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Unusual dyspnea in a hemodialysis patient: A case report
The typical clinical symptoms of hemothorax include a rapid development of chest pain or dyspnea, which may be life-threatening without immediate management. As we know, spontaneous hemothorax, a collection of blood within the pleural cavity without previous history of trauma or other cause, which usually onsets suddenly. The early and accurate diagnosis of spontaneous hemothorax is imperative in clinical practice. We reported a middle-age male undergoing regular hemodialysis was referred to our emergency department due to unknown cause of dyspnea and acute respiratory failure. Chest radiography revealed bilateral patchy infiltration of lung. Pleural tap analysis showed exudative pleural effusion with numerous red blood cells. Video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) were performed and confirmed the final diagnosis of spontaneous hemothorax. He was then successfully treated with the surgery of VATS combined chest tube thoracostomy
Sister Dehalobacter Genomes Reveal Specialization in Organohalide Respiration and Recent Strain Differentiation Likely Driven by Chlorinated Substrates
Lexical Retrieval Hypothesis in Multimodal Context
Multimodal corpora have become an essential language resource for language
science and grounded natural language processing (NLP) systems due to the
growing need to understand and interpret human communication across various
channels. In this paper, we first present our efforts in building the first
Multimodal Corpus for Languages in Taiwan (MultiMoco). Based on the corpus, we
conduct a case study investigating the Lexical Retrieval Hypothesis (LRH),
specifically examining whether the hand gestures co-occurring with speech
constants facilitate lexical retrieval or serve other discourse functions. With
detailed annotations on eight parliamentary interpellations in Taiwan Mandarin,
we explore the co-occurrence between speech constants and non-verbal features
(i.e., head movement, face movement, hand gesture, and function of hand
gesture). Our findings suggest that while hand gestures do serve as
facilitators for lexical retrieval in some cases, they also serve the purpose
of information emphasis. This study highlights the potential of the MultiMoco
Corpus to provide an important resource for in-depth analysis and further
research in multimodal communication studies
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