Characterization of Follicular Lymphoma in the Small Intestine Using Double-Balloon Endoscopy by Manzurul Chowdhury, Masaki Endo, Toshimi Chiba, Norihiko Kudara, Shuhei Oana, Kunihiko Sato, Risaburo Akasaka, Kazumitsu Tomita, Saori Fujiwara, Tomomi Mizutani, Tamotsu Sugai, Yasuhiro Takikawa, Kazuyuki Suzuki

“…Follicular lymphomas occur rarely in the gastrointestinal tract, representing only 1–3% of all gastrointestinal tract B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas. We describe endoscopic analysis of 3 cases of follicular lymphoma in the small intestine using double-balloon endoscopy. …”
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An Episode of Pseudothrombocytopenia during Pembrolizumab Therapy in NSCLC Patient by Kinga Krukowska, Robert Kieszko, Katarzyna Kurek, Izabela Chmielewska, Paweł Krawczyk, Janusz Milanowski

“…To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of EDTA-dependent PTCP occurring during immunotherapy treatment of nonsmall lung cell cancer with ICI. The phenomenon of EDTA-dependent PTCP may prompt clinical decisions, as unnecessary transfusions or even exclusion from pembrolizumab therapy. …”
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Investigation on the Band Gap and Negative Properties of Concentric Ring Acoustic Metamaterial by Meng Chen, Dan Meng, Heng Jiang, Yuren Wang

“…It can be seen that the number of oscillators in the cell is closely related to the number of band gaps due to the coupling effect, when the filling rate is of a certain value.…”
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Chemokines and Cytokines as Salivary Biomarkers for the Early Diagnosis of Oral Cancer by Gareema Prasad, Michael McCullough

“…The concept that salivary biomarkers can be easily measured and indicate disease states has profound consequences for clinical practice and may open up new strategies for the diagnosis, prognosis, and potential therapy of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). This review focuses on our understanding of cytokines and chemokines and the potential role that they may have in clinical practice.…”
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Design of Active Frequency Selective Surface with Curved Composite Structures and Tunable Frequency Response by In-Gon Lee, Yong Bae Park, Heung-Jae Chun, Yoon-Jae Kim, Ic-Pyo Hong

“…Thus, the AFSS guarantees isolation from the unit cell, which is a downside of a previous control technique called reconfigurable frequency selective surface. …”
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Broadband Circular Polarizer Based on Multilayer Gradual Frequency Selective Surfaces by Wei Zhang, Jian-ying Li, Ling Wang

“…This paper presents a broadband circular polarizer based on multilayer gradual frequency selective surfaces. The unit cell includes two identical circles and a bar, whose dimensions decrease layer by layer with a reduction factor. …”
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Protocol for recombinant rabies virus titration by quantitative PCR by He Zhang, Xueping Gao, Xiangyu Ge, Xiao Wang, Minghui Song, Xia Zhang, Lei Jin

“…However, not all applied recombinant rabies viruses, such as the L-deleted virus,1 are equipped with fluorescent proteins for titration by fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS). Here, we present a quantitative reverse-transcription PCR (RT-qPCR) approach for titrating recombinant rabies virus. …”
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MINERALOGY OF THE VORONTSOVSKOE GOLD DEPOSIT (NORTHERN URALS). PART 3: SULFOSALTS by A.V. Kasatkin, S.Yu. Stepanov, M.V. Tsyganko, R. Škoda, F. Nestola, J. Plášil, E. Makovicky, A.A. Agakhanov, R.S. Palamarchuk

“…The article reports on sulfosalts of the deposit, their chemical compositions, as well as unit-cell parameters, optical properties and Raman spectra of some minerals. …”
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On the crack path under mixed mode loading on PUR foams by L. Marsavina, E. Linul, T. Voiconi, D. M. Constantinescu, D. A. Apostol

“…In this paper are presented the crack initiation angles obtained in polyurethane (PUR) foams under mixed mode loading. Closed cell rigid PUR foams having three different densities 100, 145, and 300 kg/m3 were investigated. …”
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Revolution in cancer treatment methods: Perspective review of factors affecting the final results of nanoparticles used in magnetic fluid hyperthermia by P. Rastgoo Oskoui, M. Rezvani

“…In order to accurately control the temperature of cancerous tissue and prevent cell necrosis, it is necessary to identify and optimize the factors affecting the magnetic losses of nanoparticles. …”
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Submucosal esophageal abscess evolved from a peritonsillar abscess diagnosed using esophagogastroduodenoscopy and endoscopic ultrasonography: A case report by Kazuhiro Yoshinaga, Tetsuo Watanabe, Kota Hiraoka, Takashi Hirano, Masashi Suzuki

“…Her abscess spontaneously drained, and blood tests showed improved inflammatory response, indicated by the white blood cell count and C-reactive protein concentration. …”
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Quantitative Liver Function Tests: A Realizable Goal? by Denis J Morgan, Susan L Elliott, Hany Ghabrial, Richard A Smallwood

“…This may he due to diversity in the hepatic handling of these compounds and in changes in architecture, hemodynamics and cell function in liver disease. The absence of a satisfactory test emphasizes the value of clinical assessments (eg, the Child-Turcotte or Child-Pugh classifications), because of their relative simplicity.…”
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Oral Lichen Planus and Polycythemia: Possible Association by Yassine Oueslati, Raouaa Belkacem Chebil, Haifa Regaieg, Lamia Oualha, Nabiha Douki

“…Polycythemia is a nonaggressive myeloproliferative disorder, characterized by an increase in red blood cell mass, often with uncontrolled production of granulocytes and platelets. …”
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Peripheral neuropathy as initial manifestation of Churg-Strauss Syndrome by Antonio Villa, Marianna Gregorio, Francesca Bassi, Ignazio Santilli

“…Peripheral neuropathy is a well-known complication of primary systemic vasculitides that are characterized by inflammatory cell infiltration causing necrosis of blood vessels. …”

Adaptable Bandwidth for Harmonic Step-Frequency Radar by Anthony F. Martone, Kyle A. Gallagher, Kelly D. Sherbondy, Kenneth I. Ranney, Traian V. Dogaru, Gregory J. Mazzaro, Ram M. Narayanan

“…An optimal subband is selected for the harmonic radar that maximizes SINR and minimizes the range resolution cell size, two conflicting objectives. The approach is tested using an experimental setup that injects high power RFI into a harmonic step-frequency radar, which significantly degrades radar performance. …”
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Urothelial Bladder Cancer with Cavitary Lung Metastases by Anil Kurian, Jason Lee, Abraham Born

“…Transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) of the bladder tends to remain superficial; however, in 5% to 20% of cases, it progresses to muscle invasion and, more rarely, can metastasize. …”
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Moments of von mises and fisher distributions and applications by Thomas Hillen, Kevin J. Painter, Amanda C. Swan, Albert D. Murtha

“…While the emphasis of this paper lies in calculating the moments of spherical distributions, their usefulness is motivated by their relationship to population statistics in animal/cell movement models and demonstrated in applications to the modelling of sea turtle navigation, wolf movement and brain tumour growth.…”
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Rescue RM/CS-AKI by blocking strategy with one-dose anti-myoglobin RabMAb by Xinyue Wang, Ning Li, Lu Han, Ou Qiao, Xin Chen, Pengtao Wang, Lancao Zhang, Yingjie Hou, Fengjiao Bao, Herui Hao, Sania Saeed, Li Zhang, Zizheng Li, Xiaohong Duan, Shuquan Rao, Zichuan Liu, Yanhua Gong

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Metabolic and inflammatory status in prepuberty and early adulthood for individuals with a history of extrauterine growth restriction: a cohort study by Laura Palomino-Fernández, Inmaculada Velasco, Belén Pastor-Villaescusa, Katherine Flores-Rojas, María de la Cruz Rico, Juan Roa, Ángel Gil, Mercedes Gil-Campos

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Cross-protection against homo and heterologous influenza viruses via intranasal administration of an HA chimeric multiepitope nanoparticle vaccine by Yongqiang Zhao, Jia Liu, Chun Peng, Shuangshuang Guo, Bo Wang, Longping Chen, Yating Wang, Haiwen Tang, Liming Liu, Qi Pan, Shiren Li, Jingyu Wang, Dongni Yang, Enqi Du

“…The nanoparticle vaccine co-expresses the ectodomain of haemagglutinin (H), three repeated highly conserved ectodomains of matrix protein 2 (M), and the M-cell-targeting ligand Co4B (C) in a baculovirus-insect cell system. …”
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