Neonatal and Infantile Immune Responses to Encapsulated Bacteria and Conjugate Vaccines by Peter Klein Klouwenberg, Louis Bont

“…Such conjugated vaccines have been shown to be effective against the most common causes of invasive disease caused by encapsulated bacteria in neonates and children. …”
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Highest Recorded Serum Creatinine by Christine Persaud, Uttsav Sandesara, Victor Hoang, Joshua Tate, Wayne Latack, David Dado

“…Serum creatinine is a commonly used laboratory marker to assess kidney function; however, there has not been an established level of serum creatinine to predict mortality. …”
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Silicon: A Review of Its Potential Role in the Prevention and Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis by Charles T. Price, Kenneth J. Koval, Joshua R. Langford

“…Silicon in the form of silica, or silicon dioxide (SiO2), is a common food additive but has limited intestinal absorption. …”
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Empyema Necessitans Complicating Pleural Effusion Associated with Proteus Species Infection: A Diagnostic Dilemma by M. S. Yauba, H. Ahmed, I. A. Imoudu, M. O. Yusuf, H. U. Makarfi

“…Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Actinomyces israelii are common causes but Gram negative bacilli could be a rare cause. …”
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Influence of Aging and Immune Alterations on Susceptibility to Pneumococcal Pneumonia in the Elderly by Nathan Kang, Veedamali S. Subramanian, Anshu Agrawal

“…Pneumonia is a common respiratory infection affecting individuals of all ages, with a significantly higher incidence among the elderly. …”
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Retroperitoneal Endometrioid Carcinoma Arising from Ureteral Endometriosis by Daiken Osaku, Fuminori Taniguchi, Maako Moriyama, Shinya Sato, Tetsuro Oishi, Tasuku Harada

“…In case of finding the cancer tissue in women, we should take into account the malignant transformation of less common endometriosis, including ureteral endometriosis.…”
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Subcutaneous Emphysema, Pneumomediastinum, Pneumoretroperitoneum, and Pneumoscrotum: Unusual Complications of Acute Perforated Diverticulitis by S. Fosi, V. Giuricin, V. Girardi, E. Di Caprera, E. Costanzo, R. Di Trapano, G. Simonetti

“…Pneumomediastinum, and subcutaneous emphysema usually result from spontaneous alveolar wall rupture and, far less commonly, from disruption of the upper airways or gastrointestinal tract. …”
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Implementation of ORBEYE^®-Exoscope in the Operative Treatment of Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistula by Nikolay Tonchev, Belal Neyazi, Klaus-Peter Stein, I. Erol Sandalcioglu, Ali Rashidi

“…In sDAVFs, which represent the most frequent form of vascular malformations of the spine, operative treatment remains the most common treatment modality. In operative surgery, visualization and pathology detection have a key impact on the results of the neurosurgical treatment of an sDAVF. …”
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Clinical forms of 5 cases of circumcised penile cancer in immunocompetent subjects in Abidjan (Ivory Coast) by Evrard Kouame Yao, Abraham Hognou Yao, Donafologo Daouda Yeo, Tawakaltu Adebayo, Michel Tuo, Freddy Junior Zouan, Noel Coulibaly

“…Three patients (ages 61, 59, and 70) were diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma, the most common type of penile cancer. These patients also had circumcised penises. …”
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Terminal Complement Pathway Deficiency in an Adult Patient with Meningococcal Sepsis by F. Staels, W. Meersseman, P. Stordeur, K. Willekens, S. Van Loo, A. Corveleyn, I. Meyts, G. Meyfroidt, R. Schrijvers

“…Three enzymatic activation pathways are described, all converging into a common terminal pathway which causes lysis of the target cell. …”
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Particle Swarm Optimization Based Sliding Mode Controller for Performance Improvement of Unified Power Quality Controllers Inverters by Mohammad Amin Heidari, Mehdi Nafar, Taher Niknam

“…Using PSO added extra advantages like reducing chattering problems and increasing accuracy and tracking capability to the commonly knowns SMC benefits. To confirm the accuracy of the proposed controller's performance, computer simulation is performed under different system load conditions in the MATLAB/Simulink software environment. …”
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Laboratory Study on Corrosion Mechanism of Production System in In Situ Combustion by Haiyan Jiang, Shibao Yuan, Hao Wang, Boyi Wang, Jiao Wang

“…Based on the main environment of gas-liquid of the production system of in situ combustion, the corrosion of steel in N80 and J95, which are commonly used in oilfield, is studied in different temperature and pressure conditions. …”
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Evaluating biomarkers in canine cytotoxic interface dermatitis reactions to account for clinical and histopathological similarities and differences by Shriya Kannan, Neil B. Wong, Grace E. Ryan, Nia E. R. James, Ayodeji Ajayi, Janet E. Lubov, Clement N. David, Linda Wrijil, Nicholas A. Robinson, Kelly Hughes, Ramon M. Almela, Jillian M. Richmond

“…In this study, we evaluate the commonalities and discrepancies in significantly expressed biomarkers across several CID conditions to examine their impact on clinical presentations in canines. …”
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Rare Case of Spinal Neurosarcoidosis with Concomitant Epidural Lipomatosis by Nesreen Jaafar, Maria Khoueiry, Samia J. Khoury, Achraf Makki

“…Both etiologies are inflammatory in nature and share similar expression of inflammatory factors such as TNF-α and IL-1β. Conclusion. The common inflammatory process involved in these two diseases might explain a pathophysiological interconnection between both diseases that may underlie their concomitant development in our patient. …”
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Key Success Factors and Future Perspective of Silicon-Based Solar Cells by S. Binetti, M. Acciarri, A. Le Donne, M. Morgano, Y. Jestin

“…PV devices based on silicon are the most common solar cells currently being produced, and it is mainly due to silicon technology that the PV has grown by 40% per year over the last decade. …”
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Evaluating The Effect of Time and Temperature on The Ph, Titratable Acidity &Brix of Pasteurized LowTo-No Nectar Orange Drinks Packed in Paper Based Aseptic Packages by Azeen Kamal Al-Deen Mohammad, Nashmil Ali Abdul

“…Orang drink is the most common flavoured drink consumed in Iraq and it can be found in markets of all sizes and in all provinces making them subjected to a wide range of storage temperature and storage time. …”
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Synthesis of Phase-Only Reconfigurable Linear Arrays Using Multiobjective Invasive Weed Optimization Based on Decomposition by Yan Liu, Yong-Chang Jiao, Ya-Ming Zhang, Yan-Yan Tan

“…Synthesis of phase-only reconfigurable array aims at finding a common amplitude distribution and different phase distributions for the array to form different patterns. …”
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A Case of Recurrent Cryptococcal Meningoencephalitis in an Immunocompetent Female by Negin Niknam, Negar Niknam, Kola Dushaj, Erfidia Restrepo

“…Cryptococcus neoformans is commonly associated with meningoencephalitis in immunocompromised patients and occasionally in apparently healthy individuals. …”
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COX-2 Gene Promoter Polymorphism and Coronary Artery Disease in Middle-Aged Men: The Helsinki Sudden Death Study by Kati H. Huuskonen, Tarja A. Kunnas, Minna M. Tanner, Jussi Mikkelsson, Erkki Ilveskoski, Pekka J. Karhunen, Seppo T. Nikkari

“…Men carrying the minor C allele had larger areas of complicated lesions (P = .024) and a higher number of coronary arteries that had over 50% stenosis (P = .036) compared to men representing the common GG genotype. The COX-2 polymorphism was not associated with MI. …”
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Connections between Robust and Bilevel Optimization by Goerigk, Marc, Kurtz, Jannis, Schmidt, Martin, Thürauf, Johannes

“…Robust and bilevel optimization share the common feature that they involve a certain multilevel structure. …”
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