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Association of urinary nerve growth factor levels with erectile function in young men with type 2 diabetes mellitus
We investigated urine nerve growth factor (NGF) levels and erectile dysfunction in diabetic men <45 years of age. Urinary NGF levels were measured in 72 diabetic men and 20 control subjects without lower urina...
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Effect of detrusor botulinum toxin a injection on urothelial dysfunction in patients with chronic spinal cord injury: a clinical and immunohistochemistry study before and after treatment
The objective of this study is to investigate the changes of urothelial junction proteins, apoptosis and suburothelial inflammation after detrusor injection of botulinum toxin A (BoNT-A) in patients with spina...
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Open AccessPhoto-induced Do** in GaN Epilayers with Graphene Quantum Dots
We demonstrate a new do** scheme where photo-induced carriers from graphene quantum dots (GQDs) can be injected into GaN and greatly enhance photoluminescence (PL) in GaN epilayers. An 8.3-fold enhancement o...
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Phytoremediation of soil contaminated by heavy oil with plants colonized by mycorrhizal fungi
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of phytoremediation on soils contaminated with heavy crude oil using plants infected by mycorrhizal fungi. Five plant species, Vetiveria zizanioides, Bidens...
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ITPKC Gene Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (RS28493229) Associated with Coronary Artery Aneurysm Formation but Not Susceptibility in Patients with Kawasaki Disease in a Taiwanese Population
Background: Kawasaki disease is characterized by systemic vasculitis with unknown etiology. Previous studies from Japan indicated that gene ITPKC is responsible for susceptibility to KD; however, the replication ...
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Antenatal Probiotics Reduces Maternal but Not Childhood Atopic Diseases: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial
Background: The prevalence of atopic diseases has increased rapidly in recent decades globally. The administration of probiotics to reduce gastrointestinal inflammation has been popular but it is controversy to r...
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Therapeutic effects of detrusor botulinum toxin A injection on neurogenic detrusor overactivity in patients with different levels of spinal cord injury and types of detrusor sphincter dyssynergia
The study was designed as a single-arm clinical trial.
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Erratum: Arming a replicating adenovirus with osteoprotegerin reduces the tumor burden in a murine model of osteolytic bone metastases of breast cancer
Correction to: Cancer Gene Therapy (2010) 17, 893–905; doi:10.1038/cgt.2010.47; published online 27 August 2010 In the publication by Cody et al., the correct name of the corresponding author is GP Siegal. The...
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Arming a replicating adenovirus with osteoprotegerin reduces the tumor burden in a murine model of osteolytic bone metastases of breast cancer
Most patients with advanced breast cancer develop osteolytic bone metastases, which have numerous complications. Because current therapies are not curative, new treatments are needed. Conditionally replicating...
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629 Serum Albumin Level Predicts Initial Intravenous Immunoglobulin Treatment Failure in Kawasaki Disease
Objectives: Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic vasculitis primarily affecting children who are less than 5 years old. Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is the standard therapy for KD. However, many KD patient...
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Investigation of wavelength-dependent efficiency droop in InGaN light-emitting diodes
The physical mechanisms leading to the efficiency droop of InGaN/GaN light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are theoretically investigated. We first discuss the effect of Auger recombination loss on efficiency droop by ...
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Strong Exciton Polariton Dispersion in Multimode GaN Microcavity
We report the experimental observation of a very strong cavity polariton dispersion in a multi-axial mode GaN microcavity. The linewidth of photoluminescent (PL) spectrum covers a few cavity axial modes. The r...
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Numerical study of optical properties of InGaN multi-quantum-well laser diodes with polarization-matched AlInGaN barrier layers
The optical properties of InGaN multi-quantum-well laser diodes with different polarization-matched AlInGaN barrier layers have been investigated numerically by employing an advanced device simulation program....
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Berberine induces apoptosis through a mitochondria/caspases pathway in human hepatoma cells
Berberine, a main component of Coptidis Rhizoma, is a plant alkaloid with a long history of medicinal use in Chinese medicine. Berberine has indicated significant antimicrobial activity against a variety of or...
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Recombination in tensile-strained In0.3Ga0.7As quantum well on InP
Photoluminescence (PL) measurements under different excitation powers were carried out at low temperature on tensile-strained In0.3Ga0.7As single wells of 6 nm with InGaAs barriers lattice matched to InP substrat...
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Domain structure and electrical properties of highly textured PbZrxTi1−xO3 thin films grown on LaNiO3-electrode-buffered Si by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition
Thin films of highly (100) textured fine-grain (lateral grain size ≅0.1 to 0.15 μm) PbZrxTi1−xO3 (PZT) (x = 0 to 0.7) were grown on conductive perovskite LaNiO3-buffered platinized Si substrates by metalorganic c...
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Thermal Reliability of Pt/Ti/Pt/Au Schottky Contact on InP with a GalnP Schottky Barrier Enhancement Layer
We present the studies of the thermal stability of various metal including Au, Ti, Pt, Pd and Pt/Ti/Pt/Au Schottky contacts on strained Ga0.2In0.8P/InP semiconductors. Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) analysis a...
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Bandgap Shifting of an Ultra-Thin InGaAs/InP Quantum Well Infrared Photodetector via Rapid Thermal Annealing
We demonstrate that SiO2 cap rapid thermal annealing in ultra-thin p-type InGaAs/InP quantum wells can be used to produce large blue shifts of the band edge. A substantial bandgap blue shift, as much as 292.5 meV...
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Characterization of Pb(ScTa)1−xTixO3 (x<0.3) Thin Films Grown on LaNiO3 Coated Si by MOCVD
Highly (100) textured pseudo-cubic Pb(ScTa)1−xTixO3 (x=0-0.3) (PSTT) thin films were grown by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) on LaNiO3 (LNO) electrode buffered Si substrates at 650 °C. The micros...
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Characterization of Highly Textured PZT Thin Films Grown on LaNiO3 Coated Si Substrates by MOCVD
Highly textured PbZrxTi1-xO3 (PZT) thin films with x= 0-0.6 were grown on LaNiO3 coated Si substrates at 600 °C by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). The preferred crystalline orientation of PZT thi...