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Open AccessNovel enzyme-linked aptamer-antibody sandwich assay and hybrid lateral flow strip for SARS-CoV-2 detection
We have successfully generated oligonucleotide aptamers (Apts) and monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) targeting the recombinant nucleocapsid (N) protein of SARS-CoV-2. Apts were obtained through seven rounds of syst...
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Open AccessThe influence of large-diameter multifocal contact lens on ocular surface, visual quality, and visual function for presbyopic adults with dry eye syndromes
This study investigated the influence of large-diameter multifocal contact lenses on the ocular surface, visual quality, and visual function for presbyopic adults with dry eye syndromes. The study enrolled 40–...
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Optimization designation of static mixer geometry considering mixing effect
The polymer materials used in the injection molding process have a non-Newtonian characteristic. Consequently, a flow imbalance problem often occurs, even if an H-type runner system is employed. This problem c...
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Factors Affecting Color-Term Performance in Bilinguals and Relevant Pedagogical Implications
This paper examines bilingual color-term performance in Mandarin Chinese and English in order to offer relevant pedagogical implications. Forty native speakers of Chinese who learned English as a foreign langu...
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Improved Oil Recovery in Vuggy-Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs—Breakthroughs and Key Technologies from Tarim Field
Carbonate oil and gas reserves account for more than 50% of the world’s proven reserves and more than 60% of the world’s production. The marine sedimentary rocks, mainly concentrated in Tarim, Ordos and Sichua...
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Improved Oil Recovery in Volcanic Reservoirs—Development and Key Technologies from Junggar Basin
Volcanic rocks are widely distributed in many petroliferous basins globally. In China, the proved geological oil and gas reserve is significant. However, volcanic reservoir is marked with strong heterogeneity,...
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Reconnaissance and learning after the February 6, 2018, earthquake in Hualien, Taiwan
An earthquake with an epicenter offshore of Hualien City in eastern Taiwan occurred at midnight on February 6, 2018. The Richter magnitude (ML) of the earthquake was 6.26 and the seismic intensity ranged up to le...
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The Impact of Completion and Stimulation Activities on Gas Production in Marcellus Shale: Analytics in a Big Data Environment
Natural gas produced from shale formations in the United States over the past decade have altered the oil and gas industry remarkably. The Marcellus shale was considered to be one of the highest producing natu...
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Open AccessPrevalence of isomeric plastomes and effectiveness of plastome super-barcodes in yews (Taxus) worldwide
Taxus (yew) is both the most species-rich and taxonomically difficult genus in Taxaceae. To date, no study has elucidated the complexities of the plastid genome (plastome) or examined the possibility of whole pla...
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Early Estimation of Seismic Hazard for Strong Earthquakes in Taiwan
A shakemap system providing rapid estimates of strong ground shaking could be useful for emergency response providers in a damaging earthquake. A hybrid procedure, which combines site-dependent ground motion p...
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Presence of cloning vector sequences in the untranslated region of some genes in genbank
We found multiple cloning site sequences in the reported untranslated regions (UTR) of several genes in Genbank. The erroneous information can result in the failure to amplify DNA fragments containing untransl...
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Optimal policies for handoff and channel assignment in networks of LEO satellites using CDMA
In this paper, we formulate the combined handoff and channel assignment problems in a CDMA LEO satellite network as a reward/cost optimization problem. The probabilistic properties of signals (channel fading a...
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Optimal Joint Handoff and Code Assignment in CDMA Cellular Networks
In this paper, we formulate the joint the handoff and code assignment problem in a CDMA cellular network as a reward/cost optimization problem. The probabilistic properties of the signals and of the traffic in...
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Optimal strategies for admitting voice and data traffic in networks of LEO satellites using CDMA
Efficient policies are derived for admitting voice and data traffic into networks of low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellites using code-division multiple-access (CDMA) with direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DS/SS) sig...