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Corneal melt in conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasia

American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2020
Purpose: Report a case of corneal melt in a patient with conjunctival intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) treated with topical interferon (IFN) alpha-2B. Observations: An 89-year-old man presented with gelatinous paralimbal lesions of the left eye extending ...
Nichelle Warren, Ryan N. Mercer, Jorge Haddad, George Magrath, Karolinne M. Rocha   +4 more
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Active Stabilization of Interventional Tasks Utilizing a Magnetically Manipulated Endoscope

Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022
Magnetically actuated robots have become increasingly popular in medical endoscopy over the past decade. Despite the significant improvements in autonomy and control methods, progress within the field of medical magnetic endoscopes has mainly been in the
Lavinia Barducci, Bruno Scaglioni, James Martin, Keith L. Obstein, Pietro Valdastri   +4 more
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On the Alert for Cytokine Storm: Immunopathology in COVID‐19

Arthritis & Rheumatology, 2020
Poor outcomes in COVID‐19 correlate with clinical and laboratory features of cytokine storm syndrome. Broad screening for cytokine storm and early, targeted antiinflammatory therapy may prevent immunopathology and could help conserve limited health care ...
L. Henderson, S. Canna, G. Schulert, S. Volpi, Pui Y. Lee, K. Kernan, R. Caricchio, Shawn A. Mahmud, Melissa M Hazen, O. Halyabar, K. Hoyt, Joseph Han, A. Grom, M. Gattorno, A. Ravelli, F. De Benedetti, E. Behrens, R. Cron, P. Nigrovic   +18 more
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The probabilistic model checker Storm [PDF]

International Journal on Software Tools for Technology Transfer (STTT), 2020
We present the probabilistic model checker Storm. Storm supports the analysis of discrete- and continuous-time variants of both Markov chains and Markov decision processes. Storm has three major distinguishing features.
Christian Hensel, Sebastian Junges, J. Katoen, Tim Quatmann, Matthias Volk   +4 more
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How COVID-19 induces cytokine storm with high mortality

Inflammation and Regeneration, 2020
The newly emerging coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was first reported in Wuhan, China, but has rapidly spread all over the world. Some COVID-19 patients encounter a severe symptom
Shintaro Hojyo, Mona Uchida, K. Tanaka, R. Hasebe, Yuki Tanaka, M. Murakami, T. Hirano   +6 more
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Cytokine Storm—Definition, Causes, and Implications

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022
The human innate and adaptive immune systems consist of effector cells producing cytokines (interleukins, interferons, chemokines, and numerous other mediators).
D. Jarczak, A. Nierhaus
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Cytokine storm and leukocyte changes in mild versus severe SARS-CoV-2 infection: Review of 3939 COVID-19 patients in China and emerging pathogenesis and therapy concepts

Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 2020
Clinical evidence indicates that the fatal outcome observed with severe acute respiratory syndrome‐coronavirus‐2 infection often results from alveolar injury that impedes airway capacity and multi‐organ failure—both of which are associated with the ...
Jin Wang, Mengmeng Jiang, Xin Chen, L. Montaner   +3 more
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Cytokine Storm in COVID-19—Immunopathological Mechanisms, Clinical Considerations, and Therapeutic Approaches: The REPROGRAM Consortium Position Paper

Frontiers in Immunology, 2020
Cytokine storm is an acute hyperinflammatory response that may be responsible for critical illness in many conditions including viral infections, cancer, sepsis, and multi-organ failure.
S. Bhaskar, A. Sinha, Maciej Banach, S. Mittoo, Robert Weissert, J. Kass, Santhosh K. Rajagopal, Anupama R Pai, S. Kutty   +8 more
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Emerging Technology in Refractive Cataract Surgery

Journal of Ophthalmology, 2016
Technology in cataract surgery is constantly evolving to meet the goals of both surgeons and patients. Recent major advances in refractive cataract surgery include innovations in preoperative and intraoperative diagnostics, femtosecond laser-assisted ...
João Saraiva, Kristin Neatrour, George O. Waring IV   +2 more
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Coral distribution and diversity in Sakiyamawan–Amitoriwan nature conservation area of Iriomote Island in Japan

Geoscience Letters, 2023
Sakiyama and Amitori bays of Iriomote Island in Japan are adjacent, but their coral distributions differ significantly. This study investigates the differences in the coral distribution and diversity between both bays from the diversity index and ...
Shinya Shimokawa, Tomokazu Murakami, Hiroyoshi Kohno   +2 more
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