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Application of Ultrasound Image Tracking Algorithm for Real-Time Diaphragmatic Excursion Measurement
Many studies use ultrasound for diaphragmatic excursion (DE) evaluation. The calculation of DE value requires recording the diaphragm movement, freezing the ultrasound image, recalling video and measuring targ...
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Effects of Angelicin on Ovalbumin (OVA)-Induced Airway Inflammation in a Mouse Model of Asthma
Angelicin, a furocoumarin found in Psoralea corylifolia L. fruit, has been reported to have anti-inflammatory activity. The purpose of this study was to determine the protective effects of angelicin on allergic a...
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Open AccessIncreased risk of ischemic stroke in patients with burn injury: a nationwide cohort study in Taiwan
Conflicting results have been obtained by studies attempting to assess the risks of ischemic stroke in patients with burn injury, while the long-term risk of stroke in survivors of burn injury remains unexplor...
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Open AccessEnd-tidal carbon dioxide monitoring may be associated with a higher possibility of return of spontaneous circulation during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a population-based study
During cardiac arrest, end-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) monitoring is recommended as a chest compression performance indicator. However, its frequency of use during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and its b...
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Enhancement of light extraction of organic light emitting diodes with photonic quasi-crystal structures by UV nanoimprint lithography process
We demonstrate a method to increase the efficiency of blue and green organic light emitting diodes by a factor of up to 53.9 and 28.3 % when the device brightness was 1000 cd/m2. By fabricating the organic light...
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Meta-analysis of C242T polymorphism in CYBA genes: risk of acute coronary syndrome is lower in Asians but not in Caucasians
A lot of studies have demonstrated that C242T polymorphism in CYBA genes may play an important role in the pathological process of acute coronary syndrome (ACS). However, the results are not consistent. To furthe...
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Open AccessIncreased risk of ischemic stroke in patients with mild traumatic brain injury: a nationwide cohort study
It is known that the risk of stroke in patients with traumatic brain injury might be increased. However, the relationship between mild traumatic brain injury and ischemic stroke has never been established. We ...
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Applications of Cellular Neural Networks to Noise Cancelation in Gray Images Based on Adaptive Particle-swarm Optimization
This paper develops a novel method for designing templates for discrete-time cellular neural networks (DTCNN) via an adaptive particle-swarm optimization (APSO) for gray image noise cancelation. Proper selecti...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
An Adaptive Particle Swarm Optimization for the Coverage of Wireless Sensor Network
The coverage problem is a crucial issue in wireless sensor networks (WSN); however, a high coverage rate ensures a high quality of service in WSN. This paper presents control of the coverage problem optimizati...
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Cellular Neural Networks for Gray Image Noise Cancellation Based on a Hybrid Linear Matrix Inequality and Particle Swarm Optimization Approach
This paper describes a technique for gray image noise cancellation. This method employs linear matrix inequality (LMI) and particle swarm optimization (PSO) based on cellular neural networks (CNN).We use two i...
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Output regulation of a class of unstructured models of continuous bioreactors: steady-state approaches
This article deals with the output regulation of continuous bioreactors in the face of constant disturbances and inverse dynamics. Nonlinear controllers developed on the basis of approximate equilibrium manifo...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Observation of Extremely Low Transmembrane Potential of Cells in Electroporation Using Microchips
We develop a micromachined electroporation chip successfully performing cell electroporation under a very low applied electric field, which yielded an extremely low transmembrane potential to create membrane p...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Electroporation Microchips for Gene Transfection
Gene therapy requires effective gene delivery into cells. This work has demonstrated that this novel electroporation microchip can provide in-vitro gene transfection with a very small amount of cells and plasmids...
