MUSIC THERAPY-INDUCED CHANGES IN SALIVARY CORTISOL LEVEL ARE PREDICTIVE OF CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY IN PATIENTS UNDER MAINTENANCE HEMODIALYSIS

Music therapy-induced changes in salivary cortisol level are predictive of cardiovascular mortality in patients under maintenance hemodialysis

Yi-Chou Hou,1 Yen-Ju Lin,2 Kuo-Cheng Lu,1 Han-Sun Chiang,3 Chia-Chi Chang,4 Li-King Yang1 1Department of Internal Medicine, Cardinal Tien Hospital, School of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, 2Department of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, 3Graduate Institute of Basic Medicine, College of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City

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A review of higher-order mode pass filtering techniques

Mode Division Multiplexing (MDM) is regarded as a promising technology to overcome the bottleneck of the future demand for high data transmission rates.Multimode fibers are replacing traditional single mode fibers to cope with the increasing bandwidth requirements.MDM works with multiple light modes, and these modes are bound to be coupled with oth

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Mucinous Cystic Neoplasm of the Liver or Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm of the Bile Duct? A Case Report and a Review of Literature

Mucinous cystic neoplasm of the liver (MCN-L) and Girls Christmas Top intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the bile duct (IPMN-B) are diagnoses that were classified by the World Health Organization in 2010 as mucin-producing bile duct tumors of the hepatobiliary system.The preoperative differential diagnosis between these two entities is diff

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