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A repeating fast radio burst source in a globular cluster
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are flashes of unknown physical origin1. The majority of FRBs have been seen only once, although some are known to generate multiple flashes2,3. Many models invoke magnetically powered ne...
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A repeating fast radio burst source localized to a nearby spiral galaxy
Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are brief, bright, extragalactic radio flashes1,2. Their physical origin remains unknown, but dozens of possible models have been postulated3. Some FRB sources exhibit repeat bursts4–7. A...
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Inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2-mediated matriptase activation contributes to the suppression of prostate cancer cell motility and metastasis
Chronic inflammation plays an important role in cancer development and progression. Cyclooxygenases-2 (COX-2) is a key enzyme in generating prostaglandins causing inflammation, is often found to be overexpress...
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Enhancement of stress tolerance in cucumber seedlings by proanthocyanidins
Proanthocyanidins (PAs) are the main products of the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway in many plants. However, their biological function during environmental stresses in plants is rarely reported. In the present...
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Open AccessDynamic involvement of ATG5 in cellular stress responses
Autophagy maintains cell and tissue homeostasis through catabolic degradation. To better delineate the in vivo function for autophagy in adaptive responses to tissue injury, we examined the impact of compromised ...
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Association between polymorphisms in the csrRS two-component regulatory system and invasive group A streptococcal infection
The csrRS two-component regulatory system is an important element in the pathogenesis of group A Streptococcus (GAS). The main goal of this study is to understand the association between csrRS polymorphisms and G...
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HLA-DPB1 and anti-HBs titer kinetics in hepatitis B booster recipients who completed primary hepatitis B vaccination during infancy
Previously we reported significant associations of the human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DPB1 05:01 with memory against hepatitis B (HB) vaccination. However, the effects of HLA-DPB1 on antibodies to hepatitis B surf...
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Temperature-related effects of treatments with jasmonic and salicylic acids on Arabidopsis infected with cucumber mosaic virus
Plant-virus interactions are affected by environmental factors, including temperature. Plant defenses are often inhibited by high or low temperature. In this study, oxidative damage and gene expression were de...
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Polarization-maintaining amplification of phase modulated pulse employing ytterbium-doped single-mode fiber amplifier
Polarization-maintaining fiber amplifier using ytterbium-doped single-mode fiber (SMF) is proposed. A 45° Faraday rotator mirror (FRM) and a polarization independent fiber loop circulator (FLC) with polarizati...
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Effects of salicylic acid on the photosystem 2 of barley seedlings under osmotic stress
The effects of exogenous salicylic acid (SA) on photosystem 2 (PS 2) in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) seedlings were investigated. SA pretreatment provided protection against subsequent osmotic stress. The highest ...
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The dual effects of salicylic acid on dehydrin accumulation in water-stressed barley seedlings
Dehydrins are a group of plant proteins that usually accumulate in response to environmental stresses. They are proposed to play specific protective roles in plant cells. Present study showed that the accumula...
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High Prevalence of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Patients in End-Stage Renal Disease on Hemodialysis: Comparison of QuantiFERON-TB GOLD, ELISPOT, and Tuberculin Skin Test
Individuals with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) are 10- to 25-fold more likely than immunocompetent people to develop active tuberculosis (TB) and are candidates for being treated for latent TB infection (LTBI...
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Motor Learning of Normal Subjects Exercised with a Shoulder-Elbow Rehabilitation Robot
A shoulder-elbow rehabilitation robot has been developed as clinical treatments to facilitate motor learning and accelerate recovery of motor functions for stroke patients. However, the connection between moto...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Novel Multivariate Analysis Method for Bio-Signal Processing
Often, multivariate analysis is wildly used to process “signal information”, which includes spectrum analysis, bio-signal processing and etc. In general, Least Squares (LS) and PLS fall into overfitting proble...
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Mutation mechanism of chlorophyll-less barley mutant NYB
NYB is chlorophyll-less barley mutant, which is controlled by a recessive nuclear gene. The mutation mechanism is revealed. The activities of enzymes transforming 5-aminolevulinic acid into proto...
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Acute Septicemic Melioidosis Presenting with Acute Cholangitis
Melioidosis is a disease prevalent in the tropics, especially in Southeast Asia. The most common clinical presentations are bacteremic pneumonia and abscess formation in various organs. Although a wide variety...
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Human p16γ, a novel transcriptional variant of p16INK4A, coexpresses with p16INK4A in cancer cells and inhibits cell-cycle progression
The INK4A locus encodes two tumor suppressor genes, p16INK4A and p14ARF, transcribed using alternative exons 1α or 1β spliced onto the same exons 2 and 3. Both p16INK4A and p14ARF are capable of inhibiting the ce...
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Green emission of Ca3La3(1-x)Tb3x(BO3)5 under VUV-UV excitation
A series of phosphors Ca3La3(1-x)Tb3x(BO3)5 were synthesized by using a high-temperature solid-state reaction technique, and their VUV-vis luminescence properties were investigated. Strong host-related absorption...
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Effect of water stress on photosystem 2 in two wheat cultivars
The effects of osmotic dehydration on the photochemical activity, gene transcription, and protein content of photosystem 2 (PS 2) in leaves of two wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars Miannnong No. 4 and No. 5 ...
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Fever of Unknown Origin in Taiwan
Fever of unknown origin (FUO) is a challenging problem worldwide. There was no prospective study of FUO in the past two decades in Taiwan. A prospective study was conducted.