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Reliability and Stability of Novel Tunable Thin Film
A new process has been developed in Paratek Microwave Inc. to formulate stable tunable (Ba, Sr)TiO3 (BST) based thin film material. Varactors, with a co-planar structure, were fabricated by using the new material...
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Amazonian climate: results and future research
Some of the results from the climate component of the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA), which are presented in this Special Issue are summarised. Recent advances in Amazonian clima...
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The influence of the land surface on the transition from dry to wet season in Amazonia
Analysis of the fifteen years of European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) reanalysis suggests that the transition from dry to wet season in Southern Amazonia is initially driven by increases ...
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Migration of liquid phase in low temperature sintering of AlN
In the process of low-temperature sintering of AlN ceramics, the reaction of the sintering aids YF3 and CaF2 with superficial Al2O3, inherently contained in AlN lattice, results in formation of liquid phase. Neve...
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Real Time PCR on Disposable PDMS Chip with a Miniaturized Thermal Cycler
This paper presents the design and implementation of a low-cost miniature PCR device consisting of a disposable reactor chip and a miniature thermal cycler. The simple fabrication of the PCR chip by PDMS (Poly...
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Flow velocity measurement in microchannels using temperature-dependent fluorescent dye
The size of microfluidic channels prevents the use of conventional methods for flow velocity measurement. This paper presents and evaluates a method of flow velocity measurement using a temperature dependent f...
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Terahertz spectroscopy of central and soft phonon modes in LuFe2O4
The terahertz dielectric response of LuFe2O4 is investigated by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy over a temperature range of 6–290 K. It is revealed that besides the central mode associated with the charge-orde...
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Aggregation of glutathione-functionalized Au nanoparticles induced by Ni2+ ions
Aggregation of glutathione (GSH)-functionalized Au nanoparticles induced by Ni2+ ions were found to be related to pH of the solutions. At pH lower than 9.0, introduction of Ni2+ ions was less effective to induce ...
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Analysis of calreticulin mutations in Chinese patients with essential thrombocythemia: clinical implications in diagnosis, prognosis and treatment
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Estimating the causal effect of milk powder supplementation on bone mineral density: a randomized controlled trial with both non-compliance and loss to follow-up
Although previous studies reported that calcium supplementation can effectively improve bone mineral density in postmenopausal women, some studies showed the reverse conclusion. One of the reasons was that mos...
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Open AccessDistinct molecular abnormalities underlie unique clinical features of essential thrombocythemia in children
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Poisonings Associated with Intubation: US National Poison Data System Exposures 2000–2013
Patients may be intubated after exposure to a variety of substances because of respiratory failure, CNS sedation, pulmonary pathology, or cardiovascular instability. However, there is little data describing th...
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A GCM investigation of impact of aerosols on the precipitation in Amazon during the dry to wet transition
The climatic effects of aerosols on the precipitation over the Amazon during the dry to wet transition period have been investigated using an atmospheric general circulation model, NCEP/AGCM, and the aerosol c...
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Open AccessEnhancing the cytotoxicity of chemoradiation with radiation-guided delivery of anti-MGMT morpholino oligonucleotides in non-methylated solid tumors
The DNA repair enzyme O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) is epigenetically silenced in some tumors by MGMT gene promoter methylation. MGMT-hypermethylated solid tumors have enhanced susceptibility to t...
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Regulatory Mechanism of Maize (Zea mays L.) miR164 in Salt Stress Response
Small RNAs, especially microRNAs (miRNAs), play an essential role in the responses and adaptations of plants to many stresses, including salt stress. Characterizing miRNAs that correlate with salt stress will ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Experimental Investigation of Thermal Performance and Liquid Wetting of a Vertical Open Rectangular Microgrooves Heat Sink with Fe3O4–Water Nanofluids
Open microgrooves heat sink (OMHS) represents one of the best cooling solutions for high-power electronic devices. As shown in Fig. 1, it features a bunch of open capillary microgrooves on the surface. Liquid ...
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Biosynthesis and Characterization of Monodisperse Gold Nanoparticles using Mulberry Leaf Extract at Room Temperature
In this research, spherical and small size gold nanoparticles were successfully prepared by a cost-effective, eco-friendly green approach using mulberry leaf extract as both reducing and stabilizing agent. The...