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Preparation and properties of poly(dimer acid-sebacic acid) copolymer
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Optimizing Financial Portfolios from the Perspective of Mining Temporal Structures of Stock Returns
In the literature, return-based approaches which directly used security prices or returns to control portfolio weights were often used. Inspired by the arbitrage pricing theory (APT), some other efforts concen...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Local PCA for Strip Line Detection and Thinning
We solve the tasks of strip line detection and thinning in image processing and pattern recognition in help of an energy minimization technique called rival penalized competitive learning (RPCL) based local pr...
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Chapter
White Noise Tests and Synthesis of APT Economic Factors Using TFA
When the Temporal Factor Analysis (TFA) model is used for classical Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT) analysis in finance, it is necessary to perform white noise tests on the residual in order to validate the mod...
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Production of bacterial blight resistant lines from somatic hybridization between Oryza sativa L. and Oryza meyeriana L.
Novel bacterial blight (BB) resistance gene(s) for rice was (were) introduced into a cultivated japonica rice variety Oryza sativa (cv. 8411), via somatic hybridization using the wild rice Oryza meyeriana as the ...
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Isolation and characterization of a new mannose-binding lectin gene fromTaxus media
In this paper, we report the cloning and characterization of the first mannose-binding lectin gene from a gymnosperm plant species,Taxus media. The full-length cDNA ofT. media agglutinin (TMA) consisted of 676 bp...
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Immunocytochemical localization of secretory component in Paneth cell secretory granules-rat Paneth cells participate in acquired immunity
With the marker of Paneth cells-lysozyme, secretory component (SC) immunoreactivity was demonstrated exclusively in Paneth cells of rat small intestine. The other types of epithelial cells (columnar, goblet, e...
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Early restaging whole-body 18F-FDG PET during induction chemotherapy predicts clinical outcome in patients with locoregionally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma
This study was undertaken to evaluate the utility of whole-body 18F-FDG PET in monitoring therapeutic effect during induction chemotherapy (IC) and in predicting prognosis in patients with locoregionally advanced...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Method of Chinese Fax Recipient’s Name Recognition Based on Hybrid Neural Networks
A professional Chinese fax information processing system is designed which has functions to automate incoming fax distribution in a company or institution, read an incoming fax cover sheet and route the fax to...
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Manipulating DNA molecules in nanofluidic channels
Nanofluidic channels of ∼40×60 nm (width × depth) were fabricated with focused ion beam (FIB) milling instrument on a silicon nitride (Si3N4) film. Stained λ-phage DNA molecules were driven into these open channe...
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Variation between freshwater and terrestrial fungal communities on decaying bamboo culms
Fungal communities on decaying culms of a bamboo host (Phyllostachys bambusoides) from freshwater and adjacent terrestrial habitats were identified. Collections were made at **ao Bai Long Mountain, Yiliang, Yunna...
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Genetic diversity of Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis) revealed by AFLP analysis: an implication on the management of captive conservation
Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis) is one of the most critically endangered species among 23 extant crocodiles in the world. To prevent the extinction of the species, a captive propagation started at early 19...
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Identification of label-retaining cells in nasopharyngeal epithelia and nasopharyngeal carcinoma tissues
Adult stem cells can be identified by label-retaining cell (LRC) approach based on their ability to retain nucleoside analog, such as bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU). We hypothesized that mouse nasopharynx contains a...
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The upper ocean thermal structure and the genesis locations of tropical cyclones in the South China Sea
The relationship between the upper ocean thermal structure and the genesis locations of tropical cyclones (TCs) in the South China Sea (SCS) is investigated by using the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) bes...
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Simultaneous Determination of Baicalin, Baicalein, Wogonin, Oxysophocarpine, Oxymatrine and Matrine in the Chinese Herbal Preparation of Sanwu-Huangqin-Tang by Ion-Paired HPLC
A sensitive and reliable ion-paired high-performance liquid chromatographic method has been established for the simultaneous quantification of six major active ingredients, namely baicalin, baicalein, wogonin,...
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Development of the Fingerprints for the Quality Evaluation of Scutellariae Radix by HPLC-DAD and LC-MS-MS
A high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with photodiode array detection and electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-DAD-ESI-MS2) method was firstly developed for a chemical fingerprint ana...
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Triptolide Upregulates NGF Synthesis in Rat Astrocyte Cultures
Triptolide (T10), an extract from the traditional Chinese herb, Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F (TWHF), has been shown to attenuate the rotational behavior induced by d-amphetamine and prevent the loss of dopaminer...
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Dynamic simulation of a flexible spinning vehicle with the periodic varying thrust
The dynamic response of a flexible spinning vehicle with the varying thrust was investigated. The varying thrust was modeled as a series of simple harmonic components superimposed on a constant thrust. The ana...
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Attenuating effect of daidzein on polychlorinated biphenyls-induced oxidative toxicity in mouse testicular cells
The attenuating effect of daidzein (DAI) on oxidative toxicity induced by Aroelor 1254 (A1254) was investigated in mouse testicular cells. Cells were exposed to A1254 alone or with DAI. The oxidative damage wa...
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Hydraulic Pressure Signal Denoising Using Threshold Self-Learning Wavelet Algorithm
A pre-filter combined with threshold self-learning wavelet algorithm is proposed for hydraulic pressure signals denoising. The denoising threshold is self-learnt in the steady flow state, and then modified und...
