Abstract Background Myxomas are the most bempresas.com prevalent type of heart tumors, mainly occurring in the left atrium, with approximately 20% of cases found in the right atrium.Timely diagnosis and appropriate management of myxomas are crucial for favorable outcomes and to minimize complications.Case presentation A 77-year-old Asian male with
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Visible light positioning (VLP) is widely believed to be a cost-effective answer to the growing demand for real-time indoor positioning.However, lock shock and barrel art due to the high computational cost of image processing, most existing VLC-based systems fail to deliver satisfactory performance in terms of positioning speed and accuracy, both o
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Luis Bahamondes,1 Maria Y Makuch,1 Ilza Monteiro,1 Victor Marin,2 Richard Lynen3 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil; 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hospital Central, Petróleos Mexicanos, México City, Mexico; 3Bayer HealthCare, Newark, NJ, USA Backgr
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Human PON1 (h-PON1) is a multifaceted enzyme and can hydrolyze (and inactivate) a wide range of substrates.The enzyme shows anti-inflammatory, antioxidative, antiatherogenic, ant-diabetic, antimicrobial, and organophosphate (OP)-detoxifying properties.However, there are certain limitations regarding large-scale production and use of h-PON1 as a the