In 2001 and 2003, we isolated two H5N1 viruses, A/swine/Fujian/1/01 (SW/FJ/01) and A/swine/Fujian/1/03 (SW/FJ/03), from pigs in Fujian Province, southern China. Genetically, these two viruses are similar, although the NS gene of the SW/FJ/03 virus has a 15-nucleotide deletion at coding positions 612 to 626. The SW/FJ/01 virus is highly lethal for chickens, whereas the SW/FJ/03 virus is nonpatho...

For an integer w, let Sw be the algebraic triangulated category generated by a w-spherical object. We determine the Picard group of Sw and show that each orbit category of Sw is triangulated and is triangle equivalent to a certain orbit category of the bounded derived category of a standard tube. Moreover, we describe the Ringel–Hall Lie algebra associated to Sw in the sense of Peng and Xiao.

BACKGROUND Low-energy shock wave (SW) therapy has improved myocardial ischemia in both a porcine model and in patients with severe angina pectoris. METHODS AND RESULTS To further confirm the effectiveness and safety of SW therapy, 8 patients with severe angina pectoris were treated with SW therapy in a double-blind, placebo-controlled and cross-over manner. SW therapy, but not placebo, signif...

Cloud-climate interactions are one of the greatest uncertainties in contemporary general circulation models (GCMs) (Cess et al. 1989, 1990), and the present study has focused on one aspect of this. Specifically, combined satellite and near-surface shortwave (SW) flux measurements have been used to test the impact of clouds on the SW radiation budget of two GCMs. Concentration is initially on SW...

Magnetostatic backward volume spin-wave SW pulses have been cloned and trapped through the use of multiple, properly timed, parametric pumping PP pulses. The experiment was done with 30-ns-wide pulses at 5 GHz in a 7.1m-thick yttrium iron garnet film. Well-timed, large-area, high-power, 2-ns-wide microwave pulses at 10 GHz were used to pump the SW pulses. The interaction between the initial SW ...

To explore the effect of physiologic hypertrophy superimposed on pathologic hypertrophy, hearts from female control rats (C), renal hypertensive rats (H), rats conditioned with a 10-12 wk swimming program (Sw), and hypertensive rats trained by the swimming program (H-Sw) were perfused in an isolated working rat-heart apparatus. Systolic blood pressure was approximately 100 mmHg in C and Sw and ...

Understanding variation in SW (seed weigh) is of major importance in understanding SY (seed yield) variation. The objective of this study was to determine factors such as SN (seed number) per unit area, SFD (seed filling duration) and SFR (seed filling rate) and temperature, LAI (leaf area index), LAD (leaf area duration), above-ground dry matter, CGR (crop growth rate), leaf dry matter re...

In general, ranking entities (resources) on the Semantic Web (SW) is subject to importance, relevance, and query length. Few existing SW search systems cover all of these aspects. Moreover, many existing efforts simply reuse the technologies from conventional Information Retrieval (IR), which are not designed for SW data. This paper proposes a ranking mechanism, which includes all three categor...

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