Whereas the paper above (English language version, hereinafter referred to as the Paper) of Copyright-owner is to be published by Higher Education Press (hereinafter referred to as the Publisher) in Frontiers of Physics, an English language academic journal (hereinafter referred to as the Journal), the following statements have been reached by Copyright-owner:
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