Background It is important to find a comorbidity measure with better performance for use with
administrative data. The new method proposed by Elixhauser et al. has never been …

Background With international concern over emerging infectious diseases (EID) and
bioterrorist attacks, public health is being required to have early outbreak detection systems …

The largest nosocomial outbreak of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) occurred in
South Korea in 2015. Health Care Personnel (HCP) are at high risk of acquiring MERS …

Objective Whether peginterferon α and ribavirin combination therapy reduces risk of
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) or improves survival in patients dual-infected with hepatitis …

Primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the fifth most common malignancy worldwide
and the third leading cause of cancer‐related death. It is important to identify new targets for …

In this work, based on the calculation of the band gap of amorphous Nb 2 O 5, we proposed
that the amorphization in Nb 2 O 5 thin films could narrow the band gap. As a proof of …

Polycrystalline LaSmO x (LSO) thin films were prepared by using RF sputtering and the
bipolar resistive switching (BRS) properties in the Al/LSO/ITO structure were investigated …

Administrative databases are increasingly used in health service research, and one major
issue focuses on how to measure comorbidity. The purpose of this article was to review …

BACKGROUND: Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN)
are rare drug-related skin conditions that are potentially life-threatening with a 20–30 …

The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between oocyst shedding of
Cryptosporidium parvum and diarrhea in dairy calves in southern Taiwan. A total of 48 …