Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations (PAVMs) and Pregnancy: A Rare Case of Hemothorax and Review of the Literature by Federica Di Guardo, Viviana Lo Presti, Giuliana Costanzo, Elisa Zambrotta, Luisa Maria Di Gregorio, Antonio Basile, Marco Palumbo

“…Recent studies reported the safeness of the TCE during pregnancy if performed by an experienced radiologist, at second or third trimesters when radiation exposure is believed to have minimal effect on the foetus. …”
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A Comparison of Penguin Swarm Optimization Algorithms for Enhancing Network Throughput by Talha Akhtar, Najmi Ghani Haider, Nadeem Kafi Khan, Rashid Uddin

“…The magnitude of body heat radiation the penguin produces is correlated with its heat strength. …”
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Association between surgery and increased survival in primary central nervous system lymphoma: a retrospective cohort study by Gangping Li, XinJiang Hou, Yuewen Fu, DongJie He, Di Zhang

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85Kr Thickness Gauge Source in Measuring the Areal Density of Lithium Battery Electrodes by Yunfei BAI, Binbin LIANG, Yigang PENG, Zheng GE

“…Correct I0 at least every 5 days to compensate for the deviation of the measurement system caused by the activity attenuation of the 85Kr thickness gauge source.The thickness gauge using 85Kr as the radiation source can meet the actual application needs of the super intelligent manufacturing line of lithium-ion batteries.…”
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Near‐surface permafrost extent and active layer thickness characterized by reanalysis/assimilation data by Zequn Liu, Donglin Guo, Wei Hua, Yihui Chen

“…Change in active layer is significantly correlated to air temperature, precipitation, and downward longwave radiation in summer, but the correlations show regional differences. …”
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Cyclooxygenase 2 (COX2) and Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma (PPARG) Are Stage-Dependent Prognostic Markers of Malignant Melanoma by Stefanie Meyer, Thomas Vogt, Michael Landthaler, Anna Berand, Albrecht Reichle, Frauke Bataille, Andreas H. Marx, Anne Menz, Arndt Hartmann, Leoni A. Kunz-Schughart, Peter J. Wild

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Parameter Uncertainty Analysis for Streamflow Simulation Using SWAT Model in Nashe Watershed, Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia by Megersa Kebede Leta, Dessalegn Geleta Ebsa, Motuma Shiferaw Regasa

“…The required input data for this study were digital elevation model, land use, soil map and data, meteorological data (precipitation, minimum and maximum temperature, wind speed, solar radiation, and relative humidity), and streamflow data. …”
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Dual-Band MIMO Antenna Design for 5G Smartphones Mobile Communications by Atta Ullah, Naser Ojaroudi Parchin, Mohamed Abdul-Al, Waqas Manan, Abubakar Salisu, Ibrahim Gharbia, Chan Hwang See, Raed Abd-Alhameed

“…It provides excellent efficiency at the operation band, appropriate isolation, adequate radiation coverage, and good S-parameters. Ant 3's provided the maximum return loss at 3.6 GHz which is -35 dB, whereas Ant 5 and Ant 6 provide the highest return losses at 5.4 GHz which is -38dB of the suggested dual-band frequency of 5G smartphones. …”
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INFLUENCE OF LASER BEAM PROFILE ON LIGHT SCATTERING BY HUMAN SKIN DURING PHOTOMETRY BY ELLIPSOIDAL REFLECTORS by M. A. Bezuglyi, N. V. Bezuglaya, S. Kostuk

“…The purpose of the current research is estimation of influence of energy distribution profile in transversal section of laser beam on light scattering by human skin layers at photometry by ellipsoidal reflectors.Biomedical photometer with ellipsoidal reflectors for investigation of biological tissue specimens in transmitted and reflected light uses laser probing radiation with infinitely thin, Gauss-type and uniform cross-section profile. …”
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Multi-Person Localization Based on a Thermopile Array Sensor with Machine Learning and a Generative Data Model by Stefan Klir, Julian Lerch, Simon Benkner, Tran Quoc Khanh

“…They also prove to be robust against disturbances of warm air streams, sun radiation, the replacement of the sensor with an equal type sensor, new persons, cold objects, movements along the image frame border and people standing still. …”
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Life Histories of Two Endangered Sea Skaters Halobates matsumurai Esaki and Asclepios shiranui (Esaki) (Hemiptera: Gerridae: Halobatinae) by Terumi Ikawa, Yuichi Nozoe, Natsuko Yamashita, Namiko Nishimura, Satoshi Ohnoki, Kyoko Yusa, Sugihiko Hoshizaki, Masayuki Komaba, Akihiro Kawakubo

“…The eggs had very hard shells, presumably adaptive to protect them from desiccation, solar radiation, and wave action, especially during the overwintering period.…”
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Oxidative dissolution of metals in metal-based ionic liquids: Iron, copper, silver and aluminum by Yuchao Li, Yanxia Zheng, Huishuang Zhao, Qingshan Zhu, Yansong Zhao

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Rationale and design of Diabetes Prevention with active Vitamin D (DPVD): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study by Yoshiya Tanaka, Yosuke Okada, Tetsuya Kawahara, Gen Suzuki, Tetsuya Inazu, Shoichi Mizuno, Fumiyoshi Kasagi

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Modeling of Inscribed Dual Band Circular Fractal Antenna for Wi‐Fi Application Using Descartes Circle Theorem by SatheeshKumar Palanisamy, Anitha R. Vaddinuri, Arfat Ahmad Khan, Muhammad Faheem

“…At the resonating frequency of 2.4 and 5.55 GHz, circular patch antenna has a reflection coefficient (S11) of −18.1 and −13.51, respectively with a peak gain of 3.6 dBi, whereas, the designed circular fractal antenna shows an improved reflection coefficient, S11 of −22.0 and −15.5 dB at the same resonating frequency with a peak gain of 11.7920 dBi. The radiation pattern shows that the antenna radiated in unidirectional pattern with the front‐to‐back ratio of 101.4 which is higher than circular patch antenna. …”
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Collective Optical, FTIR, and Photoluminescence Spectra of CeO2 and/or Sm2O3-Doped Na2O–ZnO–P2O5 Glasses by M. A. Marzouk, H. A. ElBatal, Y. M. Hamdy, F. M. Ezz-Eldin

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Diversity of bacterial symbionts associated with the tropical plant bug Monalonion velezangeli (Hemiptera: Miridae) revealed by high-throughput 16S-rRNA sequencing by Navarro-Escalante, Lucio, Benavides, Pablo, Acevedo, Flor E.

“…In most Hemiptera insects, bacterial symbionts offer mainly nutritional, defensive, and reproductive roles in addition to promoting the adaptive radiation of several hemipteran phytophagous lineages. …”
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Metastatic Small Cell Carcinoma of the Urinary Bladder That Recurred in the Vagina 6 Years after Radical Cystectomy: A Case Report by Makoto Isono, Keiichi Ito, Shinsuke Hamada, Masahiro Takahashi, Hidenori Sasa, Hideyuki Shimazaki, Tomohiko Asano

“…Local recurrence and metastasis at the pelvic bone occurred 4 months later; although radiation therapy was performed, she died of the progressive disease.…”
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Combination therapy of low-dose radiotherapy and immunotherapy in advanced metastatic nasopharyngeal carcinoma: a case report and literature review by Chun-Qiao Chen, Hui Huang, Min Pan, Zhe Jia, Jing Zhang, Qiu-Qiu Chen

“…The patient was treated with a high-dose of radiation therapy combined with LDRT and immunotherapy to inhibit tumor cell proliferation and activate the body's immune system. …”
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Carbon Monoxide and Particulate Matter Concentrations inside the Road Tunnels of Guanajuato City, Mexico by Adrián Zamorategui-Molina, Norma L. Gutiérrez-Ortega, Juan Carlos Baltazar-Vera, Julio Del Ángel-Soto, David Tirado-Torres

“…We evaluated the CO concentration using a portable non-dispersive infrared radiation (NDIR) sensor (ALTAIR Pro Single-Gas Detector) and the PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations using a handheld mass monitor equipped with a high-precision laser sensor (Aerocet 831). …”
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Single-Fed Broadband CP Bidirectional Antenna with Double-Layer Diagonally Aligned Plates for Universal UHF-RFID Applications by Sitthichai Dentri, Khanet Pookkapund, Bancha Luadang, Prayoot Akkaraekthalin, Chuwong Phongcharoenpanich

“…The double layers were deployed to improve impedance bandwidth (|S11| < −10 dB) and achieve bidirectional radiation pattern. The simulated impedance bandwidth and 3-dB AR bandwidth were 772.19–1014.6 MHz (27.13%) and 675–1000 MHz (38.80%), and the corresponding measured results were 759–1011 MHz (28.47%) and 648–1110 MHz (52.55%). …”
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