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Threshold-Based Registration (TBR) in Mobile IPv6
The underlying principles of IETF Internet Draft, Mobility Support in IPv6, make it possible to employ some mechanisms to improve handoff smoothness, to maintain optimized data transfer route, at the mean time...
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An Application and Performance Analysis Based on NetSolve
NetSolve is a kind of grid middleware used for science computing. In this article, the architecture and operational principle of NetSolve system are firstly analyzed. Moreover a numerical experiment is given. ...
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Solving PDEs using PETSc in NetSolve
A new way of combine the widely used PETSc math library and NetSolve (gird computing middleware) is explored in this paper. Using PDF file of NetSolve, applications using PETSc libraries can be called by NetSo...
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Parallel Computing for Linear Systems of Equations on Workstation Clusters
In this paper the parallel algorithm of preconditioned conjugate gradient method (PCGM) is presented and implemented on DELL workstation cluster. Optimization techniques for the sparse matrix vector multiplica...
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Quantum interference in nanotube electron waveguides
We have calculated the quantum conductance of single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) waveguide by using a tight binding-based Green’s function approach. Our calculations show that the slow conductance oscillatio...
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Open AccessAscaris suum draft genome
The genome of the common roundworm Ascaris suum, a major parasite in many parts of the world, has now been sequenced. Analyses reveal many genes that encode peptidases linked to the penetration and degradation of...
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Open AccessWhole-genome sequence of Schistosoma haematobium
Robin Gasser and his colleagues report the whole-genome sequence of Schistosoma haematobium. They include comparisons to the genome sequences of S. mansoni and S. japonicum, the two other species that cause schis...
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Open AccessThe tiger genome and comparative analysis with lion and snow leopard genomes
Tigers and their close relatives (Panthera) are some of the world’s most endangered species. Here we report the de novo assembly of an Amur tiger whole-genome sequence as well as the genomic sequences of a white ...
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Open AccessHigh genome heterozygosity and endemic genetic recombination in the wheat stripe rust fungus
Stripe rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst), is one of the most destructive diseases of wheat. Here we report a 110-Mb draft sequence of Pst isolate CY32, obtained using a ‘fosmid-to-fosmid’ ...
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Erratum: High genome heterozygosity and endemic genetic recombination in the wheat stripe rust fungus
Nature Communications 4: Article number: 2673 (2013); Published: 23 October 2013; Updated: 29 January 2014. The original version of this Article contained an error in the accession codes section, which specifi...
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Open AccessWhole-genome sequence of a flatfish provides insights into ZW sex chromosome evolution and adaptation to a benthic lifestyle
Songlin Chen and colleagues sequenced the whole genomes of a male (ZZ) and a female (ZW) Chinese half-smooth tongue sole, Cynoglossus semilaevis. Their analysis provides insights into the structure and evolution ...
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Open AccessThe Brassica oleracea genome reveals the asymmetrical evolution of polyploid genomes
Polyploidization has provided much genetic variation for plant adaptive evolution, but the mechanisms by which the molecular evolution of polyploid genomes establishes genetic architecture underlying species d...
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Open AccessComparative genomics of Riemerella anatipestifer reveals genetic diversity
Riemerella anatipestifer is one of the most important pathogens of ducks. However, the molecular mechanisms of R. anatipestifer infection are poorly understood. In particular, the lack of genomic information from...
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Meta-analysis: diagnostic accuracy of coronary CT angiography with prospective ECG gating based on step-and-shoot, Flash and volume modes for detection of coronary artery disease
To investigate the diagnostic performance of coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) with prospective electrocardiograph (ECG) gating based on step-and-shoot (SAS), Flash and volume imaging modes.
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Camelid genomes reveal evolution and adaptation to desert environments
Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus), dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) and alpaca (Vicugna pacos) are economically important livestock. Although the Bactrian camel and dromedary are large, typically arid-desert-ada...
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Open AccessTwo Antarctic penguin genomes reveal insights into their evolutionary history and molecular changes related to the Antarctic environment
Penguins are flightless aquatic birds widely distributed in the Southern Hemisphere. The distinctive morphological and physiological features of penguins allow them to live an aquatic life, and some of them ha...
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Erratum: Camelid genomes reveal evolution and adaptation to desert environments
Nature Communications 5:5188; doi: 10.1038/ncomms6188 (2014); Published 21 Oct 2014; Updated 28 Jan 2015 In this Article Junyi Wang is incorrectly listed as one of several equally contributing authors. The cor...
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Reduced white matter integrity and cognitive deficits in maintenance hemodialysis ESRD patients: A diffusion-tensor study
The purpose of this investigation was to examine the association between cognition disorders and microstructural white matter (WM) changes in maintenance hemodialysis end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients.
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Open AccessGekko japonicus genome reveals evolution of adhesive toe pads and tail regeneration
Reptiles are the most morphologically and physiologically diverse tetrapods, and have undergone 300 million years of adaptive evolution. Within the reptilian tetrapods, geckos possess several interesting featu...
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Open AccessPopulation genomics of finless porpoises reveal an incipient cetacean species adapted to freshwater
Cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) are a group of mammals adapted to various aquatic habitats, from oceans to freshwater rivers. We report the sequencing, de novo assembly and analysis of a finless po...
