Characterization of patients with thoracic trauma treated at the Enrique Cabrera Hospital. 2014-2018 by Jorge Agustín Satorre Rocha, Olga Caridad León González, Pedro Rolando López Rodriguez, Eduardo García Castillo, Luis Manuel Danta Fundora

“…<strong>Foundation:</strong> thoracic trauma is common in today's society and of great importance due to the nature of the organs that are located within it. …”
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Suppression of Complex Hysteretic Resonances in Varying Compliance Vibration of a Ball Bearing by Zhiyong Zhang, Thomas Sattel, Aditya Suryadi Tan, Xiaoting Rui, Shaopu Yang, Rui Yang, Yongheng Ying, Xuan Li

“…However, the ball bearing contains many nonlinearities such as the Hertzian contact between the rolling elements and raceways, bearing clearance, and time-varying compliances (VC), leading great difficulties to clarify the dynamical mechanism of resonant hysteresis of the system. …”
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The occurrence characteristic and dissolution mechanism of lithium-rich sediments in Salt Lake Mahai of Qaidam Basin, NW China by Yanjun Zhao, Pengyu Long, Hua Zhang, Yufei Hu, Zihao Cui, Yumeng Zhang, Minglu Zhang, Qiang Wang, Shengzhong Hu

“…Abstract The Salt Lake Mahai in Qaidam Basin, western China contains large and thick lithium-rich clay sediments that exhibit great economic potential for lithium exploration. …”
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Protective mechanism of unburned pulverized coal to coke in blast furnace by Xiang D.-W., Shen F.-M., Jiang X., Yang J.-L., Li X.-J., Gao Q.-J.

“…The results of the synthetic weighted mark method showed that the comprehensive quality of coke changed greatly when the content of unburned pulverized coal was 11.24~20.87%, which is in agreement with the experimental results.…”
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GAIT ASSESSMENT IN ANKLE FRACTURES WITH SYNDESMOSIS LESIONS UNDERGOING SURGERY by Romero Montenegro Nery, Giovanni Dela Bianca de Ataide, Rafael Clark Gomes, Dallianny Gonçalves de Sousa Martins, Giovanni Ítalo Gomes de Almeida, Lucas Amaral Shizue Suassuna, Epitácio Leite Rolim-Filho

“…Conclusion: The results of the study suggest that, despite subtle variations between the limbs assessed, the program was able to identify these differences in a significant way, demonstrating that gait assessments bring great benefits in understanding biomechanical limitations, and make more effective and individualized rehabilitation protocols possible. …”
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Ulcerating Ileocolitis in Severe Amatoxin Poisoning by Matthias Peter Hilty, Marcel Halama, Anne-Katrin Zimmermann, Marco Maggiorini, Andreas Geier

“…Amatoxin poisoning is still associated with a great potential for complications and a high mortality. …”
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Pain Management of Pediatric Musculoskeletal Injury in the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review by Sylvie Le May, Samina Ali, Christelle Khadra, Amy L. Drendel, Evelyne D. Trottier, Serge Gouin, Naveen Poonai

“…Of 34 studies reviewed, 8 met inclusion criteria and provided data on 1169 children from 3 to 18 years old. Analgesics used greatly varied, making comparisons difficult. Only two studies compared the same analgesics with similar routes of administration. …”
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Reconstruction of feeding behaviour and diet in Devonian ctenacanth chondrichthyans using dental microwear texture and finite element analyses by Merle Greif, Ivan Calandra, Stephan Lautenschlager, Thomas M. Kaiser, Mohammed Mezane, Christian Klug

“…Devonian ctenacanth chondrichthyans reached body sizes similar to modern great white sharks and therefore might have been apex predators of the Devonian seas. …”
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FAD2-DGAT2 Genes Coexpressed in Endophytic Aspergillus fumigatus Derived from Tung Oilseeds by Yi-Cun Chen, Yang-Dong Wang, Qin-Qin Cui, Zhi-Yong Zhan

“…Our data suggest that vfDGAT2 plays a pivotal role in promoting linoleic acid accumulation in TAGs. This holds great promise for further genetic engineering aimed at producing valuable fatty acids.…”
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Exploring the Nuclear Chart via Precision Mass Spectrometry with the TITAN MR-TOF MS by Annabelle Czihaly, Soenke Beck, Julian Bergmann, Callum L. Brown, Thomas Brunner, Timo Dickel, Jens Dilling, Eleanor Dunling, Jake Flowerdew, Danny Fusco, Leigh Graham, Zach Hockenbery, Chris Izzo, Andrew Jacobs, Brian Kootte, Yang Lan, Stephan Malbrunot-Ettenauer, Fernando Maldonado Millán, Ali Mollaebrahimi, Erich Leistenschneider, Eleni Marina Lykiardopoulou, Ish Mukul, Stefan F. Paul, Wolfgang R. Plaß, Moritz Pascal Reiter, Christoph Scheidenberger, James L. Tracy, A. A. Kwiatkowski

“…Isotopes at the limits of nuclear existence are of great interest for their critical role in nuclear astrophysical reactions and their exotic structure. …”
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STUDY THE EFFECT OF ZIRCONIUM, NICKEL AND HEAT-TREATMENTS ON THE MICROSTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF COLD-ROLLED AA6111 ALLOY by Saba Jameel Hassan, Basem Al-Zubaidy, Saad Hameed Al-Shafaie

“…The combined alloying elements' addition effect with the cold rolling effect and artificial aging led to great improvements in the mechanical properties, where the hardness and tensile properties of all alloys increased. …”
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Recognition mechanism and sequence optimization of organophosphorus pesticides aptamers for better monitoring contaminations in food by Pengfei Chen, Chaoqiong Hu, Xuan Tao, Zheng Zhou, Lijun Wang, Xiao Yang, Zhenming Che, Xianggui Chen, Yukun Huang

“…Aptamers as a kind of biological recognition element have shown great potential in monitoring and the rapid quantification of organophosphorus pesticides (OPPs). …”
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A Numerical Model of Vapour Transfer and Phase Change in Unsaturated Freezing Soils by Sihao Liang, Jidong Teng, Feng Shan, Sheng Zhang

“…In order to avoid the great uncertainty caused by the phase change term of vapour-water-ice in the numerical iteration process, a new numerical model is developed based on the coupled thermal and hydrological processes. …”
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Study on the Accuracy Improvement of the Second-Kind Fredholm Integral Equations by Using the Buffa-Christiansen Functions with MLFMA by Yue-Qian Wu, Xin-Qing Sheng, Xing-Yue Guo, Hai-Jing Zhou

“…Numerical results show that the effect of accuracy improvement by using the rotated BC as the testing functions is greatly different with curvilinear or plane triangular elements but falls off when the size of the object is large.…”
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Optimizing microstructure for enhanced performance: A novel approach to EMI shielding with thin Mg98.5Zn0.5Y alloy sheets by Z.X. Feng, G.Y. Zhang, J.L. Dong, T.M. Li, Z.S. Chen, J. Cao, X.H. Chen, J.H. Yi, F.S. Pan

“…This work suggests that the lightweight and ultra-thin Mg98.5Zn0.5Y sheet, with its optimized microstructure, holds great potential as a high-performance EMI shielding material for practical electronic applications.…”
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Thiazolidinediones and Edema: Recent Advances in the Pathogenesis of Thiazolidinediones-Induced Renal Sodium Retention by Shoko Horita, Motonobu Nakamura, Nobuhiko Satoh, Masashi Suzuki, George Seki

“…Edema and heart failure, which both probably originate from renal sodium retention, are of great importance because these side effects make it difficult to continue the use of TZDs. …”
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Molecular characterization and functional annotation of a hypothetical protein (SCO0618) of A3(2) by Nadim Ferdous, Mahjerin Nasrin Reza, Md. Tabassum Hossain Emon, Md. Shariful Islam, A. K. M. Mohiuddin, Mohammad Uzzal Hossain

“…At last, the current study depicts that the annotated hypothetical protein is linked with hydrolase activity which might be of great interest to the further research in bacterial genetics.…”
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Effect of temperature on oxidation behavior and occurrence state of sulfur in KR slag by Jiang J.-J., Xiao C., Yu Y., Li J.-L.

“…When T > is 1220℃, the desulfurization rate of slag is greatly affected by temperature. When the reaction temperature reaches 1420℃, the desulfurization rate reaches 93.5%. …”
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Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in Patients Nursed at Home or in Long-Term Care Residential Facilities by Guido Arpaia, Federico Ambrogi, Maristella Penza, Aladar Bruno Ianes, Alessandra Serras, Patrizia Boracchi, Claudio Cimminiello

“…This study investigated the prevalence of and impact of risk factors for deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in patients with chronic diseases, bedridden or with greatly limited mobility, cared for at home or in long-term residential facilities. …”
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Effect of Cyclic Freezing-Thawing on the Shear Mechanical Characteristics of Nonpersistent Joints by Daxing Lei, Hang Lin, Yifan Chen, Rihong Cao, Zhijie Wen

“…The freeze-thaw cycle has a minimal effect on the shear strength of joints with low persistency, yet has a great effect on joints with high persistency. The damage of joint roughness caused by freezing-thawing cycles increases with joint persistency increases. …”
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