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Validation of a Chinese version of the Epworth sleepiness scale

Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS) is widely used to evaluate degree of somnolence among Chinese patients with sleep-disordered breathing. Yet no Mandarin–Chinese translation has ever reported its validation data....

Ning-Hung Chen, Murray W. Johns, Hseuh-Yu Li, Chia-Chen Chu… in Quality of Life Research (2002)

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Nitric oxide mediates lung injury induced by ischemia-reperfusion in rats

Nitric oxide (NO) has been reported to play a role in lung injury (LI) induced by ischemia-reperfusion (I/R). However, controversy exists as to the potential beneficial or detrimental effect of NO. In the pres...

Shang Jyh Kao, Tai-Chu Peng, Ru ** Lee, Kang Hsu… in Journal of Biomedical Science (2003)

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Environmental effect on bond strength of magnetron-sputtered hydroxyapatite/titanium coatings

Shinn-Jyh Ding, Tien-Ling Lee, Yu-Hua Chu in Journal of Materials Science Letters (2003)

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Diffusion-weighted MRI in shaken baby syndrome

We present the characteristic CT and MRI findings of a 2-month-old girl with shaken baby syndrome. Diffusion-weighted MR imaging performed 8 days after the insult established the presence of injury to the whit...

Yu-Leung Chan, Winnie C. W. Chu, Gary W. K. Wong, David K. W. Yeung in Pediatric Radiology (2003)

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The Effect of Preincubation Period of Oocytes on Nuclear Maturity, Fertilization Rate, Embryo Quality, and Pregnancy Outcome in IVF and ICSI

Purpose : To clarify the effect of preincubation of oocytes on the results of IVF and ICSI.

Jason Yen-** Ho, Ming-Jer Chen… in Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genet… (2003)

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Variations of U/Th-series nuclides with associated chemical factors in the hot spring area of northern Taiwan

The relationship of the activity ratios (ARs) of U/Th-series nuclides and associated factors (pH, Eh, and the concentrations of Cl^- and SO₄ ^2-) in the hot spring area of Taipei were determined. The contents of U ...

Chun-Chih Lin, Tieh-Chi Chu, Yu-Fen Huang in Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Che… (2003)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Applications of Computer Access Approach to Persons with Quadriplegics

This paper substantiates the process of hel** the clients with motor disabilities to operate computer. A team with multiple professionals from different disciplines served eight persons with quadriplegics di...

Ling-Fu Meng, Tieng-Yu Li, Chi-Nung Chu… in Computers Hel** People with Special Needs (2004)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Mining Ecological Data with Cellular Automata

This paper introduces a Cellular Automata (CA) approach to spatiotemporal data mining (STDM). The recently increasing interest in using Genetic Algorithms and other evolutionary techniques to identify CA model...

Alexander Campbell, Binh Pham, Yu-Chu Tian in Cellular Automata (2004)

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Microwave-assisted synthesis of silver nanorods

Described is a method for preparing crystalline silver nanorods in water, in the absence of a surfactant or polymer to direct nanoparticle growth, and without externally added seed crystallites. The procedure ...

Fu-Ken Liu, Pei-Wen Huang, Yu-Cheng Chang, Fu-Hsiang Ko… in Journal of Materials Research (2004)

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Analysis of Long-Term Optical Effects in Double-Coated Optical Fibers Induced by Hydrostatic Pressure and Thermal Loading

The hydrostatic pressure and thermal loading simultaneously induced optical effects in double-coated optical fibers in the long-term are analyzed by the viscoelastic theory. Using the Laplace transformation me...

Yu-Ching Yang, Shu-Huang Sun, Shao-Shu Chu… in Optical and Quantum Electronics (2004)

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2-Benzyloxybenzaldehyde inhibits formyl peptide-stimulated increase in intracellular Ca²⁺ in neutrophils mainly by blocking Ca²⁺ entry

2-Benzyloxybenzaldehyde (CCY1a) inhibited the formyl-Met-Leu-Phe (fMLP)-induced elevation of cytosolic [Ca²⁺] _{([Ca²⁺]i) in rat neutrophils. The late plateau phase, but not the initial Ca²⁺ spike, of the fMLP-indu...}

Jih-Pyang Wang, Ling-Chu Chang… in Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmaco… (2004)

Chapter and Conference Paper

ANTS: Agent-Based Navigational Training System

There is an explosive growth of e-learning trend during the last few years. More and more learning resources are generated by different purposes in the world. How to make the learning resources to be sharable ...

Yu-Lin Jeng, Yueh-Min Huang, Yen-Hung Kuo… in Advances in Web-Based Learning – ICWL 2005 (2005)

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Protective effects of baicalein on tert-butyl hydroperoxide-induced hepatic toxicity in rat hepatocytes

Baicalein (BAL), a main flavonoid constituent of Scutellaria radix, was studied for its inhibitory effects on tert-butyl hydroperoxide (t-BHP)-induced hepatotoxicity and oxidative damage in primary cultures of ra...

**-Ming Hwang, Tsui-Hwa Tseng, Yu-Ying Tsai… in Journal of Biomedical Science (2005)

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Does diabetes mellitus influence the efficacy of FDG-PET in the diagnosis of cervical cancer?

Compared with computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET) may have additional value in the assessment of primary and recurrent cervical cancer. However, th...

Yu-Chen Chang, Tzu-Chen Yen, Koon-Kwan Ng… in European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and M… (2005)

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Effect of sugar-feeding strategies on astaxanthin production by Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous

Astaxanthin, a main carotenoid pigment, has a strong antioxidant activity. The effects of sugar-feeding strategies on astaxanthin production by Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous fed-batch fermentation were studied. S...

Zhong-Ce Hu, Yu-Guo Zheng, Zhao Wang… in World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechn… (2005)

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The effects of substrate bias, substrate temperature, and pulse frequency on the microstructures of chromium nitride coatings deposited by pulsed direct current reactive magnetron sputtering

Recently, great attention has been devoted to the pulsed direct current (DC) reactive magnetron sputtering technique, due to its ability to reduce arcing and target poisoning, and its capability of producing i...

Jyh-Wei Lee, Shih-Kang Tien, Yu-Chu Kuo in Journal of Electronic Materials (2005)

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Preparation of trehalase inhibitor validoxylamine A by biocatalyzed hydrolysis of validemycin a with honeybee (Apis cerana fabr.) β-glucosidase

Validoxylamine A is structurally similar to trehalose and acts a potent competivive inhibitor of trehalase. It has recently been receiving increased attention as a potential material for the development of new...

Ya-** Xue, Yu-Guo Zheng, Yin-Chu Shen in Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology (2005)

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An Annotation Update via cDNA Sequence Analysis and Comprehensive Profiling of Developmental, Hormonal or Environmental Responsiveness of the Arabidopsis AP2/EREBP Transcription Factor Gene Family

AP2/EREBP transcription factors (TFs) play functionally important roles in plant growth and development, especially in hormonal regulation and in response to environmental stress. Here we reported verification...

Jian-Xun Feng, Di Liu, Yi Pan, Wei Gong, Li-Geng Ma… in Plant Molecular Biology (2005)

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Use of a B-type Natriuretic Peptide in Evaluating the Treatment Response of a Relapsed Lymphoma with Cardiac Involvement

A 50-year-old woman received a diagnosis of diffuse large B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2000 and achieved complete remission. In April 2004, echocardiography and computed tomography examinations identified ...

Yu-Sheng Lin, Pao-Hsien Chu, Chi-Tai Kuo… in International Journal of Hematology (2006)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Diversity, Biology, and Nutritional Adaptation of Psyllids and their Galls in Taiwan

Psyllids, or jum** plant lice, are a group of sternorrhynchous Hemiptera. They are highly host specific sucking insects, and many of them form galls. In Taiwan, a revision and some supplemental works of psyl...

Man-Miao Yang, Ling-Hsiu Liao, Mei-Fiang Lou… in Galling Arthropods and Their Associates (2006)