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Characterization of Transcriptome Expression: The Response of Isatis indigotica to Salt Stress
Isatis indigotica Fort. is extremely widely planted and used for the source of the traditional Chinese medicine Radix Isatidis (Ban-Lan-Gen), which had pharmacological activities such as anti-endotoxic, antibacte...
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Electrical, thermal, and structural studies on highly conducting additive-free biopolymer electrolytes for electric double-layer capacitor application
Biopolymer electrolytes consisting of poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) and lithium trifluoromethanesulfonate (LiTf) were prepared by solution casting technique. The ionic conductivity of polymer electrolyte is increa...
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Felodipine downregulates serum interleukin-18 levels in rats with fructose-induced metabolic syndrome
Objective: Human studies suggest that calcium-channel blockers have cardiovascular protection besides reducing blood pressure, and interleukin-18 (IL-18) levels which are elevated in obes...
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Effect of cilnidipine on left ventricular function in hypertensive patients as assessed by tissue Doppler Tei index
Tissue Doppler Tei index is pointed to be more effective in the evaluation of global cardiac function than systolic and diastolic measurements alone in various heart diseases. This study was designed to assess...
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Ultra high repetition rate (133 MHz) laser ablation of aluminum with 1.2-ps pulses
This study reports on the multi-pulse ablation of aluminum foils by bursts of mode-locked pulses from a feedback-controlled Nd:glass laser (1054 nm). The 2-μs train consists of about 250 pulses of 1.2 ps dura...
