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Open AccessTailored treatment of female indirect inguinal hernias by using single-port laparoscopic percutaneous internal ring suture: a comparison between children and adults
To compare the outcome of indirect inguinal hernias repaired by using single-port laparoscopic percutaneous internal ring suture (SPIRS) between the pediatric and adult females.
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Chondroitin Sulfate Enhances Proliferation and Migration via Inducing β-Catenin and Intracellular ROS as Well as Suppressing Metalloproteinases through Akt/NF-ϰB Pathway Inhibition in Human Chondrocytes
Chondroitin sulfate (CS) is found in humans’ cartilage, bone, cornea, skin, and arterial wall. It consists of the foundation substance in the extracellular matrix (ECM) of connective tissue. The oral supplemen...
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Controlling Surface Morphology and Circumventing Secondary Phase Formation in Non-polar m-GaN by Tuning Nitrogen Activity
For the development of non-polar nitrides based optoelectronic devices, high-quality films with smooth surfaces, free of defects or clusters, are critical. In this work, the mechanisms governing the topography...
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Evolution of Metallic Conductivity in Epitaxial ZnO Thin Films on Systematic Al Do**
The metal-like behaviors and metal–semiconductor transition (MST) of highly conducting Zn1−x Al x O (x = 1 at.% to 10 at.%) thin films deposited by cosput...
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MgO/Cu2O Superlattices: Growth of Epitaxial Two-Dimensional Nanostructures
Alternated stacking of dissimilar layers can produce novel superlattice materials with multiple functionalities. The majority of such work reported in literature on epitaxial superlattices has been on alternat...
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In vitro propagation of limonium wrightii (Hance) Ktze. (Plumbaginaceae), an ethnomedicinal plant, from shoot-tip, leaf- and inflorescence-node explants
Rapid in vitro propagation of Limonium wrightii (Hance) Ktze. (Plumbaginaceae), an endangered medicinal plant, was achieved by culturing the shoot-tip (primary and lateral), leaf- and influorescence-node explants...
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Increasing incidence of nosocomialChryseobacterium indologenes infections in Taiwan
To understand the clinical features, antimicrobial therapy, and epidemiology ofChryseobacterium indologenes infections, the medical records of 36 patients with nosocomialChryseobacterium indologenes infections se...
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In vitro antimicrobial susceptibility ofVibrio vulnificus isolated in Taiwan
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Invasive pulmonary pseudallescheriasis with direct invasion of the thoracic spine in an immunocompetent patient
Most invasive pseudallescheriasis infections have occurred in immunocompromised patients. The case of an immunocompetent patient with invasive pulmonary pseudallescheriasis and subsequent contiguous extension ...
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Thermoluminescence in ZrO2 with impurity of ZnO induced by UV radiation
ZrO2 pellets doped by ZnO after 302 nm UV irradiation have been studied for ThermoLuminescent (TL) glow. The TL peak at 90°C for the 1100°C sintered ZrO2 pellet shifted to 85°C with intensity increased three time...
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Radiation-Induced Ionic Polymerization
In general, the effect of high energy radiation on vinyl monomers in the liquid state is to initiate polymerization by a free radical mechanism. In 1957, however, Davison, Pinner and Worrall1 polymerized isobutyl...