Impacts on foam stabilised composite structures: experimental and numerical study [PDF]
A dropweight tester is used to make low velocity tests on specific sandwich type structures. Sandwich are made of glass-epoxy skin and polyurethane foam core.
Barrau, Jean-Jacques+2 more
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High-Definition Optical Coherence Tomography for the in vivo Detection of Demodex Mites [PDF]
Background: Demodex mites are involved in different skin diseases and are commonly detected by skin scrape tests or superficial biopsies. A new high-definition optical coherence tomography (HD-OCT) with high lateral and axial resolution in a horizontal ...
Askin U+15 more
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Testes cutâneos de hipersensibilidade imediata com o evoluir da idade Positive skin test and age
OBJETIVO: avaliação da positividade aos testes cutâneos de hipersensibilidade imediata em crianças com asma brônquica e/ou rinite alérgica em diferentes faixas etárias.
Wilma Carvalho Neves Forte+6 more
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Immediate-Type Hypersensitivity to Succinylated Corticosteroids [PDF]
Background: Despite their frequent use, systemic corticosteroids have rarely elicited immediate-type reactions. Objective: We report two male patients, aged 26 and 70 years, respectively, with severe immediate-type hypersensitivity secondary to the ...
Przybilla, Bernhard+3 more
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Among 74 patients with an immediate hypersensitivity reaction (IHR) to iodinated contrast media (ICM), the rate of allergic patients confirmed by positive prick test or diluted intradermal test (IDT) was 8.1%. 12.5% of re‐exposed patients had a recurrent
Juliette Caron+2 more
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A prospective observational study of mycophenolate mofetil treatment in progressive diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis of recent onset. [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: A prospective observational study of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) treatment in patients with diffuse progressive cutaneous systemic sclerosis (SSc) of recent onset.
Jimenez, Sergio A.+3 more
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THE STUDY OF COCKROACH ALLERGY IN IRANIAN CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA [PDF]
Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood. Exposure to allergens plays an important role in asthma. Recently, cockroach has attracted attentions as an important allergen.
A. Farhoudi+3 more
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OPPORTUNITIES OF VARIOUS IMMUNOLOGICAL TESTS IN DIAGNOSTICS OF TUBERCULOSIS IN HIV PATIENTS
Co-infection of tuberculosis and HIV-infection continues to be the current crucial issue not only due to the persistent growth of HIV-infection but also due difficulties in diagnostics of tuberculosis.
A. A. Starshinova+5 more
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Mouse p53-deficient cancer models as platforms for obtaining genomic predictors of human cancer clinical outcomes [PDF]
Mutations in the TP53 gene are very common in human cancers, and are associated with poor clinical outcome. Transgenic mouse models lacking the Trp53 gene or that express mutant Trp53 transgenes produce tumours with malignant features in many organs.
Ana B. Martínez-Cruz+16 more
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Increased Urinary Neopterin Excretion in Vaccinated Adults
Serial urinary neopterin :creatinine ratios of 58 healthy adult sub jects were measured from 2 days prior to and up to 12 days post vaccination. An increase in the urinary neopterin of at least twice the baseline was detected in 24/ 46 subjects who ...
Giovannoni Gavin+3 more
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