Sinonasal Sarcoidosis: A Scoping Review of Demographics, Clinical Presentation, and Outcomes by Ariana L. Shaari, Janvi J. Shukla, Aman M. Patel, Hannaan S. Choudhry, Sean Haimowitz, Jean Anderson Eloy

“…Following treatment, 56% (N = 58) of patients had symptomatic improvement, and 16% (N = 17) had no change in symptoms or disease. Conclusion Sinonasal sarcoidosis predominantly affects female patients with or without a history of systemic sarcoidosis who present with prolonged nasal obstruction. …”
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At the Traffic Intersection, Stopping, or Walking? Pedestrian Path Prediction Based on KPOF-GPDM for Driving Assistance by Xudong Long, Weiwei Zhang, Bo Zhao, Shaoxing Mo

“…When the vehicle encounters a blocked pedestrian at a traffic intersection, we used self-flow to estimate the global optical flow in the image sequence and then proposed a White Edge Cutting (WEC) algorithm to remove obstructions and simply modified the generative adversarial network to initialize pedestrians behind the obstructions. …”
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Urinary Bladder and Posterior Urethral Morphology in Voiding Cystourethrogram and Its Implications in Management and Prognosis of Posterior Urethral Valves by Manita Tamang, Manoj Kumar Mohanty, Aditya Arvind Manekar, Subrat Kumar Sahoo, Bikasha Bihary Tripathy

“…Aims: The most frequent cause of bladder outlet obstruction in children is posterior urethral valves (PUVs). …”
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‘Talk the Walk’: The co-design of socially sustainable mobility solutions in informal settlements by Karen Lucas, Winnie Mitullah, Sharmin Nasrin, Farzana Rahman, Romanus Opiyo, Emma Tsoneva

“…Walking is globally acknowledged as a primary form of active mobility for health promotion and social wellbeing, and for climate change mitigation. This paper offers alternative perspectives on walking within informal settlements based on collaborative participatory research with the residents of two low-income urban settlements in Dhaka, Bangladesh and Nairobi, Kenya. …”
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Ultrasonic-assisted MoS2/GO/TiO2 ceramic coatings: Enhancing anti-friction performance through dual-interface optimization by Ziwei Guo, Yongnan Chen, Nan Wang, Yiku Xu, Qinyang Zhao, Zhimin Hou, Guangrui Gao, Yan Kang, Haifei Zhan

“…Additionally, the others form strong dislocation pinning to obstruct dislocation slip and enhancing deformation resistance at MoS2 (0.227 nm)/TiO2 interface. …”
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Gene Silencing and Antigenic Variation in Malaria Parasites by Kirk W. Deitsch

“…In addition, parasites are capable of undergoing antigenic variation, a process of continually changing the identity of proteins on the surface of infected cells and thus avoiding the immune response mounted by the host[3]. …”
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Historical institutionalism, political settlement and land ownership system in Nigeria by Yuhao Tan

“…This study examines the evolution of land ownership in Nigeria through the lens of historical institutionalism and political settlements, analysing how the distribution of political power – both vertical and horizontal – has shaped institutional change. Using systematic process analysis (SPA), the research traces the persistence of institutional layering in land governance from pre-colonial times to the present day. …”
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Pre-marital Relationships and the Family in Modern India by Parul Bhandari

“…Specifically, it discusses the strategies by which the family can obstruct or encourage certain pre-marital relationships over others, thereby highlighting the bearing of the family’s involvement in changing the course of a relationship: either from a non-serious form of relationship to a committed one, or leading to the breaking up of the relationship.…”
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Visual detection of screen defects in occlusion and missing scenes by YIN Dongfu, DU Mingchen, HU Tianhao, LI Youming, ZHANG Xiaohong, YU Fei Richard

“…Multiple cameras and detection boxes are used to filter out obstructed mobile phone screens. Target matching algorithms are used to determine whether there are any missing mobile phone screens, and an improved image difference algorithm is designed to determine whether the displayed content of mobile phone screen has changed. …”
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The value of ⁹⁹Tcm-DTPA renal dynamic imaging for detecting renal function in patients with gouts by LIU Zhi-jun, LI Guo-xiong, TANG Kai, ZHANG Dan

“…Objective To investigate the value of ⁹⁹Tcm-DTPA renal dynamic imaging in patients with gouts.Methods A total of 157 gouts patients（153 male;age range 18⁸8 years） underwent conventional ⁹⁹Tcm-DTPA renal dynamic imaging from June 2011 to October 2014.After bolus injection of 111¹85 MBq tracer,a series of images were obtained.DTPA renograms were generated by the application of computer technology ROIs.GFR were calculated using Gates and C₂₀ were gained also.The GFR detected by ⁹⁹Tcm-DTPA was compared with BUN,SCr and UA.Furthermore,unilateral renal GFR and C₂₀ was analysed.Results BUN and SCr still maintain a normal level when the GFR measurement by renal dynamic imaging decreased slightly.GFR was low as 60 ml/min or less,BUN and SCr increased significantly.The GFR changed earlier than BUN and SCr in gouts patients with renal damage.Excluding the impact of factors such as urinary tract obstruction,19.7%of patients showed unilateral renal GFR decline.Reducing C₂₀ was observed in 22.3%kidneys with normal GFR.UA levels were not changed significantly with worsening renal function.Conclusions Radionuclide renal dynamic imaging is an effective method to assess the renal function in patients with gout.…”
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Fast Warming Over the Mongolian Plateau a Catalyst for Extreme Rainfall Over North China by Jun Gu, Chun Zhao, Mingyue Xu, Yuanyuan Ma, Zhiyuan Hu, Chen Jin, Jianping Guo, Tao Geng, Wenju Cai

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An Esophageal Leiomyoma Mistaken as an Esophageal Duplication Cyst by Won Yong Seo, Gwang Ha Kim, Hoseok I

“…Leiomyoma with cystic change that has similar EUS features to duplication cyst is rare. …”
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Review of sunlight exposure of buildings in Central Europe climatic conditions by Jaroslav Vychytil, Jitka Mohelníková

“…It depends on the sunlight time and specific design situations as well as shading obstructions. The review of the sunlight exposure is determined. …”
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Crosstalk between macrophages and adjacent cells in AKI to CKD transition by Yanping Lin, Qian Yang, Rui Zeng

“…In this review, we introduce the dynamic phenotype change of macrophages under the different stages of kidney injury. …”
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Internal hernia beneath the left external iliac artery after robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy with extended pelvic lymph node dissection: a case report by Shigeo Ninomiya, Shota Amano, Tadashi Ogawa, Yoshitake Ueda, Norio Shiraishi, Masafumi Inomata, Katsuhiro Shimoda

“…Enhanced computed tomography was not performed because we decided to perform urgent surgery with a diagnosis of strangulated small bowel obstruction based on physical examination and the computed tomography findings. …”
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Potential benefit of using phenazopyridine to detect multiple vesicovaginal fistulas for primary repairs on medical mission trips in Cote d'Ivoire by Matthew A. Geisler, Kelly J. Manahan, John P. Geisler

“…Background: Vesicovaginal fistulas are complex medical/surgical issue that may arise after obstructed labor in areas without access to maternal health care providers. …”
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Efficacy and Safety Profile of Montgomery T-Tube Implantation in Patients with Tracheal Stenosis by Feng-Jie Wu, Yang-Wei Yao, En-Guo Chen, Hui-Hui Hu, Jian-Ping Jiang, Meng Yang, Yang-Yang Gu, Da-Kui Cao, Ye-Li Zhu

“…Tracheal stenosis is able to lead to airway obstruction. Objective. To evaluate the efficacy and safety profile of Montgomery T-tube implantation in patients with tracheal stenosis. …”
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Iatrogenic pulmonary fat embolism after surgery in a patient with fatty liver by Mitrović Dragan, Lazarević Svetlana

“…Fat embolism refers to the presence of fat globules in the lung parenchyma and its peripheral circulation. Obstruction of the lung vessels by fat emboli can lead to acute cor pulmonale when the compensatory capabilities of the pulmonary vasculature are exceeded. …”
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MUCOLYTIC AGENTS IN PEDIATRICS: RATIONAL SELECTION, THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS AND SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF TREATMENT by O. I. Simonova

“…Timely administered treatment will improve sputum discharge and therefore eliminate one of the main factors of bronchial obstruction and decrease the risk of microbial colonization of the respiratory tract. …”
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Business process pattern for improving social sustainability by Thorsten Schoormann, Marco Di Maria

“…., health and equity), fails to address changing customer demands beyond transactional excellence, and obstructs the consideration of new regulations. …”
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