NaviSoC: High-Accuracy Low-Power GNSS SoC with an Integrated Application Processor by Tomasz Borejko, Krzysztof Marcinek, Krzysztof Siwiec, Paweł Narczyk, Adam Borkowski, Igor Butryn, Arkadiusz Łuczyk, Daniel Pietroń, Maciej Plasota, Szymon Reszewicz, Łukasz Wiechowski, Witold A. Pleskacz

“…The assembled test-chip takes 100 pins in a QFN (quad-flat no-leads) package and needs only a quartz crystal for the on-chip reference clock driver and optional SAW (surface acoustic wave) filters. …”
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The radiographic relationship of the femoral head, inguinal ligament, and common femoral artery bifurcation for optimal vascular access by Anand Brahmandam, MD, Joshua Huttler, BA, Kirthi Bellamkonda, MSc, Ocean Setia, MD, Jonathan A. Cardella, MD, William Stewart, PhD, Raul J. Guzman, MD, Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar, MD, MS, MPH

“…The inguinal ligament and CFA bifurcation were marked with radiopaque pins and plain anteroposterior radiographs were obtained. …”
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Humerus trochlear angle (HTa)—a possible alternative for Baumann angle in the reduction of supracondylar humerus fractures by Gang Chen, Lu Cui, Jiaqi Shi, Peng Zhang, Jun Li, Zijian Wang, Jun Song, Bangjun Wang

“…Generally, close reduction and percutaneous pinning can provide satisfactory outcomes after adequate reduction. …”
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Clinical Performance of BD Kiestra InoqulA Automated System in a Chinese Tertiary Hospital by Yue P, Zhou M, Zhang L, Yang Q, Song H, Xu Z, Zhang G, Xie X, Xu Y

“…Pinli Yue,1,* Menglan Zhou,1– 3,* Lintao Zhang,1,* Qiwen Yang,1 Hongmei Song,1 Zhipeng Xu,1 Ge Zhang,1 Xiuli Xie,1 Yingchun Xu1 1Department of Clinical Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, People’s Republic of China; 2Graduate School, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, People’s Republic of China; 3Beijing Key Laboratory for Mechanisms Research and Precision Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Diseases, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Qiwen Yang; Yingchun Xu Email yangqiwen81@vip.163.com; xycpumch@139.comBackground: The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical performance of the BD Kiestra InoqulA automated specimen processing system with commonly encountered clinical microbiology specimens.Materials and Methods: Four types of clinical specimens (sputum, urine, normally sterile body fluids, and feces) were inoculated onto relevant agar plates using a manual method and the BD Kiestra automated system. …”
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The Integrity of Cartilage Hinge in Song 2/3 Lateral Humeral Condylar Fractures in Children: A Retrospective Radiological Study in Two Centers by Tong Zhu, Guoqiang Jia, Bin Jin, Tianjing Liu, Shuyu Ma, Jiayuan Chen, Enbo Wang

“…Patients were treated conservatively with casting or surgically with closed reduction and percutaneous pinning (CRPP). Results Altogether 62 cases between 1.5 to 9 years old were included. …”
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Direct aerosol chemical composition measurements to evaluate the physicochemical differences between controlled sea spray aerosol generation schemes by D. B. Collins, D. B. Collins, D. F. Zhao, D. F. Zhao, D. F. Zhao, M. J. Ruppel, O. Laskina, J. R. Grandquist, R. L. Modini, R. L. Modini, M. D. Stokes, L. M. Russell, T. H. Bertram, V. H. Grassian, G. B. Deane, K. A. Prather, K. A. Prather

“…Controlled laboratory studies of the physical and chemical properties of sea spray aerosol (SSA) must be under-pinned by a physically and chemically accurate representation of the bubble-mediated production of nascent SSA particles. …”
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Microstructure and mechanical properties of 15Ni‒15Cr oxide dispersion strengthened austenitic steel by Rui-lin ZHAO, Hao-dong JIA, Shu-guang CAO, Zhen-feng TONG, Zhang-jian ZHOU

“…Compared with the reference material 15Ni‒15Cr, 15Ni‒15Cr ODS austenitic steel exhibits higher strength, particularly at high temperature, which can be attributed to the refinement of crystal grains and the pinning effect of oxide-dispersed particles on dislocations. …”
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Super-enhancer-driven TOX2 mediates oncogenesis in Natural Killer/T Cell Lymphoma by Jianbiao Zhou, Sabrina Hui-Min Toh, Tze King Tan, Kalpnaa Balan, Jing Quan Lim, Tuan Zea Tan, Sinan Xiong, Yunlu Jia, Siok-Bian Ng, Yanfen Peng, Anand D. Jeyasekharan, Shuangyi Fan, Soon Thye Lim, Chin-Ann Johnny Ong, Choon Kiat Ong, Takaomi Sanda, Wee-Joo Chng

“…Integrative analysis of RNA-seq and survival data further pinned down high value, novel SE oncogenes. We utilized shRNA knockdown, CRISPR-dCas9, luciferase reporter assay, ChIP-PCR to investigate the regulation of transcription factor (TF) on SE oncogenes. …”
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Whole slide images as non-fungible tokens: A decentralized approach to secure, scalable data storage and access by Arlen Brickman, Yigit Baykara, Miguel Carabaño, Sean M. Hacking

“…WSI TIFF files ranged in size from 1.6 to 2.2 GB and were stored on IPFS and pinned on 3 separate nodes. Under optimal conditions, and using a dedicated CDN, WSI reached retrieved at speeds of over 10 mb/s, however, download speeds and WSI retrieval times varied significantly depending on the file and gateway used. …”
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Reconstructing dynamics of the Baltic Ice Stream Complex during deglaciation of the Last Scandinavian Ice Sheet by I. Szuman, J. Z. Kalita, C. R. Diemont, S. J. Livingstone, C. D. Clark, M. Margold

“…Ice margin still-stands on underlying geological structures indicate the likely importance of pinning points during deglaciation, resulting in a stepped retreat signal. …”
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Pleiotropic therapy for the initial stages of chronic venous insufficiency in post-thrombotic disease by M. R. Kuznetsov, V. Yu. Bogachev, S. V. Sapelkin, I. P. Marchenko, L. A. Neskhodimov, A. A. Khotinskiy

“…Patients’ complaints about pins and needles decreased from 5.76 ± 0.81 to 2.31 ± 0.65 points (p < 0.05), the frequency and intensity of seizures decreased from 6.53 ± 1.40 to 3.19 ± 0, 94 points (p < 0.05). …”
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Avalanche Photodiodes with Dual Multiplication Layers for High-Speed and Wide Dynamic Range Performances by Naseem, Zohauddin Ahmad, Yan-Min Liao, Rui-Lin Chao, Po-Shun Wang, Yi-Shan Lee, Sean Yang, Sheng-Yun Wang, Hsiang-Szu Chang, Hung-Shiang Chen, Jack Jia-Sheng Huang, Emin Chou, Yu-Heng Jan, Jin-Wei Shi

“…The measured bias dependent 3-dB O-E bandwidth was pinned at 16 GHz without any serious degradation near the saturation current output. …”
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Age- and sex-related changes in motor functions: a comprehensive assessment and component analysis by Veronika Wunderle, Taylan D. Kuzu, Caroline Tscherpel, Caroline Tscherpel, Gereon R. Fink, Gereon R. Fink, Christian Grefkes, Christian Grefkes, Peter H. Weiss, Peter H. Weiss

“…Men achieved higher scores than women concerning GS and FTF, whereas women stacked more pins per time than men during the Purdue Pegboard Test. …”
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Anatomic Double-Bundle Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Using the Anatomic Double-Bundle 2-in-1 Guide System by Yuta Nakanishi MD, Yuichi Hoshino MD, PhD, Koji Nukuto MD, PhD, Kyohei Nishida MD, PhD, Kanto Nagai MD, PhD, Noriyuki Kanzaki MD, PhD, Takehiko Matsushita MD, PhD, Ryosuke Kuroda MD, PhD

“…Technique Description: The hamstring tendon is harvested for the ACL grafts. Two guide pins for the anteromedial bundle and posterolateral bundle for the tibial tunnel are inserted through the Anatomic Double-Bundle 2-in-1 Guide System. …”
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Predictive value of specific cytokines for lethal COVID-19 outcome by N. A. Arsentieva, N. E. Liubimova, O. K. Batsunov, Z. R. Korobova, R. N. Kuznetsova, A. A. Rubinstein, O. V. Stanevich, A. A. Lebedeva, E. A. Vorobyov, S. V. Vorobyova, A. N. Kulikov, E. G. Gavrilova, D. E. Pevtcov, Yu. S. Polushin, I. V. Shlyk, A. A. Totolian

“…Out of 47 studied cytokines/chemokines/growth factors, we picked four pro-inflammatory cytokines as having high significance in evaluation of COVID-19 outcome: IL-6, IL-8, IL-15, and IL-18. …”
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Profiling of circulating serum exosomal microRNAs in elderly patients with infectious stress hyperglycaemia by Kejing Zeng, Haozhe He, Zhenjing Lv, Ming Lei, Weikun Wu, Hao Sun, Gordon GaaLam Wong, YatSze Sheila Kwok, Junzhang Tian, Gugen Xu

“…Moreover, 7 out of 22 miRNAs that related to glucose metabolism or immune disorder were picked up for further validation in an independent cohort consisting of 52 participants (31 ISH and 21 non‐ISH). …”
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Distribution of FIB-4 index in the general population: analysis of 75,666 residents who underwent health checkups by Aya Sugiyama, Akemi Kurisu, Bunthen E, Serge Ouoba, Ko Ko, Anvarjon Rakhimov, Tomoyuki Akita, Takayuki Harakawa, Toru Sako, Makoto Koshiyama, Takashi Kumada, Junko Tanaka

“…It is desired to develop a non-invasive method for picking up cases with advanced fibrosis latent in the general population.…”
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Exploring novel herbicidin analogues by transcriptional regulator overexpression and MS/MS molecular networking by Yuanyuan Shi, Renjie Gu, Yihong Li, Xinwei Wang, Weicong Ren, Xingxing Li, Lifei Wang, Yunying Xie, Bin Hong

“…Combined with molecular networking, ten herbicidin congeners including six novel herbicidin analogues were picked out from the secondary metabolites of hcdR2 overexpression strain. …”
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Physical controls on CH₄ emissions from a newly flooded subtropical freshwater hydroelectric reservoir: Nam Theun 2 by C. Deshmukh, D. Serça, C. Delon, R. Tardif, M. Demarty, C. Jarnot, Y. Meyerfeld, V. Chanudet, P. Guédant, W. Rode, S. Descloux, F. Guérin

“…The EC fluxes were very consistent with the sum of the two terms measured independently (diffusive fluxes + ebullition = EC fluxes), indicating that the EC system picked up both diffusive fluxes and ebullition from the reservoir. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 exposure in Malawian blood donors: an analysis of seroprevalence and variant dynamics between January 2020 and July 2021 by Jonathan Mandolo, Jacquline Msefula, Marc Y. R. Henrion, Comfort Brown, Brewster Moyo, Aubrey Samon, Thandeka Moyo-Gwete, Zanele Makhado, Frances Ayres, Thopisang Motlou, Nonkululeko Mzindle, Newton Kalata, Adamson S. Muula, Gaurav Kwatra, Natasha Nsamala, Andrew Likaka, Thom Mfune, Penny L. Moore, Bridon Mbaya, Neil French, Robert S. Heyderman, Todd Swarthout, Kondwani C. Jambo

“…Blantyre and Mzuzu also show indications of the start of a third pandemic wave with seroprevalence picking up again in July 2021 (Blantyre, 81.7%; Mzuzu, 71.0%). …”
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