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Combinational Overexpression of Foxa3 and Hnf4a Enhance the Proliferation and Prolong the Functional Maintenance of Primary Hepatocytes
In an in vitro culture system, primary hepatocytes usually display a low proliferation capacity, accompanied with a decrease of viability and a loss of hepatocyte-specific functions. Previous studies have demo...
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Manufacture and Tests of a Bi2223/YBCO Coil for a 1-MJ/0.5-MVA Fault Current Limiter-Magnetic Energy Storage System
With the increasing of wind energy, it is necessary to develop an energy storage system to level the wave of wind power, and to develop a fault current limiter for improvement of the LVRT capability of the win...
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Open AccessA 4-Week Model of House Dust Mite (HDM) Induced Allergic Airways Inflammation with Airway Remodeling
Animal models of allergic airways inflammation are useful tools in studying the pathogenesis of asthma and potential therapeutic interventions. The different allergic airways inflammation models available to d...
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Subcritical Spheroidization of Medium-Carbon 50CrV4 Steel
An investigation on subcritical spheroidization anneal of the cold-rolled 50CrV4 steel at 720 °C has been carried out. During spheroidization anneal, the lamellar cementite was gradually broken down and change...
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Annealing twins in a multifunctional beta Ti-Nb-Ta-Zr-O alloy
The grain boundary character distribution and annealing twins in a multifunctional β-type Ti-23Nb-0·7Ta-2Zr-O alloy having a stable bcc phase structure are investigated by electron backscattering diffraction (EBS...
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Tissue Classification from Brain Perfusion MR Images Using Expectation-Maximization Algorithm Initialized by Hierarchical Clustering on Whitened Data
Classification of different perfusion compartments in the brain is important to the profound analysis of brain perfusion. We presents a method based on a mixture of multivariate Gaussians (MoMG) and the expect...
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Evolution of Microstructure and Texture during Recrystallization of the Cold-Swaged Ti-Nb-Ta-Zr-O Alloy
The deformed microstructure and evolution of microstructure and texture during recrystallization of the cold-swaged multifunctional Ti-23Nb-0.7Ta-2Zr-1.2O (TNTZO, at. pct) alloy were investigated by optical mi...
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Bilateral traumatic carotid-cavernous fistulae: Strategies for endovascular treatment
Background. Most traumatic carotid-cavernous fistula/e (TCCF) are unilateral, and simultaneous bilateral TCCF are uncommon. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the angiographic architecture...
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Rapid enlargement of a residual craniopharyngioma during short-term growth hormone replacement
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Seizure outcome after corpus callosotomy: the Taiwan experience
From September 1989 to August 1996, we performed anterior corpus callosotomy in 83 patients. Unfortunately, 9 patients were lost to follow-up. Among the remaining 74 patients, 59 had Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (e...
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The additive effects of quinine on antidepressant drugs in the forced swimming test in mice
The aim of this study was to investigate if quinine plus antidepressant drugs (ADS) leads to an additive effect in the forced swimming test. Quinine (0.125, 0.5 mg/kg) and ADS (subactive doses) were given IP 4...
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Multiple intracranial arteriovenous malformations: a case report
Multiple intracranial arteriovenous malformations are rare. There are a few cases in the literature with up to three malformations in one patient. A child with seven separate cerebral malformations is now desc...
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Haemorrhagic pituitary tumours
In a group of 69 patients with pituitary tumours, 12 were found to have evidence of intratumoral haemorrhage on MRI, characterized by high signal intensity on short TR/TE sequences. This was verified in all bu...
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Even the smallest remnant of an avm constitutes a risk of further bleeding
A case with an ill-defined arteriovenous malformation in the parieto-occipital region is presented. Open surgery was unsuccessful in removing the AVM totally, and treatment with gamma knife radiosurgery was th...
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Percutaneous reposition of dislodged coils in the treatment of a vertebral arteriovenous fistula — with CT follow-up
We report a case of vertebral arteriovenous fistula, in which embolization was complicated by migration of two coils and a partially inflated balloon. In order to relieve compression to the spinal cord, the di...
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CT evaluation of polymorphic reticulosis
For the understanding of the CT findings of polymorphic reticulosis involving the upper respiratory tract, we reviewed eleven cases of this disease with initial CT study before treatment. CT revealed masses or...