CASE REPORT : Soft Tissue Infection Caused by Rapid Growing Mycobacterium following Medical Procedures: Two Case Reports and Literature Review

( Shih Sen Lin ),( Chin Cheng Lee ),( Tsrang Neng Jang ) 대한피부과학회 2014 Annals of Dermatology Vol.26 No.2

Non-tubecrulosis mycobacterium infections were increasinglyreported either pulmonary or extrapulmonary in thepast decades. In Taiwan, we noticed several reports aboutthe soft tissue infections caused by rapid growing mycobacteriumsuch as Mycobacterium abscessus, Mycobacteriumchelonae, on newspaper, magazines, or the multimedia. Most of them occurred after a plastic surgery, andmedical or non-medical procedures. Here, we reported twocases of these infections following medical procedures. Wealso discussed common features and the clinical course ofthe disease, the characteristics of the infected site, and thetreatment strategy. The literatures were also reviewed, andthe necessity of the treatment guidelines was discussed.

Diurnal Variations in Milk and Blood Urea Nitrogen and Whole Blood Ammonia Nitrogen in Dairy Cows

Hwang, Sen-Yuan,Lee, Mei-Ju,Peh, Huo-Cheng Asian Australasian Association of Animal Productio 2001 Animal Bioscience Vol.14 No.12

The levels of urea nitrogen both in blood (BUN) and milk (MUN), and milk protein (MP) reflect protein and energy intake in dairy herd feeding. Blood and milk constituents may be changes rhythmically and influence by different sampling time within a day and after feeding. Trials were conducted using five dietary treatments in both lactating and dry cows to study the effects of sampling time on concentrations of BUN, MUN and whole blood ammonia nitrogen (BAN) in practical dairy cow feeding in Taiwan. The conventional feed ingredients and forages including corn silage, alfalfa hay, timothy or pangola hay and corn grain were used as major source of the diet to follow practical dairy cow feeding. Five different diets were varying in amounts (low=L; standard=S; high=H) of crude protein (P) and energy (E) according to the NRC (1989). The energy to protein ratios in kcal/kg for the PSES, PLES, PHES, PSEH and PSEL were 10.82, 12.54, 9.41, 12.53 and 9.13 in lactating cows, and 11.38, 13.33, 9.78, 13.28 and 9.74 in dry cows, respectively. Results showed that after feeding at 9:30, BUN reached peak at 13:30 and was significantly higher than those to that sampled at 14:30 to 18:30 (p<0.05) in dry cows. Therefore the best blood sampling time for urea nitrogen assay in dry cows is 4 hours after morning feeding. In lactating cows, BUN of 13:30 was significantly higher than those of 8:30 to 11:30 (p<0.05), but there were no significant difference between the BUN values of other sampling time. Hence the suitable blood sampling time for BUN value in lactating cows was located on 3 to 8 hours after morning feeding, but the best time was 4 hours after morning feeding. MUN content is significantly higher in the afternoon collected bulk milk than the fore-strip morning milk (p<0.05), therefore the best sampling time for MUN is from afternoon collected bulk milk. Diurnal BAN changed without traceable rhythmic pattern and was negatively correlated to the BUN (r = -0.78). It is suggested that BAN may not be a good indicator for monitoring dairy cow feeding.

CLV1 Interacts with UFO in Modulation of Gynoecium Development in Arabidopsis thaliana

Zhi-Peng Cheng,Zhong-Nan Yang,Sen Zhang 한국식물학회 2013 Journal of Plant Biology Vol.56 No.1

The gynoecium is the female reproductive structurein flowering plants. It has been known that the CLAVATA1(CLV1) gene regulates the floral meristem maintenance andfloral organ number in Arabidopsis thaliana. However,whether CLV1 plays roles in gynoecium development remainsuncharacterized. In this study, we showed that CLV1genetically interacts with Unusual Floral Organs (UFO) toregulate the development of Arabidopsis gynoecium. Throughforward genetic screen, we identified a clv1 allele, clv1-9,showing abnormal gynoecium development. Some epidermalcells on the growing inner surfaces of the clv1-9 gynoeciumfailed to fuse after contacting with each other, suggesting thatCLV1 is essential for proper postgenital fusion. Furthermore,the ufo clv1-9 double mutant exhibited an expanded uppergynoecium, narrowed lower part of the ovary, alteredvascular patterning and abaxial outward proliferation of thetransmitting tract tissues. The transcription level of the ETTgene, which is required for gynoecium structure and patternformation, was down-regulated in the ufo clv1-9 doublemutant genoecia. Taken together, our results indicate thatCLV1 functions together with UFO to regulate gynoeciumdevelopment likely through modulating the expression ofETT.

Improved kinetics of LiNi_1/3Mn_1/3Co_1/3O₂ cathode material through reduced graphene oxide networks

Jiang, Ke-Cheng,Xin, Sen,Lee, Jong-Sook,Kim, Jaekook,Xiao, Xiao-Ling,Guo, Yu-Guo The Royal Society of Chemistry 2012 Physical chemistry chemical physics Vol.14 No.8

<P>An electronically conducting 3D network of reduced graphene oxide (RGO) was introduced into LiNi<SUB>1/3</SUB>Mn<SUB>1/3</SUB>Co<SUB>1/3</SUB>O<SUB>2</SUB> (LNMC) cathode material in a special nano/micro hierarchical structure. The rate test and cycling measurement showed that the hierarchical networks remarkably improve the high rate performance of LNMC electrode for lithium-ion batteries. The effect of RGO conducting networks on kinetic property was investigated by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and potentiostatic intermittent titration (PITT). The EIS results reveal that the RGO network greatly decreases the resistance of lithium batteries, especially the charge transfer resistance which can be attributed to the significantly improved conducting networks. The enhancement of apparent diffusion coefficient by the RGO conducting networks is shown by PITT. The power performance was found to be limited by the electrical conduction in the two-phase region, which can be greatly facilitated by the hierarchical RGO network together with carbon black. The as-obtained LNMC/RGO cathode exhibits an outstanding electrochemical property supporting the design idea of electronically conducting 3D networks for the high-energy and high-power lithium-ion batteries.</P> <P>Graphic Abstract</P><P>A 3D conducting network of reduced graphene oxide nanosheets is introduced into LiNi<SUB>1/3</SUB>Mn<SUB>1/3</SUB>Co<SUB>1/3</SUB>O<SUB>2</SUB> and is found to significantly promote the kinetics for Li storage. <IMG SRC='http://pubs.rsc.org/services/images/RSCpubs.ePlatform.Service.FreeContent.ImageService.svc/ImageService/image/GA?id=c2cp23363k'> </P>

<i>Chlorophytum borivilianum</i> Polysaccharide Fraction Provokes the Immune Function and Disease Resistance of <i> Labeo rohita</i> against <i> Aeromonas hydrophila</i>

Giri, Sib Sankar,Sen, Shib Sankar,Chi, Cheng,Kim, Hyoun Joong,Yun, Saekil,Park, Se Chang,Sukumaran, V. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 Journal of immunology research Vol.2015 No.-

<P>The present study aimed to investigate the effects of<I> Chlorophytum borivilianum</I> polysaccharide (CBP), as a dietary supplement administered at varying concentrations with feed (basal diet), on various cytokine-related responses in<I> Labeo rohita</I> fingerlings. Immune parameters and immune-related gene expressions were measured at 3rd, 4th, and 5th week after feeding. The results revealed that dietary administration of CBP at 0.2% and 0.4% for 4 weeks significantly upregulated serum lysozyme and phagocytic activity. Complement C3 and respiratory burst activity (RBA) were significantly higher after 4 weeks of CBP feeding. The immune related genes<I> IL-8</I>,<I> IL-1β</I>,<I> TNF-α</I>, and<I> iNOS</I> were downregulated (<I>P</I> < 0.05) in groups with 0.2% and 0.4% CBP supplemented diets at week 4. Expression of anti-inflammatory cytokines (<I>IL-10</I> and<I> TGF-β</I>) was also downregulated (<I>P</I> < 0.5) after 4 weeks of feeding with 0.2% to 0.8% CBP. However, five weeks of CBP administration had no significant effect on immune gene expression, except<I> TNF-α</I> and<I> IL-8</I>. Fish fed with 0.4% CBP for 4 weeks showed maximum resistance against<I> Aeromonas hydrophila</I> (73.3% survival) compared to control. From these results, we recommend that CBP administration at 0.4% for 4 weeks could effectively improve immune response and disease resistance in<I> L. rohita</I>.</P>

Fabrication and applications of ultraflexible nanostructures using dielectric heating-assisted nanoimprint on PVC films

Tsung-Yeh Wu,Po-Cheng Tsai,Shu-Cheng Lo,Yi-Ru Li,Kuang-Li Lee,Sen-Yeu Yang,Pei-Kuen Wei 한국물리학회 2018 Current Applied Physics Vol.18 No.1

We developed dielectric heating-assisted nanoimprint method for rapid fabrication of ultraflexible nanostructures. Using spin-coating polyvinyl-chloride (PVC) film on the glass slide, the dielectric heating on PVC film helped the pattern transfer from the mold to PVC film in few seconds. Various kinds of nanostructures were successfully made on PVC films with about 20-mm thickness. We demonstrated the applications of ultraflexible metallic nanostructures for bending measurement using surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) on the curved surfaces. For measuring bending angles using SPR on capped nanowire arrays, the minimum detection angle was 2.4 103 degree under 0.02 nm wavelength resolution. For SERS measurement, the nanorod arrays on a curved substrate can increase SERS signals for two times as compared to planar SERS substrate.

Single cell gap polymer-stabilized blue-phase transflective LCDs using internal nanowire grid polarizer

Hong-Qing Cui,Zhi-Cheng Ye,Wei Hu,XiaoWen Lin,T.C. Chung,Tean-Sen Jen,Yan-Qing Lu 한국정보디스플레이학회 2011 Journal of information display Vol.12 No.3

Optically isotropic liquid crystal (LC) mixture such as blue-phase LC and nanostructured LC composites exhibit the advantages of fast response time, high contrast ratio and wide-viewing angle due to the induced birefringence along the horizontal electric field. Utilizing this mixture, a novel single cell gap in-plane switching-type polymer-stabilized blue-phase transflective liquid crystal display by embedding the nanowire grid polarizer as a polarization-dependent reflective polarizer in the R region is proposed. This device can be used as a normal black mode without any quarter-wave plate or patterned in-cell phase retarder. Moreover, the transmittance is identical to the reflectance so that it will be suitable for single gamma driving. Detailed electro-optic performances, such as voltage-dependent light efficiency and viewing angle of the proposed device configuration, are investigated.

Experimental Evaluation of Precast Concrete Beam-Column Connections with High-strength Steel Rebars

Dongzhi Guan,Zhengxing Guo,Cheng Jiang,Sen Yang,Hui Yang 대한토목학회 2019 KSCE JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING Vol.23 No.1

A novel precast concrete beam-column connection partially reinforced with high-strength steel rebars of a yield strength greater than 630 MPa was introduced to avoid reinforcement obstruction in connection zones. Reversed cyclic loadings were applied to fullscale specimens to evaluate their seismic performance. For the first precast specimen, high-strength steel rebars acted as bottom longitudinal bars of the beams. For the second precast specimen, high-strength steel rebars were used as both bottom longitudinal bars and embedded bars that were anchored into the joint. The results show that the new precast connection exhibits a satisfactory seismic resistance. The anchored embedded bars are not necessary in the new system for a limited improvement in the structural performance. The mechanical equilibrium of the rectangular stress block method can be applied to estimate the strength of the new connection using the design philosophy of strong column-weak beam.

Triptolide Inhibits Histone Methyltransferase EZH2 and Modulates the Expression of Its Target Genes in Prostate Cancer Cells

Tamgue, Ousman,Chai, Cheng-Sen,Hao, Lin,Zambe, John-Clotaire Daguia,Huang, Wei-Wei,Zhang, Bin,Lei, Ming,Wei, Yan-Ming Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2013 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.14 No.10

The histone methyltransferase EZH2 (enhancer of zeste homolog 2) plays critical roles in prostate cancer (PCa) development and is a potential target for PCa treatment. Triptolide possesses anti-tumor activity, but it is unknown whether its therapeutic effect relates with EZH2 in PCa. Here we described EZH2 as a target for Triptolide in PCa cells. Our data showed that Triptolide suppressed PCa cell growth and reduced the expression of EZH2. Overexpression of EZH2 attenuated the Triptolide induced cell growth inhibition. Moreover, Triptolide treatment of PC-3 cells resulted in elevated mRNA levels of target genes (ADRB2, CDH1, CDKN2A and DAB2IP) negatively regulated by EZH2 as well as reduced mRNA levelsan of EZH2 positively regulated gene (cyclin D1). Our findings suggest the PCa cell growth inhibition mediated by Triptolide might be associated with downregulation of EZH2 expression and the subsequent modulation of target genes.

Table Games of Slots? A Strategic Issue Faced by the New Casinos in Macao

리카도 슈(Ricardo Chi Sen Siu),쳉 카르멘(Cheng Ho In Carmen) 한국관광연구학회 2003 관광연구저널 Vol.17 No.2

마카오와 한국 모두 극동지역에 위치해 있으면서, 동양문화가 카지노방문객의 행동을 결정하고 있다. 이러한 동양문화의 일례로서 두 국가 모두 테이블게임이 카지노수입의 대부분을 차지한다는 것이다. 마카오는 동양의 몬테카를로라고 알려져 있으므로, 테이블과 슬롯머신의 구성측면에서 마카오카지노산업의 구조를 이해한다면 한국 카지노업체는 가치 있는 경영전략을 얻게 될 것이다. 이를 세가지로 요약하면 다음과 같다:<br/> 첫째, 테이블게임과 슬롯머신의 구성은 중요한 전략적 이슈이다. 강원랜드와 마카오 카지노는 모두 테이블게임에 크게 의존하고 있다. 두 카지노산업이 유사한 패턴을 보이고 있지만 근본적으로는 차이가 있다.<br/> 둘째, 수요측면의 요인들을 확인해내는 작업은 카지노 성공의 열쇠라고 볼 수 있다. 뉴밀레니엄시대에서 카지노산업이 성공하기 위해서는 기존 및 잠재고객에 대한 선호도와 문화적 특성 그리고 주요 시장간의 행동적 차이를 발견해내는 것이다.<br/> 셋째, 변화하는 외부환경을 수수방관해서는 안된다. 아시아나 전세계 시장에서 성장과 경쟁력을 유지하기 위해서는 변화하는 외부사업환경을 인식하는 것이 필수적이다.