Blastocystis and Giardia duodenalis infection in a male prison in Spain by Carla Muñoz-Antoli, Jacklyn Comas, María José Irisarri-Gutiérrez, Lucrecia Acosta, José Guillermo Esteban, Rafael Toledo

“…Methods: Detection of intestinal parasites was achieved in 471 male prison inmates by standard microscopic procedures on their stool samples. Positive samples were processed by PCR amplification of a 600-bp fragment of the Blastocystis SSU rRNA gene and partial sequences of the Giardia duodenalis bg genes. …”
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Aging damage characteristics of acid‐etched sandstone samples by Aohan Zhao, Yankun Ma, Tong Zhang, Xi Zhang

“…Abstract To investigate the erosive damage effect of the acidic solution on sandstone, experiments were conducted to examine the macro‐ and micro‐characteristics of sandstone samples under different acid etching times. Microscopic morphology changes, pore structure characteristics, mineral composition changes, and mechanical response characteristics were obtained before and after acid etching. …”
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Toxicologic Assessment of a Commercial Decolorized Whole Leaf Aloe Vera Juice, Lily of the Desert Filtered Whole Leaf Juice with Aloesorb by Inder Sehgal, Wallace D. Winters, Michael Scott, Andrew David, Glenn Gillis, Thaya Stoufflet, Anand Nair, Konstantine Kousoulas

“…These rats had intestinal mucosal morphologies—examined grossly and microscopically—that were similar to controls. Our studies show that oral administration of this DCWL aloe juice has a different toxicology profile than that of the untreated aloe juice at exposures up to 13 weeks.…”
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Pancreatic Tail Schwannoma in a 44-Year-Old Male: A Case Report and Literature Review by Ahmed Abu-Zaid, Ayman Azzam, Hussam Abou Al-Shaar, Abdullah M. Alshammari, Tarek Amin, Shamayel Mohammed

“…Patient underwent surgical resection of pancreatic tail. Microscopic and immunohistochemical examination of the pancreatic tail specimen showed ancient schwannoma. …”
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Impact of Vitamin D on Skin Aging, and Age-Related Dermatological Conditions by Sankalya S. Ambagaspitiya, Gayan A. Appuhamillage, Sunil J. Wimalawansa

“…Throughout a person’s life, the skin undergoes both intrinsic and extrinsic aging, leading to microscopic and macroscopic changes in its morphology. …”
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Durability and microstructure of waste slurry based geopolymer concrete by Yifan Mao, Peng Zhang, Zhen Gao, Yuanxun Zheng, Mengyuan Zheng

“…In light of the results of orthogonal experiments, the optimal mixture for WSGPC was ascertained as follows: the SP content of 60%, the AA dosage of 29% and the AA modulus of 1.3. The microscopic experimental outcome exhibited that the amorphous gels, filling the pores in WSGPC, were mounted up with the SP percentage raising. …”
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Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis as an unusual type of renal involvement in sarcoidosis: a case report by K. Graňák, M. Vnučák, P. Kleinová, T. Blichová, A. Kollár, I. Dedinská

“…During differential diagnosis process, we found nephrotic range proteinuria with microscopic hematuria; autoantibody panel was completely negative. …”
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An Experimental Study on Solidifying Municipal Sewage Sludge through Skeleton Building Using Cement and Coal Gangue by Jiankang Yang, Haijun Lu, Xiong Zhang, Jixiang Li, Weiwei Wang

“…Based upon the experimental results, the mechanisms of the skeleton building using cement and coal gangue were discussed and factors controlling the mechanical and hydraulic behavior of the solidified soils were analyzed at both microscopic and macroscopic levels. Based upon the test results and analyses, recommendations were made for solidifying municipal sewage sludge through skeleton building using cement and coal gangue. …”
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Influence of Hydrogen Content on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of ER5183 Wires by Yilong Han, Songbai Xue, Renli Fu, Lihao Lin, Zhongqiang Lin, Yinyin Pei, Huawei Sun

“…The hydrogen content of the ER5183 wires was measured, the macroscopic and microscopic morphologies of fractures were observed as well as the microstructure of the wires, and the tensile strength of the wires was also tested and investigated. …”
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Successful Resection of Isolated Para-Aortic Lymph Node Recurrence from Advanced Sigmoid Colon Cancer following 156 Courses of FOLFIRI Regimen by Kaoru Takeshima, Kazuo Yamafuji, Atsunori Asami, Hideo Baba, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Hidena Takahashi, Chisato Takagi, Kiyoshi Kubochi

“…Accordingly, lymph node resection was performed with microscopically negative margins. The patient maintained a good quality of life without any side effects throughout the whole course of his treatment and remains disease-free at 24 months without chemotherapy after resection of the isolated PLN. …”
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Operando spin observation elucidating performance-improvement mechanisms during operation of Ruddlesden–Popper Sn-based perovskite solar cells by Yizhou Chen, Seira Yamaguchi, Atsushi Sato, Dong Xue, Kazuhiro Marumoto

“…Ruddlesden–Popper (RP) Sn-based perovskites are considered promising candidates as absorbers that improve the performance and stability of Sn-based PSCs. However, microscopic understanding of performance-enhancing mechanisms remains insufficient. …”
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Intraventricular Neurilemmoma (Schwannoma): Shall GFAP Immunostaining Be Regarded as a Histogenetical Tag or as a Mere Histomimetical Trait? by Miguel Fdo. Salazar, Martha Lilia Tena Suck, Daniel Rembao Bojórquez, Citlaltepetl Salinas Lara

“…Neuroimaging scans showed a bulky, multiloculated, intraventricular tumour emerging from the posterior horn of the left lateral ventricle. Microscopically, the lesion put on view the classical schwannian histology: spindle cells arranged in both compact and loosely textured areas. …”
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Mature Cystic Teratoma of the Fallopian Tube in a Postmenopausal Woman: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Mustafa Erkan Sari, Ozhan Ozdemir, Pinar Kadirogullari, Funda Arpaci Ertugrul, Cemal Resat Atalay

“…A laparotomy revealed a 9 × 10 cm cystic mass within the fimbrial region in the right fallopian tube, and right salpingoopherectomy was performed consequently. Microscopic examination revealed squamous epithelium with sebaceous glands and hair follicles, and pseudostratified ciliated respiratory epithelium with cartilage and mucous glands. …”
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A Case of Placental Mesenchymal Dysplasia by Shigeki Taga, Junko Haraga, Mari Sawada, Aya Nagai, Dan Yamamoto, Ryoji Hayase

“…Placenta of 20 × 16 × 2 cm, weighing 720 g, was bulky with grape like vesicles involving whole placenta. Microscopic examination revealed dilated villi and vessels with thick wall which was lacking trophoblast proliferation. …”
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Research on the Application Potential of New Nano-Oil Displacement Agents to Improve Shale Oil Recovery Rates by Haibo He, Jixiang Guo, Bo Wang, Yuzhi Zhang, Fan Lei, Tao Wang, Tiantian Zhang, Jing Wang

“…When the concentration increased to 2.0%, the interfacial tension further decreased to 0.071 mN/m, at which point the viscosity reduction rate for shale oil reached 92.02%, and the imbibition recovery rate was 36.57%. Microscopic observations revealed that SDP-3 could disperse shale oil into fibrous and spherical forms, effectively detaching the adhering shale oil from minute pores. …”
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Clinical Validation of an Office-Based 14C-UBT (Heliprobe) for H. pylori Diagnosis in Iranian Dyspeptic Patients by Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei, Omid Sanaei, Farahnaz Joukar

“…One of the antral biopsies was utilized for a rapid urease test (RUT), and three others were evaluated under microscopic examination. Sera from all patients were investigated for the presence of H. pylori IgG antibodies. …”
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Importance of NAB2-STAT6 Fusion in the Diagnosis of Pancreatic Solitary Fibrous Tumor with Hamartoma-Like Features: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Kei Tanaka, Takashi Kishimoto, Masayuki Ohtsuka, Yukio Nakatani, Masaru Miyazaki

“…A pancreatic well-demarcated solid nodule, 21×17 mm, of 82-year-old man was surgically enucleated. Microscopic findings were close to a pancreatic hamartoma that consisted of sparsely distributed pancreatic ducts and acini in heavily collagenized fibrous stroma. …”
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‘Ship-in-a-Bottle’ Integration of pH-Sensitive 3D Proteinaceous Meshes into Microfluidic Channels by Daniela Serien, Koji Sugioka, Aiko Narazaki

“…Fs-LDW enables the construction of microscopic proteinaceous meshes that exhibit dynamic functions such as pH sensing and might find applications for filtering particles in microfluidic channels.…”
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Isolated Infra-Orbital Nerve Schwannoma by Debjyoti Mallick, Saumitra Kumar, Rojan Ravi, Ankita Atin Mukherjee

“…Histopathological examination of the excised lesion showed grossly firm and gray mass. Microscopically the lesion showed admixture of dense and loose areas referred to as Antoni A and Antoni B areas respectively. …”
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Characterization of Seminiferous Epithelium Stages in the Wild Javan Muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak muntjak) Using the Tubular Morphology Method by Sri Wahyuni, Gholib Gholib, I Ketut Mudite Adnyane, Muhammad Agil, Hamny Hamny, Srihadi Agungpriyono, Tuty Laswardi Yusuf

“…The number and the relative frequencies of seminiferous epithelium stages and the morphometry of germinal cell nuclei were identified microscopically. We identified eight stages of seminiferous epithelium in testicular tissue of the Javan muntjac and found that the relative frequencies of stages I to VIII were 14.87, 15.12, 17.75, 6.87, 7.37, 12.37, 13, and 12.62%, respectively. …”
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