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Open AccessEmpirical and theoretical challenges in aboveground–belowground ecology
A growing body of evidence shows that aboveground and belowground communities and processes are intrinsically linked, and that feedbacks between these subsystems have important implications for community struc...
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High-accuracy Myocardial Detection by Combining Level Set Method and 3D NURBS Approximation
Accurate detection of myocardium is much important in diagnosis of heart diseases. In this study, we proposed the myocardial detection method by combining level set method in 2D image and 3D NURBS approximatio...
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Evaluation of Photic Stimulus Response Based on Comparison with the Normal Database in EEG Routine Examination
The aim of our research is the evaluation of the photic driving response, a routine EEG examination for diagnosis. It is well-known the EEG responds not only to the fundamental frequency but also to all sub an...
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Significance of postmortem computed tomography in death diagnosis: investigation of the characteristics in patients with cardiopulmonary arrest on arrival
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Brain activation in response to face image using background image
In previous studies, activations in neural responses in the medial temporal lobe have been found with the stimuli of fear faces. Especially the amygdala is thought to be part of a neural system responsive to p...
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Studies of structure, thermal, and electrical properties for Cs 5 H 3 (SO 4 ) 4 crystal
Electrical conductivity, differential scanning calorimetry, and X-ray diffraction measurements were performed on a pentacesium trihydrogen tetrasulfate, Cs5H3(SO4)4, crystal. The transition entropy at a superioni...
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CYP2A7 polymorphic alleles confound the genoty** of CYP2A6*4A allele
Human cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2A6 metabolizes nicotine to cotinine. Genetic polymorphisms of CYP2A6 contribute to the interindividual variability of nicotine metabolism. We encountered some subjects possessing two ...
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Thoracoscopic surgery and conventional open thoracotomy in metastatic lung cancer
We performed a retrospective comparison of the oncological outcome of thoracoscopic surgery for pulmonary metastasis with that of conventional open thoracotomy.
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Low-temperature formation of photocatalytic Pt-anatase film by magnetron sputtering
Films of TiO2 dispersed or coated with platinum were deposited on glass and Pt-buffered polyamide substrates respectively by magnetron sputtering. The photocatalytic activity of the films was evaluated through th...
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Oxygen dependence of Schottky barriers on niobium-doped strontium titanate single crystal
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Thickness dependence of photocatalytic activity of anatase film by magnetron sputtering
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Fluctuation, localization and interaction effects of strong magnetic field on electrical conductance in aluminum films
Temperature and magnetic field dependence of the conductance due to superconducting fluctuations has been measured for aluminum films in the wide range of the sheet resistance. With increasingH, the magnetoconduc...
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Lattice dynamics of the superconducting Bi2Sr2Ca(Cu, Sn)2O8−y
Phonon anomaly was observed below 140 K for the absorption area (lnA) and the isomer shift (δ) plotted against the temperature (T) in the119Sn Mössbauer study of the Bi2Sr2Ca(Cu0.995Sn0.005)2O8−y superconductor ...
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Phase transition of the aqueous solution of the rochelle salt
Thermal measurements of the aqueous solution of the Rochelle salt were carried out with slow evaporation. It is found that the phase transition occurs from the transparent-solution state of strong viscosity to...
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Exploration of the pituitary stalk and gland by high-resolution computed tomography
By means of high-resolution CT, pituitary stalks and glands were demonstrated in 189 normal subjects and in six patients with microadenomas. In the horizontal view and in reconstructed coronal and sagittal pro...
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Culture of Tomato Callus Tissue
REPORTS on the growth and division of plant cells in culture media have had various objectives: to establish the totipotency of the diploid cell1–4; to grow the whole plant from an isolated single cell, in a defi...
