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Devices for esophageal function testing [PDF]

VideoGIE, 2022
Esophageal function testing is an integral component of the evaluation of refractory GERD and esophageal motility disorders. This review summarizes the current technologies available for esophageal function testing, including the functional luminal imaging probe (FLIP), high-resolution esophageal manometry (HRM), and multichannel intraluminal impedance
Rahul Pannala, MD, MPH, FASGE, Kumar Krishnan, MD, Rabindra R. Watson, MD, Marcelo F. Vela, MD, MS, Barham K. Abu Dayyeh, MD, MPH, FASGE, Amit Bhatt, MD, Manoop S. Bhutani, MD, FASGE, Juan Carlos Bucobo, MD, FASGE, Vinay Chandrasekhara, MD, FASGE, Andrew P. Copland, MD, Pichamol Jirapinyo, MD, MPH, Nikhil A. Kumta, MD, MS, Ryan J. Law, DO, John T. Maple, DO, FASGE, Joshua Melson, MD, MPH, FASGE, Mansour A. Parsi, MD, MPH, MBA, FASGE, Erik F. Rahimi, MD, Monica Saumoy, MD, MS, Amrita Sethi, MD, MASGE, Guru Trikudanathan, MBBS, Arvind J. Trindade, MD, FASGE, Julie Yang, MD, FASGE, David R. Lichtenstein, MD, FASGE   +22 more
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Nickel Nanoparticles Induced Hepatotoxicity in Mice via Lipid-Metabolism-Dysfunction-Regulated Inflammatory Injury

Molecules, 2023
Nickel nanoparticles (NiNPs) have wide applications in industry and biomedicine due to their unique characteristics. The liver is the major organ responsible for nutrient metabolism, exogenous substance detoxification and biotransformation of medicines ...
Shuang Zhou, Hua Li, Hui Wang, Rui Wang, Wei Song, Da Li, Changlei Wei, Yu Guo, Xueying He, Yulin Deng   +9 more
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Paper-Based Competitive Immunochromatography Coupled with an Enzyme-Modified Electrode to Enable the Wireless Monitoring and Electrochemical Sensing of Cotinine in Urine

Sensors, 2021
This paper proposes a combined strategy of using paper-based competitive immunochromatography and a near field communication (NFC) tag for wireless cotinine determination.
Nutcha Larpant, Pramod K. Kalambate, Tautgirdas Ruzgas, Wanida Laiwattanapaisal   +3 more
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Endoscope reprocessing: Retrospective analysis of 90,311 samples

Endoscopy International Open, 2023
Background and study aims The contamination level of ready-to-use endoscopes published in the literature varies from 0.4 % to 49.0 %. Unfortunately, the comparison and the interpretation of these results are quite impossible, given the limited number of ...
Lionel Pineau
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Analysis and Mitigation Strategies for Failure in Orthopedic Surgical Robots

Xiehe Yixue Zazhi, 2023
With the breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, orthopedic surgical robots have rapidly advanced, presenting good prospects for their applications in the medical field.
LIU Xun, RUI Biyu, ZHANG Weijun, YU Hongyi, JIA Yingjie   +4 more
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StimuliApp: psychophysical tests on mobile devices [PDF]

Behavior Research Methods, 2020
Psychophysical tests are commonly carried out running software applications in desktop or laptop computers, but running the software in mobile handheld devices such as smartphones or tablets could have advantages in some situations. Here, we present StimuliApp, an open-source application, in which the user can create psychophysical tests on the iPad ...
Rafael Marin-Campos, Josep Dalmau, Albert Compte, Daniel Linares   +3 more
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Advances in the Tribological Research of Ceramic-on-Ceramic Artificial Joints

Lubricants
Ceramic-on-ceramic (CoC) bearings are widely used in total hip arthroplasty due to their extremely low wear rate, excellent chemical stability, and good biocompatibility.
Menglin Zhou, Zihan Lin, Xiaolu Jiang, Jianhua Jin, Qi Wan, Li Zhang, Zhaoxian Zheng   +6 more
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Research on Construction of Test Environment for Assessment of RF-Induced Heating Effects of Implants

Zhongguo yiliao qixie zazhi
In magnetic resonance examination, the interaction between implants and the radio frequency (RF) fields induces heating in human tissue and may cause tissue damage.
Yonghua LI, Lingfeng LU, Jing WANG, Chengling LI, Pengfei YANG, Zhichao WANG, Dajing WU, Xun LIU, Sheng HU   +8 more
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Investigation of Coupling Effect for Adjacent Orthopedic Implants on MRI Radio-Frequency Heating

Zhongguo yiliao qixie zazhi
This paper investigates the mechanism of radio-frequency (RF) heating that occurs when two adjacent orthopedic implants are present together under magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at 1.5 Tesla and 3.0 Tesla.
Ran GUO, Zhichao WANG, Jing WANG, Chengling LI, Yonghua LI, Sheng HU   +5 more
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High-Accuracy Determination of Potassium and Selenium in Human Serum by Two-Step Isotope Dilution ICPMS

Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry, 2021
A high-accuracy measurement technique for determining potassium and selenium in human serum was developed by using two-step Isotope Dilution Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (ICPMS) in this research. A more accessible method of the quadrupole
Jian Yang, Lixia Chi, Shengmin Li
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