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Multiple vertebral compression fractures in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient with glucocorticoid-induced Cushing syndrome treated with percutaneous vertebroplasty: a case report
The authors present a rare case of multiple vertebral compression fractures in a young female with iatrogenic glucocorticoid-induced Cushing syndrome and concomitant human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectio...
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Study of Crystallinity in μc-Si:H Films Deposited by Cat-CVD for Thin Film Solar Cell Applications
The crystallinity of the hydrogenated microcrystalline silicon (μc-Si:H) film was known to influence the solar cell efficiency greatly. Also hydrogen was found to play a critical role in controlling the crysta...
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The feasibility and efficacy of laparoscopic repair for chronic traumatic diaphragmatic herniation: introduction of a novel technique with literature review
Traumatic diaphragm rupture is a rare trauma that is easily overlooked. A missed diagnosis would result in chronic traumatic diaphragmatic herniation (CTDH). Surgical repair is the standard treatment that is ...
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Risk factors for liver abscess formation in patients with blunt hepatic injury after non-operative management
To identify risk factors for liver abscess formation in patients with blunt hepatic injury who underwent non-operative management (NOM).
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InGaN/GaN light-emitting diodes with a reflector at the backside of sapphire substrates
Nitride-based light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with a reflector at the backside of the sapphire substrates have been demonstrated. It was found that an SiO2/TiO2 distributed-Bragg reflector (DBR) structure could refl...
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IMPAIRED NATURAL IgG2 ANTIBODY (AB) RESPONSE TO POLYSACCHARIDE ANTIGENS AND DECREASED Km(1)–A2m(2) ALLOTYPES IN CYSTIC FIBROSIS (CF)
We recently described impaired IgG2 Ab responses to P. aeruginosa (PA) lipopolysaccharide in CF patients without PA infection (Pediatr Res 20:453, 1986). To investigate the basis for this defect, we measured natu...
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Image Sequence Enhancement
Although the restoration and enhancement of single images have been studied extensively [4.1], there have been very few results in the literature on the restoration and enhancement of image sequences. In Chap....
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Component concentrations and activation of the complement system in neonatal illness: A preliminary study of necrotizing enterocolitis
Determinations of C3, C4, and C5 concentrations by radial immunodiffusion, and assays for the activation products of C3, C3c and C3d by counter-immunoelectrophoresis, were performed on 80 infants. Seven nonbac...