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Open AccessEnhanced extraction of skin interstitial fluid using a 3D printed device enabling tilted microneedle penetration
Interstitial fluid (ISF) is a body fluid that fills, surrounds cells and contains various biomarkers, but it has been challenging to extract ISF in a reliable and sufficient amount with high speed. To address ...
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Open AccessNature-inspired rollable electronics
Inspired by the rolling mechanism of the proboscis of a butterfly, rollable electronics that can be rolled and unrolled to a great extent on demand are developed. Generally, electronic devices that are attache...
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Progress in topographically defined scaffolds for drug delivery system
The conventional drug delivery systems including oral and transdermal delivery have limitations. Oral route of drug delivery shows poor drug stability, solubility in physiological barrier of digestive tract. A...
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Open AccessDifferentiated osteoblasts derived decellularized extracellular matrix to promote osteogenic differentiation
The extracellular matrix (ECM) can directly or indirectly influence on regulation of cell functions such as cell adhesion, migration, proliferation and differentiation. The cell derived ECM (CD-ECM) is a usefu...
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Effect of dual growth factor delivery using poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) mesh on neovascularization in a mouse skin flap model
Skin flaps have the crucial issue that skin necrosis can occur due to tissue ischemia in the distal parts of flaps. To prevent tissue necrosis, skin flaps need to be supplied with sufficient blood perfusion th...
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The Stack Allocation Technique on Android OS
Garbage collection is one of major reason for performance degradation on Android OS. Escape analysis can be one of techniques to prevent performance degradation and Google has tried to implement scalar replace...
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Preparation of phytoncide-emitting nylon/PP sheath/core fiber and the release profile of phytoncide
Phytoncide, a volatile essential oil produced by plants and trees, has not only anti-microbial activity, but also a stress relieving effect. We prepared a sheath/core type melt-spun fiber that releases phytonc...
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Preparation of Sponge Using Porcine Small Intesinal Submucosa and Their Applications as a Scaffold and a Wound Dressing
Small intestine submucosa (SIS) derived from the submucosal layer of porcine intestine cause minimum immune response as acellular collagen based matrix1,2 and moreover is a biodegradable.3 SIS consists of types I...
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A Map Mosaicking Method Using Opportunistic Search Approach with a Blackboard Structure
Map mosaicking is to integrate two or more map images having a coincident area by computing the rotational angle, the vertical and horizontal distances a map image has to move to overlap the coincident area. A...
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Pharmacological activities and the constituents of the leaves ofHedera rhombea Bean (II): On the constituents of the leaves
Three phenolic compounds and a dammarane glycoside were isolated from the leaves ofHedera rhombea Bean (Araliaceae). Their structures were characterized as rutin, caffeic acid, 3,5-dicaffeoyl quinic acid and Kizu...