Anisodamine ameliorates crystalline silica-exposed pulmonary inflammation and fibrosis via the α7nAChR/JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway by Meng Liu, Hui Liu, Hong Kang, Juan Wu, Puhua Xing, Xiaorui Ding, Yangyang Wei, Xiaomei Kong

“…Silicosis is a systemic disease marked by diffuse pulmonary fibrosis resulting from prolonged inhalation of crystalline silica (CS) dust. …”
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Rapidly Progressive Pulmonary Apical Fibrosis and Parenchymal Destruction in a Patient with Ankylosing Spondylitis by Hasan Ulusoy, Nazmiye Tibel Tuna, Aslı Tanrivermis Sayit

“…Chest X-ray revealed increased diffuse opacity in the upper zones of the right lung. …”
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Hierarchically Structured Stimuli-Responsive Liquid Crystalline Terpolymer–Rhodamine Dye Conjugates by Samiksha Vaidya, Meenakshi Sharma, Christian Brückner, Rajeswari M. Kasi

“…We probed their composition, morphology, thermal, mechanic, photochromic, and mechanochromic properties using, inter alia, ¹H NMR spectroscopy, DSC, temperature-dependent SAXS, diffuse reflectance UV-vis spectroscopy, and optical polarization microscopy. …”
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Egyptian Novel Goose Parvovirus in Immune Organs of Naturally Infected Ducks: Next-Generation Sequencing, Immunohistochemical Signals, and Comparative Analysis of Pathological Chan... by Mohamed A. Lebdah, Amal A. M. Eid, Reham M. ElBakrey, Abd Elgalil. El-Gohary, Mohamed G. Seadawy, Mohamed R. Mousa, Hagar F. Gouda, Nehal I. A. Goda, Mostafa F. El-Hosseny, Ahmed S. El-tahlawy, Rokayya Sami, Rasha A. Al-Eisa, Sarah S. Helal

“…Furthermore, immunohistochemical examination revealed positive signals of the parvovirus detected in thymic lymphocytes in the cortex, bursa-dependent lymphoid follicle of the medulla, and diffuse positive expression of viral antigens in the spleen. …”
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MHD flow of Williamson nanofluid using effective similarity variable considering viscous dissipation and thermal radiation over a non-linear stretching surface via OHAM by Muhammad Awais Sherani, Muhammad Sohail, Ibrahim Mahariq, Syed Tehseen Abbas

“…The results depict the scenario in which with increasing values of λ and M, the velocity reduces because resistance is increased; meanwhile, the temperature profile is inversely proportional to higher Pr, Le, and Nbt, where it decreases because thermal diffusivity diminishes. Conversely, with an increase in Rd, Nc, and S, the thermal profiles augment. …”
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Portable Handheld Slit-Lamp Based on a Smartphone Camera for Cataract Screening by Shenming Hu, Hong Wu, Xinze Luan, Zhuoshi Wang, Mary Adu, Xiaoting Wang, Chunhong Yan, Bo Li, Kewang Li, Ying Zou, Xiaoya Yu, Xiangdong He, Wei He

“…In order for the light source part to meet the portable requirements of the slit-lamp, the adjustable and diffused light functions of the ligaments were removed in this design. …”
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The Myth of Air Purifier in Mitigating the Transmission Risk of SARS-CoV-2 Virus by Lip Huat Saw, Bey Fen Leo, Chin Yik Lin, Norfilza Mohd Mokhtar, Sawal Hamid Md Ali, Mohd Shahrul Mohd Nadzir

“…The numerical model showed that airflow from the diffusers, exhaust fans and placement of the air purifier significantly influenced the dispersion pattern of the aerosol particles in the common ward. …”
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Analysis of the Internal Radial Gradient of Chemical Abundances in Spiral Galaxies from CALIFA by A. F. S. Cardoso, O. Cavichia, M. Mollá, L. Sánchez-Menguiano

“…Additionally, we analyze the abundance radial gradients to investigate the impact of diffuse ionized gas (DIG) decontamination on oxygen abundances over these inner drops. …”
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Fluid Flow and Heat Transport Computation for Power-Law Scaling Poroperm Media by Peter Leary, Peter Malin, Rami Niemi

“…Wellbore-centric thermal transport is described by Peclet number Pe ≡ a0φv0/D (a0 = wellbore radius, v0 = fluid velocity at a0, φ = mean crustal porosity, and D = rock-water thermal diffusivity). The modelling schema is (i) 3D global mesh for spatially correlated stochastic poropermeability; (ii) ambient percolation flow calibrated by well-core porosity-controlled permeability; (iii) advection via fault-like structures calibrated by well-log neutron porosity; (iv) flow Pe ~ 0.5 in ambient crust and Pe ~ 5 for fault-borne advection.…”
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Experimental Study on Shear Behavior and Failure Mechanism of Bolted Heterogeneous Rock Joints under Different Anchorage Conditions by Xianzhen Cheng, Hengjie Luan, Yujing Jiang, Sunhao Zhang, Chuanyang Jia

“…Under fully grouted, the extrusion force caused by the rock bolt will diffuse around the anchorage agent and will not cause partial continuous damage. …”
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Application of Infrared Spectroscopy for Functional Compounds Evaluation in Olive Oil: A Current Snapshot by Sarfaraz Ahmed Mahesar, Massimo Lucarini, Alessandra Durazzo, Antonello Santini, Anja I. Lampe, Johannes Kiefer

“…Olive oil is a liquid fat obtained from the fruit of Olea europaea, a plant belonging to the Oleaceae family, which is widely cultivated and diffused in the Mediterranean area. It is largely produced and used since antiquity. …”
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Sodium cation exchanged zeolites for direct air capture of CO2 by Do Yeong Kim, Wo Bin Bae, Haehyun Min, Kyeong-Hun Ryu, Sungjoon Kweon, Linh Mai Tran, Young Jin Kim, Min Bum Park, Sung Bong Kang

“…This study systematically investigated the CO2 adsorption-desorption performance of the representative zeolites (ZSM-5, Beta, Mordenite and Y) in H- and Na-forms using various analytical methods, including in-situ Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform spectroscopy. …”
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HIV-Associated Vacuolar Myelopathy and HIV-Associated Dementia as the Initial Manifestation of HIV/AIDS by Natalia Wuliji, Matthew J. Mandell, Jason M. Lunt, Adam Merando

“…MRI-brain was notable for nonspecific volume loss and diffusely increased T2 signal throughout the supratentorial white matter. …”
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Coarse Particle Motion Characteristics in a Double-Stage Slurry Pump Considering Leakage Flow by Hao Jia, Yuqi Wang, Zuchao Zhu, Xianghui Su, Zhenji Tang

“…In the nonleak situation, although the increment of the average kinetic energy of particles through the impeller is more significant than in the leak case, most of them dissipate primarily by more than 10% collision in the bowl diffuser. In the leak or nonleak case, the average kinetic energy of particles was more than twice through the first stage but only 1.1 times through the second stage. …”
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Flow Field Simulation of Swirling Abrasive Jet Nozzle for Hard Rock Breaking by Zhang Dongqing, Li Jingbin, Hu Xiao, Liu Xin, Cheng Kang

“…The results show that the swirling abrasive jet has no constant velocity core, has stronger diffusivity, and can form a larger impact area than the direct jet. …”
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A Korean Patient With Leber Congenital Amaurosis and a Homozygous RPE65 Variant Originating From a Paternal Uniparental Isodisomy by Hane Lee, Dongseok Moon, Rin Khang, Go Hun Seo, Chang Ki Yoon, Un Chul Park, Kyu Hyung Park, Eun Kyoung Lee

“…His fundus examinations showed salt‐and‐pepper retinal dystrophy, with diffuse extinguished signal on fundus autofluorescence and attenuated amplitude on electroretinogram. …”
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Differential Proliferative Characteristics of Alveolar Fibroblasts in Interstitial Lung Diseases: Regulative Role of IL-1 and PGE2 by Elizabeth Fireman, Shlomo Ben Efraim, Joel Greif, Hava Peretz, Shmuel Kivity, Marcel Topilsky, Yosef Rodrig, A. Yellin, Ron N. Apte

“…Fibroblasts (Fb) from patients with sarcoidosis (SA) and hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) exhibited a lower proliferative capacity compared with Fb obtained from control (CO) and diffuse interstitial fibrosis patients (DIF). Proliferation of Fb from SA or lip patients was suppressed by autologous LPS-stimulated alveolar macrophages (AM) supernatants but not by those from CO patients. …”
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Separation and Determination of Fe(III) and Fe(II) in Natural and Waste Waters Using Silica Gel Sequentially Modified with Polyhexamethylene Guanidine and Tiron by Svetlana Didukh, Vladimir Losev, Elena Borodina, Nikolay Maksimov, Anatoly Trofimchuk, Olga Zaporogets

“…Red-lilac complexes of the composition FeL3 were formed on the sorbent surface during sorption regardless of initial oxidation level of iron. Diffuse reflectance spectrum of surface complexes exhibited wide band with slightly expressed maxima at 480 and 510 nm. …”
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Public sector involvement in non-state governances for sustainable food systems—a biodiversity perspective by Talia Shalom, Tamar Dayan, Tamar Dayan, Eran Feitelson

“…In 2020, the EU established a comprehensive strategy for biodiversity and integrated its three-decades-long engagement with organic farming into it as a policy tool. This policy has diffused to local European food policy councils. However, the capital-intensive boost in a single VSS, leaves other biodiversity-oriented initiatives without substantive governmental support.…”
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MUSEQuBES: Unveiling Cosmic Web Filaments at z ≈ 3.6 through Dual Absorption and Emission Line Analysis by Eshita Banerjee, Sowgat Muzahid, Joop Schaye, Sebastiano Cantalupo, Sean D. Johnson

“…However, due to their low density, the direct detection of diffuse gas in cosmic filaments remains elusive. Here, we report the discovery of an extremely metal-poor ([ X / H ] ≈ −3.7), low-density ( ${\mathrm{log}}_{10}{n}_{{\rm{H}}}/{{\rm{cm}}}^{-3}\,\approx $ −4, corresponding to an overdensity of ≈5) partial Lyman limit system (pLLS) at z  ≈ 3.577 along the quasar sightline Q1317–0507, probing cosmic filaments. …”
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