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Comparative analysis of four stem taper models for Quercus glauca in Mount Halla, Jeju Island, South Korea
This study was conducted to fit the diameter-height data of Quercus glauca in Jeju Island, South Korea to the four commonly used stem taper equations and to evaluate the performance of the four stem taper models ...
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Polymeric nanofiber coated esophageal stent for sustained delivery of an anticancer drug
In this study, we developed an esophageal stent capable of sustained delivery of an anticancer drug, fluorouracil (5-FU). The stents were coated with drug-loaded poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) nanofibers (D...
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Characterization of liposomes with different intraliposomal viscosities
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Context-Awareness Smart Safety Monitoring System Using Sensor Network
In recent times, the human-centered information society is changing into Ubiquitous Sensor Network computing society, where information between objects can be combined organically and utilized. An accurate con...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Effect of Educational Game on the Intrinsic Motivation by Learner’s Traits: Focus on Personality Types
The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of the action levels of educational game on the intrinsic motivation of the learners by personality types. In this study the action levels of the educationa...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Correlations between Addicted Cell Phone Use of Adolescents and Mental Health: The Case of Middle School Students in Korea
The purpose of this research was to analyze four factors of addicted cell phone use affecting mental health. The participants were 639 second graders, who were selected among eight middle schools in Jeju Provi...
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Helicobacter pylori eradication with a 7-day low-dose triple therapy in hemodialysis patients
The optimal therapeutic regimen for Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection has not been established in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients receiving hemodialysis. We investigated the efficacy and safety of...
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Subjects with Diarrhea-Predominant IBS Have Increased Rectal Permeability Responsive to Tryptase
Patients with diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D) appear to have increased intestinal permeability; it has been suggested that activation of protease-activated receptor-2 (PAR-2) receptors is...
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An electrically active microneedle array for electroporation
We have designed and fabricated a microneedle array with electrical functionality with the final goal of electroporating skin’s epidermal cells to increase their transfection by DNA vaccines. The microneedle a...
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Open AccessDevelopment of selective blockers for Ca2+-activated Cl- channel using Xenopus laevis oocytes with an improved drug screening strategy
Ca2+-activated Cl- channels (CaCCs) participate in many important physiological processes. However, the lack of effective and selective blockers has hindered the study of these channels, mostly due to the lack of...
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Ultrasonic welding method to fabricate polymer microstructure encapsulating protein with minimum damage
Ultrasonic welding can be used with micromolding to fabricate polymeric microstructures. We investigated whether these techniques are useful in fabricating polymeric microstructures from polymeric microparticl...
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Polymer particle-based micromolding to fabricate novel microstructures
Conventional micromolding provides rapid and low-cost methods to fabricate polymer microstructures, but has limitations when producing sophisticated designs. To provide more versatile micromolding techniques, ...
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Polymer Microneedles for Controlled-Release Drug Delivery
As an alternative to hypodermic injection or implantation of controlled-release systems, this study designed and evaluated biodegradable polymer microneedles that encapsulate drug for controlled release in ski...
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Identification of Differentially Expressed mRNAs of the Autologous Vein Graft After an Arterial Bypass in Mongrel Dogs
Purpose. Intimal hyperplasia (IH) is characterized by vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation in the intima and subsequent accumulation of extracellular matrix. A variety of factors that might be consid...
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Mathematical modeling for chemical vapor deposition in a single-wafer reactor: Application to low-pressure deposition of Tungsten
A mathematical model for low pressure chemical vapor deposition in a single-wafer reactor in stagnation point flow has been developed to investigate the reactor performance. The transient transport equations f...
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Deposition uniformities on a wafer and in a trench for tungsten silicide LPCVD in a single-wafer reactor
A transient model of a single-wafer reactor in axisymmetric, stagnation point flow is used to study the effects of operating conditions on film thickness uniformity and composition uniformity across the wafer ...
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Modeling of transient heterogeneous two-dimensional catalytic packed bed reactor
A two-dimensional transient catalytic packed bed model, incorporating all transport parameters and resistances, along with boundary conditions based on a catalytic single pellet has been developed. Thermal con...
