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Deflection Measurement of Bridge Using Images Captured Under the Bridge by Sampling Moiré Method
Measuring the deflection of bridges in service is crucial for monitoring their structural health conditions. Recently, the image measurement method has been developed to measure the bridge deflection, wherein ...
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Open AccessDynamic Deformation Measurement by the Sampling Moiré Method from Video Recording and its Application to Bridge Engineering
Measuring accurate dynamic deformation distribution for large-scale structures inexpensively and efficiently is a crucial challenge of structural health monitoring. In this study, a simple technique for measur...
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Open AccessErratum: High-temperature-required protein A2 as a predictive marker for response to chemotherapy and prognosis in patients with high-grade serous ovarian cancers
Correction to: British Journal of Cancer (2015) 112, 739–744. doi:10.1038/bjc.2015.1; Published online 27 January 2015 Following publication of the above paper in the British Journal of Cancer, the authors not...
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The hypusine cascade promotes cancer progression and metastasis through the regulation of RhoA in squamous cell carcinoma
Metastasis is a critical factor contributing to poor prognosis in cancer, but the underlying mechanisms of metastasis are still poorly understood. We established a highly metastatic cell subline (HOC313-LM) de...
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Open AccessHigh-temperature-required protein A2 as a predictive marker for response to chemotherapy and prognosis in patients with high-grade serous ovarian cancers
High-temperature-required protein A2 (HtrA2), a protein relating with apoptosis in a caspases-dependent and non-dependent manner, has been reported to be associated with chemosensitivity in several human cancers.
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Open AccessOverexpression of SMYD2 contributes to malignant outcome in gastric cancer
SET and MYND domain-containing protein 2 (SMYD2) is a lysine methyltransferase for histone H3, p53 and Rb and inhibits their transactivation activities. In this study, we tested whether SMYD2 (1q42) acts as a can...
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The Composition Pulling Effect in MOVPE Grown InGaN on GaN and AlGaN and its TEM Characterization
InGaN films have been grown on GaN and AlGaN epitaxial layers by metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy. The “composition pulling effect” during the initial InGaN growth stages has been studied as a function of the ...
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Discontinuation of leisure time impact-loading exercise is related to reduction of a calcaneus quantitative ultrasound parameter in young adult Japanese females: a 3-year follow-up study
A 3-year follow-up study on 334 young Japanese females enrolled in a university at the age of 18 years revealed that discontinuation of leisure time impact-loading exercises performed in junior high and/or hig...
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Effect of Re addition on microstructure and mechanical properties of Ni base dual-two phase intermetallic alloys
The effect of Re addition on microstructure and hardness of the Ni3Al (L12) and Ni3V (D022) dual two-phase intermetallic alloys was investigated as functions of alloying (substituting) method of Re and aging cond...
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Open AccessMolecular detection of lymph node metastasis in breast cancer patients treated with preoperative systemic chemotherapy: a prospective multicentre trial using the one-step nucleic acid amplification assay
For patients with breast cancer treated with preoperative chemotherapy, residual tumour burden in lymph nodes is the strongest prognostic factor. However, conventional pathological examination has limitations ...
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Open AccessOverexpression of YWHAZ relates to tumor cell proliferation and malignant outcome of gastric carcinoma
Several studies have demonstrated that YWHAZ (14-3-3ζ), included in the 14-3-3 family of proteins, has been implicated in the initiation and progression of cancers. We tested whether YWHAZ acted as a cancer-promo...
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Open AccessFrequent GNAS mutations in low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasms
The molecular basis for the development of appendiceal mucinous tumours, which can be a cause of pseudomyxoma peritonei, remains largely unknown.
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SIX1 promotes epithelial–mesenchymal transition in colorectal cancer through ZEB1 activation
Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) has a major role in cancer progression, as well as normal organ development and human pathology such as organ fibrosis and wound healing. Here, we performed a gene expre...
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Effect of The Refractory Element Additions on Microstructure and Mechanical Property of Two-phase Intermetallic Alloys Based on The Ni3Al-Ni3V Pseudo-binary Alloy System
Two-phase intermetallic alloys composed of geometrically close packed (GCP) Ni3Al (L12 phase) and Ni3V (D022 phase) have attractive mechanical properties at high temperature, and are therefore considered to be...
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Microstructure Analysis of The Channel Regions in Dual Two-phase Intermetallic Alloy Based on The Ni3Al-Ni3V Pseudo-binary Alloy System
Dual two-phase intermetallic alloys based on the Ni3Al-Ni3V pseudo-binary alloy system have been reported to display high phase and microstructure stabilities and good mechanical properties at high temperature an...
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Open AccessModified primary tumour/vessel tumour/nodal tumour classification for patients with invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast
We previously reported that the primary tumour/vessel tumour/nodal tumour (PVN) classification is significantly superior to the UICC pTNM classification and the Nottingham Prognostic Index for accurately predi...
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Influence of N and Fe on α-Ti precipitation in the in situ TiC–titanium alloy composites
High strength with high ductility can be achieved in the titanium alloys by using metal precipitated ceramic particle as reinforcement. In this work, α + β or β-Ti alloy composites were prepared with α-Ti prec...
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Open AccessTumour necrosis is a postoperative prognostic marker for pancreatic cancer patients with a high interobserver reproducibility in histological evaluation
Tumour necrosis reflects the presence of hypoxia, which can be indicative of an aggressive tumour phenotype. The aim of this study was to investigate whether histological necrosis is a useful predictor of outc...
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Open AccessPredictors of recurrence in breast cancer patients with a pathologic complete response after neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Although a pathologic complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy is associated with favourable outcomes, a small proportion of patients with pCR have recurrence. This study was designed to identify...
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Open AccessRadical hysterectomy for FIGO stage I–IIB adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix
A retrospective analysis was carried out to identify risk factors for survival and relapse in patients with FIGO stage I–IIB cervical adenocarcinoma (AC), who underwent radical hysterectomy, and to compare out...
