Infectious Aortitis: A Life-Threatening Endovascular Complication of Nontyphoidal Salmonella Bacteremia by Seifeldin Hakim, Francisco Davila, Mitual Amin, Ismail Hader, Mitchell S. Cappell

“…The patient is asymptomatic with no complications at 18 weeks of follow-up. This case report illustrates that patients with infectious aortitis from nontyphoidal Salmonella may (1) present with nonspecific and nonlocalizing symptoms and signs except for sepsis; (2) have diagnostic blood cultures and abdominal CT findings; and (3) typically require aggressive, prolonged IV antibiotic therapy and surgery for potential cure of this life-threatening infection.…”
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An Integrated Model for Production Planning and Cell Formation in Cellular Manufacturing Systems by Reza Raminfar, Norzima Zulkifli, Mohammadreza Vasili, Tang Sai Hong

“…A set of numerical examples are provided from existing the literature in order to test and illustrate the proposed model. In order to evaluate and verify the performance of the proposed model, it is compared with a well-known cell formation methods (rank order clustering and direct clustering analysis), using group capability index (GCI) measure. …”
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Gamma Knife Radiosurgery Treatment for Metastatic Melanoma of the Trigeminal Nerve and Brainstem: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature by Halloran E. Peterson, Erik W. Larson, Robert K. Fairbanks, Wayne T. Lamoreaux, Alexander R. Mackay, Jason A. Call, John J. Demakas, Barton S. Cooke, Christopher M. Lee

“…Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) has been shown to be a safe and effective treatment for BSMs that prolongs survival and can preserve or in some cases improve neurological function. This case illustrates the use of repeated SRS, specifically Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS) for management of a unique brainstem metastasis. …”
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Severe Metabolic Acidosis: A Case of Triple Hit with Ketogenic Diet, Vinegar, and Metformin in an Obese Patient by Abdul Mughees Rana, Kannan Mansoor, Salman Assad, Mahmoud Abouzid, Iheanyichukwu Ogu, Ghassan Salim Issa Bandak

“…Many of these diets and supplements may seem harmless, but as our case illustrates, when combined with other risk factors, patients can face serious adverse effects and even require hospitalization. …”
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Fractal-Shaped Metamaterials and Applications to Enhanced-Performance Devices Exhibiting High Selectivity by He-Xiu Xu, Guang-Ming Wang, Chen-Xin Zhang

“…Potential application of these MTM cells are illustrated by two examples, one is the microstrip stepped-impedance transformers (SIT) operating at 3.5 GHz with two edged attenuation poles to introduce selectivity; the other one is the Hi-Lo microstrip low-pass filter (LPF) with cutoff frequency 2.5 GHz exhibiting improved selectivity (77.3 dB/GHz). …”
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Experiments on Optimal Vibration Control of a Flexible Beam Containing Piezoelectric Sensors and Actuators by Gustavo L.C.M. Abreu, José F. Ribeiro, Valder Steffen Jr

“…Experimental results illustrate the optimal control design of a cantilever beam structure.…”
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Uncertainties Analysis on the Prediction of Flow and Heat Transfer of Liquid Sodium with CFD Technology by Zhanwei Liu, Xinyu Li, Tenglong Cong, Rui Zhang, Lingyun Zheng, Hang Deng, Yuning Cui

“…The results of sensitivity analysis illustrate that the Nusselt number was negatively correlated with the thermal conductivity and turbulent Prandtl number, while the friction coefficient was positively correlated with the density and Von Karman constant. …”
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Intervention Models in Functional Connectivity Identification Applied to fMRI by João Ricardo Sato, Daniel Yasumasa Takahashi, Ellison Fernando Cardoso, Maria da Graça Morais Martin, Edson Amaro Júnior, Pedro Alberto Morettin

“…In this paper, we suggest an intervention analysis, which includes stimulus condition, allowing a nonstationary modeling. Furthermore, an illustrative application to real fMRI dataset from a simple motor task is presented.…”
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Productization of carbon handprint – A product management perspective by Pukar Jung Kunwar, Janne Harkonen, Harri Haapasalo, Iqra Sadaf Khan, Jukka Majava

“…This study presents illustrative examples involving motor vehicles and building construction and a generic approach to demonstrate how carbon handprints can be integrated into product structures over the engineering lifecycle. …”
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From hinterland granary fort to frontier mountain fortress: Initiation, construction, and expansion of the Diaoyucheng Fortress, Hechuan, China, in the wars during 1125–1279 by Wen Huang, Jiang Feng

“…With the comparisons with the fortifications across Eurasia around the same period, this study illustrates this fortress epitomizes the development of knowledge system for fortification design in ancient China, especially the river defense fortress taking advantage of topography and navy.…”
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An Eco-Inefficiency Dominance Probability Approach for Chinese Banking Operations Based on Data Envelopment Analysis by Feng Li, Lunwen Wu, Qingyuan Zhu, Yanling Yu, Gang Kou, Yi Liao

“…Then, we develop two pairwise eco-inefficiency dominance concepts and propose the inefficiency dominance probability model. Finally, we illustrate the eco-inefficiency dominance probability approach with 32 Chinese listed banks from 2014 to 2018 to demonstrate the usefulness and efficacy of the proposed method.…”
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Vehicle positioning systems in tunnel environments: a review by Suying Jiang, Qiufeng Xu, Wei Wang, Peng Peng, Jiachun Li

“…Then, various vehicle positioning technologies are investigated, the advantages and drawbacks of each technology are illustrated. Thereafter, we discuss some widely used positioning methods in terms of range-based localization method, range-free localization method, multi-sensor fusion localization method, and cooperative positioning (CP) method. …”
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The Etiological Spectrum of Febrile Encephalopathy in Adult Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study from a Developing Country by Elham Peidaee, Fereshte Sheybani, HamidReza Naderi, Nasrin Khosravi, Mehdi Jabbari Nooghabi

“…The comparison between the elderly and young adults showed that, in the young adults, bacterial meningitis and neurotuberculosis, and in the elderly SAE, are among the most common causes of clinical syndromes suggestive of CNS infection including febrile encephalopathy in our region. Moreover, we illustrated an upward trend for the proportion of diagnosing CNS infections among those who underwent diagnostic LP, from 40.4% in 2011 to 70% in 2015, that could be indicative of an increasing threshold for performing LP at least in our center in recent years. …”
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Disseminated Cerebrospinal Embryonal Tumor in the Adult by Alessandro Caporlingua, Daniele Armocida, Federico Caporlingua, Gennaro Lapadula, Grazia Maria Elefante, Manila Antonelli, Maurizio Salvati

“…We present a case of disseminated cerebrospinal ET presenting in an adult patient. Illustrative Case. A 49-year-old male presenting with low back pain, dysuria, and hypoesthesia of the lower extremities referred to our emergency department. …”
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Podocyturia: A Clue for the Rational Use of Amiloride in Alport Renal Disease by H. Trimarchi, R. Canzonieri, A. Muryan, A. Schiel, A. Araoz, M. Paulero, J. Andrews, T. Rengel, M. Forrester, F. Lombi, V. Pomeranz, R. Iriarte, E. Zotta

“…As no specific treatment exists, pathophysiologically based approaches are useful. The present case illustrates the reduction rate of urinary podocyte loss and proteinuria after amiloride administration and suggests the molecular pathways involved in Alport renal disease. …”
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A Novel Dual-Broadband Circularly Polarized Patch Antenna for Precise Satellite Navigation by Fumin Lin, Liangxian Zhang, Huiping Cai, Mingjian Liu, Xiaopeng Li, Yujie Xiao

“…The measured results of the antenna illustrate that maximum RHCP gain of the antenna is 4.72 dBi in the low band and 3.98 dBi in the high band, the 3 dB gain bandwidth is 70 MHz in the low band and 65 MHz in the high band.…”
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Control of Discrete Event Systems by Means of Discrete Optimization and Disjunctive Colored PNs: Application to Manufacturing Facilities by Juan-Ignacio Latorre-Biel, Emilio Jiménez-Macías, Mercedes Pérez de la Parte, Julio Blanco-Fernández, Eduardo Martínez-Cámara

“…Furthermore, the metaheuristic of genetic algorithms is applied to the search of the best solutions in the solution space. As an illustration of the methodology proposal, its performance is compared with the classic approach on a case study, obtaining faster the optimal solution.…”
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Gastroduodenal Emphysema with Portal Venous Air due to Congenital Duodenal Web in a Child: A Case Report and Review of Literature by Mihiri Chami Wettasinghe, Shanthini Rosairo, Samantha Kiriwattuduwa, Nuwan Darshana Wickramasinghe

“…During the surgery, windsock deformity was noted. This case illustrates that although rare, proximal duodenal obstruction due to duodenal web may present in early childhood and that alarming imaging features such as gastric emphysema and portal venous air could be associated with benign conditions.…”
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Using a Mobile Phone as a “Wii-like” Controller for Playing Games on a Large Public Display by Tamas Vajk, Paul Coulton, Will Bamford, Reuben Edwards

“…Whilst 3D motion can be utilized for ondevice games, in this paper we present a novel system that connects these phones to large public game screens via Bluetooth where it becomes a game controller for a multiplayer game. We illustrate the potential of this system through a multiplayer driving game using the Microsoft XNA framework and present preliminary feedback on the user experience from a public trial which highlights that these controls can be both intuitive and fun.…”
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Some Generalized Pythagorean Fuzzy Bonferroni Mean Aggregation Operators with Their Application to Multiattribute Group Decision-Making by Runtong Zhang, Jun Wang, Xiaomin Zhu, Meimei Xia, Ming Yu

“…Lastly, a numerical instance is provided to illustrate the validity of the new approach.…”
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