A Rare Case of Sclerosing Stromal Tumor of the Ovary Presenting in Pregnancy: A Diagnostic Dilemma on Presentation by Minh Nguyen, Namarig Soumit, Abdul Waheed, Jack Sees, Erum Azhar

“…Sclerosing stromal tumor (SST) is a rare benign neoplasm of the ovary. There are only a few cases of sclerosing stromal tumor of the ovary during pregnancy that have been reported in the literature. …”
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Study of the Mechanical and Microscopic Properties of Modified Silty Clay under Freeze-Thaw Cycles by Zhou Wenjun, Wang Qingzhi, Fang Jianhong, Wang Kejin, Zhao Xiangqing

“…Basalt fibers reinforced the soil to a higher degree than basalt powder at a dosage of 0.4% based on dry soil mass. …”
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Mechanical Properties and Mesostructure Evolution of Fibre-Reinforced Loess under Freeze-Thaw Cycles by Longfei Zhang, Zaiqiang Hu, Hongru Li, Haicheng She, Xiaoliang Wang, Xiaoning Han, Xi Yang

“…The strength of loess in seasonal frozen soil areas decreases evidently due to the freeze-thaw cycle, which even leads to some engineering and geological problems. …”
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Associations of maternal PM2.5 exposure with preterm birth and miscarriage in women undergoing in vitro fertilization: a retrospective cohort study by Miaoxin Chen, Qiaoyu Chen, Gengze Liao, Chunyan Sun, Cong Liu, Xia Meng, Wentao Li, Andong Qiu, Orhan Bukulmez, Haidong Kan, Feng Wang, Lap Ah Tse, Xiaoming Teng

“…The objective of this study was to investigate the potential associations between ambient PM2.5 exposure during different periods and negative pregnancy outcomes, such as miscarriage and preterm birth, in patients who underwent assisted reproductive technology (ART).MethodsThis retrospective cohort study examined the outcomes of 2,839 infertile women aged ≤ 45 years who underwent their first fresh or frozen-thawed embryo transfer at the Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital between April 2016 and December 2019. …”
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A Rare Case of Post-Partum Hemorrhage with Refractory Thrombotic Microangiopathy, and Hepatic Infarction: A Diagnostic Dilemma with High Mortality by Naved Yousuf Hasan, Asiah Salem Rugaan, Noha Ahmed Mohamed Ali, Masood Iqbal

“… We are presenting a very rare and unique case of postpartum hemorrhage with excessive blood loss requiring 6 units of packed red cells, 2 units of single donor platelet transfusions, 4 fresh frozen plasmas, and 4 cryoprecipitates. …”
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Evaluation of Chitosan/Fructose Model as an Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Agent for Shelf Life Extension of Beef Meat During Freezing by Shaheen Mohmed S., Shaaban Hamdy A., Hussein Ahmed M.S., Ahmed Mohamed B.M., El-Massry Khaled, El-Ghorab Ahmed

“…Anti-oxidant properties were measured by the DPPH, β-carotene and ABTS methods. These three methods showed the same profile of antioxidant activity. …”
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The Effect of Storage Temperature and Time on the Concentrations of Bovine Serum Amyloid A and Its Mammary Associated Isoform by Csilla Tóthová, Oskar Nagy, Herbert Seidel, Gabriel Kováč

“…Over time, the concentrations of SAA in serum showed a tendency of significant decrease during storage at −18°C (P<0.01). …”
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The Floating Acromion: A Rare and Previously Unreported Injury Possibly Requiring Surgical Stabilization by Simone J. M. Stoots, Robert J. Derksen

“…However, traumatic fractures of the acromion, usually caused by direct trauma, are rare. Therefore, the current literature lacks standardized clinical guidelines regarding the surgical treatment of these kinds of fractures. …”
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Measuring Measuring iron concentration in the blood samples of some autistic children from Baghdad City by Ezzuldin sulaiman, Hind Suhail Abdulhay

“…Possible causes for this condition include specific drugs, genetic disorders, or the dietary habits of the ASD. Iron may be a factor in ASD, and it's possible that Iraqi environmental pollution is the cause of the higher iron levels in autistic children. …”
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Recycling of the rare earth oxides from spent rechargeable batteries using waste metallurgical slags by Tang K., Ciftja A., van der Eijk C., Wilson S., Tranell G.

“…Furthermore, EPMA and XRF analyses of the slag samples indicate that the rare earth oxides selectively precipitate in the forms of solid xSiO2•yCaO•zRe2O3. …”
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A comparison of different cryoprotectant solutions and thawing methods for cryo­preservation of embryos of mice and rats by T. N. Igonina, E. Yu. Brusentsev, I. N. Rozhkova, V. A. Naprimerov, S. Ya. Amstislavsky

“…Cleavage-stage embryos of ICR mice, GC rats, and OXYS rats were collected on Day 3 of pregnancy and frozen in plastic straws according to a standard protocol. …”
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Combustion Rate of Solid Carbon in the Axisymmetric Stagnation Flowfield Established over a Sphere and/or a Flat Plate by Atsushi Makino, Masahiro Hojo, Masahito Shintomi

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Mineral Properties and Dietary Value of Raw and Processed Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica L.) by Laban K. Rutto, Yixiang Xu, Elizabeth Ramirez, Michael Brandt

“…Samples were cooled immediately after cooking and kept in frozen storage before analysis. Proximate composition, mineral, amino acid, and vitamin contents were determined, and nutritive value was estimated based on 100 g serving portions in a 2000 calorie diet. …”
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Iodine Content and Distribution in Thyroid Specimens from Two Patients with Graves' Disease Pretreated with Either Propylthiouracil or Stable Iodine: Analysis Using X-Ray Fluoresce... by Marie Hansson, Helena Filipsson Nyström, Svante Jansson, Jukka Lausmaa, Gertrud Berg

“…Thyroid specimens were collected at surgery from two patients pretreated with propylthiouracil (PTU) and stable iodine, respectively. A quantitative analysis of iodine content was performed using X-ray fluorescence (XRF) in frozen tissue and a qualitative analysis of aldehyde-fixed material with Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (TOF-SIMS). …”
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Insights to Clinical Use of Serial Determination in Titers of Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Autoantibodies by Toshiaki Kogure, Takeshi Tatsumi, Hiroshi Fujinaga, Atsushi Niizawa, Katsutoshi Terasawa

“…Anti-CCP antibodies in frozen sera were measured using ELISA. As a result, 6 patients with RA were divided into two groups: one possessed high titers without variation, and the other was without high titers. …”
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Study of african swine fevervirus reproduction in porcine primary bone marrow cell culture before and after cryopreservation by I. Yu. Zhukov, I. V. Shevchenko, N. N. Vlasova, A. A. Varentsova, B. L. Manin, O. S. Puzankova, V. L. Gavrilova, A. S. Igolkin

“…The cell culture was frozen and stored at -70, -150 and -196°C. 10% dimethyl sulfide supplemented with 10% of fetal bovine serum was used as a cryoprotectant. …”
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Experimental Study on Warm Permafrost Dynamic Characteristics under Cyclic Loading in the Cold Region by Liwei Song, Junfang Liu, Yan Jin, Chi Li, Songbao Cai

“…With the rapid development of infrastructure construction, some places have to face the problem of highway foundation disease, especially for the highway built on warm permafrost in cold region. In order to analyze the influence of confining pressure and vehicle load to the warm permafrost, the dynamic triaxial tests were conducted on the frozen soil extracted from highway in Yakeshi City. …”
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Freezing of Oocytes and Its Effect on the Displacement of the Meiotic Spindle: Short Communication by János Konc, Katalin Kanyo, Rita Kriston, József Zeke, Sándor Cseh

“…A total of 259 oocytes have been thawed with a survival rate of 81.1%. …”
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Successful Management of Pseudo-Ludwig Angina from Supratherapeutic Warfarin Use: A Case Report by Utku Ekin, Arham Hazari, Nizar Alyassin, Alan Alcantara, Moh’d Hazem Azzam, Mourad Ismail

“…Pseudo-Ludwig angina is a rare condition characterized by sublingual swelling of non-infectious etiology, typically in the setting of supratherapeutic anticoagulation. …”
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Local media reporting and influence on political communication in the North of Kosovo and Metohija by Jakšić Teodora Lj, Marjanović Milica M.

“…Đorđević). What is new in this work is the analysis of social structures in the areas that were covered by war events and in which we have a permanent state of frozen conflict. …”
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