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Epidermal morphogenesis in an in-vitro model using a fibroblasts-embedded collagen scaffold
A novel culture system included a self-designed bi-layer 3-D collagen scaffold with different pore size on both sides and specific culture media for different culture stages. This skin equivalent culture model...
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Advanced process control of metal sputter deposition using a time series analysis
Using a time series model, we constructed a disturbance model for the aluminum sputter deposition process, and derived an autoregressive integrated moving average and recursive least-squares (ARIMA-RLS) contro...
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Holographic recording in LiNbO3 using various polarized lights
Holographic recordings in a LiNbO3 crystal using ordinary and extraordinary light in transmission-type geometry were performed. The system parameters of storage capacity (M/#), sensitivity, and signal-to-noise ra...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
An Application of Interactive Game for Facial Expression of the Autisms
According to Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (DSM-IV-TR), the lack of social behavior is a standard diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The aim of the paper is to develop a game-...
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Open AccessRise time and source duration of the 2008 MW 7.9 Wenchuan (China) earthquake as revealed by Rayleigh waves
The fault parameters of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake were studied in a rupture directivity analysis by simultaneously inverting the period of the first Fourier spectral-node and the 100-s phase-delay time of t...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Application of Mobile-Learning in Collaborative Problem-Based Learning Environments
This article describes the design and delivery of a history course in visit historical tourism guild at elementary schools in Taiwan. The course was devised and deployed to supplement learning activities in th...
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Four-Scale Image Contrast Enhancement Base on Adaptive Inverse Hyperbolic Tangent Algorithm
A kind of contrast enhancement method for image is proposed by Four-Scale of Adaptive Inverse Hyperbolic Tangent (4SAIHT) algorithm. 4SAIHT is used to enhance the contrast of an image. In order to avoid the ex...
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Combined product and tool disturbance estimator for the mix-product process and its application to the removal rate estimation in CMP process
In this paper, we proposed a control strategy: Combined Product and Tool Disturbance Estimator (CPTDE) which combines threaded double EWMA with the drift compensation scheme, to adaptively estimate the disturb...
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Open AccessKeratinocyte expression of inflammatory mediators plays a crucial role in substance P-induced acute and chronic pain
Tibia fracture in rats followed by cast immobilization leads to nociceptive, trophic, vascular and bone-related changes similar to those seen in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). Substance P (SP) mediated...
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Open AccessNeuropeptide deficient mice have attenuated nociceptive, vascular, and inflammatory changes in a tibia fracture model of complex regional pain syndrome
Distal limb fracture in man can induce a complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) with pain, warmth, edema, and cutaneous inflammation. In the present study substance P (SP, Tac1−/−) and CGRP receptor (RAMP1−/−) def...
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Advanced planning and scheduling for TFT-LCD color filter fab with multiple lines
Intense global competition and declining profit have caused most thin film transistor liquid crystal display manufacturers to increase their competitiveness by improving productivity and reducing cycle times. ...
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Responses to booster hepatitis B vaccination are significantly correlated with genotypes of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DPB1 in neonatally vaccinated adolescents
Genome-wide association studies have identified single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) near the human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DP loci that were significantly correlated with outcomes of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
What Action Comprehension Tells Us About Meaning Interpretation
This chapter defends the view that the functional mechanisms underlying the capacity of understanding the means-end structure in action are necessary and in some cases sufficient for the capacity of understand...
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How do personality interactions affect service quality? the perspective of processing efficiency theory
Conscientiousness and emotional stability are important independent predictors of service outcomes. However, previous studies have not investigated the effects of their interaction on service outcomes. Thus, t...
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Improvement of earthquake locations with the Marine Cable Hosted Observatory (MACHO) offshore NE Taiwan
In order to improve the locating capability for offshore earthquakes and tsunamis monitored off northeastern Taiwan, a cable-based ocean bottom seismographic observatory named “Marine Cable Hosted Observatory”...
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The role of Mss11 in Candida albicans biofilm formation
Candida albicans is an opportunistic human pathogen that can form a biofilm on biotic or inert surfaces such as epithelia and clinical devices. In this study, we examine the formation of C. albic...
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Facial expression recognition using bag of distances
The automatic recognition of facial expressions is critical to applications that are required to recognize human emotions, such as multimodal user interfaces. A novel framework for recognizing facial expressio...
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An experimental study on the compatibility of acetone with aluminum flat-plate heat pipes
This study investigates the compatibility of aluminum flat-plate heat pipes (FPHPs) used for filling acetone as a working fluid after long-term operation of and the non-condensable gas (NCG) exhausting process...
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How Sensorimotor Interactions Enable Sentence Imitation
Despite intensive debates regarding action imitation and sentence imitation, few studies have examined their relationship. In this paper, we argue that the mechanism of action imitation is necessary and in som...
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Top Secret: Hacking and Fraud Detection in Business Emails of a Taiwanese Company
A hacker’s attempt to defraud a Taiwanese company was detected by an employee who noticed a difference in the email writing style used. Therefore, this study seeks to investigate the email writing styles used ...
