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Enhanced Circular Dichroism Induced by Electric and Magnetic Resonance in Nanohole with Embedded Nanorod
Circular dichroism (CD) is a significant optical response of chiral plasmonic nanostructures, with extensive applications in chiral sensing, biological detection, and negative refractive index media. In this s...
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Epidemiological characteristics of human metapneumovirus among children in Nan**g, China
The objective of this study was to examine the molecular epidemiology and clinical characteristics of HMPV infection among children with ARIs in Nan**g.
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Open AccessMoxibustion ameliorates chronic inflammatory visceral pain via spinal circRNA-miRNA-mRNA networks: a central mechanism study
This study aimed to unveil the central mechanism of moxibustion treating chronic inflammatory visceral pain (CIVP) from the angle of circRNA-miRNA-mRNA networks in the spinal cord. The rat CIVP model was estab...
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Photocatalytic degradation of fluoranthene in soil suspension by TiO2/α-FeOOH with enhanced charge transfer capacity
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soil are potentially harmful to human health. However, the use of photocatalysis technology to treat soil contaminated with PAHs remains challenging. Therefore, TiO2/α-F...
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Bacillus subtilis JATP-3 Improves Nitrogen Metabolism by Regulating Intestinal Flora and AKG in Weaned Piglets
Recently, it has been reported that oral probiotics improve the apparent digestibility of nitrogen in weaned piglets; however, the underlying mechanism is unclear. A total of 12 crossbred piglets (Yorkshire × ...
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Kinetic and isotherm of competitive adsorption cadmium and lead onto Saccharomyces cerevisiae autoclaved cells
Heavy metal pollution has been regarded as a significant public health hazard during the industrialization, which also have exhibited various types of toxicological manifestations. Moreover, due to the high co...
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Study on the evolution of green innovation city network and its carbon emission effect in Yellow River Basin cities
Against the background of increasing urbanization rate and intensifying global warming, conflicts between humans and the natural environment continue to arise, and regionalized forms of spatial organization ha...
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Cadmium Impairs Autophagy Leading to Apoptosis by Ca2+-Dependent Activation of JNK Signaling Pathway in Neuronal Cells
Autophagy, a process for self-degradation of intracellular components and dysfunctional organelles, is closely related with neurodegenerative diseases. It has been shown that cadmium (Cd) induces neurotoxicity...
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Integration of Experimental and Numerical Methods to Investigate the Effect of Hydraulic Retention Time on Ultrafiltration Membrane Fouling
The floc formation, breakage and regrowth processes were investigated by numerical simulation to explore the effect of hydraulic retention time on ultrafiltration membrane (UF) fouling. Using a numerical metho...
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Open AccessStructure and dynamics of the active Gs-coupled human secretin receptor
The class B secretin GPCR (SecR) has broad physiological effects, with target potential for treatment of metabolic and cardiovascular disease. Molecular understanding of SecR binding and activation is importan...
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Research and Verification on the Nonlinear Characteristics of Wheel/Rail Equivalent Conicity
This paper aims at the influence of nonlinear equivalent conicity with the same nominal equivalent conicity on EMU (Electric Multiple Units) motion attitude based on the wheel/rail nonlinear contact theory. Fo...
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Fluctuation correlation spectroscopy and its applications in homogeneous analysis
Fluctuation correlation spectroscopy (FCS) is a single-molecule/particle detection technique based on measuring signal fluctuations in a highly focused detection volume. Multiple-parameter information can be o...
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Open AccessAnalysis of the concentrations and size distributions of cell-free DNA in schizophrenia using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy
Cell-free DNA (cfDNA), which is primarily released following cell death, has been described and developed to serve as an effective biomarker in autoimmune diseases which may share the pathogenesis with schizop...
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Molecularly imprinted polymers labeled with amino-functionalized carbon dots for fluorescent determination of 2,4-dinitrotoluene
The authors have prepared amino-functionalized carbon dots (AC-dots) and applied them to fluorescently label a molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) prepared by using 2,4-dinitrotoluene (DNT) as a template. Sinc...
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A single particle method for direct determination of molar concentrations of gold nanoparticles, and its application to the determination of the activity of caspase 3 and drug-induced cell apoptosis
We report on a method for direct determination of the molar concentration of gold nanoparticles (GNP) in solution by using resonance light scattering correlation spectroscopy (RLSCS). RLSCS is based on the cor...
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Improve Compliance with Limited Resources by a Three-Group Inspection Regime
Frequent monitoring and relatively high fines are usually necessary to bring about improvements in environmental quality, but more challenging for many countries with limited human, material, and financial res...
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Molecular Cloning, Structural Characterization, and Ripening-Related Expression of Lipoxygenase Genes from Three Persimmon Cultivars Differing in Postharvest Ripening Rate
A novel lipoxygenase (LOX) gene, DkLOX4 (KF035132), and the full-length DkLOX3 (KF035131) gene were identified from persimmon fruit, and transcriptional profiles of both genes in three persimmon cultivars with di...
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Effects of l-carnitine against H2O2-induced oxidative stress in grass carp ovary cells (Ctenopharyngodon idellus)
This study was designed in vitro to investigate the effects of l-carnitine against H2O2-induced oxidative stress in a grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) ovary cell line (GCO). GCO cells were pre-treated with d...
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Open AccessNon-blinking (Zn)CuInS/ZnS Quantum Dots Prepared by In Situ Interfacial Alloying Approach
Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are very important optical nanomaterials with a wide range of potential applications. However, blinking behavior of single QD is an intrinsic drawback for some biological and p...
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Stabilizing mechanism and running behavior of couplers on heavy haul trains
Published studies in regard to coupler systems have been mainly focused on the manufacturing process or coupler strength issues. With the ever increasing of tonnage and length of heavy haul trains, lateral in-...
