A Case of Pyriform Sinus Fistula Infection with Double Tracts by Masato Shino, Yoshihito Yasuoka, Kyoko Nakajima, Kazuaki Chikamatsu

“…Pyriform sinus fistula is a rare clinical entity and the precise origin remains controversial. The fistula is discovered among patients with acute suppurative thyroiditis or deep neck infection of the left side of the neck and is usually located in the left pyriform sinus. …”
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A Novel Model of Conforming Delaunay Triangulation for Sensor Network Configuration by Yan Ma, Yan-ling Hao, Feng-min Tian

“…As compared with the original fractional node refinement algorithms, the proposed algorithm can get well refinement stability with least time cost. …”
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Beyond personas. Machine Learning to personalise the project by Niccolò Casiddu, Francesco Burlando, Isabella Nevoso, Claudia Porfirione, Annapaola Vacanti

“…The integration of the well-established HCD methods with the new possibilities given by datafication originates a design process integrating the two aspects and that is presented at the end of the paper. …”
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About Total Stability of a Class of Nonlinear Dynamic Systems Eventually Subject to Discrete Internal Delays by Manuel De la Sen

“…This paper studies and investigates total stability results of a class of dynamic systems within a prescribed closed ball of the state space around the origin. The class of systems under study includes unstructured nonlinearities subject to multiple higher-order Lipschitz-type conditions which influence the dynamics and which can be eventually interpreted as unstructured perturbations. …”
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HYGIENIC EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCE ON THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN FROM RURAL REGIONS OF SOUTHERN UKRAINE by V.V. Babienko, V.L. Mykhailenko

“…It has been proved that the diet of children in various districts of Odessa region is characterized by major imbalance of nutrients with predominance of food rich in carbohydrates and fats of animal origin. The program of preventive measures in areas with low environmental security should include correction of food, providing drinking water quality and regulatory measures on hygienic education of the children’s population.…”
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An Improved AAM Method for Extracting Human Facial Features by Tao Zhou, Xiao-Jun Wu, Tao Wu, Zhen-Hua Feng

“…However, intensity values used in original AAM cannot provide enough information for image texture, which will lead to a larger error or a failure fitting of AAM. …”
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Gating Techniques for Rao-Blackwellized Monte Carlo Data Association Filter by Yazhao Wang, Peini Zhang

“…In addition, the overlapped parts of the neighboring validation regions are divided into several separated subregions according to the possible origins of the validated measurements. In these subregions, the measurement uncertainties can be taken into account more reasonably than those of the simple elliptical gate. …”
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Selective Segmentation for Global Optimization of Depth Estimation in Complex Scenes by Sheng Liu, Haiqiang Jin, Xiaojun Mao, Binbin Zhai, Ye Zhan, Xiaofei Feng

“…Firstly, for obtaining accurate matching cost, the original local stereo matching approach based on self-adapting matching window is integrated with two matching cost optimization strategies aiming at handling both borders and occlusion regions. …”
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Adaptive Hierarchical Collocation Method for Solving Fractional Population Diffusion Model by Linqiang Yang, Yafei Liu, Hongmei Ma, Xue Liu, Shuli Mei

“…The algorithm’s complexity analysis illustrates the concise function’s efficiency advantage over the original expression when solving time-fractional PDEs. …”
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An Improved EDAS Method Based on Bipolar Neutrosophic Set and Its Application in Group Decision-Making by Irvanizam Irvanizam, Intan Syahrini, Nawar Nabila Zi, Natasya Azzahra, Muhd Iqbal, Marzuki Marzuki, Muhammad Subianto

“…In this study, we improved the original EDAS (the evaluation based on distance from average solution) with bipolar neutrosophic numbers (BNNs) for a multiple-criteria group decision-making (MCGDM) problem. …”
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Assessment of Coumarin Levels in Ground Cinnamon Available in the Czech Retail Market by Jana Blahová, Zdeňka Svobodová

“…No sample was labelled with information on the botanical source, but, in some cases, the countries of origin were specified. For comparison, a single cinnamon sample imported directly from a plantation in Sri Lanka that came from Cinnamomum verum was analyzed. …”
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Phytophthora Identification and Sampling in Citrus Nurseries by Jamie D. Burrow, Diane B. Bright, Tim D. Riley, Evan G. Johnson, James H. Graham

“…Graham, and published by the UF/IFAS Plant Pathology Department, July 2019. Update of original July 2015 publication. https://ufdc.ufl.edu/IR00008736/00001 SL431/SS645: Phytophthora Identification and Sampling in Citrus Nurseries (ufl.edu) …”
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Biphasic Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Masquerading as a Primary Skeletal Tumor by James Benjamin Gleason, Basheer Tashtoush, Maria Julia Diacovo

“…We herein report a case of a 41-year-old man who presented with chest pain and had a chest computed tomography (CT) scan suggestive of a primary skeletal tumor originating from the ribs (chondrosarcoma or osteosarcoma), with no history of asbestos exposure. …”
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Laterally positioned external carotid arteries: Two cadaveric case reports by Kara Coffman-Rea, Skylar Arwood, Karen E. Samonds, Dylan J. Fuchs, Julia P. Negrin

“…Both cases presented the superior thyroid artery and superior laryngeal artery branching at the level of the carotid bifurcation; one case showed both arteries originating directly from the bifurcation, while the other case exhibited the typical branching pattern where the superior laryngeal artery branches from the superior thyroid artery. …”
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Preventing Foodborne Illness: Norovirus by Keith R. Schneider, Renée M. Goodrich, Michael J. Mahovic, Rajya Shukla

“…This document is FSHN05-18, one of a series of the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date October 2005. FSHN0518/FS129: Preventing Foodborne Illness: Norovirus (ufl.edu) …”
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Surgical Management of an Aspergillus Empyema in a 3-Year-Old Child by Meletios A. Kanakis, Konstantinos Th. Petsios, Nicholas M. Giannopoulos, Dimitrios Bobos, Sofia Hatzianastasiou, Lida C. Sianidou, Achilleas Lioulias

“…The patient was initially admitted to a hospital with severe respiratory deterioration and clinical instability, originally attributed to sepsis. After surgical intervention and the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis, intravenous therapy with voriconazole was initiated. …”
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Urinary Frequency as a Presentation of Bulky Malignant Lymphoma in the Pelvis by Yasukazu Takase, Koichi Kodama, Isamu Motoi, Yasushi Terasaki, Katsuhiko Saito

“…Malignant lymphomas may originate from any area of the body and cause a variety of symptoms. …”
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Damage Simulation of a Random Aggregate Model Induced by Microwave under Different Discontinuous Ratios and Exposure Times by Yang Tang, Guobin Xu, Chunlai Qu, Liying Sun, Yu Duan

“…After analysis of this study, the micro crack originated from the boundary of the high-absorption-phase plagioclase crystal and expanded around the plagioclase, extending into the quartz material. …”
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Polypragmasy at treatment of <i>H. pylori</i> infection in patients with concomitant diseases of other organs and systems. How to prevent side effects related to drug interactions? by S. G. Burkov, N. V. Shornikova

“…Issues of drug interaction, side effects development at patients with combined diseases, requiring eradication treatment, are taken into account.Original positions. Being based on literature data and own experience, authors demonstrated, that drug interactions are observed in vast majority of cases at simultaneous prescription of five drugs and more. …”
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Prion forensics: a multidisciplinary approach to investigate CWD at an illegal deer carcass disposal site by Marc D. Schwabenlander, Jason C. Bartz, Michelle Carstensen, Alberto Fameli, Linda Glaser, Roxanne J. Larsen, Manci Li, Rachel L. Shoemaker, Gage Rowden, Suzanne Stone, W. David Walter, Tiffany M. Wolf, Peter A. Larsen

“…We integrated anatomic, genetic, and prion amplification methods to discover CWD-positive remains from six white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and, using microsatellite markers, confirmed a portion originated from the CWD-infected herd. This approach provides a foundation for future studies of carcass prion transmission risk.…”
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