Low-Cycle Flexural Fatigue Behavior of Concrete Beam Reinforced with Hybrid FRP-Steel Rebar by Jinkyo F. Choo, Young-Cheol Choi, Seung-Jun Kwon, Ki-Tae Park, Sung-Won Yoo

“…Studies examined experimentally the flexural behavior of concrete beams reinforced with the hybrid FRP-steel rebar but very few among them evaluated their fatigue performance. In this study, the fatigue test has been performed, and an analytical model for simulating the flexural fatigue behavior of the concrete beam reinforced with the hybrid bar considering its postyielding behavior is developed. …”
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A Challenging Case of Metastatic Intra-Abdominal Synovial Sarcoma with Unusual Immunophenotype and Its Differential Diagnosis by Yi-Che Changchien, Uhrin Katalin, János Fillinger, László Fónyad, Gergő Papp, Ferenc Salamon, Zoltán Sápi

“…Additional intranuclear TLE-1 positivity and negativity for CD34 and DOG-1 were also identified. …”
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Relation between occupation, gender dominance in the occupation and workplace and suicide in Sweden: a longitudinal study by Gun Johansson, Theo Bodin, Anette Linnersjö, Vladimir Carli, Gergö Hadlaczky, Nuria Matilla Santander, Bianca Blazevska

“…Exclusion criteria for the study were: missing information in the occupational codes, yearly income of <100 Swedish krona, missing information of the employer, death or migration, and registered occupational code reported from more than 5 years ago.Outcome Suicides occurring during 2006–2010 identified in the cause of death register by the International Classification of Diagnoses-10 codes X60–84 and Y10–34.Results Occupations with increased suicide were life science and health professionals (OR: 2.8, 95% CI: 1.50 to 5.26) among women. …”
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Mathematics in Biomedical Imaging by Ming Jiang, Alfred K. Louis, Didier Wolf, Hongkai Zhao, Christian Daul, Zhaotian Zhang, Tie Zhou

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Exceptional Response of Metastatic Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma to Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) Inhibitors: Should Increased VEGF-C Expression Be Used to Guide Treatment? by Jacob W. Bruinius, Karl J. Dykema, Sabrina L. Noyes, Bin Tean Teh, Brian R. Lane

“…A 56-year-old underwent palliative nephrectomy for locally-advanced ChRCC with sarcomatoid differentiation. Tumor gene expression profiling using Affymetrix HG-U133 Plus 2.0 GeneChip platform demonstrated significantly elevated VEGF-C expression compared to normal renal tissue n=12 and other types RCC n=158. …”
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Efficient Self-Assembly of mPEG End-Capped Porous Silica as a Redox-Sensitive Nanocarrier for Controlled Doxorubicin Delivery by Anh Khoa Nguyen, Thi Hiep Nguyen, Bui Quoc Bao, Long Giang Bach, Dai Hai Nguyen

“…The release of DOX from DOX/PNS-SS-ADA@CD-mPEG nanoparticles was controlled and prolonged up to 120 h in PBS medium (pH 7.4), compared to less than 40 h under reducing condition of 5 mM DTT. …”
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Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin Is Implicated in the Pathogenesis of Bullous Pemphigoid by Dendritic Cells by Si-Zhe Li, Xin-Xing Jin, Xiao-Lei Ge, Ya-Gang Zuo, Hong-Zhong Jin

“…Both thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) and dendritic cells (DCs) are involved in many autoimmune diseases, but the potential roles of TSLP and DCs in bullous pemphigoid (BP) have not been clarified. We sought to explore the contributions of TSLP and DCs in patients with BP. …”
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Colonic Angiosarcoma Arising in Association with Amyloid Deposits by Samar Said, Rondell P. Graham, Tsung-Teh Wu, Saba Yasir, Lizhi Zhang, Andrew L. Folpe

“…To our knowledge, there have been no reported cases of angiosarcoma arising in association with amyloid deposition. Herein, we described a case of 77-year-old man who presented with hematochezia, and a sigmoid mass was found on colonoscopy. …”
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Electrochemically Effective Surface Area of a Polyaniline Nanowire-Based Platinum Microelectrode and Development of an Electrochemical DNA Sensor by Luyen Thi Tran, Hoang Vinh Tran, Ha Hong Cao, Thuy Hong Tran, Chinh Dang Huynh

“…Especially, the electrochemically effective surface area of the PANi NW-based Pt microelectrode determined in this work is nearly 19 times larger than that of the Pt working electrode. …”
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Catastrophic health expenditures incurred by families in 2003, 2009 and 2018 in the Federal District, Brazil: evolution and composition by Pedro Henrique Alves Santos, Theo da Fonseca Torres, Letícia Xander Russo, Everton Nunes da Silva

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On Fractional Diffusion Equation with Caputo-Fabrizio Derivative and Memory Term by Binh Duy Ho, Van Kim Ho Thi, Long Le Dinh, Nguyen Hoang Luc, Phuong Nguyen

“…Then, we get the global solution using some new techniques. …”
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Post-COVID-19 Dermatomyositis: A Delayed Reaction That Evades Early Detection by Nur Ili Syazwani MD HADIS, Siti Suhaila MOHD YUSOFF, Rosediani MUHAMAD, Fatin Hanani CHE JUHA

“…Viral infections may cause autoimmunity and trigger the pathogenesis of myositis. We present the case of a man with a long history of myalgia and muscle weakness, who was initially diagnosed with post-COVID-19 myalgia and subsequently developed progressive muscle weakness. …”
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Synthesis of Al-MCM-41@Ag/TiO2 Nanocomposite and Its Photocatalytic Activity for Degradation of Dibenzothiophene by Xuan Nui Pham, Tuan Dat Pham, Ba Manh Nguyen, Hoa Thi Tran, Dinh Trong Pham

“…Mesoporous Al-MCM-41@Ag/TiO2 nanocomposites were synthesized successfully by combining the sol-gel method and hydrothermal treatment, using titanium isopropoxide (TTIP), AgNO3, and Vietnamese bentonite as precursors of Ti, Ag, and Si, respectively. …”
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Complete Genome Sequence and Comparative Genome Analysis of Variovorax sp. Strains PAMC28711, PAMC26660, and PAMC28562 and Trehalose Metabolic Pathways in Antarctica Isolates by Prasansah Shrestha, Jayram Karmacharya, So-Ra Han, Jun Hyuck Lee, Hyun Park, Tae-Jin Oh

“…Strains PAMC28711 and PAMC28562 exhibit three complete trehalose biosynthetic pathways (OtsA/OtsB, TS, and TreY/TreZ), but strain PAMC26660 only possesses one (OtsA/OtsB). …”
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State of the Art Review of Wearable Devices for Respiratory Monitoring by Zhiyu Jia, Hannah Huth, Wen Qi Teoh, Sheng Xu, Bradford Wood, Zion Tsz Ho Tse

“…Wearable devices have emerged as a transformative tool for continuous, non-invasive respiratory monitoring and data portals, providing massive real-time data critical for both clinical and home settings. …”
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Intraosseous Hemangioma of the Middle Turbinate Misdiagnosed As a Nasal Polyp by Tae Hoon Kim, Eun Jung Lim, Jun-Ki Lee, Jin Gul Lee, Man-Hoon Han

“…However, intraosseous hemangiomas of the nasal cavity are extremely rare. Here, we report a case of intraosseous hemangioma with a cavernous pattern arising from the middle turbinate that was preoperatively misdiagnosed as chronic rhinosinusitis with polyps. …”
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Multi-Channel Packet-Analysis System Based on IEEE 802.15.4 Packet-Capturing Modules by Seong-eun Yoo, Poh Kit Chong, Jeonghwan Bae, Tae-Soo Kim, Hiecheol Kim, Joonhyuk Yoo

“…Wireless packets are detected and timestamped by each sniffer module in the MPAS for each channel, and packets are preprocessed and transmitted to a GUI-based analyzer, which then parses the received packets and shows them in order. We present the design and implementation results of the MPAS and evaluate its performance by comparing it against a widely used packet sniffer.…”
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Evaluation of plasma cell sorting methods in multiple myeloma patients: flow cytometry versus magnetic beads by Yu Jeong Choi, Jaeguk Choi, Yehyun Kang, Saeam Shin, Seung-Tae Lee, Jong Rak Choi

“…FISH performed by two methods in 10 samples showed the same results, and the proportion of abnormal cells was significantly higher in MACS than in FACS (p = 0.001). …”
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Spatially controlled multicellular differentiation of stem cells using triple factor-releasing metal–organic framework-coated nanoline arrays by Yeon-Woo Cho, Min-Ji Kang, Joon-Ha Park, Yun-Sik Eom, Tae-Hyung Kim

“…The UiO-67 metal–organic frameworks contain three osteogenic differentiation factors for sustained release over four weeks. …”
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Prevalence of risk of distress and associated factors among physicians, nurses and rehabilitation therapists in a community hospital: a cross-sectional study by Grace Shu Hui Chiang, Lian Leng Low, Tee Hien Chia, Meena Sundram, Boon Yeow Tan

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