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Open AccessPublisher Erratum: Production of antihydrogen atoms by 6 keV antiprotons through a positronium cloud
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Open AccessProduction of antihydrogen atoms by 6 keV antiprotons through a positronium cloud
We report on the first production of an antihydrogen beam by charge exchange of 6.1 keV antiprotons with a cloud of positronium in the GBAR experiment at CERN. The 100 keV antiproton beam delivered by the AD/E...
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Open AccessFacultative CTCF sites moderate mammary super-enhancer activity and regulate juxtaposed gene in non-mammary cells
Precise spatiotemporal gene regulation is paramount for the establishment and maintenance of cell-specific programmes. Although there is evidence that chromatin neighbourhoods, formed by the zinc-finger protei...
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Immunosuppressive therapy versus alternative donor hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for children with severe aplastic anemia who lack an HLA-matched familial donor
We compared the outcomes of immunosuppressive treatment (IST) with those of alternative donor hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in children and adolescents with severe aplastic anemia (SAA). The m...
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Prognostic relevance of pretransplant Deauville score on PET-CT and presence of EBV DNA in patients who underwent autologous stem cell transplantation for ENKTL
High-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) for extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma (ENKTL) is a reasonable option for a subset of patients. The impact of response status, acco...
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Efficacy and safety of micafungin for the prophylaxis of invasive fungal infection during neutropenia in children and adolescents undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic SCT
The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of micafungin for the prevention of invasive fungal infection (IFI) during the neutropenic phase of allogeneic hematopoietic SCT (allo-HSCT) ...
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Co-transplantation of third-party umbilical cord blood-derived MSCs promotes engraftment in children undergoing unrelated umbilical cord blood transplantation
Success of umbilical cord blood transplantation (UCBT) has been limited by a high rate of graft failure and delayed hematological recovery. It has been postulated that MSCs have hematopoiesis-supportive proper...
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Tandem high-dose chemotherapy and auto-SCT for malignant brain tumors in children under 3 years of age
In an effort to improve survival and reduce late adverse effects of radiation therapy (RT), 25 children <3 years of age with malignant brain tumors received tandem high-dose chemotherapy (HDCT) and auto-SCT fo...
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Interband tansition and electronic structures in strained In x Ga1−x N/GaN multiple quantum well
In x Ga1−x N/GaN multiple quantum wells (MQWs), composed of 28-Å In0.29Ga0.71N wells and 24-Å In0.23Ga0.77N wells, were grown by using metal-organic chemical vapo...
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Tandem high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell transplantation in patients with high-risk neuroblastoma: Results of SMC NB-2004 study
From January 2004 to December 2008, 50 consecutive patients with high-risk neuroblastoma were assigned to receive tandem HDCT (high-dose chemotherapy)/auto-SCT after nine cycles of induction chemotherapy. CEC ...
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Electronic states and interband transitions of strained In z Ga x Al1−z−x P/In0.5Al0.5P multiple quantum wells
Strained InGaAlP/In0.5Al0.5P multiple quantum wells (MQWs) with digital alloy wells made of alternating 3-monolayer In0.5Ga0.5P and 2-monolayer In0.5Al0.5P layers were grown by using molecular-beam epitaxy. The e...
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Hepatic veno-occlusive disease in children after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: incidence, risk factors, and outcome
Four hundred and sixty-seven hematopoietic stem cell transplantations (HSCTs) (217 autologous and 250 allogeneic HSCT) were performed in 374 children at four pediatric HSCT centers in Korea from January 2005 t...
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Albumin versus normal saline for dehydrated term infants with metabolic acidosis due to acute diarrhea
To compare the efficacy of albumin to normal saline (NS) for initial hydration therapy for dehydrated term infants with severe metabolic acidosis due to acute diarrhea.
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Dependence of optical gain and interband transitions on the CdTe well width and temperature for CdTe/ZnTe single quantum wells
Optical gains and interband transition energies for CdTe/ZnTe single quantum wells (SQWs) with different CdTe well widths were investigated. Photoluminescence (PL) spectra for CdTe/ZnTe SQWs at various tempera...
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Tandem high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell rescue in children with bilateral advanced retinoblastoma
Although external-beam radiation therapy (EBRT) has been an effective treatment modality in patients with bilateral advanced retinoblastoma, it significantly increases the risk of second malignancies and facia...
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Tandem high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell rescue in patients over 1 year of age with stage 4 neuroblastoma
From June 1997 to August 2005, 52 consecutive newly diagnosed stage 4 neuroblastoma patients over 1 year of age were assigned to receive tandem high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell rescue (HDCT/ASCR...
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The impact of post-thaw colony-forming units-granulocyte/macrophage on engraftment following unrelated cord blood transplantation in pediatric recipients
We retrospectively reviewed the engraftment kinetics following unrelated cord blood transplantation (CBT) in association with the post-thaw colony-forming units-granulocyte/macrophage (CFU-GM) number along wit...
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Assessment of converting from intravenous to oral administration of cyclosporin A in pediatric allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients
We studied the administration method during a transition period from continuous intravenous (i.v.) infusion to oral administration of cyclosporin A (CsA). Thirty-two pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplan...
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Synthesis of ZnO Nanowires by Pulsed Laser Deposition in Furnace
ZnO nanowires (NWs) were fabricated on Au coated sapphire (0001) substrates by using a pulsed laser deposition (PLD) system in vacuum furnace with a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser. ZnO NWs have various size and shape...
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The effects of ambient oxygen pressure on the 1.54 μm photoluminescence of Er-doped silicon-rich silicon oxide films grown by laser ablation of a Si+Er target
We fabricated Er-doped silicon-rich silicon oxide (SRSO:Er) films by pulsed laser deposition. A Si+Er target consisting of an Er metallic strip and a silicon disk was adopted with a goal to achieve a convenien...
