Abstract: ISO certified institutions expect to enjoy high level of accreditation as both ISO and accreditation support quality management system of higher education.This study aims to analyze the costs and benefits of the application of ISO 9001 which intersects with accreditation (APT) in the quality management system of higher education.The resea
BACKGROUND: Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been considered as ideal cells for the treatment of a variety of diseases.However, aging and spontaneous differentiation of MSCs during culture expansion dampen their effectiveness.Previous studies suggest that ex vivo aging of MSCs is largely caused by epigenetic changes particularly a decline of hist
Abstract Background Microorganisms must respond to changes in their environment.Analysing the robustness of functions (i.e.performance stability) to such dynamic perturbations is of great interest in both laboratory and industrial settings.Recently, a quantification method capable of assessing the robustness of various functions, such as specific g
Jiaxing Wang,1,* Huaijuan Zhou,2,* Geyong Guo,1 Tao Cheng,1 Xiaochun Peng,1 Xin Mao,1 Jinhua Li,2–4 Xianlong Zhang1 1Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Instit