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Nano-silver composite antibacterial gel in the treatment of otitis media
In order to explore the application of nano-medication system of the multiple antibacterial nanometer in the treatment of otitis media, the tanshinone IIA/nano-silver composite gel was used as an example for r...
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Open AccessA novel 1.38-kb deletion combined with a single nucleotide variant in KIAA0586 as a cause of Joubert syndrome
KIAA0586, also known as Talpid3, plays critical roles in primary cilia formation and hedgehog signaling in humans. Variants in KIAA0586 could cause some different ciliopathies, including Joubert syndrome (JBTS), ...
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A Tail Measure With Variable Risk Tolerance: Application in Dynamic Portfolio Insurance Strategy
Risk measures for tail risk have an important application in the dynamic portfolio insurance strategies. We propose a new risk measure called SlideVaR which overcome the limitation of traditional measures like...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: The reference genome of Miscanthus floridulus illuminates the evolution of Saccharinae
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Open AccessPublisher Correction: The reference genome of Miscanthus floridulus illuminates the evolution of Saccharinae
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Open AccessThe reference genome of Miscanthus floridulus illuminates the evolution of Saccharinae
Miscanthus, a member of the Saccharinae subtribe that includes sorghum and sugarcane, has been widely studied as a feedstock for cellulosic biofuel production. Here, we report the sequencing and assembly of the M...
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Open AccessIdentification of two novel pathogenic variants of PIBF1 by whole exome sequencing in a 2-year-old boy with Joubert syndrome
Joubert syndrome (OMIM 213300) is an autosomal recessive disorder with gene heterogeneity. Causal genes and their variants have been identified by sequencing or other technologies for Joubert syndrome subtypes.
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Open AccessMutation analysis, treatment and prenatal diagnosis of Chinese cases of methylmalonic acidemia
Methylmalonic acidemia (MMA)-affected patients may have developmental, hematological, neurological, metabolic, ophthalmological, and dermatological clinically abnormal findings. This study aimed to identify mu...
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Genome-wide selection and genetic improvement during modern maize breeding
Since the development of single-hybrid maize breeding programs in the first half of the twentieth century1, maize yields have increased over sevenfold, and much of that increase can be attributed to tolerance of ...
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Open AccessNeisseria chenwenguii sp. nov. isolated from the rectal contents of a plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae)
Two Gram-stain negative, catalase positive, coccus shaped bacteria, designated 10023T and 10010, were isolated from the rectal contents of a plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae) in Qinghai–Tibet Plateau, China. Base...
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Interspecific genetic maps in Miscanthus floridulus and M. sacchariflorus accelerate detection of QTLs associated with plant height and inflorescence
Miscanthus is recognized as a promising lignocellulosic crop for the production of bioethanol and bioproducts worldwide. To facilitate the identification of agronomical important traits and establish genetics kno...
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Modification of Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata L.) wood by silicone oil heat treatment with micro-wave pretreatment
Chinese fir is traditionally used as a construction material in southern China. To enhance the wood properties of this species, silicone oil heat treatment was used in the modification of the wood. Chinese fir...
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Miscanthus sp.: Genetic Diversity and Phylogeny in China
Miscanthus genetic resources are widely distributed throughout China. However, genetic studies on Miscanthus lagged far behind other crops (e.g., sorghum, maize). To establish the compreh...
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Open AccessWheat Ms2 encodes for an orphan protein that confers male sterility in grass species
Male sterility is a valuable trait for plant breeding and hybrid seed production. The dominant male-sterile gene Ms2 in common wheat has facilitated the release of hundreds of breeding lines and cultivars in Chin...
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Adaptive ship detection in SAR images using variance WIE-based method
Automatic detection of ship targets from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images is an important and challenging problem. Given the different nature of target returns in homogeneous and heterogeneous regions in ...
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A fast line-scanning-based detection algorithm for real-time SAR ship detection
Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) provides a powerful surveillance capability allowing the observation of target, independently from weather effects and from the day and night cycle. Unfortunately, the automatic ...
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Self-assembly of surfactant-like peptides and their applications
Numerous peptides derived from naturally occurring proteins or de novo designed have been found to self-assemble into various nanostructures. These well-defined nanostructures have shown great potential for a var...
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Development of microsatellite markers in autopolyploid sugarcane and comparative analysis of conserved microsatellites in sorghum and sugarcane
Sugarcane has become an increasingly important first-generation biofuel crop in tropical and subtropical regions. It has a large, complex, polyploid genome that has hindered the progress of genomic research an...
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Open AccessConstruction of physical maps for the sex-specific regions of papaya sex chromosomes
Papaya is a major fruit crop in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. It is trioecious with three sex forms: male, female, and hermaphrodite. Sex determination is controlled by a pair of nascent sex chro...
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Dissection of genetic components of preharvest sprouting resistance in white wheat
Preharvest sprouting (PHS) in rain-affected wheat (Triticum aestivum) is a major constraint to the production of high-quality wheat, especially in regions where white grain wheat cultivars are preferred. To chara...
