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Impact of Electrical Contacts Design and Materials on the Stability of Ti Superconducting Transition Shape
The South Pole Telescope SPT-3G camera utilizes Ti/Au transition edge sensors (TESs). A key requirement for these sensors is reproducibility and long-term stability of the superconducting (SC) transitions. Her...
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Direct Electronic Load Control for Demand Response in a DC Microgrid Using a Virtual Internal Impedance Screening Model and PID Controller
To reduce peak loads, direct and indirect load control are common strategies used to change demand during peak hours. Voltage dependent demand response (DR) is a direct load control for changing loads in a DC ...
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Biotechnology of Medicinal Plants and Fungi in Taiwan: Production of Bioactive Secondary Metabolites in In Vitro Culture Systems
Plants and fungi provide a vast range of natural products including pharmaceuticals with diverse chemical structures and a broad array of biological activities. In the past few decades, there has been a worldw...
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Demand Response and Ancillary Service Management Using Fractional-Order Integral Indicator and Dynamic Game Model for an Aggregator Program in Smart Grids
To avoid penalties on over-contract demand, electricity customers can adopt a demand response strategy to shift or reduce demands from main grid during peak periods or partial peak periods. The direct or indir...
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Open AccessInfluence of LED light spectra on in vitro somatic embryogenesis and LC–MS analysis of chlorogenic acid and rutin in Peucedanum japonicum Thunb.: a medicinal herb
Peucedanum japonicum Thunb, an important medicinal herb is reported to possess pharmacological properties such as anti-obesity, anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, anti-di...
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Biotechnology of Medicinal Plants in Taiwan: Studies on In Vitro Propagation and Influence of Ventilation Closures on Hyperhydricity in Cultures
Medicinal plants have played a significant role in maintaining human health and improving the quality of life for thousands of years. In the past few decades, there has been an exponential rise in demand for h...
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Open AccessIn vitro culture and production of syringin and rutin in Saussurea involucrata (Kar. et Kir.) – an endangered medicinal plant
Saussurea involucrata (Kar. et Kir.) commonly known as ‘snow lotus’ or ‘Xue Lian’ is an important plant in the traditional Chinese system of medicine. The plant contains flavonoids such as syringin and rutin. The...
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In Vitro Studies and Biotechnology of Taiwan Native Species of the Gentianaceae
This chapter describes the different methodologies used for in vitro micropropagation and cell suspension culture in Gentiana sp. Low concentrations of auxins and kinetin enhanced the growth of suspension cells. ...
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Open AccessIn vitro propagation and analysis of secondary metabolites in Glossogyne tenuifolia (Hsiang-Ju) - a medicinal plant native to Taiwan
Glossogyne tenuifolia Cassini (Hsiang-Ju in Chinese) is a perennial herb native to Penghu Islands, Taiwan. The herb is a traditional anti-pyretic and hepatoprotective used in Chinese medicine. Several studies on
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Open AccessComparative analysis among three Taiwan-specific Gentiana species and Chinese medicinal plant Gentiana scabra
The root of Gentiana scabra is commonly known as Longdan in Chinese herbal medicines and has been used in the treatment of inflammation, anorexia, indigestion and gastric infections for over 2000 years. High mark...
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Danthron Triggers ROS and Mitochondria-Mediated Apoptotic Death in C6 Rat Glioma Cells Through Caspase Cascades, Apoptosis-Inducing Factor and Endonuclease G Multiple Signaling
This research focused on the induction of cytotoxic effects by danthron, a natural anthraquinone derivative on C6 rat glioma cells through exploring the means of cell death and the effects on mitochondrial fun...
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Nonlinear dynamic analysis of a relatively short spherical gas journal bearing system
This paper studies the nonlinear dynamic behavior and bifurcation of a rigid rotor supported by two relatively short spherical gas journal bearings. The modified Reynolds equation is solved by a hybrid numeric...
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Involvement of Matrix Metalloproteinases on the Inhibition of Cells Invasion and Migration by Emodin in Human Neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y Cells
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Design of Fuzzy Sliding-Mode Controller for Chaos Synchronization
This paper presents a fuzzy controller to solve a master-slave chaos synchronization problem. At first, the method of traditional sliding mode control is considered, which utilizes the discontinuous sign funct...
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Design of a Novel Fuzzy Sliding-Mode Control for Magnetic Ball Levitation System
This paper presents the design of a novel fuzzy sliding-mode control (NFSMC) for the magnetic ball levitation system. At first, we examine the nonlinear dynamic models of the magnetic ball system, where the sing...
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Asymbiotic germination of immature seeds, plantlet development and ex vitro establishment of plants of Dendrobium tosaense makino—A medicinally improrant orchid
Shi-hu (Dendrobium spp. or Dendrobii Herba) is one of the important traditional Chinese medicines. The commercially available crude drug in the traditional medicine market is composed mainly of three species: Den...
