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Distribution and dynamics of niche and interspecific association of dominant phytoplankton species in the Feiyun River basin, Zhejiang, China
To investigate the dominant species and interspecific association in the phytoplankton community of the Feiyun River basin in Zhejiang Province, East China, the main stream and the Shanxi-Zhaoshandu Reservoir ...
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Enhancing the anti-steganalysis ability of steganography via adversarial examples
Steganography technology can effectively conceal secret information in the carrier medium, enable covert communication without drawing the attention of a third party, and ensure the safe and reliable transmiss...
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Downscaling algorithms for annual TRMM data based on climatic and orographic variables over the Qinling Mountains, China
Obtaining the gridded precipitation data with a high resolution in mountainous area is of importance in hydrology, meteorology, and ecology. However, rain gauge observations and satellite-based precipitation p...
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Clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of patients with non-small cell lung cancer having HER2 alterations
Human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER2) alterations are found in approximately 2%–5% of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This study aimed to evaluate the clinical characteristics of patients with NSCLC havin...
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Open AccessEffects of Shenling Baizhu powder on pyrotinib-induced diarrhea: analysis of gut microbiota, metabonomics, and network pharmacology
Shenling Baizhu Powder (SBP) is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) prescription, which has the good efficacy on gastrointestinal toxicity. In this study, we used gut microbiota analysis, metabonomics and net...
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Uncertainty of Gridded Precipitation at Local and Continent Scales: A Direct Comparison of Rainfall from SILO and AWAP in Australia
The uncertainty of gridded precipitation data, which have many engineering and scientific applications, is investigated in this study by comparing two popular gridded products in Australia, i.e., AWAP (Austral...
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Annual and seasonal precipitation trends and their attributions in the Qinling Mountains, a climate transitional zone in China
In this study, annual and seasonal precipitation trends and their connection with large-scale climate indices in the Qinling Mountains (QMs) were investigated using the innovative trend analysis (ITA), based o...
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Climate changes and variability in the Great Artesian Basin (Australia), future projections, and implications for groundwater management
The Great Artesian Basin (GAB) in Australia is one of the largest aquifer systems in the world and it supports a range of agriculture, industry, fragile ecosystems, and townships. Climate variability and futur...
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Evaluation of HHT approach for estimating agricultural drought trend and frequency based on modified soil water deficit index (MSWDI)
Accurate estimation of the agricultural drought trend and frequency is important to water resources planning and management. In this study, an effective analysis tool, the Hilbert–Huang Transform (HHT) method,...
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From meteorological droughts to hydrological droughts: a case study of the Weihe River Basin, China
The standard precipitation index (SPI) and streamflow drought index (SDI) were used in this study to investigate the relationship between meteorological and hydrological droughts in the Weihe River Basin, the ...
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Generation of multi-site stochastic daily rainfall with four weather generators: a case study of Gloucester catchment in Australia
Four weather generators, namely, R-package version of the Generalised Linear Model for daily Climate time series (RGLIMCLIM), Stochastic Climate Library (SCL), R-package multi-site precipitation generator (RGE...
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Open Access4-cholesten-3-one suppresses lung adenocarcinoma metastasis by regulating translocation of HMGB1, HIF1α and Caveolin-1
Metastasis is a great challenge in lung adenocarcinoma (ADC) therapy. Cholesterol has been implicated in ADC metastasis. 4-cholesten-3-one, as cholesterol metabolite and analog, can substitute membrane cholest...
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Recent changes in precipitation extremes in the Heihe River basin, Northwest China
Changes in rainfall extremes pose a serious and additional threat to water resources planning and management, natural and artificial oasis stability, and sustainable development in the fragile ecosystems of ar...
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Impacts of climate change under CMIP5 RCP scenarios on streamflow in the Huangnizhuang catchment
Six global climate models (GCMs) from Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 under three Respectively Concentration Pathways (RCP2.6, RCP4.5 and RCP8.5) were used to assess the impact of climate change ...
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Spatial–temporal variations of spring drought based on spring-composite index values for the Songnen Plain, Northeast China
A spring-composite index (s-CI) is proposed in this study that involves slightly altering the use of the accumulated precipitation from the composite index (CI) comparing the value with other three commonly us...
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Projection of future rainfall for the North China Plain using two statistical downscaling models and its hydrological implications
This study projected the future rainfall (2046–2065 and 2081–2100) for the North China Plain (NCP) using two stochastic statistical downscaling models, the non-homogeneous hidden Markov model and the generaliz...
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Structure of a bacterial energy-coupling factor transporter
The crystal structure of a nucleotide-free energy-coupling factor transporter from Lactobacillus brevis at a resolution of 3.5 Å suggests a plausible working model for the transport cycle of such transporters.
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The streamflow trend in Tangwang River basin in northeast China and its difference response to climate and land use change in sub-basins
In this study, the hydro-climatic trends (1964–2006) of Tangwang River basin (TRB) were examined using the Kendall’s test. Moreover, the impacts of climate variability and land use change on streamflow in each...
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Global insights into water resources, climate change and governance
The high levels of water extraction from the Colorado, Murray, Orange and Yellow rivers are shown to be the main cause of reduced flows in these systems. Changes in governance are urgently required to preserve...
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A comparison of three multi-site statistical downscaling models for daily rainfall in the North China Plain
Three statistical downscaling methods (conditional resampling statistical downscaling model: CR-SDSM, the generalised linear model for daily climate time series: GLIMCLIM, and the non-homogeneous hidden Markov...
