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Fusing Fibre Batteries Interface via Biomimetic Gel Electrolyte
The energy supply of rising electronic textile can resort to gel-based fibre batteries attributed to their flexibility and safety. However, their electrochemical performance is plagued by the poor electrolyte–...
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Quality or Quantity: How Do Teachers’ Knowledge and Beliefs Persuade Them to Engage in Technology Integration in a Massive Government-Led Training Programme?
Technology integration refers to the process of innovation diffusion, from understanding technology knowledge to achieving a high level quality of technology usage. To address the gap in research regarding the...
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Examining the effect of seat location on students’ real-time social interactions in a smart classroom using experience sampling method
While prior research has examined the impact of seats on students' performance in the classroom, no agreement has reached on how seat locations influence students’ social interactions, especially in technology...
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Investigating the Influence of Seating Factors on Perception of the Learning Environment in Smart Classroom
Human-machine and interpersonal distance are important location features in the spatial layout of rich media, reflecting the individual emotional connection. As a typical rich media learning environment, smart...
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Open AccessIdentifying host-specific amino acid signatures for influenza A viruses using an adjusted entropy measure
Influenza A viruses (IAV) exhibit vast genetic mutability and have great zoonotic potential to infect avian and mammalian hosts and are known to be responsible for a number of pandemics. A key computational is...
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GAS5/METTL14/ESR1 genetic variants are related to the susceptibility of coronary heart disease
The prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease (CHD) is a difficult problem to be solved urgently. Genetic factors play a crucial role in CHD development. This study aimed to investigate the associatio...
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Genome-wide signatures of mammalian skin covering evolution
Animal body coverings provide protection and allow for adaptation to environmental pressures such as heat, ultraviolet radiation, water loss, and mechanical forces. Here, using a comparative genomics analysis ...
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Genome-wide identification of microRNAs and phased siRNAs in soybean roots under long-term salt stress
Salinity stress, as the key limiting factor for agricultural productivity, can activate a series of molecular responses and alter gene expression in plants. Endogenous regulatory small RNAs, such as microRNAs ...
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VdOGDH is involved in energy metabolism and required for virulence of Verticillium dahliae
Verticillium dahliae, a soil-borne fungus, can invade plant vascular tissue and cause Verticillium wilt. The enzyme α-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase (OGDH), catalyzing the oxidation of α-oxoglutarate in the tricarbox...
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Habitat use and population structure of the shoal chub (Macrhybopsis hyostoma) in the upper Mississippi River basin
Anthropogenic alterations of river systems may have a profound effect on native fish community and habitat use; however, it’s difficult to understand the extent of these impacts without establishing well-defin...
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Comparative skin transcriptome of two Oujiang color common carp (Cyprinus carpio var. color) varieties
Body color variation has long been a hot research topic in evolutionary and functional biology. Oujiang color common carp (Cyprinus carpio var. color) is a well-known economical and ornamental fish. Three main ty...
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Open AccessThe dynamic transcriptome and metabolomics profiling in Verticillium dahliae inoculated Arabidopsis thaliana
Verticillium wilt caused by the soil-borne fungus Verticillium dahliae is a common, devastating plant vascular disease notorious for causing economic losses. Despite considerable research on plant resistance gene...
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ABP9, a maize bZIP transcription factor, enhances tolerance to salt and drought in transgenic cotton
ABP9 , encoding a bZIP transcription factor from maize, enhances tolerance to multiple stresses and may participate in the ABA signaling pathway in transgenic cotton by alteri...
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Open AccessModel-based clustering with certainty estimation: implication for clade assignment of influenza viruses
Clustering is a common technique used by molecular biologists to group homologous sequences and study evolution. There remain issues such as how to cluster molecular sequences accurately and in particular how ...
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Open AccessTranscriptomic variation of hepatopancreas reveals the energy metabolism and biological processes associated with molting in Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis
Molting is a critical developmental process for crustaceans, yet the underlying molecular mechanism is unknown. In this study, we used RNA-Seq to investigate transcriptomic profiles of the hepatopancreas and i...
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Open AccessTranscriptome analysis of two buffalograss cultivars
Buffalograss [Buchloë dactyloides (Nutt.) Engel. syn. Bouteloua dactyloides (Nutt.) Columbus] is a United States native turfgrass species that requires less irrigation, fungicides and pesticides compared to more ...
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Dynamics of Influenza Virus and Human Host Interactions During Infection and Replication Cycle
The replication and life cycle of the influenza virus is governed by an intricate network of intracellular regulatory events during infection, including interactions with an even more complex system of biochem...
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Microsatellite genetic diversity and differentiation of native and introduced grass carp populations in three continents
Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella), a freshwater species native to China, has been introduced to about 100 countries/regions and poses both biological and environmental challenges to the receiving ecosystems. I...
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Complete mitogenome sequence of black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) and its use for molecular phylogeny of leuciscine fishes
The black carp Mylopharyngodon piceus (Cyprinidae), native to eastern Asian, is a large, commercially important fish, and has been introduced to many other countries for variable reasons. In this study, the compl...
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Significant genetic differentiation between native and introduced silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) inferred from mtDNA analysis
Silver carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Cyprinidae) is native to China and has been introduced to over 80 countries. The extent of genetic diversity in introduced silver carp and the genetic divergence between i...
