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Open AccessA deep learning-based algorithm for pulmonary tuberculosis detection in chest radiography
In tuberculosis (TB), chest radiography (CXR) patterns are highly variable, mimicking pneumonia and many other diseases. This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of Google teachable machine, a deep neural netw...
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Open AccessBurnout during the COVID-19 pandemic among nurses in Taiwan: the parental role effect on burnout
During the COVID-19 pandemic, medical workers were concerned about the care of their children or family members and the impact of being separated from them. This increased stress could harm the relationship be...
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Research trends in alopecia areata: a cross-sectional bibliometric analysis of the top cited studies
In the field of alopecia areata research, various focuses including risk factors, epidemiology, molecular pathways, and treatment were constantly improving. However, to date, a bibliometric analysis summarizin...
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Facilitating Mathematical Argumentation by Gamification: A Gamified Mobile Collaborative Learning Approach for Math Courses
Collaborative mathematical argumentation plays an important role in mathematics education. However, students often focus on the efficiency of solving problems and neglect the importance of expressing statement...
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Open AccessPoor personal protective equipment practices were associated with heat-related symptoms among Asian healthcare workers: a large-scale multi-national questionnaire survey
It is pertinent to understand the perceptions of healthcare workers (HCWs) with their associated personal protective equipment (PPE) usage and heat strain symptoms experienced to effectively combat the negativ...
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Open AccessUpregulated microRNA-125b-5p in patients with asthma-COPD overlap mediates oxidative stress and late apoptosis via targeting IL6R/TRIAP1 signaling
Among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), some have features of both asthma and COPD—a condition categorized as asthma-COPD overlap (ACO). Our aim was to determine whether asthma- or CO...
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Long non-coding RNA FKSG29 regulates oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunction in obstructive sleep apnea
Altered expressions of pro-/anti-oxidant genes are known to regulate the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).We aim to explore the role of a novel long non-coding (lnc) RNA FKSG29 in the developme...
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Quality of life and cost-effectiveness of different breast cancer surgery procedures: a Markov decision tree-based approach in the framework of Predictive, Preventive, and Personalized Medicine
Breast cancer is a complex disease with heterogeneous outcomes that may benefit from the implementation of Predictive, Preventive, and Personalized Medicine (PPPM/3PM) strategies. In this study, we aimed to ex...
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Open AccessPsychometric properties of the Chinese Mandarin version of the Borderline Symptom List, short form (BSL-23) in suicidal adolescents
The short form of the Borderline Symptom List (BSL-23) is a self-rated instrument developed from the initial 95-item German version of the Borderline Symptom List (BSL-95). It is widely used among Chinese adul...
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Determination of potential sources of heavy metals in patients with urothelial carcinoma in central Taiwan: a biomonitoring case–control study
The clarification of possible exposure sources of multiple metals to identify associations between metal doses and urothelial carcinoma (UC) risk is currently limited in the literature. We sought to identify t...
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Open AccessTrends in energy and macronutrient intake among Taiwanese older adults in 1999–2000, 2005–2008 and 2013–2016 periods
This study aimed to explore trends, in 3 periods, in the intake of energy and macronutrients among Taiwanese older adults.
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Open AccessSmad3 is essential for polarization of tumor-associated neutrophils in non-small cell lung carcinoma
Neutrophils are dynamic with their phenotype and function shaped by the microenvironment, such as the N1 antitumor and N2 pro-tumor states within the tumor microenvironment (TME), but its regulation remains un...
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Open AccessEarly detection of myocardial ischemia in resting ECG: analysis by HHT
Exercise electrocardiography (ECG) is a noninvasive test aiming at producing ischemic changes. However, resting ECG cannot be adopted in diagnosing myocardial ischemia till ST-segment depressions. Therefore, t...
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Open AccessAutophagy impairment in patients with obstructive sleep apnea modulates intermittent hypoxia-induced oxidative stress and cell apoptosis via hypermethylation of the ATG5 gene promoter region
Autophagy is a catabolic process that recycles damaged organelles and acts as a pro-survival mechanism, but little is known about autophagy dysfunction and epigenetic regulation in patients with obstructive sl...
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Malignant Neoplasms of the Small Intestines
Malignant neoplasms are very rare disease regardless of primary or secondary. The diagnosis of small intestine malignant tumor is challenging. In this chapter, the authors presented various malignant diseases ...
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Benign Neoplasms of the Small Intestines
Benign neoplasms of the small intestine are covered in this chapter. Small intestine tumors accounted for 5% of all gastrointestinal tract tumors. Approximately 60% of these tumors were benign. All these cases...
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Miscellaneous Disorder of the Small Intestines
In this chapter, miscellaneous disorder/diseases were presented. In this chapter, a variety of small bowel disorders/diseases of the small bowel was presented with clinical history, pictures of enteroscopy or ...
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Vascular Disorders of the Small Intestines
Vascular lesions constituted a major proportion (21% to 57%) of all small intestinal obscure gastrointestinal bleeding cases. It is one important cause of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding and diagnosis is cha...
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Open AccessFifty-year change in air pollution in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
The change in air quality in cities can be the product of regulation and emissions. Regulations require enforcement of emission reduction, but it is often shifting economic and societal structures that influen...
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Open AccessSequentially mediated effects of weight-related self-stigma and psychological distress in the association between perceived weight stigma and food addiction among Taiwanese university students: A cross-sectional study
Weight-related stigma has negative physiological and psychological impacts on individuals’ quality of life. Stigmatized individuals may experience higher psychological distress and therefore increase the poten...
