Reggie Hui-Chao Lee, Yi-Qing Liu, Po-Yi Chen, Chin-Hung Liu, Mei-Fang Chen, Hung-Wen Lin, Jon-Son Kuo, Louis S. Premkumar, and Tony Jer-Fu Lee Institutes of Medical Sciences and Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Medicine; Institute of Life Sciences and Center for Vascular Medicine, College of Life Sciences, Tzu Chi University; Department of Research, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hua...

Neotricula aperta is the only known intermediate host of Schistosoma mekongi which infects humans in Cambodia and the southern tip of Lao PDR. DNA-sequence data (partial rrnL, i.e., mitochondrial 16S large ribosomal-RNA gene) were obtained for 359 N. aperta snails sampled at 31 localities in Cambodia, Lao PDR and Thailand. A nested clade analysis was performed to detect and evaluate any geograp...

We report a new type of memory device based on insulating LaAlO₃/SrTiO₃ (LAO/STO) hetero-interface. The microstructures of the LAO/STO interface are characterized by Cs-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy, which reveals the element intermixing at the interface. The inhomogeneous element distribution may result in carrier localization, which is responsible for the insulating stat...

Authored by the Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi, Chuang Tzu is another culturally significant Taoist canon, aside from Tao Te Ching. Due to its essential role in development of philosophy and literature, has drawn attention sinologists worldwide introduce this oriental masterpiece their cultures influenced local literati. Burton Watson’s high-quality rendition The Complete Work Tzu(1968) been well...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE In recent trials, acute ischemic stroke (AIS) from large artery occlusion (LAO) was resistant to intravenous thrombolysis and adjunctive stent retriever thrombectomy (SRT) was associated with better perfusion and outcomes. Despite benefit, 39-68% of patients had poor outcomes. Thrombectomy in AIS with LAO within 3 h is performed secondary to intravenous thrombolysis, whic...

1 Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, 790 Taipei, Taiwan 2Department of Otolaryngology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, 790 Hualien, Taiwan 3Department of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, 790 Hualien, Taiwan 4Department of Medical Imaging, National Taiwan University Hospital, 100 Taipei, Taiwan 5 Institute of Mechanical Engineering, College of Mechanical Engineering...

Iterative Bounding LAO* is a new algorithm for optimal probabilistic planning problems where an absorbing goal state should be reached at a minimum expected cost from a given initial state. The algorithm is based on the LAO* algorithm for finding optimal solutions in cyclic AND/OR graphs. The new algorithm uses two heuristics, one upper bound and one lower bound of the optimal cost. The search ...