46,XY Disorder of Sex Development Caused by 17α-Hydroxylase/17,20-Lyase Deficiency due to Homozygous Mutation of CYP17A1 Gene: Consequences of Late Diagnosis by Giampaolo Papi, Rosa Maria Paragliola, Paola Concolino, Carlo Di Donato, Alfredo Pontecorvi, Salvatore Maria Corsello

“…CT scan revealed enlarged adrenal glands bilaterally and the absence of the uterus, the ovaries, and the Fallopian tubes. Furthermore, diffuse osteopenia and osteoporosis and incomplete ossification of the growth plate cartilages were demonstrated. …”
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Atypical Metastases from Prostate Cancer: Alpha-Methylacyl-Coenzyme A Racemase (AMACR) as a Potential Molecular Target in Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen-Negative Prostate Adeno... by Ilham Badrane, Angelo Castello, Matteo Brunelli, Corrado Cittanti, Sara Adamantiadis, Ilaria Bagni, Noemi Mindicini, Federica Lancia, Massimo Castellani, Licia Uccelli, Mirco Bartolomei, Luca Urso

“…We present the case of a patient with biochemical recurrence of PCa (ISUP Grade Group IV; PSA 4.7 ng/mL) showing atypical sites of metastases (the testis and multiple lung nodules) with absent PSMA expression and high [¹⁸F]FDG avidity. The patient showed diffuse positivity to alpha-methylacyl-coenzyme A racemase (AMACR). …”
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Medium Energy Electron Flux in Earth's Outer Radiation Belt (MERLIN): A Machine Learning Model by A. G. Smirnov, M. Berrendorf, Y. Y. Shprits, E. A. Kronberg, H. J. Allison, N. A. Aseev, I. S. Zhelavskaya, S. K. Morley, G. D. Reeves, M. R. Carver, F. Effenberger

“…At these energies, electrons are driven by both convective and diffusive transport, and their prediction usually requires sophisticated 4D modeling codes. …”
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Relationships between sodium, fats and carbohydrates on blood pressure, cholesterol and HbA1c: an umbrella review of systematic reviews by Sarah Abraham, Katie Sworn, Anna Cantrell, Penny Breeze, Ellen McGrane

“…Background The relationship between nutrition and health is complex and the evidence to describe it broad and diffuse. This review brings together evidence for the effect of nutrients on cardiometabolic risk factors.Methods An umbrella review identified systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials and meta-analyses estimating the effects of fats, carbohydrates and sodium on blood pressure, cholesterol and haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c). …”
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External Validation of Deep Learning Models for Classifying Etiology of Retinal Hemorrhage Using Diverse Fundus Photography Datasets by Pooya Khosravi, Nolan A. Huck, Kourosh Shahraki, Elina Ghafari, Reza Azimi, So Young Kim, Eric Crouch, Xiaohui Xie, Donny W. Suh

“…Medical cases showed localized activations, whereas trauma-related images displayed diffuse patterns across the fundus. Both models exhibited strong sensitivity and specificity, indicating their potential utility in clinical settings for accurate RH diagnosis. …”
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Bi‐Directional Spectro‐Polarimetry of Olivine Sand by Chris H. Lee, Charles M. Bachmann, Nayma Binte Nur, Rachel M. Golding

“…Parameters of our empirical polarimetric model that determine the magnitude of polarization correlate linearly with the inverse diffuse reflectances of the olivine sand samples, exhibiting phenomenology that is most likely due to the Umov effect. …”
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Comparative analysis of bifacial and monofacial FPV system in the UK by Mohammed Al Araimi, Mohamed Al Mandhari, Aritra Ghosh

“…These results highlight the potential of bifacial FPV systems to enhance energy generation and improve thermal stability in regions with diffuse solar radiation. The findings provide valuable insights for optimizing FPV system designs and suggest that bifacial panels are a promising technology for maximizing solar energy production in temperate climates.…”
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An Artificial Neural Network Model to Predict the Thermal Properties of Concrete Using Different Neurons and Activation Functions by Sehmus Fidan, Hasan Oktay, Suleyman Polat, Sarper Ozturk

“…ANN results showed that the best overall R2 performances for the prediction of thermal conductivity, specific heat, and thermal diffusivity were obtained as 0.996, 0.983, and 0.995 for tansig activation functions with 25, 25, and 20 neurons, respectively. …”
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Photocatalytic Activity under Simulated Sunlight of Bi-Modified TiO2 Thin Films Obtained by Sol Gel by D. A. Solís-Casados, L. Escobar-Alarcón, V. Alvarado-Pérez, E. Haro-Poniatowski

“…The obtained materials were characterized by energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Raman spectroscopy (RS), X-ray diffraction (XRD), photoluminescence (PL), and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), in order to obtain information on their chemical composition, vibrational features, and optical properties, respectively. …”
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Effect of Co-fermentation with Streptococcus salivarius subsp. thermophilus and Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis on Improving the Quality of Fermented Milk by LIU Zhizhong, LIU Liwei, LIU Zhigang, CHEN Haili, CUI Hong, YANG Bo, ZHANG Jiaqi, WU Rigeng, YAO Kai

“…Changes in microrheological properties during the fermentation process were studied using multi-frequency diffusing wave spectroscopy, and changes in pH, titratable acidity (TA), viable bacterial count (VBC), exopolysaccharide (EPS) content, viscosity, water-holding capacity (WHC), texture properties, and sensory evaluation were examined as well. …”
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Controlling injection conditions of a deep coaxial closed well heat exchanger to meet irregular heat demands: a field case study in Belgium (Mol) by Vlasios Leontidis, Edgar Hernandez, Justin Pogacnik, Magnus Wangen, Virginie Harcouët-Menou

“…The simulations showed that continuous adjustments to the injection temperature and/or flow rate are needed to restrict the rapid drop in outlet temperature and consequent thermal depletion of the rocks, caused by the highly transient nature of the diffusive heat transfer from the rocks to the wellbore, as well as to supply a specific heat demand, constant or irregular, over the long term. …”
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Clinicoepidemiological Observational Study of Acquired Alopecias in Females Correlating with Anemia and Thyroid Function by Kirti Deo, Yugal K. Sharma, Meenakshi Wadhokar, Neha Tyagi

“…Alopecia can either be inherited or acquired; the latter, more common, can be diffuse, patterned, and focal, each having cicatricial and noncicatricial forms. …”
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Structural Designing of Supersonic Swirling Devices Based on Computational Fluid Dynamics Theory by Qian Huang, Huirong Huang, Xueyuan Long, Yuan Tian, Jiang Meng

“…The opening angle of the diffuser and the length of the straight tube were designed considering the location at which normal shockwaves were generated. …”
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Drying Kinetics and Changes of Total Phenolic Content, Antioxidant Activity and Color Parameters of Mango and Avocado Pulp in Refractance Window Drying by Thi-Van-Linh Nguyen, Quoc-Duy Nguyen, Phuoc-Bao-Duy Nguyen

“…The Weibull was the best fit model among eight investigated mathematical models that could determine the drying behavior. The effective diffusivity was found to be from 4.25x10 -10 m 2 /s to 7.24x10 -10 m 2 /s for avocado pulp, and from 4.50x10 -10 m 2 /s to 10.67x10 -10 m 2 /s for mango pulp when the drying temperature was changed from 80 to 95°C. …”
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Drift-Alfvén wave turbulence induced particle and heat transport in I-mode pedestal plasmas by Junang Zhang, Lu Wang, Weixin Guo

“…It is found that the electromagnetic part of transport coefficient is about 10% of the electrostatic part. The particle diffusivity is $0.21\,{{\text{m}}^2} \cdot {{\text{s}}^{ - 1}}$ , which is about twice of the experimental value. …”
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Comparative study of DRASTIC-LU and radioactive isotope approaches for assessing groundwater vulnerability to pollution: the case study of Abuja, North Central Nigeria by Mary Nsikanabasi Etuk, Priscilla E. S. Lartsey, Raphael Maduka, Chinero Nneka Ayogu, Igwe ogbonnaya

“…With the tracer approach, areas of preferential flow and diffuse flow indicating high vulnerability and low vulnerability, respectively, were mapped. …”
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Effect of percutaneous vertebroplasty through UTPP approach on prognosis and quality of life in elderly patients with osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures: a retrospective... by Xuejie Bi, Liude Zhou, Tian Chen, Zhuming Chen, Zhi Peng

“…Conclusions After UTPP-PVP, BC is fully diffused, the BC leakage rate is low, and the analgesic effect is good, which can enable patients to get out of bed early and improve their quality of life.…”
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Emerging of Fatal Colitis with Multidrug-Resistant Candida glabrata after Small Bowel Transplantation by Zahra Zareshahrabadi, Mojtaba Shafiekhani, Hamed Nikoupour, Hasti Nouraei, Hamid Morovati, Kamiar Zomorodian

“…Abdomen computed tomography showed diffuse moderate small bowel wall thickening. After detection of budding yeast in the stool samples, stool culture was positive for Candida, DNA was extracted, and ITS1-5.8s-ITS2 region of the fungal agent was amplified. …”
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C–C bond coupling with sp3 C–H bond via active intermediates from CO2 hydrogenation by Qianli Ma, Jianian Cheng, Xiaojing Wu, Jin Xie, Ruihui Zhang, Zhihe Mao, Hongfang Yang, Wenjun Fan, Jianrong Zeng, Johannes Hendrik Bitter, Guanna Li, Zelong Li, Can Li

“…The thermodynamic and kinetic coupling between the tandem reactions enables the highly efficient CO2 hydrogenation and C–C bond coupling. In-situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations suggest that the CHxO* (CH2O*) species, rather than methanol produced from CO2 hydrogenation, is the key intermediate to achieve the C–C bond coupling.…”
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ESTIMATION OF THERMAL PARAMETERS OF POWER BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS BY THE METHOD OF THERMAL RELAXATION DIFFERENTIAL SPECTROMETRY by V. S. Niss, A. S. Vaskou, A. S. Turtsevich, A. F. Kerentsev, V. K. Kononenko

“…Analysis of the heat flow spreading in the studied structures is carried out on the basis of the concept of thermal diffusivity. For transistor structures the area and distribution of the heat flow cross-section are determined. …”
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