We present numerical calculations of lamellar phases of diblock copolymers (BCP) confined between two surfaces, where the top surface is flat and the bottom one is corrugated. The corrugated substrate is assumed to have a single q-mode of lateral undulations with a wavenumber qs and amplitude R. We focus on the effects of substrate roughness, parametrized by the dimensionless quantity, qsR, on ...

T cell mediated immune responses against the cornea specific protein BCP 54 have been observed in patients with uveitis, Fuchs' heterochromic cyclitis, and corneal disease. The pathophysiological role of this anti-BCP 54 response in corneal disease is not known. In order to ascertain whether the presence of such an immune response is related to the corneal disease itself or related to genetic i...

Background and aim As a newly emerging three-dimensional (3D) printing technology, low-temperature robocasting can be used to fabricate geometrically complex ceramic scaffolds at low temperatures. Here, we aimed to fabricate 3D printed ceramic scaffolds composed of nano-biphasic calcium phosphate (BCP), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), and platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) at a low temperature without the add...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to identify serum proteins with differential concentrations between hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients and HBsAg asymptomatic carriers among individuals infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) with basal core promoter (BCP) double mutations (A1762T, G1764A). METHODS iTRAQ and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry were used to identify different...

(-)-β-caryophyllene (BCP), a cannabinoid receptor type 2 (CB2)-selective phytocannabinoid, has already been shown in precedent literature to exhibit both anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects in mouse models of inflammatory and neuropathic pain. Herein, we endeavored to investigate the therapeutic potential of BCP on experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), a murine model of multiple ...

The current study was designed to investigate the effects of 1-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl-carbonyl) piperidine (1-BCP) on swimming endurance capacity which as one indicator of fatigue in the weight-loaded forced swimming mice. Mice were given either vehicle or 1-BCP (0.1, or 0.2 mmol/kg body weight daily) by intraperitoneal injection once daily for 2 weeks. The 1-BCP groups showed a significant incr...

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of biphasic calcium phosphate (BCP) coated with reduced graphene oxide (rGO) as bone graft materials on bone regeneration. The rGO-coated BCP bone graft material was fabricatied by mixing rGO and BCP at various concentrations. The surface charge of rGO-coated BCP was measured to be -14.43 mV, which formed a static electrostatic interaction. Cell v...

The aim of this study was to determine whether N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) can decrease the dose of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) in sinus augmentation of rabbits. In each of 15 rabbits, 2 sinuses were randomly grafted using 1 of 3 treatment modalities: (i) biphasic calcium phosphate (BCP; control), (ii) rhBMP-2-coated BCP (BMP), or (iii) rhBMP-2-coated BCP soaked in...

The collaboration on B physics and CP violation (BCP) is one of the most active groups in Taiwan. In this talk I will briefly review theoretical progresses on BCP, which were made in Taiwan recently. For experimental review, please refer to Dr. Wang’s talk in this workshop. I will concentrate on five approaches to exclusive B meson decays based on factorization assumption (FA), SU(3) symmetry, ...