This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30300099 and No. 30770488), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No. BK2003035 and No. BK2006547), College and University Natural Scientific Research Program of Jiangsu Province (No. 03KJB180109), "Ke-Jiao-Xing-Wei-Zhong-Dian-Yi-Xue-Ren-Cai" Financial Assistance of Jiangsu Province (No. RC2007087).
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