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Chapter and Conference Paper
Prevention of GAN-Based Privacy Inferring Attacks Towards Federated Learning
With the increasing amount of data, data privacy has drawn great concern in machine learning among the public. Federated Learning, which is a new kind of distributed learning framework, enables data providers ...
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Open AccessYield-Maturity Relationships of Summer Maize from 2003 to 2017 in the Huanghuaihai Plain of China
Information on yield-maturity relationships is important for maize breeding and cultivation, but it is seldom available in geographic zones where there are limited heat resources for summer maize. Two novel sy...
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Open Access**qiJiangtang tablets for pre-diabetes: A randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled clinical trial
This study observed the efficacy and safety of **qiJiangtang tablets (JQJT tablets, a traditional Chinese patent medicine) for pre-diabetes. Four hundred patients with pre-diabetes at five centres were treate...
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Thermodynamic Database of Mg-Al-Ca-Sr: A Resource for Alloy Development and Improvement
A thermodynamic database of Mg-Al-Ca-Sr, a basic quaternary for a number of commercial magnesium alloys such as AXJ530 (Mg-4.5Al-3.0Ca-0.14Sr, weight percent hereafter, unless noted otherwise) was developed. C...
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Open AccessCarotenoid accumulation affects redox status, starch metabolism, and flavonoid/anthocyanin accumulation in citrus
Carotenoids are indispensable plant secondary metabolites that are involved in photosynthesis, antioxidation, and phytohormone biosynthesis. Carotenoids are likely involved in other biological functions that h...
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Open AccessUse of comparative effectiveness research for similar Chinese patent medicine for angina pectoris of coronary heart disease: a new approach based on patient-important outcomes
The practice of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has a profound history in many Asian countries. TCM syndrome is a set of characteristic physical signs and symptoms shared by a group of patients. Syndrome di...
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Open AccessThe draft genome of sweet orange (Citrus sinensis)
Yijun Ruan and colleagues report the draft genome of the sweet orange, Citrus sinensis. Their data suggests sweet orange originated from a cross between pummelo and mandarin.
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Doubled haploid callus lines of Valencia sweet orange recovered from anther culture
Homozygous genotypes are valuable for genetic and genomic studies in higher plants. However, obtaining homozygous perennial plants using conventional breeding techniques is currently a challenge because of a l...
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Open Access**Qi-Jiangtang tablet, a Chinese patent medicine, for pre-diabetes: a randomized controlled trial
Pre-diabetes is a growing health concern where a large percentage of these patients develop full type 2 diabetes. Effective interventions on pre-diabetes can prevent or delay the occurrence or development of d...
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Functional characterization of Citrus PSY gene in Hongkong kumquat (Fortunella hindsii Swingle)
Citrus, rich in carotenoids, is the most important fruit crop based on the total annual production. In the carotenoid biosynthesis pathway, phytoene synthase (PSY, EC 2.5.1.32) catalyzes the dimerization of tw...
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Reverse Monte Carlo structural model for a zirconium-based metallic glass incorporating fluctuation microscopy medium-range order data
We used reverse Monte Carlo (RMC) modeling to simulate the atomic structure of a Zr-based bulk metallic glass (BMG), incorporating short-range structural data from the electron diffraction total reduced densit...
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Change in Activation Volume for Plastic Deformation of Zr-based Bulk Metallic Glass following Annealing
We performed nanoindentation creep experiments on the bulk metallic glass Zr54Cu38Al8 in an effort to measure the scale of the individual deformation events responsible for plastic deformation. From a nanoindenta...
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Nanometer-scale Structural Relaxation in Zr-based Bulk Metallic Glass
We investigated the influence of annealing on the nanometer-scale medium-range order in Zr54Cu38Al8 bulk metallic glass using fluctuation electron microscopy. Fluctuation microscopy experiments probing structure ...
