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Photobiomodulation Increases M2-Type Polarization of Macrophages by Inhibiting Versican Production After Spinal Cord Injury
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a catastrophic accidence with little effective treatment, and inflammation played an important role in that. Previous studies showed photobiomodulation (PBM) could effectively downr...
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Open AccessEvaluating the “holiday season effect” of hospital care on the risk of mortality from pulmonary embolism: a nationwide analysis in Taiwan
We aimed to determine whether hospital admissions during an extended holiday period (Chinese New Year) and weekends were associated with increased mortality risk from pulmonary embolism (PE), compared to admis...
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Open AccessThe outcome of skeletofacial reconstruction with mandibular rotation for management of asymmetric skeletal class III deformity: A three-dimensional computer-assisted investigation
The mandibular proximal ramus segments should be moved and rotated during orthognathic surgery-based skeletofacial reconstruction for the correction of challenging patients with facial asymmetry and malocclusi...
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Modified automotive organic friction materials through infiltration of liquid carbon precursors
This research combines the liquid carbon precursor infiltration process for carbon/carbon composites with the fabrication procedure for organic, carbon-matrix friction materials in automotive. In the densifica...
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Social-aware dynamic router node placement in wireless mesh networks
The problem of dynamic router node placement (dynRNP) in wireless mesh networks (WMNs) is concerned with determining a dynamic geographical placement of mesh routers to serve mobile mesh clients at different t...
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Gas tamponade for myopic foveoschisis with foveal detachment
To evaluate the effects of gas tamponade without vitrectomy in patients with myopic foveoschisis and foveal detachment.
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Open AccessStudents’ view upon graduation: a survey of medical education in Taiwan
Improving the quality of medical education is a key goal of government policy in Taiwan. The aim of this study was to reflect the responses of medical education from the perspective of graduating medical stude...
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Study of Oxidation of Carbon Fibers Using Resistance Measurement
Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) is a useful and frequently used quantitative analysis technique to study the oxidation kinetics and mechanism of carbon fibers (CFs). An alternative method involving the resist...
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Effect of nitrogen in the reaction atmosphere on the microstructure of carbon nanofibers grown by thermal chemical vapor deposition
Carbon nanofibers (CNFs) with different microstructures were synthesized by thermal chemical vapor deposition using different growth temperatures and methane/nitrogen gas mixtures. High-resolution transmission...
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Formation of loops on the surface of carbon nanofibers synthesized by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition using an inductively coupled plasma reactor
Carbon nanofibers (CNFs) were synthesized by both high-density plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and thermal CVD. The growth in the former was carried out in an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) r...
