Numerical Investigation of Dual Metal Hydride Bed Based Thermochemical Energy Storage System by Sumeet Kumar Dubey, K. Ravi Kumar, Vinay Tiwari, Umish Srivastva

“…With the increase in thermal conductivity of high temperature metal hydride bed, the heat transfer between heat transfer fluid and metal hydride bed during the energy charging and discharging process has improved. …”
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Influence of hybrid air-cooled based strategy on thermal management system performance by Olanrewaju M. Oyewola, Emmanuel T. Idowu, Mebougna L. Drabo

“…This study adopts hybrid cooling strategy (HCS), through combination of existing air-cooling strategies to investigate the performance of Z–Type BTMSs. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) method was used to evaluate the performance of the HCSs. …”
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“Fall Guys”: The Impact of a Video Game on Convergent and Divergent Abilities by E.V. Gavrilova, E.A. Valueva, E.A. Shepeleva, G.I. Gaidukova

“…Participants with regular gaming experience showed higher scores in fluid intelligence, reaction speed, verbal fluency, and abilities related to selective attention and mental inhibition compared to non-players. …”
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Positive real-time PCR in pneumococcal meningitis 12 hours after initiation of antibiotic therapy – case report by Cem Thunstedt, Carla Palleis, Johannes Wischmann, Suzette Heck, Konstantinos Dimitriadis, Matthias Klein

“…Lumbar puncture revealed cloudy cerebrospinal fluid with elevated cell count, protein, and low glucose. …”
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Acute Pancreatitis Induced by Diabetic Ketoacidosis with Major Hypertriglyceridemia: Report of Four Cases by Karama Bouchaala, Mabrouk Bahloul, Sabrine Bradii, Hela Kallel, Kamilia Chtara, Mounir Bouaziz

“…Our patients were admitted into our ICU where they received fluid resuscitation and intravenous insulin, and their triglycerides rates decreased gradually. …”
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Estimating soil profile salinity under vegetation cover based on UAV multi-source remote sensing by Zhenhai Luo, Meihua Deng, Min Tang, Rui Liu, Shaoyuan Feng, Chao Zhang, Zhen Zheng

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Rothia mucilaginosa Meningitis in a Child with Myelodysplastic Syndromes by Fumihiro Ochi, Ryota Nakamura, Reiji Miyawaki, Kyoko Moritani, Shinobu Murakami, Hisamichi Tauchi

“…We retrospectively reviewed the antimicrobial susceptibility of all R. mucilaginosa isolates (n = 5) from blood or cerebrospinal fluid cultures at our hospital. The MIC of VCM was <0.5 μg/mL for all strains, whereas the MIC of DAP was ≥2 μg/mL for all strains. …”
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Current utility, instruments, and future directions for intra-renal pressure management during ureteroscopy: scoping review by global research in intra-renal pressure collaborative... by Steffi Kar Kei Yuen, Wen Zhong, Yun Sang Chan, Daniele Castellani, Naeem Bhojani, Madhu Sudan Agarwal, Theodoros Tokas, Stefanie Croghan, Helene Jung, Thomas Herrmann, Bhaskar Somani, Vineet Gauhar

“…Mismanaged intra-renal pressure (IRP) has negative consequences and it is associated with an increased risk of sepsis, bleeding, pelvicalyceal fluid extravasation, and even collecting system injuries and acute as well as chronic renal failure. …”
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Massive Spontaneous Hemothorax as a Complication of Apixaban Treatment by M. Abu Hishmeh, P. Srivastava, Q. Lougheide, M. Srinivasan, S. Murthy

“…Spontaneous hemothorax is defined as pleural fluid hematocrit greater than 50% of serum hematocrit in absence of natural or iatrogenic trauma affecting the lung or pleural space. …”
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Protective role of Pannexin1 in lymphatic endothelial cells in the progression of atherosclerosis in female mice. by Avigail Ehrlich, Graziano Pelli, Bernard Foglia, Filippo Molica, Brenda R Kwak

“…The lymphatic system ensures tissue fluid homeostasis, absorption of dietary fats and trafficking of immune cells to draining lymph nodes, thereby potentially affecting atherogenesis. …”
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A systematic scoping review to identify the design and assess the performance of devices for antenatal continuous fetal monitoring. by Kajal K Tamber, Dexter J L Hayes, Stephen J Carey, Jayawan H B Wijekoon, Alexander E P Heazell

“…Other factors, including maternal body mass index, fetal position, recording location, uterine activity, amniotic fluid index, number of fetuses and smoking status, as well as factors which affected alternative technologies had equivocal effects and require further investigation.…”
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High-Mobility Group Box-1 and Endothelial Cell Angiogenic Markers in the Vitreous from Patients with Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy by Ahmed M. Abu El-Asrar, Mohd Imtiaz Nawaz, Dustan Kangave, Marwan Abouammoh, Ghulam Mohammad

“…The aim of this study was to measure the levels of high-mobility group box-1 (HMGB1) in the vitreous fluid from patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) and to correlate its levels with clinical disease activity and the levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), the angiogenic cytokine granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), the endothelial cell angiogenic markers soluble vascular endothelial-cadherin (sVE-cadherin), and soluble endoglin (sEng). …”
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Perioperative complications following spinal fusion in idiopathic scoliosis: A review of 825 cases from the German Spine Registry (DWG-register) – Perioperative complications in id... by Juan Manuel Vinas-Rios, Vincent J. Heck, Fatima Azucena Medina-Govea, Mario Alberto Islas-Aguilar, Nikolaus Kernich

“…A 1.3% rate of major complications and 1.6% rate of minor complications were recorded as follows: spinal cord damage n = 2 (8.4%), subfaszial hematoma n = 2 (8.4%), motor dysfunction n = 1 (4.2%), cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)-leakage n = 7 (29.2%), sensory dysfunction n = 6 (25%), bowel/bladder dysfunction n = 1 (4.2%), superficial site infection n = 2 (8.4%), and pulmonary lung atelectasis n = 3 (12.5%). …”
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Numerical Investigations on the Effect of Fracture Length Distribution on the Representative Elementary Volume of 3D Discrete Fracture Networks by Ding Liu, Hai Pu, Shiru Guo, Ziheng Sha, Chong Li

“…When a=4.5, the VREV rapidly increases to more than 3.4 times than that when a=4.0. The fluid flow becomes more inhomogeneous due to the small nonpersistent fractures that dominate the preferential flow paths when a exceeds a certain value (i.e., 4.5). …”
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Hormones and Hormonal Anabolics: Residues in Animal Source Food, Potential Public Health Impacts, and Methods of Analysis by Belachew B. Hirpessa, Beyza H. Ulusoy, Canan Hecer

“…To make the tests on the animal-origin food matrix, there are different sample extraction techniques such as accelerated solvent extraction, supercritical fluid extraction, solid phase extraction, solid-phase microextraction, and hollow-fiber liquid-phase microextraction. …”
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A Rare Case of Neurosyphilis with Calvaria Osteitis Presenting in Pregnancy by Gisella M. Newbery, Christine E. Henricks, Julie A. Vircks, Andreina Colina, David C. Mundy

“…She tested positive for syphilis antibodies with a rapid plasma reagin (RPR) titer of 1 : 32. Cerebrospinal fluid evaluation from a lumbar puncture resulted in reactive fluorescent treponemal antibody (FTA) testing. …”
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Systemic and Lung Inflammation and Oxidative Stress Associated With Behavioral Changes Induced by Inhaled Paraquat Are Ameliorated by Carvacrol by Arghavan Memarzia, Fatemeh Amin, Amin Mokhtari-Zaer, Zohre Arab, Saeideh Saadat, Mahrokh Heydari, Zahra Ghasemi, Farzaneh Naghdi, Mahmoud Hosseini, Mohammad Hossein Boskabady

“…Inhaled PQ markedly enhanced total and differential white blood cell (WBC) counts, nitric oxide (NO), and malondialdehyde (MDA) levels but decreased catalase (CAT) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activities and thiol levels both in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and blood and increased interferon-gamma (INF-γ) and interleukin-10 (IL-10) levels in the BALF (p<0.001 for all cases) except lymphocyte count in blood which was not significantly changed. …”
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Bioinspired surface structures for added shear stabilization in suction discs by Alyssa M. Hernandez, Jessica A. Sandoval, Michelle C. Yuen, Robert J. Wood

“…However, the design that withstood the highest shear load featured an intermediate pad size and channel spacing, potentially highlighting a balance between overall surface area and fluid channeling. Additionally, discs with surface patterns often outperformed the control discs (no pattern) on both smooth and rough surfaces, but performance was highly dependent on preload, with patterned discs exhibiting benefits with the higher “friction-dominant” preloads.…”
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Role of Erythromycin-Regulated Histone Deacetylase-2 in Benign Tracheal Stenosis by Zhenjie Huang, Peng Wei, Luoman Gan, Tonghua Zeng, Caicheng Qin, Guangnan Liu

“…The expression of TGF-β1, VEGF and IL-8 in serum and alveolar lavage fluid was detected by ELISA. The expression of HDAC2, TGF-β1, VEGF and IL-8 in bronchi of each group was detected by Western blotting method. …”
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CASE REPORT ON TWO CONSECUTIVE PATIENTS WITH NEUROINVASIVE WEST NILE VIRUS INFECTION IN AN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT by Silviya Stoyanova, Raynichka Mihaylova-Garnizova, Emilia Naseva, Severina Dakova, Iva Christova, Konstantin Ramshev

“…Antibodies to WNV were present in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). His condition worsened with the development of sepsis and respiratory failure and he ended up lethally. …”
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