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Does Osteoarthritis Of The Knee Also Have A Psychogenic Component? Psycho-emotional Treatment With a Radio-electric Device vs. Intra-articular Injection Of Sodium Hyaluronate: An Open-label, Naturalistic Study. This study is to compare, in patients suffering of knee joint disorder, the effects of intra-articular inject...
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Detecting 'wrong blood in tube' errors: Evaluation of a Bayesian network approach. Objective: In an effort to address the problem of laboratory errors, we develop and evaluate a method to detect mismatched specimens from nationally collected blood laboratory data in two experiments. Methods. In Experiments 1 and 2 usin...
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Alternative Preparation of Improved NiMo-Alumina Deoxygenation Catalysts. This investigation deals with NiMo-alumina hydrotreating catalysts effective in the deoxygenation of rapeseed oil. The main goal was to compare catalyst structure and their deoxygenation performance and to link these parameters to reveal importan...
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Enhanced Charge Transfer in Atom-Thick 2H-WS2 Nanosheets' Electron Transport Layers of Perovskite Solar Cells. The structure and the electronic properties of the electron-transport layer (ETL) of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) govern the interfacial charge transfer and charge transportation to the electrode. The ETLs of...
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Letters from 'Glaucos': The Correspondence of Guy Debord during the Portuguese Revolution. Guy Debord, founder of the Situationist International and filmmaker, kept a meticulous record of his correspondence between 1951 and 1994. Published by Fayard, the fifth volume of the correspondence includes several letters signe...
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An Atypical Localized Form of Hidradenitis Suppurativa of the Jawline and Neck Mimicking Severe Cystic Acne on Presentation. Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic and debilitating suppurative disease primarily affecting the axillae, perineum, and inframammary regions, where apocrine sweat glands are present. Howev...
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Lamb wave scattering by a symmetric pair of surface-breaking cracks in a plate. The scattering problem of a Lamb wave incident on a symmetric pair of surface-breaking transverse cracks in a plate is considered. The Lamb wave is assumed to be obliquely incident on the crack plane. Since the cracks are part-through, the ...
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Three-reference-point based group ELECTRE III method for urban flood resilience evaluation. In order to cope with the growing problem of flood disasters, it is crucial to improve the urban flood resilience. Hence, this paper develops a novel evaluation methodology to find the weak links and capacity gaps of urban flood...
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A(2B) adenosine receptor antagonists and their potential indications. The intense efforts by many pharmaceutical companies and academics in the A(2B) adenosine receptor (AdoR) antagonist field are driven by the plethora of disease states where the A(2B) AdoR has been implicated to play a role: asthma, in which it media...
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Design and Analysis of a Novel 3-D Magnetization Structure for Laminated Silicon Steel. A novel 3-D magnetic properties tester for laminated silicon steel specimen has been designed and constructed. The magnetization structure is the critical part of the tester especially for the magnetic properties of the laminated si...
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Pain Management in Oncology Patients Amidst the Opioid Epidemic: How To Minimize Non-Medical Opioid Use. Management of pain, in general, is a complex topic, and cancer pain is no exception. Cancer patients may experience pain related to the disease itself, its treatment, or other comorbidities. This review aims to clar...
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Penfield's ceiling Seeing brain injury through Galen's eyes. The cathedral ceiling located in the entrance hall of the Montreal Neurological Institute, planned by its founder Wilder Penfield, has intrigued visitors since it was erected in 1934. Central to its charm is a cryptic comment by the ancient physician Galen of...
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FABRICATION AND TESTING OF PRECISION SPHERES. Procedures for precision polishing and testing spheres of silicon and silica are described. Hand-polishing procedures result in the production of spheres of 90 mm diameter with deviations from roundness of less than 50 nm. The roundness was measured to an uncertainty of 5...
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Effect of GutGard in the Management of Helicobacter pylori: A Randomized Double Blind Placebo Controlled Study. A randomized, double blind placebo controlled study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of GutGard (root extract of Glycyrrhiza glabra) in the management of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) gastric load. Pa...
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Porpholactam-cinnamaldehyde conjugates for promoting ROS generation in photodynamic therapy. A novel type of photosensitizer was developed by conjugating cinnamaldehyde (CA), a kind of oxidative stress amplified agent, with porpholactam (PL) through a hydrazone bond, which result in enhanced ROS generation upon irradia...
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Inhibition of the human erythrocytic glutathione-S-transferase T1 (GST T1) by thimerosal. We have investigated the interaction of thimerosal, a widely used antiseptic and preservative, with the human erythrocytic GST TI (glutathione-S-transferase TI). This detoxifying enzyme is expressed in the erythrocytes of solely t...
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Probing intermolecular interactions of ZnO-nanoparticle-reinforced molten energetic material. In this work, metal oxide nanoparticle ZnO was employed for the reinforcement of TNT. Scanning electronic microscopy (SEM) was used to study the microstructure on the fractured surface of TNT/nano-ZnO, and ultraviolet-visible ...
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Heart rate variability in hypothyroid patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Hypothyroidism may be associated with changes in the autonomic regulation of the cardiovascular system, which may have clinical implications.ObjectiveIntroductionHypothyroidism is associated with a decreased HRV, that may be explaine...
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Virtual reality as a support tool in the shoe life cycle. The life cycle of an industrial product goes through several stages, from the initial idea to the finished product, and on to the purchase and recycling. Virtual reality environments (VRE) allow the user to interact with a digital representation of a product, an...
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Origin of nonmetallic inclusions in ladle transition part of continuously cast slabs. ( 2) According to thermodynamic calculation, origin of spherical inclusions are mainly ladle slag and tundish slag.In the continuous casting process, it is important to reduce the off-quality portion due to ladle exchange or variation...
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SPR detection of human hepcidin-25: A critical approach by immuno- and biomimetic-based biosensing. The human hepcidin-25 hormone has a key role in iron regulation in blood. The clinical relevance of this hepatic similar to 2.8 kDa cysteine-rich peptide is rapidly increasing, since altered levels can be associated with...
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Bound states of plain and composite pulses: Multi-soliton solutions. We investigate numerically the formation and stability characteristics of bound states in the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation, considering both plain and composite pulses. Our numerical results show the existence of stable bound state of two plain or...
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Preparation and biodistribution of a novel potential blood pool imaging agent technetium-99m labeled COI complexes. The objective of this study is to develop a new potential cardiac blood pool imaging agent. An isonitrile ligand cyclooctylisonitrile(COI) is synthesized and a copper salt[Cu(I)(COI)(4)BF4] of this ligand...
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Design and fabrication of a double-axicon for generation of tailorable self-imaged three-dimensional intensity voids. We propose a new design for fabrication of a highly power-efficient double axicon to generate self-imaged three-dimensional intensity voids along the propagation of a beam. The conventional conical stru...
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Is comparability of C-14 dates an issue?: A status report on the fourth international radiocarbon intercomparison. For more than 15 years, the radiocarbon community has participated in a series of laboratory intercomparisons in response to the issue of comparability of measurements as perceived within the wider user co...
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Adrenarche is associated with decreased 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase expression tn the adrenal reticularis. The increased production of adrenal dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and DHEA-sulfate (DHEAS) which occurs during the prepubertal period is known as adrenarche. One hypothesis for adrenarche is that alteratio...
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Marcantonio Raimondi's Orpheus Enchanting the Animals: Intersection of Prints Between North and South. Art historians have often characterized the Italian Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1480-before 1534) as a foremost reproductive engraver. This view was based mainly on the artist's activity in Rome when he worked after Raph...
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Influence of sodium dodecyl sulfate on swelling, erosion and release behavior of HPMC matrix tablets containing a poorly water-soluble drug. The effect of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) on the swelling, erosion and release behavior of HPMC matrix tablets was examined. Swelling and erosion of HPMC matrix tablets were dete...
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HDAC4: a key factor underlying brain developmental alterations in CDKL5 disorder. Cyclin-dependent kinase-like 5 (CDKL5) is a Ser/Thr protein kinase predominantly expressed in the brain. Mutations of the CDKL5 gene lead to CDKL5 disorder, a neurodevelopmental pathology that shares several features with Rett Syndrome an...
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DEVELOPMENT OF A SEMIAUTOMATED METHOD FOR NON-ORTHO PCBS - APPLICATION TO CANADIAN ARCTIC MARINE MAMMAL TISSUES. A semi-automated carbon column method was developed for the analysis of the non-ortho substituted PCB congeners (3,4,4'-tri; 3,4,4',5-tetra; 3,3',4,4'-tetra; 3,3',4,4',5-penta; and 3,3',4,4',5,5'-hexachlorob...
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The influence of visible light and inorganic pigments on fluorescence excitation emission spectra of egg-, casein- and collagen-based painting media. Spectrofluorimetric analysis of proteinaceous binding media is particularly promising because proteins employed in paintings are often fluorescent and media from differen...
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Severe Snoring in a Young Healthy Female: A Diagnostic Surprise. Laryngeal Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors or plasma cell granulomas are unusual benign lesions. Subglottic laryngeal lesions of various benign and malignant types usually present with acute or chronic stridor and respiratory obstruction features. We d...
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Solubilization of stratum corneum lipid liposomes by Triton X-100. Influence of the level of cholesteryl sulfate in the process. The interaction of Triton X-100 (TX-100) with stratum corneum (SC) lipid liposomes varying the proportion of cholesteryl sulfate (Chol-sulf) was investigated. The surfactant/lipid molar ratio...
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The 2013 Best Dissertation Winner and Runners-Up for the Academy of Management's Organizations and the Natural Environment Division. The Organizations and the Natural Environment (ONE) Division of the Academy of Management, like most Academy divisions, has an annual dissertation competition to recognize and honor exemp...
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Patient's knowledge and awareness about the effect of the over-the-counter (OTC) drugs and dietary supplements on laboratory test results: a survey in 18 European countries. Results: In total, 68% of patients were regularly taking at least one OTC drug or dietary supplement. The frequency of patients consuming at least...
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An analytical study of undoped symmetric double gate MOSFET (SDG). In the present paper, compact analytical models for the threshold voltage, threshold voltage roll-off and subthreshold swing of undoped symmetrical double-gate MOSFET have been developed based on analytical solution of two-dimensional Poisson's equation...
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p53 expression in pleomorphic adenoma of salivary glands: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Objective: There are conflicting data regarding immunohistochemical expression of p53 in pleomorphic adenoma. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to examine whether p53 expression has a role in the pathogenesis o...
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Circular Data in Political Science and How to Handle It. There has been no attention to circular (purely cyclical) data in political science research. We show that such data exist and are mishandled by models that do not take into account the inherently recycling nature of some phenomenon. Clock and calendar effects ar...
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A naturally occurring human Nedd4-2 variant displays impaired ENaC regulation in Xenopus laevis oocytes. The epithelial Na+ channel (ENaC) is regulated by the ubiquitin-protein ligase Nedd4 - 2 via interaction with ENaC PY-motifs. These PY-motifs are mutated/ deleted in Liddle's syndrome, resulting in elevated Na+ reab...
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Morphological trends in main stem of Pinus radiata D. Don: Transition between vegetative and reproductive phase. Developmental patterns of structural units of the main tree axis of Pinus radiata were investigated in two plantations in Chile growing under different ecological conditions. Environmental characteristics of...
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Dingle temperatures for a two-band model: Application to the two-dimensional electron gas on silicon (111). For zero temperature, we present theoretical results for the Dingle temperatures of a two-dimensional electron gas with two occupied bands. For impurity scattering, we apply the calculation to a two-band model fo...
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Non-Compliance of Malaysia Motor Vehicles (Safety Seatbelts) Rules 1978. Results: In various studies carried out previously, car occupants (driver and front passenger) used the seat belts mainly with the knowledge that seat belts prevents injuries, the fear of being fined by the authorities, comfortability of the seat ...
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Circumventing the Feature Association Problem in SLAM. Inspired by developments in the tracking literature, recent research in SLAM has recast the map as a Random Finite Set (RFS) instead of a random vector, with huge mathematical consequences. With the application of recently formulated Finite Set Statistics (FISST), ...
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Court intervention in medical decisions and the generation of new conflicts.. In the last decades, medical decisions are increasingly submitted to the courts of law for a number of reasons, also in our country. The various causes and different issues involved in such proceedings require comments referred to the possibi...
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Constraints on the post-25-ka slip rate of the Yammouneh fault (Lebanon) using in situ cosmogenic Cl-36 dating of offset limestone-clast fans. The most active seismogenic structure along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean is the N-S-trending left-lateral Levant Fault System (LFS), the plate boundary between Arabia ...
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Electroless deposition, post annealing and characterization of nickel films on silicon. Electroless deposition of nickel (EN) films on n-type silicon has been investigated under different process conditions. The interface between the film and substrate has been characterized for electrical properties by probing the con...
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Emulsification for castor biomass oil. Methanol added to the castor oil-water system may decrease the viscosity of the emulsion. Comparing the castor oil-water emulsion with methanol-castor oil-water emulsion, the optimal hydrophilic and lipophilic balance (HLB) value based on castor oil-water system was acquired betwe...
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Serving the Less-Commonly-Trained Teacher: Perspectives from Arabic Instructors. As proficient speakers of less-commonly-taught languages seek to meet the demand for qualified instructors, they face a range of personal and professional challenges. In an effort to understand the perspectives of these instructors and the...
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Light quality determines primary production in nutrient-poor small lakes. The availability of nutrients for primary producers has long been thought to be the main limiting factor for primary productivity in nutrient-poor lake ecosystems. However, recent studies have indicated that the availability of light energy is al...
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Imaging of an operating LaNi4.8Al0.2-based hydrogen storage container. In this paper the phenomena occurring inside of a hydrogen storage container (filled with LaNi4.8Al0.2 active material), in operation, are unveiled by means of high-resolution neutron radiography and tomography. Although the metallic hydride-based s...
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Anandamide and memory in CD1 mice: Effects of immobilization stress and of prior experience. Five sets of experiments were carried out with CD1 mice tested in a one-trial inhibitory avoidance task. In a first set, immediately posttraining administrations of the endogenous ligand for the cannabinoid CBI receptor anandam...
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Highly Improved Gaseous Hydrogen Storage Characteristics of the Nanocrystalline and Amorphous Nd-Cu-added Mg2Ni-type Alloys by Melt Spinning. The nanocrystalline and amorphous Mg-Nd-Ni-Cu quaternary alloys with a composition of (Mg24Ni10Cu2)(100-x)Nd-x (x = 0-20) were prepared by melt spinning. The X-ray diffraction an...
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Cognitive disparities, lead plumbing, and water chemistry: Prior exposure to water-borne lead and intelligence test scores among World War Two US Army enlistees. Higher prior exposure to water-borne lead among male World War Two U.S. Army enlistees was associated with lower intelligence test scores. Exposure was proxie...
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Suppression of Eu2+ Luminescence Loss. Owing to the intriguing luminescence properties, Eu2+ is one of the most desirable activators for next-generation lighting devices. Yet the application of Eu2+-doped phosphors is limited because of the drawback of inferior luminescence efficiency. Understanding of this issue is ge...
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CHARACTERIZING COVID-19-RELATED RETINAL VASCULAR OCCLUSIONS A Case Series and Review of the Literature. Purpose: To describe clinical and ophthalmologic features and outcomes of patients with coronavirus disease-19 with retinal vascular occlusions. Methods: Retrospective multicenter case series and PubMed review of cas...
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Non-invasive on-site Raman study of polychrome and white enamelled glass artefacts in imitation of porcelain assigned to Bernard Perrot and his followers. Bernard Perrot produced sophisticated glass objects from similar to 1666-1709 in Orleans, particularly white enamelled artefacts and ruby glass. We present here the ...
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Expanding ulnar artery aneurysm presenting with signs of threatened rupture. The case of a 25-year-old man admitted with an ulnar artery aneurysm of the wrist is presented. The size of the aneurysm (1.5 x 2.7 cm) and progressive pain gave the impression of a threatened rupture. Radiologic examinations confirmed the exi...
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A new multifunctional subresonant and resonant mechanical spectrometer. A new mechanical spectrometer working in a resonant and subresonant mode is described. Basic principles and technical details of the design are briefly described. The mechanical spectrometer operates in the frequency range from 10(-4) Hz to 50 Hz. ...
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An exponential chaotic oscillator design and its dynamic analysis. After years of development, chaotic circuits have possessed many different mathematic forms and multiple realization methods. However, in most of the existing chaotic systems, the nonlinear units are composed of the product terms. In this paper, in orde...
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Ghost symmetry and an analogue of Steinitz's theorem. A ghost symmetry of a point configuration is a symmetry which appears in one or more of its projections. Generally, ghost symmetries are more interesting when they are abundant. Presented here is a necessary and sufficient condition for a list of three involutions t...
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The alpha/B.1.1.7 SARS-CoV-2 variant exhibits significantly higher affinity for ACE-2 and requires lower inoculation doses to cause disease in K18-hACE2 mice. The alpha/B.1.1.7 SARS-CoV-2 lineage emerged in autumn 2020 in the United Kingdom and transmitted rapidly until winter 2021 when it was responsible for most new ...
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Crystal Structure Analysis of the Repair of Iron Centers Protein YtfE and Its Interaction with NO. Molecular mechanisms underlying the repair of nitrosylated [Fe-S] clusters by the microbial protein YtfE remain poorly understood. The X-ray crystal structure of YtfE, in combination with EPR, magnetic circular dichroism ...
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HELGA CRANE RECONSIDERED: AN INTELLECTUAL EXPERIENCE WITH ESSENTIALISM IN QUICKSAND. The themes of quest for racial identity in Nella Larsen's Quicksand and the protagonist's struggle with dual identity are the most commonly discussed topics in countless critical articles over the past twenty years. However, Larsen's p...
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Clinical Rating Scale for Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration: A Pilot Study. Methods: In this international cross-sectional study, patients were examined at the referral centers following a standardized protocol. The motor examination was filmed, allowing 3 independent specialists in movement disorders to...
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Systemic hemodynamics during cough induced and vasovagal syncope. Common faint and the so-called situational syncope are usually listed together in the category of \\'neurally mediated syncope\\'. Although vasovagal syncope has been subject of extensive research in the past years, its mechanism is not fully understood....
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Importance of Veins for Neurosurgery as Landmarks Against Brain Shifting Phenomenon: An Anatomical and 3D-MPRAGE MR Reconstruction of Superficial Cortical Veins. Modern neurosurgery uses preoperative imaging daily. Three-dimensional reconstruction of the cortical anatomy and of the superficial veins helps the surgeons ...
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Structural Basis for Cytochrome c Y67H Mutant to Function as a Peroxidase. The catalytic activity of cytochrome c (cyt c) to peroxidize cardiolipin to its oxidized form is required for the release of proapoptotic factors from mitochondria, and for execution of the subsequent apoptotic steps. However, the structural bas...
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In vitro activity of gemifloxacin (SB 265805; LB20304a) against human mycoplasmas. The in vitro activity of gemifloxacin, a new broad-spectrum fluoroquinolone, was compared with those of ciprofloxacin, erythromycin, azithromycin and doxycycline against 29 human respiratory or urogenital tract mycoplasmas. Gemifloxacin ...
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Far-infrared irradiation inhibits breast cancer cell proliferation independently of DNA damage through increased nuclear Ca2+/calmodulin binding modulated-activation of checkpoint kinase 2. Far-infrared (FIR) irradiation is reported to inhibit cell proliferation in various types of cancer cells; the underlying mechanis...
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Top-Down, Scalable Graphene Sheets Production: It Is All about the Precipitate. Graphene production has been widely explored and developed in the past decade. Most research has aimed at developing scalable, environmentally friendly and cheap procedures to produce defect-free graphene that can be used in a variety of ap...
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Characterization of acid-leaching cocoa pod husk (CPH) and its resulting activated carbon. In order to enhance the adsorption capacity of activated carbon (AC) from cocoa pod husk (CPH) and reuse the solution after the acid-leaching of CPH as a liquid fertilizer, CPH was first leached by acid and then used as a precurs...
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Herlyn Werner Wunderlich syndrome: A case of obstructed hemivagina with ipsilateral renal agenesis (OHVIRA syndrome) and didelphic uterus. We report a rare case of obstructed hemivagina and ipsilateral renal agenesis (OHVIRA) syndrome with a didelphic uterus. A 22-year-old female presented with infertility for one year...
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Using Fourier series to analyse mass imperfections in vibratory gyroscopes. When a vibrating structure is subjected to a rotation, the vibrating pattern rotates at a rate (called the precession rate) proportional to the inertial angular rate. This is known as Bryan's effect and it is employed to calibrate the resonator...
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A new species of Plioplatecarpus (Mosasauridae, Plioplatecarpinae) from the Bearpaw Formation (Campanian, Upper Cretaceous) of Montana, U.S.A.. MOR 1062 is a plioplatecarpine mosasaur that is represented by a nearly complete skull, complete cervical series, and partial dorsal vertebral column. The specimen, collected f...
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An efficient method for determination of the degree of substitution of cellulose esters of long chain aliphatic acids. The determination of the degree of substitution (DS) of fatty acid cellulose esters, representing a broad range of substituents (C-6, C-12, C-18 and C-22), was performed by alkaline hydrolysis of the e...
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In vivo Use of Dextran-based Anterograde Cortical Tracers to Assess the Integrity of the Cortical Spinal Tract. When injected into the motor cortex of rats, anterograde tracers label fibers of the associated descending corticospinal tract (CST) that originate from pyramidal neurons in the tracer-injected cortex. These ...
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Replacement of Lys-300 with a glutamine in the NhaA Na+/H+ antiporter of Escherichia coli yields a functional electrogenic transporter. Much of the research on Na+/H+ exchange has been done in prokaryotic models, mainly on the NhaA Na+/H+-exchanger from Escherichia coli (EcNhaA). Two conserved aspartate residues, Asp-1...
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POSTOPERATIVE FATIGUE. This review has been accepted as a thesis together with nine previously published papers by the University of Copenhagen. February 2, 1995, and defended on June 2, 1995.
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An explanation of the 25% male excess mortality for all children under 5. BACKGROUND: To demonstrate that an epidemiologic probability model of a hypothesized X-linkage for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) that predicted its 50% male excess, also predicts the 25% male excess of all child mortality for ages under 5 y...
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Postmortem Femoral Blood Concentrations of Risperidone. Postmortem femoral blood concentrations of the antipsychotic drug risperidone and the active metabolite 9-hydroxyrisperidone were determined by an achiral LCMS/MS method in 38 cases. The cause of death was classified as unrelated to risperidone in 30 cases, in whi...
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Strategic revenue management of preemptive versus non-preemptive queues. Consider a two-class unobservable priority queue, with Poisson arrivals, generally distributed service, and strategic customers. Customers are charged a fee when joining the premium class. We analyze the maximum revenue achievable under the non-pr...
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QUANTUM METROLOGY WITHOUT QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT. We scrutinize the role of quantum entanglement in quantum metrology and discuss recent advances in nonlinear quantum metrology that allow improved scalings of the measurement precision with respect to the available resources. Such schemes can surpass the conventional Heis...
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Effect of Cryoprotectants on the Frozen Storage Stability of Mince and Quality of Mince-based Products from Nemipterus japonicus (Bloch, 1791). A study was undertaken to assess the effect of cryoprotectants on frozen storage stability of mince for a period of 80 days and acceptability of mince-based products from Nemip...
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Tunnelling effects and electron transport in quantum dot structures. Using an analytical model of electron confinement in quantum dots, we have calculated the tunnelling rates for electron quasi-bound states. Schrodinger equation for the disk-shaped system in consideration is readily solved both in the time-dependent a...
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Adaptive Evolution Is Common in Rapid Evolutionary Radiations. One of the most long-standing and important mysteries in evolutionary biology is why biological diversity is so unevenly distributed across space and taxonomic lineages. Nowhere is this disparity more evident than in the multitude of rapid evolutionary radi...
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Two decades of suspect evidence for adaptive molecular evolution-negative selection confounding positive-selection signals. The total evidence for natural selection at the DNA level in the last two decades is suspect.There has been a large literature in the last two decades affirming adaptive DNA sequence evolution bet...
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Analysis of Ultrasonic Seam Tensile Properties of Thermal Bonded Nonwoven Fabrics. Ultrasonic seam strength and elongation at break properties of thermal bonded nonwoven fabrics are discussed in this study; and the effects of fiber type, fabric area density, and roller type on ultrasonic tensile properties of nonwoven ...
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The compatibility of concurrent high intensity interval training and resistance training for muscular strength and hypertrophy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to assess the effect of concurrent high intensity interval training (HIIT) and resistance trai...
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Reflective Groundcover Improves Fruit Skin Color in 'Honeycrisp' Apples Grown under Protective Netting. In semiarid apple (Malus domestica) growing regions, high temperatures and excessive solar radiation can increase the risk of sunburn development. Protective netting is increasingly used as a cultural practice under ...
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Prediction of Piled Raft Foundation Settlement - A Case Study. Piled raft foundation is an effective foundation method. For the last few decades, the rapid growth of cities all over the world led to a tremendous increase in the number as well as the height of high-rise and super high-rise buildings, even in unfavourabl...
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Determination of scattering properties and damage thresholds in tissue using ultrafast laser ablation. Ultrafast laser surgery of tissue requires precise knowledge of the tissue's optical properties to control the extent of subsurface ablation. Here, we present a method to determine the scattering lengths, e(s), and fl...
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Well-posedness and analyticity of the Cauchy problem for the multi-component Novikov equation. In this paper, we are concerned with the Cauchy problem of the multi-component Novikov equation. We establish the local well-posedness in a range of the Besov spaces by using Littlewood-Paley decomposition and transport equat...
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How to proceed after 'negative' exome: A review on genetic diagnostics, limitations, challenges, and emerging new multiomics techniques. Exome sequencing (ES) in the clinical setting of inborn metabolic diseases (IMDs) has created tremendous improvement in achieving an accurate and timely molecular diagnosis for a grea...
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SELECTION OF TRANSMITTER RESPONSES AT SITES OF NEURITE CONTACT DURING SYNAPSE FORMATION BETWEEN IDENTIFIED LEECH NEURONS. 3. The channels underlying the depolarizing response to 5-HT were identified in patch clamp recordings from P cell growth cones. These cation channels showed rare, brief openings in the absence of 5...
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Serum albumin binds beta- and alpha-monoolein in vitro. We investigated the interaction of bovine serum albumin (BSA) and monoolein (MO) and estimated the number of BSA binding sites for the alpha- and beta -isomers of MO. The turbidity of increasing concentrations of aqueous dispersions of alpha -MO and beta -MO in th...
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Association of Occupational Risk Factors with the Level of Lumbar Disc Nucleus Pulposus Herniation. Background: Lumbar disc nucleus pulposus herniation causes functional and life quality impairment.Objective: To evaluate the association of various occupations with increased risk of lumbar disc herniation.Study Design: ...
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Assessment of index value performance of enzyme immunoassay test in predicting the diagnosis of human brucellosis. Introduction: Clinical presentation of brucellosis is variable. Therefore, it must be confirmed with laboratory findings. Standard tube agglutination test (STAT) is commonly used for diagnosis of brucellos...
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High susceptibility of human c-Ha-ras protooncogene transgenic rats to carcinogenesis: A cancer-prone animal model. Transgenic animals carrying human c-Ha-ras proto-oncogene, v-Ha-ras transgenic mice, pim-1 transgenic mice and several knockout mice deficient of tumor suppressor genes, such as p53, have been shown to ex...
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INFRARED SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY OF THE PRODUCTS OF THERMAL-DEGRADATION OF POLYAMIDES IN INERT ATMOSPHERE. Infrared spectra were measured of condensates generated by heating polyamide-6, polyamide-12, polyamide-11, polyamide-8 and polyamide-6,6 in inert atmosphere at 300, 350, 400, 500, and 600-degrees-C for various time. ...
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Indicators of Absolute and Relative Changes in Skeletal Muscle Mass during Adulthood and Ageing. This study aimed to explore the set of variables related to skeletal muscle mass (SMM) in both sexes, and to create age- and sex-related models of changes in SMM, using the most representative indicator of muscular status. ...
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