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Chapter and Conference Paper
Shared Views on Mobile Knowledge – A Concept of a Graphical User Interface
The term “distributed knowledge spaces” came more and more into the focus of today’s computer science as worldwide communication and cooperative work increase their influence. Our research group has developed ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A JXTA-Based Framework for Mobile Cooperation in Distributed Knowledge Spaces
Computer supported cooperative knowledge management in mobile environments demands spontaneous interconnected applications supporting the users in their cooperation process. These applications often have to de...
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Inactivated MGMT by O6-Benzylguanine is associated with prolonged G2/M arrest in cancer cells treated with BCNU
HCT116 and HCT15 cells that highly express O6-methylguanine-DNA-methyltransferase (MGMT) displayed a transient cell cycle G2/M arrest in response to exposure to 1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea (BCNU) alone; ...
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Open AccessChanges in Glial Cell Line-derived Neurotrophic Factor Expression in the Rostral and Caudal Stumps of the Transected Adult Rat Spinal Cord
Limited information is available regarding the role of endogenous Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) in the spinal cord following transection injury. The present study investigated the possible...
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SOCS-1 Inhibits TNF-α-Induced Cardiomyocyte Apoptosis via ERK1/2 Pathway Activation
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), a proinflammatory cytokine involved in mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathways, contributes to the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases. Recently, sup...
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Late Pleistocene glaciation of the Changbai Mountains in northeastern China
The Changbai Mountains (2749 m a.s.l.) in northeastern China are one of the typical mountain regions with glaciation since late Pleistocene as evidenced by well-preserved erosive and accumulative landforms at ...
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Changes in Glial Cell Line-derived Neurotrophic Factor Expression in the Rostral and Caudal Stumps of the Transected Adult Rat Spinal Cord
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Lysosomal cysteine peptidase cathepsin L protects against cardiac hypertrophy through blocking AKT/GSK3β signaling
The lysosomal cysteine peptidase cathepsin L (CTSL) is an important lysosomal proteinase involved in a variety of cellular functions including intracellular protein turnover, epidermal homeostasis, and hair de...
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Present and Late Pleistocene equilibrium line altitudes in Changbai Mountains, Northeast China
According to the glacial landforms and deposits with the optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating results, two glacial stages of the last glacial cycle (LGC) and Late Glacial were identified. The Late Gl...
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Open AccessThermal stability and inactivation of hepatitis C virus grown in cell culture
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a blood-borne flavivirus that infects many millions of people worldwide. Relatively little is known, however, concerning the stability of HCV and reliable procedures for inactivating...
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Rehabilitation effect of systematic exercise on breast cancer patients after adjuvant chemotherapy
To investigate the rehabilitation effect of systematic exercise on breast cancer patients after adjuvant chemotherapy.
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Inhibitory effect of hepatocyte growth factor on cardiomyocytes apoptosis is partly related to reduced calcium sensing receptor expression during a model of simulated ischemia/reperfusion
Calcium-sensing receptors (CaSR) are G-protein coupled receptors which maintain systemic calcium haemeostasis, participate in hormone secretion, activation of iron channel, cell apoptosis, proliferation and di...
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Phylogeny and biogeography of Chinese Heracleum (Apiaceae tribe Tordylieae) with comments on their fruit morphology
The Sino-Himalayan Mountain Region is a major center of diversity of Heracleum (Apiaceae, Tordylieae, Tordyliinae), yet the phylogenetic relationships among its rich diversity of endemic taxa are largely unknown....
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Cellular FLICE-inhibitory protein protects against cardiac remodelling after myocardial infarction
Cellular FLICE-inhibitory protein (cFLIP) is a member of the tumour necrosis factor signalling pathway and a regulator of apoptosis, and it has a role in cardiac remodelling following myocardial infarction (MI...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Displacement Template with Divide-&-Conquer Algorithm for Significantly Improving Descriptor Based Face Recognition Approaches
This paper proposes a displacement template structure for improving descriptor based face recognition approaches. With this template structure, a face is represented by a template consisting of a set of piled ...
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Open AccessA type-specific nested PCR assay established and applied for investigation of HBV genotype and subgenotype in Chinese patients with chronic HBV infection
Many studies have suggested that hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotypes show not only geographical distribution and race specificity, but also are associated with disease progression and response to interferon trea...
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Effect of the calcium sensing receptor on rat bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell proliferation through the ERK1/2 pathway
Migration and proliferation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) is critical to treatment of ischemic injury. The calcium sensing receptor (CaSR) has an important role in maintaining systemic ...
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HBV/D1: a major HBV subgenotype circulating in Uyghur patients with chronic HBV infection in **njiang, China
Each hepatitis B virus (HBV) genotype and subgenotype is associated with a particular geographic distribution, ethnicity, and anthropological history. The present study investigated the genomic characteristics...
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Disruption of mindin exacerbates cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis
Cardiac hypertrophy is a response of the myocardium to increased workload and is characterised by an increase of myocardial mass and an accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM). As an ECM protein, an integri...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Research on Risk Quantification of Comprehensive Unit Price Based on Fuzzy Theory
The cost of risk of comprehensive unit price of bidding control price is usually determined by the comprehensive risk factors of competent authorities without considering the bidders’ ability to undertake the ...