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Medical Published: Nov 27, 2020
Targeted Embolization for Blebs of Ruptured Fusiform Aneurysm Using Very Small-Diameter Ultra-Soft Coils in the Vicinity of the Anterior Communicating Artery: Report of Two Cases
Ruptured fusiform aneurysms in the vicinity of the anterior communicating artery are rare. Treatment of the aneurysms is still controversial especially when it comes to reconstructive treatment of parent artery. It is not clear yet that we should treat whole part of fusiform aneurysms when it bleed. Herein, we report…
-Takahiro Ogishima, Shogo Imae2, Youhei Sato, Osamu Tone
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Lifesciences Published: Nov 20, 2020
Exposure to Wollastonite in a Mining and Milling Facility A Prospective Cohort Study
In March of 2016, the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) adopted a new threshold limit value (TLV®) for “calcium silicate, naturally occurring as wollastonite” (Chemical Abstract Service number 13983?17?0). The adopted recommendation is a TLV®– time weighted average (TWA) of 1 mg/m3 inhalable particulate matter, containing no asbestos…
-Matt Stewart*, and Andrew Ghio
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Medical Published: Sep 18, 2020
A Rare Case of Peritoneal Carcinomatosis Leading to Bowel Obstruction Due to Metastatic Lung Cancer
In this report, we present a rare case of a 52-year-old male patient with a history of smoking who presented to the emergency room with acute abdominal pain and vomiting. The patient was diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) one month prior. Abdominal computerized tomography (CT) scan showed peritoneal…
-Molly S. Jain, Enkhmaa Luvsannyam, Abubaker R.Kallan, Nasihudeen Azizz, Abbas Hasnie, Austin F. Ties
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Medical Published: Aug 05, 2020
A Viral Challenge Pig Model with Porcine Circovirus Disease
This study was to establish a viral challenge pig model with porcine circovirus disease (PCVD) suitable for the need of research and development (R&D) of PCVD vaccines. Development of a porcine circovirus (PCV) challenge pig model that complies with the development of PCVD vaccines will shorten the R&D time of…
-Chia-Chi Chen, Ying-Ching Hung,Chia-Yu Lin,Tzu-Yun Chi, Hsiao-Yun Chen,Chien-Chao Chiu, Ping-Min Hua
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Medical Published: Dec 07, 2017
Modified Nag Assay Procedure to Diagnose Obstructive Azoospermia
The objective was to assess the usefulness of modified neutral beta- glucosidase (NAG) assay procedure in the diagnosis of obstructive azoospermia. Ejaculates from 30 normozoospermic men, 27 azoospermic men and 24 men before and after vasectomy were analyzed. Relative NAG activity was determined at 30 and 90 minute time points…
-Rajasingam S. Jeyendran, Milica Ivanovic, Krithika Jeyendran, and Seth Levrant
