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Synergistic promotion of transient transgene expression in CHO cells by PDI/XBP-1s co-transfection and mild hypothermia
Transient gene expression system is an important tool for rapid production of recombinant proteins in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. However, their low productivity is the main hurdle to overcome. An effec...
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Spatio-seasonal patterns and sources of major ions in the Longjiang River catchment, Southern China
River water quality is closely related to the major ion sources and hydrological conditions. However, there is a limited cognition about the geochemical sources and the seasonal variations of major ions. Thus,...
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Influence of Pouring Temperature on Interfacial Bonding of 40Cr/Q345B Bimetallic Ring Blank Produced by Centrifugal Casting
In this paper, the horizontal centrifugal casting process of 40Cr/Q345B bimetallic ring blank was simulated by FLOW-3D. The effects of pouring temperature and axial temperature difference on the quality and co...
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Molecular Dynamics Simulation of 40Cr/Q345 Hot Compression Process
In this study, the hot compression process of 40Cr/Q345 seamless bimetallic ring was investigated by molecular dynamics simulation. The effects of temperature and strain rate on stress–strain, dislocation, gra...
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The Effect of Annealing and Cryogenic Treatment on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy
In this work, a new method of annealing and cryogenic treatment was proposed to enhance the plasticity while maintaining the strength of the Ti-6Al-4V titanium alloy. The microstructure evolution and the varia...
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Microstructure Evolution and Coordinated Deformation of the 40Cr/Q345B Bimetallic Ring Blank at High Temperature
The evolution of microstructure has a significant impact on the coordinated deformation of bimetallic materials at high temperatures. This study conducted hot compression experiments on the 40Cr/Q345B bimetall...
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Physics-Based Constitutive Model of Bi-metallic Ring Blank by Centrifugal Casting Under Hot Deformation
The hot deformation behavior of bi-metallic ring blanks has an important influence on the hot ring rolling. In this paper, the influences of strain rate and temperature on flow characteristic of centrifugal ca...
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Synthetic phase-sensitive inversion-recovery vessel for assessing extramural venous invasion in patients with rectal cancer: imaging quality and added value to T2-wighted imaging
To evaluate the imaging quality of a synthetic phase-sensitive inversion recovery (SyPSIR) vessel and to add value to T2-weighted imaging (T2WI) for extramural venous invasion (EMVI) detection in patients with...
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Open AccessT2 relaxation time for the early prediction of treatment response to chemoradiation in locally advanced rectal cancer
Poor responders to chemoradiotherapy (CRT) for locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) can still have a good prognosis if the treatment strategy is changed in time. However, no reliable predictor of early-treatm...
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Open AccessModeling of Ventilation’s Influence on Energy Consumption in Multi-cylinder Dryer Section Part 2: Simulations and Applications
Ventilation system affects the water evaporation rate, energy consumption and the paper quality, which is considered as the largest optimization potential part of multi-cylinder dryer section. In this paper, e...
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Symbiotic nitrogen fixation contributes to divergent patterns of foliar and soil nitrogen isotopic composition in an alpine legume shrub species
Legumes that possess the capacity to fix atmospheric nitrogen (N) via symbiotic N2 fixation are widely considered to have the potential to regulate ecosystem N cycling. However, the N dynamics of those N2-fixing ...
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Open AccessNovel nanomedicine with a chemical-exchange saturation transfer effect for breast cancer treatment in vivo
Nanomedicine is a promising new approach to cancer treatment that avoids the disadvantages of traditional chemotherapy and improves therapeutic indices. However, the lack of a real-time visualization imaging t...
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Patterns of foliar and soil nitrogen isotope composition of Caragana microphylla, a leguminous shrub species in the semi-arid regions of northern China
Variation in foliar and soil nitrogen (N) isotope composition (δ15N) across environmental gradients has been widely studied at various scales. However, much less is known about the patterns of N2-fixing species t...
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Stabilization of atmospheric nitrogen deposition in China over the past decade
Increasing atmospheric nitrogen deposition can influence food production, environmental quality and climate change from the regional to global scales. As the largest develo** country, China is expected to ex...
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Invariant allometric scaling of nitrogen and phosphorus in leaves, stems, and fine roots of woody plants along an altitudinal gradient
Nitrogen (N) to phosphorus (P) allocation in plant organs is of particular interest, as both elements are important to regulate plant growth. We analyzed the scaling relationship of N and P in leaves, stems an...
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Open AccessGlobal inorganic nitrogen dry deposition inferred from ground- and space-based measurements
Atmospheric nitrogen (N) dry deposition is an important component in total N deposition. However, uncertainty exists in the assessment of global dry deposition. Here, we develop empirical models for estimating...
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Biosorption and bioaccumulation of thallium by thallium-tolerant fungal isolates
Little is known about the biosorption and bioaccumulation capacity of thallium (Tl) by microorganisms that occur in Tl-polluted soil. The present study focused on characterizing the biosorption and bioaccumula...
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Anti-Hepatoma Activity of a Novel Compound Glaucocalyxin H In Vivo and In Vitro
Glaucocalyxin H (GLH) is a new compound isolated from a traditional Chinese medical herb Isodon japonica var. glaucocalyx which has been used for folk medicine. This study was carried out for the first time to in...
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Analysis of Methylated Patterns and Quality-Related Genes in Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) Cultivars
Methylation-sensitive amplified polymorphism was used in this study to investigate epigenetic information of four tobacco cultivars: Yunyan 85, NC89, K326, and Yunyan 87. The DNA fragments with methylated info...
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Open AccessSpatial and decadal variations in inorganic nitrogen wet deposition in China induced by human activity
Atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition, an important component in the global N cycle, has increased sharply in recent decades in China. Here, we constructed national-scale inorganic N wet deposition (Ndep) patterns ...
