The fiddler crabs, genus Uca Leach, 1814 (Decapoda, Ocypodidae) of Taiwan, including the offshore islands Penghu (Pescadores), Kinmen (Quemoy), Matsu (Matzu), and Dongsha (Pratas), are revised, with recognition five subgenera 15 species, viz. (Austruca) Bott, 1973: U. lactea (De Haan, 1835), perplexa (H. Milne Edwards, 1837), triangularis (A. Milne-Edwards, 1873); (Gelasimus) Latreille, 1817: borealis Crane, 1975, jocelynae Shih, Naruse & Ng, 2010, tetragonon (Herbst, 1790), vocans...

Fifty-one primary intracranial germ cell tumors (GCT), including germinoma, teratoma, endodermal sinus tumor, choriocarcinoma and mixed GCT, were studied. The incidence of GCT in the surgically removed neoplasms was 11.1% for pediatric patients 0.6% adult patients. age/sex location analyzed. Morphologic findings these identical to that their gonadal counterparts. Immunohistochemical studies showed alpha-fetoprotein (a-AFP), human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), placental alkaline phosphatase...

Objective: To construct and validate a predictive model for pathological complete response (pCR) in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer (LARC) after neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy. Methods: This retrospective observational study included 595 stage T2-4 (or) N+M0 LARC diagnosed the Cancer Hospital of Chinese Academy Medical Sciences Fourth Hebei University who had no metastases, tolerated therapy, completed undergone radical surgery therapy. The training set comprised 299 admitted to...

Abstract Background Complete resection seemed to be curative in patients with Castleman disease of any location but the is likely reactive its pathogenesis. The relation between Epstein-Barr virus and has not been elucidated. We tried define role pathogenesis disease. Methods 20 cases were retrospectively reviewed from 1993 2006. At least 2 4 representative sections formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded specimens each patient obtained examine presence EBV localization by hematoxylin-eosin stain,...

On-site instant determination of benign or malignant tumors for deciding the types resection is crucial during pulmonary surgery. We designed a portable spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) system to do real-time scanning intraoperatively distinction fresh tumor specimens in lung. A total 12 ex vivo lung from six patients were enrolled. Three diagnosed with invasive adenocarcinoma (IA), while others benign. After OCT-imaged reconstruction, we compared qualitative morphology...

The reproductive biology of the Taiwanese fresh-water crab Candidiopotamon rathbunae (de Man) was investigated. maturity, gonad development, mating behavior, breeding season, timing release young crabs, fecundity, and behavior ovigerous females were studied. Mature males have sperm available for throughout year. deposition yolk in takes place mostly from April to June, with most eggs reaching maturity at end June. main season is late June October, although can occur all year round. In C....

The presence of multimorbidity in middle-aged and older adults, which reduces their physical activity quality life, is a global health challenge. Exercise one the most important behaviors that individuals can engage in. Previous studies have revealed aerobic exercise training beneficial for healthy adults those with various chronic diseases, but few designed individualized multimorbidity. Although are considerably less adherent to interventions, telephone-based motivational interviewing may...

Thoracoscopic surgery is a commonly used endoscopic surgical treatment approach in patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax. The conventional thoracoscopic utilizes three or more small wounds for surgery. Currently, single port potential alternative procedure general We investigated whether single-port suitable as first-line all pneumothorax requiring From July 1st, 2008 to Dec 31, 2009, total of 62 was included this study. All the were admitted our ward because they had indications...

Objective: Haematological toxicity (HT) is common in patients with oesophageal cancer (EC) treated chemoradiotherapy (CRT). The Quantitative Analysis of Normal Tissue Effects the Clinic guidelines provide no dose constraints for bone marrow (BM) to avoid HT. We aimed determine dosimetric factors associated HT during CRT EC. Methods: 41 EC neoadjuvant cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil-based were retrospectively reviewed. Associations between dose–volume histogram parameters thoracic bones blood...

The population dynamics and reproduction of the land crab Epigrapsus notatus were studied at Hengchun Peninsula, Taiwan. is most poorly known genus family Gecarcinidae, differs from other gecarcinids in its much smaller size. leads a cryptic life seldom observed outside burrow coastal forest. only time it commonly when ovigerous females migrate to shore release larvae. reproductive season E. limited two lunar months September October, relative short comparison with gecarcinid crabs....

Castleman disease is a rare lymphoproliferative of low malignant potential occurring in two forms, unicentric and multicentric. Surgery, chemotherapy, immunotherapy radiation therapy have all been used to manage the disease. In this study, we evaluate whether site lesions, that is, superficial or deep, influences surgical outcome.We retrospectively reviewed records 20 patients operated on for from 1994 2003, whom 11 had 9 deep lesions. The end-points study were survival recurrence.Of...

The reproductive biology of the Taiwanese fresh-water crab Candidiopotamon rathbunae (de Man) was investigated. maturity, gonad development, mating behavior, breeding season, timing release young crabs, fecundity, and behavior ovigerous females were studied. Mature males have sperm available for throughout year. deposition yolk in takes place mostly from April to June, with most eggs reaching maturity at end June. main season is late June October, although can occur all year round. In C....

Thoracoscopic Surgery is in common use routine surgical practice. With the advancement of various techniques and instruments required, mini wounds fewer thoracoports become practical recent years. Here, we report our experience performing lobectomy with radical lymph node dissection 3 patients using regular straight endoscopic instruments. We demonstrate feasibility such discuss key points effectively procedures. Because favorable outcomes, encourage procedures to be widely applied operations types.

There are still controversies about the surgical benefits for elderly lung cancer.The aims of this study were to assess impacts aging non-small cell cancer(NSCLC) following pulmonary resection.A retrospective was undertaken patients operated at a curative intent from January 1998 October 2008. Patients divided into two groups: Group 1 consisted aged least 75 years old, and group 2 less than old. Perioperative characteristics details, hospital courses, surgery-related morbidities, mortality,...

During the prediabetic development, changes in β-cell function and tissue-specific insulin resistance have been described. However, there are conflicting views secretory capacity between early clinical observation recent proposed mathematical model. On basis of digestive metabolic similarities with humans, swine great potential as an animal model to investigate progressive mechanisms prediabetes. The aim this study was response a dietary-induced porcine Adult male Taiwan Lee-Sung miniature...

The Indo-West Pacific sesarmid genus Selatium Serène & Soh, 1970, is revised, and two wide-ranging species are recognized, S. brockii (De Man, 1887) elongatum (A. Milne-Edwards, 1869). A new genus, Lithoselatium, which superficially resembles Selatium, described, recognized: L. pulchrum n. sp. from Taiwan, kusu Singapore nearby areas. Their relationship discussed using both morphological molecular datasets.

Although curcumin was widely applied as a functional food for different diseases, it found to reduce serum testosterone level and fertility in male animals by unknown molecular mechanisms. Here our study, we investigated the possible mechanisms of curcumin-suppressed production Leydig cells. Our enzyme immunoassay results showed that cell-autonomously suppressed ovine luteinizing hormone-stimulated primary cells 8-bromo-cyclic adenosine monophosphate (8-br-cAMP)-induced progesterone MA-10...

The determination of resection extent traditionally relies on the microscopic invasiveness frozen sections (FSs) and is crucial for surgery early lung cancer with preoperatively unknown histology. While previous research has shown value optical coherence tomography (OCT) instant diagnosis, tumor grading through OCT remains challenging. Therefore, this study proposes an interactive human-machine interface (HMI) that integrates a mobile system, deep learning algorithms, attention mechanisms....

Abstract Lobar torsion after lung resection is a quite rare complication. A 50-year-old woman presented typical features on chest radiographs and CT(computed tomography) scan of lobar right upper lobectomy. After emergency lobectomy middle lobe, the patient recovered well discharged 10 days second operation.