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Chapter and Conference Paper
Supporting both client-server and peer-to-peer models in a framework of a distributed object management system
Application models of distributed applications are various so that a model appropriate for an application can be inappropriate for other applications. For example, client-server model is the most generally use...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Effects of Guided and Unguided Style Learning on User Attention in a Virtual Environment
In this paper, we investigated the effects of guided and unguided style VR learning on user attention and retained knowledge. We conducted a study where users performed guided or unguided style learning in the...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Personalized Magic Mirror: Interactive Mirror Based on User Behavior
Ubiquitous computing is changing our daily life with evolving devices. A mirror, which is one of our daily tools, is also showing its role changing to the instrument of information displayer. These evolving de...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Web-Based 3D System for Home Design
Buying a home is a big investment and is one of the most important decisions made in one’s life. Home owners after purchasing the apartments are interested in having their own home unique design identity. They...
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Article
Opuntia humifusa Partitioned Extracts Inhibit the Growth of U87MG Human Glioblastoma Cells
Opuntia humifusa, a member of the Cactaceae family widely distributed in the southern regions of the Korean peninsula, has potential bioactive functions and medicinal benefits. In the present study, we investigat...
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Effects of Cheonnyuncho (Opuntia humifusa) seeds treatment on the mass, quality, and the turnover of bone in ovariectomized rats
Cheonnyuncho (Opuntia humifusa), rich in polyphenols and flavonoids, is known to have medicinal benefits in the treatment of arteriosclerosis and inflammation. This study was undertaken t...
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Vertically aligned multi-layered structures to enhance mechanical properties of chitosan–carbon nanotube films
Pure chitosan and carbon nanotube (CNT)/chitosan nanocomposite films were fabricated via a sublimation-drying process at −196 °C, during which polymeric repulsion generates unique pores with multi-layered stru...
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Robust Mechanical Properties of Electrically Insulative Alumina Films by Supersonic Aerosol Deposition
Electrically insulating alumina films were fabricated on steel substrates using supersonic aerosol deposition and their hardness and scratchability were measured. Alumina particles (0.4-μm diameter) were super...
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Compensation for Cracks Formed on an Electrochemically Deposited CuInSe2 Absorption Layer
A CuInSe2 absorption layer was fabricated by electrochemical deposition followed by selenization at elevated temperature to adjust the chemical composition and crystallization. However, because many surface crack...
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Open AccessNew reference genome sequences of hot pepper reveal the massive evolution of plant disease-resistance genes by retroduplication
Transposable elements are major evolutionary forces which can cause new genome structure and species diversification. The role of transposable elements in the expansion of nucleotide-binding and leucine-rich-r...
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Open AccessNeuroprotective effect of Ruminococcus albus on oxidatively stressed SH-SY5Y cells and animals
Recent evidence shows that the gut microbiota has an important role in gut-brain crosstalk and is linked to neuronal disorders. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of intestinal Ruminococcus albu...
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Fabrication of Cd-free CuInSe2 solar cells using wet processes
CuInSe2 has become an attractive material for use in the production of thin-film solar cells. Recently, energy conversion efficiencies over 20% have been achieved by CuInSe2 solar cells created using vacuum proce...
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Open AccessGlobal gene expression profiling for fruit organs and pathogen infections in the pepper, Capsicum annuum L.
Hot pepper (Capsicum annuum) is one of the most consumed vegetable crops in the world and useful to human as it has many nutritional and medicinal values. Genomic resources of pepper are publically available sinc...
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Open AccessA small molecule approach to degrade RAS with EGFR repression is a potential therapy for KRAS mutation-driven colorectal cancer resistance to cetuximab
Drugs targeting the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), such as cetuximab and panitumumab, have been prescribed for metastatic colorectal cancer (CRC), but patients harboring KRAS mutations are insensitive t...
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Open AccessA Ras destabilizer KYA1797K overcomes the resistance of EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor in KRAS-mutated non-small cell lung cancer
The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitors such as erlotinib and gefitinib are widely used for treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), but they have shown limited efficacy in an unselected...
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Open AccessRegulation of PCNA cycling on replicating DNA by RFC and RFC-like complexes
Replication-Factor-C (RFC) and RFC-like complexes (RLCs) mediate chromatin engagement of the proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). It remains controversial how RFC and RLCs cooperate to regulate PCNA load...
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Stand der interkulturellen Öffnung der Einrichtungen im Pflegebereich in Berlin
In Zeiten des demografischen Wandels in Deutschland kann die Prognose gestellt werden, dass immer mehr ältere Migrant*innen ins System der Altenhilfe und Altenpflege rücken werden. Es ist aber festzustellen, d...
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Open AccessATAD5 promotes replication restart by regulating RAD51 and PCNA in response to replication stress
Maintaining stability of replication forks is important for genomic integrity. However, it is not clear how replisome proteins contribute to fork stability under replication stress. Here, we report that ATAD5,...
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Open AccessRisk factors for and clinical outcomes of carbapenem non-susceptible gram negative bacilli bacteremia in patients with acute myelogenous leukemia
Carbapenem is frequently used when gram negative bacilli (GNB) bacteremia is detected especially in neutropenic patients. Consequently, appropriate treatment could be delayed in GNB bacteremia cases involving ...
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Open AccessTanc2-mediated mTOR inhibition balances mTORC1/2 signaling in the develo** mouse brain and human neurons
mTOR signaling, involving mTORC1 and mTORC2 complexes, critically regulates neural development and is implicated in various brain disorders. However, we do not fully understand all of the upstream signaling co...
