At present, the global energy consumption of transport sectors is about one third of the total
energy consumption of the world, such a proportion in China accounts for about 20%. Over …

Springback, the elastically-driven change of shape of a part after forming, has been simulated
with 2-D and 3-D finite element modeling. Simulations using solid and shell elements …

BACKGROUND: Case series have demonstrated that potentially lethal cutaneous squamous
cell carcinomas arise in patients with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB), …

The objective of this study is to describe the clinical characteristics of patients with idiopathic
retroperitoneal fibrosis (RPF). A retrospective analysis of patients diagnosed with idiopathic …

Elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is a treatable, heritable risk factor for
cardiovascular disease. Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified 157 …

In recent years, the Taiwanese government has vigorously promoted the development of
renewable energy to engage the challenges of gradual depletion of fossil fuels and oil, as well …

Climate change has brought severe challenges to agriculture. It is anticipated that there will
be a drop in crop yield – including that of soybean – due to climatic stress factors that include …

DNMT3a is a de novo DNA methyltransferase expressed robustly after T-cell activation that
regulates plasticity of CD4 + T-cell cytokine expression. Here we show that DNMT3a is …

Normalization and selection techniques are described which improve speaker recognition
accuracy using very short uncontrolled speech samples. The first normalization depends on …

Microbial assemblage in an n-alkanes-dependent thermophilic methanogenic enrichment
cultures derived from production waters of a high-temperature petroleum reservoir was …