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Thermophysical properties of difluoromethane (HFC-32)
The research work on thermophysical properties of difluoromethane (HFC-32) is summarized. Experimental data of critical parameters, vapor pressure, PVT, speed of sound, ideal-gas heat capacity, surface tension...
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Regulation of human chorionic gonadotropin secretion and messenger ribonucleic acid levels by follistatin in the NUCC-3 choriocarcinoma cell line
NUCC-3 choriocarcinoma cell line was used as anin vitro placental cell model to investigate the effects of follistatin on GnRH-stimulated hCG secretion and its subunit mRNA level and stability. Follistatin alone ...
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A new environment-friendly refrigerant
CFCs and HCFCs, widely used in refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment, have been or will be phased out according to the revisions of the Montreal Protocol because they deplete the ozone layer. Many subst...
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Thermophysical properties of a new environment friendly alternative — Trifluoroiodomethane
Trifluoroiodomethane (CF3I) is considered as a promising refrigerant alternative, especially as a component in mixtures, to replace CFC-12. But reliable thermophysical property data for CF3I are still limited. Th...
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Effect of size of the starting powders on the thermal shock resistance of alumina ceramics
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Vapor pressure of pentafluoroethane and trifluoroiodomethane
Pentafluoroethane (HFC-125) and trifluoroiodomethane (CF3I) are considered as promising refrigerant alternatives, especially as components in mixtures, to replace CFCs or HCFCs. Effective uses of HFC-125 and CF3I...
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Research on transport properties of HFC-227ea
HFC-227ea(1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropane) is considered as a promising refrigerant alternative, especially as a component in mixtures, to replace to CFC-12, HCFC-22 and R502. But reliable transport propertie...
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High temperature bending creep of a Sm-α-β Sialon composite
The four-point bending creep behavior of a Sm-α-β Sialon composite, in which Sm-melilite solid solution (denoted as M′) was designed as intergranular phase, was investigated in the temperature range 1260–1350°...
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The Role of COX-2 Inhibitors in Pain Modulation
NSAIDs are the analgesics that are most commonly used world-wide. In the past few years, there have been significant advances in explaining the mechanism of action and clinical efficacy of the drugs belonging ...
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Investigations and assessment of the landslide hazards of Fengdu county in the reservoir region of the Three Gorges project on the Yangtze River
The spatial database of landslides in Fengdu County of the reservoir region of the Three Gorges project (TGP) on the Yangtze River was compiled from a variety of different sources including field investigation...
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Surfactant-assisted synthesis of lanthanide phosphates single-crystalline nanowires/nanorods
A facile, surfactant-assisted, hydrothermal approach has been developed to synthesize lanthanide phosphate single-crystalline nanowires/nanorods with smooth surface, uniform diameter, and good crystallinity. T...
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Delayed breakdown diode and its optimal design for solid state picosecond closing switch
We study a Si-based diode with a p+nn+ structure for picosecond semiconductor closing switch and discuss the physical process, which underlies the operation principle of high-power closing switch based on a delay...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Gene Selection Through Sensitivity Analysis of Support Vector Machines
We present a novel approach to gene selection for microarry data through the sensitivity analysis of support vector machines (SVMs). A new measurement (sensitivity) is defined to quantify the saliencies of ind...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Research of a Teaching Assistant System Based on Artificial Psychology
A humanistic computer teaching system is presented in this paper. The core of this system is the affective interaction between teacher and student. Based on theories in Psychology and the theory of Artificial ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Support Vector Clustering for Brain Activation Detection
In this paper, we propose a new approach to detect activated time series in functional MRI using support vector clustering (SVC). We extract Fourier coefficients as the features of fMRI time series and cluster th...
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Filtering images contaminated with pep and salt type noise with pulse-coupled neural networks
Pulse coupled neural network (PCNN) has a specific feature that the fire of one neuron can capture its adjacent neurons to fire due to their spatial proximity and intensity similarity. In this paper, it is ind...
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Structure, flame retarding and smoke suppressing properties of Zn-Mg-Al-CO3 layered double hydroxides
Zn-Mg-Al-CO3 layered double hydroxides (LDHs) have been synthesized by a new method involving separate nucleation and aging steps. The Zn-Mg-Al-CO3 LDHs were characterized by XRD, FT-IR, ICP and TG-DTA. The limit...
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Synthesis, Flame-Retardant and Smoke-Suppressant Properties of a Borate-Intercalated Layered Double Hydroxide
Reaction of a Mg-Al carbonate layered double hydroxide (LDH) with boric acid leads to a borate-pillared LDH with the stoichiometry [Mg0.65Al0.35(OH)2][B3O5]0.35.0.65H2O and an interlayer spacing of 1.07 nm. Infra...
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Controllable motion synthesis in a gaseous medium
The generation of realistic motion satisfying user-defined requirements is one of the most important goals of computer animation. Our aim in this paper is the synthesis of realistic, controllable motion for li...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Unifying Genetic Algorithm and Clustering Method for Recognizing Activated fMRI Time Series
In order to get more reliable activation detection result in functional MRI data, we attempt to bring together the advantages of the genetic algorithm, which is deterministic and able to escape from the local ...
