Acute hyperammonemic encephalopathy masquerading as postoperative delirium in a patient who underwent lung surgery: a case report by Chao-Qin Chen, Zhen-Ping Hu, Xu-Jie Ma, Xiao-Dong Tang, Xia Zheng, Yong-Xing Yao

“…Consequently, the patient underwent tracheal intubation and continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration, along with comprehensive supportive treatments, including intracranial pressure reduction and antiviral and gamma globulin therapy. …”
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Assessment of thermo-mechanical performance of lightweight fibre-reinforced LECA concrete for enhanced energy efficiency by Idris Ahmed Ja'e, Zakaria Che Muda, Chiemela Victor Amaechi, Hamad Almujibah, Agusril Syamsir, Teh Hee Min, Ali E.A. Elshekh, Maaz Osman Bashir

“…Furthermore, the hybrid fibre concrete shows a 5 % reduction in thermal conductivity and diffusivity relative to STF concrete, coupled with increased specific heat and thermal effusivity at elevated temperatures in both concrete, signifying the exceptional energy performance efficiency of LECA concrete across varying temperatures.…”
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Effect of heat treatment on the microstructure and mechanical properties of TiAl alloys by Bo Li, Mengyao Tian, Lihan Feng, Da Wu, Hongjian Guo, Yimin Gao, Yitong Xu, Chen An, Chenyu Liang

“…The increase in microhardness was primarily attributed to the reduction in interlamellar spacing and the increase in strength due to solid solution. …”
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The Mycobacterium ulcerans toxin mycolactone causes destructive Sec61-dependent loss of the endothelial glycocalyx and vessel basement membrane to drive skin necrosis by Louise Tzung-Harn Hsieh, Belinda S Hall, Jane Newcombe, Tom A Mendum, Sonia Santana Varela, Yagnesh Umrania, Michael J Deery, Wei Q Shi, Josué Diaz-Delgado, Francisco J Salguero, Rachel E Simmonds

“…The drivers of tissue necrosis in Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli ulcer disease) have historically been ascribed solely to the directly cytotoxic action of the diffusible exotoxin, mycolactone. However, its role in the clinically evident vascular component of disease aetiology remains poorly explained. …”
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Rotational Force Mitigation Systems in Cycling Helmets: A Narrative Review of the Effectiveness of MIPS, WaveCel and SPIN in Preventing Traumatic Brain Injuries by Jan Urban, Jan Noskowicz, Magdalena Próchnicka, Dominika Nowak, Adam Zarzycki, Michał Siwek, Jakub Hamouta, Patrycja Długosz, Julia Konat, Wiktor Doroszuk

“…MIPS shows consistent reduction in rotational acceleration across various impact conditions. …”
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Effects of sacubitril/valsartan on hypertensive heart disease: the REVERSE-LVH randomized phase 2 trial by Vivian Lee, Mayank Dalakoti, Qishi Zheng, Desiree-Faye Toh, Redha Boubertakh, Jennifer A. Bryant, Tar-Choon Aw, Chi-Hang Lee, A. Mark Richards, Javed Butler, Javier Díez, Roger Foo, Stuart A. Cook, Carolyn SP Lam, Thu-Thao Le, Calvin WL Chin

“…Abstract Diffuse interstitial fibrosis is associated with adverse outcomes in hypertensive heart disease and may be reversible. …”
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Case report: Prolonged and severe hungry bone syndrome after parathyroidectomy in X-linked hypophosphatemia by Giulia Puliani, Valeria Hasenmajer, Matteo Spaziani, Matteo Spaziani, Federico Frusone, Chiara Tarantino, Francesco Angelini, Ludovica Vincenzi, Riccardo Lubrano, Alessia Marcellino, Marco Biffoni, Andrea M. Isidori, Andrea M. Isidori

“…Histopathological examination revealed diffuse microscopical hyperplasia of the parathyroid glands. …”
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A case of refractory immune checkpoint inhibitor‐induced colitis with Clostridioides difficile infection by Yukito Okura, Katsumasa Kobayashi, Yurina Yamada, Makoto Furuya, Naoki Kitano, Eri Oshina, Mana Matsuoka, Takahito Nozaka, Yoshihiro Tashiro, Ayako Sato, Masato Yauchi, Taichi Matsumoto, Yohei Furumoto, Toru Asano, Seishin Azuma

“…Histopathological examination of colonic mucosa revealed diffuse inflammatory cell infiltration and apoptosis. …”
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Elevated P-Selectin in Severe Covid-19: Considerations for therapeutic options by Chiara Agrati, Veronica Bordoni, alessandra sacchi, germana grassi, nicola petrosillo, emanuele nicastri, franca del nonno, giampiero d'offizi, fabrizio palmieri, luisa marchioni, maria rosaria capobianchi, andrea antinori, giuseppe ippolito, Michele Bibas

“…BACKGROUND: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is mainly a respiratory tract disease and acute respiratory failure with diffuse microvascular pulmonary thrombosis are critical aspects of the morbidity and mortality of this new syndrome. …”
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Relationship between latent left ventricular contractile dysfunction and signs of immune inflammation in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia by N. E. Shirokov, E. I. Yaroslavskaya, D. V. Krinochkin, N. A. Musikhina, T. I. Petelina, N. A. Osokina

“…Patients were divided in 3 groups: group I (n=41) — diffuse decrease (≥4 segments the same LV level) of longitudinal strain (LS) according to STE; group II (n=67) — patients with regional decrease (LS reduction ≥3 segments corresponding to systems of the anterior, circumflex or right coronary arteries); group III — patients without visual left ventricle involvement (n=108).Results. …”
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Impregnation of porous TiO2/ZnO into MCM-41 synthesized from coal fly ash for enhanced photocatalytic activity of TiO2/ZnO@MCM-41 composites in methylene blue removal by Ardi Lukman Hakim, Inzus Etika Sari, Bunga Jasmine Nur Sabrina, Zanna Allia Nurkhalizah, Ecce Kamila Ajeng Zahabiya, Aditya Nur Hidayat, Dety Oktavia Sulistiono, R. Nida Sopiah, Yuly Kusumawati, Ratna Ediati

“…Characterization confirmed the hexagonal mesoporous structure, uniform dispersion of TiO2/ZnO, and enhanced light absorption. Ultraviolet–Visible Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy (UV–Vis DRS) results revealed a band gap reduction from 3.22 eV (TZ) to 2.77 eV (TZM), improving photocatalytic activity under UV and visible light irradiation. …”
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CRIM-negative infantile Pompe disease, long-term observation of the effect of enzyme replacement therapy: a clinical case by D. R. Sabirova, D. I. Sadykova, A. A. Kucheryavaya, A. A. Kashina, L. A. Sabirova

“…Long-term observation of the effect of enzyme replacement therapy brought positive results in the form of new motor skills, decreased content of intracellular enzymes and natriuretic peptide, reduction of myocardial hypertrophy of the left and right ventricles. …”
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Venous Malformations as a Rare Cause of Knee Joint Pain in Children and Young Adults: Clinical and Radiological Manifestations by Adam Dobek, Marcin Strzelczyk, Ludomir Stefańczyk, Dobromiła Barańska, Jan Sokal, Przemysław Przewratil

“…A history of intra-articular bleeding was noted in five (55%), leading to mild knee contracture (10° reduction in extension) and decreased mobility. Limb deformities were observed in eight (89%). …”
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Novel Pt/hydrophobic Modified Ceramic Catalyst Used in Room-temperature Hydrogen-oxygen Recombination Reaction by JIA Qingqing, HU Shilin, LIU Yaming

“…Meanwhile, the novel hydrophobic structure could also provide more sites for Pt particle depositing on the surface of the carrier, it could participate in the reaction preferentially than the inner Pt particle for the long process of reaction gas diffuse into the catalyst, which could also improve the catalytic activity in theory. …”
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Expression of secretory immunoglobulin A in gastrointestinal tract of streptococcal pneumonia rhesus monkey by CHEN Lian, LUO Qi-hui, ZHANG Yao, CHEN Zheng-li, CHENG An-chun, ZENG Wen

“…Most of the positive cells concentrated in the mucous layer and some in the blood vessel, while in the liver they were diffused. The positive cells were principally lymphocytes, hepatocytes and cells in blood vessels, still some glandular cells, endotheliocytes, non-cuticular epitheliums.The results above suggest that since SIgA plays a dominant role in the mucosal immune system, it possibly involves in the S. pneumoniae infection and may participate in the clearance of S. pneumoniae through humoral immunity, and the reduction of the antibody may be one of the reasons for S. pneumoniae infection.…”
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New horizons in microbial fuel cell technology: applications, challenges, and prospects by Tikam Chand Dakal, Nitesh Singh, Amandeep Kaur, Prabhsangam Kaur Dhillon, Janvi Bhatankar, Ramovatar Meena, Rakesh Kumar Sharma, B. R. Gadi, Bikram Sen Sahu, Asmita Patel, Buddha Singh, Kajal Kumari

“…These components include the anode, which facilitates the oxidation of organic matter, and the cathode, where the reduction of oxygen or other electron acceptors occurs. …”
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SUPRAVENTRICULAR RHYTHM DISTURBANCES TREATMENT WITH ANTIARHYTHMIC DRUG III CLASS NIBENTAN IN PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE (EXPERIMENTAL, CLINICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL EVIDENCE... by I. A. Latfullin, R. F. Gaifullina

“…Nibentan therapy did not result in blood pressure reduction. Heart rate decreased in 26.5%. Nibentan recovered sinus rhythm in 85.7% of AMI patients. …”
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Investigations of Mechanisms Leading to Capacity Differences in Li/Na/K‐Ion Batteries with Conversion‐Type Transition‐Metal Sulfides Anodes by Kunxiong Zheng, Yongbiao Mu, Meisheng Han, Jie Liu, Zhiyu Zou, Hengyuan Hu, Youqi Chu, Fenghua Yu, Wenjia Li, Lei Wei, Lin Zeng, Tianshou Zhao

“…Specifically, the increase in ionic radius will cause the increase in insertion‐reaction ion diffuse energy barrier and conversion‐reaction Gibbs free energies of phase transformation to decrease reaction kinetics, which causes a decrease in conversion degree and an increase in size of conversion products, thus leading to reduction in capacity. …”
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A first study of the complex-concentrated-alloy W38Ta36Cr15V11 in Pisces-RF high-flux deuterium plasma by M.T. Vigil, S. Faulhaber, M.I. Patino, A. Založnik, D. Nishijima, M.J. Simmonds, B. Schwendeman, K. Vecchio, G.R. Tynan, M.J. Baldwin

“…Accompanying the compositional change, transient grating spectroscopy analysis, taken pre- and post-plasma exposure on the 1023 K exposed target, revealed ∼30% reduction in surface thermal diffusivity from 9.4×10−6 m2s−1 to 6.7×10−6 m2s−1. …”
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Green synthesis of ultrafine zinc oxide nanoparticles for photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue dye: Optimization and kinetic studies by Muthusamy Kandasamy, Santhanakrishnan Suresh, Perumal Rameshkumar, Rajendran Jayasree, Panneerselvam Sathishkumar, Prem Gunnasegaran, Niraj S Topare, Sekar Thambidurai, Jemini Arumugam, Rajendran Jothilakshmi, Nalandhiran Pugazhenthiran

“…Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) were synthesized using Phyllanthus acidus leaf extract by means of its reduction and stabilization tendency. The prepared ZnO NPs were systematically characterized by X-ray diffraction, Rietveld refinement, Brunauer–Emmett–Teller, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and UV–Visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy techniques. …”
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