This study was conducted to evaluate the causality between energy consumption, GDP growth
and carbon emissions for eight Asia-Pacific countries from 1971 to 2005 using the panel …

Background We have recently shown that δ-opioid receptors (DORs) play an important role
in neuroprotection from hypoxic injury via the regulation of extracellular signaling-regulated …

Rationale and Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) in assessing small bowel (SB) …

The base-quenched probe method for detecting single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)
relies on real-time PCR and melting-curve analysis, which might require only one pair of …

The present study determined mutations of phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) gene in
patients suffering from high-grade gliomas (WHO grades III and IV) and further investigated …

BaTiO 3 ceramics with different grain size from 0.56 to 120 μm were prepared by the
conventional solid state processing and two-stage sintering method using ultrafine BaTiO 3 …

OBJECTIVE: Renal ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury occurs in both native and transplanted
kidneys. Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) has been shown to prevent I/R injury in different tissues. …

Apolipoprotein M (apoM) is a 26-kDa protein that is mainly associated with high-density
lipoprotein (HDL) in human plasma, with a small proportion present in triglyceride-rich …

Background Recently, resveratrol (Res) has been suggested to suppress the migration and
invasion of prostate cancer (PCa). In the present study, we aimed to investigate the effects of …

While it is known that plant viruses can be spread by affecting the behaviour of their invertebrate
vectors, it is often unclear if the vectors benefit or suffer from these induced changes. …