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Facile fabrication of durable acaricidal nanofibers effective against Dermatophagoides farinae via emulsion electrospinning of eugenol-encapsulated cellulose acetate
Eugenol, a natural essential oil that has acaricidal effect on Dermatophagoides farinae dust mite, was encapsulated in a gelatin capsule by the coacervation method. The eugenol oil-loaded gelatin capsule (EOGC) w...
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Geometric structure modification in cellulose acetate nanofibers and its impact on liquid resistance/repellency
Surface modification—altering geometric structures or surface energy—is a key factor in improving liquid resistance/repellency on a solid surface. In particular, roughness from geometric structures provides vo...
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Integrative systems analysis of diet-induced obesity identified a critical transition in the transcriptomes of the murine liver and epididymal white adipose tissue
It is well known that high-fat diet (HFD) can cause immune system-related pathological alterations after a significant body weight gain. The mechanisms of the delayed pathological alterations during the develo...
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Structural and Electrochemical Investigation of Na+ Insertion Into λ-Mn1-xNixO2
Increased demand for low cost energy storage options has expanded the scope of Na+ batteries considerably; and with the growing interest in Na-based chemistries, the importance of high voltage positive electrodes...
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Influence of image compression on the interpretation of spectral-domain optical coherence tomography in exudative age-related macular degeneration
To evaluate the effect of image compression of spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) images in the examination of eyes with exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
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Open AccessA phase-1b study of everolimus plus paclitaxel in patients with small-cell lung cancer
The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway is dysregulated in small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) and everolimus is an oral mTOR inhibitor.
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Variability of subfoveal choroidal thickness measurements in patients with age-related macular degeneration and central serous chorioretinopathy
To evaluate the variability in subfoveal choroidal thickness measurements in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and central serous chorioretinopathy using enhanced depth imaging optical coher...
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Effective threshold voltage control in GaN nanowire field-effect transistors with a dual-gate structure
To control the gate threshold voltages of nano-devices, we fabricated a GaN nanowire field-effect transistor with a sandwich-type dual-gate structure in which the top- and the bottom-gate electrodes could inde...
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POZ/BTB and AT-hook-containing zinc finger protein 1 (PATZ1) inhibits endothelial cell senescence through a p53 dependent pathway
Vascular cell senescence, induced by the DNA damage response or inflammatory stress, contributes to age-associated vascular disease. Using complementary DNA microarray technology, we found that the level of PO...
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Ret finger protein inhibits muscle differentiation by modulating serum response factor and enhancer of polycomb1
Skeletal myogenesis is precisely regulated by multiple transcription factors. Previously, we demonstrated that enhancer of polycomb 1 (Epc1) induces skeletal muscle differentiation by potentiating serum respon...
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Structural and electrical properties of core–shell structured GaP nanowires with outer Ga2O3 oxide layers
This paper presents a review of our current experimental research on GaP nanowires grown by a vapor deposition method. Their structural, electrical, opto-electric transport, and gas-adsorption properties are r...
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Error Analysis of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) Mission
The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) is a dedicated spaceborne mission to map the gravity field with unprecedented accuracy. It consists of two satellites co-orbiting in a nearly polar orbit, at...
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Bicriteria network design using a spanning tree-based genetic algorithm
The optimization problems in communication networks have received the attention of many researchers in such related fields as network designer, network analysis, and network administration. The use of computer...
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Measuring Risk in Value-at-Risk Based on Student’s t-Distribution
Distributional assumptions of financial return data are an important issue for asset-pricing and portfolio management as well as risk controlling. In order to capture the departure of empirical observations of...
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Formation of Rb-doped crystalline phase with second harmonic generation in transparent K2O-Nb2O5-TeO2 glass ceramics
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Preparation of dysprosium-165/holmium-166 macroaggregate for radiation synovectomy
New165Dy and166Ho macroaggregates(165Dy-MA,166Ho-MA) were prepared by reacting the aqueous solution of165Dy(NO3)3 and166Ho(NO3)3, respectively, with sodium borohydride solution in 0.2N NaOH.165Dy-MA and166Ho-MA a...
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Thermal Expansion Behavior of ZnSe and ZnS0.03Se0.97 Epilayers on GaAs at Temperatures in the Range, 25°C - 250°C
The thermal expansion behavior of ZnSe and ZnS0.03Se0.97 epilayers grown on GaAs has been investigated using high resolution X-ray diffraction at temperatures between room temperature and the growth temperature. ...