Salivary Metabolomics Fingerprint of Chronic Apical Abscess with Sinus Tract: A Pilot Study by Noemi Montis, Elisabetta Cotti, Antonio Noto, Claudia Fattuoni, Luigi Barberini

“…Chronic apical abscess (CAA) is a lesion of apical periodontitis mostly characterized by areas of liquefactive necrosis with disintegrating polymorphonuclear neutrophils surrounded by macrophages. …”
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Russia and the West: Contradictory Dialogue by T. V. Zonova, A. Giannotti

“…Likewise, comprehensive ties with the European Union have been frozen. The West, mainly the United States and UK, has launched anti-Russian campaign. …”
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Central Asia, Euro-centrism and Colonialism by N. T. Nurulla-Khodzhaeva

“…The following article should not be dismissed as yet another attempt to construct a renewed round ofrevisionism in history. On the contrary, it aims to explore the possibility of scaling down the dominant Eurocentric epistemology that served as a basis for a stereotypical frame of knowledge about Central Asia. …”
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Dynamic Behavior of Geosynthetic-Reinforced Expansive Soil under Freeze-Thaw Cycles by Zhongnian Yang, Xuesen Liu, Liang Zhang, Fujun Niu, Xianzhang Ling, Guoyu Li, Wei Shi

“…The main conclusions of this paper can be used to reinforce the roadbed and foundation engineering of frozen soil in a cold region and provide support for the fiber reinforcement method of expansive soil.…”
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Mature Cystic Teratoma of the Fallopian Tube in a Postmenopausal Woman: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Mustafa Erkan Sari, Ozhan Ozdemir, Pinar Kadirogullari, Funda Arpaci Ertugrul, Cemal Resat Atalay

“…Microscopic examination revealed squamous epithelium with sebaceous glands and hair follicles, and pseudostratified ciliated respiratory epithelium with cartilage and mucous glands. Because the frozen section resulted in a benign dermoid cyst, no further operative procedure was performed. …”
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Effect of Freeze-Thaw Cycles on Shear Strength Properties of Loess Reinforced with Lignin Fiber by Zhongnan Gao, Xiumei Zhong, HaiPing Ma, Fuqiang Liu, Jinlian Ma, Qian Wang

“…Freeze-thaw cycles caused by climate change can change the structure and strength of the soil. In seasonally frozen soil areas, the use of improved loess as a filling material must consider the effects of freeze-thaw cycles. …”
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An Appendix Origin Burkitt’s Lymphoma Spreading into Genital Tract by Mustafa Ulubay, Fahri Burçin Fıratlıgil, Uğur Keskin, Ulaş Fidan, Mehmet Gamsızkan, Müfit Cemal Yenen, Ali Ergün

“… Burkitt’s lymphoma (BL) occurs commonly in children and young adults, whereas bilateral ovarian involvement is extremely rare. We report a patient with unusual symptoms for BL, mimicking an ovarian neoplasm. …”
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Longitudinal Deformation Model and Parameter Analysis of Canal Lining under Nonuniform Frost Heave by Pengfei He, Jianhua Dong, Xin Ren, Xiaolei Wu

“…The frost heave amount in the frozen ground subgrade increases constantly, while the temperature decreases, but at the same time, the shear rigidity of the subgrade increases with it. …”
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Factor’s Influence Analysis of Frost Heave during the Twin-Tunnel Construction Using Artificial Horizontal Ground Freezing Method by Rong-bao Hong, Hai-bing Cai, Meng-kai Li, Ya-ru Li

“…SPSS mathematical analysis results show that tunnel clear distance has the highest significance, tunnel buried depth ranks the second, and freezing order ranks the last. …”
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Reducing postoperative blood product usage and costs in cardiothoracic surgery: the implementation of a multispecialty perioperative care model incorporating a haemostasis checklis... by Krishnaswamy Sundararajan, Peter Hibbert, Christopher Daniel Smith, Adrian De Luca

“…This resulted in an estimated cost saving of AU$36 928 per 100 patients. This quality initiative was successful in overcoming traditional silos of care and describes how quality improvement methodology utilising a multispecialty and multidisciplinary approach can be applied to solve complex issues in the perioperative period. …”
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Unintentional transport of fungi propagules to Antarctic biome and the ability to develop at low temperatures by Anna Augustyniuk-Kram

“…Fungal growth was measured at 0, 5, 10, 22°C (as a control) and 10° C, but after having frozen inoculum at -15°C for a period of 7 days. …”
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A novel approach to intraoperative diagnosis of primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease by Nethrani Sameera Wijesekara Pathirana, Hasitha Udayakumara, A S K Banagala, M R Sumanatilleke, A V T Damayanthi, S R Constantine, G W Katulanda, Z T M Thowfeek, T Sasikanth, S Pathmanathan

“…Furthermore, preoperative efforts in localisation in the form of adrenal venous sampling (AVS) failed. However, the diagnosis of PPNAD was confirmed using an intraoperative frozen section and macroscopy, and the patient underwent bilateral adrenalectomy during the same surgery. …”
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Clival Ectopic Pituitary Adenoma Mimicking a Chordoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Constantine L. Karras, Isaac Josh Abecassis, Zachary A. Abecassis, Joseph G. Adel, Esther N. Bit-Ivan, Rakesh K. Chandra, Bernard R. Bendok

“…Purely ectopic pituitary adenomas are exceedingly rare. Here we report on a patient that presented with an incidental clival mass thought to be a chordoma. …”
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The Effect of Cell Salvage on Bleeding and Transfusion Needs in Cardiac Surgery by Frixos Tachias, Evangelia Samara, Anastasios Petrou, Agathi Karakosta, Stavros Siminelakis, Efstratios Apostolakis, Petros Tzimas

“…Patients in the cell-salvage group presented slightly higher hemoglobin concentrations (10.6 ± 1.1 vs. 10.1 ± 1.7 g/dL, p<0.05, respectively) and a tendency towards better oxygenation indices (PaO2/FiO2: 241 ± 94 vs. 207 ± 84, p=0.013) in the postoperative period albeit with a tendency for prolongation of prothrombin time (INR: 1.31 ± 0.18 vs. 1.26 ± 0.12, p=0.008). …”
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Comparative Study on Mechanical Properties of Compacted Clay under Freeze-Thaw Cycles with Closed and Open Systems by Shaohua Xian, Zheng Lu, Hailin Yao, Ran Fang, Jianbo She

“…In the open system, the attenuation rate of failure strength, elastic modulus, and angle of internal friction of soil subjected to 7 freeze-thaw cycles are all about 2 times as large as that in the closed system and the attenuation rate of cohesion is even 4 times of that in the closed system. …”
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Ground-Penetrating Radar Evaluation of Moisture and Frost across Typical Saskatchewan Road Soils by Curtis Berthelot, Diana Podborochynski, Timo Saarenketo, Brent Marjerison, Colin Prang

“…In addition, at temperatures below freezing, all three systems identified an increase in water content in soils; however, when frozen, the sensitivity of dielectric constant across soil type and moisture content was significantly reduced. …”
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Research of the Methylation Status of miR-124a Gene Promoter among Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients by Qiao Zhou, Li Long, Guixiu Shi, Jing Zhang, Tong Wu, Bin Zhou

“…DNA obtained from the frozen tissue of 7 RA samples, 6 osteoarthritis (OA) samples, and 3 healthy controls were undergoing bisulfite conversion and then analyzed for miR-124a promoter methylation using MSP assay. …”
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Wartime activities of the Vavilov Institute by I. G. Loskutov

“…With the beginning of the war, even before the city was surrounded by the Nazi troops, the government decided to evacuate a number of factories and institutes from Leningrad, including VIR, but the plan failed. …”
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Factors Affecting ICU Stay and Length of Stay in the ICU in Patients with HELLP Syndrome in a Tertiary Referral Hospital by Elif Ağaçayak, Rezan Bugday, Nurullah Peker, Ugur Deger, Gönül Ölmez Kavak, Mehmet Siddik Evsen, Talip Gul

“…Objective. The study aimed to compare patients with HELLP syndrome who require intensive care and who do not require intensive care and evaluate the factors affecting the length of stay in the intensive care unit. …”
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Capitalizing Resolving Power of Density Gradient Ultracentrifugation by Freezing and Precisely Slicing Centrifuged Solution: Enabling Identification of Complex Proteins from Mitoch... by Haiqing Yu, Joann J. Lu, Wei Rao, Shaorong Liu

“…In this technique note, we develop a DGU procedure by freezing the solution rapidly (but gently) after centrifugation to fix the resolved layers and by slicing the frozen solution to fractionate the sample. …”
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