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Assessment of environmental and biological stress using mitochondria-targeted red-emitting and near-infrared fluorescent probes for biothiol analysis: a review
Levels of biological thiols, or “biothiols,” in mitochondria can be used to assess environmental and biological oxidative stress, which can cause health issues such as malignant tumors and neurological disease...
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Open AccessSusceptibility to eye diseases in relation to age and kidney failure among Taiwanese adults
The kidney and eyes share common pathways and are thought to be closely connected. Chronic kidney disease and major eye diseases, such as cataract and glaucoma, are strongly associated with age. However, furth...
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Open AccessThe association between smoking cessation and lifestyle/genetic variant rs6265 among the adult population in Taiwan
Recent studies showed significant associations between socio-demographic, lifestyle factors, polymorphic variant rs6265, and smoking cessation behaviours. We examined rs6265 TT, TC and CC genotypes and their a...
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Spine, hip, and femoral neck bone mineral density in relation to vegetarian type and status among Taiwanese adults
We determined the association of vegetarian type and status with bone mineral density (BMD) Z-scores at the spine, hip, and femoral neck. Compared to non-vegetarians, current vegetarians, especially vegans, lacto...
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Open AccessRisk of gallstones based on ABCG8 rs11887534 single nucleotide polymorphism among Taiwanese men and women
Gallstones are abnormal masses caused by impaired metabolism of cholesterol, bilirubin, or bile salts in the gallbladder or biliary tract. ATP-binding cassette subfamily G member 8 (ABCG8) is a protein that re...
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Research progress in bioremediation of petroleum pollution
With the enhancement of environmental protection awareness, research on the bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbon environmental pollution has intensified. Bioremediation has received more attention due to it...
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Open AccessInteractive association between dietary fat and sex on CDH13 cg02263260 methylation
DNA methylation of Cadherin 13 (CDH13), a tumor suppressor gene is associated with gene repression and carcinogenesis. We determined the relation of dietary fat and sex with CDH13 cg02263260 methylation in Tai...
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Open AccessAHRR cg05575921 methylation in relation to smoking and PM2.5 exposure among Taiwanese men and women
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-rich substances like cigarette smoke and PM2.5 induce aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR)-mediated aryl hydrocarbon receptor repressor (AHRR) methylation. AHRR cg05575921 and coa...
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The Design of a Logic Query Processor
We present the design of a logic query processor for linear recursive rules. Unlike the traditional methods which primarily use query information in query processing, our design makes use of both query informa...
