A Modeling Study of the Productivity of Horizontal Wells in Hydrocarbon-Bearing Reservoirs: Effects of Fracturing Interference by Lei Huang, Peijia Jiang, Xuyang Zhao, Liang Yang, Jiaying Lin, Xuyang Guo

“…Commercial production from hydrocarbon-bearing reservoirs with low permeability usually requires the use of horizontal well and hydraulic fracturing for the improvement of the fluid diffusivity in the matrix. The hydraulic fracturing process involves the injection of viscous fluid for fracture initiation and propagation, which alters the poroelastic behaviors in the formation and causes fracturing interference. …”
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Resources to mitigate health impairment among police employees investigating child abuse: a qualitative study exploring the availability of organisational support by Lea Loncar, Ingrid Steen Rostad, Ingvild Saksvik-Lehouillier, Eva Langvik

“…The participants primarily relied on support and spontaneous diffusing from their colleagues. Working in teams fostered supportive relationships and knowledge transfer, while high turnover represented a significant obstacle to collegial support. …”
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Revealing the fireworks-set-off pattern of spatial multi-function expansion across cities leveraging big geodata – a case of the Greater Bay Area, China by Ku Gao, Xiaomei Yang, Zhihua Wang, Yueming Liu, Huifang Zhang, Xiaoliang Liu, Qingyang Zhang

“…We found that (1) across-cities SMFE exhibited a fireworks-set-off pattern, including sprawling along river in the plains between coastal port cities and inland core cities and diffusing from inland core cities on the plains to inland node cities in the mountains; (2) social-living, business-trade, and industry-production functions were sequentially primary expanding functions; (3) paddy and forest were two major land cover types encroaching upon inland cities, while coastal cities primarily suffered from losses of water. …”
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A model for institutional phosphorus damage costs: A case study at the University of Virginia by Sy Coffey, Selina L. Cheng, Elizabeth Dukes, Geneviève S. Metson, Graham K. MacDonald, James N. Galloway

“…Our methods determine the source (diffuse agricultural and wastewater point source) and location (coastal and freshwater) of the University’s phosphorus footprint impacts, estimate the relative contribution of nitrogen and phosphorus across existing eutrophication damage costs, and then apply the results to the University’s phosphorus footprint. …”
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Sensitivity of global solar irradiance to transposition models: Assessing risks associated with model discrepancies by Yasser F. Nassar, Hala J. El-Khozondar, Mohamed M. Khaleel, Abdussalam A. Ahmed, Abdulgader H. Alsharif, Monaem Elmnifi, Mark Amoah Nyasapoh

“…Estimating solar irradiance is essential for solar energy systems evaluations, energy audit of buildings and. Global and sky-diffuse horizontal irradiances are measured by meteorological stations and satellites. …”
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Characterization of patients with chronic liver disease of alcoholic etiology by Doppler ultrasound. Cienfuegos, 2020 by Masleidy Valladares Valle, Lariagna Moya Cardoso, Dianarelys Villafuerte Delgado, Rubén Daniel Fernández Azpiri, Liam Lain Pérez Valladares, Claudia Vasallo López

“…Liver cirrhosis, whose most frequent etiology is alcoholism, represents the end of chronic and progressive diffuse liver lesions.<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to characterize patients with chronic alcoholic liver disease by Doppler ultrasound.…”
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Observations of Unusual Daytime Range Spread F at Middle Latitude During the Afternoon Hours by Lehui Wei, Chunhua Jiang, Ting Lan, Wenxuan Wang, Hua Shen, Ercha Aa, Wengeng Huang, Jing Liu, Guobin Yang, Yaogai Hu, Zhengyu Zhao

“…The result of these observations seems to indicate that these extra traces and daytime diffused echoes on ionograms might be attributed to the same ionospheric disturbances phenomenon. …”
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Visible-Light-Driven Degradation of Chloramphenicol Using CeO₂ Nanoparticles Prepared by a Supercritical CO₂ Route: A Proof of Concept by Maria Chiara Iannaco, Antonietta Mancuso, Stefania Mottola, Andrea Pipolo, Vincenzo Vaiano, Iolanda De Marco

“…After thermal annealing, the CeO₂ samples were characterized through UV–Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy to evaluate the band gap energy values. …”
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The Mycobacterium ulcerans toxin mycolactone causes destructive Sec61-dependent loss of the endothelial glycocalyx and vessel basement membrane to drive skin necrosis by Louise Tzung-Harn Hsieh, Belinda S Hall, Jane Newcombe, Tom A Mendum, Sonia Santana Varela, Yagnesh Umrania, Michael J Deery, Wei Q Shi, Josué Diaz-Delgado, Francisco J Salguero, Rachel E Simmonds

“…The drivers of tissue necrosis in Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli ulcer disease) have historically been ascribed solely to the directly cytotoxic action of the diffusible exotoxin, mycolactone. However, its role in the clinically evident vascular component of disease aetiology remains poorly explained. …”
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Variability of nutrient transport and associated upper ocean primary production induced by Kuroshio meanders in the Enshu-nada Sea, Japan by Namazue Gaku, Uchiyama Yusuke, Zhang Xu, Masunaga Eiji

“…The upper ocean nitrate flux budget analysis showed that the subsurface nitrate was transported upward as a vertical diffusive flux around the north (shoreward) of the Kuroshio path and as a mean vertical advective flux in the Kuroshio downstream region around the Izu-Ogasawara Ridge. …”
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Enhanced pedestal transport driven by edge collisionality on Alcator C-Mod and its role in regulating H-mode pedestal gradients by M.A. Miller, J.W. Hughes, A.M. Rosenthal, S. Mordijck, R. Reksoatmodjo, M. Wigram, J. Dunsmore, F. Sciortino, R.S. Wilcox, T. Odstrčil

“…A limit to the pedestal $\nabla n_{e}$ emerges as the particle flux, $\Gamma_{D}$ , continues to grow, implying increases in the effective particle diffusivity, $D_\mathrm{eff}$ . This is well-correlated with the separatrix collisionality, $\nu^{*}_\mathrm{sep}$ and a turbulence control parameter, α _t , implying a possible transition in type of turbulence. …”
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Preparation and Photocatalytic Activity of Ag Modified Ti-Doped-Bi2O3 Photocatalyst by Lilan Zhang, Junfeng Niu, Duo Li, Ding Gao, Jianghong Shi

“…The structural properties of the prepared catalysts were studied by scanning electron microscope (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), BET surface area, and UV/Vis diffuse reflectance (DRS). The XRD spectra of the Ti doped Bi2O3 calcined at 650°C showed the diffraction peaks of a mixture of Bi12TiO20 and Bi4Ti3O12, with bits of mixed crystallite consisting of TiO2 and B2O3. …”
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Detection of N-Glycolyl GM3 Ganglioside in Neuroectodermal Tumors by Immunohistochemistry: An Attractive Vaccine Target for Aggressive Pediatric Cancer by Alejandra M. Scursoni, Laura Galluzzo, Sandra Camarero, Jessica Lopez, Fabiana Lubieniecki, Claudia Sampor, Valeria I. Segatori, Mariano R. Gabri, Daniel F. Alonso, Guillermo Chantada, María Teresa G. de Dávila

“…Immunoreactivity was moderate to intense in most tumors, showing a diffuse cytoplasmic and membranous staining, although cases of ESFT demonstrated a fine granular cytoplasmic pattern. …”
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Effect of microstructure and neutron irradiation defects on deuterium retention in SiC by Alex Leide, Weicheng Zhong, Isabel Fernandez-Victorio, Isabel Fernandez-Victorio, Duc Nguyen-Manh, Duc Nguyen-Manh, Takaaki Koyanagi

“…This helps interpret experimental results and derive effective diffusivity of hydrogen isotopes in SiC in the presence of vacancies.…”
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Transplanted Adult Neural Stem Cells Express Sonic Hedgehog In Vivo and Suppress White Matter Neuroinflammation after Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury by Genevieve M. Sullivan, Regina C. Armstrong

“…Neural stem cells (NSCs) delivered intraventricularly may be therapeutic for diffuse white matter pathology after traumatic brain injury (TBI). …”
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Primary Bone Marrow B-Cell Lymphoma Undetected by Multiple Imaging Modalities That Initially Presented with Hypercalcemia by Jin Sae Yoo, Juwon Kim, Hyeong Ju Kwon, Jung Soo Lim

“…We report a rare case of severe hypercalcemia that was ultimately diagnosed as primary bone marrow diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (BCL). Case Report. …”
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Clinical and Trichoscopic Evaluations of Topical Finasteride 1%, Topical Spironolactone 5%, and Minoxidil 5% in Female Pattern Hair Loss Treatment by Naglaa Mohamed El Sayed, Eman Hamed Elmorsy, Tarek Mahmoud Hussein, Eman Hassan

“… Introduction: Female pattern hair loss (FPHL) is one of the most common forms of diffuse alopecia in females.. Despite the availability of multiple treatment options, FPHL management poses challenges for the dermatologist. …”
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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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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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Characterization and Surface Acidity Modelling of an Iron Oxide-Impregnated Activated Carbon by Ronald L. Vaughan, John Yang, Laura E. LeMire, Brian E. Reed

“…The diprotic and two-monoprotic surface-site representations coupled with either the diffuse layer (DLM) or triple layer (TLM) EDL models adequately fitted the data. …”
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