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Geriatric Services Hub — A Collaborative Frailty Management Model between The Hospital and Community Providers
Frailty is an important geriatric syndrome especially with ageing populations. Frailty can be managed or even reversed with community-based interventions delivered by a multi-disciplinary team. Innovation is r...
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Ameliorating Effects of Leaf Water Extract of Three Aromatic Plant Species on Ozone-Polluted Snap Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L. ‘Jiangjunyoudou’)
Ozone (O3) is one of the major pollutants in near-surface air. In order to protect sensitive plants from O3 pollution, many kinds of protectants including synthetic ones, were assessed in previous studies. Althou...
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High-efficiency catalytic degradation of phenol based on the peroxidase-like activity of cupric oxide nanoparticles
Based on the recently discovered peroxidase-like activity, cupric oxide nanoparticles with diameters about 6 nm were synthesized and used to remove phenol from aqueous solution. As a kind of peroxidase mimetic...
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Striped Karren on Snake Mountain above Kunming (Yunnan, China)
Unique striped karren give a special landscape stamp to the extensive top of Snake Mountain above Kunming. Lithomorphogenetic research reveals the manner of the formation and development of this karren on vert...
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Identification of different ABA biosynthesis sites at seedling and fruiting stages in Arachis hypogaea L. following water stress
Abscisic acid (ABA) is one of the most important phytohormones involved in abiotic stress responses. ABA transport in plants is important in determining endogenous ABA levels and their resulting physiological ...
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Molecular cloning and expression analysis of a new stress-related AREB gene from Arachis hypogaea
An AREB gene, designated as AhAREB1, was cloned from peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.). The gene contains a 1 338-bp open reading frame that encodes a putative protein of 445 amino acids. The corresponding genomic DNA...
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Non-thermal Atmospheric Plasma Treatment for Deactivation of Oral Bacteria and Improvement of Dental Composite Restoration
This paper reviews our recent research results of using non-thermal atmospheric plasmas for oral bacterial deactivation and for composite restoration improvement. Oral bacteria of Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans...
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Reversal of multidrug resistance of gastric cancer cells by downregulation of CIAPIN1 with CIAPIN1 siRNA
The overexpression of a new cytokine-induced apoptosis inhibitor 1 (CIAPIN1) gene has been shown previously to promote a multidrug resistant phenotype in gastric cancer cells through the upregulation of MDR1 a...
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Transferring water from irrigation to higher valued uses: a case study of the Zhanghe irrigation system in China
The Zhanghe irrigation system (ZIS) is located in the Yangtze River Basin approximately 200 km west of Wuhan in Hubei Province. The reservoir was designed for multiple uses—irrigation, flood control, domestic ...
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Open AccessExpression of interferon-γ in human adrenal gland and kidney tumours
It is known that interferon-γ (IFN-γ) is produced by activated T and NK lymphoid cells, mononuclear cells, and macrophage and dendritic cells. Our previous studies have shown that IFN-γ-like immunoreactivity also...
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Acute Toxicity of 4-Nonylphenol to Aquatic Invertebrates in Taiwan
Acute toxicity of 4-nonylphenol (NP) was examined in six freshwater species from three phyla – platyhelminthes, arthropoda and mollusca. Values of the 48-hour LC50 of NP for six species ranged from 20 to 508 ug/L...
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Long-term trends in intersectoral water allocation and crop water productivity in Zhanghe and Kaifeng, China
This paper examines the trends in water allocation among sectors, water use by source, cropped area, crop production and water productivity. The study was undertaken at two sites in China: the Zhanghe Irrigati...
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Fabrication of Electrochemical Ceramic Membrane with Assistance of Metallization by the Electroless-plating Technique
This work developed a metal-reinforced ceramic membrane processing approach [by using perovskite La0.2Sr0.8 CoO3-x (LSCO-80) as the model membrane] with the aim of overcoming the membrane-cracking problem. A thin...
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Open AccessNew insights into the actions of bisphosphonate zoledronic acid in breast cancer cells by dual RhoA-dependent and -independent effects
Zoledronic acid (ZOL) is a nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate and its use in reducing osteoporosis and cancer-induced osteolysis is increasing. Recent findings indicated that ZOL has a direct effect on cancer ...
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Novel Test Methodologies for SoC/IP Design
This paper addresses testing issues associated with System-on-Chip (SoC) designs. A network-processing engine SoC was constructed using reusable Intellectual Property (IP) and a test harness based on the emerg...
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Identification and evaluation of radiolysis products of irradiated chloramphenicol by HPLC-MS and HPLC-DAD
The radiolysis products of chloramphenicol under γ-radiation sterilization were investigated systematically. Eight main radiolysis products were identified and quantified by HPLC-MS and HPLC-DAD, including two...
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The growth of highly proliferative acute lymphoblastic leukemia may be independent of stroma and/or angiogenesis
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AMicro-sized headspace GC technique for determination of organic volatile impurities in water-insoluble pharmaceuticals
A micro-sized headspace technique is presented for determination of organic volatile impurities (OVIs) in water-insoluble pharmaceuticals. Its main features include reduction of the amounts of sample of drug a...
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Extensive structural conservation exists among several homologs of two Euglena chloroplast group II introns
82 of the 155 chloroplast introns in Euglena gracilis have been categorized as group II introns. Because they are shorter and more divergent than group II introns from other organisms, the assignment of these Eu...
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Variations in Somatic Polyembryogenesis: Induction of Adventitious Embryonal-Suspensor Masses on Develo** Douglas Fir Embryos
Embryonal-suspensor masses (ESMs) from seven commercial genotypes of Douglas fir are distinguished from embryogenic calluses by origin, cytochemical staining and developmental sequence. Zygotic ESMs with a dom...
