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Preliminary studies on the ionic pulse of snowmelt runoff in the Urumqi River, **njiang, Northwest China
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Self-organized growth of alloy superlattices
Patterning in nature typically occurs through self-organization, and interest has developed recently in the use of such spontaneous processes to fabricate periodically structured materials at the nanometre sca...
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A novel tobacco gene coding for a product similar to bacterial two-component regulators
The two-component signaling system has been studied in bacteria. It takes part in signal transduction of adaptive behavior. Recent studies have shown that a similar two-component system is also present in euka...
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Hydrothermal synthesis, characterization and nonlinear optical effect of orthorhombic phase Ca2B6O11 · H2O
Hydrothermal treatment of calcium oxide and boric acid mixtures at temperatures between 234 °C and 300 °C has produced a colorless, transparent, orthorhombic compound Ca2B6O11 · H2O. Of the seven known members of...
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Response of a strained semiconductor structure
The nanomechanical properties of thin silicon films will become increasingly critical in semiconductor devices, particularly in the context of substrates that consist of a silicon film on an insulating layer (...
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Identification and map** of quantitative trait loci controlling cold-tolerance of Chinese common wild rice (O. rufipogon Griff.) at booting to flowering stages
An advanced backcross population of rice was used to identify the quantitative trait locus (QTL) controlling the cold-tolerance at booting to flowering stages. The recipient, Guichao 2 (GC2), was a commercial ...
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Inhibitors of protein kinase C
Protein kinase catalyzes the transfer of the γ-phosphoryl group from ATP to the hydroxyl groups of protein side chains, which plays critical roles in signal transduction pathways by transmitting extracellular ...
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Effects of the surface-adsorption of boron-doped diamond electrode on its electrochemical behavior
To elucidate the effects of the hydrogenation and oxygenation of the boron-doped diamond (BDD) electrode on its electrochemical behaviors, the surface morphologies and phases of the two surface-adsorption BDD ...
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Electronic structures of the oxygenated diamond (100) surfaces
By means of first principles method on the basis of density functional theory (DFT), the equilibrium geometries and density of states (DOS) of the two oxygenated diamond (100) surfaces, bridging model and on-t...
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QSAR analysis of substituted benzylamino- and heterocyclylmethylamino-carbodithioate derivatives of 4-(3H)-quinazolinone using CoMFA and SCORE2.0
Thymidylate synthase (TS) is a critical enzyme for DNA biosynthesis and many nonclassical lipophilic antifolates targeting this enzyme are quite efficient and encouraging as antitumor drugs. In this paper, the...
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Photonic structure in the wings of Papilio bianor ganesa
We conducted structural characterizations, reflection measurements, and theoretical simulations on the iridescent green of the wings of Papilio bianor ganesa. We found that the green iridescence originated from a...
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THz spectra of five borates crystals
Terahertz spectral responses have been studied for five borate crystals Na5[B2P3O13] (NBP), Zn3BPO (ZBP), SrB4O7 (SBO), Na3La9O3(BO3)8 (NLBO) and PbB4O7 (PBO). It is found that the samples had good transmission i...
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Equilibrium geometric structure and electronic properties of Cl and H2O co-adsorption on Fe (100) surface
Based on the first principles density functional theory, the equilibrium geometric structure and surface electronic properties of Cl and H2O co-adsorption on the Fe (100) surface are investigated. The results ind...
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Feasibility of poplar foliages as bio-monitors for organochlorine pesticides in air
The feasibility of poplar (P. tomentosa) foliages as passive biomonitors for organochlorine pesticides in air was explored. The accumulation patterns of poplar foliages for HCHs, DDTs and HCB were similar, the am...
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In situ boron isotope measurements of natural geological materials by LA-MC-ICP-MS
There are two main methods to determine boron isotopic composition. One is the solution method, in which boron is purified after the samples are dissolved in solution and the boron isotope ratios are determine...
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Open AccessApplication of chemical fractionation and X-ray powder diffraction to study phosphorus speciation in sediments from Lake Hongfeng, China
Based on the techniques of sequential extraction and X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), the distribution characteristics of phosphorus speciation were investigated in 13 sediment samples from Lake Hongfeng, an im...
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Open AccessHigh-altitude salt lake elevation changes and glacial ablation in Central Tibet, 2000–2010
This research quantifies lake level variations in the Siling Co, Co’e and Bangor Co salt lakes in Central Tibet from 1976 to 2010, and most notably for the 2000–2010 periods. In particular, the effects of diff...
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Open AccessDynamic Mechanism for the Transcription Apparatus Orchestrating Reliable Responses to Activators
The transcription apparatus (TA) is a huge molecular machine. It detects the time-varying concentrations of transcriptional activators and initiates mRNA transcripts at appropriate rates. Based on the general ...
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Open AccessStructural origin of sexual dichromatic coloration and luster in the beetle Goliathus cacicus
In the beetle Goliathus cacicus, male elytra show silky luster with iridescence while female ones appear lusterless white without iridescence to our perception. We revealed by structural characterizations and opt...
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Spin-enhanced organic bulk heterojunction photovoltaic solar cells
Recently, much effort has been devoted to improve the efficiency of organic photovoltaic solar cells based on blends of donors and acceptors molecules in bulk heterojunction architecture. One of the major loss...