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Mössbauer spectra of iron (III) sulfide particles
Trivalent iron sulfide (Fe2 S 3) particles were synthesized using a modified polyol method. These particles exhibited a needle-like shape (diameter = 10-50 nm, leng...
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Effect of laser irradiation on iron carbide nanoparticles produced by laser ablation in ethanol
Laser ablation in liquid is a useful mean of producing nanoparticles, based on both laser ablation (LA) and laser irradiation (LI) effects. In order to investigate the mechanism by which iron carbide nanoparti...
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Characteristics of C6–7 myelopathy: assessment of clinical symptoms and electrophysiological findings
This is a single-center retrospective study.
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Mössbauer study of iron carbide nanoparticles produced by laser ablation in alcohols
Iron carbide nanoparticles were synthesized by laser ablation of iron in alcohols (methanol and ethanol). A new cell, designed to allow the ablation to be conducted in a flowing solvent, enabled separation and...
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Application of diffusion tensor imaging for the diagnosis of segmental level of dysfunction in cervical spondylotic myelopathy
A retrospective study.
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Open AccessHigh-accuracy imputation for HLA class I and II genes based on high-resolution SNP data of population-specific references
Statistical imputation of classical human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles is becoming an indispensable tool for fine-map**s of disease association signals from case–control genome-wide association studies. Howe...
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Open AccessTumour-suppressive function of SIRT4 in human colorectal cancer
SIRT4, which is localised in the mitochondria, is one of the least characterised members of the sirtuin family of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide-dependent enzymes that play key roles in multiple cellular pr...
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Open AccessMicroRNA-1246 expression associated with CCNG2-mediated chemoresistance and stemness in pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer has a poor prognosis because of its high refractoriness to chemotherapy and tumour recurrence, and these properties have been attributed to cancer stem cells (CSCs). MicroRNA (miRNA) regulate...
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HINCUTs in cancer: hypoxia-induced noncoding ultraconserved transcripts
Recent data have linked hypoxia, a classic feature of the tumor microenvironment, to the function of specific microRNAs (miRNAs); however, whether hypoxia affects other types of noncoding transcripts is curren...
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Open AccessA functional SNP upstream of the beta-2 adrenergic receptor gene (ADRB2) is associated with obesity in Oceanic populations
Obesity is a growing health concern in the Oceanic populations. To investigate the genetic factors associated with adult obesity in the Oceanic populations, the association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (...
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Open AccessMeta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for panic disorder in the Japanese population
Panic disorder (PD) is a moderately heritable anxiety disorder whose pathogenesis is not well understood. Due to the lack of power in previous association studies, genes that are truly associated with PD might...
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Open AccessActivation of JNK and high expression level of CD133 predict a poor response to sorafenib in hepatocellular carcinoma
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) ranks as the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. While sorafenib, a multikinase inhibitor targeting the Raf/extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK) pathwa...
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Successful Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration for Gastric Varix Mainly Draining into the Pericardiophrenic Vein
Two cases of gastric varices were treated by balloon-occluded retrograde transvenous obliteration via the pericardiophrenic vein at our hospital, and both were successful. One case developed left hydrothorax. ...
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Regenerative synthesis of copper nanoparticles by photoirradiation
Copper nanoparticles have attracted much attention because of their low cost, and because their use can contribute toward the sustainability of metal resources. In this study, copper nanoparticles were synthe...
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Association analysis of susceptibility candidate region on chromosome 5q31 for tuberculosis
Chromosome 5q31 spans the T helper (Th) 2-related cytokine gene cluster, which is potentially important in Th1/Th2 immune responses. The chromosome 5q23.2–31.3 has been recently identified as a region with sug...
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Genome-wide SNP-based linkage analysis of tuberculosis in Thais
Tuberculosis, a potentially fatal infectious disease, affects millions of individuals annually worldwide. Human protective immunity that contains tuberculosis after infection has not been clearly defined. To g...
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Acute fatal poisoning with pilsicainide and atenolol
A fatal case of intentional poisoning with two antiarrhythmic agents, pilsicainide, a pure sodium channel blocker, and atenolol, a selective β1 blocker, is presented. A woman in her twenties was found dead at ...
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Bump formation on a glass surface with a transparent coating using femtosecond laser processing
The morphology of a glass surface having a transparent coating processed with focused femtosecond laser pulses is investigated. The transparent coating is formed of poly-methyl methacrylate (PMMA). When the gl...
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Method for reducing debris and thermal destruction in femtosecond laser processing by applying transparent coating
A cavity processed by a tightly focused femtosecond laser pulse is surrounded by a ring-shaped protrusion, debris, and small droplets. In order to reduce these undesired damages, we propose processing with a c...
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Forensic significance of conduction system abnormalities as a precise cause of accidental death
We examined the pathology findings of the cardiac conduction system in 42 human autopsies who were considered to have died an accidental death. Abnormalities in serial sections of the conduction system were f...
