Esophageal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor with Rare Intracranial Metastasis by José Carvalho, Margarida Teixeira, Francisco Teixeira Silva, Alexandra Esteves, Carlos Ribeiro, Diana Guerra

“…On physical examination, she presented changes in behavior, dysarthria, dysmetria on the right, gait imbalance, and no motor or sensory deficits. On brain computed tomography and posteriorly on magnetic resonance, 2 lesions were observed, left frontal and right cerebellar, compatible with metastatic lesions. …”
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INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO THE TEACHING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES AT LEVELS B2 - C1 (FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF THE TEXTBOOK) by E. B. Yastrebova, D. A. Kryachkov

“…The results suggest that for most respondents the main purpose of innovations in foreign language teaching and learning is to attain a significantly higher level of communicative competence, which is seen as feasible only if fundamentally new teaching materials and computer technologies are used. According to the survey, the success of innovations largely depends on their source (innovations ‘from the top’ and innovations ‘from the bottom’) and commitment on the part of professors and students to participate in them, the latter being often prompted by their discontent with the state of play. …”
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Concurrent FDG Avid Nasopharyngeal Lesion and Generalized Lymphadenopathy on PET-CT Imaging Is Indicative of Lymphoma in Patients with HIV Infection by Yiyan Liu

“…This study retrospectively evaluated the diagnostic value of concurrent nasopharyngeal lesion and lymphadenopathy on positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) with fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG PET-CT) imaging. …”
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An Architecture of 2-Dimensional 4-Dot 2-Electron QCA Full Adder and Subtractor with Energy Dissipation Study by Md. Abdullah-Al-Shafi, Ali Newaz Bahar

“…The future age of digital techniques will exercise QCA as preferred nanotechnology. The QCA computational procedures will be simplified with an effective full adder and subtractor circuit. …”
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Outage analysis and power optimization in uplink and downlink NOMA systems with Rician fading by Dipinkrishnan R, Vinoth Babu Kumaravelu

“…By approximating the Rician distribution with a Gamma distribution, the closed-form expressions for outage probability are derived, reducing computational complexity. A novel low-complexity power allocation (PA) strategy is introduced to maximize the sum spectral efficiency (SSE) in NOMA systems even in the presence of iSIC. …”
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Effects of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain on Fertility Potential in Lean and Overweight Male Patients by Fereshteh Dardmeh, Hiva Alipour, Hans Ingolf Nielsen, Sten Rasmussen, Parisa Gazerani

“…Sperm concentration and motility parameters were analyzed using a computer-aided sperm analysis system. Sperm concentration, progressive motility, and percentage of hyperactivated sperm were generally lower in the chronic pain patients in both lean and overweight groups. …”
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Uma análise dos softwares CAD e BIM nos projetos pedagógicos dos cursos de Arquitetura em instituições públicas brasileiras by Tarciso Binoti Simas, Joanne Leal Almeida Silva, Carlos Maviael de Carvalho

“…., sobretudo em comparação ao Computer-Aided Design (CAD). Isso tem gerado muitas expectativas de mudanças tanto na atuação profissional quanto no campo do ensino. …”
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Probabilistic Prediction of Maximum Tensile Loads in Soil Nails by Yongqiang Hu, Peiyuan Lin

“…The theoretical nail load is computed as the product of lateral active Earth pressure at nail depth and the nail tributary area. …”
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An Analytical Solution for the Vibration and Far-Field Sound Radiation Analysis of Finite, Semisubmerged Cylindrical Shells by Wenjie Guo, Zhou Yang, Yueyang Han

“…Besides, in consideration of simplicity and less computation effort, the present method can be used for the rapid prediction of the vibration and far-field sound pressure of a semisubmerged cylindrical shell with low-frequency excitation.…”
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Knee pain in adults from the northeast of São Paulo, Brazil: prevalence, risk factors, and impact on quality of life by Alberto de Vitta, Nicoly Machado Maciel, Sandra Fiorelli Almeida Penteado Simeão, Matias Noll

“…Results: The prevalence of knee pain was 25.6% (95% confidence interval: 22.3–29.3%), and it was associated with being >60 years old, black ethnicity, mean or low income, overweight, depression, gastrointestinal and renal diseases, and persons who performed occupations requiring repetitive movements, sitting while using a computer, and standing. All individuals with knee pain demonstrated significantly greater risks for summaries of the physical components. …”
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Emotion Monitoring for Preschool Children Based on Face Recognition and Emotion Recognition Algorithms by Guiping Yu

“…Using the deep learning approach, we design a more lightweight network structure to reduce the number of parameters and save computational resources. There are not only innovations in applications, but also algorithmic enhancements. …”
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Experimental Investigation of Brazilian 14-X B Hypersonic Scramjet Aerospace Vehicle by João Felipe de Araujo Martos, Israel da Silveira Rêgo, Sergio Nicholas Pachon Laiton, Bruno Coelho Lima, Felipe Jean Costa, Paulo Gilberto de Paula Toro

“…Experimental data was compared to the analytical theoretical solutions and the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations, showing good qualitative agreement and in consequence demonstrating the importance of these methods in the project of the 14-X B hypersonic scramjet aerospace vehicle.…”
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Invasive Aspergillosis in a Patient with Stage III (or 3a or 3b) Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Treated with Durvalumab by Ashish Gupta, Aung Tun, Katy Ticona, Aam Baqui, Elizabeth Guevara

“…He had completed six cycles of chemotherapy with paclitaxel and carboplatin and four cycles of immunotherapy with durvalumab 13 days before his emergency hospital admission. Computed tomography (CT) imaging showed a large left-sided loculated hydropneumothorax suggestive of empyema, patchy opacification of the left lung, and a left upper lobe lung mass. …”
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Brachialis Muscle Rupture in a Pediatric Patient Followed Up by Ultrasound Examinations: A Rare Case Report by Akihiro Yamaji, Masafumi Uesugi, Hiroshi Kamada, Harumitsu Ichimura, Masashi Yamazaki

“…There were no clear signs of deformities or swelling in the left elbow and no obvious tenderness. X-ray and computed tomography (CT) imaging examinations revealed no signs of a fracture or dislocation, and the patient was diagnosed with left brachialis muscle rupture based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). …”
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A case of kidney graft injury during cesarean section in a pancreas and kidney transplantation recipient by Noriko Aida, Eiji Nishio, Takao Sekiya, Naohiro Aida, Taihei Ito, Takashi Kenmochi, Haruki Nishizawa

“…As this elevation was considered to be due to kidney graft dysfunction, we performed computed tomography, which revealed a hematoma around the kidney graft. …”
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A comprehensive characterization biotransformation of chlorinated paraffin by human and carp liver microsomes via liquid chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry and screen... by Liujun Chen, Caiming Tang, Zhiqiang Yu, Yanhong Zeng, Bixian Mai, Xiaojun Luo

“…This study also highlighted potential toxicity concerns, with computational predictions showing varying degrees of acute oral toxicity for CP-4 and its metabolites. …”
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Comparison of User-Directed and Automatic Mapping of the Planned Isocenter to Treatment Space for Prostate IGRT by Zijie Xu, Ronald Chen, Andrew Wang, Andrea Kress, Mark Foskey, An Qin, Timothy Cullip, Gregg Tracton, Sha Chang, Joel Tepper, Di Yan, Edward Chaney

“…The average of the unsigned x, y, and z offsets and the standard deviations (σ) of the signed offsets computed over all images were (avg. ±  σ (mm)): 1.1 ± 1.4, 1.8 ± 2.3, 2.5 ± 3.5 for the clinical protocol and 0.6 ± 0.8, 1.1 ± 1.5 and 1.1 ± 1.4 for the automatic method. …”
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Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Presenting as Pituitary Apoplexy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Rahul Gupta, Urmimala Bhattacharjee, K. S. Lekshmon, Shakun Chaudhary, Prashant Sharma, Aditya Jandial, Pinaki Dutta

“…Herein, we report a case of 60-year-old male presenting with acute-onset headache, bilateral vision loss, and ptosis. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed findings indicative of pituitary adenoma with apoplexy. …”
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C-Arm Image-Based Surgical Path Planning Method for Distal Locking of Intramedullary Nails by Wei-En Hsu, Ching-Hsiao Yu, Chih-Ju Chang, Hung-Kang Wu, Tsong-Han Yu, Ching-Shiow Tseng

“…Three experiments were conducted to verify the performance of the proposed algorithm, which are (1) computer simulation, (2) use of real intramedullary nails, and (3) actual drilling test with the bone model. …”
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Efficient Pairing-Free Privacy-Preserving Auditing Scheme for Cloud Storage in Distributed Sensor Networks by Xinpeng Zhang, Chunxiang Xu, Xiaojun Zhang

“…However, these schemes all need very expensive pairing computation, which is not suitable for sensor networks. …”
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