Colonic stenting in acute malignant large bowel obstruction: audit of efficacy and safety in a Singapore tertiary referral centre by James Weiquan Li, James Chi-Yong Ngu, Kok Ren Lim, Shu Wen Tay, Bochao Jiang, Ramesh Wijaya, Sulaiman Yusof, Calvin Jianming Ong, Andrew Boon Eu Kwek, Tiing Leong Ang

“…Self-expandable metal stents (SEMS) have progressed from a palliative modality to use as bridge to surgery (BTS). We aimed to assess the safety and efficacy of SEMS for MBO in our institution. …”
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Oncologic oUTcomes of neoadjuvant chemotherapy for obSTructive colon cAncer after steNt decompression (OUTSTAND trial); A study protocol of multicenter non-inferiority randomized c... by Bong-Hyeon Kye, Ji-Hoon Kim, Hyung-Jin Kim, Yoon-Suk Lee, In-Kyu Lee, Won Kyung Kang, Hyeon-Min Cho, Jong-Kyung Park, Chang-Hyeok Ahn, Jae-Im Lee, Seong-Taek Oh, Byung Jo Choi

“…Discussion The optimal time interval for SEMS placement as a BTS can significantly impact long-term oncologic outcomes. …”
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MODELING THE BRAZILIAN TENSILE STRENGTH TEST OF LIGNITE FROM PESTEANA OPENPIT MINE USING THE COMBINED FINITE-DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD – FDEM by Ionela Cristina MĂCEŞARU, Alexandru Robert CIOCLU, Florin Dumitru POPESCU

“…The paper presents the simulation of the indirect Brazilian Tensile Strength (BTS) laboratory test for a lignite sample using Geotechnica Irazu software and the Finite-Discrete Element Method – FDEM.…”
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A Comparative Study of Hybrid Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference Systems to Predict the Unconfined Compressive Strength of Rocks by Annabelle Graham, Emma Scott

“…In this study, the application of Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference Systems (ANFIS) investigate as a cost-efficient and reliable approach to predict UCS from Bulk Density (BD), Bulk Tensile Strength (BTS), dry density (DD) test, p-wave velocity test (Vp), Schmidt hammer rebound number (SRn), and point load index test (Is(50)). …”
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