Flexural Behavior of Posttensioned Flat Plates Depending on Tendon Layout by Min Sook Kim, Young Hak Lee

“…The load-deflection behavior and modes of crack are presented from the test results. Posttension systems effectively controlled crack and deflection. …”
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An On‐Chip Second‐Order Elastic Topological Insulator for Demultiplexing Out‐of‐Plane and In‐Plane Corner Modes by Yafeng Chen, Lei Fan, Jie Zhu, Zhongqing Su

“…Furthermore, due to its structural simplicity, the SETI can be readily scaled and integrated into on‐chip elastic circuits, making it suitable for applications in micro‐electromechanical systems.…”
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Radiofrequency Ablation for Treatment of Symptomatic Uterine Fibroids by Siân Jones, Peter O'Donovan, David Toub

“…The use of thermal energy-based systems to treat uterine fibroids has resulted in a plethora of devices that are less invasive and potentially as effective in reducing symptoms as traditional options such as myomectomy. …”
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Economic evaluation framework for Industrial Symbiosis through network lenses: a systematic literature review by Maurizio Cisi, Roberta Napoli

“… Current economic and productive systems, characterized by huge resource consumption, cause significant environmental and social impacts, underlining their intrinsic unsustainability. …”
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Quasi-Complete Response of Classic Kaposi’s Sarcoma Treated with Weekly Paclitaxel by Zineb Benbrahim, Samia Arifi, Hafida Benhammane, Kaoutar Inani, Salim Gallouj, Meriem Meziane, Fatima Zahra Mernissi, Nawfel Mellas, Omar El Mesbahi

“…Patients with extensive KS can be treated with systemic chemotherapy. A number of drugs approved for treatment of AIDS-associated KS, especially Paclitaxel, have activity against CKS after failure of prior therapy. …”
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Direct Analysis of Pharmaceutical Drugs Using Nano-DESI MS by Carlos Cardoso-Palacios, Ingela Lanekoff

“…It is necessary to have systems to control the products that reach the market and to detect falsified medicines. …”
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Materialismo ecológico como materialismo de la reproducción: un diálogo entre Theodor Adorno y Raquel Gutiérrez Aguilar by Andrés F. Parra-Ayala

“…The central argument posits that Adorno’s ecological materialism—rooted in his critique of idealist philosophical systems and capitalism—converges with Gutiérrez Aguilar’s materialism of care and reproduction in their shared premise: there can be no human freedom without the freedom of nature. …”
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Deep renovation and decarbonisation of school buildings – The CIS Roma Scuole Verdi by Carola Clemente, Francesco Mancini, Anna Mangiatordi, Mariangela Zagaria

“… The contribution illustrates the experience of CIS Roma Scuole Verdi, where the DiAP Research Group of the ‘Sapienza’ University of Rome supported the CSIMU Department of Roma Capitale in launching a process of energy-environmental upgrading and decarbonisation of 111 school buildings distributed across the 15 Municipalities of the City of Rome. Through a systemic and multi-scalar approach, some Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) were identified and monitored, which were significant for energy class, reduction of climate-altering emissions, reduction of energy needs, and supply from renewable sources. …”
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Software Authority Transition through Multiple Distributors by Kyusunk Han, Taeshik Shon

“…Smartphone and tablet users can install applications easily by purchasing from the online store deployed in their device. Several systems, such as Android or PC-based OS units, allow users to install software from multiple sources. …”
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Lipophilicity Assessment of Ruthenium(II)-Arene Complexes by the Means of Reversed-Phase Thin-Layer Chromatography and DFT Calculations by Khalil Salem A. M. Shweshein, Filip Andrić, Aleksandra Radoičić, Matija Zlatar, Maja Gruden-Pavlović, Živoslav Tešić, Dušanka Milojković-Opsenica

“…The lipophilicity of ten ruthenium(II)-arene complexes was assessed by reversed-phase thin-layer chromatography (RP-TLC) on octadecyl silica stationary phase. The binary solvent systems composed of water and acetonitrile were used as mobile phase in order to determine chromatographic descriptors for lipophilicity estimation. …”
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Using Airlifts to Collect and Concentrate Copepod Nauplii by Eric Cassiano, Matthew A. DiMaggio, Cortney Ohs, John Marcellus

“…The buoyancy of rising bubbles within a pipe or tube generates an upward flow of water that are often used as part of water treatment design in recirculating aquaculture systems, but can also be used to collect and concentrate live food organisms fed to marine fish larvae. …”
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Sintilimab for the treatment of lung adenocarcinoma-induced immune-related hypophysitis: a case report by Ming-xing Wang, Ai-xin Liu, Qing-ming Sun, Wan-hui Dong

“…This report describes a case of a lung cancer patient who, after receiving chemotherapy in combination with the programmed death-1 (PD-1) inhibitor sintilimab, presented with systemic fatigue, alterations in mental and behavioral patterns, somnolence, and symptoms of diabetes insipidus, leading to a diagnosis of grade 4 immune-related hypophysitis. …”
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Beyond the Common Causes of Palmoplantar Keratoderma: Papillon–Lefevre Syndrome with a Unique Mutation by Sanjanaa Srinivasa, Sumedha Ballal, Preetha Tilak, Savitha Murali, Madhukara Jithendriya

“…This condition can cause irreversible loss of dentition with onset in early childhood and predispose to recurrent systemic infections. The characteristic clinical features include transgradient palmoplantar keratoderma along with psoriasiform plaques on the knees and elbows, periodontitis, gingivitis, and loss of teeth. …”
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Numerical and Analytical Simulations of Nonlinear Time Fractional Advection and Burger’s Equations by Hassan Khan, Qasim Khan, Fairouz Tchier, null Ibrarullah, Evren Hincal, Gurpreet Singh, F. M. O. Tawfiq, Shahbaz Khan

“…In this paper, the higher nonlinear problems of fractional advection-diffusion equations and systems of nonlinear fractional Burger’s equations are solved by using two sophisticated procedures, namely, the q-homotopy analysis transform method and the residual power series method. …”
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Infectious Disease Management: Lessons from Cuba by Noni E Macdonald, Beth Halperin, Enrique Beldarrain Chaple, Jeff Scott, John M Kirk

“…The Escherichia coli outbreak in Walkerton, Ontario (1), the severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak in Toronto, Ontario (2) and the Clostridium difficile hospital outbreak in Montreal, Quebec (3), have cost lives, grabbed headlines and stressed local health care systems. Each outbreak raised questions about our ability to prevent outbreaks, detect outbreaks early, and respond efficiently and effectively to infectious disease crises; these outbreaks also highlighted gaps in Canada's preparedness for managing major infectious disease problems when multiple jurisdictions are involved (4). …”
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Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity, and Gastrointestinal Cancer by Shintaro Fujihara, Hirohito Mori, Hideki Kobara, Noriko Nishiyama, Mitsuyoshi Kobayashi, Makoto Oryu, Tsutomu Masaki

“…Adipose tissue, particularly visceral fat, is an important metabolic tissue as it secretes systemic factors that alter the immunologic, metabolic, and endocrine milieu and also promotes insulin resistance. …”
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Characteristics of Suppressor Macrophages Induced by Mycobacterial and Protozoal Infections in relation to Alternatively Activated M2 Macrophages by Haruaki Tomioka, Yutaka Tatano, Win Win Maw, Chiaki Sano, Yuichi Kanehiro, Toshiaki Shimizu

“…In the advanced stages of mycobacterial infections, host immune systems tend to change from a Th1-type to Th2-type immune response, resulting in the abrogation of Th1 cell- and macrophage-mediated antimicrobial host protective immunity. …”
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Communication and Synchronization in Disconnected Networks with Dynamic Topology: Moving Neighborhood Networks by Joseph D. Skufca, Erik M. Bollt

“…We consider systems that are well modelled as networks that evolve in time, which we call Moving Neighborhood Networks. …”
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Epstein-Barr Virus Infection in an Elderly Nonimmunocompromised Adult Successfully Treated with Rituximab by Jacob P. Smeltzer, Matthew T. Howard, Wilson I. Gonsalves, Thomas E. Witzig

“…Here, we present a case of an atypical EBV infection in an elderly patient with severe systemic symptoms, multiorgan involvement, lymphadenopathy, and negative EBV serology. …”
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Role of Gas Viscosity for Shale Gas Percolation by Xiaoming Wang, Junbin Chen, Dazhong Ren, Zhaolong Shi

“…The experimental results show that when pressure affects gas viscosity, shale gas viscosity decreases, which increases the percolation velocity and pressure drop velocity of the free state shale gas in matrix and fracture systems. And it is conducive to the desorption of adsorbed shale gas and effectively supplemented the bottom hole flowing pressure with the pressure wave propagation range and velocity increasing, so that the rate of pressure drop at the bottom of the well slows down, which makes the time that bottom hole flowing pressure reaches stability shortened. …”
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