* The first author is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 71471090, 11001052), the Humanities and Social Sciences Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China (No. 14YJCZH182), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2014T70449, 2012M520964), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China (No. BK20131339), Qing Lan Project, PAPD, Project of Constructio...

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