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  • 2015-2019  (28)
  • 1
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    SAGE Publications ; 2015
    In:  Advances in Mechanical Engineering Vol. 7, No. 1 ( 2015-01), p. 198748-
    In: Advances in Mechanical Engineering, SAGE Publications, Vol. 7, No. 1 ( 2015-01), p. 198748-
    Abstract: Application of robot to prosthodontics and orthodontics is a novel application of robot technology in medical field. This kind of robots can realize the manufacturing of complete or partial denture, dental implantology, and the bending of archwire. We have conducted a critical review on the development of application of robot in prosthodontics and orthodontics to identify the limitations of existing studies and clarify some promising research directions in this field. This paper is presented to summarize our findings and understanding. The main problems in its development are analyzed, the development trend is foreseen, and the future research is discussed.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1687-8140 , 1687-8140
    Language: English
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Publication Date: 2015
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  • 2
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    SAGE Publications ; 2019
    In:  High Performance Polymers Vol. 31, No. 1 ( 2019-02), p. 107-115
    In: High Performance Polymers, SAGE Publications, Vol. 31, No. 1 ( 2019-02), p. 107-115
    Abstract: In this study, a novel diamine monomer, 4-(4-trifluoromethylthiophenyl)-2,6-bis(4-aminophenyl)pyridine (FTPAP) was synthesized through two-step reaction from 4-trifluoromethylthiobenzaldehyde and 4-nitroacetophenone as raw materials, and then the structure of FTPAP was characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, and mass spectrometry. A series of fluorinated polyimides were prepared from FTPAP with five commercial dianhydrides, namely, pyromellitic dianhydride, biphenyl tetracarboxylic dianhydride, oxydiphtahalic anhydride, benzophenone tetracarboxylic dianhydride, and 4,4′-(hexafluoroisopropylidene) diphthalic anhydride. The structure and performance of the fluorinated polymers were fully characterized by FTIR, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analysis, and wide-angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD). The inherent viscosity of polymers ranged from 0.41 to 1.45 dL g −1 . These polymers displayed good solubility in polar aprotic solvents, such as N, N-dimethylformamide, N, N-dimethylacetamide, dimethyl sulfoxide, and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, at room temperature or on heating. Furthermore, they exhibited outstanding thermal stability with glass transition temperatures beyond 305°C, and the temperature of 10% weight loss was in the range of 514–573°C with more than 56% residue at 800°C under nitrogen. Moreover, they showed high optical transparency with the cutoff wavelengths in the range of 385–457 nm and excellent hydrophobic property with contact angle in the range of 82.8–97.6°. In addition, the results of WAXD indicated that all of the polymers presented amorphous structure.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0954-0083 , 1361-6412
    Language: English
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Publication Date: 2019
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    In: High Performance Polymers, SAGE Publications, Vol. 28, No. 10 ( 2016-12), p. 1114-1123
    Abstract: A novel aromatic fluorinated diamine monomer, 3,3′-diisopropyl-4,4′-diaminodiphenyl-4′′-trifluoromethyltoluene, was synthesized by coupling of 2-isopropylaniline and 4-(trifluoromethyl)benzaldehyde and its structure was confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, elemental analysis, and mass spectrometry, and then used to prepare a series of fluorinated polyimides (FPIs) by polycondensation reaction with various commercial dianhydrides via conventional one-step method. The obtained FPIs present excellent solubility in most organic solvents and enough to cast into tough and flexible films. All the FPI films show good optical transparency and light color with the cutoff wavelengths in range of 307–362 nm and the average transmittance above 86%. These polymer films also exhibit high glass transition temperature in range of 261–331°C and thermal stability with 10% weigh loss above 463°C under nitrogen atmosphere. Furthermore, they exhibit outstanding mechanical properties with tensile strengths of 65.9–94.3 MPa, elongation at break of 11.4–13.8%, Young’s modulus of 1.6–1.9 GPa, and low dielectric constants in range of 2.75–3.10 at 1 MHz as well as prominent hydrophobicity with the contact angle in the range of 87.3–93.9°.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0954-0083 , 1361-6412
    Language: English
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Publication Date: 2016
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    In: Perfusion, SAGE Publications, Vol. 33, No. 2 ( 2018-03), p. 160-163
    Abstract: A 25-year-old previously healthy male presented to our emergency room with acute chest pain and ventricular arrhythmia-related cardiac arrest. ST elevation myocardial infarction was diagnosed and coronary angiography revealed diffuse critical narrowing from the proximal to the distal left anterior descending artery. Diffuse intramural hematoma was demonstrated on intravascular ultrasound. Two stents were placed to cover the whole dissection length and flow was successfully restored. Spontaneous coronary artery dissection can be a fatal event and could be mistaken for atherosclerotic plaque or coronary spasm rather than luminal compression on coronary angiography and intravascular imaging is helpful in this condition.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0267-6591 , 1477-111X
    Language: English
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Publication Date: 2018
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    SAGE Publications ; 2019
    In:  Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics Vol. 14 ( 2019-01), p. 155892501988468-
    In: Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics, SAGE Publications, Vol. 14 ( 2019-01), p. 155892501988468-
    Abstract: In order to improve the defect of incompleteness, three-dimensional I-shaped fabrics with basalt fiber filaments tows were woven on the semi-automatic loom by reasonable design. Three-dimensional I-shaped woven composites were prepared by the vacuum-assisted resin transfer molding process. The compressive behaviors of three-dimensional I-shaped woven composites with three different heights and thicknesses were studied. Through the evaluation of load–displacement curves and total energy absorption of the three-dimensional I-shaped woven composites, the results indicated when the thickness was fixed to 2 mm, the maximum compression load with height 20 mm raised 522.72 N as against that with height 60 mm and the maximum compression load with thickness 6 mm raised 2571.81 N as against that with thickness 2 mm. Consequently, the compression properties of three-dimensional I-shaped woven composites decreased with the increasing heights of the composites, while increased with the increasing thickness of the composites. Analyzing morphological characteristics of composites after fracture and load–displacement curves of composites, it was concluded that the compression failure modes had brittle fracture of the fiber bundle, cracking of the matrix, and a typical shear failure in the beam (A2). Despite the above-mentioned failure mechanisms, the three-dimensional I-shaped woven composite still had good integrity without delamination.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1558-9250 , 1558-9250
    Language: English
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Publication Date: 2019
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    In: International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology, SAGE Publications, Vol. 29, No. 1 ( 2016-03), p. 54-64
    Abstract: Activated microglia, especially polarized M1 cells, produce pro-inflammatory cytokines and free radicals, thereby contributing directly to neuroinflammation and various brain disorders. Given that excessive or chronic neuroinflammation within the central nervous system (CNS) exacerbates neuronal damage, molecules that modulate neuroinflammation are candidates as neuroprotective agents. In this study, we provide evidence that Safflor yellow (SY), the main active component in the traditional Chinese medicine safflower, modulates inflammatory responses by acting directly on BV2 microglia. LPS stimulated BV2 cells to upregulate expression of TLR4-Myd88 and MAPK-NF-κB signaling pathways and to release IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α, and COX-2. However, SY treatment inhibited expression of TLR4-Myd88 and p-38/p-JNK-NF-κB, downregulated expression of iNOS, CD16/32, and IL-12, and upregulated CD206 and IL-10. In conclusion, our results demonstrate that SY exerts an anti-inflammatory effect on BV2 microglia, possibly through TLR-4/p-38/p-JNK/NF-κB signaling pathways and the conversion of microglia from inflammatory M1 to an anti-inflammatory M2 phenotype.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2058-7384 , 2058-7384
    Language: English
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Publication Date: 2016
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  • 7
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    SAGE Publications ; 2019
    In:  Clinical Nursing Research Vol. 28, No. 1 ( 2019-01), p. 107-124
    In: Clinical Nursing Research, SAGE Publications, Vol. 28, No. 1 ( 2019-01), p. 107-124
    Abstract: The study purpose was to evaluate how much of the variance in quality of life (QOL) among Taiwanese patients with brain tumor could be accounted for by resilience and coping strategy. This cross-sectional study included 95 patients who had undergone a treatment of operations or chemotherapy or radiotherapy relevant to brain tumor after at least 1 month and completed the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer QOL Questionnaire–Brain Cancer Module (EORTC QLQ-BN20), Resilience Scale (RS), and Ways of Coping Checklist–Revised (WCC-R). There was a significant negative correlation between resilience and future uncertainty QOL and motor dysfunction QOL. In addition, there was a significant positive correlation between the emotion-focused coping and future uncertainty QOL, as well as a significant negative correlation between problem-focused coping and motor dysfunction QOL. Resilience accounted for 4.8% and the emotion-focused coping accounted for 10.20% of the variance in separately predicting the future uncertainty QOL. This study highlights the potential importance of resilience and coping strategies in patients’ QOL, which is relevant to brain tumor treatment.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1054-7738 , 1552-3799
    Language: English
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Publication Date: 2019
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  • 8
    In: Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, SAGE Publications, Vol. 21, No. 6 ( 2016-11), p. 536-548
    Abstract: Suppression of dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase (DDAH) activation is related to endothelial dysfunction in hyperlipidemia, and nonmuscle myosin regulatory light chain (nmMLC 20 ) has been show to exert transcriptional function in regulation of gene expression. This study aims to explore whether the suppression of DDAH activation promotes endothelial injury under the condition of hyperlipidemia and whether nmMLC 20 can regulate DDAH expression in a phosphorylation-dependent manner. The rats were fed with high-fat diet for 8 weeks to establish a hyperlipidemic model, which showed an increase in plasma lipids and endothelial injury, accompanied by an elevation in myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) activity, phosphorylated nmMLC 20 (p-nmMLC 20 ) level, and asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) content as well as a reduction in DDAH2 expression, DDAH activity, and nitric oxide (NO) content. Next, human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) were incubated with oxidized low-density lipoprotein (ox-LDL; 100 μg/mL) for 24 hours to establish a cellular injury model in vitro. Consistent with the finding in vivo, ox-LDL induced HUVECs injury (apoptosis and necrosis) concomitant with an increase in MLCK activity, p-nmMLC 20 level (in total or nuclear proteins), and ADMA content as well as a reduction in DDAH2 expression, DDAH activity, and NO content; these phenomena were attenuated by MLCK inhibitor. Either in hyperlipidemic rats or in ox-LDL-treated HUVECs, there was not significant change in DDAH1 expression. Based on these observations, we conclude that the suppression of DDAH2 expression might account for, at least partially, the vascular endothelial dysfunction in hyperlipidemia, and nmMLC 20 plays a role in suppression of DDAH2 expression in a phosphorylation-dependent manner.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1074-2484 , 1940-4034
    Language: English
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Publication Date: 2016
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  • 9
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    SAGE Publications ; 2015
    In:  American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementiasr Vol. 30, No. 2 ( 2015-03), p. 183-191
    In: American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease & Other Dementiasr, SAGE Publications, Vol. 30, No. 2 ( 2015-03), p. 183-191
    Abstract: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a common neurodegenerative disease in the elderly individuals and its effective therapies are still unavailable. This study was designed to investigate the neuroprotection of sulforaphane (SFN) in AD-lesion mice induced by combined administration of d-galactose and aluminium. Results showed that SFN ameliorated spatial cognitive impairment and locomotor activity decrease in Morris water maze and open field test, respectively. And attenuated numbers of amyloid β (Aβ) plaques in both hippocampus and cerebral cortex of AD-lesion mice were detected by immunohistochemistry. According to spectrophotometry and quantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction results, a significant increase in carbonyl group level and obvious decreases in both activity and messenger RNA expression of glutathione peroxidase were found in brain of AD-lesion mice compared with control, but not in SFN-treated AD-lesion mice. In conclusion, SFN ameliorates neurobehavioral deficits and protects the brain from Aβ deposits and peroxidation in mice with Alzheimer-like lesions, suggesting SFN is likely a potential phytochemical to be used in AD therapeutics.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 1533-3175 , 1938-2731
    Language: English
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Publication Date: 2015
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  • 10
    In: Molecular Pain, SAGE Publications, Vol. 15 ( 2019-01), p. 174480691982678-
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    ISSN: 1744-8069 , 1744-8069
    Language: English
    Publisher: SAGE Publications
    Publication Date: 2019
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