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“Strong electroluminescence was detected at room temperature from a p-i-n structure fabricated using crystalline silicon on glass technology. The luminescence spectra at small to moderate carrier injection levels contains strong peak with maximum at energy position E(ph) similar to 0.8 eV. Additionally, a broad emission band in the range of energies 1 eV < E(ph)

< 1.16 eV appears at high injection levels. Obtained results suggest that the low energy peak can be attributed to dislocation related luminescence (DRL), while at least part of https://www.selleckchem.com/products/Bortezomib.html the high-energy emission band should be attributed to band-to-band transitions. A shift in the DRL peak position by the electric field present in the structure was observed. The shift is related to strong Stark effect. The relatively high efficiency of room temperature luminescence suggests the possibility for application of the structure for all-silicon light emitter. (C) 2009 American Institute

of Physics. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3124358]“
“Objectives: The purpose of this study was to estimate the sex- and age-specific incidence rates of major autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) in Taiwan using a BYL719 purchase population longitudinal database.

Methods: A health insurance database containing the records of 1,000,000 beneficiaries of Taiwan National Health Insurance from 2005 to 2009 was used.

Results: Between 2005 and 2009, the overall incidence rate of the major ARDs was 29.8 (95% CI = 28.3-31.3) per 100,000 person-years. Among the ARDs studied, the incidence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA; per 100,000 person-years) was highest (17.2, 95% CI

= 16.1-18.4) and was followed by Sjogren’s syndrome (11.8, 95% CI = 10.8-12.7), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE; 7.2, 95% CI = 6.5-8.0), systemic sclerosis (SS; 1.1, 95% CI = 0.8-1.4), vasculitis (1.0, 95% CI = 0.7-1.3), Behcet disease (0.9, 95% CI = 0.6-1.1), dermatomyositis (DM; 0.7, 95% CI = 0.5-1.0), and polymyositis (PM; HKI 272 0.6, 95% CI = 0.4-0.8). Females had a higher incidence ratio than did males, but a significant female/male incidence ratio was only observed for SLE (8.5, 95% CI = 6.1-12.0), Sjogren’s syndrome (6.0, 95% CI = 4.8-7.6), RA (3.0, 95% CI = 2.6-3.5), and SS (2.6, 95% CI = 1.4-4.6).

Conclusions: ARDs are three to four times more common among women than among men in the Chinese population of Taiwan. The incidence of RA was the highest followed by Sjogren’s syndrome and SLE, while the incidence of Behcet disease was the lowest in this study. This nationwide, population-based, longitudinal epidemiological study of ARDs in Taiwan provides data for future global comparisons and may provide clues as to the etiology of these diseases. (C) 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.