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Open AccessVan der Waals isotope heterostructures for engineering phonon polariton dispersions
Element isotopes are characterized by distinct atomic masses and nuclear spins, which can significantly influence material properties. Notably, however, isotopes in natural materials are homogenously distribut...
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Molecular Subty** of Mild Cognitive Impairment based on Genetic Polymorphism and Gene Expression
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative brain disease in the elderly. Recent studies have revealed the heterogeneous nature of AD. Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) is the prodromal stage of AD.
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Ab Initio Chemical Kinetics for the Thermal Decomposition of SiH2+ and SiH3+ Ions and Related Reverse Ion–Molecule Reactions of Interest to PECVD of α-Si:H Films
The mechanisms and kinetics for the thermal decomposition of SiH2+ and SiH3+ ions, and related reverse reactions involving their ion fragments have been investigated for the first time by using ab initio molecula...
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Gallstone disease associated with increased risk of arterial stiffness in a Taiwanese population
Arterial stiffness has similar risk factors to gallstone disease (GSD). However, there are few studies on the association between arterial stiffness and GSD. The aim of this study was to determine the relation...
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Are bilateral decubitus views necessary in assessing for vertebral compression fractures using DXA vertebral fracture assessment?
The purpose of this study is to assess the differences in VFA diagnostic accuracy when using bilateral decubitus views and whether diagnostic accuracy is affected by scoliosis. Our findings show that the curre...
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Ab Initio Chemical Kinetics for the Thermal Decomposition of SiH4 + Ion and Related Reverse Ion–Molecule Reactions of Interest to PECVD of a-Si:H Films
The thermal unimolecular decomposition of SiH4 + ion and its related reverse reactions, SiH3 + + H and SiH2 + + H2, have been investigated b...
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Higher serum uric acid level increases risk of prehypertension in subjects with normal glucose tolerance, but not pre-diabetes and diabetes
Although the association between serum uric acid (SUA) levels and prehypertension has been reported in previous studies, it is unknown whether their relationship is similar in subjects with diabetes, pre-diabe...
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3D Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Modelling of the Inner Gas Coma of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko: A Parameter Study
Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) is a powerful numerical method to study rarefied gas flows such as cometary comae and has been used by several authors over the past decade to study cometary outflow. Howev...
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Plasmons in graphene moiré superlattices
Moiré patterns are periodic superlattice structures that appear when two crystals with a minor lattice mismatch are superimposed. A prominent recent example is that of monolayer graphene placed on a crystal of...
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Phytoremediation potential of moso bamboo (Phyllostachys pubescens) for zinc and ultrastructure changes under zinc toxicity
This study has investigated toxicity of Zn and phytoremediation ability in shoot of moso bamboo. In hydroponic experiment the plants showed high Zn torelence up to application of 400 µM, while there was a gene...
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Imaging, procedural and clinical variables associated with tumor yield on bone biopsy in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer
Understanding the mechanisms driving disease progression is fundamental to identifying new therapeutic targets for the treatment of men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Owing to th...
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Numerical Investigation of a Parallel-Plate Atmospheric-Pressure Nitrogen/Ammonia Dielectric Barrier Discharge
In this paper, a planar atmospheric-pressure dielectric barrier discharge (AP-DBD) of nitrogen mixed with ammonia (0–2 %) is simulated using one-dimensional self-consistent fluid modeling with cell-centered fi...
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Argument reduction and anaphora resolution: the case of xiang−verbs in Mandarin Chinese
In this paper, I discuss argument reduction and anaphora resolution of xiang−verbs in Mandarin Chinese. When xiang is prefixed to a verbal stem, one of the arguments of the verbal stem is absorbed, xiang function...
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Open AccessThe effect of soy isoflavone on bone mineral density in postmenopausal Taiwanese women with bone loss: a 2-year randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study
The treatment of 300-mg/day isoflavones (aglycone equivalents) (172.5 mg genistein + 127.5 mg daidzein) for 2 years failed to prevent lumbar spine and total proximal femur bone mineral density (BMD) from decli...
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Open AccessIntegration of CNS survival and differentiation by HIF2α
Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) 1α and HIF2α and the inhibitor of apoptosis survivin represent prominent markers of many human cancers. They are also widely expressed in various embryonic tissues, including the ce...
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Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of Dual Phase Alloys Consisting of the Intermetallic Phases Ti3 (Al, Si) and Ti5(Si, Al)3
Alloying additions of silicon to the intermetallic titanium-aluminide Ti4Al lead to two-phase microstructures consisting of α2-Ti3(Al, Si) and Ti5(Si, Al)3.
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The Influence of Microstructure on Superplastic Behaviours of γ-TiAl Alloys
In this work, superplastic behaviours in Ti-33Al-3Cr-0.5Mo (wt%) γ-TiAl alloys with two different initial microstructures of near gamma (NG) and duplex (DM) structure were investigated with respect to the effe...
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Investigation of the Atmospheric Helium Dielectric Barrier Discharge Driven by a Realistic Distorted-Sinusoidal Voltage Power Source
The non-equilibrium atmospheric-pressure parallel-plate helium dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) driven by a realistic 20 kHz distorted-sinusoidal voltage waveform has been investigated by means of simulation...
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Simulation of Excimer Ultraviolet (EUV) Emission from a Coaxial Xenon Excimer Ultraviolet Lamp Driven by Distorted Bipolar Square Voltages
Simulation of excimer ultraviolet (EUV) emission from a coaxial xenon excimer ultraviolet lamp driven by distorted bipolar square voltages is presented in this study. A self-consistent radial one-dimensional f...
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Effects of Oxygen Addition and Treating Distance on Surface Cleaning of ITO Glass by a Non-Equilibrium Nitrogen Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Jet
Effects of oxygen addition and treating distance on cleaning organic contaminants on stationary and non-stationary (1–9 cm/s) ITO glass surfaces by a parallel-plate nitrogen-based dielectric barrier discharge ...