Research on the joint probability distribution of rainfall and reference crop...
AbstractThe relationship between rainfall and reference crop evapotranspiration (ET0) can be complex in an irrigation district. To reveal such complex and possibly a nonlinear relationship, rainfall...
View ArticleDynamics of in-phase and anti-phase bursting in the coupled pre-Bötzinger...
AbstractActivity of neurons in the pre-Bötzinger complex within the mammalian brain stem has an important role in the generation of respiratory rhythms. Previous experimental results have shown that...
View ArticleWhat works may hurt: Side effects in education
AbstractMedical research is held as a field for education to emulate. Education researchers have been urged to adopt randomized controlled trials, a more “scientific” research method believed to have...
View ArticleGroundwater depth prediction in a shallow aquifer in north China by a...
AbstractThere is a close relationship between groundwater level in a shallow aquifer and the surface ecological environment; hence, it is important to accurately simulate and predict the groundwater...
View ArticleThe biological function and significance of CD74 in immune diseases
AbstractCD74 (MHC class II invariant chain, Ii) is a non-polymorphic type II transmembrane glycoprotein. It is clear that, in addition to be an MHC class II chaperone, CD74 has a diversity of...
View ArticleA Low-Cost and High Sensitive Paper-Based Microfluidic Device for Rapid...
AbstractThe concentration of glucose in fruit is a key index for fruit quality. Despite the fact that there are many methods to detect glucose, finding a rapid, visual, and inexpensive method to detect...
View ArticleResponse of vegetation NDVI to climatic extremes in the arid region of...
AbstractObserved data showed the climatic transition from warm-dry to warm-wet in Xinjiang during the past 30 years and will probably affect vegetation dynamics. Here, we analyze the interannual change...
View ArticleAssociation of XRCC1 Arg399Gln and Arg194Trp polymorphisms with...
AbstractThe role of the X-ray repair cross-complementing gene 1(XRCC1) Arg399Gln and Arg194Trp polymorphisms has been involved in the investigations of susceptibility to multiple autoimmune diseases,...
View ArticleSemi-direct tracking and mapping with RGB-D camera for MAV
AbstractIn this paper we present a novel semi-direct tracking and mapping (SDTAM) approach for RGB-D cameras which inherits the advantages of both direct and feature based methods, and consequently it...
View ArticleAnnual distributions and variations of dust weather occurrence over the Tarim...
AbstractThe annual distribution and variations in dust weather occurrence (DWO) have been analyzed using monthly DWO data from 26 stations over the Tarim Basin during the period of 1961 to 2010. The...
View ArticleTolerance and Removal Mechanisms of Heavy Metals by Fungus Pleurotus...
AbstractFungus Pleurotus ostreatusHaas can tolerate and remove heavy metals from water. Among three heavy metals tested, the removal of Pb was the most efficient (99.9–100.0%), followed by Cd...
View ArticleThe immunological function of CD52 and its targeting in organ transplantation
AbstractIntroductionCD52 (Campath-1 antigen), a glycoprotein of 12 amino acids anchored to glycosylphosphatidylinositol, is widely expressed on the cell surface of immune cells, such as mature...
View ArticleExperimental and Numerical Analysis of Equivalent Elastic Properties for...
AbstractFor mechanical design and optimization of high field HTS magnet, predicting elastic properties of Bi-2212 and YBCO conductors was of great importance. Experimental, numerical, and analytical...
View ArticleSynthesis and photoelectrical performance of nanoscale PbS and Bi 2 S 3...
AbstractTiO2 films have been widely applied in photovoltaic conversion techniques. TiO2 nanotube arrays (TiO2 NAs) can be grown directly on the surface of metal Ti by the anodic oxidation method. Bi2S3...
View ArticleContinuity of solution mappings for parametric generalized set-valued weak...
AbstractThis paper obtains some stability results for parametric generalized set-valued weak vector equilibrium problem. Under new assumptions, which do not contain any information about solution...
View ArticleEndogenous Stem Cells Were Recruited by Defocused Low-Energy Shock Wave in...
AbstractDefocused low-energy shock wave (DLSW) has been shown effects on activating mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) in vitro. In this study, recruitment of endogenous stem cells was firstly examined...
View ArticleSingular value decomposition based virtual representation for face recognition
AbstractSparse representation, which uses a test sample to represent a linear combination of an entire set of training samples, has achieved great success in face recognition, and it results in good...
View ArticleDroplet transfer and weld geometry in laser welding with filling wire
AbstractThe study investigated laser welding with filler wire to determine the effects of wire feeding modes and the height of intersection of the wire and the beam (H) on weld geometry and droplet...
View ArticleWaterlogging risk assessment based on self-organizing map (SOM) artificial...
AbstractDue to rapid urbanization, waterlogging induced by torrential rainfall has become a global concern and a potential risk affecting urban habitant’s safety. Widespread waterlogging disasters have...
View ArticleTissue-Specific Regulation of the Contents and Correlations of Mineral...
AbstractDue to their small size, zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles (NPs) are readily absorbed and easily cross biological barriers, which make them promising candidates as diet additives. However, some...
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