Misleading Rare Case of Idiopathic Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis by Ahmad Rezaee Azandaryani, Amir Mohammad Salehi

“…Idiopathic hypertrophic pachymeningitis (IHP) is a rare disease with diffuse thickening of the dura mater that has no specific clinical symptoms and manifestations and it causes neurosurgeons to misdiagnose. …”
Get full text

Variant Guillain-Barré Syndrome in a Patient with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma by R. H. Bishay, J. Paton, V. Abraham

“…We report a 72-year-old female patient with diffuse large B cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) with previous treatment with standard chemotherapy presenting as an acute, ascending, sensorimotor polyneuropathy. …”
Get full text

A Novel Use of Early Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Hyperbilirubinemia in a Patient with Primary Hepatic Lymphoma and Chronic Hepatitis C by Venkata S. Tammana, Rehana Begum, Patricia Oneal, Hemamalini Karpurapu, Amruta Muley, Sri Lakshmi Hyndavi Yeruva, Jacquelyn Dunmore-Griffith, Eyasu Mekonen, Nabhani Hasan

“…The liver biopsy was consistent with diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Conventional chemotherapy was avoided initially because of hyperbilirubinemia. …”
Get full text

Presumed Sturge Weber Syndrome in a Haitian Boy: A Case of Delayed Diagnosis by Gian Paolo Giuliari, Ama Sadaka, Maria Angelica Cortez, Adalgisa Corona

“…Tissue pathology revealed diffuse choroidal hemangiomas, consistent with the diagnosis of SWS. …”
Get full text

Optical approaches for neurocritical care: Toward non-invasive recording of cerebral physiology in acute brain injury by Austen T. Lefebvre, Nicole E. Steiner, Carissa L. Rodriguez, Joseph P. Angelo, Eyal Bar-Kochba, Rohan Mathur, Marek Mirski, David W. Blodgett

“…Current established approaches for monitoring cerebral physiology include the neurologic physical examination, traditional brain imaging such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), electroencephalography (EEG), and bedside modalities such as invasive parenchymal probes and transcranial doppler ultrasound. Diffuse optical spectroscopy (DOS), diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS), and optical coherence tomography (OCT) are non-invasive optical techniques that have shown promise in measuring clinically relevant changes in cerebral physiology. …”
Get full text

Comparative Study on Steady and Unsteady Flow in a Centrifugal Compressor Stage by Changhee Kim, Changmin Son

“…Some phenomena such as the impeller-diffuser flow interaction generates the unsteadiness which can affect the steady assumption. …”
Get full text

Stability of Traveling Waves to the Lotka-Volterra Competition Model by Ahmad Alhasanat, Chunhua Ou

“…In this paper, the stability of traveling wave solutions to the Lotka-Volterra diffusive model is investigated. First, we convert the model into a cooperative system by a special transformation. …”
Get full text

Imaging Diagnosis of Interstitial Pneumonia with Emphysema (Combined Pulmonary Fibrosis and Emphysema) by Fumikazu Sakai, Junya Tominaga, Akiko Kaga, Yutaka Usui, Minoru Kanazawa, Takashi Ogura, Noriyo Yanagawa, Tamiko Takemura

“…Pathologic findings of CPFE probably corresponded with diffuse interstitial pneumonia with pulmonary emphysema, emphysema with fibrosis, and the combination of both. …”
Get full text

Surface Albedo Assimilation and Its Impact on Surface Radiation Budget in Beijing by Chunlei Meng

“…In this paper, the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer- (MODIS-) retrieved direct visible, direct near-infrared, diffuse visible, and diffuse near-infrared surface albedos were assimilated into the integrated urban land model (IUM). …”
Get full text

Blinding Bilateral Hyperviscosity Retinopathy in a 43-Year-Old Nigerian Male with Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphoma: A Case Report and Management Challenges by Abdulkabir A. Ayanniyi, Uchenna Godswill Ejikeme, Yohanna Tanko, Rilwan C. Muhammad, Obiageli E. Nnodu

“…He had bilateral hyperpigmented infraorbital skin lesions, visual acuities (VA) of hand motion in both eyes (blindness), round and sluggish pupils, and bilateral diffuse and extensive retinal haemorrhages obliterating the retinal details with central visual field defects. …”
Get full text

A Rare Cause of Acute Kidney Injury: Primary Renal Lymphoma in a Patient with Human Immunodeficiency Virus by Ruslinda Mustafar, Lydia Kamaruzaman, Beh Hui Chien, Azyani Yahaya, Noor’Ain Mohd Nasir, Rozita Mohd, Rizna Cader, Kong Wei Yen

“…Computed tomography renal scan showed diffuse nonenhancing hypodense lesion in both renal parenchyma. …”
Get full text

Study on an Axial Flow Hydraulic Turbine with Collection Device by Yasuyuki Nishi, Terumi Inagaki, Kaoru Okubo, Norio Kikuchi

“…The turbine comprises a runner with an appended collection device that includes a diffuser section in an attempt to improve the output by catching and accelerating the flow. …”
Get full text

Passive flow control devices for road vehicles: A comprehensive review by Md. Nazmus Salehin, Nayem Zaman Saimoon, Mim Mashrur Ahmed, Md. Rabiul Islam Sarker, Mahadi Hasan Masud

“…Firstly, the working physics behind different strategies, like deflectors, diffusers, spoilers, vortex generators, and flaps were elaborately discussed, followed by a detailed comparison among these techniques in terms of resultant drag and lift forces. …”
Get full text

Militanza, “impegno” e critica sociale dell’antropologia sulla base di intense etnografie. Le intenzioni trasformative e i giudizi politici dell’antropologo by Antonino Colajanni

“…A following analysis is devoted to the intensive debate, diffused in Italy in the last decade, on an essay by Fabio Dei on the objections to the “radical critics to the State as an example of diffused and constrictive power”; and a specific attention is dedicated to an interesting book on the “militant anthropology”. …”
Get full text

Acute Ventricular Wall Thickening: Sepsis, Thrombotic Microangiopathy, or Myocarditis? by Nicolas De Schryver, Delphine Hoton, Diego Castanares-Zapatero, Philippe Hantson

“…Echocardiography revealed an impressive diffuse thickening of the whole myocardium (interventricular septum 18 mm; posterior wall 16 mm) with diffuse hypokinesia and markedly reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (31%). …”
Get full text

Leflunomide induced drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms: A lesser known entity by Deepak Vashisht, Madhab Durga Tripathy, Sunmeet Sandhu, Rohit Kothari, Surbhi Vashisht, Arun Hegde

“…A 56-year-old lady, a known case of rheumatoid arthritis on treatment, developed diffuse exanthematous rash over body with fever and hepatic dysfunction, a month after administration of leflunomide. …”
Get full text

Clostridium perfringens Septicemia and a Bleeding Ulcer of a Jejunal Interposition: A Case Report and Short Review of the Literature by W. Wild, F. Bormann, H. Sweiti, N. Tamimi, D. Pichulek, M. Divo, P. Dörr, M. Schwarzbach

“…The postmortem examination revealed a diffuse spread of Clostridium perfringens to multiple organs. …”
Get full text

A Giant Euthyroid Endemic Multinodular Goiter with No Obstructive or Compressive Symptoms by Ahmed Nada, Ashraf Mohamed Ahmed, Ramon Vilallonga, Manuel Armengol, Ibrahim Moustafa

“…Diffusely enlarged thyroid glands (goitres) are becoming increasingly infrequent. …”
Get full text

Symmetric Lipomatosis Arising in the Tongue Presenting as Macroglossia and Articulatory Disorder by Masanori Kudoh, Ken Omura, Arata Satsukawa, Koshi Matsumoto, Takahide Taguchi, Hiroyuki Harada, Yoshimasa Ishii

“…It is characterized by multiple symmetric lipomatous nodules and diffuse bilateral swelling located within the tongue. …”
Get full text

Analysis of the Effectiveness of Variants of the Exhaust Compartment of a Steam Turbine by V. G. Solodov, V. A. Konev

“…The effectiveness of lowering the cap of the collecting chamber, controlling the flow using sheet ribs above the diffuser shell, expanding the collecting chamber in the plane of the horizontal connector, and ensuring the release of excess steam from the moisture removal chamber through the tangential slots in the lower half of the convex shell of the diffuser were analyzed.…”
Get full text