Vascular Pathology in Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficient Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Emphysema Patients: Case Reports by Gordon M, Gangemi AJ, Sandwith EL, Kumaran M, Kueppers F

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Impacts of Photooxidation on Commercially Available Homo and Copolymers of Polypropylene on Their Microstructure and Mechanics: A Cross‐Sectional Analysis by Marta Chiapasco, Michele Valsecchi, Gavin Hill, Christopher Wallis, Alexandra E. Porter, Finn Giuliani

“…The ethylene monomers stabilize PPRC from oxidation during the first 14 days of accelerated aging, but eventually the rate of degradation matches the PPH at 28 days of aging, probably because of the higher surface area to volume ratio of the smaller crystals. The work emphasizes the importance of incorporating ethylene comonomers into polyolefins to limit variation of the microstructure across the core to the skin layer, for improved future design of packaging that degrades fully.…”
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Macro-meso failure mechanism and strength criterion of frozen weakly cemented sandstone under triaxial unloading by Qinghai Deng, Hao Fu, Junchao Wang, Xiaobiao An, Xianzhou Lyu

“…The microfracture characteristics of the damaged surface were studied by scanning electron microscopy (SEM).ResultsThe results show that compared with conventional triaxial compression and room temperature triaxial compression tests, the strength and plastic deformation characteristics of FWCS during unloading were significantly weakened, with transverse deformation and volume strain increased, showing obvious dilatancy characteristics. …”
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Isolated Central Nervous System Infiltrated and Progressed to Acute Myeloid Leukemia from Chronic Myeloid Leukemia with e1a3 BCR-ABL1 Transcript: A Rare Case Report and Literature... by Qiang X, Wen Q, Li J, Chen S, Tao T, Zhang H, Wang P, Peng X, Feng Y, Zhang X

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The Foreign Economic Vector of Agribusiness Activity in the Western Region of Ukraine by Yuriy Hubeni, Oksana Krupa, Volodymyr Krupa, Sofiia Tsiolkovska

“…The contribution of certain regions to forming agrarian product export and import volume and structure is considered and the reasons for the considerable advantages of the Lviv region in foreign trade turnover of the Western region are elucidated. …”
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Treatment with Octreotide in Patients with Well-Differentiated Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Ileum: Prognostic Stratification with Ga-68-DOTA-TATE Positron Emission Tomography by Walter Koch, Christoph J. Auernhammer, Julia Geisler, Christine Spitzweg, Clemens C. Cyran, Harun Ilhan, Peter Bartenstein, Alexander R. Haug

“…The average SUV of a 50% isocontour volume of interest covering the lesion with maximum uptake (SUV mean ) and the maximum SUV (SUV max ) were determined. …”
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Steam Generator Maintenance Robot Design and Obstacle Avoidance Path Planning by Fengwei Yuan, Gengzhen Ren, Qian Deng, Xiangjiang Wang

“…By establishing a joint coordinate system for the robot model, a D-H parameter model for the plate plugging robot was established, and the forward and inverse kinematics were solved. The volume level approximate convex decomposition algorithm was used to fit the steam generator model with a convex packet, and an experimental simulation platform was constructed. …”
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Optimization of mechanical and impact resistance of high strength glass fiber reinforced alkali activated concrete containing silica fume: An experimental and response surface meth... by Tejeswara Rao Maganti, Krishna Rao Boddepalli

“…Silica fume was added as a supplementary material to industrial by-products of slag and fly ash in varying proportions of 0 %, 5 %, 10 %, and 15 % by weight of the binder, while glass fibers were introduced at volume fractions of 0.5 %, 0.75 %, and 1.0 % to strengthen mechanical properties and impact resistance, effectively addressing the need for materials capable of withstanding impact loads. …”
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Burden of associated comorbidities in autoimmune rheumatic diseases in Indian population: An interim report based on the Indian rheumatology association database by S Chandrashekara, Padmanabha Shenoy, Uma Kumar, Sapan Pandya, Alakendu Ghosh

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Zoning and analysis of pervasive rainfall in rainy areas of Iran In the statistical period of 30 years (1987-1987) by Maryam saghafi, Gholamreza Barati, Bohloul Alijani, Mohammad Moradi

“…The importance of precipitation durability, especially in arid and semi-arid regions, which includes most of Iran, is greater than its volume. The purpose of this study is to identify Iran's precipitation areas in terms of precipitation durability and its characteristics in each area. …”
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Antimicrobial Resistance of Listeria monocytogenes from Animal Foods to First- and Second-Line Drugs in the Treatment of Listeriosis from 2008 to 2021: A Systematic Review and Meta... by Jaqueline Oliveira Dos Reis, Bruno Serpa Vieira, Adelino Cunha Neto, Vinicius Silva Castro, Eduardo Eustáquio de Souza Figueiredo

“…Overall, the meta-analysis results indicated no evidence that antimicrobial resistance in L. monocytogenes isolated from animal-based food is higher for first-line antimicrobials compared to second-line compounds (p=0.37). A greater volume of publication, together with better characterization of the isolates, is still needed for a more precise estimate of the real prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in L. monocytogenes.…”
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Characterization of diffuse lung function in children with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia by Li Wang, Qianqian Li, Jie Hu, Ronghua Luo, Yaping Duan, Tao Ai

“…The changes in pulmonary ventilation function and diffusion function were compared between the two groups.ResultsThe Z-scores of forced vital capacity and forced expiratory volume in the first second in the SMPP and MMPP groups were −1.684 ± 0.902 and −1.986 ± 0.818, and 0.164 ± 1.795 and −0.6104 ± 1.276, respectively. …”
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Factors Associated with HIV Testing Uptake in Cameroon: Data from the 2018 Cameroon Demographic and Health Survey by Buh Nkum C, Nanfak A, Guenou E, Fri Kami R, Murhabazi Bashombwa A, Tchio-Nighie KH, Nangue C, Ateudjieu J

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Effects of Vegetation Restoration on Soil Infiltration and Runoff in the Gully Regions on the Loess Plateau by MA Xueyan, MU Xingmin, WANG Shuangyin, BAI Yungang, NIU Fangpeng

“…[Results] (1) Vegetation restoration significantly increased the values of soil infiltration characteristics and capacity, with the order of artificial forest > natural grassland > corn farmland. (2) Compared to bare ground, grassland increased the transformation of rainfall into soil storage, reduced surface runoff, and led to the appearance of multiple layers of interflow. (3) Compared to bare ground, grassland showed more rapid changes in soil moisture content, richer runoff components, and less runoff volume. (4) When the intensity of rainfall on bare ground was much greater than the infiltration capacity of the land, surface runoff would be formed rapidly, and the amount of infiltration would be small, and there was a shallow and relatively impermeable layer in naturally restored grassland, and there was a big difference between the infiltration capacity of the upper and lower soil layers, so as to form a loamy mid-stream. …”
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Extender Supplementation with Glutathione (GSH) and Taurine Improves In Vitro Sperm Quality and Antioxidant Status of New Zealand Rabbits during Chilled Storage for up to 72 hours by Mohamed F. F. Bayomy, Sobhy E. Hassab El-Nabi, Tahany A. El Kassas, Zeinab I. Attia, Ayman M. Saeed, Heba S. A. Taha, Mahmoud Alagawany, Livio Galosi, Lucia Biagini, Seham El-Kassas

“…Semen samples were collected from 20 New Zealand bucks, and ejaculates with standard color, motility (>85%), about 0.5 mL volume, and ∼400 × 106/mL concentration were used and diluted with extenders supplemented with 0.5, 1, and 2 mM of GSH and 1, 5, and 10 mM of taurine and chilled at 5°C. …”
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Background Noise Contributes to Organic Solvent Induced Brain Dysfunction by O’neil W. Guthrie, Brian A. Wong, Shawn M. McInturf, James E. Reboulet, Pedro A. Ortiz, David R. Mattie

“…Female Fischer344 rats served as subjects in these experiments. Asynchronous volume conductance between the midbrain and cortex was evaluated with a slow vertex recording technique. …”
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Retrospective Analysis of the Efficacy and Safety of Ultrasound-Guided Radiofrequency Ablation in the Treatment of Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma: A Follow-Up Study of Continuous... by Gongli Zhou, Xuefeng Zhang, Ke Xu, Beibei Zhang, Ruiqing Su, Tingting Cai, Wei Zhao, Feng Li

“…The efficacy of ultrasound-guided RFA was evaluated by measuring the tumor volume reduction rate (VRR), tumor disappearance rate, and disease progression in 358 patients with low-risk unifocal PTMC who underwent ultrasound-guided RFA at Hangzhou Weja Hospital, while the safety was evaluated by measuring their complications. …”
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A Theoretical Incinerator Design for Treatment of Biomedical Wastes Generated from Local Hospitals in Baghdad by Ahmed H. Hadi, Basim A. Hussain, Mais J. Mohammed, Wasnaa J. Mohammed, Abdullah F. Abdurazak

“… A theoretical study is done to treat Baghdad biomedical wastes (5.21 tons/day) using many treatment methods according to construction and maintenance costs, energy and water consumption and decreasing waste volume and mass. Previous published experimental data results and experimental operation conditions are considered in the current research. …”
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Application of various methods in design for control of bed erosion and river modification aiding numerical simulation by Aref Kohzadi, Kamran Mohammadi, Afshin Eghbalzadeh

“…The number of check dams in each interval was determined between 0 and 5. Bags with a volume of 1540 cm3 filled with sand were designed as a geobag cover. …”
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Diagnosis of spondyloarthritis: Application of criteria in clinical practice by Sham Santhanam, Vinod Ravindran

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