Two Cases of Sarcoma Arising in Giant Cell Tumor of Bone Treated with Denosumab by Cory Julian Broehm, Erika L. Garbrecht, Jeff Wood, Therese Bocklage

“…Sarcomatous transformation is rare and typically occurs with a history of recurrences and radiation treatment. Denosumab, an inhibitor of the RANK ligand involved in bone resorption in GCT, is increasingly used in treatment of recurrent or unresectable giant cell tumor of bone. …”
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Optimization Methods for Radon Progeny Measurement Based on the Three-Stage Method by Xiangming Cai, Xuwei Zeng, Fengdi Qin, Jian Shan

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Reduction of the In-Band RCS of Microstrip Patch Antenna by Using Offset Feeding Technique by Weiwei Xu, Junhong Wang, Meie Chen, Zhan Zhang, Zheng Li

“…This paper presents a method for implementing a low in-band scattering design for microstrip patch antennas based on the analysis of structural mode scattering and radiation characteristics. The antenna structure is first designed to have the lowest structural mode scattering in a desired frequency band. …”
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Scale-dependent responses to environmental fluctuations in tropical tree species’ crown temperatures by Shannon L. J. Bayliss, Eben N. Broadbent, Angélica M. Almeyda Zambrano, Susan Cordell, Stephanie Pau

“…We show scale-dependent, species-specific relationships with environmental fluctuations. Net radiation was consistently the dominant determinant of crown temperature deviations from air temperature (Tdiff), while vapor pressure deficit, wind speed, and crown traits (e.g., roughness) varied in importance by species and scale. …”
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Design and Implementation of Single-Layer 4 × 4 and 8 × 8 Butler Matrices for Multibeam Antenna Arrays by George A. Adamidis, Ioannis O. Vardiambasis, Melina P. Ioannidou, Theodoros N. Kapetanakis

“…Moreover, multibeam antenna arrays fed by the BMs are constructed. The radiation patterns are measured and compared with theoretical data; a good agreement is achieved. …”
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Numerical and Experimental Study on Energy Performance of Photovoltaic-Heat Pipe Solar Collector in Northern China by Hongbing Chen, Xilin Chen, Sai Chu, Lei Zhang, Yaxuan Xiong

“…The thermal efficiency increased while the electrical efficiency decreased linearly as the solar radiation increased.…”
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Relative entropy formulation of thermalization process in a Schwarzschild spacetime by Si-Wei Han, Zhichun Ouyang, Zhiyao Hu, Jun Feng

“…Finally, from a perspective of quantum thermodynamics, we recast the free energy change of the UDW detector undergoing Hawking radiation into an entropic combination form, where the classical Kullback-Leibler divergence and quantum coherence are presented in specific QRE-like forms. …”
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Fabrication and Characterization of a W-Band Cylindrical Dielectric Resonator Antenna-Coupled Niobium Microbolometer by M. Abdel-Rahman, M. Kamran Saleem, Najeeb Al-Khalli, Nacer Debbar, Majeed A. S. Alkanhal, Abdelrazik Sebak

“…The detector measured a time constant of 1.94 μs. The antenna radiation pattern of the developed detector configuration was measured and shows a good agreement with the simulation.…”
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SPECT and PET Imaging of Meningiomas by Varvara Valotassiou, Anastasia Leondi, George Angelidis, Dimitrios Psimadas, Panagiotis Georgoulias

“…Therefore, SPECT and PET imaging could be used for the preoperative noninvasive diagnosis and differential diagnosis of meningiomas, prediction of tumor grade and tumor recurrence, response to treatment, target volume delineation for radiation therapy planning, and distinction between residual or recurrent tumour from scar tissue.…”
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Multiple brain metastases from mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the parotid gland: case report and review of the literature by Yao Christian Hugues Dokponou, Fresnel Lutèce Ontsi Obame, Moussa Elmi Saad, Mandour Cherkaoui, Mohamed Reda El Ochi, Housni Abderrahmane, Abad Chérif El Asri, Miloudi Gazzaz

“…Conclusion In this article, the authors report a case of brain metastases from parotid MEC treated by resection and radiation therapy. A review of the literature did not reveal any other cases of this type.…”
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Microplastic in the Soil Environment – Classification and Sources in Relation to Research Conducted in Poland by Monika Kisiel, Agnieszka Poniatowska, Anita Kaliszewicz

“…As a result of physical, chemical and biological processes, e.g., ultraviolet (UV) radiation, weathering or mechanical abrasion, plastics degrade to fine particles - those less than 5 mm in size are called microplastics. …”
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Narrowband-to-Narrowband Frequency Reconfiguration with Harmonic Suppression Using Fractal Dipole Antenna by S. A. Hamzah, M. Esa, N. N. N. A. Malik, M. K. H. Ismail

“…Harmonic suppressed fractal antenna with switches named TMFDB25 is developed to select desired frequency band from 400 MHz to 3.5 GHz. The radiating element length is changed to tune the operating frequency while the stub is used to eliminate the undesired harmonic frequency. …”
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Multiwavelength Emission of Gamma-Ray Burst Prompt Phase. II. Spectral Polarimetry by Jia-Sheng Li, Mi-Xiang Lan

“…Compared with the aligned magnetic field case, the PA rotation is quite rare in the gamma-ray band for the case with a toroidal field in the radiation region.…”
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Design of a Novel Triple Band Monopole Antenna for WLAN/WiMAX MIMO Applications in the Laptop Computer by Jayshri Kulkarni, Raju Seenivasan, V. Abhaikumar, Deepak Ram Prasath Subburaj

“…It comprises of three monopole radiating elements, along with two rectangular open-ended tuning stubs. …”
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Effect of Zeolite Modification via Cationic Exchange Method on Mechanical, Thermal, and Morphological Properties of Ethylene Vinyl Acetate/Zeolite Composites by N. D. Zaharri, N. Othman, Z. A. Mohd Ishak

“…A combination of Fourier Transform Infrared Radiation (FTIR) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) coupled with energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis were done to characterize the resultant organoclay. …”
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Development of Ray Tracing Algorithms for Scanning Plane and Transverse Plane Analysis for Satellite Multibeam Application by N. H. Abd Rahman, M. T. Islam, N. Misran, Y. Yamada, N. Michishita

“…In the multibeam system, each beam will be fed from different feed positions to allow the main beam to be radiated at the exact direction on the coverage area. …”
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Metamaterial-Loaded 16-Printed Log Periodic Antenna Array for Microwave Imaging of Breast Tumor Detection by Avez Syed, Muntasir Sheikh, Mohammad Tariqul Islam, Hatem Rmili

“…A single layer of epsilon negative (ENG) metamaterial (MTM) array (1 × 6) of the unit cell is on the radiating patch. Adding a single negative metamaterial structure enhances the properties of far-field antennas, such as radiation pattern and gain, both of which are vital for breast imaging. …”
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Design and Fabrication of a High Performance Microfluidic Chip for Blood Plasma Separation: Modelling and Prediction of System Behaviour via CFD Method by Hossein Amini, Amin Sokhansanj, Mohammad Akrami, Ismaeil Haririan

“…The microchip was fabricated based on hydrophobicity differences upon suitable cylindrical surfaces using gravitational and capillary forces and lateral migration of plasma and red blood cells. The plasma radiation was applied to attach the polymeric segment (polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)) to the glass. …”
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Analysis the impact of ground conductivity source current speed and source current rise time on peak induced voltage on overhead conductors by Md. Kamal Hossain, Lima Tasnim

“…Firstly, the return stroke current (RSC) at various altitudes throughout the lightning path and the electromagnetic field radiation surrounding the strike point have been thoroughly examined. …”
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Design and Simulation of an Antenna-Coupled Microbolometer at 30 THz by Angel Colin, Eduardo Pérez-Tijerina, Francisco Solis-Pomar

“…We propose a model of antenna-coupled microbolometer to be included in an array for receiving and detecting long wave infrared (LWIR) electromagnetic radiation. The antenna is joined to microstrip bandpass filters thus forming a single metal structure to define the operation frequency band. …”
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