Blocking the CD39/CD73 pathway synergizes with anti-CD20 bispecific antibody in nodal B-cell lymphoma by Carsten Müller-Tidow, Peter Dreger, Joseph Kauer, Wolfgang Huber, Clara Kolbe, Berit Brinkmann, Sascha Dietrich, Tobias Roider

“…In this study, we applied an autologous ex vivo culture model of primary lymph node-derived T cells to investigate the potential of anti-CD39 or anti-CD73 blocking antibodies as T-cell enhancing combination partners of an anti-CD20 BsAb. …”
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Development of compact heat exchanger with additive manufacturing (Evaluation of condensation thermal-hydraulic characteristics of block type compact heat exchanger) by Kota CHIBA, Chikako IWAKI, Masayuki SATO, Yoshinori KATAYAMA, Katsunori SHIIHARA, Shota ARAKI, Hideshi NAKANO, Tooru TANAKA

“…Three types of block type heat exchangers with different internal channel structures were manufactured by using powder bed fusion type metal 3D printer. …”
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Numerical analysis of sodium diffusion in aluminum electrolysis cathode carbon blocks based on a microstructure multi-factor corrected model. by Chenglong Gong, Tianqi Xu, Huarong Qi, Yan Li

“…Current researches on sodium penetration in electrolytic aluminum cathode carbon blocks primarily measure cathode expansion curves, showing mostly macroscopic characteristics. …”
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Accidental Insertion of a Broken Needle into the Pterygoid Mandibular Space during Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block: A Case Report by Kazuhiro Terada, Kenji Yamagata, Fumihiko Uchida, Satoshi Fukuzawa, Naomi Ishibashi-Kanno, Hiroki Bukawa

“…The incidence of needle breakage is estimated to be 0.000007%, and most needle breaks occur during inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB) administration and are localized to the pterygomandibular space. …”
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Analyzing Production Records of Commercial Sweet Orange Blocks to Measure Effects of Mechanical Harvesting on Long-Term Production and Tree Health by Fritz M. Roka, Lisa H. House, Katrina R. Mosley

“…FE949/FE949: Analyzing Production Records of Commercial Sweet Orange Blocks to Measure Effects of Mechanical Harvesting on Long-Term Production and Tree Health (ufl.edu) …”
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Effect Of Intraoperative Erector Spinae Block For Faster Recovery And Reduced Post-Operative Pain In Patients Undergoing Discectomies & Spinal Decompression by Arham Azizi, Athar Muniruddin Siddiqui, Naseem Munshi, Muhammad Salman Masroor, Zahra Salahuddin, Muhammad Hassan

“… Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of intraoperative Erector Spinae Block (ESB) in reducing postoperative pain and facilitating recovery in patients undergoing spinal surgeries. …”
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Characterization and Modelling of Multiscale Natural Fractures in Shale Reservoirs: A Case Study from a Block in the Southern Sichuan Basin by Shaohua Gai, Ailin Jia, Yunsheng Wei, Ruohan Liu

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Numerical Methods Based on the Hybrid Shifted Orthonormal Polynomials and Block-Pulse Functions for Solving a System of Fractional Differential Equations by Abdulqawi A. M. Rageh, Adel R. Hadhoud

“…This paper develops two numerical methods for solving a system of fractional differential equations based on hybrid shifted orthonormal Bernstein polynomials with generalized block-pulse functions (HSOBBPFs) and hybrid shifted orthonormal Legendre polynomials with generalized block-pulse functions (HSOLBPFs). …”
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A Randomized Treatment Study to Compare the Efficacy of Repeated Nerve Blocks with Cognitive Therapy for Control of Chronic Head and Neck Pain by George Gale, David Nussbaum, Peter Rothbart, Beverley Hann, Van Leung, Gillian Kanetz

“…This prospective study compared the efficacy of two antinociceptive modalities: nerve blocks and cognitive therapy. A consecutive series of patients receiving nerve block therapy was invited to take part in a six-week randomized comparison of nerve blocks and cognitive therapy. …”
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Enhancing the Transformer Model with a Convolutional Feature Extractor Block and Vector-Based Relative Position Embedding for Human Activity Recognition by Xin Guo, Young Kim, Xueli Ning, Se Dong Min

“…Therefore, we proposed using multi-layer convolutional layers as a Convolutional Feature Extractor Block (CFEB). CFEB enables the Transformer model to leverage both local and global time series features for activity classification. …”
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A Comparative Evaluation of the Radiopacity of Contemporary Restorative CAD/CAM Blocks Using Digital Radiography Based on the Impact of Material Composition by Nahla Gamal Elhelbawy, Rehab F Ghouraba, Fatma A Hasaneen

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Epac1 Blocks NLRP3 Inflammasome to Reduce IL-1β in Retinal Endothelial Cells and Mouse Retinal Vasculature by Youde Jiang, Li Liu, Elizabeth Curtiss, Jena J. Steinle

“…Thus, we hypothesized that Epac1, a downstream mediator of β-adrenergic receptors, would block TLR4/HMGB1-mediated stimulation of the NLRP3 inflammasome, leading to reduced cleavage of caspase-1 and interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β). …”
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Geochronology and geochemistry of the Neoproterozoic–Mesozoic intrusive rocks in the Xinlin area, northeastern China: new constraints on the tectonic evolution of the Erguna block by Sheng Lu, Sheng Lu, Sheng Lu, Sheng Lu, Chenglu Li, Masroor Alam, Zhichao Song, Xiannan Zhu, Anzong Fu, Wenpeng Yang

“…The Paleozoic intrusive rocks are associated with the collision and amalgamation of the Erguna and Xing’an blocks, as well as the Songnen and Xing’an blocks. …”
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Block-Constraint Laplacian-Regularized Low-Rank Representation and Its Application for Cancer Sample Clustering Based on Integrated TCGA Data by Juan Wang, Jin-Xing Liu, Chun-Hou Zheng, Cong-Hai Lu, Ling-Yun Dai, Xiang-Zhen Kong

“…Considering the heterogeneity of different genome data, we introduce the block-constraint idea into our method. In BLLRR decomposition, we treat each genome data as a data block and impose different constraints on different data blocks. …”
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Numerical Investigation of Impact Characteristics of Rigid Retaining Wall for Blocking Landslides: A Case Study of the Shum Wan Road Landslide by Yunyun Fan, Feng Zhang, Ying Liu, Dongyang Ma

“…Under the condition of setting a rigid retaining wall, the landslide can be effectively blocked and form a final deposition behind the retaining wall. …”
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Evaluation method and application for in-situ stress in No. 8+9 coal seam, southern Shenfu block, northeastern margin of Ordos Basin by Jiawei WU, Wei TANG, Yanhe ZHU, Cunwu WANG, Yongjing TIAN, Jingyu ZI, Jianghao YANG, Xian SHI

“…This study focused on the direction and magnitude of the current in-situ stress in the No. 8+9 coal seam in the southern Shenfu block, northeastern margin of the Ordos Basin. Array acoustic logging, microseismic monitoring, and imaging logging were used to evaluate the direction of the present maximum horizontal principal stress in the coal seam and its roof and floor. …”
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pH-responsive Vesicles with Tunable Membrane Permeability and Hydrodynamic Diameters from a Cross- linkable Amphiphilic Block Copolymer by Ruixue Chang, Yuelan Tian, Yong Wang, Jianglei Qin

Subjects: “…Block Copolymer…”
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Postanesthetic Cold Sensibility Test as an Indicator for the Efficacy of Inferior Alveolar Nerve Block in Patients with Symptomatic Irreversible Pulpitis of Mandibular Molars by Mohamed El Sayed, Kamis Gaballah

“…To anesthetize the affected molars, all patients received a single carpule of 2% lidocaine with 1 : 100000 epinephrine using a standardized inferior alveolar nerve block (IANB) technique. The cold test was conducted before beginning the endodontic procedures and after gaining lip numbness, and the results were reported as either positive or negative response. …”
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The Effect of a Combined Modified Pectoral and Stellate Ganglion Block on Stress and Inflammatory Response in Patients Undergoing Modified Radical Mastectomy by Jun Geng, Jing Wang, Yaowen Zhang, Wenxiang Song, Junjia Zhu, Jianqing Chen, Zhen Wu

“…Regional anaesthesia reports to attenuate stress and inflammatory responses associated with surgical resection; however, the effectiveness of combined nerve blocks is less often investigated. We evaluated whether a combination of a pectoral nerve block (PNB) and stellate ganglion block (SGB) is more effective than a PNB alone in reducing these responses in women undergoing modified radical mastectomy (MRM). …”
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EXPAREL® (Long-Acting Liposomal Bupivacaine) Use for Popliteal Nerve Block in Postoperative Pain Control after Ankle Fracture Fixation by Patrick Discepola, Mohamed Bouhara, Minho Kwon, Bilal A. Siddiqui, Trevor A. Whitwell, Swetha Y. Sanghvi, Keith D. Cook, Ross E. Moore, Anna Korban, Jean D. Eloy

“…We conducted a clinical case series of 4 patients using EXPAREL® for sciatic blocks via the popliteal fossa approach. Our results suggested that there is a large degree of variability in response to the medication. …”
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