The addition of vitamin E could reduce femoral head penetration of the polyethylene liners by Fanxiao Liu, Ling Gao, Dawei Wang, Qingyu Zhang

“…Abstract Background Vitamin E-diffused highly cross-linked polyethylene (HXLPE/Vit E) is a relatively advanced material used in total hip arthroplasty (THA) but whether it shows superiority is unclear. …”
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Beehive Fireworks Festival Effect on the Nearby Atmospheric PM2.5 Level by Chih-Chung Lin, Jen-Hsiung Tsai, Yi-Chin Hsieh, Shui-Jen Chen

“…However, the PM2.5 hardly diffused to distant places and accumulated in the local area around the boundary between Yanshuei and Xinying during the Beehive Fireworks Festival, since the wind speed was usually low or even stayed calm. …”
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Deaths during Sexual Activity by Agnė Okulevičiūtė, Sigitas Chmieliauskas, Sigitas Laima, Diana Vasiljevaitė, Jurgita Stasiūnienė

“…The perforation led to complications, including purulent diffuse peritonitis, intoxication, and acute cardiac and respiratory failure, resulting in death within 3-6 hours after insertion. …”
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Hubungan Kadar Limfosit Total dengan Prognosis Penyakit pada Penderita Sirosis Hati di Bagian Penyakit Dalam RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang Tahun 2011 by Vyola Regina, Arnelis Arnelis, Zulkarnain Edward

“…<br />Kata kunci: kadar limfosit total, sirosis hati<br />Abstract<br />Liver Cirrhosis is the end stage of chronic liver disease in the form of a diffuse fibrotic process characterized by changes in the normal architecture of the liver to abnormal nodules. …”
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Properties of Nanocrystals-formulated Aluminosilicate Bricks by Francesca Conciauro, Emanuela Filippo, Claudia Carlucci, Viviana Vergaro, Francesca Baldassarre, Rosaria D’Amato, Gaetano Terranova, Caterina Lorusso, Paolo Maria Congedo, Barbara Federica Scremin, Giuseppe Ciccarella

“…The nanocrystals- modified refractories showed variations in properties, with respect to the untreated aluminosilicate reference in heat- insulating performances (thermal diffusivities were measured by the “hot disk” technique). …”
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Feasibility and acceptability of a virtual learning module for navigating angry conversations in clinical encounters by Valerie Shilling, Rachel Starkings, Lesley Fallowfield

“…Confidence improved across all five categories - recognising responses that diffuse or exacerbate anger, identifying anger signals, remaining calm in hostile situations, moving forward with empathy, and applying techniques to different situations. …”
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Qingfei Tongluo Mixture Attenuates Bleomycin-Induced Pulmonary Inflammation and Fibrosis through mTOR-Dependent Autophagy in Rats by Shuyu Ge, Zhenghong Guo, Ting Xiao, Pingping Sun, Bo Yang, Yin Ying

“…As an interstitial fibrosis disease characterized by diffuse alveolitis and structural alveolar disorders, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) has high lethality but lacks limited therapeutic drugs. …”
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Sustainable thermal buffering of microencapsulated bio-phase change materials through an engineered biochar dopant by Dimberu G. Atinafu, Ji Yong Choi, Jihee Nam, Beom Yeol Yun, Sumin Kim

“…The introduction of a low (0.63 wt%) engineered biochar dopant significantly improves the thermal diffusivity of B28 by more than 1.3-fold. The biochar-PCM microcapsule composites present fusion and crystalline isothermal phase transition temperatures of 29.4 ± 0.38 °C and 16.7 ± 0.13 °C, respectively. …”
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Correlating the Optical Coherence Tomography Patterns and Biomarkers of Diabetic Macular Edema with Hemoglobin Level in Diabetic Kidney Disease by Gopalakrishnan N, Nagaraju SP, George NM, Bhandary SV, Kamath YS, Shetty SS, Nair SS, Kuzhuppilly NI, S S

“…The most common morphological pattern seen was combination of cystoid macular edema (CME) with diffuse retinal thickening (DRT) in both groups. Disruption of the external limiting membrane (ELM) and ellipsoid zone (EZ) was found to be associated with lower hemoglobin levels (p= 0.0155 and p= 0.0154 respectively). …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Acute Lung Injury Caused by Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Retrospective Cohort Study from a Sing... by Liang-jie Fang, Lu-yan Chen, Jun-hui Sun, Jian-ying Zhou

“…Pleural effusion (64.3%), diffuse pulmonary infiltration (42.9%), and accumulation of Lipiodol in lung field (42.9%) were frequent radiologic abnormalities. 11 patients (78.6%) achieved remission after treatment, and the 30-day mortality rate was approximately 21.4%. …”
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Serum vascular endothelial growth factor levels as a marker of skin thickening, digital ischemia, and interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis by Chinnadurai Saranya, Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Mahendran Bhuvanesh, Chilukuri Balaji, Selvakumar Balameena, Sankaralingam Rajeswari

“…No statistically significant difference was observed between diffuse (662.5 pg/ml [IQR: 441.25–942.5]) and limited SSc (680 pg/ml [IQR: 325–850]) (P = 0.412). …”
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X-ray emission from hot gas and XRBs in the NGC 5846 galaxy by Kyadampure Anil, Vagshette Nilkanth, Patil Madhav

“…The most dominant source of the observed X-ray luminosity of NGC 5846 happens to be the diffusely distributed plasma, making its contribution up to 85% of its total value, while the contribution from resolved and unresolved point sources is up to 15%. …”
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Interventricular septal dissection secondary to acute inferior myocardial infarction: case series and literature review by Ping Chen, Xiuqin Wang, Yun Mou

“…Coronary angiography revealed diffuse lesions from the proximal to the middle segment of the left circumflex branch, with 80% stenosis at its most severe point, and complete occlusion of the proximal segment of the right coronary artery. …”
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Case Report of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in an Adult with Chronic Visceral Acid Sphingomyelinase Deficiency by David Cassiman, Louis Libbrecht, Wouter Meersseman, Alexander Wilmer

“…Computerized tomography scanning imaging showed diffuse venous collaterals and ascites. Arteriographies during subsequent episodes of bleeding were negative for active arterial intestinal bleeding. …”
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Molecular Alterations of KIT Oncogene in Gliomas by Ana L. Gomes, Jorge S. Reis-Filho, José M. Lopes, Olga Martinho, Maryou B. K. Lambros, Albino Martins, Fernando Schmitt, Fernando Pardal, Rui M. Reis

“…Tumour cell immunopositivity was detected in 15.6% (28/179) of cases, namely in 25% (1/4) of pilocytic astrocytomas, 25% (5/20) of diffuse astrocytomas, 20% (1/5) of anaplastic astrocytomas, 19.5% (15/77) of glioblastomas and one third (3/9) of anaplastic oligoastrocytomas. …”
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Pushing the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array to the Limit: 140 pc Resolution Observations of a z = 6.6 Quasar–Galaxy Merger Resolve Strikingly Different Morphologies of... by Romain A. Meyer, Bram Venemans, Marcel Neeleman, Roberto Decarli, Fabian Walter

“…We argue instead that [C ii ] is produced in low-density PDRs in the interstellar medium and diffuse H i gas tidally stripped during the ongoing merger.…”
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Highly Aggressive CD4-Positive Mast Cell Leukaemia (Leukaemic Variant) Associated with Isolated Trisomy 19 and Hemophagocytosis by Neoplastic Mast Cells: A Case Report with Challen... by Dina Sameh Soliman, Ahmad Al-Sabbagh, Feryal Ibrahim, Amna Gameil, Mohamed Yassin, Halima El-Omri

“…Bone marrow (BM) aspirate showed extensive infiltration with immature mast cells of blast-like morphology with trilineage dysplasia and evident hemophagocytic activity exhibited by histiocytes and neoplastic mast cells. BM biopsy was diffusely infiltrated with many atypical mast cells positive for CD45, CD117, mast cell tryptase, CD25, and CD4 with partial positivity for CD7 and CD30. …”
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TERT de novo mutation-associated dyskeratosis congenita and porto-sinusoidal vascular disease: a case report by Ge Yu, Guijie Xin, Xu Liu, Wanyu Li, Chen Shao, Runping Gao

“…Recently, a pathogenic de novo TERT c.280A > T variant was associated with diffuse lung disease in an infant. Case presentation A 16-year-old Han male patient experienced unexplained black stool for 7 days, accompanied by dizziness and fatigue. …”
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Oxygenation improvement and duration of prone positioning are associated with ICU mortality in mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients by Silvia De Rosa, Nicolò Sella, Giacomo Bellani, Giuseppe Foti, Andrea Cortegiani, Giulia Lorenzoni, Dario Gregori, Annalisa Boscolo, Lucia Cattin, Muhammed Elhadi, Giorgio Fullin, Eugenio Garofalo, Leonardo Gottin, Alberto Grassetto, Salvatore Maurizio Maggiore, Elena Momesso, Mario Peta, Daniele Poole, Roberto Rona, Ivo Tiberio, Andrea Zanoletti, Emanuele Rezoagli, Paolo Navalesi, for the SIAARTI Study Group

“…Abstract Background Prone position has been diffusely applied in mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients. …”
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Infarct‐like myocarditis with coronary vasculitis and aneurysm formation caused by Epstein–Barr virus infection by Cristina Chimenti, Romina Verardo, Claudia Grande, Marco Francone, Andrea Frustaci

“…Cardiac magnetic resonance revealed the presence of a micro‐aneurism in the inferior LV wall, a diffuse oedematous imbibition of LV myocardium suggested by hyper‐intensity of T2 mapping, and increased fibrosis as suggested by areas of late gadolinium enhancement signals. …”
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