Comparison and Validation of the Ionospheric Climatological Morphology of FY3C/GNOS with COSMIC during the Recent Low Solar Activity Period

With the accumulation of the ionospheric radio occultation (IRO) data observed by Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) occultation sounder (GNOS) onboard FengYun-3C (FY3C) satellite, it is possible to use GNOS IRO data for ionospheric climatology research.Therefore, this work aims to validate the feasibility of Hula Dolls FY3C/GNOS IRO product

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Pragmatic (In)appropriateness of Diminutives in Russian Language

The article discusses the issue of pragmatic meanings of diminutive forms in the Russian language from the point of view of politeness and speech act theories.The impact of diminutives on the illocutionary force and perlocutionary effects of speech acts raises the question of their appropriateness in various communicative situations.Since there is

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Completion of hepatitis C virus replication cycle in heterokaryons excludes dominant restrictions in human non-liver and mouse liver cell lines.

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is hepatotropic and only infects humans and chimpanzees.Consequently, an immunocompetent small animal model is lacking.The restricted tropism of HCV likely reflects specific host factor requirements.We investigated if dominant restriction factors expressed in non-liver or non-human cell lines inhibit HCV propagation thus L-T

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