Hemosiderin-Laden Macrophages in Bronchoalveolar Lavage: Predictive Role for Acute Exacerbation of Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias by Toru Arai, Tomoko Kagawa, Yumiko Sasaki, Reiko Sugawara, Chikatoshi Sugimoto, Kazunobu Tachibana, Yoshiki Fujita, Seiji Hayashi, Yoshikazu Inoue

“…Prussian blue stain was used to quantify HLMs in BALF, and a hemosiderin score (HS) was given to the specimens containing HLMs. Results. Twenty-four patients had a positive HS (range: 7‒132). …”
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Coreid Bug, Leaf-footed Bug, Euthochtha galeator (Fabricius) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coreidae) by Frank W. Mead

“…The Florida State Collection of Arthropods (FSCA) contains numerous specimens and reports ranging from the northwestern tip of Florida to Key West. …”
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Asymptomatic Intestinal Malrotation Progressing to Midgut Volvulus in a Decompensated Alcoholic Cirrhotic Adult: A Rare Scenario Requiring Special Considerations by Vatche Melkonian, Pablo Quadri, Chintalapati R. Varma, Mustafa Nazzal, Henry B. Randall, Minh-Tri J. P. Nguyen

“…He underwent emergency Ladd’s procedure during which his midjejunum was volvulized into an internal hernia space created by a thick Ladd’s band containing large varices. The postoperative course was complicated by ileus and loculated bacterial peritonitis. …”
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Mutually Compactificable Topological Spaces by Martin Maria Kovár

“…This paper, the first one from a series, contains some initial investigations of the notion. …”
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Structural Performance of Translucent Concrete Façade Panels by Awetehagn Tuaum, Stanley Shitote, Walter Oyawa, Medhanye Biedebrhan

“…Bulk density, compressive strength, and flexural strength of translucent concrete containing 2%, 4%, and 6% volume ratios of plastic optical fibers (POF) were studied. …”
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Application of specialised knowledge in the course of investigation of criminal offences committed in the field of consumer goods production by V. D. Pcholkin, A. I. Muradly

“…Scientific and methodological recommendations on the preparation and conduct of forensic economic, forensic commodity, and forensic examination of materials, substances and products, including alcohol-containing mixtures and food products, have been developed and proposed. …”
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A qualitative analysis of the psychedelic mushroom come-up and come-down by Ari Brouwer, Joshua K. Brown, Earth Erowid, Fire Erowid, Sylvia Thyssen, Charles L. Raison, Robin L. Carhart-Harris

“…Focusing on psilocybin or psilocybin-containing mushroom experience reports submitted to Erowid.org, we use phenomenological, thematic content and word frequency analysis to show that the come-up is more often characterized by negatively valenced feeling states that resemble an acute stress reaction, while the come-down phase is more often characterized by positively valenced feeling states of the sort often observed following recovery from illness or resolution of stress. …”
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Modeling Stock High-Low Price Range: Fractional Cointegrating VAR Approach (FCVAR) by Elham Farzanegan

“…Thus, to design hedge fund strategies containing combinations of the stocks from these markets, the behavior and long-run relations of the indices must be considered. …”
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Environmental impact assessment of rapeseed production using the LCA method: Part one: Life cycle inventory analysis by Kiš Ferenc, Vasin Jovica, Milovac Željko, Zeremski Tijana, Milić Stanko, Savić Jasna

“…Collected or estimated input and output data are entered into the OpenLCA software, which, in conjunction with the ecoinvent 3.7 database, computes the results of the LCI analysis. The LCI result contains data on hundreds of different pollutants emitted into the environment during the processes that make up the oilseed rape production chain, as well as a detailed inventory of consumed or used natural resources. …”
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Pixel-Level Recognition of Pavement Distresses Based on U-Net by Deru Li, Zhongdong Duan, Xiaoyang Hu, Dongchang Zhang

“…Firstly, images of six kinds of pavement distresses, namely, transverse cracks, longitudinal cracks, alligator cracks, block cracks, potholes, and patches, are collected from four asphalt highways in three provinces in China to build a labeled pixel-level dataset containing 10,097 images. Secondly, the U-net model, one of the most advanced deep neural networks for image segmentation, is combined with the ResNet neural network as the basic classification network to recognize distressed areas in the images. …”
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Automatic Sleep Stage Classification Based on Convolutional Neural Network and Fine-Grained Segments by Zhihong Cui, Xiangwei Zheng, Xuexiao Shao, Lizhen Cui

“…Then, we construct an input time series based on the fine-grained segments, which means that the posterior and current segments are reorganized as an input containing several segments and the size of the time series is decided based on the scale chosen depending on the fine-grained segments. …”
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A review on current and future advancements for commercialized microalgae species by Jia Fei Wong, Hui Jing Hong, Su Chern Foo, Michelle Khai Khun Yap, Ji Wei Tan

“…Notably, the bioactive molecules that can be identified and extracted in microalgae have scientifically proven to contain therapeutic properties which can be beneficial to human health. …”
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Beneficial and Detrimental Effects of Soil-Structure Interaction on Probabilistic Seismic Hazard and Risk of Nuclear Power Plant by Shinyoung Kwag, BuSeog Ju, Wooyoung Jung

“…The purpose of this study is to investigate the soil-structure interaction (SSI) effect on the overall risk of a PWR containment building structure with respect to two failure modes: strength and displacement. …”
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Preparation of Tragopogon graminifolius-loaded electrospun nanofibers and evaluating its wound healing activity in a rat model of skin scar by Leila Almasi, Elham Arkan, Mohammad Hosein Farzaei, Amin Iranpanah, Cyrus Jalili, Fatemeh Abbaszadeh, Faranak Aghaz, Sajad Fakhri, Javier Echeverría

“…To evaluate the wound healing effects, rats were divided into four distinct groups, including negative control (untreated), phenytoin cream (as positive control), polymer (PVA/PEO/CS), and drug (nanofiber-containing 50% of TG extract; named PVA/PEO/CS/TG) groups. …”
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Glycine rich proteins of ticks: more than a cement component by Renata Perotto de Souza, Mariana Vieira Dalla Valentina, Bruna Ferreira Leal, Sílvia Dias Oliveira, Carlos Alexandre Sanchez Ferreira, Ala Tabor

“…Glycine-rich proteins (GRPs) are arbitrarily defined as those containing 20% or more glycine residues and constitute a superfamily divided into subfamilies based on their structure and/or function. …”
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Research Progress on the Role of Glucosinolates and Their Metabolites for the Flavor Formation in Cruciferous Vegetables by LIU Mengting, MEI Yuan, LIU Jiaqi, ZHAO Jichun, ZHAO Nan, GE Lihong

“…Glucosinolates are a class of sulfur-containing compounds composed of a β-D-thioglucose moiety, sulfoxyl amino groups, and R-group side chains. …”
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Factors affecting the thermal effects of lasers in lithotripsy: A literature review by Kiron Krishnaprasad, Ravi Teja Pathi, Mustafa Nazar

“…Methods: In August 2022, a keyword search on Google Scholar, PubMed, and Scopus for all papers containing the phrases “thermal effects” AND “laser” AND “lithotripsy” AND “urology” was done followed by citation jumping to other studies pertaining to the topic and 35 relevant papers were included in our study. …”
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Knowledge of Latin American Obstetricians and Gynecologists regarding Heavy Menstrual Bleeding by Luis Bahamondes, Victor Marin, Silvia Ciarmatori, Agnaldo L. Silva-Filho, Juan Manuel Acuña, Maria Y. Makuch

“…Female OBGYNs and those who worked in the private sector were more prone to report a higher possibility of improvement of HMB with a COC that contained estradiol valerate and dienogest or with a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system. …”
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Azerbaijan Technical University’s Experience in Teaching Linear Electrical Circuit Theory by G. A. Mamedov, T. M. Lazimov

“…The paper describes structure of the Linear Electrical Circuit Theory course worked out by the authors that contains a section on electrical calculation of track circuits, information on electro-magnetic compatibility and typical tests for better understanding of the studied subject.…”
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Identifikasi dan Penentuan Kadar Klorin pada Beras yang Dijual di Pasar Raya Padang by Suci Aulia Yude, Yuniar Lestari, Endrinaldi Endrinaldi

“…The results of the research showed that 2 of 34 samples of rice contain chlorine, the contents are 0,35gr% and 0,53gr%.…”
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