Case Report and Literature Review of Insulinoma in the Geriatric Population: An 86-Year-Old Female with Syncope of Unknown Origin by Gerry Samantha Eichelberger, Jordan Carbono, Zachary Field, KanwarAnoop Kainaur, Federico Montalvo

“…Early localization of the disease is essential to prevent lethal hypoglycemia and timely treatment. This case report and literature review depict the case of a pancreatic insulinoma in an 86-year-old female, an exceptionally rare presentation based on age and absence of clinical symptoms for one or more years prior to hospitalization. …”
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Bacteremia and Urinary Tract Infection Caused by Chromobacterium violaceum: Case Reports from a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal by Narayan Dutt Pant, Subhash Prasad Acharya, Raju Bhandari, Uday Narayan Yadav, Dil Bahadur Saru, Manisha Sharma

“…Here, we reported a case of urinary tract infection caused by Chromobacterium violaceum in a 84-year-old male, who was a kidney patient, and another case of bacteremia caused by the same bacterium in a road traffic accident patient (22-year-old male), both of which were managed with the timely suitable treatment.…”
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A Damage Constitutive Model of Rock under Hydrochemical Cyclic Invasion by Lunan Sun, Yu Zhang, Zhe Qin, Tengfei Wang, Sheng Zhang

“…Results show that, with increasing number of cycle times, rock peak strength and elastic modulus gradually decrease and the acidity and alkalinity of the soaking solution also degrades rock strength. …”
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Modelling the brittle failure of graphite induced by the controlled impact of runaway electrons in DIII-D by S. Ratynskaia, P. Tolias, T. Rizzi, K. Paschalidis, A. Kulachenko, E. Hollmann, M. Beidler, Y. Liu, D. Rudakov, I. Bykov, R.A. Pitts

“…Measurements of the conducted energy, damage topology, explosion timing and blown-off material volume, impose a number of empirical constraints that suffice to distinguish between different RE impact scenarios and to identify RE parameters which provide the best match to the observations.…”
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Surgical Treatment for Chronic Pancreatitis: Past, Present, and Future by Stephanie Plagemann, Maria Welte, Jakob R. Izbicki, Kai Bachmann

“…Current research focuses on the prevention of complications, optimizing the patient’s general condition preoperatively and finding the appropriate timing for surgical treatment.…”
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Biomass carbon emissions from nickel mining have significant implications for climate action by Evelyn M. Mervine, Rick K. Valenta, James S. Paterson, Gavin M. Mudd, Tim T. Werner, Ilyas Nursamsi, Laura J. Sonter

“…Here, we compiled data for 481 nickel mines and undeveloped deposits to show that the footprint of nickel mining could be 4 to 500 times greater than previously reported (depending on the mine site), and thus the environmental impacts of nickel products, including batteries, have been underestimated to date. …”
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ANALISIS PERBANDINGAN TINGKAT KEPATUHAN WAJIB PAJAK SEBELUM DAN SESUDAH PENERAPAN PROGRAM PENGUNGKAPAN SUKARELA (STUDI KASUS PADA WAJIB PAJAK ORANG PRIBADI YANG TERDAFTAR DI KPP PR... by Ayu Ningratul Fitri, Muhaimin Dimyati, Nurshadrina Kartika Sari

“… This study aims to examine the differences in taxpayer compliance levels before and after the implementation of the Voluntary Disclosure Program, focusing on moral obligations, timely reporting, taxpayer honesty, tax understanding, and tax penalties at the KPP Pratama Jember. …”
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Electrochemical conversion of small organic molecules to value-added chemicals and hydrogen/electricity without CO2 emission: Electrocatalysts, devices and mechanisms by Jianwen Liu, Guodong Fu, Yuanfeng Liao, Wangji Zhang, Xiuan Xi, Fengzhan Si, Lei Wang, Jiujun Zhang, Xian-Zhu Fu, Jing-Li Luo

“…In addition, a lack of knowledge about relevant and detailed mechanisms restricts the further development of electrocatalysts and devices. A timely review of the electrocatalysts, devices, and mechanisms is essential to shed lights on the correct direction towards further development. …”
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Quantitative Analysis and Fingerprint Profiles for Quality Control of Fructus Schisandrae by Gas Chromatography: Mass Spectrometry by Yong-Gang Xia, Bing-You Yang, Jun Liang, Qi Yang, Di Wang, Hai-Xue Kuang

“…The relative retention times of these characteristic peaks in the GC-MS fingerprint were established as an important parameter for identification of Schisandra samples. …”
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Effect of different drying methods on the taste and volatile compounds, sensory characteristics of Takifugu obscurus by Youyou Li, Shui Jiang, Yiwen Zhu, Wenzheng Shi, Yin Zhang, Yuan Liu

“…The results showed that HAD and HARFD could promote the flavor of T. obscurus by producing higher equivalent umami concentration (EUC) values, which were about two times of MVD group, and more pronounced pleasant odor according to sensory analysis. …”
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Simultaneous Determination of Salicylic Acid, Jasmonic Acid, Methyl Salicylate, and Methyl Jasmonate from Ulmus pumila Leaves by GC-MS by Zhi-hong Huang, Zhi-li Wang, Bao-lin Shi, Dong Wei, Jian-xin Chen, Su-li Wang, Bao-jia Gao

“…The results showed that the level of salicylic acid, jasmonic acid, methyl salicylate, and methyl jasmonate increased remarkably in U. pumila once infected by T. akinire Sasaki, but the maximums of these four compounds occurred at different times. Salicylic acid level reached the highest at the early stage, and jasmonic acid level went to the maximum in the middle stage; by contrast, change of content of methyl salicylate and methyl jasmonate was the quite opposite.…”
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A Facile and Waste-Free Strategy to Fabricate Pt-C/TiO2 Microspheres: Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance for Hydrogen Evolution by Hui Li, Xiaoyan Zhang, Xiaoli Cui

“…Benefitting from the electron-hole separation behavior and reduced overpotential of H+/H2, remarkably enhanced hydrogen production was demonstrated and the photocatalytic hydrogen generation from 0.4 wt% Pt-C/TiO2 increased by 22 times. This study also demonstrates that the novel and facile method is highly attractive, due to its easy operation, requiring no post treatment and energy-saving features.…”
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Study of stress-strain state of wheelset of freight car during braking by А. А. Krutko, D. A. Sedykh, А. А. Vorobev, A. R. Putintseva, Yu. O. Filippov

“…With prolonged braking (the movement of the train on a long descent), maximum stresses occur at the point of transition from the disk to the rim on the inside of the wheel, and the value of these stresses is 2,5 times higher than in emergency braking mode. The finite element method is used to determine the stress-strain state of the wheelset of a freight car during braking.…”
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A Case of Successful Treatment of Left Ventricular Rupture after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation by Rustem Tuleutayev, Kuat Abzaliyev, Alexey Kolesnikov, Igor Kim, Symbat Abzaliyeva

“…Results: As a result of timely cardiac surgery and effective measures of the emergency support service, both prostheses were removed from the left ventricular cavity, the aortic valve was replaced with a “Medtronic Hankock No. 25” biological prosthesis, and the left ventricular myocardial rupture was sutured. …”
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Blue Laser Diode Annealed Top-Gate Low Temperature Poly-Si TFTs With Low Resistance of Source/Drain From Deposited n+ Layer by Hongyuan Xu, Guangmiao Wan, Xu Wang, Xiaoliang Zhou, Jing Liu, Jinming Li, Lei Lu, Shengdong Zhang

“…The fabricated top-gate LTPS TFTs exhibit excellent electrical performances, with the carrier mobility more than 556.66 cm2/V-s and on/off-current ratio over <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$1.58\times 10^{7}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>. This proposed technology is expected to promote the manufacturing lines to the higher generations.…”
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A Novel Student-Initiated International Emergency Medicine Competition: A Decade of Experience from the Khon Kaen University International Challenge of Emergency Medicine by Yui Okamura, Parames Ngeabngamsri, Ami Iwano, Thanachit Krikeerati, Kotaro Yanagisawa, Thanut Jansirirat, Moeko Ohkoshi, Tomonari Shimoda, Thomas Mayers, Praew Kotruchin, Pattarapong Makarawate

“…Since 2016, it has been held eight times and attracted participation from approximately 500 students across 18 countries spanning Asia, Europe, North America, and Africa. …”
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RP-HPLC Method for the Estimation of Nebivolol in Tablet Dosage Form by M. K. Sahoo, R. K. Giri, C. S. Barik, S. K. Kanungo, B. V. V. Ravi Kumar

“…Chlorzoxazone was used as the internal standard. The retention times were 3.175 min and 4.158 min for nebivolol and chlorzoxazone respectively. …”
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Gait and Function in Class III Obesity by Catherine Ling, Teresa Kelechi, Martina Mueller, Sandra Brotherton, Sheila Smith

“…Significant differences were found between the groups in the areas of gait, body size, health condition, and activity capacity and participation. The Timed Up and Go test, gait velocity, hip circumference, and stance width appear to be most predictive of activity capacity as observed during gait assessment. …”
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Color Standardization Method and System for Whole Slide Imaging Based on Spectral Sensing by Shinsuke Tani, Yasuhiro Fukunaga, Saori Shimizu, Munenori Fukunishi, Kensuke Ishii, Kosei Tamiya

“…And measurement process is more than 255 times faster.…”
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From Mechanisms to Medicine: Neurovascular Coupling in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Cerebrovascular Disorders: A Narrative Review by Lu Yang, Wenbo Zhao, Yuan Kan, Changhong Ren, Xunming Ji

“…Neurovascular coupling (NVC) refers to the process of local changes in cerebral blood flow (CBF) after neuronal activity, which ensures the timely and adequate supply of oxygen, glucose, and substrates to the active regions of the brain. …”
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