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Comparing alternative methods of modelling cumulative effects of oil and gas footprint on boreal bird abundance
Oil and gas activity is increasing in the western boreal forest of North America. To manage cumulative effects of this industry, a better quantification of footprint effects on wildlife is needed.
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An Integrative Bioinformatics Analysis of Microarray Data for Identifying Differentially Expressed Genes in Preeclampsia
Preeclampsia is a pregnancy-specific disorder that is characterized by hypertension and proteinuria, leading tomaternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. Substantial evidence has showed that multiple genes an...
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Quantitative Evaluation of Partial Delamination in Thermal Barrier Coatings Using Ultrasonic C-scan Imaging
Adoption of thermal barrier coatings (TBC) will help to improve the durability and thermal efficiency of turbine engines. Delamination of TBC owing to thermally grown metal oxides is a critical issue that need...
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Characterization of defects on rail surface using eddy current technique
In the present study, using eddy current technique (ECT), we explored two kinds of defects commonly found in railroad monitoring. The first one is cracks initiated on the surface of rail head which slowly prog...
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Open AccessInfrared probe of pseudogap in electron-doped Sr2IrO4
We report on infrared spectroscopy experiments on the electronic response in (Sr1−x La x )2IrO4 (x = 0, 0.021, and 0.067). Our data show that electron dop...
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Open AccessInfrared Spectroscopic Evidences of Strong Electronic Correlations in (Sr1−xLax)3Ir2O7
We report on infrared spectroscopic studies of the electronic response of the (Sr1−xLax)3Ir2O7 system. Our experiments revealed hallmarks of strong electronic correlations in the evolution of the electronic respo...
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Impact of metabolic syndrome on myocardial injury and clinical outcome after percutaneous coronary intervention
This study tested the associations between metabolic syndrome, postprocedural myocardial injury, and clinical outcome after percutaneous coronary intervention.
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Generalized additivity rule and isokinetics in diffusion-controlled growth
Validity of traditional additivity rule in diffusion-controlled growth is discussed. This process has a memory of thermal history due to temperature-dependent interface concentrations. When the thermodynamics ...
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Solvothermal synthesis of high hydrogen permeable Pd/Ag alloy particles and their hydrogen transport properties
Pd76Ag24 nanoparticles with high purity and a face-centered cubic structure were prepared using a solvothermal method. The lattice parameter of the Pd77Ag23 nanopowders (space group 225Fm3m) was calculated to be
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An analytic approach to the effect of anisotropic growth on diffusion-controlled transformation kinetics
The effects of the anisotropic growth and soft-im**ement (SI) on the kinetics of diffusion-controlled (DC) transformation are investigated. An analytic approach to describe the kinetics of DC transformation ...
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A novel daphnane-type diterpene from the flower bud of Daphne genkwa
A novel daphnane-type diterpene, genkwanin I (1), and a novel natural product, orthobenzoate 2 (2), were isolated from the flower bud of Daphne genkwa. The structures of the two compounds were elucidated by spect...
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Strengths of horseshoe vortices around a circular cylinder with an upstream cavity
Horseshoe vortices are formed at the junction of an object immersed in fluid-flow and endwall plate as a result of three-dimensional boundary layer separation. This study presents the variation of the strength...
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Paired box 6 (PAX6) regulates glucose metabolism via proinsulin processing mediated by prohormone convertase 1/3 (PC1/3)
Human patients with aniridia caused by heterozygous PAX6 mutations display abnormal glucose metabolism, but the underlying molecular mechanism is largely unknown. Disturbed islet architecture has been proposed as...
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A Comparative Study of Fuzzy PID Control Algorithm for Position Control Performance Enhancement in a Real-time OS Based Laparoscopic Surgery Robot
Position control in joint space is a basic problem in robot control where the goal is to make the manipulator joint track a desired trajectory. A number of globally asymptotically stable position control algor...
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Skp2 regulates the antiproliferative function of the tumor suppressor RASSF1A via ubiquitin-mediated degradation at the G1–S transition
The tumor suppressor RASSF1A is inactivated in many human cancers and is implicated in regulation of microtubule stability, cell cycle progression and apoptosis. However, the precise mechanisms of RASSF1A acti...
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Fast proton conduction path in \( {\text{Ni}} - {\text{BaCe}}_{{0.8}} {\text{Y}}_{{0.2}} {\text{O}}_{{2.9 - \delta }} \) membrane
The effect of metal-to-oxide grain boundary layer in $$ {\text{Ni}} - {\text{BaCe}}_{{0.8}} {\text{Y}}_{{0.2}} {\text{O}}_{{3 - \delta...
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Evidence of Hemiplegic Hand Function Recovery Following Chronic Stroke Patients Using EMG, fMRI and DTI
The aim of this study was to evaluate the motor recoveries in 3 chronic hemiparetic patients with Fugl-Meyer assessment (FMA), modified Ashworth scale (MAS), manual muscle test (MMT) scores, EMG characteristic...
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Development of the Implantable Intrathecal Pump System
A dedicated Implantable Intrathecal pump system has been developed to control dug infusion. The system consist of a motor, two batterries, a controller and a reservoir including drug.
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Hydrogen permeability and effect of microstructure on mixed protonic-electronic conducting Eu-doped strontium cerate
The hydrogen permeability of SrCe0.95Eu0.05O3−δ was studied as a function of temperature, hydrogen partial pressure (PH2) gradient, and water vapor partial pressure (PH2O) gradient. The effect of the microstructu...
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Electrical and Hydrogen Transport Properties of SrCe0.8Yb0.2O3−δ/Ni Cermet Membranes
Research on hydrogen separation membranes is motivated by the increasing demand for an environmentally benign, inexpensive technology for separating hydrogen from gas mixtures. Although most studies of hydroge...
