Circulating Tissue Inhibitor of Matrix Metalloproteinase-4 (TIMP-4) in Systemic Sclerosis Patients with Elevated Pulmonary Arterial Pressure by Gialafos J. Elias, Moyssakis Ioannis, Psaltopoulou Theodora, Papadopoulos P. Dimitrios, Perea Despoina, Vlasis Kostantinos, Kostopoulos Charalampos, Votteas Vassilios, Sfikakis P. Petros

“…However, in the subgroup of patients with PASP measurements lower to 40 mmHg (n=69), TIMP-4 levels were comparable to controls irrespective of the presence of diffuse or limited skin involvement, or lung fibrosis. …”
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Reexpansion Pulmonary Edema following Laparoscopy-Assisted Distal Gastrectomy for a Patient with Early Gastric Cancer: A Case Report by Kazuhito Yajima, Tatsuo Kanda, Ryo Tanaka, Yu Sato, Takashi Ishikawa, Shin-ichi Kosugi, Tadayuki Honda, Katsuyoshi Hatakeyama

“…Chest radiography results showed diffuse ground-glass attenuation and alveolar consolidation in both lungs without cardiomegaly. …”
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Determination of the Mechanical Properties of Rubber by FT-NIR by Rattapol Pornprasit, Philaiwan Pornprasit, Pruet Boonma, Juggapong Natwichai

“…All of the samples were then scanned using a FT-NIR spectrometer and fitted with an integration sphere working in a diffused reflectance mode. The spectra were correlated with hardness and tensile properties. …”
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Porothermoelastic Response of a Borehole in Fluid-Saturated Medium Subjected to Thermal Osmosis Effect by Hai Lin, Jingen Deng, Xiaocheng Zhang, Jiajia Gao

“…The results suggest that the thermal osmosis effect should not be neglected on the premise that a lower permeability porous rock is characterized by the substantially large thermal osmotic coefficient and the small thermal diffusivity values. The case that the thermal osmosis effect reduces the undrained loading effect leads to the decrease of the mean shear stress that is determined by the effective maximum and minimum stress around a borehole, since, and accordingly contributes to the wellbore stability to resist the shear failure.…”
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A Rare Case of Digital Ischemia and Gangrene in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis with Review of the Literature by Richard A. Lau, Ramandeep Bains, Duminda Suraweera, Jane Ma, Emil R. Heinze, Andrew L. Wong, Philip J. Clements

“…The diagnosis was supported with a positive cANCA (anti-proteinase 3) and a bronchoscopy consistent with diffuse alveolar hemorrhage. Although the patient refused a tissue biopsy, clinical presentation including nasal ulceration, sinus congestion, and epistaxis and anti-proteinase 3 antibody were more consistent with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA) rather than Microscopic Polyangiitis (MPA) or Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA) based on the recently presented ACR/EULAR Provisional 2017 Classification Criteria for GPA (Luqmani et al., 2016). …”
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“That’ll Teach Them”: Investigating the Soft Power Conversion Model through the Case of Russian Higher Education by A. Crowley-Vigneau, A. A. Baykov, E. Kalyuzhnova

“…A survey of foreign students starting their studies and of another finishing their studies in three leading Russian universities reveals that receiving a higher education in Russia may contribute to aligning students’ positions with the Russian perspective on international issues diffused in these universities as was confirmed by surveying a control group of Russian students. …”
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Idiopathic Infantile Arterial Calcification: A Possible Cause of Refractory Cardiopulmonary Failure in Infancy by A. Nael, P. J. Siaghani, D. Chen, S. G. Romansky, L. Shane

“…His symptoms progressed to multiple organ failure and he eventually expired at four weeks of age. On autopsy, diffuse calcium deposition within the internal elastic lamina of medium and large arteries was identified, as well as narrowing of lumen due to myointimal proliferation. …”
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Giant Congenital Melanocytic Nevi and Neurocutaneous Melanosis by Catarina Araújo, Cristina Resende, Francisco Pardal, Celeste Brito

“…This patient was diagnosed as having a neurocutaneous melanosis with malignant widespread leptomeningeal infiltration. Diffuse spinal involvement is unusual and is described in only another patient.…”
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Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity of Powders (P25) via Calcination Treatment by Guohong Wang, Lin Xu, Jun Zhang, Tingting Yin, Deyan Han

“…The P25 powders before and after calcination treatment were characterized with XRD FTIR, UV-visible diffuse reflectance spectra, SEM, TEM, HRTEM, and N2 adsorption-desorption measurements. …”
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Iron Contamination Mechanism and Reaction Performance Research on FCC Catalyst by Zhaoyong Liu, Zhongdong Zhang, Pusheng Liu, Jianing Zhai, Chaohe Yang

“…A dense layer could be formed on the catalysts’ surface after iron contamination and the dense layer stops reactants to diffuse to inner structures of catalyst. This causes extremely negative effects on catalyst’s heavy oil conversion ability and could greatly cut down gasoline yield while increasing yields of dry gas, coke, and slurry largely. …”
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Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Radial Gap and Impeller Blade Exit on Flow-Induced Vibration at the Blade-Passing Frequency in a Centrifugal Pump by A. Al-Qutub, A. Khalifa, Y. Khulief

“…It has been recognized that the pressure pulsation excited by rotor-stator interaction in large pumps is strongly influenced by the radial gap between impeller and volute diffusers/tongues and the geometry of impeller blade at exit. …”
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Successful Management of Immune Thrombocytopenia Presenting with Lethal Alveolar Hemorrhage by Keiki Nagaharu, Masahiro Masuya, Keiki Kawakami, Naoyuki Katayama

“…We report the case details of three elderly ITP patients presenting with lethal diffuse alveolar hemorrhage. These patients had the following underlying pulmonary diseases: case 1, nontuberculous mycobacterial infection and sarcoidosis; case 2, cryptogenic organizing pneumonia; case 3, pulmonary emphysema. …”
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False-Positive 18F-FDG PET/CT Uptake in Unilateral Lactation by Joshua Wei Liang Yip, Han Loh, Chuong Bui, Veronica Chi Ken Wong, Robert Mansberg

“…The scan demonstrated unilateral diffuse intense FDG uptake corresponding to dense soft tissue in the right breast, likely related to secretory hyperplasia. …”
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Phytogenic Synthesis and Characterization of NiO-ZnO Nanocomposite for the Photodegradation of Brilliant Green and 4-Nitrophenol by Sirajul Haq, Aqsa Waheed Raja, Sadiq Ur Rehman, Amine Mezni, Manel Ben Ali, Amor Hedfi, Muhammad Imran Shahzad, Wajid Rehman, Nadia Shahzad, Muhammad Waseem, Pervaiz Ahmad

“…By using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), functional groups in samples were determined. By using diffuse reflectance data (DRS), band gap energy calculated via Tauc plot was 3.23 eV. …”
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The clinical-stage drug BTZ-043 accumulates in murine tuberculosis lesions and efficiently acts against Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Andreas Römpp, Axel Treu, Julia Kokesch-Himmelreich, Franziska Marwitz, Julia Dreisbach, Nadine Aboutara, Doris Hillemann, Moritz Garrelts, Paul J. Converse, Sandeep Tyagi, Sina Gerbach, Luzia Gyr, Ann-Kathrin Lemm, Johanna Volz, Alexandra Hölscher, Leon Gröschel, Eva-Maria Stemp, Norbert Heinrich, Florian Kloss, Eric L. Nuermberger, Dominik Schwudke, Michael Hoelscher, Christoph Hölscher, Kerstin Walter

“…High-resolution MALDI imaging further reveals that BTZ-043 diffuses and accumulates in the cellular compartment, and fully penetrates the necrotic center. …”
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Long-Term Follow-Up of SAPHO Syndrome for 15 Years Led to a Diagnosis of Temporomandibular Joint Pain and Trismus by Koki Takamatsu, Hitoshi Sato, Takashi Moriya, Arisa Yasuda, Takaaki Kamatani, Tatsuo Shirota

“…Sterile inflammation in the left TMJ and diffuse sclerosing osteomyelitis of the mandible were observed. …”
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Beyond EU Law Heroes: Unleashing Strategic Litigation as a Form of Participation in the Union’s Democratic Life by Alberto Alemanno

“…For strategic litigation to unleash its democratic potential at scale, EU courts must—as required by the “Provisions on Democratic Principles” of the Treaty of Lisbon—ensure a participatory enabling environment capable of proactively catalyzing and facilitating the ability of ordinary citizens—as well as diffuse, under-resourced and traditionally overlooked groups—to be better able to contribute to the Union’s democratic life. …”
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SiO2/TiO2 Composite Coating on Light Substrates for Photocatalytic Decontamination of Water by Hana Bíbová, Lenka Hykrdová, Hiep Hoang, Milan Eliáš, Jaromír Jirkovský

“…Detail characterization of the coated Liapor was obtained by XRF, SEM/EDX, and UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, and surface area measurements. …”
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Wear-resistant Ti/TiCp composite coatings via synchronous powder supplied wire arc additive manufacturing by Xinxin Guo, Ming Ma, Shuaifeng Zhang, Zhengying Wei

“…The heat erosion caused by the titanium alloy melt did not lead to the complete dissolution of the TiC particles; however, the carbon atoms at the edges of these particles diffuse into the molten pool. The resulting titanium matrix composite coatings contain residual unmelted TiC as well as in-situ precipitated TiC phases. …”
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Inspection and Numerical Analysis of an Ottoman Railway Bridge in Jordan by Amin H. Almasri, Qusai Fandi Al-Waked

“…Bridges were historically important as they help connecting people and thus diffusing cultures, sharing ideas, and providing the backbone of transportation networks. …”
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