Search Results - "Luk, K."

The cross-talk between osteoclasts and osteoblasts in response to strontium treatment: Involvement of osteoprotegerin by Peng, Songlin, Liu, X. Sherry, Huang, Shishu, Li, Zhaoyang, Pan, Haobo, Zhen, Wanxin, Luk, K.D.K, Guo, X. Edward, Lu, W. William

“…Abstract Background The mechanism for the uncoupling effects of Sr on bone remains to be evaluated. Osteoblasts play important roles in osteoclastogenesis…”
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Prevalence and Pattern of Lumbar Magnetic Resonance Imaging Changes in a Population Study of One Thousand Forty-Three Individuals by CHEUNG, Kenneth M. C, KARPPINEN, Jaro, CHAN, Danny, HO, Daniel W. H, SONG, You-Qiang, SHAM, Pak, CHEAH, Kathryn S. E, LEONG, John C. Y, LUK, Keith D. K

“…A cross-sectional population study of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) changes. OBJECTIVE.: To examine the pattern and prevalence of lumbar spine MRI changes…”
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A Biomimetic Hierarchical Scaffold: Natural Growth of Nanotitanates on Three-Dimensional Microporous Ti-Based Metals by Wu, Shuilin, Liu, Xiangmei, Hu, Tao, Chu, Paul K, Ho, J. P. Y, Chan, Y. L, Yeung, K. W. K, Chu, C. L, Hung, T. F, Huo, K. F, Chung, C. Y, Lu, W. W, Cheung, K. M. C, Luk, K. D. K

“…Nanophase materials are promising alternative implant materials in tissue engineering. Here we report for the first time the large-scale direct growth of…”
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Morphine stimulates cancer progression and mast cell activation and impairs survival in transgenic mice with breast cancer by Nguyen, J., Luk, K., Vang, D., Soto, W., Vincent, L., Robiner, S., Saavedra, R., Li, Y., Gupta, P., Gupta, K.

“…Morphine stimulates angiogenesis and cancer progression in mice. We investigated whether morphine influences tumour onset, development, and animal model…”
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A microfabricated low-profile wideband antenna array for terahertz communications by Luk, K. M., Zhou, S. F., Li, Y. J., Wu, F., Ng, K. B., Chan, C. H., Pang, S. W.

“…While terahertz communications are considered to be the future solutions for the increasing demands on bandwidth, terahertz equivalents of radio frequency…”
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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) Coronavirus ORF8 Protein Is Acquired from SARS-Related Coronavirus from Greater Horseshoe Bats through Recombination by Lau, Susanna K P, Feng, Yun, Chen, Honglin, Luk, Hayes K H, Yang, Wei-Hong, Li, Kenneth S M, Zhang, Yu-Zhen, Huang, Yi, Song, Zhi-Zhong, Chow, Wang-Ngai, Fan, Rachel Y Y, Ahmed, Syed Shakeel, Yeung, Hazel C, Lam, Carol S F, Cai, Jian-Piao, Wong, Samson S Y, Chan, Jasper F W, Yuen, Kwok-Yung, Zhang, Hai-Lin, Woo, Patrick C Y

“…Despite the identification of horseshoe bats as the reservoir of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-related coronaviruses (SARSr-CoVs), the origin of…”
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ColdADC_P2: A 16-Channel Cryogenic ADC ASIC for the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment by Grace, C., Braga, D., Chen, H., Christian, D., Dabrowski, M., Deptuch, G., Dwyer, D., Fried, J., Gao, S., Hoff, J., Holm, S., Lin, C.-J., Lopriore, E., Lu, Y., Luk, K.-B., Miryala, S., Prakash, T., Richardson, H., Shenai, A., Tarpara, E., Vernon, E., Zhang, J.

“…The second and final version of ColdADC, called ColdADC_P2, is presented. ColdADC_P2 is a 16-channel, 12-bit, 2 MS/s digitizer application-specific integrated…”
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Classification of Schmorl’s Nodes of the Lumbar Spine and Association with Disc Degeneration: a Large-Scale Population-Based MRI Study by Samartzis, Dino, DSc, Mok, Florence P.S., MSc, Karppinen, Jaro, MD, PhD, Fong, Daniel Y.T., PhD, Luk, Keith D.K., MCh(Orth), FRCSE, FRCSG, FRACS, FHKAM(Orth), Cheung, Kenneth M.C., MBBS, MD, FRCS, FHKCOS, FHKAM(Orth)

“…Summary Objective Schmorl’s nodes (SN) are highly associated with lumbar disc degeneration. However, SN present with different morphologies/topographies that…”
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Preparation and cell–materials interactions of plasma sprayed strontium-containing hydroxyapatite coating by Xue, Weichang, Hosick, Howard L., Bandyopadhyay, Amit, Bose, Susmita, Ding, Chuanxian, Luk, K.D.K., Cheung, K.M.C., Lu, W.W.

“…The use of strontium-containing hydroxyapatite (Sr-HA) as a biomaterial has been reported recently. In vitro and in vivo studies have shown that Sr-HA promotes…”
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Chemical composition, crystal size and lattice structural changes after incorporation of strontium into biomimetic apatite by Li, Z.Y, Lam, W.M, Yang, C, Xu, B, Ni, G.X, Abbah, S.A, Cheung, K.M.C, Luk, K.D.K, Lu, W.W

“…Abstract Recently, strontium (Sr) as ranelate compound has become increasingly popular in the treatment of osteoporosis. However, the lattice structure of bone…”
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Production of radioactive isotopes through cosmic muon spallation in KamLAND by Abe, S., Enomoto, S., Furuno, K., Gando, Y., Ikeda, H., Inoue, K., Kibe, Y., Kishimoto, Y., Koga, M., Minekawa, Y., Mitsui, T., Nakajima, K., Nakamura, K., Nakamura, M., Shimizu, I., Shimizu, Y., Shirai, J., Suekane, F., Suzuki, A., Takemoto, Y., Tamae, K., Terashima, A., Watanabe, H., Yonezawa, E., Yoshida, S., Kozlov, A., Murayama, H., Busenitz, J., Classen, T., Grant, C., Keefer, G., Leonard, D. S., McKee, D., Piepke, A., Banks, T. I., Bloxham, T., Detwiler, J. A., Freedman, S. J., Fujikawa, B. K., Gray, F., Guardincerri, E., Hsu, L., Ichimura, K., Kadel, R., Lendvai, C., Luk, K. -B., O’Donnell, T., Steiner, H. M., Winslow, L. A., Dwyer, D. A., Jillings, C., Mauger, C., McKeown, R. D., Vogel, P., Zhang, C., Berger, B. E., Lane, C. E., Maricic, J., Miletic, T., Batygov, M., Learned, J. G., Matsuno, S., Pakvasa, S., Foster, J., Horton-Smith, G. A., Tang, A., Dazeley, S., Downum, K. E., Gratta, G., Tolich, K., Bugg, W., Efremenko, Y., Kamyshkov, Y., Perevozchikov, O., Karwowski, H. J., Markoff, D. M., Tornow, W., Heeger, K. M., Piquemal, F., Ricol, J. -S., Decowski, M. P.

“…Radioactive isotopes produced through cosmic muon spallation are a background for rare-event detection in nu detectors, double-beta-decay experiments, and…”
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A study of optimal model lag and spatial inputs to artificial neural network for rainfall forecasting by LUK, K. C, BALL, J. E, SHARMA, A

“…Artificial neural networks (ANNs), which emulate the parallel distributed processing of the human nervous system, have proven to be very successful in dealing…”
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Systemic blood plasma CCL5 and CXCL6: Potential biomarkers for human lumbar disc degeneration by Grad, S, Bow, C, Karppinen, J, Luk, K D, Cheung, K M, Alini, M, Samartzis, D

“…Lumbar disc degeneration severity on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is associated with low back pain. Pro-inflammatory chemokines CCL5 and CXCL6 are released…”
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Time-frequency patterns of somatosensory evoked potentials in predicting the location of spinal cord injury by Wang, Yazhou, Cui, Hongyan, Pu, Jiangbo, Luk, K.D.K., Hu, Yong

“…•A high resolution time-frequency analysis (TFA) was applied to somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP).•The pattern of SEP TFA is associated with the location…”
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Mechanical properties and in vitro response of strontium-containing hydroxyapatite/polyetheretherketone composites by Wong, K.L, Wong, C.T, Liu, W.C, Pan, H.B, Fong, M.K, Lam, W.M, Cheung, W.L, Tang, W.M, Chiu, K.Y, Luk, K.D.K, Lu, W.W

“…Abstract Strontium-containing hydroxyapatite/polyetheretherketone (Sr-HA/PEEK) composites were developed as alternative materials for load-bearing orthopaedic…”
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Clinical and radiological outcomes after conservative treatment of TB spondylitis: is the 15 years’ follow-up in the MRC study long enough? by Cheung, W. Y., Luk, Keith D. K.

“…Introduction Tuberculosis of the spine is a still a common disease entity, not only in developing countries but is also returning in developed countries…”
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The use of the distal radius and ulna classification for the prediction of growth: peak growth spurt and growth cessation by Cheung, J P Y, Cheung, P W H, Samartzis, D, Cheung, K M C, Luk, K D K

“…We report the use of the distal radius and ulna (DRU) classification for the prediction of peak growth (PG) and growth cessation (GC) in 777 patients with…”
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Is diffusion anisotropy a biomarker for disease severity and surgical prognosis of cervical spondylotic myelopathy? by Wen, Chun Yi, Cui, Jiao Long, Liu, Harris S, Mak, Kin Cheung, Cheung, Wai Yuen, Luk, Keith D K, Hu, Yong

“…To explore the value of diffusion-tensor (DT) imaging in addressing the severity of cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) and predicting the outcome of…”
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The association of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration on magnetic resonance imaging with body mass index in overweight and obese adults: A population-based study by Samartzis, Dino, Karppinen, Jaro, Chan, Danny, Luk, Keith D. K., Cheung, Kenneth M. C.

“…Objective To investigate the association of being overweight or obese with the presence, extent, and severity of lumbar disc degeneration on magnetic resonance…”
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The current status of bracing for patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis by Stokes, O M, Luk, K D K

“…Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis affects about 3% of children. Non-operative measures are aimed at altering the natural history to maintain the size of the…”
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