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**ao-Chun Lu
Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary
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Open AccessMap** polarization induced surface band bending on the Rashba semiconductor BiTeI
Surfaces of semiconductors with strong spin-orbit coupling are of great interest for use in spintronic devices exploiting the Rashba effect. BiTeI features large Rashba-type spin splitting in both valence and ...
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Open AccessPrevalence and genetic characteristics of Saffold cardiovirus in China from 2009 to 2012
The epidemiology and clinical features of the Saffold cardiovirus (SAFV) remain ambiguous. The present study was designed to systematically and intensively investigate the epidemiological features of SAFV in p...
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Open AccessGenetic diversity and evolutionary dynamics of Ebola virus in Sierra Leone
The genome sequences of 175 Ebola virus from five districts in Sierra Leone, collected during September–November 2014, show that the rate of virus evolution seems to be similar to that observed during previous...
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Erratum: Genetic diversity and evolutionary dynamics of Ebola virus in Sierra Leone
Nature 524, 93–96 (2015); doi:10.1038/nature14490 This Letter should have contained an associated Creative Commons statement in the Author Information section. In addition, the Fig. 3c legend should have state...
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Open AccessA novel hepatovirus identified in wild woodchuck Marmota himalayana
Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is a hepatotropic picornavirus that causes acute liver disease worldwide. Here, we report on the identification of a novel hepatovirus tentatively named Marmota Himalayana hepatovirus (MHH...
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Open AccessNoise propagation with interlinked feed-forward pathways
Functionally similar pathways are often seen in biological systems, forming feed-forward controls. The robustness in network motifs such as feed-forward loops (FFLs) has been reported previously. In this work,...
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Open AccessTranscriptomic profiling of long non-coding RNAs in dermatomyositis by microarray analysis
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are prevalently transcribed in the genome and have been found to be of functional importance. However, the potential roles of lncRNAs in dermatomyositis (DM) remain unknown. In t...
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Open AccessReduced incidence of interstitial pneumonitis after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation using a modified technique of total body irradiation
Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is a curative-intent treatment for patients with high-risk hematologic diseases. However, interstitial pneumonitis (IP) and other toxicities remain major conc...
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Open AccessEfficient Generation of Chemically Induced Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Human Dermal Fibroblasts
Human mesenchymal stromal/stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent and currently undergoing hundreds of clinical trials for disease treatments. To date, no studies have generated induced MSCs from skin fibroblasts wi...
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Open AccessInvestigating the Association between Alcohol and Risk of Head and Neck Cancer in Taiwan
Although alcohol is an established risk factor of head and neck cancer (HNC), insufficiencies exist in the literature in several aspects. We analyzed detailed alcohol consumption data (amount and type of alcoh...
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Open AccessSleep Disturbance and Related Factors in Patients with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma and Their Family Caregivers Prior to the Initiation of Treatment
Sleep disturbance is a common complaint in cancer patients. However, less is known about the parameters of sleep in patients with nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) and their family caregivers (FCs) when they are abo...
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Open AccessReversible and selective ion intercalation through the top surface of few-layer MoS2
Electrochemical intercalation of ions into the van der Waals gap of two-dimensional (2D) layered materials is a promising low-temperature synthesis strategy to tune their physical and chemical properties. It i...
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Open AccessIncrease Trichomonas vaginalis detection based on urine routine analysis through a machine learning approach
Trichomonas vaginalis (T. vaginalis) detection remains an unsolved problem in using of automated instruments for urinalysis. The study proposes a machine learning (ML)-based strategy to increase the detection rat...
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Open AccessParapharyngeal fat pad area at the subglosso-supraglottic level is associated with corresponding lateral wall collapse and apnea-hypopnea index in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a pilot study
The aim of this study was to assess associations between fat pad areas at various anatomic levels and the sites of lateral wall collapse and disease severity in adult patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA...
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Open Access“A real-world evidence” in reduction of volatile anesthetics by BIS-guided anesthesia
Many well-controlled clinical studies have shown that BIS-guided anesthesia could prevent intraoperative awareness and improve postoperative morbidity and mortality, by optimizing the amount of volatile anesth...
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Open AccessAssociation between regional economic status and renal recovery of dialysis-requiring acute kidney injury among critically ill patients
The association between regional economic status and the probability of renal recovery among patients with dialysis-requiring AKI (AKI-D) is unknown. The nationwide prospective multicenter study enrolled criti...
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Open AccessUltrastructural and diffusion tensor imaging studies reveal axon abnormalities in Pompe disease mice
Pompe disease (PD) is caused by lysosomal glycogen accumulation in tissues, including muscles and the central nervous system (CNS). The intravenous infusion of recombinant human acid alpha-glucosidase (rhGAA) ...
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Open AccessReal-world efficacy and safety of pangenotypic direct-acting antivirals against hepatitis C virus infection in Taiwan
Clinical trials showed pangenotypic direct-acting antivirals’ (DAAs) excellent efficacy and safety when treating hepatitis C virus (HCV). Two pangenotypic regimens were examined, glecaprevir/pibrentasvir (GLE/...
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Open AccessParticulate matter may have a limited influence on maternal vitamin D levels
Evidence for an association between the amount of particulate matter (PM) in the atmosphere and vitamin D status of pregnant women is limited. We aimed to examine the independent association between PM and mat...
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Open AccessOne-step metallization of weft-knitted fabrics for wearable biaxial strain sensors
One-step direct patterning of high definition conductive tracks in textiles is realized through laser direct writing in combination with a silver organometallic ink developed in-house. Photoreduction, nano-cry...
