Meconium aspiration syndrome, fetal heart rate, and stillbirth. Literature review by Jésser M. Herrera-Salgado, Luis E. Reyes-Mendoza, Jesús C. Briones-Garduño

“…Normally, meconium is expelled after birth, but in some cases, it is released into the amniotic fluid and can be inhaled by the baby before or during delivery. …”
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Severe CSF immune cell alterations in cryptococcal meningitis gradually resolve during antifungal therapy by Christine Dambietz, Michael Heming, Tobias J. Brix, Andreas Schulte-Mecklenbeck, Phil-Robin Tepasse, Catharina C. Gross, Jonel Trebicka, Heinz Wiendl, Gerd Meyer zu Hörste

“…Host response and immunological alterations in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) after invasion of Cryptococcus neoformans to the central nervous system have been investigated before but rigorous and comprehensive studies examining cellular changes in the CSF of patients with cryptococccal meningitis are still rare. …”
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Diabetes Downregulates Allergen-Induced Airway Inflammation in Mice by Vinicius F. Carvalho, Emiliano O. Barreto, Ana Carolina S. Arantes, Magda F. Serra, Tatiana Paula T. Ferreira, Yago A. P. Jannini-Sá, Cory M. Hogaboam, Marco A. Martins, Patrícia M. R. Silva

“…Alloxan-induced diabetes significantly attenuated airway inflammation as attested by the lower number of total leukocytes in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, mainly neutrophils and eosinophils. Suppression of eosinophil infiltration in the peribronchiolar space and generation of eosinophilotactic mediators, such as CCL-11/eotaxin, CCL-3/MIP-1α, and IL-5, were noted in the lungs of diabetic sensitized mice. …”
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Numerical and Experimental Investigation of the Effect of Cavitation on Dual Clearance Squeeze Film Damper by Zhaojun Feng, Guihuo Luo, Hai Yang, Wangqun Deng, Wei Chen, Cheng Shen

“…Under the assumption of compressible fluid, the pressure distribution of DCSFD is finally obtained by the numerically iterative method. …”
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Idiopathic Bilateral Suprachoroidal Haemorrhage: A Rare Case Presentation by Komal Saluja, Mayuresh Naik, Rajshekhar Vemparala, Anuj Mehta

“…USG B-scan was performed which revealed bilateral choroidal detachment. The echotexture of fluid was suggestive of haemorrhage. As the IOP was controlled, systemic hyperosmotic/antiglaucoma agents were withdrawn in stepwise fashion over next two days. …”
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Cocaine Induced Pleural and Pericardial Effusion Syndrome by Shehabaldin Alqalyoobi, Omkar Vaidya, Al-Ma’Mon Abu Ghanimah, Ahmed Elkhanany, Ashraf Gohar

“…On the second admission, patient was found to have large pleural effusion on computerized tomography scan and pericardial effusion on echocardiogram as shown in the figures. Pleural fluid analysis was exudative. Her serology was negative for ANA (antineutrophilic antibody) and anti-dsDNA (double stranded DNA). …”
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Experimental and Numerical Study on Fracture Characteristics of Interface between In Situ Engineered Cementitious Composites and Steel Deck by Weiwei Han, Shuyin Wu, Xue Gao, Xinyao Zong, Jingsong Shan

“…In addition, for the phenomena of water accumulation in the interface cracks, the hydrodynamic pressure under load was evaluated with a two-way fluid-solid coupling model and the propagation mechanism of cracks at the water-bearing interface was explored. …”
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Multicomponent Lattice Boltzmann Simulations of Gas Transport in a Coal Reservoir with Dynamic Adsorption by Zhigao Peng, Shenggui Liu, Songlei Tang, Yuechao Zhao, Yingjun Li

“…The model is validated in two steps through fluid flow without and with gas diffusion-adsorption between two parallel plates filled with porous media, respectively. …”
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Optimization of Anti-Scour Device Combined with Perforated Baffle and Ring-Wing Plate Based on a Multi-Factor Orthogonal Experiment by Yan Wang, Rongjun Liao, Pei Yuan, Jinchao Chen

“…Based on computational fluid dynamics (CFD), the orthogonal experiments investigated the general laws of the influence of the main factors, such as the ratio of baffle perforated, the position of baffle, and the height of ring-wing plate on the anti-scour effect. …”
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Numerical Study on the Influence of Length-Diameter Ratio on the Performance of Dynamic Pressure Oil-Air Separator by Xiaobin Zhang, Xiaofeng Zhang, Delin Gu, Lei Lang, Na Gao

“…In order to study the separation characteristics of the aeroengine dynamic pressure oil-air separator, this paper uses the coupling method of PBM and CFD two-fluid model to study the influencing factors such as cylinder diameter, cylinder length, and other factors on the separator performance. …”
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Identification of Bioactive Compounds and Analysis of Inhibitory Potential of the Digestive Enzymes from Syzygium sp. Extracts by Tuanny Cavatão de Freitas, Ronaldo Junio de Oliveira, Ricardo José de Mendonça, Pamela Aparecida Candido, Luciana Lopes Silva Pereira, Karina Ferrazzoli Devienne, Ana Carolina da Silva, Chrystian Araújo Pereira

“…With this in mind, we identified the bioactive compounds from Syzygium sp. commercial teas and evaluated the inhibitory potential and the antioxidant activity of digestive enzymes from a simulated gastric fluid. Syzygium sp. samples showed low percentages of enzymatic inhibition at 1 : 200 dilution. …”
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Isolated central nervous system relapse in blast crisis of chronic myeloid leukemia: a case report by Hari Priya Raghvan, Caroline Ho Siew Ling, Wee Shiang Yui, Boo Yang Liang, Ehram Jamian, Indhira Subbiah

“…Imaging and cerebrospinal fluid analysis confirmed leukemic infiltration of the CNS without evidence of a systemic disease. …”
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Nursing of a patient with dry eye caused by mites treated by thunder fire moxibustion combined with atomized fumigation of Traditional Chinese Medicine (眼部雷火灸联合中医雾化熏蒸治疗1例螨虫性干眼患者的护理... by WU Zeju (吴泽菊), YANG Jianying (杨剑英), WU Ningling (吴宁玲), HUANG Shaolan (黄少兰)

“…Eye thunder fire moxibustion combined with TCM atomization fumigation can achieve the effect of removing insects and soft fat, generating fluid and moistening dryness. Through dialectical nursing and targeted nursing intervention, It plays an active role in relieving clinical symptoms and promoting disease recovery. …”
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Experimental Study on the Propagation Characteristics of Hydraulic Fracture in Clayey-Silt Sediments by Cheng Lu, Xuwen Qin, Wenjing Mao, Chao Ma, Lantao Geng, Lu Yu, Hang Bian, Fanle Meng, Rongrong Qi

“…Computed tomographic (CT) images indicated that clayey-silt sediments could be artificially fractured, and the fracturing fluid could induce tensile fractures and local shear fractures. …”
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Crevicular Alkaline Phosphatase Activity and Rate of Tooth Movement of Female Orthodontic Subjects under Different Continuous Force Applications by Rohaya Megat Abdul Wahab, Maryati Md Dasor, Sahidan Senafi, Asma Alhusna Abang Abdullah, Zulham Yamamoto, Abdul Aziz Jemain, Shahrul Hisham Zainal Ariffin

“…Canine retraction was performed using nickel titanium coil spring that delivered forces of 100 gm or 150 gm to either side. Crevicular fluid was analyzed for ALP activity, and study models were casted to measure tooth movements. …”
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Invasive Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess syndrome complicated by carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infection: a case report by Qiupeng Feng, Qiupeng Feng, Hua Yuan, Hua Yuan, Jin Ma, Jin Ma, Zhiqiang Guo, Zhiqiang Guo, Xiaohua Xia, Xiaohua Xia, Guang Zhao, Guang Zhao

“…The patient underwent puncture and drainage, with analysis of the drainage fluid, sputum culture, and metagenomic next-generation sequencing (m-NGS) revealing a co-infection with blood-borne Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii. …”
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Enhanced biomedical potential of polyurethane/hydroxyapatite composites through chemical modification: A comprehensive study on structure, morphology, and cytocompatibility for tis... by Sultan Misbah, Parveen Shaista, Uddin Mohammad N., Jubeen Farhat, Kazi Mohsin

“…The IHA addition considerably improved hydrophilicity and degradation of the composites in simulated body fluid (SBF). MTT assay revealed improved cytocompatibility (> 80 %) of the composites. …”
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Theoretical investigations on analysis and optimization of freeze drying of pharmaceutical powder using machine learning modeling of temperature distribution by Turki Al Hagbani, Jawaher Abdullah Alamoudi, Majed A. Bajaber, Huda Ibrahim Alsayed, Halah Jawad Al-fanhrawi

“…The modeling framework is based on CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) and machine learning (ML). The ML models explored include the Single-Layer Perceptron (SLP), Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP), Fully Connected Neural Network (FCNN), and Deep Neural Network (DNN). …”
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Spontaneous Cervical Intradural Disc Herniation Associated with Ossification of Posterior Longitudinal Ligament by Dachuan Wang, Haifeng Wang, Wun-Jer Shen

“…The mass was surrounded by cerebrospinal fluid signal intensity margin, and caudally the ventral dura line appears divided into two, consistent with the “Y-sign” described by Sasaji et al. …”
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Paraplegia due to Thoracic Mobile Schwannoma after Myelography by Akira Honda, Yoichi Iizuka, Tokue Mieda, Hiroyuki Sonoda, Sho Ishiwata, Yohei Kakuta, Daisuke Tsunoda, Eiji Takasawa, Tsuyoshi Tajika, Hiromi Koshi, Hirotaka Chikuda

“…He underwent a second lumbar puncture and drained the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) to aid the spinal cord, because the symptoms gradually worsened and led to paraplegia. …”
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