From the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou and College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kwei-Shan, Tao-Yuan County, Taiwan (CPCC); John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii (HLL); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Medicine, Richmond...

We have previously shown that hepatitis B virus (HBV) protein X (HBX), a regulatory protein of HBV, activates Stat1, leading to type I interferon (IFN) production. Type I IFN secreted from HBX-expressing hepatic cells enforces antiviral signals through its binding to the cognate type I IFN receptor. We therefore investigated how cells handle this detrimental situation. Interestingly, compared t...

This paper provides a complete theoretical treatment of the point-mass lens perturbed by constant external shear, often called the Chang-Refsdal lens. We show that simple invariants exist for the products of the (complex) positions of the four images, as well as moment sums of their signed magnifications. The image topographies and equations of the caustics and critical curves are also studied....

The addition of 0.08 M sucrose to a culture medium containing Chang-strain human liver cells causes intense cytoplasmic vacuolation. Electron microscopy of these cells grown inferritin, time-lapse cinematography, and radioautography reveal that the vacuoles arise by endocytosis and that the sucrose is taken into the cell and localized in the vacuoles. Tracer studies demonstrate that sucrose-(3)...

had left “ an extraordinary impression” during his weeklong visit to the United States. “ We were both surprised at the degree of warmth arid enthusiasm among the people in welcoming the pope," the president said of his private White House talk with the pontiff. “ I had no idea it would be that enthusiastic.” Carter said he believes the pope's U.S. tour was “ one of the most dramatic and potent...

1Department of Neurosurgery, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan 2Department of Neurology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung 83301, Taiwan 3Department of Biological Science, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, Taiwan 4Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung...

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Three-party authenticated key exchange protocol is an important cryptographic technique in the secure communication areas. Recently Chang and Chang proposed a novel three party simple key exchange protocol and claimed the protocol is secure, efficient and practical. Unless their claim, a key recovery attack is proposed on the above protocol by recovering the ephemeral keys. One way of recoverin...

1 Gavin Chun-Wui Kang, MD Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital Singapore Jung-Ju Huang, MD Division of Reconstructive Microsurgery Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Taoyuan, Taiwan Department of Plastic Surgery Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Taoyuan, Taiwan Chun-Shin Chang, MD Graduate Institute...