The flavonoids quercetin, (+)-dihydroquercetin, and quercetin 3-methyl ether were isolated
from the ethyl acetate fractions of the fruits and stems of Opuntia ficus-indica var. saboten. In …

The ultimate goal of regenerative medicine is to regain or restore the damaged or lost
function of tissues and organs. Several therapeutic strategies are currently being explored to …

Background In 2015, a large outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV)
infection occurred following a single patient exposure in an emergency room at the …

Amyloid-β amyloidogenesis is reported to occur via a nucleated polymerization mechanism.
If this is true, the energetically unfavorable oligomeric nucleus should be very hard to detect. …

Abstracts Extracellular vesicles (EVs), a heterogenous group of membrane-bound particles,
are virtually secreted by all cells and play important roles in cell–cell communication. …

Background After the 2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) outbreak in Korea,
prediction of pneumonia development and progression to respiratory failure was emphasized …

A compensation technique for reducing the effect of nonlinear optical frequency swept in an
optical frequency-domain reflectometer (OFDR) is proposed. The instantaneous sweep …

Protein misfolding and/or aggregation has been implicated as the cause of several human
diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases and familial amyloid polyneuropathy…

We present a versatile and accurate chromatic dispersion measurement method for single
mode optical fibers over a wide spectral range (200 nm) using a spectral domain white light …

We report knitted fabrics made from highly conductive stretchable fibers. The maximum initial
conductivity of fibers synthesized by wet spinning was 17460 S cm –1 with a rupture tensile …