<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Soft materials have been developed very rapidly in the biomedical field over the past 10 years because of advances in medical devices, cell therapy, and 3D printing for precision medicine. Smart polymers are one category of soft...

Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) and pneumonia are the major causes of morbidity and deaths in children in the world. The management of IPD and pneumonia is an important economic burden on healthcare systems and families. The aim of this study was to assess the econo...

Background The clinical significance of influenza B is frequently overlooked, and reports on influenza B pneumonia in children are limited. Therefore, the clinical features of associated complications have rarely been reported. The aim of this study is to evaluate the c...

The electrocatalytic activities of the MnO2/C composites are examined in Li-O2 cells as the cathode catalysts. Hierarchically mesoporous carbon-supported manganese oxide (MnO2/C) composites are prepared using a combination of soft template and hydrothermal methods. The ...

// Wei-Hsiu Liu 1, 2 , Ming-Teh Chen 3, 4, * , Mong-Lien Wang 3, 5 , Yi-Yen Lee 5, 7, * , Guang-Yuh Chiou 6 , Chian-Shiu Chien 3, 9 , Pin-I Huang 5, 8 , Yi-Wei Chen 5, 8 , Ming-Chao Huang 3, 7 , Shih-Hwa Chiou 3, 5, 9 , Yang-Hsin Shih 3, 4 , Hsin-I Ma 1, 2 1 Graduate In...

Leptin (Lep) is mainly, although not exclusively, secreted by adipocytes. In addition to regulating lipid metabolism, it is also a proinflammatory factor and involved in the development of neuropathic pain after peripheral nerve injuries (PNI) (Lim et al., 2009; Maeda e...

Comment: 14 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in Planetary and Space Science (special issue for Cosmic Dust IX)

Hackers target their attacks on the most vulnerable parts of a system. A system is therefore only as strong as its weakest part, similar to the Cannikin Law, which states that the capacity of a barrel of water depends on the height of the shortest rather than the longes...

This research combines deep neural network (DNN) and Markov decision processes (MDP) for the dynamic dispatching of re-entrant production systems. In re-entrant production systems, jobs enter the s...

Abstract The path of increasing carbon emissions and global warnings has called public attentions to its impacts on economic activity. Much attention has been on the issues of the energy uses. This also leads to concern whether consumers prefer to buy energy efficiency ...