Impact of Wildfire Smoke Events on Indoor Air Quality and Evaluation of a Low-cost Filtration Method by Nathaniel W. May, Clara Dixon, Daniel A. Jaffe

“…The MERV-13 fan filter unit proved highly effective at reducing indoor PM2.5 and particles 0.3–1.0 µm measured by PAS and a particle counter, respectively, when recirculating air in a single room. …”
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A Case of Diffuse Leptomeningeal Glioneuronal Tumor Misdiagnosed as Chronic Tuberculous Meningitis without Brain Biopsy by Jung-goo Lee, Hak-cheol Ko, Jin-gyu Choi, Youn Soo Lee, Byung-chul Son

“…Biopsy of the brain surface and leptomeninges revealed a very rare occurrence of DLGNT. His delayed diagnosis of DLGNT might be due to prevalence of tuberculosis in our country, similarity in MRI finding of prominent leptomeningeal enhancement in the basal cisterns, and extreme rarity of DLGNT in the elderly. …”
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PET/CT Imaging in Oncology: Exceptions That Prove the Rule by M. Casali, A. Froio, C. Carbonelli, A. Versari

“…Nevertheless, some relative differentiated cancers, such as clear cell carcinoma of the kidney and bronchioloalveolar adenocarcinoma, show tipically faintly/no uptake resulting in a consequent negative PET/CT scan. This case report represents an extreme case in which three relative well-differentiated cancer forms, all characterized by low glucose metabolism, affect the same patient at the same time while 18F-FDG PET/CT scan is negative.…”
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Spatial characterization of debris ejection from the interaction of a tightly focused PW-laser pulse with metal targets by I.-M. Vladisavlevici, C. Vlachos, J.-L. Dubois, D. Haddock, S. Astbury, A. Huerta, S. Agarwal, H. Ahmed, Jon Apiñnaniz, M. Cernaianu, M. Gugiu, M. Krupka, R. Lera, A. Morabito, D. Sangwan, D. Ursescu, A. Curcio, N. Fefeu, J. A. Pérez-Hernández, T. Vacek, P. Vicente, Nigel Charles Woolsey, G. Gatti, M. D. Rodríguez-Frías, J. J. Santos, Philip Bradford, M. Ehret

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Comparison of Two Classifiers; K-Nearest Neighbor and Artificial Neural Network, for Fault Diagnosis on a Main Engine Journal-Bearing by A. Moosavian, H. Ahmadi, A. Tabatabaeefar, M. Khazaee

“…Variable K value and hidden neuron count (N) were used in the range of 1 to 20, with a step size of 1 for KNN and ANN to gain the best classification results. …”
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Impact of Climate Change on the Growth of Typical Crops in Karst Areas: A Case Study of Guizhou Province by Jun Ma, Baisha Weng, Wuxia Bi, Dan Xu, Ting Xu, Dengming Yan

“…Climate change has emerged as a significant man-made global environmental challenge marked by rising temperature. …”
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PCNet: a human pose compensation network based on incremental learning for sports actions estimation by Jia-Hong Jiang, Nan Xia

“…We propose a higher-order feature compensator (HOF-compensator) to embed the attributes of the extremity into the torso and limbs topology structure, building a complete higher-order feature. …”
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Orthopedic Manifestations of Bruck Syndrome: A Case Series with Intermediate to Long-term Follow-Up by Adolfredo Santana, Geovanny Oleas-Santillán, Jeanne M. Franzone, L. Reid Nichols, J. Richard Bowen, Richard W. Kruse

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Effect of Russian Current in Motor Performance among Chronic Stroke Survivors: A Pilot Study by Joshin Joy, Hariharasudhan Ravichandran, Noble Vavachan, Adwaid Nambiar, Archana Shetty, Joseph Oliver Raj Alexander

“…The paired t-test, within-group analysis, demonstrated a significant increase in the 10-m walk test (P < 002) and Brunnstrom stage of lower extremity (P < 0.043) for the intervention group. …”
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The Effect of Ball Heading and Subclinical Concussion On the Neuromuscular Control Of The Lower Limb: A Systematic Review by Georgios Kakavas, Ioannis Giannakopoulos Sr., Athanasios Tsiokanos, Michael Potoupnis, Panagiotis V. Tsaklis

“…Over the previous five years, a relationship between lower extremity (LE) injury and sports related concussion (SRC) has been established in various sporting populations. …”
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Effectiveness of a New Device for Hand, Wrist, and Forearm Rehabilitation: Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial by Adriana M Ríos Rincón, Christine Guptill, Yilina Liubaoerjijin, Mathieu Figeys, Farnaz Koubasi, Geoffrey Gregson, Antonio Miguel Cruz

“…However, the FEPSim has not yet been tested in a health care setting, highlighting the need for a trial to assess its effectiveness in upper extremity rehabilitation. …”
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Primary Endometrial Adenocarcinoma with Signet-Ring Cells: A Rarely Observed Case and Review of the Literature by Aslı Kahraman Akkalp, Eser Sefik Ozyurek, Umit Seza Tetikkurt, Senay Yalcin, Yazgi Koy, Abdullah Taner Usta

“…An extremely rare case of a “primary endometrial adenocarcinoma with signet-ring cells” is presented in this study with microscopical images of the characteristic coexistence of the tumour and intermediate precancerous areas containing signet-ring cells.…”
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Extensive Bilateral Extraluminal Perivascular Pulmonary Haemorrhage Associated with Stanford Type A Aortic Dissection by Angeline Reid, Peter Stride, Jonathan Hunter, Katerina Liew, T. Wood, Mostafa Seleem

“…We present the case of an 80-year old man with a Stanford Type A dissecting thoracic aortic aneurysm plus the unusual CT finding of extramural haemorrhage along the pulmonary vessels. …”
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A Curious Case of MRSA Bacteremia and Septic Pulmonary Embolism Secondary to Peripheral Venous Catheter by Joshua Twito, Syeda Sahra, Abdullah Jahangir, Neville Mobarakai

“…Transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) showed no evidence of infective endocarditis. Case Presentation. A 44-year-old female presented to E.R. with left upper extremity pain and swelling at the previously inserted peripheral 18-gauge intravenous catheter site. …”
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« Beautiful Idiots and Brilliant Lunatics » Social Comedy, Nostalgia and a World of Fantasy (Wilde and Hofmannsthal) by Anne-Isabelle François

“…The acts present an extremely brilliant, though exaggerated mirror world and act thus as critical comments upon the fabric of British society, a glowing Schein on the brink of disappearing forever. …”
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Megalourethra with Y-Type Duplication of Urethra Presented as Perianal Fistula: A Rare Case Report by Shashi Verma, Goto Gangkak, Sher Singh Yadav, Vinay Tomar

“…Patient was successfully treated by laser optical internal urethrotomy (OIU), excision of duplicated urethra, and reduction urethroplasty in a single stage.…”
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Corruption abuse of humanitarian and free aid in the context of armed conflicts: a comparative legal study by O. S. Bondarenko

“…However, corruption is a very specific phenomenon that skillfully adapts to any life circumstances, changes in political regimes, forms of government, etc. …”
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A Rare Case Report of Extraosseous Ameloblastic Carcinoma and Review Article on Diagnosis and Treatment Dilemma by Sukkarn Themkumkwun, Puangwan Lapthanasupkul, Kanin Arunakul

“…This case report details a case of peripheral ameloblastic carcinoma at the right posterior maxilla region in a 60-year-old Thai male. …”
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Case Report and Literature Review of a Pathologic Mandibular Fracture from Metastatic Esophageal Adenocarcinoma by Daniel C. O’Brien, Garrett Jones, Maggie Yell, Jason McChesney

“…Here, we present a case of esophageal adenocarcinoma metastasizing to the mandible, and the first reported case presenting with a pathological mandibular fracture secondary to esophageal adenocarcinoma. …”
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Double-Layered Lateral Meniscus in an 8-Year-Old Child: Report of a Rare Case by Susumu Araki, Mitsuhiko Kubo, Kosuke Kumagai, Shinji Imai

“…Reports of congenital abnormalities of the lateral meniscus include discoid meniscus, accessory meniscus, double-layered meniscus, and ring-shaped meniscus. Particularly, only a few cases of double-layered meniscus have been reported. …”
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