-
Article
Hair Trace Element Levels in Han and Indigenous Hualien Inhabitants in Taiwan
The objective of the present study was to assess the impact of ethnicity on hair trace element content in Han and aboriginal inhabitants of Hualien in Taiwan. Fifty Han (female/male = 35/15) and 50 aboriginal ...
-
Article
Comparative Hair Trace Element Profile in the Population of Sakhalin and Taiwan Pacific Islands
The objective of the current study is to perform a comparative analysis of hair trace element content in 393 apparently healthy adults living in Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China (94 women and 46 men) and Yuzh...
-
Article
Open AccessCD146+ mesenchymal stem cells display greater therapeutic potential than CD146– cells for treating collagen-induced arthritis in mice
The characteristics and therapeutic potential of subtypes of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are largely unknown. In this study, CD146+ and CD146– MSCs were separated from human umbilical cords, and their effects o...
-
Article
Local stimulation of cultured myocyte cells by femtosecond laser-induced stress wave
When an 800 nm femtosecond laser is tightly focused into cell culture medium a stress wave is generated at the laser focal point. Since the stress wave localizes in a few tens of μm, it is possible to locally ...
-
Chapter and Conference Paper
Improved Two-Level Model Averaging Techniques in Drosophila Brain Modeling
Two-level model averaging techniques have been proposed to construct the 3D reference template for the Drosophila brain. The surface-based reference template is suitable for integration of experimental data fr...
