J. D. Smith, J. H. Kroll, C. D. Cappa, D. L. Che, C. L. Liu, M. Ahmed, ...
The heterogeneous reaction of OH radicals with sub-micron squalane particles, in the presence of O<sub>2</sub>, is used as a model system to explore the fundamental chemical mechanisms...
J. D. Smith, J. H. Kroll, C. D. Cappa, D. L. Che, C. L. Liu, M. Ahmed, ...
The heterogeneous reaction of OH radicals with sub-micron squalane particles, in the presence of O<sub>2</sub>, is used as a model system to explore the fundamental chemical mechanisms...
ALGORITHMIC TECHNIQUES FOR LOGIC SYNTHESIS OF LOW POWER VLSI CIRCUITS (2008)
Unni Krishnan Narayanan, Unni Krishnan Narayanan, Ph. D, C. L. Liu
This thesis presents algorithmic techniques that can be used during the logic synthesis phase of the VLSI design ow to reduce the total power consumption in VLSI circuits. These techniques are...
Abstract Architecture Driven Circuit Partitioning (2008)
Chau-shen Chen, Tingting Hwang, C. L. Liu
In this paper, we propose an architecture driven partitioning algorithm for netlists with multi-terminal nets. Our target architecture is a multi-FPGA emulation system with folded-Clos network for...
THE RETIMING AND ROUTINGOFVLSICIRCUITS (2008)
Prashant Saxena, Prashant Saxena, C. L. Liu
In this thesis, we explore three problems arising during the logic syn-thesis and physical design stages of VLSI circuit design. We rst present a new formulation for the retiming of single-phase...
ABSTR.~kCT. The problem of multiprogram scheduling on a single processor is studied from the viewpoint of the characteristics peculiar to the program functions that need guaranteed ser-vice. It is...
A Parallel Algorithm for the Technology Mapping of LUT-based FPGAs (2007)
Vamsi Boppana, Prithviraj Banerjee, W. Kent Fuchs, C. L. Liu
. Flowmap ([1]) was the first delay-optimal algorithm for the technology mapping of LUT-based FPGAs. However, even though this algorithm is polynomial, rapid prototyping using FPGAs requires faster...
A Parallel Algorithm for the Technology Mapping of LUT-based FPGAs (2007)
Vamsi Boppana, Prashant Saxena, Prithviraj Banerjee, W. Kent Fuchs, C. L. Liu
. Flowmap ([1]) was the first delay-optimal algorithm for the technology mapping of LUT-based FPGAs. However, even though this algorithm is polynomial, rapid prototyping using FPGAs requires faster...
Coupling delay optimization by temporal decorrelation using dual threshold voltage technique (2007)
Ki-wook Kim, Seong-ook Jung, Prashant Saxena, C. L. Liu, Sung-mo Kang
Coupling effect due to line-to-line capacitance is of serious concern in timing analysis of circuits in ultra deep submicron CMOS technology. Often coupling delay is strongly dependent on temporal...
Coupling delay optimization by temporal decorrelation using dual threshold voltage technique (2007)
Ki-wook Kim, Seong-ook Jung, Prashant Saxena, C. L. Liu, Sung-mo Kang
Coupling effect due to line-to-line capacitance is of serious concern in timing analysis of circuits in ultra deep submicron CMOS technology. Often coupling delay is strongly dependent on temporal...
Cosmic-ray positron fraction measurement from 1 to 30 GeV with AMS-01 (2007)
Aguilar, M, Alcaraz, J, Allaby, James V, Alpat, B, Ambrosi, G, Anderhub, H, ...
A measurement of the cosmic ray positron fraction e+/(e+ + e-) in the energy range of 1-30 GeV is presented. The measurement is based on data taken by the AMS-01 experiment during its 10 day Space...
Cosmic-ray positron fraction measurement from 1 to 30 GeV with AMS-01 (2007)
Aguilar, M., Alcaraz, J., Allaby, J., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., ...
A measurement of the cosmic ray positron fraction $e^{+}/(e^{+}+e^{−})$ in the energy range of 130 GeV is presented. The measurement is based on data taken by the AMS-01 experiment during its...
Cosmic-ray positron fraction measurement from 1 to 30 GeV with AMS-01 (2007)
Aguilar, M., Alcaraz, J., Allaby, J., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., ...
A Study of cosmic ray secondaries induced by the Mir Space Station using AMS-01 (2005)
Aguilar, M., Alcaraz, J., Allaby, J., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., ...
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) is a high energy particle physics experiment that will study cosmic rays in the $\sim 100 \mathrm{MeV}$ to $1 \mathrm{TeV}$ range and will be installed on the...
Protons in near earth orbit (2005)
Alcaraz, J., Alvisi, D., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Ao, L., ...
The proton spectrum in the kinetic energy range 0.1 to 200 GeV was measured by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) during space shuttle flight STS-91 at an altitude of 380km. Above the geomagnetic...
Search for antihelium in cosmic rays (2005)
Alcaraz, J., Alvisi, D., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Ao, L., ...
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) was flown on the space shuttle Discovery during flight STS-91 in a 51.7 degree orbit at altitudes between 320 and 390 km. A total of 2.86 * 10^6 helium nuclei...
Search for antihelium in cosmic rays (2005)
Alcaraz, J., Alvisi, D., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Ao, L., ...
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) was flown on the space shuttle Discovery during flight STS-91 in a 51.7 degree orbit at altitudes between 320 and 390 km. A total of 2.86 * 10^6 helium nuclei...
Protons in near earth orbit (2005)
Alcaraz, J., Alvisi, D., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Ao, L., ...
The proton spectrum in the kinetic energy range 0.1 to 200 GeV was measured by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) during space shuttle flight STS-91 at an altitude of 380km. Above the geomagnetic...
Search for antihelium in cosmic rays (2005)
Alcaraz, J., Alvisi, D., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Ao, L., ...
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) was flown on the space shuttle Discovery during flight STS-91 in a 51.7 degree orbit at altitudes between 320 and 390 km. A total of 2.86 * 10^6 helium nuclei...
Protons in near earth orbit (2005)
Alcaraz, J., Alvisi, D., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Ao, L., ...
The proton spectrum in the kinetic energy range 0.1 to 200 GeV was measured by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) during space shuttle flight STS-91 at an altitude of 380km. Above the geomagnetic...
A Study of cosmic ray secondaries induced by the Mir Space Station using AMS-01 (2005)
Aguilar, M., Alcaraz, J., Allaby, J., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., ...
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) is a high energy particle physics experiment that will study cosmic rays in the $\sim 100 \mathrm{MeV}$ to $1 \mathrm{TeV}$ range and will be installed on the...
A Study of cosmic ray secondaries induced by the Mir Space Station using AMS-01 (2005)
Aguilar, M., Alcaraz, J., Allaby, J., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., ...
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) is a high energy particle physics experiment that will study cosmic rays in the $\sim 100 \mathrm{MeV}$ to $1 \mathrm{TeV}$ range and will be installed on the...
A study of cosmic ray secondaries induced by the Mir space station using AMS-01 (2005)
Aguilar, M., Alcaraz, J., Allaby, J., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., ...
Sequence Compaction to Preserve Transition Frequencies (2002)
Simulation-based power estimation is commonly used for its high accuracy despite excessive computation times. Techniques have been proposed to speed it up by compacting an input sequence while...
Aguilar, M., Alcaraz, J., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Ao, L., ...
The results of Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) experiment in space (2002)
Alpat, B., Alcaraz, J., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Ao, L., Arefiev, A., ...
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) (2002)
Alcaraz, J., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Ao, L., Arefiev, A., ...
Aguilar, M., Alcaraz, J., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Ao, L., ...
The results of Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) experiment in space (2002)
Alpat, B., Alcaraz, J., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Ao, L., Arefiev, A., ...
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) (2002)
Alcaraz, J., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Ao, L., Arefiev, A., ...
Research in Complexity Theory and Combinatorial Algorithms, (2002)
Liu,C. L., Liu,Jane W. S., Egan,J. R., Ghiassi,M., Lewandowski,J. L.
Since October 1, 1979, research in Complexity Theory and Combinatorial Algorithms at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois was supported by the Office of Naval Research....
On the Sequential Diagnosibility of a Class of Digital Systems, (2002)
We use a model that was first introduced by Preparata, Metze, and Chien. In this model, a digital system is partitioned into a certain number of units, each of which can be at one of two possible...
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) (2002)
Alcaraz, J., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Ao, L., Arefiev, A., ...
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) is a large acceptance (0.65 sr m(2)) detector designed to operate in the International Space Station (ISS) for three years. The purposes of the experiment are to...
An integrated data path optimization for low power based on network flow method (2001)
Chun-gi Lyuh, Taewhan Kim, C. L. Liu
Abstract: We propose an effective algorithm for power optimization in behavioral synthesis. In previous work, it has been shown that several hardware allocation/binding problems for power...
Binary decision diagrams with minimum expected path length (2001)
Yi-yu Liu, Kuo-hua Wang, Tingting Hwang, C. L. Liu
We present methods to generate a Binary Decision Diagram (BDD) with minimum expected path length. A BDD is a generic data structure which is widely used in several fields. One important application...
Binary decision diagrams with minimum expected path length (2001)
Yi-yu Liu, Kuo-hua Wangt, Tingting Hwang, C. L. Liu
We present methods to generate a Binary Decision Dia-gram (BDD) with minimum expected path length. A. BDD is a generic data structure which is widely used in several fields. One important application...
Binary decision diagrams with minimum expected path length (2001)
Yi-yu Liu, Kuo-hua Wang, Tingting Hwang, C. L. Liu
We present methods to generate a Binary Decision Diagram (BDD) with minimum expected path length. A BDD is a generic data structure which is widely used in several fields. One important application...
Protons in near earth orbit (2000)
Alcaraz, J, Alvisi, D, Alpat, B, Ambrosi, G, Anderhub, H, Ao, L, ...
The proton spectrum in the kinetic energy range 0.1 to 200 GeV was measuredby the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) during space shuttle flight STS-91 atan altitude of 380 km. Above the geomagnetic...
Helium in near earth orbit (2000)
Alcaraz, J., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Ao, L., Arefiev, A., ...
Protons in near earth orbit (2000)
Alcaraz, J., Alvisi, D., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Ao, L., ...
The proton spectrum in the kinetic energy range 0.1 to 200 GeV was measured by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) during space shuttle flight STS-91 at an altitude of 380km. Above the geomagnetic...
Leptons in near earth orbit (2000)
Alcaraz, J., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Ao, L., Arefiev, A., ...
Helium in near earth orbit (2000)
Alcaraz, J., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Ao, L., Arefiev, A., ...
Protons in near earth orbit (2000)
Alcaraz, J., Alvisi, D., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Ao, L., ...
The proton spectrum in the kinetic energy range 0.1 to 200 GeV was measured by the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) during space shuttle flight STS-91 at an altitude of 380km. Above the geomagnetic...
Leptons in near earth orbit (2000)
Alcaraz, J., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Ao, L., Arefiev, A., ...
Helium in near earth orbit (2000)
Alcaraz, J., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Ao, L., Arefiev, A., ...
Leptons in near earth orbit (2000)
Alcaraz, J., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Ao, L., Arefiev, A., ...
Leptons in near earth orbit (2000)
Alcaraz, J., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Ao, L., Arefiev, A., ...
Helium in near earth orbit (2000)
Alcaraz, J., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Ao, L., Arefiev, A., ...
Leptons in near earth orbit (2000)
Alcaraz, J., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Ao, L., Arefiev, A., ...
Helium in near earth orbit (2000)
Alcaraz, J., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Ao, L., Arefiev, A., ...
Junhyung Um, Taewhan Kim, C. L. Liu
Abstract: Wallace-tree compressor style has been widely recognized as one of the most effective implementation schemes for arithmetic computations in VLSI design. However, the scheme has been applied...
Coupling-driven signal encoding scheme for low-power interface design (2000)
Ki-wook Kim, Kwang-hyun Baek, Naresh Shanbhag, C. L. Liu, Sung-mo Kang
Coupling effects between on-chip interconnects must be addressed in ultra deep submicron VLSI and system-on-a-chip (SoC) designs. A new low-power bus encoding scheme is proposed to minimize coupled...
An Integrated Approach to Data Path Synthesis for Behavioral-level Power Optimization (2000)
Chaeryung Park, Taewhan Kim, C. L. Liu
This paper presents an integrated approach to data path synthesis which solves three important design problems: scheduling, allocation, and hardware partitioning with power minimization as a key...
Search for antihelium in cosmic rays (1999)
Alcaraz, J., Alvisi, D., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Ao, L., ...
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) was flown on the space shuttle Discovery during flight STS-91 in a 51.7 degree orbit at altitudes between 320 and 390 km. A total of 2.86 * 10^6 helium nuclei...
Search for antihelium in cosmic rays (1999)
Alcaraz, J., Alvisi, D., Alpat, B., Ambrosi, G., Anderhub, H., Ao, L., ...
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) was flown on the space shuttle Discovery during flight STS-91 in a 51.7 degree orbit at altitudes between 320 and 390 km. A total of 2.86 * 10^6 helium nuclei...
SYNTHESIS OF SEQUENTIAL SWITCHING NETWORKS. (1998)
Susskind,A. K., Haring,D. R., Liu,C. L., Menger,K. S.
This report presents results of studies in the synthesis of sequential switching networks. Topics covered are the synthesis of permutation machines with threshold elements, in particular one...
THRESHOLD ELEMENTS AND THE DESIGN OF SEQUENTIAL SWITCHING NETWORKS. (1998)
Susskind,A. K., Haring,D. R., Liu,C. L., Martin,R. L., Ying,C.
The report covers research performed from March 1966 to March 1967. The major topics treated are: (1) methods for finding weight-threshold vectors that realize a given switching function in...
Two computer programs written in Fortran language were developed, one to estimate the line force response to waves of a surface buoy with taut mooring, and the other to estimate the oscillatory...
Fixed or floating column-supported platforms in the ocean experience direct and reverse wave drag caused by the oscillating water particle velocity. The drag coefficient for the direct flow can be...
State of the Art of Electro-Mechanical Cables. (1998)
Padilla,J. R., Hironaka,M. C., Hitchcock,R. D., Jenkins,J. F., Liu,C. L.
A state-of-the-art study was made of submarine electro-mechanical cable technology. These are ocean cables which include electrical cables with special strain members. The purpose of the study was to...
Power Invariant Vector Sequence Compaction (1998)
Ali Pinar, C.L. Liu, Tsing Hua
Simulation-based power estimation is commonly used for its high accuracy, despite excessive computation times. Techniques have been proposed to speed it up by transforming a given sequence into a...
A Performance-driven Layer Assignment Algorithm for Multiple Interconnect Trees (1998)
With the advent of DSM technologies, interconnect delays increasingly overshadow the transistor delays. Furthermore, since the electrical characteristics of di#erentlayers in multilayer routing...
Low Power FPGA Design { A Re-Engineering Approach," DAC-34 (1997)
Chau-shen Chen, Tingting Hwang, C. L. Liu
Abstract { In this paper, technology mapping algorithms for minimizing power consumption in FPGA design are studied. The technology mapping problem for power minimization has been shown to be...
Low Power Multiplexer Decomposition (1997)
Unni Narayanan, Hon Wai Leong, Ki-Seok Chung, Hon Wai, C. L. Liu
The advent of portable digital devices such as laptop personal computers has made low power circuit design an increasingly important research area. Recently, low power decomposition for simple logic...
Low Power Logic Synthesis for XOR Based Circuits (1997)
An abundance of research efforts in low power logic synthesis have so far been focused on and/or or nand/nor based logic. A typical approach is to first generate an initial multi-level and/or or...
Low Power FPGA Design - A Re-engineering Approach (1997)
Chau-Shen Chen, TingTing Hwang, C. L. Liu
In this paper, technology mapping algorithms for minimizing power consumption in FPGA design are studied. The technology mapping problem for power minimization has been shown to be NP-complete....
Computational methods in coding theory (1996)
Ari Trachtenberg, Er Vardy, C. L. Liu
We consider various computational techniques in algebraic coding theory along two lines of work. First we investigate optimization of non-linear codes by relaxing minimum distance constraints,...
Optimal clock period FPGA technology mapping for sequential circuits (1996)
We study the technology mapping problem for sequential circuits for look-up table (LUT) based field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Existing approaches to the problem simply remove the flip-flops...
Area Minimization for Hierarchical Floorplans (1996)
Peichen Pan, Weiping Shi, C. L. Liu
Two results are presented in this paper. First we settle the long-standing open problem on the complexity of the area minimization problem for hierarchical floorplans by showing that the problem is...
Optimal clock period FPGA technology mapping for sequential circuits (1996)
Abstract � In this paper � we study the technology mapping problem for sequential circuits for LUT� based FPGAs. Existing approaches map the combi� national logic between �ip��ops...
Srilata Raman, C. L. Liu, Larry G. Jones
In this paper we present a simple but efficient timing-driven placement algorithm for FPGAs. The algorithm computes forces acting on a logic block in the FPGA to determine its relative location with...
Elementos de matemáticas discretas / C.L. Liu ; tr. por Luis Armando Díaz Torres. (1995)
Traducción de: Elements of discrete mathematics
Optimal reconfiguration algorithms for real-time fault-tolerant processor arrays (1995)
Ran Libeskind-hadas, Nimish Shrivastava, Rami G. Melhem, C. L. Liu
Abstract--In this paper we consider the problem of reconfigur-ing processor arrays subject to computational loads that alternate between two modes. A strict mode is characterized by a heavy...
Physical Models And Efficient Algorithms For Over-The-Cell Routing In Standard Cell Design (1993)
Jason Cong, Bryan Preas, C. L. Liu
When an over-the-cell routing layer is available for standard cell layout, efficient utilization of that routing space over the cells can significantly reduce layout area. In this paper, we present...
Modified Rate-Monotonic Algorithm for Scheduling Periodic Jobs with Deferred Deadlines (1993)
The deadline of a request is the time instant at which its execution must complete. The deadline of the request in any period of a job with deferred deadline is some time instant after the end of the...
On the k-Layer Planar Subset and Topological Via Minimization Problems (1991)
Jingsheng Jason Cong, C. L. Liu
An important problem in performance-driven routing is the k -layer planar subset problem which is to choose a maximum (weighted) subset of nets such that each net in the subset can be routed in one...
Floorplan design of VLSI circuits (1989)
Abstract. In this paper we present two algorithms for the floorplan design problem. The algorithms are quite similar in spirit. They both use Polish expressions to represent floorplans and employ the...
Over-the-Cell Channel Routing (1988)
A common approach to the over-the-cell channel routing problem is to divide the problem into three steps: (1) routing over the cells, (2) choosing net segments, (3) routing within the channel. In...
A New Approach to Three or Four Layer Channel Routing (1988)
Jingsheng Cong, D. F. Wong, C.L. Liu
We present in this paper a new approach to the three or four layer channel routing problem. Since two layer channel routing has been well studied, there are several two layer routers which can...
Scheduling Algorithms for Multiprogramming in a Hard-Real-Time Environment (1973)
The problem of multiprogram scheduling on a single processor is studied from the viewpoint...
Formate dehydrogenase of Clostridium pasteurianum.
Formate dehydrogenase was purified to electrophoretic homogeneity from N2-fixing cells of Clostridium pasteurianum W5. The purified enzyme has a minimal Mr of 117,000 with two nonidentical subunits...
Comparative bioenergetics of sulfate reduction in Desulfovibrio and Desulfotomaculum spp.
Extracts of Desulfotomaculum nigrificans, Desulfotomaculum orientis, and Desulfotomaculum ruminis exhibit low levels of inorganic pyrophosphatase but were found to have high levels of...
Adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation using extended right lobe grafts.
Lo, C M, Fan, S T, Liu, C L, Wei, W I, Lo, R J, Lai, C L, ...
OBJECTIVE: The authors report their experience with living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) using extended right lobe grafts for adult patients under high-urgency situations. SUMMARY BACKGROUND...
Prospective evaluation of Pringle maneuver in hepatectomy for liver tumors by a randomized study.
Man, K, Fan, S T, Ng, I O, Lo, C M, Liu, C L, Wong, J
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether vascular inflow occlusion by the Pringle maneuver during hepatectomy can be safe and effective in reducing blood loss. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Hepatectomy can be...
Lo, C M, Liu, C L, Fan, S T, Lai, E C, Wong, J
OBJECTIVE: A prospective randomized study was undertaken to compare early with delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for...
Lo, C M, Lai, E C, Liu, C L, Fan, S T, Wong, J
OBJECTIVE: This prospective study evaluates the value of laparoscopy and laparoscopic ultrasonography (USG) in avoiding exploratory laparotomy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). SUMMARY...
Poon, R T, Fan, S T, Lo, C M, Liu, C L, Wong, J
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the long-term results of treatment and prognostic factors in patients with intrahepatic recurrence after curative resection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)....
Hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma: toward zero hospital deaths.
Fan, S T, Lo, C M, Liu, C L, Lam, C M, Yuen, W K, Yeung, C, ...
OBJECTIVE: The authors report on the surgical techniques and protocol for perioperative care that have yielded a zero hospital mortality rate in 110 consecutive patients undergoing hepatectomy for...
Hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma. An audit of 343 patients.
Lai, E C, Fan, S T, Lo, C M, Chu, K M, Liu, C L, Wong, J
OBJECTIVE: The authors summarize the results of patients who had hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma over a 22-year period. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Recent reports showed improved perioperative...
Early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for treatment of acute cholecystitis.
Lo, C M, Liu, C L, Lai, E C, Fan, S T, Wong, J
OBJECTIVE: The current study compared the results of early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for treatment of acute cholecystitis. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Although recent reports have...
Formate dehydrogenase of Clostridium pasteurianum.
Formate dehydrogenase was purified to electrophoretic homogeneity from N2-fixing cells of Clostridium pasteurianum W5. The purified enzyme has a minimal Mr of 117,000 with two nonidentical subunits...
Comparative bioenergetics of sulfate reduction in Desulfovibrio and Desulfotomaculum spp.
Extracts of Desulfotomaculum nigrificans, Desulfotomaculum orientis, and Desulfotomaculum ruminis exhibit low levels of inorganic pyrophosphatase but were found to have high levels of...
Adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation using extended right lobe grafts.
Lo, C M, Fan, S T, Liu, C L, Wei, W I, Lo, R J, Lai, C L, ...
OBJECTIVE: The authors report their experience with living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) using extended right lobe grafts for adult patients under high-urgency situations. SUMMARY BACKGROUND...
Prospective evaluation of Pringle maneuver in hepatectomy for liver tumors by a randomized study.
Man, K, Fan, S T, Ng, I O, Lo, C M, Liu, C L, Wong, J
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether vascular inflow occlusion by the Pringle maneuver during hepatectomy can be safe and effective in reducing blood loss. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Hepatectomy can be...
Lo, C M, Liu, C L, Fan, S T, Lai, E C, Wong, J
OBJECTIVE: A prospective randomized study was undertaken to compare early with delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for...
Lo, C M, Lai, E C, Liu, C L, Fan, S T, Wong, J
OBJECTIVE: This prospective study evaluates the value of laparoscopy and laparoscopic ultrasonography (USG) in avoiding exploratory laparotomy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). SUMMARY...
Poon, R T, Fan, S T, Lo, C M, Liu, C L, Wong, J
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the long-term results of treatment and prognostic factors in patients with intrahepatic recurrence after curative resection of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)....
Hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma: toward zero hospital deaths.
Fan, S T, Lo, C M, Liu, C L, Lam, C M, Yuen, W K, Yeung, C, ...
OBJECTIVE: The authors report on the surgical techniques and protocol for perioperative care that have yielded a zero hospital mortality rate in 110 consecutive patients undergoing hepatectomy for...
Hepatic resection for hepatocellular carcinoma. An audit of 343 patients.
Lai, E C, Fan, S T, Lo, C M, Chu, K M, Liu, C L, Wong, J
OBJECTIVE: The authors summarize the results of patients who had hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma over a 22-year period. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Recent reports showed improved perioperative...
Early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for treatment of acute cholecystitis.
Lo, C M, Liu, C L, Lai, E C, Fan, S T, Wong, J
OBJECTIVE: The current study compared the results of early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for treatment of acute cholecystitis. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Although recent reports have...
Inhibition by metrifonate and dichlorvos of cholinesterases in schistosomes
Bueding, E., Liu, C. L., Rogers, S. H.
1. No species differences between Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma mansoni were detected when the I50 of metrifonate for the acetylcholinesterases (AChE) and the cholinesterases (ChE) of these...
Wu, M. T., Ho, C. K., Huang, S. L., Yeh, Y. F., Liu, C. L., Mao, I. F., ...
OBJECTIVES: It was reported previously that topside oven workers with heavy exposure to coke oven emissions had increased serum activities of hepatic aminotransferase in one coke oven plant. This...
Power Invariant Vector Sequence Compaction
Simulation-based power estimation is commonly used for its high accuracy, despite excessive computation times. Techniques have been proposed to speed it up by transforming a given sequence into a...
A case-control study of breast cancer in Taiwan--a low-incidence area.
Yang, P. S., Yang, T. L., Liu, C. L., Wu, C. W., Shen, C. Y.
To investigate risk factors for breast cancer in Taiwan, a low-incidence area, a case-control study was conducted. This comprised 244 subjects with diagnosed and pathologically confirmed breast...