Damage Identification in Large-Scale Structures Using Time Series Analysis and Improved Sparse Regularization by Huihui Chen, Xiaojing Yuan

“…The sensitivity-based damage identification enjoys popularity due to its clear physical meaning and long development history. However, this type of method faces challenges of fewer applications on the large-scale structure, slow convergence rate, and poor performance based on the sensitivity of the modal parameters. …”
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Estimation of D-dimer, C-reactive protein and ferritin in Covid-19 survivors in a North Indian Hospital, Lucknow, India. by Chetna Singla, Dhananjay Tiwari, Himali Jha, Mohammad Mustufa Khan, Sadaf Parveen, Roshan Alam

“…Method: This case-control study was conducted on COVID-19 survivors and a control group without a history of Covid-19. The D-dimer and Ferritin were determined by using Mini Vidas Immuno assay analyser and CRP was estimated Dimension RXL Siemens autoanalyzer by Particle Enhanced Turbidimetric Immunoassay. …”
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Relationship of Soluble RAGE with Insulin Resistance and Beta Cell Function during Development of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Subrata Kumar Biswas, Sabreena Mohtarin, Sonchita Rani Mudi, Taznuva Anwar, Laila Anjuman Banu, Sheikh Md. Khorshed Alam, Md. Fariduddin, M. Iqbal Arslan

“…Subjects without previous history of diabetes were recruited and grouped as control, prediabetes, and newly diagnosed T2DM. …”
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Graft survival and mortality outcomes after kidney transplant in patients with lupus nephritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Weizhong Jiang, Yunfen Xu, Qichun Yin

“…The target population of interest was adult patients (aged >18 years) with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and no history of previous renal transplants. Primary outcomes of interest were graft survival and patient survival. …”
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Smart breeding driven by advances in sequencing technology by Chenji Zhang, Sirong Jiang, Yangyang Tian, Xiaorui Dong, Jianjia Xiao, Yanjie Lu, Tiyun Liang, Hongmei Zhou, Dabin Xu, Han Zhang, Ming Luo, Zhiqiang Xia

“…Abstract Crop breeding has undergone numerous advancements throughout history with the next revolution being uncertain. …”
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Canine Actors and Melodramatic Effects: The Dog of Montargis Arrives on the English Stage by Claudia Alonso Recarte

“…Such adaptations came at a highly significant moment in English history regarding the reconsideration of animality and domestic non-human others. …”
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Clan Crypts on the Lower Don of the Early Catacomb Time and Genesis Issues of the Catacomb Rite by Alexey V. Kiyashko

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Recent advance in laser powder bed fusion of Ti–6Al–4V alloys: microstructure, mechanical properties and machinability by Chenbing Ni, Junjie Zhu, Baoguo Zhang, Kai An, Youqiang Wang, Dejian Liu, Wei Lu, Lida Zhu, Changfu Liu

“…However, the highly non-stationary thermal history and inherent limitations of the LPBF process lead to critical challenges associated with LPBF Ti–6Al–4V components. …”
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Toward the calibration of 2D thermomechanical simulations of magma poor passive continental margins: method, validation and case example by Perron, Paul, Le Pourhiet, Laetitia, Jourdon, Anthony, Cornu, Tristan, Gout, Claude

“…By calibrating against a 2D cross-section extracted from the final state of a 3D model, we show that the approach predicts thermal history and deformation paths beyond calibration points. …”
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Spontaneous Heterotopic Pregnancy: Dual Case Report and Review of Literature by Annika Chadee, Shadi Rezai, Catherine Kirby, Ekaterina Chadwick, Sri Gottimukkala, Abraham Hamaoui, Vasiliy Stankovich, Theodore Hale, Hamid Gilak, Mohammad Momtaz, Harvey Sasken, Cassandra E. Henderson

“…Other risk factors include a history of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), tubal damage, pelvic surgery, uterine Mullerian abnormalities, and prior tubal surgery. …”
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Consequences of early life exposure to the 1983–1985 Ethiopian Great Famine on cognitive function in adults: a historical cohort study by Mubarek Abera, Getachew Arage, Tefera Belachew, Fedilu Abdulhay, Misra Abdulahi, Kalkidan Hassen Abate

“…Objectives To investigate the association between early life famine exposure and cognitive function in adults.Design Historical cohort studySetting North Wollo Zone, Northeast Ethiopia.Participants We recruited 1047 adult men and women aged 30–38 years who had history of early life exposure to Ethiopian great famine. …”
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A Single High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T Strategy for Ruling Out Myocardial Infarction by Patrik Gilje, Moman A. Mohammad, Andreas Roos, Ulf Ekelund, Jonas Björk, Bertil Lindahl, Martin Holzmann, Arash Mokhtari

“…The results were similar in the validation cohorts and seemed to perform even better in patients where the 0 h hs-cTnT was measured >3 h after symptom onset and in those with a nonischemic ECG and nonhigh risk history. Conclusions. A 0 h hs-cTnT cutoff of <9 ng/L safely rules out AMI/death within 30 days in a majority of chest pain patients and is a more effective strategy than the currently recommended <5 ng/L and <6 ng/L cutoffs. …”
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Disorders of Adipose Tissue and Lipodystrophies: Causes, Consequences, and Treatment Perspectives by Rosińska Kamila Rosińska, Ewelina Justyna Janicka, Julia Natalia Skibicka, Monika Niedźwiedzka, Mateusz Rosiński

“…Diagnosis includes medical history, physical exams, and body composition analysis. …”
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Impact of Organ Donor Pretreatment With Anti-Thymocyte Globulin in a Murine Model of Allogenic Kidney Transplantation by An He, An He, Yiren Yang, Katja Kotsch, Arne Sattler

“…Anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) has a history as lymphocyte-depleting, immunosuppressive drug for treating rejection episodes post transplantation. …”
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Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of ZF-HD family in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) under drought and salt stresses by Kangping Zhang, Ruqian Yan, Xiaoqing Feng, Jingjing Zhang, Yuanyuan Jiang, Lin Li, Jianzhong Guo, Xianping Zhang

“…Despite the fact that zinc finger-homeodomain (ZF-HD) genes play an important role in responding to plant growth, development and stress resistance across the multiple species, the evolutionary history and abiotic function of the ZF-HD gene family in sunflower remain largely unexplored. …”
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Proclamation of the All-Russian Empire – the Beginning of the Way to the Great Power Status by V. A. Artamonov

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Adult Wilms Tumor With Inferior Vena Cava Thrombus on an Incomplete Duplex Collecting System Ureter Fissus Proximalis Managed at a Tertiary Hospital in Tanzania: A Case Report and... by Amini Mitamo Alexandre, Joseph Martin Lori, Gabriel F. Mtaturu, Victor Patrick Sensa, Sylvia Bedas Nsato, Mariam Athumani Mbezi, Obadia V. Nyongole, Charles A. Mkony

“…A 28‐year‐old female patient presented to our department with a 4‐month history of right flank pain and flank mass and was diagnosed by abdominal contrasted CT to have a right renal tumor with tumor thrombi in the renal vein and the inferior vena cava. …”
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Treatment Options for Nosocomial Ventriculitis/Meningitis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Marios Karvouniaris, Zoi Aidoni, Eleni Gkeka, Stella Niki Primikyri, Konstantinos Pagioulas, Elena Argiriadou

“…We report a case of a 68-year-old woman with a past medical history of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and coronary artery disease. …”
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High output stoma after surgery for rectal cancer - a risk factor for low anterior resection syndrome? by Xuena Zhang, Qingyu Meng, Jianna Du, Zhongtao Tian, Yinju Li, Bin Yu, Wenbo Niu

“…Subgroup analysis revealed that this association was more pronounced in older patients (age > 60), those without hypertension, with N0-N1 staging, a history of chemotherapy, and longer stoma closure intervals (Q3, Q4). …”
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Correlation Between the Koebner Phenomenon and Clinical Features in Vitiligo by Tang X, Hao C, Fan M, Dong P, Qi Y, Gao J, Huang H, Chen M, Wang W

“…Xianfa Tang,1– 3,&ast; Cuilan Hao,1– 3,&ast; Min Fan,1– 3,&ast; Penghao Dong,1– 3 Yinyin Qi,1– 3 Jinping Gao,1– 3 He Huang,1– 3 Mengyun Chen,1– 3 Wenjun Wang1– 3 1Department of Dermatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People’s Republic of China; 2Institute of Dermatology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, People’s Republic of China; 3Key Laboratory of Dermatology (Anhui Medical University), Ministry of Education, Hefei, Anhui, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Wenjun Wang, Email wangwj0720@sina.comPurpose: To investigate the correlation between the presence of the Koebner phenomenon (KP) and clinical features of patients with vitiligo.Patients and Methods: The clinical characteristic data, including age, age of onset, disease duration, gender, clinical stage, clinical type, family history, and comorbid immune-related diseases, of 1472 patients with/without KP were analyzed with SPSS 17.0 software.Results: Of the 1472 patients, 290 (19.70%) were positive for KP. …”
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