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Analyzing spatial–temporal change of multivariate drought risk based on Bayesian copula: Application to the Balkhash Lake basin
In the past century, drought events were likely to be frequent and severe in the arid areas under climate change impact. In this study, a Bayesian copula multivariate analysis (BCMA) method is developed for as...
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Two New Cd(II) Coordination Polymers Based on Triazolyl Derivative and Different Carboxylate Ligands, Their Crystal Structures and Properties
Two new mixed-ligand coordination polymers of Cd(II), namely, [Cd(H2L)(ip)H2O]n (1) and [Cd(H2L)(Hbtc)]n (2) [H2L = 3-(1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-5-(pyridin-2-yl)-1,2,4-triazole, H2ip = isophthalic acid, H3btc = 1,3,5-benz...
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Conophylline Suppresses Angiotensin II-Induced Myocardial Fibrosis In Vitro via the BMP4/JNK Pathway
We studied the effects and mechanisms of action of conophylline in different concentrations in the original in vitro model of myocardial fibrosis (treatment of cardiac fibroblasts isolated form the hearts of newb...
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MicroRNA-126 Attenuates the Effect of Chemokine CXCL8 on Proliferation, Migration, Apoptosis, and MAPK-Dependent Signaling Activity of Vascular Endothelial Cells Cultured in a Medium with High Glucose Concentration
We studied the mechanisms by which microRNA-126 regulates proliferation and migration of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) cultured in a medium with high glucose concentration and treated with che...
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Equal-Capacity Design Method of Precast RC Shear Wall with Unconnected Vertical Distributing Reinforcement
To solve the problem of grouted spliced sleeve in PC shear wall such as increasing material costs and poor quality, a new type of PC shear wall had been developed whose vertical distributing reinforcement were...
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An Experimental Analysis for Damage Monitoring in Glass Fiber/Epoxy Composites During Fatigue Tests by Acoustic Emission
As a non-destructive technique, Acoustic emission (AE) can be employed to detect the damage inside the material passively and then locate the damage source. However, fatigue loading poses challenges to AE sign...
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Low-lying states in even Gd isotopes studied with five-dimensional collective Hamiltonian based on covariant density functional theory
Five-dimensional collective Hamiltonian based on the covariant density functional theory has been applied to study the low-lying states of even-even 148-162Gd isotopes. The shape evolution from 148Gd to 162Gd is ...
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Hepatitis B virus X protein promotes the development of liver fibrosis and hepatoma through downregulation of miR-30e targeting P4HA2 mRNA
Hepatitis B virus (HBV)-induced liver necrosis takes great part in liver cirrhosis progression. However, less is known about whether hepatitis B virus X protein (HBx) has effect on liver fibrosis. Here, we rep...
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Photosynthetic response of tetraploid and hexaploid wheat to water stress
Photosynthetic characteristics of ear and flag leaves of wheat species, tetraploid Triticum dicoccoides Kom and hexaploid Bima1, were studied in plants grown under well-watered (WW) and water-stressed (WS) condit...
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Characterization of laser ablation of carbon-doped glycerol at different laser wavelengths
Laser ablation of carbon-doped glycerol at laser wavelengths of 1064 and 532 nm are characterized in laser plasma propulsion. The coupling coefficient, specific impulse and the plasma luminescence are measured...
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Open AccessImproved measurement of the absolute branching fraction of \(D^{+}\rightarrow \bar{K}^0 \mu ^{+}\nu _{\mu }\)
By analyzing 2.93 fb \(^{-1}\) ...
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Ablation of carbon-doped liquid propellant in laser plasma propulsion
Carbon-doped liquid glycerol ablated by nanosecond pulse laser is investigated in laser plasma propulsion. It is found that the propulsion is much more correlated with the carbon content. The doped carbon can ...
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Open AccessHsp90 modulates the stability of MLKL and is required for TNF-induced necroptosis
The pseudokinase mixed lineage kinase domain-like protein (MLKL) is a key component of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-induced necroptosis and plays a crucial role in necroptosis execution. However, the mechanisms...
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New data on palynology of lower part of Yong’ancun formation (Upper Cretaceous) in Jiayin of Heilongjiang, Zeya-Bureya Basin, China
Some new palynological fossils were newly found from the lower part of Upper Cretaceous Yong’ancun Formation in Jiayin, China, nearby the Heilongjiang (Amur) River. 43 genera and 54 species of palynomorphs, an...
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Open AccessThe Physics of the B Factories
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Variations in leaf and root stoichiometry of Nitraria tangutorum along aridity gradients in the Hexi Corridor, northwest China
Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) concentrations and N: P ratios between leaves and roots of Nitraria tangutorum along aridity gradients were studied. N. tangutorum was relatively limited by N in April (mean leaf N...
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Sulfur/mesoporous carbon composites combined with γ-MnS as cathode materials for lithium/sulfur batteries
With the aim to develop high-performance sulfur electrode, manganese sulfide (MnS) was combined with sulfur/porous carbon composite electrode by a simple precipitation method. Both X-ray diffraction (XRD) and ...
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Downscaling Satellite Precipitation with Emphasis on Extremes: A Variational ℓ1-Norm Regularization in the Derivative Domain
The increasing availability of precipitation observations from space, e.g., from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) and the forthcoming Global Precipitation Measuring (GPM) Mission, has fueled rene...
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Strength Prediction Model of a Particle-Reinforced Shellproof Ceramic Composite
On the basis of the microstructure of particle-reinforced shellproof ceramic composite, and the intergranular fracture feature, a dislocation pile-up fracture model of the small-particle ceramic composite is d...
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Geometrically Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Piezoelectric Integrated Thin-Walled Smart Structures
In this work, a fully geometrically nonlinear dynamic finite element (FE) model, which considers the kinematics of small strains but large rotations, is developed for transient analysis of piezolaminated thin-...
