Olfactory alterations in patients with multiple sclerosis by Sergio Semeraro Jordy, Alberto Starzewski Junior, Felipe André Basso Macedo, Gabriela Reginatto Manica, Charles Peter Tilbery, Eduardo Gregorin Carabetta

“…ABSTRACT This cross-sectional study involves 100 multiple sclerosis (MS) and 100 non-MS patients, under the age of 60 years old, with nasal obstruction, traumatic brain injury, previous rhinoplasty or neurosurgery, and so forth. …”
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Commoning practices: the political significance of facts by Diana Bocarejo

“…I explore how socio-environmental entanglements transform into certainties and convictions – facts that either permit or obstruct political decisions regarding collective environmental actions. …”
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A numerical framework for simulating fluid-structure interaction phenomena by A. De Rosis, S. de Miranda, C. Burrafato, F. Ubertini

“…The effectiveness of the proposed methodology is tested against two different cases. The former investigates the dam break phenomenon, involving the modeling of the free surface. …”
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Fatigue life extension of epoxy materials using ultrafast epoxy-SbF5 healing system introduced by manual infiltration by X. J. Ye, Y. Zhu, Y. C. Yuan, Y. X. Song, G. C. Yang, M. Z. Rong, M. Q. Zhang

“…The epoxy-SbF5 system proves to be effective in rapidly obstructing fatigue crack propagation (despite that its cured version has lower fracture toughness than the matrix), and satisfies the requirement of constructing fast self-healing polymeric materials.…”
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Coagulopathy and acute pancreatitis: pathophysiology and clinical treatment by Lan Li, Lan Li, Qingyuan Tan, Qingyuan Tan, Xueying Wu, Xiaowen Mou, Xiaowen Mou, Ziqi Lin, Tingting Liu, Wei Huang, Wei Huang, Lihui Deng, Tao Jin, Tao Jin, Qing Xia, Qing Xia

“…Future studies are called to unravel the pathophysiologic mechanisms involved in coagulopathy in AP, and to test novel therapeutics block coagulopathy in AP.…”
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Comparison between biliary plastic stents with and without application of silver nanoparticles: an in-vitro study of the biofilm formation by Victor Kalil Flumignan, Marcelo de Palma Sircili, Marcia Regina Franzolin, Ana Marisa Chudzinski Tavassi, Lígia Garcia Germano, Ana Vitória dos Santos Souza, Nicole Fernandes Silva, Newton Kiyoshi Fukumasu, Raphaela Marques dos Anjos, Jose Pinhata Otoch, Everson Luiz de Almeida Artifon

“…ABSTRACT Purpose: Plastic biliary stents are a cost-effective treatment for biliary obstruction. Unfortunately, they have low patency, related to intraluminal biofilm formation. …”
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Exploiting antipredator behavior in white‐tailed deer for resource protection by Bradley F. Blackwell, Thomas W. Seamans, Laura A. Tyson, Jerrold L. Belant, Kurt C. VerCauteren

“…During 2008–2010 at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Plum Brook Station (Erie County, OH), we tested the hypotheses that visual obstruction of winter feeding stations would result in fewer white‐tailed deer visiting treatment stations and increased vigilance exhibited relative to deer using control stations. …”
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A standardized educational Intervention to enhance acceptance and adherence to self-intermittent catheterization: Protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial by Rosario Caruso, Laura Pelizzari, Giovanni Cardilli, Simone Bajardo, Tatiana Bianconi, Maria Luisa Giordano, Giorgio Scivoletto, Alessandro Giammò, Luisa De Palma, Lina Di Lucente, Maria A. Marquez, Lisa Morbidelli, Alexandra Pellegrino, Daniela Monducci, Antonio Boffa, Stefania Musco

“…Intermittent catheterization (IC) is the gold-standard management for individuals with non-obstructed urinary retention and neurogenic bladder. …”
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A 54-year-old male with posterior ischemic optic neuropathy misdiagnosed as ophthalmic artery occlusion by Yuman Li, Ying Cui, Zhixin Mo, Xiaofeng Huang, Mingsi Chi, Tai Guo, Zhongning Huang

“…During this clinical scenario, we review considerations for differential diagnosis and useful diagnostic tests for NA-PION.…”
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Management of an Oral Ranula in a HIV positive patient: Case report by Muhammad Abdurrahman, Novia Dias Oryza, Ayunda Kalam Mahardika, Devi Farida Utami, Elissa Chairani

“…Background: Ranula is a cyst resulting from obstruction of the major salivary gland which is a phenomenon of duct retention in the sublingual gland located at the floor of the mouth, resulting in swelling under the tongue and bluish. …”
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An ampullary adenoma presenting with jaundice caused by duodenal intussusception: a case report by Hiroyuki Nojima, Hiroaki Shimizu, Mihono Hirota, Takashi Murakami, Masato Yamazaki, Kazuto Yamazaki, Kiyohiko Shuto, Chihiro Kosugi, Mikihito Mori, Akihiro Usui, Tetsutaro Sazuka, Keiji Koda

“…Abstract Background Ampullary adenomas are premalignant lesions. However, biliary obstruction causing jaundice is rare. Duodenal intussusception secondary to an ampullary adenoma rarely occurs because of the fixed position of the duodenum in the retroperitoneum. …”
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Twenty years’ experience of midgut malrotation and volvulus in a tertiary center in northern Taiwan: A retrospective study by Wen-Yu Tseng, Ming-Wei Lai, Jin-Yao Lai, Chien-Chang Chen, Hsun-Chin Chao, Jeng-Chang Chen, Shih-Yen Chen, Yung-Ching Ming, Hung-Yu Yeh, Hung-Hsiang Lai, Sze-Ya Ting, Pai-Jui Yeh

“…Data on demographics, initial presentations, laboratory results, radiographic or sonographic findings, maternal conditions, and outcomes were collected and analyzed. Fisher's exact test, the independent sample t-test, and the Mann-Whitney test were utilized for comparative analysis when suitable. …”
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Clinico-angiographic parallels in patients with coronary atherosclerosis risk factors by A. I. Koryakov

“…Group I included 66 patients with negative maximal stress tests (ST). Group II included 10 males with overt isolated painless myocardial ischemia (IPMI). …”
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Invasive follicular thyroid carcinoma infiltrating trachea by Filipović Aleksandar, Vučković Ljiljana, Mijović Milan

“…CT scan and tracheoscopy showed tracheal infiltration without tracheal obstruction. An extended total thyroidectomy was done, with the left jugular vein, strap muscles and tracheal 2 cm long circular resection. …”
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The characteristics and prognosis of bronchiectasis patients with airflow limitation: a prospective longitudinal study by Yuanting Cai, Linbin Xv, Zili Zhu, Shiyi He, Tianyu Sun, Chao Cao

“…In the case of a nonnormal distribution, the Mann–Whitney U test and Kruskal–Wallis test were used. The chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test was used for categorical variables. …”
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A prospective, longitudinal, comparative analysis of the World Health Organization / International Committee of the Red Cross Basic Emergency Care Course on emergency medicine know... by Nichole Michaeli, Andrew Beck, Giovanna De Luca, Mary Gitau, Derek Lubetkin, Derick Ochieng, Grace W. Wanjiku, Justin G. Myers

“…Results The follow-up test scores were lower than the immediate post-course test scores, which suggests some knowledge loss over time. …”
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Megacystis Microcolon Intestinal Hypoperistalsis Syndrome Berdon’s syndrome - First Report in Romania by Mihaela BIZUBAC, Luminita NINE, Andrada GEORGESCU, Loredana POPA, Andrei CAPITANESCU, Sebastian IONESCU, Carmen HERISEANU, Catalin CIRSTOVEANU

“…Curie” Emergency Children’s Hospital Bucharest for intestinal obstruction after birth. Total parenteral nutrition, ileostomy, gastrostomy, clean intermittent bladder catheterisation, evaluation for multivisceral transplantation were performed. …”
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Influence of Sorbent Characteristics on Fouling and Deposition in Circulating Fluid Bed Boilers Firing High Sulfur Indian Lignite by Selvakumaran Palaniswamy, M. Rajavel, A. Leela Vinodhan, B. Ravi Kumar, A. Lawrence, A. K. Bakthavatsalam

“…125 MWe circulating fluidized bed combustion (CFBC) boiler experienced severe fouling in backpass of the boiler leading to obstruction of gas flow passage, while using high sulfur lignite with sorbent, calcium carbonate, to capture sulfur dioxide. …”
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Pharmacovigilance analysis of polatuzumab plus bendamustine and rituximab treatment protocol: identifying comprehensive safety signals using FDA database by Fang Wu, Fang Wu, Siliang Wang, Siliang Wang, Xihui Xu, Weihui Zhang, Weihui Zhang, Jie Zhou, Jie Zhou, Runyan Niu, Runyan Niu, Wenting Cai, Wenting Cai, Yonggong Yang, Mengying Liu, Mengying Liu, Jinping Zhang, Jinping Zhang

“…Severe and non-severe cases were compared using either an independent samples t-test or chi-squared (χ2) test. Additionally, a score sheet was employed to prioritize the signals.ResultsIn all database, 58 significant signals were detected within 1,597 patients accepting the treatment protocol. …”
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Innovative Expert-Based Tools for Spatiotemporal Shallow Landslides Mapping: Field Validation of the GOGIRA System and Ex-MAD Framework in Western Greece by Michele Licata, Francesco Seitone, Efthimios Karymbalis, Konstantinos Tsanakas, Giandomenico Fubelli

“…Operational factors like line-of-sight obstructions and terrain complexity affected accuracy. …”
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