14 Result(s)
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Genotypes and Phenotypes of Chinese Pediatric Patients with Idiopathic and Heritable Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Experiences from a Single Center
The aim of this study was to determine the clinical outcomes of gene mutations in Chinese pediatric patients with idiopathic and heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension. We screened gene mutations in 62 pedi...
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Involvement of CXCR4 and Stem Cells in a Rat Model of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a severe and fatal clinical syndrome. C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4) is known to be expressed in cancer and stem/progenitor cells. In the present study, PAH wa...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Interactive Communication Between PET Specialists and Oncologists
With an increasing number of positron emission tomography (PET) facilities while a growing shortage of PET specialists in mainland China, interactive communication between PET specialists and oncologists plays...
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Combined Effects of Sleep Deprivation, Narrow Space, Social Isolation and High Cognitive Workload on Cognitive Ability of Chinese Operators
This study aims to investigate the effects of sleep deprivation on the cognitive abilities of Chinese subjects under a combined scenario of narrow space, social isolation, and high cognitive workload. Twelve s...
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Retraction Note to: Dysfunction of nitric oxide synthases as a cause and therapeutic target in delayed cerebral vasospasm after SAH
The author has retracted this article [1] because it has been previously published by the same author [2]. This article is therefore redundant. The author agrees to this retraction.
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Chapter and Conference Paper
An Integrity Lock Architecture for Supporting Distributed Authorizations in Database Federations
In many data integration applications, a loosely coupled database federation is the underlying data model. This paper studies two related security issues unique to such a model, namely, how to support fine-gra...
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Cervical Cancer Detection Using SVM Based Feature Screening
We present a novel feature screening algorithm by deriving relevance measures from the decision boundary of Support Vector Machines. It alleviates the “independence” assumption of traditional screening methods...
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A Model for Some Subcortical DTI Planar and Linear Anisotropy
Linear anisotropy, planar anisotropy and isotropy [1] are used as metrics for different kinds of diffusion in diffusion imaging. While linear anisotropy is reported to correlate to coherent neural fiber struct...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Color Rapid Prototy** for Diffusion-Tensor MRI Visualization
We describe work toward creating color rapid prototy** (RP) plaster models as visualization tools to support scientific research in diffusion-tensor (DT) MRI analysis. We currently give surgeons and neurolog...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Texture Analysis of MR Images of Minocycline Treated MS Patients
Texture analysis was applied to 3T brain MR images of 5 relapsing remitting MS patients before and after minocycline treatment. Texture features were used to quantify pathological changes that may be undetecta...
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Dual Role of Neutrophil α-Defensins in Lung Inflammation
The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) was first described some 3 decades ago [1] as a syndrome of acute respiratory failure complicated by multiple organ failure [2]. The pathophysiological changes of...
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Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis in Sepsis and the Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome
There has been considerable research into the role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and more recently reactive nitrogen species in critical illness during the past decade. These highly reactive, short-lived co...
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Neutrophil Defensins in Lung Inflammation
Defence against infection involves a multitude of factors and cells of the innate and acquired immune systems. Antimicrobial peptides, which include the defensins, are one component of innate immunity. Defensi...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Distribution of Prostate Cancer for Optimized Biopsy Protocols
Prostate cancer is the leading cause of death for American men. The gold standard for diagnosis of prostate cancer is transrectal ultrasound-guided needle core biopsy. Unfortunately, no imaging modality, inclu...
