Publications by authors named "Yu-Yu Hao"

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  • Printer source prediction helps determine which printer made a certain document, but it's getting harder with new cartridge options.
  • A new technique was developed to identify the printer's maker, model, and cartridges by examining sample documents from several popular brands.
  • This method was very accurate, with over 90% success in guessing the correct printer details, even when different cartridges were used.
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A novel technique is introduced to predict the printer model used to produce a given document. Samples containing only a few letters printed under varying conditions (i.e.

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Cardiac hypertrophy is a compensatory mechanism that occurs in conjunction with cardiovascular diseases. Although hypertrophy of the myocardium provides certain benefits during the early stages of cardiovascular disease, prolonged hypertrophy is potentially harmful to the heart and can result in arrhythmia and heart failure. The aim of this study was to investigate whether an ATP‑sensitive K+ (KATP) channel agonist was capable of reducing isoproterenol (Iso)‑induced cardiac hypertrophy and modulating myocardial connexin43 (Cx43) expression.

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Inflammatory mediators are released by the myocardium following myocardial ischemia as a response to tissue injury, and contribute to cardiac repair and adaptive responses. Treating mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) with various inflammatory factors activates a series of biological processes that enhance cell-mediated cardioprotection following myocardial infarction (MI). The present study was designed to examine the effect of interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) treatment on vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) expression in MSCs, and to identify whether cytokine-treated MSCs improve post-ischemic myocardial function in a rat model.

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