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Diagnosis of Atypical Kawasaki Diseases in Early Stage by Echocardiography
Objective: To improve the diagnostic ability of atypical Kawasaki Diseases in early stage. Methods: Two-dimensional echocardiographic features of 24 cases with atypical Kawasaki disease in last two years were ...
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Enhanced Protein Profiling Arrays for Quantitative Measurement of Protein Expression in Multiple Samples
Simultaneous measurement of molecules from many samples is particularly useful for screening of certain molecules from different samples, for targeting verification of results obtained from protein and cDNA ar...
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A study of patients with brain metastases as the initial manifestation of their systemic cancer in a Chinese population
To investigate the clinical characteristics of patients with brain metastases as the initial manifestation of their systemic cancer in a Chinese population, a retrospective study of 254 such patients admitted ...
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ERCC1 expression as a prognostic and predictive factor in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis
It is hypothesized that high expression of the excision repair cross-complementation group 1 (ERCC1) gene might be a positive prognostic factor, but predict decreased sensitivity to platinum-based chemotherapy...
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Non-platinum doublets were as effective as platinum-based doublets for chemotherapy-naïve advanced non-small-cell lung cancer in the era of third-generation agents
The aim was to compare the efficacy between doublets of third-generation agents (non-platinum) and doublets of platinum plus a third-generation agent (platinum-based) for chemotherapy-naïve advanced non-small-...
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Brain metastases as the first symptom of lung cancer: a clinical study from an Asian medical center
Brain metastasis as the first symptom of lung cancer is a unique clinical entity. We conducted a retrospective study to investigate the clinical characteristics and survival of patients with lung cancer whose ...
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Automated sampling and control of gaseous simulations
In this work, we describe a method that automates the sampling and control of gaseous fluid simulations. Several recent approaches have provided techniques for artists to generate high-resolution simulations b...
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Paclitaxel plus platinum or gemcitabine plus platinum in first-line treatment of advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: results from 6 randomized controlled trials
The aim was to compare the efficacy and toxicity of paclitaxel plus platinum (TP) with gemcitabine plus platinum (GP) in untreated advanced non-small-cell lung cancer by a meta-analysis.
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Effect of Stoichiometry of TiN Electrode on the Switching Behavior of TiN/HfOx/TiN Structures for Resistive RAM
Two types of TiN/HfOx/TiN devices have been fabricated where the top 200nm TiN electrode has been deposited by two different sputtering methods; reactive, using a titanium target in a nitrogen environment, and no...
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Open AccessMicroRNAs define distinct human neuroblastoma cell phenotypes and regulate their differentiation and tumorigenicity
Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common extracranial solid tumor in children. NB tumors and derived cell lines are phenotypically heterogeneous. Cell lines are classified by phenotype, each having distinct diffe...
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Towards automated choreography of Web services using planning in large scale service repositories
Automated composition of Web services is becoming a prominent paradigm for implementing and delivering distributed applications. A composed service can be described either by orchestration or choreography. Ser...
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Open AccessPhase-Change Memory Properties of Electrodeposited Ge-Sb-Te Thin Film
We report the properties of a series of electrodeposited Ge-Sb-Te alloys with various compositions. It is shown that the Sb/Ge ratio can be varied in a controlled way by changing the electrodeposition potentia...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Enhancing State Space Search for Planning by Monte-Carlo Random Walk Exploration
State space search is one of the most important and proverbial techniques for planning. At the core of state space search, heuristic function largely determines the search efficiency. In state space search for...
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Open AccessNetwork-driven plasma proteomics expose molecular changes in the Alzheimer’s brain
Biological pathways that significantly contribute to sporadic Alzheimer’s disease are largely unknown and cannot be observed directly. Cognitive symptoms appear only decades after the molecular disease onset, ...
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Open AccessErratum to: Network-driven plasma proteomics expose molecular changes in the Alzheimer’s brain
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Open AccessA theoretical model for capacitance measurement of liquid films in an annular flow
This paper develops mathematical models for a proposed production logging tool, which uses capacitance sensors to measure liquid annulus thickness and liquid type for a primarily gas-carrying wellbore. A semi-...
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Open AccessNanoscale arrays of antimony telluride single crystals by selective chemical vapor deposition
Arrays of individual single nanocrystals of Sb2Te3 have been formed using selective chemical vapor deposition (CVD) from a single source precursor. Crystals are self-assembled reproducibly in confined spaces of 1...
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Pretreatment of Shaoyao Gancao Decoction (芍药甘草汤) alters pharmacokinetics of intravenous paclitaxel in rats
To investigate the effect of Shaoyao Gancao Decoction (芍药甘草汤, SGD) on the pharmacokinetics of intravenously administered paclitaxel in rats.
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Video Quality Assessment Based on the Improved LSTM Model
With the development of computer and network technologies, video service and content will continue to dominate while comparing to all other applications. It is particularly important to build a real-time and e...
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Open AccessIntegrated metagenomic data analysis demonstrates that a loss of diversity in oral microbiota is associated with periodontitis
Periodontitis is an inflammatory disease affecting the tissues supporting teeth (periodontium). Integrative analysis of metagenomic samples from multiple periodontitis studies is a powerful way to examine micr...
