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Study of the extracellular polysaccharides produced by a blue-green alga, Anabaena flos-aquae A-37
Two types of polysaccharides were separated from the extracellular polysaccharide produced by Anabaena flos-aquae A-37 by ion exchange chromatography. The neutral polysaccharide is composed of mainly glucose with...
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Direct indication of lateral nonuniformities of MOS capacitors from the negative equivalent interface trap density based on charge-temperature technique
The charge-temperature technique was used to investigate the oxide properties of silicon MOS capacitors fabricated on a wafer with an oxide thickness of 660 Å. The stretchout of high frequencyC — V curve of the c...
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Observations on the Polishing of Bismuth Silicon Oxide Crystals
The present paper describes our observations on the polishing of bismuth silicon oxide (Bi12SiO20) crystals. It is not easy to polish the BSO crystal un the conventional pitch polisher which is used for the polis...
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Successful pregnancy following very high-dose total body irradiation (1575 cGy) and bone marrow transplantation in a woman with acute myeloid leukemia
A 22-year-old woman had a normal full-term delivery 6 years after a successful allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) for acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Conditioning therapy consisted of cyclophosphamide ...
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The effect of tungsten particle size on the processing and properties of infiltrated W-Cu compacts
Three tungsten powders with average particle sizes of 8.7, 23.2, and 65.2 µm were used to make W-15Cu compacts. The compacting pressure and sintering temperature were adjusted for each powder to attain the desire...
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Relapse of Graves' disease after successful allogeneic bone marrow transplantation
As shown in many reports, allogeneic BMT can help cure autoimmune diseases. Conversely, we present a 24-year-old woman with Graves' disease, which was diagnosed just before BMT for CML. The Graves' disease rem...
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Myelodysplastic syndrome complicated by autoimmune hemolytic anemia: remission of refractory anemia following mycophenolate mofetil
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) rarely occurs in myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). A 36-year-old Asian female was diagnosed with MDS (refractory cytopenia with multilineage dysplasia, RCMD) and complicated b...
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The Behavior of Cyclic Voltammetry Strip** (CVs) with Tin-Doped Indium Oxide in 0.3M Hydrochloric Acid
The cyclic voltammetry strip** (CVs) behavior of the tin-doped indium oxide (ITO) on SiO2 in 0.3M HCl is reported. The CVs result showed an obvious reduction-current peak that occurred during the first catho...
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Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for severe aplastic anemia—experience of an institute in Taiwan
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is an accepted treatment strategy for patients with severe aplastic anemia (SAA). We report our experience in a general hospital in Taiwan. From March 1985 to Jul...
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Colorectal carcinoma: from tumorigenesis to treatment
Colorectal carcinoma (CRC) is a complicated and often fatal genetic disease. Fortunately, owing to rapid expansion of knowledge and technology development in oncology, much progress has been made regarding the...
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Thymosin β4 triggers an epithelial–mesenchymal transition in colorectal carcinoma by upregulating integrin-linked kinase
The epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) is crucial for the invasion and metastasis of many epithelial tumors including colorectal carcinoma (CRC). In the present study, a scattering and fibroblastic morpho...
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Novel flame retardant epoxy/clay nanocomposites prepared with a pre-ground phosphorus-containing organoclay
A series of novel epoxy/clay nanocomposites (EPOCg-x) were prepared with a selected epoxy resin and x wt% of a mechanically ground phosphorus-containing organoclay (POCg). The results of x-ray diffraction (XRD), ...
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VEGF −460T → C polymorphism and its association with VEGF expression and outcome to FOLFOX-4 treatment in patients with colorectal carcinoma
The −460T → C polymorphism of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene significantly increases its promoter activity. A pilot study was conducted to assess the influence of this polymorphism on clinicopa...
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Identification of a novel bluetongue virus 1-specific B-cell epitope using a monoclonal antibody against the VP2 protein
Bluetongue virus (BTV) VP2 is an important antigenic protein that can be used for the differential diagnosis of different BTV serotypes. Here, we generated a serotype-specific monoclonal antibody (mab) against...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Predicting and Verifying Forces by Using Different Cutters and Spaces
It is notoriously known there are lots of factors influence cutter efficiency and tool life for boring operations. The key problem is how much each influenced and where is the best balance point. This paper us...
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In silico prediction and in vitro identification of bluetongue virus 4 VP5 protein B-cell epitopes
VP5, the outer capsid protein of bluetongue virus (BTV), plays an important role in viral penetration and antibody-mediated viral neutralization. Therefore, VP5 represents an important target for development o...
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Experimental Investigation of Exhaust Thermoelectric System and Application for Vehicle
In this case study, an energy harvesting system using a thermoelectric power generator (TEG) has been constructed. Experimental investigation of the hot and cold sides of the thermoelectric modules (TMs) in th...
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Optimization of Cooling Unit Design for Automotive Exhaust-Based Thermoelectric Generators
Integrating a thermoelectric cooler (TEC) into the engine cooling system has various advantages including reducing additional mechanical parts, and saving energy and space for automotive applications. Based on...
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Clinical analysis of NSCLC patients reveals lack of association between EGFR mutation and TET1 downregulation
Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of death from cancer worldwide, with a poor prognosis in advanced cases. In the past decade, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors have shown significant effi...
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“Source–sink” landscape pattern analysis of nonpoint source pollution using remote sensing techniques
Research on the “source–sink” landscape pattern of nonpoint source pollution is of great significance to natural resource management, environmental protection, water quality improvement, nonpoint source pollut...