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Sludge produced from liquid crystal display glass substrate (LCD-sludge) was used as an alternative treatment medium for the removal of heavy metals (Cd2+, Cu2+, Pb2+, and Ni2+) from aqueous solutions via adsorpt...
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Certifying Buildings in China Using Energy, Environmental, Engineering and Economic (4E) Factors: Assessing the Suitability of BREEAM, LEED and Green Star
Insight into the suitability of building rating systems and its application is pertinent in deciding the best assessment approach that suits building evaluation standards in China. Hence, this report presents ...
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Tin selenide (SnSe), which has high thermoelectric (TE) performance due to its low thermal conductivity, is considered as a promising TE material. It is good that TE properties were reported in single crystal ...
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To study the applications for ferroelectric non-volatile memory and ferroelectric memristor, etc., deposition pressure dependent electric the properties of (Hf, Zr)O2 thin films by RF sputtering deposition method...
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Open AccessHighly-Sensitive Refractive Index Sensing by Near-infrared Metatronic Nanocircuits
In this work, we present a highly-sensitive refractive index sensor based on metatronic nanocircuits operating at near-infrared spectral range. The structure is designed based on simple nanorod geometry and fa...
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Epigenetic regulation of RNA polymerase III transcription in early breast tumorigenesis
RNA polymerase III (Pol III) transcribes medium-sized non-coding RNAs (collectively termed Pol III genes). Emerging diverse roles of Pol III genes suggest that individual Pol III genes are exquisitely regulate...
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Open AccessDeformation mechanisms to ameliorate the mechanical properties of novel TRIP/TWIP Co-Cr-Mo-(Cu) ultrafine eutectic alloys
In the present study, the microstructural evolution and the modulation of the mechanical properties have been investigated for a Co-Cr-Mo (CCM) ternary eutectic alloy by addition of a small amount of copper (0...
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Open AccessOlfactomedin 4 deletion induces colon adenocarcinoma in ApcMin/+ mice
Colon carcinogenesis is a multiple-step process involving the accumulation of a series of genetic and epigenetic alterations. The most commonly initiating event of intestinal carcinogenesis is mutation of the ...
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Neuropeptide Y receptor Y5 as an inducible pro-survival factor in neuroblastoma: implications for tumor chemoresistance
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The efficiencies of the fueling system in the KSTAR have been studied for the 2013 experimental results. The absolute amount of injected fuel or deuterium has been calibrated in advance of the main plasma expe...
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Special issue of the 12th International Symposium on Novel and Nanomaterials 2012
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Microstructural investigation of Ti-Fe-Sn ultrafine eutectic composites reveals that β-Ti primary dendrite in eutectic matrix consists of TiFe and β-Ti for Ti72Fe22Sn6 alloy. Similarly, the Ti64Fe32Sn4 alloy and ...
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Open AccessDJ-1 upregulates breast cancer cell invasion by repressing KLF17 expression
DJ-1 (PARK7) was reported as an oncogene in a Ras-dependent manner. Recent studies have shown that DJ-1 stimulates cell proliferation, cell invasion, and cancer metastasis. However, the molecular mehchanism by...
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A genome-wide association study of survival in small-cell lung cancer patients treated with irinotecan plus cisplatin chemotherapy
We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) influencing overall survival (OS) of small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients. We prospectively collected bl...
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Thermal and mechanical properties of Cu60−xZr25Ti15Nix bulk metallic glasses with x=0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 at.%
Systematic investigation on thermal and mechanical properties of Cu60−xZr25Ti15Nix bulk metallic glasses with x = 0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 at.% points out that monolithic Cu53Zr25Ti15Ni7 and Cu51Zr25Ti15Ni9 bulk m...
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Human neural stem cells expressing carboxyl esterase target and inhibit tumor growth of lung cancer brain metastases
Neural stem cells (NSCs) led to the development of a novel strategy for delivering therapeutic genes to brain tumors. Human NSCs expressing rabbit carboxyl esterase (F3.CE), which activates CPT-11, significant...
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Evidence for the transmission of neoplastic properties from transformed to normal human stem cells
The in vivo relationship between human tumor cells and interacting normal cells in their local environment is poorly understood. Here, using a uniquely developed in vitro co-culture system for human embryonic ste...