New Limit for Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay of Mo 100 from the CUPID-Mo Experiment by Winslow, Lindley, Johnston, J., Leder, A., Ouellet, J. L., Winslow, L.

“…With more than one year of operation (^{100}Mo exposure of 1.17  kg×yr for physics data), no event in the region of interest and, hence, no evidence for 0νββ is observed. We report a new limit on the half-life of 0νββ decay in ^{100}Mo of T_{1/2}>1.5×10^{24}  yr at 90% C.I. …”
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Towards global data products of essential biodiversity variables on species traits by Kissling, WD, Walls, R, Bowser, A, Jones, MO, Kattge, J, Agosti, D, Amengual, J, Basset, A, van Bodegom, PM, Cornelissen, JHC, Denny, EG, Deudero, S, Egloff, W, Elmendorf, SC, Alonso García, E, Jones, KD, Jones, OR, Lavorel, S, Lear, D, Navarro, LM, Pawar, S, Pirzl, R, Rüger, N, Sal, S, Salguero-Gómez, R, Schigel, D, Schulz, KS, Skidmore, A, Guralnick, RP

“…Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) allow observation and reporting of global biodiversity change, but a detailed framework for the empirical derivation of specific EBVs has yet to be developed. …”

FMOS: The fiber multiple-object spectrograph VI: On board performances and results of the engineering observations by Iwamuro, F, Maihara, T, Akiyama, M, Kimura, M, Tamura, N, Takato, N, Ohta, K, Eto, S, Moritani, Y, Dalton, G, Lewis, I, Lee, H, Tosh, I, Froud, T, Murray, G, Blackburn, C, Bonfield, D, Gillingham, P, Smedley, S, Smith, G, Frost, G

“…After all the components were installed in the telescope at the end of 2007, the total performance was checked through various tests and engineering observations. We report the results of these tests and demonstrate the performance of FMOS.…”

Subwavelength negative index planar terahertz metamaterial arrays using spiral split ring resonators for near field sensing by Naeem, Nadeem, Ismail, Alyani, Alhawari, Adam Reda Hasan, Mahdi, Mohd Adzir

“…Significant shift in the transmission is observed. The reported array structures are novel in terms of their left handed behavior in THz frequencies. …”

Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator: a systematic review of comparative effectiveness and safety by Sarah Wolf, Gregor Götz, Bernhard Wernly, Claudia Wild

“…The RCT and two observational studies reported statistically significantly fewer lead complications in S‐ICD patients (after 4 years: 1.4% vs. 6.6%, HR 0.24, 95% CI [0.10, 0.54]; after 3 years: 0.3% vs. 2.3%, P = 0.03; and after 5 years: 0.8% vs. 11.5%, P = 0.03). …”
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A Long-Term Control of Intramedullary Thoracic Spinal Cord Metastasis from Small Cell Lung Cancer by Hajime Osawa, Shinichiro Okauchi, Gen Ohara, Katsunori Kagohashi, Hiroaki Satoh

“…Radiotherapy with systemic corticosteroid therapy has been used to treat intramedullary spinal cord metastasis (ISCM), but recovery of function and long-term survival of these patients has been rarely observed. We report herein a small cell lung cancer (SCLC) patient with recurrent thoracic ISCM, who was successfully treated with radiotherapy and systemic corticosteroid therapy. …”
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Surgical treatment for thyrotoxic hypokalemic periodic paralysis: case report by Lin Yi-Chu, Wu Che-Wei, Chen Hui-Chun, Chen Hsiu-Ya, Lu I-Cheng, Tsai Cheng-Jing, Kuo Wen-Rei, Chiang Feng-Yu

“…The published studies revealed that definitive therapy for THPP is control of hyperthyroidism by medical therapy, radioactive iodine or surgery, but the long-term post-operative follow-up result was not observed. We reported two cases of medically refractory THPP with recurrent paralysis of extremities and hypokalemia, and both were combined with thyroid nodules. …”
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Ranibizumab-induced retinal reperfusion and regression of neovascularization in diabetic retinopathy: An angiographic illustration by Shruti Chandra, Jay Sheth, Giridhar Anantharaman, Mahesh Gopalakrishnan

“…Purpose: To report regression of neovascularization and reperfusion of ischemic areas of the retina on Wide-field Digital Fluorescein Angiography following anti-vascular endothelial growth factor injections in a patient with active Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy. Observations: Case report of sixty-one-year-old male patient with proliferative diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema documented on wide field digital fluorescein angiography. …”
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OILSPILL RESPONSE ON THE WESTERN REGION OF GHANA: ENVIRONMENTAL MANEGEMENT PROBLEMS by Baah Doris, M Kharlamova

“…Personal interviews, Observation and Report reviewing were the qualitative research methods that were employed in collecting data. …”
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Near-infrared reflectance bull’s eye maculopathy as an early indication of hydroxychloroquine toxicity by Wong KL, Pautler SE, Browning DJ

“…Any leverage the clinician may use to allow earlier detection may avert significant vision loss.Observation: We report three cases suggesting that bull’s eye maculopathy seen on near-infrared reflectance with a confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope could be an early, objective manifestation of hydroxychloroquine ocular toxicity, and with progression of the disease this near-infrared “bull’s eye” change may disappear.Conclusion and relevance: Alerting clinicians to this observation may allow a larger case series to corroborate the hypothesis that bull’s eye maculopathy detected by near-infrared reflectance may represent an early sign of hydroxychloroquine toxicity.Keywords: confocal, scanning laser ophthalmoscope, multifocal ERG…”
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Fetal chondrodysplasia punctata associated with maternal autoimmune diseases: a review by Alrukban H, Chitayat D

“…An association between CDP and maternal autoimmune disease was first observed and reported by Curry et al and Costa et al in 1993 and expanded by Chitayat et al in 2010. …”
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Ranibizumab in the treatment of choroidal neovascularization on the border of an inferior staphyloma associated with tilted disc syndrome by Luis Arias, Jordi Monés

“…Luis Arias1,2, Jordi Monés21Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona; 2Institut de la Màcula i de la Retina, Centro Médico Teknon, BarcelonaPurpose: To describe a case of choroidal neovascularization (CNV) on the border of an inferior staphyloma associated with tilted disc syndrome treated with intravitreal ranibizumab.Patients: Observational case report.Methods: A patient with CNV on the border of an inferior staphyloma associated with tilted disc syndrome was imaged using fluorescein angiography, autofluorescence and spectral domain optical coherence tomography, and treated with intravitreal injections of ranibizumab. …”
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Identification of the reporter gene combination that shows high contrast for cellular level MRI. by Naoya Hayashi, Junichi Hata, Tetsu Yoshida, Daisuke Yoshimaru, Yawara Haga, Hinako Oshiro, Ayano Oku, Noriyuki Kishi, Takako Shirakawa, Hideyuki Okano

“…However, fluorescent protein is difficult to observe in living animals. We can observe the reporter signals of the luciferin-luciferase system from the outside of living animals using in vivo imaging systems, although the resolution of this system is low. …”
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A Case Report of Blood Group Discrepancy because of Anti A1 with Clinical Significance and Anti C by J Esmaeili, P Ebrahimy, M Selseleh, P Babadivand

“…During laboratory tests and blood transfusion, no reaction was observed. This report indicates that being aware of anti-antigen antibodies is an important point. …”
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Observation of electron cyclotron harmonic emissions due to electrostatic instabilities in mirror-confined plasma by B. Eliasson, M. Viktorov, D. C. Speirs, K. Ronald, D. Mansfeld, A. D. R. Phelps

“…Electron cyclotron instabilities are of fundamental importance in space and laboratory plasmas having nonthermal electron distribution functions. Observations are reported of electromagnetic emissions at electron cyclotron harmonics in a mirror-confined electron cyclotron resonance plasma. …”
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Regulation of Human Cytomegalovirus Transcription in Latency: Beyond the Major Immediate-Early Promoter by John Sinclair, Matthew Reeves

“…In this review, we will discuss the mechanisms that control the expression of these latency-associated transcripts and illustrate that regulation of these latency-associated promoters is also subject to chromatin mediated regulation and that the instructive observations previously reported regarding the negative regulation of the MIEP during latency are paralleled in the regulation of latent gene expression.…”
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Vitamin D and Cardiovascular Disease, with Emphasis on Hypertension, Atherosclerosis, and Heart Failure by Nejla Latic, Reinhold G. Erben

“…In addition, observational studies reported an association between vitamin D deficiency and risk of hypertension, atherosclerosis, and heart failure. …”
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Identification of potential key genes associated with ovarian clear cell carcinoma [Retraction] by Xu Y, Shen K

“…In published articles describing similar experimental conditions for EPCAM and GATA6 protein levels the authors observed the reported western blot bands were always only single banded. …”
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UN treaty-based bodies and the Islamic Republic of Iran: Human rights dialogue (1990–2016) by Shabnam Moinipour

“…The analyses carried out in this paper are based on the summary reports, concluding observations, State reports, the list of issues and their replies, reports of independent Special Procedures and reports of civil society organizations, as pertaining to each convention signed and ratified by Iran and as are available in electronic form.…”
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Evaluation of a Combustion-Based Mesoscale Thermal Actuator in Open and Closed Operating Cycles by Sindhu Preetham Burugupally

“…The actuator is modeled as a spring-mass-damper system by taking an air standard cycle approach. Three observations are reported: (1) for nominal heat inputs (140 J/cycle), the actuator can produce large displacement strokes (16 cm) that is suitable for driving mesoscale robots; (2) the efficiency of the actuator depends on the heat input; and (3) for a specific heat input, both the open and closed cycles operate differently—with different stroke lengths, peak pressures, and thermal efficiencies. …”
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