Hf isotope ratio analysis using multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry: an evaluation of isobaric interference corrections

NC Chu, RN Taylor, V Chavagnac… - Journal of Analytical …, 2002 - pubs.rsc.org
From measurements of Hf–Yb mixtures, we have found that the correction of isobaric interferences
involving accepted Yb isotope ratios and reasonable estimates of mass bias result in …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide association analysis identifies three new risk loci for gout arthritis in Han Chinese

…, B Li, J Ji, Z Jia, L Ma, J Niu, Y Xin, T Liu, N Chu… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Gout is one of the most common types of inflammatory arthritis, caused by the deposition of
monosodium urate crystals in and around the joints. Previous genome-wide association …

Establishing the potential of Ca isotopes as proxy for consumption of dairy products

NC Chu, GM Henderson, NS Belshaw… - Applied geochemistry, 2006 - Elsevier
A procedure has been developed which allows precise determination of Ca isotope ratios in
natural and organic samples such as bones, milk and other biological materials. In this …

[HTML][HTML] Financial development, technological innovation and urban-rural income gap: Time series evidence from China

LM Wang, XL Wu, NC Chu - PloS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The main purpose of the paper is to investigate the relationship between technological
innovation and income inequality for China based on the financial Kuznets curve (FKC) …

The control of weathering processes on riverine and seawater hafnium isotope ratios

…, AB Jean Carignan, J Etoubleau, NC Chu - …, 2006 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Hafnium 176 Hf/ 177 Hf isotope ratio variations in marine records are thought to reflect
changes in continental weathering through time, but the behavior of Hf in rivers, and during …

The effect of plasma beta on error-field penetration in radio-frequency wave heated plasmas in EAST

…, TH Shi, Q Zang, TQ Jia, Q Ma, S Gu, N Chu… - Nuclear …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The plasma-beta effect on the n= 1 resonant magnetic perturbation (RMP) field penetration
in purely radio-frequency (RF) wave heated discharges has been investigated in EAST. The …

A new three-dimensional computerized ionospheric tomography model based on a neural network

D Zheng, Y Yao, W Nie, N Chu, D Lin, M Ao - GPS solutions, 2021 - Springer
Computerized ionospheric tomography (CIT) is an ill-posed inverse problem owing to insufficient
data acquisition. Therefore, the ionospheric electron density (IED) distributions cannot …

Extreme cold weather and circulatory diseases of older adults: A time-stratified case-crossover study in jinan, China

J Du, L Cui, Y Ma, X Zhang, J Wei, N Chu, S Ruan… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives We aimed to investigate the acute effect of extreme cold weather on circulatory
disease mortality of older adults in Jinan, with individual and regional-scale characteristics as …

[HTML][HTML] Progesterone attenuates SIRT1-deficiency-mediated pre-eclampsia

J Pei, Z Liu, C Wang, N Chu, L Liu, Y Tang, H Liu… - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pre-eclampsia is a severe hypertensive disorder of pregnancy (HDP), mainly characterized
by new-onset hypertension with proteinuria after 20-week gestation. Sirtuin1 (SIRT1), a class …

Density scaling on n= 1 error field penetration in ohmically heated discharges in EAST

…, KY He, X Gu, JP Qian, B Shen, ZP Luo, N Chu… - Nuclear …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Density scaling of error field penetration in EAST is investigated with different n= 1 magnetic
perturbation coil configurations in ohmically heated discharges. The density scalings of …