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Protecting the ecological environment of the Yellow River Basin (YRB) is the key to promoting high-quality development of the whole YRB. Based on the information on environmental governance and the ecological ...
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Evaluation of quality change in Salviae miltiorrhizae radix et rhizoma during drying by LF-NMR and HPLC
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Automatic Brand Name Translation Based on Hexagonal Pyramid Model
Brand name translation is of great importance for international corporations when their goods enter exotic markets. In this chapter, we investigate the strategies and methods of brand name translation from Wes...
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Formal Specification and Verification of Timing Behavior in Safety-Critical IoT Systems
Formal specification and verification of complex IoT systems’ behavior can efficiently improve the systems’ correctness and reliability. This paper presents an enhanced time behavior protocol to specify real-t...
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Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is reported to protect against liver injury, but little Is known about its effect on the intestinal barrier in cholestatic liver injury. In this study, we investigated the effects of HO...
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A Novel Approach to Trust-Aware Service Recommendation
The cloud computing paradigm has received more and more attention in both industry and academia. Its important premise is to select reliable services to meet user requirements. Following the recommendation tec...
