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Open AccessHighest fusion performance without harmful edge energy bursts in tokamak
The path of tokamak fusion and International thermonuclear experimental reactor (ITER) is maintaining high-performance plasma to produce sufficient fusion power. This effort is hindered by the transient energy...
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Inhibition of pulmonary cancer progression by epidermal growth factor receptor-targeted transfection with Bcl-2 and survivin siRNAs
Clinical application of small interfering RNA (siRNA) in cancer therapy has been limited by the lack of an efficient systemic siRNA delivery system. In this report we describe an efficient siRNA delivery syste...
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Lamellar phase coexistence induced by electrostatic interactions
Membranes containing highly charged biomolecules can have a minimal free-energy state at small separations that originates in the strongly correlated electrostatic interactions mediated by counterions. This ph...
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Temperature effect on the transport dynamics of a small molecule through a liposome bilayer
An ion having hydrophobic parts can directly transport through the liposome bilayer without an ion channel and its transport mechanism can be explained by the free-volume theory. This was confirmed by investig...
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ESHAP plus G-CSF as an effective peripheral blood progenitor cell mobilization regimen in pretreated non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: comparison with high-dose cyclophosphamide plus G-CSF
The ESHAP (etoposide, methylprednisolone, high-dose cytarabine, and cisplatin) regimen has been shown to be effective as an active salvage therapy for lymphoma. Mobilizing stem cells following ESHAP should dec...
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Observation of surface and bulk phase transitions in nematic liquid crystals
The behaviour of liquid crystal (LC) molecules near a surface is of both fundamental and technological interest: it gives rise to various surface phase-transition and wetting phenomena1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,1...
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Open AccessExpression of multidrug resistance-associated protein1,P-glycoprotein, and thymidylate synthase in gastric cancer patients treated with 5-fluorouracil and doxorubicin-based adjuvant chemotherapy after curative resection
Both 5-fluorouracil and doxorubicin are commonly used agents in chemotherapy of gastric cancer in adjuvant setting as well as metastatic disease. In a variety of malignancies, high expression of multidrug resi...
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Glomus tumor of the stomach: CT findings
We present the radiologic findings of gastric glomus tumors in two patients, in whom upper gastrointestinal series and computed tomography (CT) were primarily used for diagnosis. The diagnosis was surgically c...
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Open AccessExpression of thymidylate synthase in gastric cancer patients treated with 5-fluorouracil and doxorubicin-based adjuvant chemotherapy after curative resection
We evaluated the expression of thymidylate synthase (TS) in locally advanced gastric cancer patients treated with adjuvant chemotherapy after curative resection and investigated the association between TS expr...
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Lie theory, Riemannian geometry, and the dynamics of coupled rigid bodies
In this article we formulate, in a Lie group setting, the equations of motion for a system of n coupled rigid bodies subject to holonomic constraints. A map** $f: { \cal {M} \rightarrow \c...
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Probing photo-induced alignment in poly(vinyl cinnamate) films by surface second-harmonic generation
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Dynamic tribological probes: particle emission andtransient electrical measurements
We describe two novel, dynamic probes of fracture, wear, anddeformation during tribological loading that provide insight intoenergy dissipation mechanisms associated with fracture, flow, andadhesive detachment...
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A scanning force microscope study of a tribochemicalsystem: stress-enhanced dissolution
Scanning force microscopy (SFM) is employed to study a modeltribochemical system: single-crystal calcite in saturated(≥ 60 μ M) CaCO3solution. The tribological stimulus is provided by the SFM tipitself. Local dis...
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Surface Crystallization and Thin Film Melting in Normal Alkanes
Normal alkanes of carbon number n>14 exhibit surface crystallization at their liquid-vapor interface. This has been investigated with x-ray reflectivity, grazing incidence scattering and surface tension measur...
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A small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) study of worm-like micelles under shear
The structure of a cationic worm-like cylindrical micelle was investigated by SANS (small-angle neutron scattering). Intensities from 0.1% by weight solutions in D2O, at rest and under shear, were measured on the...
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Kinetics of Shear Induced Micellar Association
Rheological measurements have been used to study the kinetics of shear induced association for rod-shape micelles formed by mixtures of ADHAB and salicylic-sodium salt. Pronounced hysteresis and large fluctuat...
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Fibre-in tube casting for single-mode fluoride glass fibre
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Transport Properties of Microemulsions
A study of transport properties of microemulsions is presented. The measurements of self-diffusion, mutual diffusivity, and electric conductivity were performed on oil continuous microemulsions as a function o...
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X-Ray Studies of the Liquid/Vapor Interface: Water and Polymer and Fatty Acid Monolayers on Water
X-ray specular reflectivity is used to study the liquid-vapor interface of pure water and of fatty acid and polymer monolayers at that interface. For the pure water surface the reflectivity was measured for th...
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Surface Adsorption Studied by Optical SHG: Soluble Monolayers at the Air/Water Interface
Optical second harmonic generation (SHG) is applied to investigate the structure of the interfacial layer of soluble surfactants adsorbed to the air/water interface.