Elderly Onset Primary Intestinal Lymphangiectasia—A Rare Case by Li‐Han Goh, Madhavan Manoharan, Khean‐Lee Goh

“…ABSTRACT Primary intestinal lymphangiectasia (PIL) is a rare protein‐losing gastroenteropathy characterized by diffuse or localized ectasia of the enteric lymphatics, which can be accompanied by lymphatic abnormalities in other parts of the body. …”
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Plexiform Neurofibroma of the Wrist: Imaging Features and When to Suspect Malignancy by Maria Gosein, Anthony Ameeral, Renee Banfield, Murrie Mosodeen

“…Plexiform neurofibromas are essentially pathognomonic for neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), occurring when there is diffuse involvement along a nerve segment and its branches. …”
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Modifications on Microporosity and Physical Properties of Cement Mortar Caused by Carbonation: Comparison of Experimental Methods by Son Tung Pham

“…We also examined the evolution of macrophysical properties such as the solid phase volume using helium pycnometry, gas permeability, thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, and longitudinal and transverse ultrasonic velocities. …”
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Daratumumab, Lenalidomide, and Dexamethasone (DRD), an Active Regimen in the Treatment of Immunosuppression-Associated Plasmablastic Lymphoma (PBL) in the Setting of Gorham’s Lymph... by Matthew Lee, Beth A. Martin, Haifaa Abdulhaq

“…Characterized by an aggressive course with a poor overall survival due to treatment refractoriness, plasmablastic lymphoma (PBL) is a rare variant of diffuse large cell B cell lymphoma. Gorham’s lymphangiomatosis or Gorham–Stout disease (GSD) is a rare skeletal condition of unknown etiology characterized by progressive bone loss and nonmalignant proliferation of vascular and lymphatic channels within the affected bone. …”
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Pathological Laughter as a Symptom of Midbrain Infarction by Ron Dabby, Nathan Watemberg, Yair Lampl, Anda Eilam, Abraham Rapaport, Menachem Sadeh

“…Pathological laughter is an uncommon symptom usually caused by bilateral, diffuse cerebral lesions. It has rarely been reported in association with isolated cerebral lesions. …”
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Suspected Spontaneous Aqueous Humor Misdirection Syndrome in a Boston Terrier by Ashley E. Zibura, Michael G. Davidson, Hans D. Westermeyer

“…Initial ophthalmic examination revealed moderate ocular hypertension, a diffusely and markedly shallow anterior chamber with anteriorly displaced iris and lens, vitreal prolapse, and a normal iridocorneal angle (ICA) morphology. …”
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Sanctuary for vulnerable Arctic species at the Borealis Mud Volcano by Giuliana Panieri, Claudio Argentino, Alessandra Savini, Bénédicte Ferré, Fereshteh Hemmateenejad, Mari H. Eilertsen, Rune Mattingsdal, Sofia P. Ramalho, Tor Eidvin, Sarah Youngs, Beckett Casper Colson, Anna Pauline Miranda Michel, Jason Alexander Kapit, Denise Swanborn, Alex D. Rogers, Ines Barrenechea Angeles, Stéphane Polteau, Dimitri Kalenitchenko, Stefan Buenz, Adriano Mazzini

“…The surrounding seafloor within the mud volcano features extensive carbonate deposits, indicating prolonged diffuse methane migration. Sampling and imagery reveal that Borealis supports unique habitats adapted to low-oxygen conditions near methane seeps. …”
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Simulation and Modeling of Flow in a Gas Compressor by Anna Avramenko, Alexey Frolov, Jari Hämäläinen

“…The presented research demonstrates the results of a series of numerical simulations of gas flow through a single-stage centrifugal compressor with a vaneless diffuser. Numerical results were validated with experiments consisting of eight regimes with different mass flow rates. …”
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Mouse-derived Synaptosomes Trypsin Cleavage Assay to Characterize Synaptic Protein Sub-localization by Jasmeet Shergill, Domenico Azarnia Tehran

“…Upon the arrival of an action potential, neurotransmitters are released from the presynaptic site and diffuse across the synaptic cleft to bind specialized receptors at the postsynaptic terminal. …”
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Theoretical Calculation Method for the Hugoniot Elastic Limit of Hard Rock Based on Ideal Elastoplastic Model by Yihao Cheng, Chunming Song, Yizhong Tan, Songlin Yue, Gan Li, Yanyu Qiu, Tianhan Xu, Yong Liu, Fei Gao, Qian Yu

“…The simplified model of this work can give a rational and practical prediction of the HEL of hard rock in theory, and the complicated interaction between the “damage front” and the diffuse elastic precursor is assumed to explain two special effects of the HEL in plate impact experiments of hard rock, where Poisson’s ratio related to damage levels seems to be the dominant factor.…”
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A Case of Low-Grade Oncocytic Tumor/Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma (Oncocytic Variant) of the Kidney by Noriyoshi Ishikawa, Nao Kimura, Toshio Yoshida, Ichiro Yoshimura, Ken Nakahara, Toyonori Tsuzuki, Osamu Tokunaga

“…However, immunohistochemically, they exhibit diffuse and dense positivity for CK7 and are negative for CD117. …”
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Corticosteroids in Patients with IgA Nephropathy and Severe Chronic Renal Damage by Claudio Pozzi, Francesca Ferrario, Bianca Visciano, Lucia Del Vecchio

“…From 2001 to 2005, four patients came to our observation because of serum creatinine higher than 3 mg/dL, proteinuria ranging from 1.8 to 5.1 g/day, and a histological picture of diffuse sclerotic lesions. A corticosteroid course of 12 months was given. …”
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Emergency Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Pericardial Decompression Syndrome by Mohamed Laimoud, Patricia Machado, Andrea Rossi Zadra, Mary Maghirang, Ali Alenazy

“…Unfortunately, the patient developed acute progressive thrombocytopenia and bilaterally diffuse subarachnoid hemorrhage after 4 days of ECMO support. …”
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Preparation, Characterization, and Activity of Y2O3-ZnO Complex Oxides for the Photodegradation of 2,4-Dinitrophenol by Tong-ming Su, Zu-zeng Qin, Hong-bing Ji, Yue-xiu Jiang

“…The Y2O3-ZnO complex oxides were characterized by X-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, physisorption analyzer, and terephthalic acid photoluminescence probing techniques and were used for the degradation of 2,4-dinitrophenol. …”
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A Case of Proliferative Glomerulonephritis with Monoclonal IgG Deposits That Showed Predominantly Membranous Features by Homare Shimohata, Kentaro Ohgi, Hiroshi Maruyama, Yasunori Miyamoto, Mamiko Takayashu, Kouichi Hirayama, Masaki Kobayashi

“…The renal biopsy showed diffuse thickening of the glomerular capillary walls with focal mesangial proliferation. …”
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Isolated Knee Arthritis as Early and Only Symptom of Whipple’s Disease by Dario Giunchi, Natalie Marcoli, Luca Deabate, Marco Delcogliano, Enrique Testa, Christian Candrian, Paolo Gaffurini

“…Initially, the cause of the gradually invalidating symptoms was related to a meniscal lesion and a diffuse minor grade chondropathy, but pain and functional impairment suggested that more exams were needed. …”
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Brain magnetic resonance imaging findings in Mitochondrial Neurogastrointestinal Encephalomyopathy (MNGIE): A case-based review by Maria Veatriki Christodoulou, MD, MSc, Nikoletta Anagnostou, MD, MSc, Anastasia K. Zikou, MD, PhD

“…Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy (MNGIE) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder, manifesting with gastrointestinal dysmotility, cachexia, ptosis and peripheral neuropathy. Diffuse leukoencephalopathy in brain MRI is a hallmark of MNGIE. …”
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Surface Heterogeneity at the Solid-Gas Interface of Hydrophilic Solids Modified by Water-Repellent Molecules by F. Villiéras, M. Chamerois, J. Yvon, J.M. Cases

“…With water, the adsorption energy distribution remained unchanged in shape, indicating that this molecule can diffuse into the adsorbed layer between and around the adsorbed hydrophilic heads of the WRMs and thereby interact directly with the carbonate surface.…”
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Dengue Fever-Associated Maculopathy and Panuveitis in Australia by K. G.-J. Ooi, H. Inglis, N. Paramanathan, J. A. Downie, M. P. Hennessy

“…Automated perimetry revealed bilateral paracentral scotomas while optical coherence tomography demonstrated the maculopathies to be of the diffuse retinal thickening type in the right eye and acute macular neuroretinopathy (AMN) type in the left eye. …”
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Vanadium Pentoxide Nanoparticles Doped ZnO: Physicochemical, Optical, Dielectric, and Photocatalytic Properties by Imen Massoudi, Ridha Hamdi, Amani Rached, Zainah A. AlDhawi, Fatimah M. Alobaidan, Hawra M. Alhamdan, Ghadeer A. Almohammed Ali, Fatimah E. Almuslim, Amor Ben Ali

“…The prepared samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy combined with energy-dispersive spectroscopy, and UV-visible spectroscopy. A diffuse reflectance spectroscopic approach is described to determine the bandgap energy (Eg) of the samples. …”
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