Univariate and Multivariate analysis of the Factors Associated With ALT elevation above the upper limit of normal in the Males.

<p>Univariate and Multivariate analysis of the Factors Associated With ALT elevation above the upper limit of normal in the Males.</p

Univariate and Multivariate analyses of the Factors Associated with ALT elevation above the upper limit of normal.

<p>Univariate and Multivariate analyses of the Factors Associated with ALT elevation above the upper limit of normal.</p

Basic characteristics of the HBsAg seroclearance and non-seroclearance patients.

<p>Basic characteristics of the HBsAg seroclearance and non-seroclearance patients.</p

Natural histories of HBeAg-negative hepatitis B patients with normal liver function.

<p>Natural histories of HBeAg-negative hepatitis B patients with normal liver function.</p

Relationship between quantitative HBsAg (qHBsAg) and the rate of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) seroclearance in the natural courses of the HBeAg-negative patients.

<p>Overall Cumulative HBsAg seroclearance (A), HBsAg seroclearance with a qHBsAg cutoff value of 30 IU/ml (B), and HBsAg seroclearance with a qHBsAg cutoff value of 100 IU/ml (C). The patients were stratified based on the baseline qHBsAg status (B, C).</p

Univariate and Multivariate Analyses of the Factors Associated With HBsAg Seroclearance.

<p>Univariate and Multivariate Analyses of the Factors Associated With HBsAg Seroclearance.</p

Basic characteristics of patients with and without ALT elevations above the upper limit of normal.

<p>Basic characteristics of patients with and without ALT elevations above the upper limit of normal.</p

Sloped-Gate Voltage Method for Improving Measurement of Poly-Si Nanowire FET in Aqueous Environment

Nanowire field-effect transistors are suited to study the activity of biomolecules in bionanotechnology. The changes of biomolecules process are efficiently affected the charge at the nanowire surface; thus, the electrical characterization of NW-FET is changed. Although NW-FET is a well-known device in bioapplications, however, the intrinsic electrical characterization of NW-FET effect on real electrical measurement is not well studied. We present herein a novel measurement method to avoid errors in electrical characteristic of nanowire field-effect transistors. A physical model is developed to explore the effect of the leakage current, which is influenced by the charging effect of an equivalent capacitor in a NW-FET. We also present a sloped-gate voltage method to reduce the effect of equivalent capacitor in air, liquid, and phosphate buffered solution. The application of the sloped-gate voltage method significantly increases the stability of electrical characterization measurements. This method can also be easily applied to biosensing experiments

Additional file 1: of Peripheral blood toll-like receptor 4 correlates with rapid virological response to pegylated-interferon and ribavirin therapy in hepatitis C genotype 1 patients

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The comparison of initial and follow-up LSM.

<p>The median initial liver stiffness measurement (LSM) and follow-up LSM was 6.6 kPa and 5.4 kPa for group 1 as well as 12.4 kPa and 10.1 kPa for group 2, respectively. There was a significant decrease of LSM in both groups (p<0.001).</p