Developing a Model for Foot Anthropometric Descriptors for the Design of Prosthesis and Footwear in Nigeria by I.S. Monye, S.A. Omotehinse

“…Thirteen judges ranked the 36 foot anthropometric descriptors in descending order of importance. The data revealed footwear safety (0.811), technology enhancement (0.811), footwear fitness (0.810), Joint girth (0.794) and change in lifestyle (0.768) as dominant descriptors based on their factor loadings. …”
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A Fast and Robust Ellipse-Detection Method Based on Sorted Merging by Gangyi Wang, Guanghui Ren, Zhilu Wu, Yaqin Zhao, Lihui Jiang

“…To achieve high accuracy, a sorted merging strategy is proposed: the merging degrees of line segments/elliptical arcs are estimated, and line segments/elliptical arcs are merged in descending order of the merging degrees, which significantly improves the merging accuracy. …”
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Technical Considerations of Giant Right Coronary Artery Aneurysm Exclusion by James Barr, Metesh Nalin Acharya, Antonios Kourliouros, Shahzad Gull Raja

“…A saphenous vein graft was anastomosed to the posterior descending artery. Persistent ventricular fibrillation occurred upon chest closure, attributed to ischaemia following ligation of the aneurysmal coronary artery. …”
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Methods for Mesh Implantation Efficacy Assessment in Rectocele by A. S. Lukianov, A. Yu. Titov, O. M. Biryukov, A. A. Mudrov, I. V. Kostarev

“…The combined scales allow for a comprehensive symptom assessment in patients with rectocele and other descending perineum syndrome manifestations prior to surgery, as well as symptom dynamics evaluation postoperatively, which, in link with defecography, enables a complete appraisal of the surgical effect.…”
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Late Prevertebral and Spinal Abscess following Chemoradiation for Laryngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Jawad Hindy, Ilan Shelef, Yuval Slovik, Ben-Zion Joshua

“…CT scan showed prevertebral and intraspinal air descending from C4 to D3 vertebras. Epidural and prevertebral abscesses were confirmed by neck exploration. …”
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An Obstacle Avoidance Scheme Maintaining Connectivity for Micro-Unmanned Aerial Vehicles by Hyo Hyun Choi, HyunSoo Choi, Myungwhan Choi, Taeshik Shon, ByoungSeob Park

“…To achieve this goal, directly after the UAVs avoid the obstacle at a raised altitude above it, they fly at a higher altitude for a while and then descend to their original height. When this approach is judged to be inefficient because the height of the obstacle is too high, the UAVs divide into two groups and move to either side of it while continuing to fly at the same altitude, thereby avoiding the obstacle. …”
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An Influence Analytical Model of Dedicated Bus Lane on Network Traffic by Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram by Yingying Ma, Yuanqi Xie, Yongjie Lin

“…The simulation results show that the larger the proportion of dedicated bus lanes, the greater the impact on the rising section and the stable section of MFD and the descending section and post-stable section of p-MFD. …”
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Acute Myocardial Infarction due to Coronary Artery Embolism in a Patient with Mechanical Aortic Valve Prosthesis by Marcelo A. Nakazone, Bruno G. Tavares, Maurício N. Machado, Lilia N. Maia

“…Coronary angiography showed distal occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery with an image suggesting embolic material. …”
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A Rare Coronary Anomaly: One Ostium Fits All by C. Mihl, B. S. N. Alzand, M. H. Winkens

“…A coronary angiogram shows a solitary ostium originating from the right sinus of Valsalva with the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) ventral to the pulmonary artery and the circumflex artery (Cx) following its course retroaortically. …”
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Ectopic Pancreas in Duodenal Wall Putatively Causal for Gastrointestinal Bleeding by O. V. Khlynova, L. G. Girfanova, A. A. Cheremin

“…Following two months, MRI scanning with contrast revealed an atypical lateral formation on descending duodenum with the lobulous contour and structure corresponding to normal pancreatic tissue, as well as signs of chronic pancreatitis and a solitary cyst in the pancreatic body. …”
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An XBB.1.5-based inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine partially protects against XBB.1.5 and JN.1 strains in hamsters by Ryuta Uraki, Mutsumi Ito, Maki Kiso, Kiyoko Iwatsuki-Horimoto, Masafumi Endo, Seiya Yamayoshi, Yoshihiro Kawaoka

“…Abstract The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.86 variant and its descendant lineages, including JN.1, are rapidly spreading and becoming dominant globally. …”
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Oral lichen planus involving the palate: Case report and review of literature by Shahen Ali Ahmed, Ali Fakhree Alzubaidee

“…The oral lesions are usually bilateral and involve the buccal mucosa in about 90 percent of all cases. In descending order of frequency the tongue, gingivae, alveolar ridge, lips, and less commonly the palate may also be affected. …”
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Adjacent Lumbar Disc Herniation after Lumbar Short Spinal Fusion by Koshi Ninomiya, Koichi Iwatsuki, Yu-ichiro Ohnishi, Toshika Ohkawa, Toshiki Yoshimine

“…Lumbar magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a large L2/3 disc hernia descending to the L3/4 level. Compared to the initial MRI, this hernia occurred in an “intact” disc among multilevel severely degenerated discs. …”
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The dynamics and longevity of circulating CD4+ memory T cells depend on cell age and not the chronological age of the host. by M Elise Bullock, Thea Hogan, Cayman Williams, Sinead Morris, Maria Nowicka, Minahil Sharjeel, Christiaan van Dorp, Andrew J Yates, Benedict Seddon

“…We show that that these cells and their descendents become more persistent the longer they reside within the TCM and TEM pools. …”
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Cerebellar metastasis from colorectal cancer: a case report by Carla E. Angulo-Rojo, Luis J. Castillo-Gaxiola, Karen Gaxiola-Gastélum, Alma M. Guadrón-Llanos, Javier A. Magaña-Gómez, Diana L. Baldenebro-Félix, Diana L. Baldenebro-Félix

“…While metastasis typically occurs in the liver, lungs, and peritoneal cavity, metastasis to the brain, particularly the cerebellum, is exceedingly rare.Case presentationThis report discusses the case of a 50-year-old woman diagnosed with mucinous adenocarcinoma of the descending colon. Over six years, the patient experienced multiple common metastatic sites, including the liver and lungs, before developing a rare cerebellar metastasis. …”
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Digital Sociability: Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic among Young Adults by Gledson Martins de Jesus, Eduardo Name Risk

“…The data were processed using IraMuTeQ program using the Descending Hierarchical Classification tool. Three main themes emerged from the analysis: the use of social media platforms during the pandemic, the dynamics of relationships via social media, and the experience of existing on social media. …”
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Pregnancy Complicated with Severe Recurrent Aortic Coarctation: A Case Report by Celal Yavuz, Hatice Ender Soydinc, Güven Tekbaş, Oguz Karahan

“…Transthoracic echocardiography showed narrowing of the descending aorta, the diameter of the aortic arch was 10.60 mm and an echocardiographic gradient was 96 mmHg. …”
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Comparative Effects of Verapamil, Nicardipine, and Nitroglycerin on Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury by Hitoshi Yui, Uno Imaizumi, Hisashi Beppu, Mitsuhiro Ito, Munetaka Furuya, Hirofumi Arisaka, Kazu-Ichi Yoshida

“…Rabbits received regional ischemia by 30 min of left anterior descending coronary artery occlusion followed by 3 hours of reperfusion under ketamine and xylazine anesthesia. …”
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Huge Cystic Lymphangioma of the Pancreas Mimicking Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasm by Enrico Dalla Bona, Valentina Beltrame, Stella Blandamura, Federica Liessi, Cosimo Sperti

“…Distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy was performed, encompassing a segment of descending colon because of close relationship to the mass. …”
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Performance Analysis and Comparison for High Maneuver Target Track Based on Different Jerk Models by Qinghai Meng, Bowen Hou, Dong Li, Zhangming He, Jiongqi Wang

“…If the process noise level is much lower, the track accuracy for four Jerk models is similar and stationary in the steady track situation, but it will be descended greatly in the much highly maneuvering situation.…”
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