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Open AccessDevelopment and validation of a simple tool composed of items on dyspnea, respiration rates, and C-reactive protein for pneumonia prediction among acute febrile respiratory illness patients in primary care settings
Acute febrile respiratory illness (AFRI) patients are susceptible to pneumonia and suffer from significant morbidity and mortality throughout the world. In primary care settings, the situation is worse. Limite...
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Open AccessCXCR4 knockdown prevents inflammatory cytokine expression in macrophages by suppressing activation of MAPK and NF-κB signaling pathways
Recent evidence has shown that C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4) plays a crucial role in acute lung injury (ALI). Macrophages are key factors in the pathogenesis of ALI. The aim of this study was to inve...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Research on Welding Stresses During Phase Transformation
In this paper, the stresses variation during phase transformation and its influence on residual stresses in low-alloy steel are investigated by means of thermal elastic-plastic finite element analysis. Three m...