Respiratory oscillometry in individuals with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva by Anastasiia Vasileva, Joyce K. Y. Wu, Melissa Valaee, Ethan Ortiz, Zoltán Hantos, Lianne Tile, Irene Ho, Angela M. Cheung, Chung-Wai Chow

“…Oscillometry revealed significant diversity in respiratory mechanics and chest wall involvement from normal, airway obstruction and ventilatory inhomogeneity to extra-thoracic airflow obstruction. …”
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Comparison of an Inside Stent and a Fully Covered Self-Expandable Metallic Stent as Preoperative Biliary Drainage for Patients with Resectable Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma by Hiroshi Mori, Hiroki Kawashima, Eizaburo Ohno, Takuya Ishikawa, Kentaro Yamao, Yasuyuki Mizutani, Tadashi Iida, Masanao Nakamura, Masatoshi Ishigami, Shunsuke Onoe, Takashi Mizuno, Tomoki Ebata, Mitsuhiro Fujishiro

“…The only risk factor for RBO was bile duct obstruction of the future excisional liver lobe(s) due to stenting (HR 29.8, P=0.008) in the FCSEMS group, but risk factors could not be indicated in the IS group. …”
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Temporal Patterns of Holter-Detected Arrhythmias in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients Treated with Mavacamten by Amro Badr, Kaitlin Roehl, Mustafa Suppah, Humam Abo Abdullah, Reza Arsanjani, Konstantinos C. Siontis, Jeffrey B. Geske, Steve R. Ommen, John R. Giudicessi, Said Alsidawi

“…<b>Background:</b> Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetic cardiomyopathy marked by increased left ventricular wall thickness, leading in some cases to left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction, heart failure, and arrhythmias. Mavacamten, a selective allosteric inhibitor of cardiac myosin, has demonstrated benefits in improving hemodynamics and reducing LVOT obstruction. …”
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What an Interventionalist Needs to Know About INOCA by Daniel Tze Yee Ang, Colin Berry

“…Ischaemia with non-obstructed coronary artery disease (INOCA) remains a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. …”
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Step Aside! Assessing Body Awareness In Pigs Using A Body-As-An-Obstacle Task by Kimberly Brosche, Jim McGetrick, Jean-Loup Rault

“…Body-as-an-obstacle tasks have been employed to test body awareness in human infants, elephants, and dogs. …”
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Adynamic ileus as an atypical manifestation of meningitis confirmed by metagenomic next-generation sequencing: A case report by Tonger Liang, Junjie Situ, Hanqiao Qin, Jia Peng

“…This report presents a rare case of a man in his late 30s who developed purulent meningitis and intestinal pseudo-obstruction secondary to a skin-derived S. aureus infection. …”
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An Unusual Diagnosis of Rectosigmoid Leiomyoma in an Adult: A Rare Case Report by Karam Karam, Houssein Chebbo, Sarah Saleh, Sarah Jalloul, Johny Salem, Karim Al Halabi, Elias Fiani

“…When leiomyomas are large in size, they can cause symptoms and complications, including abdominal pain, perforation, intestinal obstruction, and bleeding. We herein present a case of a 57-year-old male patient presenting for colonoscopic evaluation following a positive screening with a fecal occult blood test. …”
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Aggressive Intestinal Symptoms Caused by Metastatic Tumors Originating from Primary Gastric Cancer in Pregnancy: A Case Report by Chunlin Zhao, Jingru Ji, Shenghui Lu, Fang Wang, Hailan Yang

“…The patient was initially misdiagnosed as enterogastritis and inflammatory intestinal obstruction and was finally confirmed by exploratory laparotomy with intestinal and peritoneum metastases. …”
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Scalable, Flexible, and Affordable Hybrid IoT-Based Ambient Monitoring Sensor Node with UWB-Based Localization by Mohammed Faeik Ruzaij Al-Okby, Thomas Roddelkopf, Jiahao Huang, Mohsin Bukhari, Kerstin Thurow

“…The system successfully issued a leak warning for all tested material samples with volumes up to 500 microliters and achieved a positional accuracy of approximately 50 cm under conditions without major obstacles obstructing the UWB signal between the active system units.…”
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The effect of self efficacy on daily living activities in post non hemorrhagic stroke patients by Fadhilah Arofah Nur Djohim, Siti Istiqomah, Aisyah Lahdji

“…A non-hemorrhagic stroke occurs due to obstruction or blockage that causes the brain to lack oxygen, which can lead to death, disability, and paralysis. …”
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Evaluation of mortality risk and surgical outcomes based on Charlson comorbidity index in emergency hernia repair patients by Mustafa Karaagac, Sedat Carkit

“…CCI and American Society of Anesthesiologists scores were calculated, and their impacts on mortality were assessed using logistic regression and chi-square tests. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED: Logistic regression, chi-square tests, and cross-tabulation analyses. …”
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Risk of hernia-related complications after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt creation in patients with pre-existing ventral abdominal hernias: 15-year experience at a q... by Ruth Bell, Sasan Partovi, Michael Rosen, Baljendra Kapoor, Charles McDaniel, Natalie Farha, Catherine Vozzo, Jennifer Bullen, Carlos Romero-Marrero

“…However, hernia-related complications such as incarceration and small bowel obstruction can occur after TIPS placement in patients with pre-existing hernias. …”
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A surgical case of anti-coagulant ileus mimicking small-bowel tumors: a case report by Hideyuki Masui, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Yusuke Sakamoto, Shintaro Yagi, Satoshi Kaihara

“…After hospitalization, bowel obstruction did not improve with conservative treatment. …”
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Bounds on the bubble wall velocity by Wen-Yuan Ai, Benoit Laurent, Jorinde van de Vis

“…This way, the hydrodynamic obstruction previously observed in local thermal equilibrium is also present for the ballistic approximation. …”
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Scale and conformal invariance in 2d σ-models, with an application to $$\mathcal{N}$$ = 4 supersymmetry by Georgios Papadopoulos, Edward Witten

“…Models with extended supersymmetry and a B-field are known to provide interesting test cases for the relation between scale invariance and conformal invariance in sigma-model perturbation theory. …”
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Surface wettability pattern and shape gradient co-induced oil droplet directional transport for enhancement of lubrication performance by Qianhui Cheng, Yongqiang Fu, Changsong Liu, Xuecheng Ji

“…The results of the wear tests further demonstrated that only the surface combination of a shape gradient and wettability pattern can achieve a decrease in the friction coefficient by means of external lubricant feeding in the state of lubricant starvation, which provides a strategy for improving and developing new types of lubrication enhancement for mitigating starvation lubrication.…”
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Tuberculous Surgical Site Infection Following Lateral Pancreaticojejunostomy: A Case Report by Somya Goel, Raju Shinde, Khushbu Vaidya, Ashish Jivani

“…However, a purulent discharge was observed at a two-week follow-up from the surgical site, which was later found to be Cartridge-Based Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (CBNAAT) positive, indicative of a relapse of latent mycobacterial infection. …”
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MANAGEMENT OF EMPHYSEMATOUS PYELONEPHRITIS – A CLINICAL CASE by V. Dulgerov, T. Ganev, A. Vasileva, M. Nankova, K. Eguruze

“…A particularly favorable for development is observed among patients with diabetes and obstruction of the urinary tract. The main causative agent is Escherichia coli. …”
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An agent-based workflow for evaluating interpersonal visibility in healthcare environment by Hao Yuan, Ying Zhou

“…Traditional tools for visibility evaluation mainly focus on physical obstructions, neglecting the impact of the user’s mobility behavior, which is common in the healthcare environment. …”
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Impact of land resource misallocation on carbon emission efficiency: empirical evidence from 274 cities in China by Zhongqi Wen, Woon-Seek Lee, Sheen Woo

“…The mechanism analysis indicates that this negative effect is primarily transmitted through the obstruction of Industrial Structure Upgrading (ISU) and Green Technological Innovation (GTI). …”
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