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Production of human neurotrophin-3 in baculovirus expression system
Human NT-3 gene was inserted into pPAK9 and the resultant plasmid was used to co-transfect sf21 cells with Bsu36 I digested Bac6 genomic DNA. Recombinant baculovirus was isolated by plaque assay. Slot-hybridiz...
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Expression of neurofilament gene in spinal motoneurons during neural regeneration
The techniquein situ hybridization was used to measure the levels of light (NF-L), medium (NF-M) and heavy (NF-H) neurofilament protein subunits mRNA in L4-6 spinal motoneurons in adult rat during regeneration fo...
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Borf-1 protein identified as a transcriptionaltrans-activator of bovine foamy virus
Bovine foamy virus (BFV), a member of the spumavirus subfamily of retroviruses, contains two open reading frames (ORF-1 and ORF-2) in addition to the genes coding forgag,pol andenv. Borf-1 protein, encoded by BFV...
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Effect of ciliary neurotrophic factor on the reactive astrogliosis of cultured astrocytes from newborn rat brain
The effect of ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) on reactive astrogliosis was studied on a mechanical scratch model of the confluent astrocytic cultures from newborn rat brain. Following injury, the astrocytes...
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Magnetocaloric effect in Gd5Si1.85Ge2.15 prepared by Gd metal with lower purity
The magnetic phase transition and magnetocaloric effect of Gd5Si1.85Ge2.15 alloy are studied. The alloy was prepared from distilled commercial gadolinium. The major impurities (in wt.%) in the distilled commercia...
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Influence of stresses on martensitic transformation in ferromagnetic shape memory Ni50Mn19Fe6Ga25 ribbons
The influence of stresses on martensitic transformation in Ni50Mn19Fe6Ga25 melt-spun ribbons was studied. X-ray diffraction examination shows that the ribbon has a pure cubic L21 phase at room temperature and tha...
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Study on the spectral response of Brassica Campestris L. leaf to the copper pollution
Brassica Campestis L. was cultivated in the soil at the laboratory. The red edge, the visual spectrum and the near-infrared spectrum of Brassica Campestis L. leaf were used to explore the spectral response of Bra...
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Numerical simulation of pressure fluctuation in Kaplan turbine
As it is almost impossible to carry out the prototype hydro-turbine experiment before the power plant is built up, rational prediction of pressure fluctuations in the prototype turbine is very important at the...
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Viscous liquid sloshing dam** in cylindrical container using a volume of fluid method
Liquid sloshing is a kind of very complicated free surface flow and exists widely in many fields. In order to calculate liquid sloshing dam** precisely a volume of fluid method based on finite volume scheme ...
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An experimental study on self-output-control characteristics of micro downwind rotor with coning soft blades
In this short paper, we have treated the aerodynamic performance of micro downwind rotor with coning soft blades experimentally. The test wind rotor has the tip diameter of 1.5 m and three two-dimensional NACA...
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An optimization method on runner blades in bulb turbine based on CFD analysis
In this paper an optimization method of the runner blades in a bulb turbine based on CFD analysis is proposed. In the method the main scales of the turbine including guide vane, runner and draft are maintained...
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PIV measurement on internal instantaneous flows of a centrifugal pump
In this paper, the internal flow field in a centrifugal pump working at the design flow rate operating condition has been measured using the particle image velocimetry (PIV) technique with the fluorescent part...
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Open AccessTunable water-based lubrication behavior of alkyl- and fluoroalkyl-silanes
In this paper, we report the tribological properties of self-assembled molecular (SAM) films of fluoroalkylsilanes and non-fluoroalkylsilanes, with different chain-lengths, adsorbed on Si substrate surfaces by...
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Modification on the tribological properties of ceramics lubricated by water using fullerenol as a lubricating additive
It is necessary to modify the running-in process for the application of ceramics using water as a lubricant in real conditions because ceramics sliding in water are characterized by a running-in period with se...
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Open AccessTunable tribological properties in water-based lubrication of water-soluble fullerene derivatives via varying terminal groups
In this paper, three kinds of water-soluble fullerene derivatives were synthesized via electrophilic addition reaction and cycloaddition reaction, respectively. The chemical composition characterizations of th...
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Preparation of poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) brush bonded on silicon substrate and its water-based lubricating property
The poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) brush was covalently bonded on an initiator-coated silicon wafer via surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization. The polymer brush was (76.2±0.1) nm in thickness (b...
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A comparative study between graphene oxide and diamond nanoparticles as water-based lubricating additives
The tribological properties of graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets and modified diamond (MD) nanoparticles with excellent water-solubility were investigated. GO nanosheets were synthesized using carbon fibers with ...
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Superlubricity of Si3N4 sliding against SiO2 under linear contact conditions in phosphoric acid solutions
Superlubricity phenomena, which were previously achieved merely under point contact conditions, have been observed under the linear contact condition between the silicon nitride (Si3N4) cylinder and the silica (S...
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Achievement of a near-perfect smooth silicon surface
During the ultra large scale integration (ULSI) process, the surface roughness of the polished silicon wafer plays an important role in the quality and rate of production of devices. In this work, the effects ...
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Excellent tribological behavior of hexadecylphosphonic acid films formed on titanium alloy
Titanium alloy (Ti6Al4V) surfaces are generally modified to achieve some specific surface properties to satisfy requirements of clinical medicine. In our work, hexadecylphosphonic acid (HDPA) films were succes...