Effect of electroacupuncture at Zusanli (ST36) and Sanyinjiao (SP6) acupoints on adrenocortical function in etomidate anesthesia patients ADEG Jian-bo Yu* ABCEFG Shu-an Dong*

Gender, but not CYP2C19 genotypes and CYP3A phenotypes, is a major determinant of ilaprazole pharmacokinetic

marine drugs

doi:10.3748/wjg.14.4551 © 2008 The WJG Press. All rights reserved. Programmed death-1 expression is associated with the disease status in hepatitis B virus infection

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This article reviews the basic theoretical aspects of graphene, a one-atom-thick allotrope of carbon, with unusual two-dimensional Dirac-like electronic excitations. The Dirac electrons can be controlled by application of external electric and magnetic fields, or by altering sample geometry and/or topology. The Dirac electrons behave in unusual ways in tunneling, confinement, and the integer quantum Hall effect. The electronic properties of graphene stacks are discussed and vary with stacking order and number of layers. Edge �surface � states in graphene depend on the edge termination �zigzag or armchair � and affect the physical properties of nanoribbons. Different types of disorder modify the Dirac equation leading to unusual spectroscopic and transport properties. The effects of electron-electron and electron-phonon interactions in single layer and multilayer graphene are also

doi:10.3748/wjg.14.7247 © 2008 The WJG Press. All rights reserved. Liver resection for benign hepatic lesions: A retrospective analysis of 827 consecutive cases

Asian-Pacific consensus statement on the management of chronic

Abstract: Inward rectifier potassium currents are present in different types of cells. In the heart, the inward rectifier potassium current IK1 plays a crucial role in maintaining cardiac resting membrane potential and excitability. It is generally believed that the strong inward rectification of cardiac IK1 channels makes it conduct substantial current near the resting potential but carry little or no current at depolarized potentials. However, recent studies in native cardiac myocytes and HEK 293 cell line stably expressing human Kir2.1 gene have demonstrated that a significant transient outward current carried by IK1 channels is activated by the upstroke of action potential. This review will revisit cardiac IK1 channels, especially the previously-ignored transient outward component of IK1 carried by Kir2.1 channels.

Abstract. In this study, the leaching effect of copper oxide ore was investigated using ammonium chloride solution as leaching agent. The effects of temperature, concentration of ammonium chloride, average particle size and stirring speed on the leaching of copper oxide ore were investigated. The leaching rate increased with increasing solution temperature, concentration, and stirring speed as well as with decreasing average particle size. Ammonium chloride solution can therefore be used as an effective leaching agent for copper extraction from copper oxide ore.