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First international conference of China on anatomical sciences
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Long-term monitoring of the coral reef fish communities around a nuclear power plant
Over the past 21 years (1979–1999) we have observed temporal changes in the fish communities on a coral reef around a nuclear power plant in southern Taiwan. Data used for analyses were collected bimonthly by ...
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Finite Element Analysis of Imposing Femtonewton Forces with Micropipette Aspiration
A novel technique of imposing femtonewton forces with micropipette aspiration [i.e., the extended micropipette aspiration technique (EMAT)] is proposed, and an axisymmetric finite element analysis of this tech...
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Development of immunoglobulin G enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the serodiagnosis of severe acute respiratory syndrome
Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is an emerging infectious disease caused by a novel SARS-associated coronavirus (SARS-CoV). The clinical characteristics are high fever, rapidly progressive diffuse pne...
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Sensitization of multiple myeloma and B lymphoma lines to dexamethasone and γ-radiation-induced apoptosis by CD40 activation
We examined the effects of CD40 activation with dexamethasone (Dex) or 60Co-γ-irradiation on the growth of malignant B cells in vitro, using the human multiple myeloma (MM) cell line, XG2, and the B lymphoma Daud...
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A Model for CD2/CD58-Mediated Adhesion Strengthening
Stable cell adhesion is vital for structural integrity and functional efficacy. Yet how low affinity adhesion molecules such as CD2 and CD58 can produce stable cell adhesion is still not completely understood....
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Phylogeography and Origin of Sheep Breeds in Northern China
With the establishment of modern sheep production systems in China, various forms of hybridization with Western breeds and between native breeds have been utilized for genetic improvement. At the same time, th...
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Summary of 32 patients with cardiac syndrome X treated by TCM therapy of regulating qi relieving chest stuffiness and promoting blood circulation
To evaluate the clinical effect of Liqi Kuanxiong Huoxue method (瘆气宽胸活血, LKH, traditional Chinese medicine, TCM therapeutic method for regulating qi, relieving chest stuffiness and promoting blood circulation)...
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The Adhesion Between a Microvillus-Bearing Cell and a Ligand-Coated Substrate: A Monte Carlo Study
In biology, specific cell adhesion is mediated by receptor–ligand interactions. Consequently, its strength correlates with the strength of single receptor–ligand bonds that can be measured with a variety of te...
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A Novel Technique of Quantifying Flexural Stiffness of Rod-Like Structures
In cellular and molecular biomechanics, extensional stiffness of rod-like structures such as leukocyte microvilli can be easily measured with many techniques, but not many techniques are available for measurin...
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Association of KCNJ11 and ABCC8 genetic polymorphisms with response to repaglinide in Chinese diabetic patients
The aim of this study was to investigate the association of KCNJ11 E23K and ABCC8 exon16–3T/C with the therapeutic effect of repaglinide in patients with type 2 diabetes.
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Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of the sisomicin biosynthetic gene cluster from Micromonospora inyoensis
Micromonospora inyoensis produces sisomicin (Sm), an aminoglycoside antibiotic. The gene cluster of sisomicin biosynthesis spanning ca. 47 kb consists of 37 ORFs encoding various proteins...
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Risk factors for urban road traffic injuries in Hangzhou, China
To investigate factors that most influence urban road traffic injuries (RTI) mortality and morbidity.
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Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of the sisomicin biosynthetic gene cluster from Micromonospora inyoensis
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An investigation of vitamin B12 deficiency in elderly inpatients in neurology department
To investigate the status of vitamin B12 deficiency in elderly inpatients in the department of neurology.
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Validation, In-Depth Analysis, and Modification of the Micropipette Aspiration Technique
The micropipette aspiration technique (MAT) has been successfully applied to many studies in cell adhesion such as leukocyte–endothelium interactions. However, this technique has never been validated experimen...
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PNAS-4, a novel pro-apoptotic gene, can potentiate antineoplastic effects of cisplatin
PNAS-4, a novel pro-apoptotic gene activated during the early response to DNA damage, can inhibit proliferation via apoptosis when overexpressed in some tumor cells. The objectives of this study were to determ...
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An improved approach to delay-dependent robust stabilization for uncertain singular time-delay systems
In this paper, delay-dependent stability analysis and robust stabilization for uncertain singular time-delay systems are addressed. By using Jensen integral inequality, an improved delay-dependent criterion of...
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The epidemiology of hospitalized children with pneumococcal/lobar pneumonia and empyema from 1997 to 2004 in Taiwan
Pneumococcal/lobar pneumonia and empyema have an important impact on the health of children worldwide. There has been no epidemiological study of pneumococcal/lobar pneumonia and empyema in Taiwan, a middle-in...
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Genome-wide association study for vitiligo identifies susceptibility loci at 6q27 and the MHC
Youwen Zhou and Xue-Jun Zhang and colleagues report a genome-wide association study of generalized vitiligo, a common autoimmune disorder characterized by loss of melanocytes and depigmentation. The authors id...