Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is a very aggressive neoplasm with a low survival rate, comprising the majority of pancreatic malignancies. Psammoma bodies have rarely been reported in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, and their clinicopathologic ...
Hongxing Gui +3 more
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Clinical complications of liver disease in adults after the Fontan operation
Background: The natural history and complications of Fontan-associated liver disease (FALD) are not well-characterized. We aim to describe the incidence and prevalence of and risk factors for adverse liver-related complications in FALD.
Bhavesh Patel +7 more
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Occurrence and management of oak in southern Swedish forests [PDF]
This article describes the current proportions of forest types with oak (Quercus robur and Q. petraea) in southern Sweden, provides an overview of oak distribution over time and reviews literature about oak regeneration relevant for the region.
Attocchi, Giulia +2 more
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Malignant peritoneal mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare, aggressive, and fatal neoplasm of the abdominal mesothelium with a very abysmal survival if left untreated. MPM with EWSR1-ATF1 fusion is an uncommon entity recently recognized by molecular studies.
Olawunmi Ajelero +3 more
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Norway spruce Picea abies is a key raw material for the forest industry in the Nordic countries. In order to improve the competitiveness of the forest industry by valorising residues and creating value from new products, we have studied the upgrading of spruce bark into transport fuels and chemicals.
Kemppainen, Katariina +13 more
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Controls on carbon and energy exchange by a black spruce - moss ecosystem: Testing the mathematical model Ecosys with data from the BOREAS experiment [PDF]
Stomatal limitations to mass and energy exchange over boreal black spruce forests may be caused by low needle N concentrations that limit CO2 fixation rates.
Alberta Forest Service +74 more
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The importance of Silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) in comparison to spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) and oak (Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.) for arboreal Heteroptera communities in Bavarian forests [PDF]
Heteropteran communities in the canopies of Silver fir (Abies alba) and spruce (Picea abies) were studied at three lowland and three mountainous sites throughout Bavaria using flight-interception traps.
Goßner, Martin
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Anomalous roughening of wood fractured surfaces
Scaling properties of wood fractured surfaces are obtained from samples of three different sizes. Two different woods are studied: Norway spruce and Maritime pine. Fracture surfaces are shown to display an anomalous dynamic scaling of the crack roughness.
B.B. Mandelbrot +32 more
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Temporal variations in English Populations of a forest insect pest, the green spruce aphid (Elatobium abietinum), associated with the North Atlantic Oscillation and global warming [PDF]
Based on an exceptionally long modern ecological dataset (41 years), it has been possible to show that warm weather in England associated with a positive North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) index causes the spring migration of the green spruce aphid ...
Angus R. Westgarth-Smith +27 more
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Intracranial Vertebrobasilar Artery Dissection Associated with Postpartum Angiopathy
Background. Cervicocephalic arterial dissection (CCAD) is rare in the postpartum period. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of postpartum angiopathy (PPA) presenting with ischemic stroke due to intracranial arterial dissection. Case.
James S. McKinney +8 more
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