In Vitro Cytotoxicity Study of Pt Nanoparticles Decorated TiO2 Nanotube Array by Shaymaa Rajab Baqer, Abdulkareem Alsammarraie, Mahasin Alias, Mohammad Al-Halbosiy, Amaal Sadiq

“…The MCF-7 cancer cell lines and WRL68 normal cell lines were treated with concentration 800, 400,200,100, 50, 25, 12.5µg\ml of TiO2NTs and Pt\TiO2NTs(1) and (2) for 48hours using MTT assay.IC50 and inhibition rate were calculated. The result shows that the Pt\TiO2NTs have more inhibition effect on cancer cell lines than TiO2NTs array.…”
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IgG4-Related Disease in a Urachal Tumor by Travis W. Dum, Da Zhang, Eugene K. Lee

“…The patient underwent a partial cystectomy and umbilectomy with pathology demonstrating dense plasmacytic cells, a high rate of immunohistochemistry staining positive for IgG4 plasma cells, a storiform pattern of fibrosis, and an obliterative phlebitis. …”
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Massive Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Caused by Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma by O. Telci Caklili, H. H. Mutlu, Y. Colak, E. Ozturk, D. Kosemetin Dover, I. Tuncer

“…In physical examination patient was pale and sweaty; his vitals were unstable with a heart rate of 110 per minute and a blood pressure of 90/50 mmHg. …”
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Numerical Study Of The Shape And Dimensions Of The Blocks In The Energy Dissipation Of Stilling Basin by elham jafari, Hassan Ahmadi

“…In addition to evaluating the accuracy of the model in simulating the flow pattern in the relaxation ponds, the numerical study of the effect of the shape and dimensions of the threshold blocks on the energy dissipation rate And the hydraulic jump of the pond was relaxed. …”
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Intracranial Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas: A Systematic Approach—Diagnosis, Classification, and Endovascular Treatment by Skander Sammoud, Nadia Hammami

“…A personalized case-by-case approach accomplishes a high complete treatment grade with a low complication rate. This review highlights the epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, classification, diagnosis, and endovascular treatment of patients with intracranial DAVFs.…”
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Comparative virulence analysis of seven diverse strains of Orientia tsutsugamushi reveals a multifaceted and complex interplay of virulence factors responsible for disease. by Panjaporn Chaichana, Naphat Satapoomin, Chitrasak Kullapanich, Suthida Chuenklin, Aisha Mohammad, Manutsanun Inthawong, Erin E Ball, Thomas P Burke, Piyanate Sunyakumthorn, Jeanne Salje

“…We found that there was no single gene or gene group that correlated with virulence, and no clear pattern of in vitro growth rate that predicted disease. …”
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Characteristics of Spatial and Temporal Evolution of Extreme Precipitation in Haihe River Basin and Analysis of Future Trends by LI Jia, HUANG Lingmei, SHEN Ao, SHI Rongqing, SHEN Manhua, YU Xiaobo

“…In terms of spatial changes, compared with historical periods, the area where the rate of change of the extreme precipitation index increases under the high-emission scenario has significantly expanded. ④On a seasonal scale, the growth trends of the maximum one-day precipitation and the maximum five-day precipitation have significantly strengthened in summer and autumn, a change that may lead to more severe heavy rainfall and flooding in summer and autumn.…”
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Dynamics of seasonal rabies incidence in animals in Azerbaijan by Ch. V. Aliyeva, Sh. K. Zeynalova

“…To assess the epizootological and epidemiological risks of rabies in the country, the disease frequency rate among various animal species was studied by year. …”
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Task switching with probabilistic reward schemes by Markus Janczyk, Ludwig Danwitz, Kerstin Fröber, Bettina von Helversen

“…Specifically, an increase in reward prospect appears to enhance flexibility, as indicated by a higher voluntary switch rate (VSR), compared to situations where the reward prospect remains high. …”
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Parathyroid Involvement by Thyroid Carcinoma: Results from a Single Institution and a Review of the Literature by Ran Hong

“…All patients exhibited PTG Pattern A (direct invasion). <i>Conclusions:</i> Based on our findings and literature data, PTG involvement by TC has an incidence rate of 0.05–3.9%, predominantly affects women in their sixth to seventh decade of life, and appears to have no impact on prognosis unless accompanied by extensive extrathyroidal invasion. …”
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Physiological and Gene Expression Responses of Crassostrea ariakensis to Salinity Stress by Miaomiao YANG, Sudong XIA, Zhihong LIU, Xiujun SUN, Liqing ZHOU, Peizhen MA, Zhuanzhuan LI, Biao WU

“…The respiration, ammonia excretion, ingestion, and clearance rates of the oysters were measured using the static water method. …”
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Reliability Evaluation and Preventive Maintenance Strategy Selection of Traction Substation Equipment Considering Its Wear Degree by E. E. Bakeev, A. I. Sharapova

“…Existing testing and preventive maintenance pattern is meant for the equipment which actual term of service does not exceed the maximum allowable one. …”
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Clustering analysis of volatile organic compound biomarkers with tobacco exposure and the association with cardiovascular health outcomes in an observation study cohort by Juan Zhao, Haoyun Hong, Joseph Zhai, Remy Poudel, Sanjay Srivastava, Andrew C. Stokes, Pawel K. Lorkiewicz, Tian Jiang, Rose Marie Robertson, Aruni Bhatnagar, Jennifer L. Hall, Naomi M. Hamburg, Rachel J. Keith

“…After adjustment for age, sex, and race, Cluster 2 was associated with a higher heart rate (β=3.29; 95% CI: -0.26–6.84; p<0.05) compared to Cluster 1. …”
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Paradox of Low CA-125 in Patients with Decompensated Congestive Heart Failure by Raquel López-Vilella, Borja Guerrero Cervera, Víctor Donoso Trenado, Julia Martínez-Solé, Sara Huélamo Montoro, Valero Soriano Alfonso, Franco Appiani, Luis Martínez Dolz, Luis Almenar-Bonet

“…Scheduled admissions, transfers from other hospitals, pulmonary congestion patterns, mixed patterns, and low output were the exclusion criteria. …”
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Investigating thermal effects on void formation in electromigration using thermoreflectance imaging by Kengo ARAKI, Kanji TAMAI, Reiko KURIYAMA, Kazuya TATSUMI

“…Furthermore, the void growth rate and the line temperature near the voids followed an exponential relation in the void growth period. …”
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Predictive Growth Modeling of Listeria monocytogenes in Rice Balls and Its Risk Assessment by Seoungsoon Yeo, Misook Kim

“…The effects of temperature on bacterial growth rate and lag time were evaluated using the square root model. …”
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Mouthwash Use in General Population: Results from Adult Dental Health Survey in Grampian, Scotland by Kirstin Rhodes, Rochelle Morgan, Iain Bovaird, Claudia Cunningham, Michal M. Kawecki, Tatiana V. Macfarlane, Ray Watkins

“…Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the pattern of mouthwash use and to investigate the associated factors in general population.Material and Methods: An Adult Dental Health Survey was conducted on 3,022 residents of Grampian region of Scotland (adjusted participation rate 58.2%). …”
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Experience with Early Enteral Feeding in a Patient with Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation by V. V. Lomivorotov, S. M Yefremov, A. V. Bogachev, I. A. Kornilov

“…In addition, an inverse correlation was found between the serum concentration of lactate and the daily volume of diuresis. The rate of hourly diuresis had a direct correlation with respiratory index and an inverse correlation with oxygenation index. …”
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The 2015 guidelines for the laboratory diagnosis of rheumatic diseases by the All-Russian Public Organization «Association of Rheumatology of Russia» by E. N. Aleksandrova, A. A. Novikov, E. L. Nasonov

“…The important laboratory markers of RDs are acutephase indicators (erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein, etc.) that can assess the inflammatory activity of the disease, its progression pattern, and prognosis during the chronic inflammatory process, as well as therapeutic efficiency. …”
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An analysis of spatial distribution characteristics and driving factors of traditional villages in the Loess Plateau. by Xiaobin Bao, Yingna Yang, Jianqing Qi, Yanbing He

“…Among them, the density of cultural heritage sites (q = 0.546) is the primary driving factor, followed by annual precipitation (q = 0.458), population size (q = 0.457), and urbanization rate (q = 0.354). The interaction between factors is significant and mostly shows non-linear enhancement, for instance, the interactive explanatory power of population size and the density of cultural heritage sites is as high as 0.852.…”
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