Continuous Improvements and Future Challenges of Air Pollution Control at an Advanced Semiconductor Fab by Hsueh-Hsing Lu, Ming-Chun Lu, Thi-Cuc Le, Zhiping An, David Y. H. Pui, Chuen-Jinn Tsai

“…Exhaust gases from local scrubbers are then grouped and further treated by central control facilities at the second stage, including the dual zeolite rotor-concentrator plus the thermal oxidizer for VOCs (typ. gas flow rate: 2500 CMM), the dual-central wet scrubbers (CWS) and alkaline CWS (typ. gas flow rate: 2000 CMM) for acid and alkaline gases, respectively. After the two-stage treatment, the removal efficiency of the VOCs can reach higher than 98.4%, surpassing the emission standard of 90%. …”
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High-grade liver injury: outcomes with a trauma surgery–liver surgery collaborative approach by J Wallis Marsh, Abhinav Humar, Jason L Sperry, David A Geller, Deepika Mohan, Timothy R Billiar, Juan Carlos Puyana, Brian Zuckerbraun, Joshua B Brown, Matthew D Neal, Matthew R Rosengart, David Newhouse, Christine Leeper, Andrew B Peitzman, Raquel Forsythe, Rafael G Ramos-Jimenez, Andrew-Paul Deeb, Evelyn I Truong, Sowmya Narayanan, Louis Alarcon, Graciela M Bauza, Vaishali Dixit Schuchert, Gregory Watson, Amit D Tevar

“…Procedures at the initial operation included hepatorrhaphy±packing (66.4%), nonanatomic resection (5.6%), segmentectomy (9.3%), and hepatic lobectomy (7.5%). …”
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Experimental study on the effect of ion transmission mode on the calcium leaching rate of cementitious materials by Shihao An, Chunmeng Jiang, Shuangxi Li, Chong Shi

“…The results demonstrated that under identical hydration processes, the porosity of concrete was reduced by 60.02 % compared to cement paste, while mortar achieved a reduction of 35.46 %. After accelerated erosion, the mass loss rates for concrete, mortar, and cement paste were 0.3 %, 1.46 %, and 1.89 %, respectively. …”
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Achieving adherence to positive airway pressure in commercial drivers using an employer-mandated remote management programme by Elizabeth Kneeland, Nadia Ali, David G. Maislin, Yoon Hee Chang, Joyce Epelboim, Brendan T. Keenan, Allan I. Pack

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Nocturnal sweating—a common symptom of obstructive sleep apnoea: the Icelandic sleep apnoea cohort by Thorarinn Gislason, Christer Janson, Erla Bjornsdottir, Bryndis Benediktsdottir, Erna Sif Arnardottir, Sigurdur Juliusson, Samuel T Kuna, Allan I Pack

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Effects of harvesting corn varieties at varying maturities on silage quality and digestible dry matter yield of corn silages by Suphi Deniz, Hüseyin Nursoy, İbrahim Yılmaz, M. Akif Karslı

“…Corn varieties were harvested at early-milk, milk, and dough stages and were ensiled in mini-silos (1L in volume) in triplicate tor each variety and maturity. Packing was accomplished by hand-power. After 60 d of incubation, silages were opened and analyzed for DM. organic matter (OM), crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fiber (NDF). acid detergent liber (ADF), pH, lactic acid, acetic acid, propionic acid, butyric acid concentrations, and in vitro DM digestibility (IVDMD). …”
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The Effects on Knee Swelling, Range of Motion and Pain using a Commercially Available Hot/Cold Contrast Device in a Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Setting by Kevin E Wilk, Robert E Mangine, James Tersakjs, Kimberly Hasselford

“…Typically, the intervention is performed by either the use of a hot and cold whirlpool or by applying hot and cold packs which can be very time consuming and labor intensive. …”
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Snow depth estimation on leadless landfast ice using Cryo2Ice satellite observations by M. Saha, J. Stroeve, J. Stroeve, D. Isleifson, J. Yackel, V. Nandan, V. Nandan, J. C. Landy, H. M. Lam

“…While previous studies have combined CryoSat-2- and ICESat-2-derived freeboards to estimate snow depth over Arctic sea ice, these approaches require leads within the ice pack to estimate the freeboard heights above the sea surface. …”
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Development and Validation of an UHPLC-MS/MS Method for Quantification of DMAG in Rat Plasma and Its Application in a Preliminary Pharmacokinetic Study in Thrombocytopenia Rats by Yan Li, Yuqing Wang, Zhiqiang Zhao, Yunxia Li, Cheng Peng, Jianming Wu

“…As for intragastric administration, with shortened Tmax (3.00 vs. 2.16 h), Cmax (25.67 vs. 35.38 ng/mL) was added for a 2 mg/kg dose after the establishment of the thrombocytopenia rat model. …”
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Loose cigarette purchase and adolescent smoking in Indonesia: a mixed-methods study by Vid Adrison, Dian Kusuma, Gea Melinda, Fariza Zahra Kamilah, Syifa Rizki Amelia, Sofwatun Nida

“…The qualitative data were analysed using thematic analysis with an inductive approach to explore experiences in purchasing loose cigarettes and how it affected their smoking initiation and current cigarette consumption.Participants For quantitative study, we included 785 samples after excluding the non-current smokers and those who had missing responses. …”
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