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A potential risk and management of feces in the queenless ant
Many ant species inhabit closed environments with limited spaces underground, encompassing a potential risk of pathogen reservoir and transmission among colony members. Despite accumulated research on the trig...
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Open AccessPetahertz non-linear current in a centrosymmetric organic superconductor
Charge acceleration during an intense light field application to solids attracts much attention as elementary processes in high-harmonic generation and photoelectron emission. For manipulating such attosecond ...
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Open AccessMitochondrial uncoupling reveals a novel therapeutic opportunity for p53-defective cancers
There are considerable challenges in directly targeting the mutant p53 protein, given the large heterogeneity of p53 mutations in the clinic. An alternative approach is to exploit the altered fitness of cells ...
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Nonlinear charge oscillation driven by a single-cycle light field in an organic superconductor
Application of an intense light field to solids produces enormous and ultrafast nonlinear phenomena such as high-harmonic generation1,2 and attosecond charge dynamics3,4. These are distinct from conventional phot...
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Recent Developments in Environmental Impact Assessment with Regard to Mining of Deep-Sea Mineral Resources
Growing attention to seabed mineral resources is being paid, private enterprises as well as governmental organizations are beginning to develop them. Along with this, more applications for development of new a...
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Adverse prognostic impact of KIT mutations in childhood CBF-AML: the results of the Japanese Pediatric Leukemia/Lymphoma Study Group AML-05 trial
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10 fs Dynamics of Photoinduced Magnetic Transition in Double-Layered Charge Ordering in LuFe2O4 Under Interlayer Excitation
Photoinduced growth of the antiferromagnetic state in the ferrimagnetic phase were demonstrated in double layered Fe oxide LuFe2O4 by 12 fs infrared pulse under inter-layer excitation. Inter-layer charge imbalanc...
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Spontaneous Formation of Correlated Charge Coherence Induced by 1.5-Cycle Pulse in 1-D Organic Metal (TMTTF)2AsF6
Ultrafast optical response of organic metal (TMTTF)2AsF6 induced by 1.5 cycle (7 fs) infrared pulse was investigated. Intense coherent oscillation of correlated charge (18 fs) grows in the time scale of 50 fs, re...
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Arf tumor suppressor disrupts the oncogenic positive feedback loop including c-Myc and DDX5
Tumor suppressor protein p19ARF (Arf; p14ARF in humans) functions in both p53-dependent and -independent modes to counteract hyper-proliferative signals caused by proto-oncogene activation, but its p53-independen...
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Open AccessPrognostic implications of CEBPA mutations in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia: a report from the Japanese Pediatric Leukemia/Lymphoma Study Group
CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein alpha (CEBPA) mutations are a favorable prognostic factor in adult acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients; however, few studies have examined their significance in pediatric AML pati...
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Open AccessDirect evidence for three-dimensional off-axis trap** with single Laguerre-Gaussian beam
Optical tweezers are often applied to control the dynamics of objects by scanning light. However, there is a limitation that objects fail to track the scan when the drag exceeds the trap** force. In contrast...
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Maintenance of the hematopoietic stem cell pool in bone marrow niches by EVI1-regulated GPR56
Acute myeloid leukemia with high ecotropic viral integration site-1 expression (EVI1high AML) is classified as a refractory type of leukemia with a poor prognosis. To provide new insights into the prevention and ...
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Acceleration of diabetes development in CXC chemokine receptor 3 (CXCR3)-deficient NOD mice
The aim of this study was to understand the role of CXC chemokine receptor 3 (CXCR3), a T-helper 1(Th1) type chemokine receptor, in the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes.
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Open AccessRole of mineralocorticoid receptor/Rho/Rho-kinase pathway in obesity-related renal injury
We examined whether aldosterone/Rho/Rho-kinase pathway contributed to obesity-associated nephropathy.
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Open AccessPrognostic significance of L-type amino-acid transporter 1 expression in surgically resected pancreatic cancer
The expression of L-type amino-acid transporter 1 (LAT1) is tumour-specific and has been shown to have essential roles in cell growth and survival. However, little is known regarding the clinical significance ...
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Electronic States and Magnetic Coupling in Fe/Fe3O4 Junctions
Exchange coupling observed recently in Fe/ Fe3O4 (001) junctions shows comparable intensity to that in Co/Ru/Co trilayers, and has potential applicability to spintronics devices. To clarify the mechanism of the e...
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Characteristics and Reliability of Amorphous Silicon Photocnductor Drums for PPC or LBP
The reliability of the a-Si drum has been investigated via environmental tests and durability copy testing, and its electrophotographic properties have been confirmed to be very stable. Regarding imaging prope...
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Graphene for Magnetoresistive Junctions
Influence of the linear energy-momentum relationship in graphene on conductance and magnetoresistance (MR) in ferromagnetic metal (FM)/graphene/FM lateral junctions is studied in a numerical simulation formula...
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Adhesion and Cu Diffusion Barrier Properties of a MnOx Barrier Layer Formed with Thermal MOCVD
A thin-amorphous MnOx layer using self-forming barrier process with a Cu-Mn alloy shows good adhesion and diffusion barrier properties between copper and dielectric layer, resulting in excellent reliability for s...
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Isolation, characterization and quantitation of canine alpha-1-acid glycoprotein
The present study was designed to investigate the physicochemical properties of canine alpha-1-acid glycoprotein (AGP), and to establish a method for measuring serum AGP in canine. Fifty-three normal beagles w...
