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Preliminary treatment of phenanthrene in coking wastewater by a combined potassium ferrate and Fenton process
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in coking wastewater are difficult to remove due to their complex composition, poor biodegradability, and toxicity. In this work, the potassium ferrate process and the traditio...
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Effects of preconditioning of electro-acupuncture on postoperative cognitive dysfunction in elderly: A prospective, randomized, controlled trial
Electro-acupuncture is a burgeoning treatment using the needle inserting into the body acupoints and the low-frequency pulse current being electrified by an electric acupuncture machine. This study was designe...
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Open AccessSeasonal and interannual variations of ecosystem photosynthetic features in an alpine dwarf shrubland on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China
Ecosystem photosynthetic characteristics are of utmost importance for the estimation of regional carbon budget, but such characteristics are not well understood in alpine regions. We collected CO2 flux data measu...
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Two mononuclear molybdenum(VI) oxo complexes with tridentate hydrazone ligands: Synthesis, structures, and thermal stability
A reaction of [MoO2(acac)2] (where acac = acetylacetonate) with two hydrazone ligands in methanol yields two mononuclear molybdenum(VI) oxo complexes with the general formula [MoO2L(CH3OH)], where L = L1=(4-nitro...
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Two mononuclear molybdenum(VI) oxo complexes with tridentate hydrazone ligands: Synthesis and crystal structures
Reaction of [MoO2(Acac)2] (Acac = acetylacetonate) with two similar hydrazone ligands in methanol yielded two mononuclear molybdenum(VI) oxocomplexes with general formula [MoO2(L)(CH3OH)], where L = L1 = (4-nitro...
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The Fabrication Technique and Property Analysis of Racetrack-Type High Temperature Superconducting Magnet for High Power Motor
The superconducting motor is now the focus of the research on the application of high temperature superconducting (HTS) materials. In this manuscript, we mainly introduce the recent progress on the fabrication...
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Impacts of spatial variability of basins microtopography on irrigation performance
Land microtopography unevenness is a key variable affecting basin irrigation performances. Using stochastic modeling, a number of sets of spatially variable surface elevations were generated, and a two-dimensi...
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Synthesis and crystal structure of one-dimensional heterotrimetallic coordination polymer {[(Dipic)2Cu]4 · Mg(H2O)2Na4(H2O)14} n · nNa2(H2O)10 · 2nCH3OH
A novel heterotrimetallic complex {[(Dipic)2Cu]4 · Mg(H2O)2Na4(H2O)14 n · nNa2(H2O)10 · 2nCH3OH (H2Dipic = pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid) has been synt...
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Slow light in a simple metamaterial structure constructed by cut and continuous metal strips
Recently, slow light in metamaterials has been investigated based on the coupling between two quasi-bound states, in classic analogue of electromagnetically induced transparency in atomic systems. Here we demo...
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Peroxynitrite-induced protein nitration is responsible for renal mitochondrial damage in diabetic rat
Oxidative stress, especially mediated by peroxynitrite (ONOO), plays a key role in diabetes. Mitochondria, as the generating source of ONOO-, may also be the major damaging target of ONOO-. Whether ONOO-induce...
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The efficacy and safety of leflunomide therapy in lupus nephritis by repeat kidney biopsy
To evaluate the clinical and pathological efficacy, and safety of leflunomide as a new immunosuppressive medicine in lupus nephritis (LN). A total of 31 patients were all determined as LN by kidney biopsy. SLE...
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Peroxynitrite mediates high glucose-induced osteoblast apoptosis
High glucose (HG) state is closely related to diabetic complications, and among these one main pathogenesis involves apoptosis of important functional cells. However, the mechanism of osteoblast (OB) apoptosis...
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Relationship of total body fatness and five anthropometric indices in Chinese aged 20–40 years: different effects of age and gender
We aim to evaluate the ethnic-specific relationship of total fat mass and anthropometric indices in Chinese.
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The influence of cryogenic deformation on Bi2223 superconducting tapes
The influence of cryogenic deformation on Bi2223 superconducting tapes has been investigated in this paper. Mechanical deformation was carried out on Ag-sheathed mono- and multi- filamentary tapes and silver a...
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The RAPD evidence for the phylogenetic relationship of the closely related species of cultivated apple
The phylogenetic relationship of cultivated apple and its closely related species is still not clear in the taxonomy of genus Malus. To try to find new evidence for the origin and evolution of the cultivated appl...
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Synthesis and Properties of the Bi-Based Superconducting Powder Prepared by the Pechini Process
Bi-based superconductors are of great interest in high-temperature superconductors. We describe what is believed to be the first synthesis of these materials using the Pechini process, a low-temperature synthe...
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Simulations of nonlinear fracture process zone in cementitious material—a boundary element approach
A boundary element method based numerical model is presented to simulate the nonlinear fracture process zone in cementitious materials. A cohesive type stress-separation constitutive relationship (σ-w curve) is i...
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On convergence rate of finite element eigenvalue analysis with mass lum** by nodal quadrature
Error bounds are obtained for the finite element eigenvalue analysis using the diagonal mass matrix lumped by nodal quadrature. Finite element results of various two-dimensional 2nd order eigenvalue problems a...
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Double-stranded RNA and male sterility in rice
Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) was isolated from rice Oryza sativa ssp. japonica, but not from other subspecies. The dsRNA has been found in all of the examined cytoplasmic male-sterile (CMS) lines of BT (Chinsurah ...
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Some physicochemical properties of rice mitochondrial DNA
Certain physicochemical properties of rice mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) were determined. Certain low-molecular-weight mtDNA bands were found in addition to the major mtDNA band. Rice mtDNA appeared in the electro...