Today, the manufacturing industry is aiming to improve competitiveness through the
convergence with cutting-edge ICT technologies in order to secure a new growth engine …

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) encompasses a spectrum of hepatic pathology,
ranging from simple steatosis (also called nonalcoholic fatty liver or NAFL) in its most benign …

EMT/MET occur when tissues are being built or remodeled. Hence, EMT/MET are involved
in (1) embryogenesis/development,(2) wound healing/tissue regeneration/organ fibrosis …

The binary feature vector is one of the most common representations of patterns and
measuring similarity and distance measures play a critical role in many problems such as …

The unique optical properties of metals are at the core of many areas of research and
applications, including plasmonics,,,, metamaterials,, superlensing and subdiffraction …

The distal lung contains terminal bronchioles and alveoli that facilitate gas exchange. Three-
dimensional in vitro human distal lung culture systems would strongly facilitate the …

Astrocytes play a key role in maintenance of neuronal functions in the central nervous
system by producing various cytokines, chemokines, and growth factors, which act as a …

Aims: The objective of this study was to assess in vitro, whether heat‐killed (HK) lactic acid
bacteria cells and fractionations of HK cells could suppress the viability of human cancer …

Epithelial-mesenchymal transitions (EMTs) play an important role in tissue construction
during embryogenesis, and evidence suggests that this process may also help to remodel …

An extensive test has been conducted on a lithium-ion (Li-ion) cell under a variety of cycling
conditions in order to evaluate factors that affect its cycle-life. The study is performed on a …