Paroxysmal Laryngospasm: A Rare Condition That Respiratory Physicians Must Distinguish from Other Diseases with a Chief Complaint of Dyspnea by Yu Bai, Xi-Rui Jing, Yun Xia, Xiao-Nan Tao

“…Eight patients with gastroesophageal reflux were cured after antacid treatment. One case of upper respiratory tract infection (URI) was completely relieved after symptomatic treatment. …”
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Perceived causes of cancer in a rural community of Ethiopia: a qualitative study by Abigiya Wondimagegnehu, Muluken Gizaw, Lidya Genene Abebe, Brhanu Teka, Andreas M. Kaufmann, Tamrat Abebe, Shannon A. McMahon, Adamu Addissie, Eva J. Kantelhardt

“…Results Across respondent categories and data collection methods, respondents described cancer or nekersa, which translates as ‘an illness that cannot be cured’, as serious and fatal. Cancer was further viewed as becoming more common and as underpinning more deaths particularly among women. …”
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3D CT/MRI fusion image-assisted treatment of lumbar burst fractures with laminar fractures by Zhenhui Zhang, Qiangqiang Pan, Qingde Wang, Wei Mei, Xuyi Chen

“…Delayed wound healing occurred in 2 patients after surgery, and they were cured after systematic treatment. Conclusions The 3D CT/MRI fusion imaging can accurately and intuitively construct the position relationship of the dura mater, cauda equina and the posterior fractured lamina, which can guide the formulation of a surgical plan and determine the range of nerve decompression. …”
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Nutritional optimization of fecal microbiota transplantation in humans: a scoping review by Levi M Teigen, Austin Hoeg, Hijab Zehra, Priyali Shah, Remy Johnson, Kristen Hutchison, Megan Kocher, Annie W Lin, Abigail J Johnson, Byron P Vaughn

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Circumventing cigarette regulation: Product characteristics of cigarette-like cigarillos on the Dutch market by Jeroen L. A. Pennings, Charlotte G. G. M. Pauwels, Erna Schenk, Reinskje Talhout

“…Results We identified five parameters that allowed classifying cigarillos into subtypes: product weight, filter presence, leaf tobacco percentage in the product, flue-cured tobacco percentage in the product, and the number of flavorings. …”
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Effect of Active MgO on Compensated Drying Shrinkage and Mechanical Properties of Alkali-Activated Fly Ash–Slag Materials by Hongqiang Ma, Shiru Li, Zelong Lei, Jialong Wu, Xinhua Yuan, Xiaoyan Niu

“…The drying shrinkage increased rapidly with the increase in curing age and stabilized after 28 d. Within a certain range, the material’s drying shrinkage was inversely proportional to the content of active MgO. …”
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Treatment for Nontype 1 Retinopathy of Prematurity by Intravitreal Injection of Antivascular Endothelial Growth Factor Drugs by Haitao Zhang, Xin Yang, Fangfang Zheng, Xiangke Yin, Suhua Wan

“…After intravitreal injection of anti-VEGF drugs, 27 eyes (41.5%) were cured and 38 eyes (58.5%) improved in the nontype 1 ROP group, without recurrence and aggravation cases. …”
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Investigation of Reinforced Concrete Column Containing Metakaolin and Fly Ash Cementitious Materials by R. Dharmaraj, Sudhir Singh Bhadauria, K. Mayilsamy, J. Thivya, Alagar Karthick, I. Baranilingesan, V. Mohanavel, M. Muhibbullah, Sameh M. Osman

“…Totally 14 columns, 7 for short and long columns, were cast, each cured for 28 days. These specimens have been tested in the 1000 kN loading frame. …”
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Study on the Parameter Optimization and Strength Mechanism of Coal Gangue Emulsified Asphalt Mixture by ZhanLiang Liu, Chen Zhang, Xin Qu

“…The combination of coal gangue and emulsified asphalt can explore an efficient utilization way for more and more coal gangue and also solve the curing problem of asphalt. In order to give full play to the advantages of existing materials and make rational use of resources, this paper studies the factors affecting the performance of coal gangue emulsified asphalt mixture based on orthogonal experimental design and optimizes its material composition parameters by considering the coupling effect of two factors. …”
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Comparison of three- and six-component scoring models for predicting the futility in cancer resuscitation: a retrospective study by A. Pramono, N. Maryani

“… INTRODUCTION: Palliative care is an approach to managing patients with critical illnesses who require the support of organ function from failure, in addition to those with chronic and terminal diseases including cancer that cannot be cured until rehabilitation. The decision to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a cancer patient is an ethically complex issue. …”
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Micro-computed tomography measurement of the marginal gap of different types of glass-ceramic veneers fabricated by heat-pressed technique. by Soma Qadir, Bassam Karem Amin

“…All of the restorations of each group were separately bonded to the samples of the corresponding groups using a light-cured cement. A dental surveyor with a fixed weight of 200g for standardization was used during the procedure. …”
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Performance comparison of nitrile rubber 4105 with high-bound acrylonitrile content and similar products by "HU Hai-hua, WU Yu, XU Dian-hong, ZHAO Hong-guo, HUANG Xi-dai, HE Lian-cheng, GONG Zi-qing, ZHOU Lei"

“…Microstructures, molecular weights and their distributions of domestic nitrile rubber (NBR) products with high bound acrylonitrile content NBR 4105, NBR 3604 and NBR 4155 and imported pro-ducts N 220 S raw rubber, curing characteristics and processabilities of compounds, physical and mechanical properties, abrasion resistance, and thermal-oxidative aging resistance of vulcanizates were compared, and the application of four kinds of NBR and NBR 3604/NBR 4105 blend in oilfield drilling pump valve rubber were also explored. …”
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Evaluation of the Volume Stability and Resource Benefit of Basic Oxygen Furnace Slag and Its Asphalt Mixture Based on Field Application by Yuechao Zhao, Jiangkai Song, Jun Xie, Fusong Wang, Meizhu Chen, Shaopeng Wu

“…Besides, both laboratory samples and the core samples from field drilling were investigated in volume expansion rate after curing in a water bath. The economic and resource benefits of BOF replacement of natural aggregates were also analyzed. …”
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Effect of adipose mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes on allergic rhinitis in mice by Xiaojie Xu, Chang Li, Qin Qin, Feiyan Han, Ying Wang

“…Background: At present, the treatment for allergic rhinitis (AR) is only limited to symptom relief, and AR is not able be cured. It is important to find new therapeutic regimens for AR. …”
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Impact of plastic waste fiber and treated construction demolition waste on the durability and sustainability of concrete by Selvakumar Duraiswamy, Prakhash Neelamegam, M. VishnuPriyan, George Uwadiegwu Alaneme

“…The results demonstrate a significant enhancement in strength properties with the addition of 0.25%, 0.5%, 0.75%, and 1% plastic-fibres, alongside the complete replacement of coarse aggregate with CDW, particularly noticeable at both 7 and 28-day curing ages. Although higher fiber dosages led to a slight reduction in compressive by 7% at the optimum percentage of 0.25% of PE and 0.5% of PET, the flexural strengths and split tensile strength exhibited a proportional increase of 11.7% and 18%. …”
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Traumatic Ulceration of the Vestibular Mucous Membrane After Insertion of Four Mini-Implants in the Atrophied Mandible: A Case Report by Domagoj Kilić, Sanja Peršić-Kiršić, Asja Čelebić

“…To treat the persistent decubitus, a bulk of dental composite resin was placed around mini-implant heads and light-cured to protect the mucosa from further mechanical trauma, as the patient did not possess an old mandibular denture to cover the mini-implant heads. …”
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Deep learning-based skin lesion analysis using hybrid ResUNet++ and modified AlexNet-Random Forest for enhanced segmentation and classification. by Saleem Mustafa, Arfan Jaffar, Muhammad Rashid, Sheeraz Akram, Sohail Masood Bhatti

“…Though if it is detected in the early stages the patient has fairly good chance and the aforementioned diseases can be cured. Consequently, diagnostic identification and management of the patient at this level becomes a rather enormous task. …”
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Gravitational odd-parity perturbation of a Horndeski hairy black hole: quasinormal mode and parameter constraint by Zhen-Hao Yang, Yun-He Lei, Xiao-Mei Kuang, Bin Wang

“…We find that this proposal not only cures the superluminal propagation addressed in the previous literature, but also holds the original QNM spectrum of the odd perturbation. …”
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Preparation of phosphogypsum ecological concrete and study on its phytogenic properties by Rongxin Liu, Chunduo Liu, Jiang Du, Cheng Wang, Yonghui Yuan, Xin Zhang

“…By optimizing the mix ratio and curing process, we were able to achieve a concrete material that not only performs well mechanically but also supports plant growth.…”
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Comparative Evaluation of fluoride releasing and recharging ability for various pit and fissure sealants (An in vitro study). by Vian O. Majeed

“…Methods: Four different pit and fissure sealants: GIC Ketac® Cem radiopaque, 3M ESPE, Photac Fill, 3M ESPE (light-curing, GIC), Palfique (Universal flow, Tokuyama) and Charisma (composite) were used in this study, ten cylindrical specimens were prepared of each material (10 mm in diameter and 1 mm in thickness). …”
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