Experimental Measurement of the Transport Flow Path Aperture in Thermally Cracked Granite and the Relationship between Pore Structure and Permeability by Kazumasa Sueyoshi, Tadashi Yokoyama, Ikuo Katayama

“…Fluid flow in rocks has a key role in many geological processes, such as in geothermal reservoirs and crustal deformation. …”
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ANÁLISE DO DIÂMETRO E DA VELOCIDADE DE BOLHAS DE AR SOB DIFERENTES TENSÕES SUPERFICIAIS: ESTUDO EXPERIMENTAL E SIMULAÇÃO NUMÉRICA CFD by Hugo Henrique Jacomini, Junia Natalia Mendes Batista, Rodrigo Béttega

“… No presente trabalho, avaliou-se a formação de bolhas de ar em um tanque de flotação empregando diferentes tensões superficiais através de testes experimentais e utilizando a fluidodinâmica computacional (Computational Fluid Dynamics - CFD). As simulações foram conduzidas utilizando o software FLUENT® 18.2. …”
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Hydrodynamic Performance of an Oscillating Water Column Device Installed in an Offshore Wind Turbine by Chuanli Xu, Lei Ding, Yuting Sun, Zhen Liu

“…A three-dimensional numerical model was developed based on computational fluid dynamics. The numerical predictions demonstrate good agreement with the corresponding experimental results. …”
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Analysis of Change in the Wind Speed Ratio according to Apartment Layout and Solutions by Won-gil Hyung, Young-Moon Kim, Ki-Pyo You

“…In the present study, a wind tunnel experiment and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation were performed with respect to internal wind flows in different apartment arrangement forms. …”
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Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis and Hydrocephalus in a Vegan Secondary to Acquired Hyperhomocystinaemia by W. D. D. Priyankara, A.V. I. Chandimal, F. G. Sivagnanam, E. M. Manoj

“…He was found to have widespread cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, hyperintensities in basal ganglia, and acute hydrocephalus in magnetic resonance imaging, necessitating cerebrospinal fluid diversion, by way of an external ventricular drain and therapeutic anticoagulation. …”
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Spontaneous Rupture of the Omental Artery Treated by Transcatheter Arterial Embolization by Masamichi Takahashi, Yujiro Matsuoka, Tsuyoshi Yasutake, Hiroyuki Abe, Kazuhiro Sugiyama, Kazuyuki Oyama

“…Abdominal computed tomography (CT) revealed fluid collection in the peritoneal cavity and a left subphrenic hematoma with extravasation. …”
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A Case of Pregnancy Complicated by the Development of a Tubo-Ovarian Abscess Following an Aspiration of Endometrioma During Oocyte Pick up by Recep Emre Okyay, Ali Cenk Özay, Özlen Emekçi, Ali Rıza Taylan Bodur, Ömer Erbil Doğan

“…During laparatomy, we observed purulent fluid filling the abdominal cavity and a 10 cm right adnexial mass compatible with tuboovarian abscess. …”
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A Reconstruction Approach for Imaging in 3D Cone Beam Vector Field Tomography by T. Schuster, D. Theis, A. K. Louis

“…3D cone beam vector field tomography (VFT) aims for reconstructing and visualizing the velocity field of a moving fluid by measuring line integrals of projections of the vector field. …”
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A Study on a Quantitative Analysis Method for Fire and Explosion Risk Assessment of Offshore Platforms by Zhaohui Shang, Huibin Yan, Weidong Ruan, Yong Bai

“…The proposed approach achieves the following three objectives: (a) defining a suitable number of leak scenarios quantitatively based on the Latin Hypercube Sampling (LHS) technique and statistical analysis; (b) defining the explosion scenarios according to the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) dispersion analysis results in the sampled leak scenarios; (c) designing the explosion loads on interested areas according to the CFD analysis results in different explosion scenarios and exceedance probability methods. …”
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Experimental Study on the Softening Characteristics of Sandstone and Mudstone in Relation to Moisture Content by Gui-chen Li, Chong-chong Qi, Yuan-tian Sun, Xiao-lin Tang, Bao-quan Hou

“…The kinetics of fluid-solid coupling during immersion is an important topic of investigation in rock engineering. …”
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Performance Optimization of Microvalves Based on a Microhole Array for Microfluidic Chips by Cuimin Sun, Hui You, Yang Xie, Ronald X. Xu

“…In order to control the biochemical reaction time accurately and obtain a higher testing sensitivity, the parameters of the microhole array are optimized basing on the investigation of the effects of the variation of those parameters on the fluid rate and the residual liquid value in the microvalve region. …”
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Gastric Duplication: A Rare Cause of Recurrent Vomiting by Brahmananda Koduri, Katie McHale, Christina Yost, Michael H. Goodman, Dennis Hoelzer

“…A CT scan of the abdomen with contrast revealed a uniformly thin walled fluid attenuation mass in the epigastric region which did not opacify with contrast. …”
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Octopus‐Inspired Adhesives with Switchable Attachment to Challenging Underwater Surfaces by Chanhong Lee, Austin C. Via, Aldo Heredia, Daniel A. Adjei, Michael D. Bartlett

“…However, achieving strong attachment and controlled release on difficult substrates, such as those that are curved, rough, or located in diverse fluid environments, remains a major challenge. Here, an octopus‐inspired adhesive with strong attachment and rapid release in challenging underwater environments is presented. …”
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Automated Diagnosis of Otitis Media: Vocabulary and Grammar by Anupama Kuruvilla, Nader Shaikh, Alejandro Hoberman, Jelena Kovačević

“…Acute otitis media represents a bacterial superinfection of the middle ear fluid, while otitis media with effusion represents a sterile effusion that tends to subside spontaneously. …”
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Pengontrolan Kecepatan Aliran Vortex Berbasis Arduino Sebagai Metoda Pemisah Campuran Serbuk Tembaga dan Aluminium by Fico Trianda Ravelli, Firman Ridwan

“…The tests are carried out with a variation of 10 flow rates with water as a fluid. The results showed that Aluminum and Copper can be optimally separated at the flow rate (165.25-167.77) ml/s. …”
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Research on Microscopic Pore Structure Characteristics and Producibility of the Chang 9 Reservoir in the Wucangpu Block by Bin Shi, Fangping Chen, Hailong Dang, Zili Jia, Binchi Hou, Lihua Shi, Shengsong Kang, Tao Wang

“…This research hopes to clarify the reservoir characteristics and fluid seepage mechanism of the Chang 9 reservoir in the Wucangpu block and provide technical support for the development of horizontal wells with staged fracturing in this block. …”
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Brain injury biomarkers and applications in neurological diseases by Han Zhang, Jing Wang, Yang Qu, Yi Yang, Zhen-Ni Guo, Yanjie Yin

“…Different biomarkers in the blood or the cerebrospinal fluid are associated with specific physiological and pathological processes. …”
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Retrospective Study of Salinomycin Toxicosis in 66 Cats by Akos Pakozdy, Iris Challande-Kathman, Marcus Doherr, Sigitas Cizinauskas, Simon J. Wheeler, Anna Oevermann, Andre Jaggy

“…In five cases the peripheral neuropathy was confirmed by pathohistology. Fluid therapy and supportive care were used as therapy and 52 cats recovered completely. …”
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Streptococcus suis-associated neonatal meningitis and sepsis: characterization, antimicrobial resistance, and public health implications by Giovanna Fusco, Rubina Paradiso, Lorena Cardillo, Maria Antonia Salvia, Saveria Dodaro, Veronica Del Monaco, Gianfranco Scarpelli, Francesca Greco, Antonio Rinaldi, Lorella Barca, Stefania Ambrogio, Antonio Limone, Esterina De Carlo, Giorgia Borriello

“…Streptococcus (S.) suis was isolated from cerebrospinal fluid and blood. Next-generation sequencing revealed that the strain was serotype 2 sequence type 1, and contained the ermB and tet(W) genes, which are responsible for resistance to macrolides and tetracycline, along with several pilus-associated genes and 20 virulence factors. …”
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Isolated Knee Arthritis as Early and Only Symptom of Whipple’s Disease by Dario Giunchi, Natalie Marcoli, Luca Deabate, Marco Delcogliano, Enrique Testa, Christian Candrian, Paolo Gaffurini

“…This, following the recommendation of a rheumatologist and infectious disease specialist, led to biopsies of the gastrointestinal tract and analysis of the cerebrospinal fluid that showed no other organ involvement. This confirms the scientific literature that an isolated monoarthritis without involvement of the gastrointestinal tract caused by this bacterium is rare but can occur as an early manifestation of potentially fatal systemic disease. …”
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