Colostomy Takedown: Ischemic Complication following Anorectal Malformation Surgery by Wendy Jo Svetanoff, Justin Sobrino, Grace S. Mitchell, Rebecca M. Rentea

“…To alleviate this obstruction, the child underwent removal of the chronically ischemic descending colon and a redo-PSARP, where the distal transverse colon was brought down to the anus. …”
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Acute Aortic Dissection Mimicking STEMI in the Catheterization Laboratory: Early Recognition Is Mandatory by Alessio Arrivi, Gaetano Tanzilli, Paolo Emilio Puddu, Giovanni Truscelli, Marcello Dominici, Enrico Mangieri

“…Two pathophysiologic mechanisms are discussed: either thrombosis migrating from a previously treated giant aneurism of proximal left anterior descending or a local arterial complication due to left main stenting. …”
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Interrupted Aortic Arch Complicated with Type A Aortic Dissection in a Young Adult by Ashish Dua, Arun Sharma, Rupesh Kumar, Manphool Singhal

“…Interrupted aortic arch (IAA) is a congenital anomaly characterized by a discontinuity between the ascending and descending aorta. We present a 27-year-old male patient who had presented with Stanford Type A aortic dissection and was subsequently found to have IAA on computed tomography aortogram. …”
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Unexpected Coexisting Myocardial Infarction Detected by Delayed Enhancement MRI by Edouard Gerbaud, Henri De Clermont-Galleran, Matthew Erickson, Pierre Coste, Michel Montaudon

“…This second necrotic area was not initially suspected because there were no ECG changes in the anterior leads and the left descending coronary artery did not present any significant stenoses on emergency coronary angiography. …”
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Nonceliac Diaphragm Disease of the Duodenum by Hugh J Freeman

“…Subsequent studies, including endoscopic examination, revealed diaphragm-like strictures in the descending duodenum. Other reported causes such as celiac disease and drug-induced small bowel diaphragms were excluded. …”
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A Rare Case of Anterior Wall Combined With Inferior Wall Wellens Syndrome by Lei Zhang

“…The occurrence of Wellens' T wave sign in the precordial leads frequently suggests left anterior descending artery disease, while the presence of positive and negative biphasic T waves in the inferior wall leads may also indicate lesions in the right coronary artery or left circumflex artery.…”
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Explicit Design of Innovation Performance Metrics by Using Analytic Hierarchy Process Expansion by Song-Kyoo Kim

“…By applying AHP Expansion framework, the innovation performance measurement factors can be prioritized and descending-order rank list of the performance factors can be made in order to select the best strategies to improve the innovativeness of companies. …”
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Left Main Coronary Artery Hypoplasia in Elderly by Selma Kenar Tiryakioglu, Hakan Ozkan, Hakan Bahadir, Osman Tiryakioglu

“…In coronary angiography, the left main coronary artery was arising from normal anatomical position; however, left anterior descending artery and circumflex artery were hypoplastic. …”
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Online Measuring Of Grain Flowrates and Its Measurement Sensitivities with Pitch and Roll Angles by Reni Eka Putri, Azmi Yahya, Nor Maria Adam, Samsuzana Abd Aziz

“…Results indicated that measurement errors ranging from 2.50% to 6.82% and 1.80% to 8.86% were obtained by the changing of chute pitch (descending and ascending) and roll angle positions from 1.5° to 4.5°, respectively. …”
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Optimization of Trajectory Correction Scheme for Guided Mortar Projectiles by Yongwei Zhang, Min Gao, Suochang Yang, Dan Fang

“…This paper presents an optimized trajectory correction scheme by taking different control phases of canards in ballistic ascending segment and ballistic descending segment. Simulation indicates that the optimized trajectory correction can improve the trajectory correction capability greatly. …”
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O genovês Micer Manuel Pessanha, Almirante d’El-Rei D. Dinis by Giulia Rossi Vairo

“…The article is centered on Micer Manuel Pessanha, descendent of a Genovese family of expert navigators that worked for several European courts and founder of a lineage of Royal Admirals that assumed the position hereditarily until the 1383-1385 crisis. …”
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Econometric Assessment of the Impact of Competitiveness on the Income of the Population in Azerbaijan by Yadulla Hasanli, Sardar Shabanov

“…According to the values of this indicator, the countries of the world are ranked in descending order. It is clear that international competitiveness covers all spheres of a country's life - political, social, economic and cultural - and ultimately plays a leading role in the well-being of the country's population. …”
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The Role of Neuroglial Crosstalk and Synaptic Plasticity-Mediated Central Sensitization in Acupuncture Analgesia by Zhongxi Lyu, Yongming Guo, Yinan Gong, Wen Fan, Baomin Dou, Ningcen Li, Shenjun Wang, Yuan Xu, Yangyang Liu, Bo Chen, Yi Guo, Zhifang Xu, Xiaowei Lin

“…Central sensitization is modulated by the neurotransmitters and neuropeptides involved in the ascending excitatory pathway and the descending pain modulatory system. Acupuncture analgesia is associated with downregulating glutamate in the ascending excitatory pathway and upregulating opioids, 𝛾-aminobutyric acid, norepinephrine, and 5-hydroxytryptamine in the descending pain modulatory system. …”
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Perinatal Development of the Motor Systems Involved in Postural Control by Laurent Vinay, Faïza Ben-Mabrouk, Frédéric Brocard, François Clarac, Céline Jean-Xavier, Edouard Pearlstein, Jean-François Pflieger

“…Here we review recent data on some of the mechanisms underlying the postnatal maturation of posture in the rat, in particular the development of pathways descending from the brain stem and projecting onto the lumbar enlargement of the spinal cord. …”
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Caliban’s Dialectic: Decolonizing Thoughts for the Black Question in Latin America by Dana Rosenzvit

“…This article is a decolonizing exercise to think from the margins of the political economies of production of cultural diversity developed in Latin America in relation to Afro-descendant populations (sub-alternized and racialized category by antonomasia). …”
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Surgical Strategy for Huge Right Coronary Artery Aneurysm Combined with Left Ventricular Fistula by Takafumi Terada, Yoshimori Araki, Akihiro Kobayashi, Osamu Kawaguchi

“…Surgical repair included resection of the coronary artery aneurysm, coronary artery bypass grafting to the posterior descending artery, and isolation of reconstructed right coronary circulation from the fistula. …”
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Ballistic Reconstruction of a Migrating Bullet in the Parapharyngeal Space by David Bächinger, Stephan Bolliger, Gerhard F. Huber, Roman D. Laske

“…A 21-year-old male suffering from severe throat pain after being hit by a bullet in Syria claimed that he was shot through his eye and that the bullet subsequently descended behind his throat. Even though the first medical report stated that this course is implausible, meticulous workup provided evidence that the bullet might have entered the parapharyngeal space in a more cranial position than the one it was found eight months later. …”
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Primary Angioplasty for Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy Presenting as ST-Elevation Acute Myocardial Infarction during Endomyocardial Biopsy by Bruno Ramos Nascimento, Thalles Oliveira Gomes, Júlio César Borges, Guilherme Rafael Sant’Anna Athayde, Sílvio Amadeu de Andrade, Maria da Consolação Vieira Moreira

“…The angiography showed total occlusion of proximal left anterior descending artery, promptly treated with primary angioplasty, with excellent angiographic and clinical results.…”
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Total transfemoral approach for Gore Excluder thoracoabdominal branch endoprosthesis (TAMBE), external tour de graft technique by Saurabh Gupta, MD, Joshua Plant, MD, Javaneh Jabbari, MD, Arian Savadkohi, Shahab Toursavadkohi, MD

“…This technique avoids upper extremity access and maintains all wires within the descending thoracic aorta, allowing implantation in patients with challenging aortic arch configurations and potentially mitigating stroke risk.…”
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A Memory-Based Hysteresis Model in Piezoelectric Actuators by Guilin Zhang, Chengjin Zhang, Jason Gu

“…It is observed that the ascending (descending) hysteresis curves are alike and converge to one point without memory saturation. …”
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