To the Editor In an article entitled “Prognostic Significance of CXCL12 Expression in Patients With Colorectal Carcinoma,”1 we found that the authors may have inadvertently annotated CAM5.2 as cytokeratins (CKs) 8 and 18 by using a pair of square brackets to reference some reports, which might suggest that CAM5.2 is identical to CK8 and CK18. Becton Dickinson (BD) Biosciences revised the data s...

Three species of medicinal mushrooms are commercially available in Taiwan, namely, Ganoderma lucidum (Ling-chih), Ganoderma tsugae (Sung-shan-ling-chih), and Coriolus versicolor (Yun-chih). Methanolic extracts were prepared from these medicinal mushrooms and their antioxidant properties studied. At 0.6 mg/mL, G. lucidum, G. lucidum antler, and G. tsugae showed an excellent antioxidant activity ...

Linearolactone (LL) isolated from Salvia polystachya presents antiparasitic activity against E. histolytica and G. lamblia through ROS production, an apoptosis-like process, alteration of the actin cytoskeleton. This effect limits invasion spread parasites during host infection. However, possible toxicological effects or molecular mechanisms by which LL affects mobility are still not understood...

The aim of this study was to record the occurrence of the species Arorathrips mexicanus (Crawford, 1909) and Arorathrips fulvus (Moulton, 1936) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in the municipality of Araucária, Paraná, Brazil. Thrips were captured in Möericke traps installed originally for the collection of aphids in two commercial orchards with one being peach (cultivar Chimarrita) and the other nect...

Parapharyngeal pleomorphic adenoma (PA) is a benign tumor of the salivary glands. We report a rare case of giant benign parapharyngeal PA with intracranial extension in a 69-year-old male who presented with aural fullness. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a large, lobulated, well-defined mass in parapharyngeal space with erosion of the base of the middle cranial fossa and extension to th...

System JUI-LIANG YANG, DING-TSAIR SU, YING-SHING SHIAO Department of Electrical Engineering National Chang-hua University of Education Bao-Shan Campus, Address: No.2, Shi-Da Road, Changhua City 520 REPUBLIC OF CHINA.(TAIWAN) [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] http://www.ncue.edu.tw Abstract: This paper proposes a grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) system that i...

Hypercoagulability is a common complication in children with nephrotic syndrome and may cause venous thrombosis. This study explored the effectiveness of urokinase and low-molecular-weight (LMW) heparin used in conjunction in seven children with nephrotic syndrome complicated by intracranial venous thrombosis. The urokinase dose was 2,000-4,000 u/kg/day initially, with a pulse dose of 20,000-40...

Kai Zhu1, Yao-Wen Chang2, and D. F. Wong3 1Triscend Corp., 301 N. Whisman Rd., Mountain View, CA 94043, USA 2Department of Computer and Information Science, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan 3Department of Computer Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA Abstract In this paper, we present a timing-driven global router for symmetrical-array-based FPGAs...

Objective: This study aimed to determine the efficacy of a medium-chain triglyceride ketogenic diet on patients with drug-resistant epilepsy over a period of 1 year and 8 months. Methods: Patients with refractory epilepsy on a medium-chain triglyceride ketogenic diet were prospectively enrolled. Their clinical condition and the effectiveness of the ketogenic diet were followed-up every month fo...

Using flushing solutions with different nonionic surfactants, this study investigated the remediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-contaminated soils with different organic carbon contents. Naphthalene and anthracene are the two delegates of PAHs used in the study. Contaminated soil packed in a stainless-steel column was continuously flushed with a surfactant solution at room temper...