Investigation on Co-sorption and Desorption of Fluoride and Phosphate in a Red Soil of China
Agricultural soils high in both fluoride (F) and phosphate (P) are common due to long-term accumulation of F from multi-sources and extensive application of phosphate fertilizers. Iron (Fe) and aluminum (Al) (...
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Simulation of tube forming process in mannesmann mill
The finite element method (FEM) is used for simulation of the tube piercing process in Mannesmann mill. The numerical model is described with taking into consideration thermal phenomena in metal during forming...
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Constitutive Relationship of New Steel 33Mn2V and Its Application in Piercing Process by FEM Simulation
Based on test data from the hot forge experiments on Gleeble 1500, a Kumar type constitutive equation for 33Mn2V steel is established. Applying this constitutive equation in commercial FEM software of MSC/Supe...
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Examination and Refinement of the Determination of Aqueous Hydrogen Sulfide by the Methylene Blue Method
The accurate and precise measurement of total sulfide has been of major interest for well over a century. The most commonly used method involves the formation of a methylene blue–sulfide complex and spectropho...
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Hormone replacement therapy and risk of meningioma in women: a meta-analysis
The relationship between hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and the incidence of meningioma in women has been investigated in several epidemiologic studies, but their results were not entirely consistent. Here,...
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Overexpression of the AtSTK gene increases salt, PEG and ABA tolerance in Arabidopsis
AtSTK (At5g02800), which is a serine-threonine protein kinase gene of Arabidopsis thaliana, was cloned, and its function was studied. The study found that the overexpression of AtSTK could signif...
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Quick sulfide buffering in inner shelf sediments of the East China Sea impacted by eutrophication
In the eutrophic coastal ocean, quick formation of iron (Fe) sulfide is environmentally important to effectively prevent accumulation of dissolved sulfide and its detrimental effects on the benthic ecosystem. ...
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Buyang Huanwu decoction increases angiopoietin-1 expression and promotes angiogenesis and functional outcome after focal cerebral ischemia
Buyang Huanwu decoction (BYHWD), a traditional Chinese herbal prescription, has been widely used clinically to treat stroke in China for hundreds of years; however, the mechanisms of this drug for stroke treat...
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Thinking on functional mechanism of acupuncture for inflammatory bowel diseases based on Metabolomics
Acupuncture has a good therapeutic effect in treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), but its functional mechanism has not been systematically explained. Metabolomics is the scientific study of dynamic ...
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Effect of herbal-partitioned moxibustion at Tianshu (ST 25) and Qihai (CV 6) on pain-related behavior and emotion in rats with chronic inflammatory visceral pain
To observe the effect of herbal-partitioned moxibustion (HPM) on pain-related behavior and emotion in a rat model of chronic inflammatory visceral pain, and to investigate the mechanism.
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Hepatoprotective Effect of Ulinastatin in a Rat Model of Major Hepatectomy After Obstructive Jaundice
To date, major hepatectomy with obstructive jaundice is still a highly risky and difficult surgery because of the high rate of complications. An excessive inflammatory response may be the primary hindrance to ...
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Characteristics of peripheral blood CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells and related cytokines in severe atopic dermatitis
Regulatory T cells (Tregs) have been suggested to play a role in the pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis (AD). However, alterations in the ability of Tregs remain to be determined.
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Experiment study of optimization on prediction index gases of coal spontaneous combustion
The coal of Anyuan Mine has the characteristic of easy spontaneous combustion. Conventional method is difficult to predict it. Coal samples from this mine were tested in laboratory. The data obtained from labo...
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PCI-24781 can improve in vitro and in vivo developmental capacity of pig somatic cell nuclear transfer embryos
To examine the effect of PCI-24781 (abexinostat) on the blastocyst formation rate in pig somatic cell nuclear transferred (SCNT) embryos and acetylation levels of the histone H3 lysine 9 and histone H4 lysine 12.
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Open AccessReproductive switching analysis of Daphnia similoides between sexual female and parthenogenetic female by transcriptome comparison
The water flea Daphnia are planktonic crustaceans commonly found in freshwater environment that can switch their reproduction mode from parthenogenesis to sexual reproduction to adapt to the external environment....
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Open AccessCommercial sex and risk of HIV, syphilis, and herpes simplex virus-2 among men who have sex with men in six Chinese cities
Men who have sex with men (MSM) are at high risk of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in China and globally. Engaging in commercial sex put them at even greater risk. This study estimated the prev...
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The developmental competence of oocytes parthenogenetically activated by an electric pulse and anisomycin treatment
The aim of this study was to investigate the developmental competence of oocytes parthenogenetically activated by an electric pulse (EP) and treated with anisomycin and to determine whether this method is appl...
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RepSox improves viability and regulates gene expression in rhesus monkey–pig interspecies cloned embryos
To investigate the effect of the small molecule, RepSox, on the expression of developmentally important genes and the pre-implantation development of rhesus monkey–pig interspecies somatic cell nuclear transfe...
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Effect of low-frequency electroacupuncture on pancreatic endocrine system in patients with simple obesity
To observe different efficacies of low-frequency electroacupuncture (EA) on pancreatic endocrine system in male and female patients with simple obesity due to spleen deficiency-related dampness.