Laparoscopic Management of an Abdominal Pregnancy by Aarthi Srinivasan, Suzanne Millican

“…Intra-abdominal survey revealed an omental adhesion close to the right adnexa with a hematoma. …”
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Polyurethane-modified asphalt mechanism by Pengzhen Lu, Changjun He, Jiahao Wang, Ying Wu, Jiarui Ding

“…Simultaneously, improvements were observed in the radial distribution function, adhesion energy, and cohesive energy density. These findings suggest that a chemical reaction occurs between polyurethane and matrix asphalt, and the addition of polyurethane effectively enhances the orderliness of asphalt molecules and the interfacial bonding performance.…”
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Fluid flow impacts endothelial-monocyte interactions in a model of vascular inflammatory fibrosis by Isabelle Linares, Kaihua Chen, Ava Saffren, Mehran Mansouri, Vinay V. Abhyankar, Benjamin L. Miller, Stefano Begolo, Hani A. Awad, James L. McGrath

“…Under physiological shear stress consistent with postcapillary venules, we found a significant increase in the endothelial leukocyte activation marker intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1), as well as enhanced adhesion and transmigration of circulating monocytes across the endothelial barrier. …”
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Physicochemical Principles of Synthesis and Modification of Unsaturated Polyester-Polyvinyl Chloride Composites and the Properties of Materials Derived from Them by Diana Katruk, Volodymyr Levytskyi, Ulyana Khromyak, Volodymyr Moravskyi, Andrii Masyuk

“…The influence of polyvinyl chloride on the structure coefficient, surface hardness, and strength of adhesive bonds and technological shrinkage of modified polyester composites has been revealed.…”
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The Role of Inflammation in the Pathogenesis of Macular Edema Secondary to Retinal Vascular Diseases by Francisco J. Ascaso, Valentín Huerva, Andrzej Grzybowski

“…We focus on the inflammatory mediators implicated, the effect of the different intravitreal therapies, the recruitment of leukocytes mediated by adhesion molecules, and the role of retinal Müller glial (RMG) cells.…”
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Adaptive Conflict-Free Optimization of Rule Sets for Network Security Packet Filtering Devices by Andrea Baiocchi, Gianluca Maiolini, Annachiara Mingo, Daniele Goretti

“…On the other side, traffic adaptive optimization of large rule lists is useful for general purpose computers used as filtering devices, without specific designed hardware, to face growing link speeds and to harden filtering devices against DoS and DDoS attacks. …”
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Low-cement eco-concrete and the role of recycled concrete aggregates (RCA), supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs), and other additives in improving sustainability and durabil... by N. Brioschi, E. Giner Cordero, S. Ng, C. Paglia

“…Experimental tests were conducted on fresh and hardened concrete, including workability, compressive strength, elastic modulus, carbonation resistance, freeze-thaw durability, and chloride penetration resistance. …”
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Study of 1D Strange Charmed Meson Family Using HQET by Pallavi Gupta, A. Upadhyay

“…We study its decay modes variation with hadronic coupling constant gxh and the mixing angle θ. …”
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Effect of Prior Cyclic Loading on Triaxial Compression Strength of Sliding Zone Soil of the Huangtupo Landslide by Qiong Chen, Deshan Cui, Yu Chen, Xianyu Tao, Wei Xiang

“…Under different confining pressures, cycle periods, and number of cycles, the samples exhibit the characteristics of strain-hardening. Deviatoric stress under cyclic loading condition is smaller than that with monotonic loading condition under different confining pressures, cycle periods, and number of cycles. …”
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Purification and Optimization of Extracellular Lipase from a Novel Strain Kocuria flava Y4 by Adyasa Barik, Sudip Kumar Sen, Geetanjali Rajhans, Sangeeta Raut

“…For efficient immobilization of the extracellular lipase, 4% sodium alginate, 50 mL of 25 nM CaCl2.2H2O solution, and 15 min. Hardening time of gel beads in calcium chloride was used. …”
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Expansion Mechanism and Properties of Magnesium Oxide Expansive Hydraulic Cement for Engineering Applications by Siqi Li, Yecheng Feng, Jinbo Yang

“…In particular, for strain-hardening cementitious composites, expansion confined with the fibers present in the composite is beneficial for refining cracks and improving the self-healing ability of these materials whenever exposed to humid environments. …”
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Coalescence formation of muonic atoms at RHIC by Xiaofeng Wang, Frank Geurts, Zebo Tang, Kefeng Xin, Zhangbu Xu, Yifei Zhang, Long Zhou

“…Taking Coulomb correlations into account from the time of the fireball freeze-out, which refers to the cessation of hadronic interactions in the high-temperature, high-density region formed after the collision, until the formation of a stable atom has dramatic consequences on the expected yields of these atoms. …”
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Chevroned Water Hyacinth weevil Neochetina bruchi Hustache (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Eutychus Kariuki, Carey Minteer

“…Although the larvae and pupae of Neochetina bruchi and Neochetina eichhorniae have similar appearance and behavior and can be difficult to differentiate by casual observation (Deloach and Cordo 1976), the adult stages of the two species of water hyacinth weevils can be distinguished relatively easily based on the color patterns on their elytra (hardened fore wings). …”
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Rendre compte de l'insaisissable by Youssoupha Tall, Jeanne Riaux, Benjamin Sultan

“…Through an analysis of the Saltigui’s discourse and practices, this article adresses the assembly work on which the Saltigui’s ‘meteorological prediction’ is based. …”
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The Impact of Recent Generic Drug Price Policies on Pharmaceutical Innovation: A Theoretical Rationale and Proposal of a Method Supporting Innovation in Areas of Unmet Medical Need by Pierre-Alexandre Dionne, Farzad Ali, Mendel Grobler

“…Since recent generic price regulations increased the price gap between drugs’ generic and patented versions, it is harder to achieve a sufficient level of incremental benefits in order to offset incremental prices of new treatments. …”
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Entrepreneurship education: Exploring the missing piece in Ethiopian primary and secondary education pogrammes by Adane Tessera Biru, Reda Darge Negassi

“…In hard times when educated persons can’t get jobs, it becomes a challenge for states. It is rather harder for developing countries, like Ethiopia, where governments do not have sufficient resources to support the unemployed workforce. …”
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Entrepreneurship education: Exploring the missing piece in Ethiopian primary and secondary education pogrammes by Adane Tessera Biru, Reda Darge Negassi

“…In hard times when educated persons can’t get jobs, it becomes a challenge for states. It is rather harder for developing countries, like Ethiopia, where governments do not have sufficient resources to support the unemployed workforce. …”
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EL GÉNERO DE LA RAZA: FANON, LECTOR DE BEAUVOIR1,2 by Matthieu Renault

“…Si este aspecto ha sido todavía objeto de muy poco énfasis y de escaso estudio, es porque Fanon nunca cita las tesis de Beauvoir e incluso parece haberse esforzado por ocultar cualquier filiación intelectual. …”
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DC serial arc fault recognition in aircraft using machine learning techniques by Raul Carreira Rufato, Thierry Ditchi, Cyril Van de Steen, Thierry Lebey, Yacine Oussar

“…Current aircraft has no system capable of recognize arc faults respecting those requirements. The problem becomes harder with the voltage levels increase expected in More Electric Aircraft (MEA) and for all electric or hybrid propulsion, pushing studies to consider more carefully the phenomenon of arc faults. …”
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Enhancement of the Wear Resistance and Microhardness of Aluminum Alloy by Nd:YaG Laser Treatment by Haitham T. Hussein, Abdulhadi Kadhim, Ahmed A. Al-Amiery, Abdul Amir H. Kadhum, Abu Bakar Mohamad

“…The results showed that the dry wear rate was decreased after laser hardening and increased Vickers hardness values by ratio of 2.4 : 1. …”
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