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Open AccessEffective prediction finite element model of pull-out capacity for cast-in-place anchor in high strain rate effects
Cast-in-place anchors are being increasingly used in many applications including building construction, bridge, and power plants. The anchorage to concrete systems are subjected to tensile, shear and combined ...
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Effects of telmisartan and perindopril combination on hypertension and cardiovascular damage
Combined therapy is considered when monotherapy fails to control blood pressure (BP). This study evaluated the effects of combined treatment with telmisartan (an angiotensin receptor blocker, ARB) and perindop...
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The combined effects of telmisartan and ramipril on hypertension and cardiovascular injury
More than half of hypertensive patients receive combination therapy with two or more drugs. For combination therapy with antihypertensive drugs, it is recommended to use complementary drugs with different mech...
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Sodium propionate exerts anticancer effect in mice bearing breast cancer cell xenograft by regulating JAK2/STAT3/ROS/p38 MAPK signaling
Propionate is a short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) mainly produced from carbohydrates by gut microbiota. Sodium propionate (SP) has shown to suppress the invasion in G protein-coupled receptor 41 (GPR41) and GPR43-...
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Effects of combination treatment with cilnidipine and telmisartan on hypertension, cardiovascular injury, and high blood glucose
Polypharmacy is an important strategy for managing high blood pressure (BP). Combination treatment with a Ca2+ channel blocker (CCB) and an angiotensin II type 1 receptor blocker (ARB) can be used for this purpos...
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The effects of combined treatment of losartan and ramipril on hypertension and related complications
Polypharmacy has been an important strategy for the management of hypertension. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of combined treatment of losartan with ramipril on hypertension, myocardial i...
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Open AccessRetraction Note: Comparison of 0.05% cyclosporine and 3% diquafosol solution for dry eye patients: a randomized, blinded, multicenter clinical trial
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
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Open AccessRETRACTED ARTICLE: Comparison of 0.05% cyclosporine and 3% diquafosol solution for dry eye patients: a randomized, blinded, multicenter clinical trial
This study is aim to compare the clinical effectiveness between the two most prominent dry eye disease (DED)-specific eye drops, 0.05% cyclosporine (CN) and 3% diquafosol (DQ).
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Open AccessEffects of unaltered and bioconverted mulberry leaf extracts on cellular glucose uptake and antidiabetic action in animals
Mulberry is a Korean medicinal herb that shows effective prevention and treatment of obesity and diabetes. Bioconversion is the process of producing active ingredients from natural products using microorganism...
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Experimental analysis of HRSG for simulating internal flow behavior using Euler and swirl similitudes
Experimental analysis with a scale-reduction model enables data measurements and analysis of physical phenomena that could not be performed in a real model because of numerous constraining conditions and envir...
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Design optimization of HRSG inlet duct geometry for improving flow uniformity using meta-heuristic algorithm
The HRSG extensively affects all performance of CCPPs. The inlet duct geometry of an HRSG is the most essential part for determining heat exchange in the main body, in terms of flow uniformity. In the present ...
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Below-ground growth characteristics of 13-year-old Pinus densiflora on different contour conditions in a post-fire plantation in Samcheuk, Korea
We estimated the growth volume of artificially reforested Pinus densiflora in a post-fire area on three different contour conditions by comparing and analyzing the vertical and horizontal distributions of below-...
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Effects of combination therapy with candesartan and ramipril on hypertension and related complications
Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and is known to contribute to complications, such as atherosclerosis and diabetes. The aim of this study was to investigate the possible synergis...
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Biomass growth characteristics of 13-year-old Pinus densiflora S. et Z. in a post-fire plantation on different contour conditions in Samcheuk, Korea
We used preliminary data to estimate the growth volume of artificially reforested Pinus densiflora in a post-fire area on three different contour conditions. We compared the growth of P. densiflora on a south-fac...
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Seismic fragility analysis of a buried gas pipeline based on nonlinear time-history analysis
Seismic fragility analysis was performed for API X65, a type of buried gas pipeline that is widely used in Korea. For this purpose, nonlinear time-history analyses were carried out using 15 different analytica...
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Open AccessErratum to: Differences in TGF-β1 signaling and clinicopathologic characteristics of histologic subtypes of gastric cancer
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Open AccessDifferences in TGF-β1 signaling and clinicopathologic characteristics of histologic subtypes of gastric cancer
Aberrant TGF-β1 signaling is suggested to be involved in gastric carcinogenesis. However, the role of TGF-β1 in intestinal-type [i-GC] and diffuse-type [d-GC] gastric cancer remains largely unknown. In this st...
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Deep-sea water inhibits metastatic potential in HT-29 human colorectal adenocarcinomas via MAPK/NF-κB signaling pathway
A previous investigation showed that deep-sea water (DSW) can affect the expression of genes that regulate metastasis, including cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2), urokinase plasmino...
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Performance evaluation of natural gas based steam reformer for PEMFC
This paper presents performance evaluation of natural gas based steam reformer with special attention on the operating conditions of internal combustor. In steam reformer in which strong endothermic process is...
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A hybrid swarm population of Pinus densiflora × P. sylvestris inferred from sequence analysis of chloroplast DNA and morphological characters
To confirm a hybrid swarm population of Pinus densiflora × P. sylvestris in Jilin, China, we used needles and seeds from P. densiflora, P. sylvestris, and P. densiflora × P. sylvestris collected from natural stan...
