Targeting Liver Biopsies For Optimal Biopsy Site In Diffused Liver Disease Using Real-Time Shear Wave Elastography: A Prospective, Single Center Study by Naushaba Malik, Shahbakht Aftab, Rida Noor, Noor Aftab, Rizwan, Rehan

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A Moving Boundary Model for Isothermal Drying and Shrinkage of Chayote Discoid Samples: Comparison between the Fully Analytical and the Shortcut Numerical Approaches by Alessandra Adrover, Antonio Brasiello

“…A moving boundary model for food isothermal drying and shrinkage is applied to predict the time decay of water content and sample volume, as well as water diffusivity for chayote discoid slices in the temperature range 40–70°C. …”
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Development of the Diffusive Gradient in Thin Film (DGT) Method with CaO/Biochar Binding Agent from Eggshells and Rice Straw Waste for Determining the Concentration of Phosphate by Asep Saefumillah, Siti Zahara

“…The DGT technique is an in situ sample preparation technique for identifying the presence of phosphate, a labile species. …”
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Effects of La doping on diffused ferroelectric phase transition, electric and dielectric properties of lead-free SrBi2Ta2O9 ceramics by Afqir Mohamed, Fasquelle Didier, Tachafine Amina, Elaatmani Mohamed, Meng Yingzhi, Daoud Mohamed

“…Thus, further investigation was performed on the sample sintered at 1100°C for 6 h. The obvious change in ε′ around TC and diffusive phase transition, pronounced for the ceramics with higher La content, were characteristic of the doped ceramics. …”
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Intervertebral Disc Degeneration Mediates the Causal Effect of Genetically Predicted Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis on Spinal Stenosis: Evidence From a Mendelian Randomiz... by Yanzhu Shen, Yankun Jiang, Ruichen Jiang, Yanjun Huang, Sizheng Zhan, Yuming Wang, Xiangsheng Tang, Ping Yi

“…ABSTRACT Background Previous studies have noted an association between diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) and spinal stenosis (SS), although causation is unclear. …”
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Combining a WT1 Vaccine (Galinpepimut-S) With Checkpoint Inhibition (Nivolumab) in Patients With WT1–Expressing Diffuse Pleural Mesothelioma: A Phase 1 Study by Prashasti Agrawal, MD, Michael Offin, MD, Victoria Lai, MD, Michelle S. Ginsberg, MD, Prasad S. Adusumilli, MD, FACS, Valerie W. Rusch, MD, Jennifer L. Sauter, MD, Teresa Ho, BS, Phillip Wong, PhD, Marjorie G. Zauderer, MD

“…Introduction: WT1 often presents on the surface of diffuse pleural mesotheliomas (DPMs) and is an ideal therapeutic target. …”
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Complementarity in the adoption of traceability of beef cattle in Brazil by Marcela de Mello Brandão Vinholis, Hildo Meirelles de Souza Filho, Marcelo José Carrer, Waldomiro Barioni Junior, Fabio Ribas Chaddad

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Semi-market mathematical model of radio electronic maintenance of anti-air missile arms by Volodymyr Mirnenko, Serghij Kitik

“…The analytical dependence of the technical utilization coefficient on the parameters of the scale and shape of the diffusion-nonmonotonic distribution, the frequency of maintenance, the duration of the complete restoration of the equipment sample, the probability of a failure signal is established. …”
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Diffusion-driven L10 FePt phase formation in Fe/Ag(Au)/Pt and Pt/Ag(Au)/Fe trilayers with inverted layer stacking by G.L. Katona, P.V. Makushko, N.Y. Schmidt, O. Lik, T.I. Verbytska, G. Beddies, D.L. Beke, M. Albrecht, Yu.M. Makogon

“…Isothermal annealing of the samples was carried out in vacuum at 700°С for different annealing times up to 30 min. …”
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Research on gradient aging behaviors of asphalt and decay characteristics of its properties under complex UV radiation conditions based on component diffusion and aging kinetics th... by Hengbin Liu, Zhongnan Tian, Ying Fang, Zhengqi Zhang, Yulong Zhao, Peng Hu, Kun Wang

“…Then, the aged asphalt samples were stripped layer by layer through the stratified elution method. …”
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Cadmium Bioavailability Based on Diffusive Gradients in Thin Films Technique and Conventional Chemical Extraction in High Geological Background Soil Area of Northwestern Zhejiang P... by Chao WU, Binbin SUN, Xiaomeng CHENG, Dong LIU, Yu QIAO, Ling He, Daoming ZENG

“…However, chemical extraction methods have some drawbacks, including differences between the extraction principle and crop absorption process, a lack of universality in the extracts, redistribution and re-adsorption during the extraction process, and most notably, the failure to take into account dynamic changes in heavy metal concentrations in the root environment.　　Diffusive gradients in thin-films (DGT) technique is a new biomimetic in-situ sampling technique, which has been widely used to assess the bioavailability of various elements in soil, water, sediment and other environmental media in recent years. …”
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Fluxo difusivo de fósforo em função de doses e da umidade do solo Influence of phosphorus doses and soil moisture on diffusion flow by José P. V. da Costa, Nairam F. de Barros, Abel W. de Albuquerque, Gilson Moura Filho, José R. Santos

“…The effects of the soil water content and phosphorus doses on the diffusion flow into soil were assessed in samples from the superficial layers of five soils. …”
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Machine learning for detection of diffusion abnormalities-related respiratory changes among normal, overweight, and obese individuals based on BMI and pulmonary ventilation paramet... by Xin-Yue Song, Xin-Peng Xie, Wen-Jing Xu, Yu-Jia Cao, Bin-Miao Liang

“…This cohort consisted of 287 individuals with normal diffusion capacity (DN) and 153 with diffusion abnormalities (DA). …”
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Comparison of different neurite density metrics with brain asymmetry evaluation by Ivan I. Maximov, Lars T. Westlye

“…In the present study, we estimated AWF metrics using different diffusion approaches and compared measures of brain asymmetry between the different metrics in a sub-sample of 182 subjects from the UK Biobank. …”
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Effect of Expanded Perlite and Exfoliated Vermiculite Aggregate Additives on Water Vapor Permeability Performance of Cement-Based Lightweight Mortars by Lütfullah Gündüz, Sevket Onur Kalkan

“…Vapor retarders are used to control vapor diffusion through wall sections and surfaces. All building materials provide some resistance to vapor diffusion, and the amount of resistance varies depending on the material’s properties. …”

Neonatal inflammation and near-term white matter microstructure in infants born very preterm by Kathryn G. Anderson, Molly F. Lazarus, Lisa Bruckert, Rocio V. Poblaciones, Melissa Scala, Virginia A. Marchman, Heidi M. Feldman, Katherine E. Travis

“…Due to imbalance of GA in the full sample, secondary ANCOVA analyses were performed in a GA-matched subset (n = 42) to further isolate the effect of inflammation. …”
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Test Signal Selection for Determining the Sound Scattering Coefficient in a Reverberation Chamber by Tadeusz KAMISIŃSKI, Krzysztof BRAWATA, Adam PILCH, Jarosław RUBACHA, Marcin ZASTAWNIK

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Influence of thermal damage on chloride penetration in concrete: Experimental and theoretical modeling by Ayman N. Ababneh, Rajai Al-Rousan, Saleh Alsharman, Basma H. Al-shorman

“…This study investigates the effect of thermal damage on chloride penetration in concrete by analyzing experimental data obtained from 70 cylindrical and prismatic samples with compressive strengths of 34 and 43 MPa. …”
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Molecular Identification and Determination of Antifungal Susceptibility Profile of Candida Species Isolated from AIDS Patients in Ahwaz City by Maryam Hatami, Maryam Erfaninejad, Akbar Hoseinnejad, Mahnaz Fatahinia

“…The aim of this study was to do molecular identification and determine the antifungal susceptibility profile of Candida species, isolated from the mouths of AIDS patients by the disk diffusion method. Materials and Methods: This study included 50 samples collected from the oral cavity of 50 AIDS patients with oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC) in Ahvaz City. …”
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Surface Alloying Of Titanium With Nickel By Using Cathodic Arc Based Plasma Treatment by Nagihan Sezgin, Erkan Kaçar, Kürşat Kazmanlı, Mustafa Ürgen

“…The effect ofsubstrate temperature and cathode current were investigated on microstructureof the samples. This process provides rapid diffusion of nickel into thetitanium and high diffusion depths were obtained compared to literaturestudies.…”
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