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Wavelength optimization for the laser treatment of port wine stains
Based on the well-known principle of selective photothermolysis, laser has been a promising way for the treatment of port wine stains (PWSs). The laser wavelengths used for PWS’s clinical treatment include but...
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Experimental investigations on thermal effects of a long-pulse alexandrite laser on blood vessels and its comparison with pulsed dye and Nd:YAG lasers
Laser has been widely used in the treatment of vascular skin diseases, such as port wine stain, due to the effect of selective photothermolysis in laser on biological tissue. The 755 nm alexandrite laser was e...
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Syntheses, Crystal Structures, and Luminescence Properties of Co(II), Ni(II) and Zn(II) Complexes with 4′-(4-(Imidazol-1-Yl)phenyl)-2,2′:6′,2″-Terpyridine
Three coordination complexes [Co(Imphtpy)2]Cl2 · CHCl3 · 3H2O (I), [Ni(Imphtpy)2]Cl2 · CHCl3 · C2H5OH (II) and [Zn(Imphtpy)]Cl2 (III) (Imphtpy = 4'-(4-(imidazol-1-yl)phenyl)2,2':6',2″-terpyridine) have been synth...
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The Geometric Characteristics and Initiation Mechanisms of the Earthquake-Triggered Daguangbao Landslide
The Daguangbao (DGB) landslide which triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake is one of the largest earthquake-triggered landslides in the world over the past century. In this study, remote sensing images ana...
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Tube feeding among elder in long-term care facilities: A systematic review and meta-analysis
The use of tube feeding for elderly patients with poor nutritional intake is a ubiquitous method of feeding. This systematic review and meta-analysis were carried out to compare nutritional benefits of enteral...
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Aiolos collaborates with Blimp-1 to regulate the survival of multiple myeloma cells
The transcriptional repressor B lymphocyte-induced maturation protein-1 (Blimp-1) has crucial roles in the control of plasma cell differentiation and in maintaining survival of plasma cells. However, how Blimp...
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Low Temperature Photosensitive Polyimide Based Insulating Layer Formation for Microelectromechanical Systems Applications
Photosensitive polyimide (PSPI) based insulating layer fabrication for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) application has been systematically investigated in this work. The PSPI was spin coated on a silicon...
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Polyimide-Damage-Free, CMOS-Compatible Removal of Polymer Residues from Deep Reactive Ion Etching Passivation
A method for removal of passivation polymer residues from deep reactive ion-etching (DRIE) has been systematically investigated in this study. The method combines dry oxygen plasma ashing and conventional phot...
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Experimental study on the vascular thermal response to visible laser pulses
Port-wine stains (PWSs) are congenital vascular malformations that progressively darken and thicken with age, and laser therapy is the most effective in clinical practice. Using dorsal skin chamber (DSC), this...
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Field Evaluation of Different Wavelengths Light-Emitting Diodes as Attractants for Adult Aleurodicus dispersus Russell (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
In recent years, light traps with light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have been widely used in integrated pest management. The spiralling whitefly, Aleurodicus dispersus Russell, a highly invasive pest which causes heav...
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Synchronization of time-delayed chemically coupled burst-spiking neurons with correlated noises
Synchronization of two time-delayed chemically coupled neurons with burst-spiking states is studied. Different from the previous study by N. Buric et al. (Phys. Rev. E 78, 036211 (2008)), it is found that exactly...
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Inguinoscrotal herniation of bladder: case series and literature review
Bladder hernias are relatively rare condition while only accounts for 1–4 % of inguinal hernias. It is not the surgery but the diagnosis that remain the major challenges of clinical practice.
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Host shift capability of a specialist seed predator of an invasive plant: roles of competition, population genetics and plant chemistry
Acanthoscelides macrophthalmus is a seed predator that has become widely distributed along with its native host, Leucaena leucocephala (Mimosoideae), which is a neotropical leguminous tree and on...
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Metabolic regulation of cancer cell side population by glucose through activation of the Akt pathway
Side population (SP) cells within tumors are a small fraction of cancer cells with stem-like properties that can be identified by flow cytometry analysis based on their high ability to export certain compounds...
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Scanning Electron Microscopy Studies of the Antennal Sensilla of Metaphycus parasaissetiae Zhang & Huang (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)
Metaphycus parasaissetiae Zhang & Huang (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) is an important adult parasitoid of Parasaissetia nigra Nietner (Hemiptera: Coccoidea). The external morphology of the antennal s...
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Berberis phyllody is a phytoplasma-associated disease
Berberis thunbergii atropurpurea, also known as Red barberry, is a small ornamental shrub in the family Berberidaceae. In recent years, a phyllody symptom has been observed frequently, spreading in the shrubs in ...
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Venom alkaloids of monogyne and polygyne forms of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, in Taiwan
Both monogyne and polygyne colonies of Solenopsis invicta now occupy Taiwan. Although venom alkaloids of these ants have been described and synthesized, we here report on a quantitative analysis of the two social...
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Shock–vortex interactions in a soap film
This work experimentally visualizes the interaction of a quasi-one-dimensional moving shock wave with a two-dimensional vortex in a soap film for the first time. A vertical soap film shock tube was used to gen...
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Population genetic structure of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta, in Taiwan
We generated and analyzed microsatellite genotypic data and mtDNA sequence data from the fire ant Solenopsis invicta collected from two separate infested areas (Taoyuan and Chiayi) in Taiwan to infer the populati...
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High-level expression of a lacZ gene from a bacterial artificial chromosome in Escherichia coli
The GlnAP2 element has been proved to be an effective and inducible—by exogenous acetate—promoter in Escherichia coli with glnL/pta double mutations. Based on this feature, a single-copy expression vector was con...