Publications by authors named "Sean Shieh"

The prevalence of premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) ranges from 7% to 30%, but the incidence in young patients is increasing. Traditional risk factors, such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, obesity, and diabetes, have an increasing prevalence in young patients and especially in young women. A 32-year-old woman presented with dyspnea and exertional chest pain.

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The Raman spectra of CaFeO were investigated up to 21.8 GPa at room temperature and up to 1073 K at ambient pressure, respectively. A phase transition begins around 13.

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Eosinophilic pneumonia is a category of lung diseases characterized by an increased number of eosinophils in alveolar spaces and interstitium. Acute cases are often caused by fungal infections, parasites, drugs or toxins and can present with respiratory failure. Daptomycin has been identified as one of the rare causes of acute eosinophilic pneumonia.

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Synthetic MgTiO qandilite was investigated to 50 and 40.4 GPa at room temperature using Raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction, respectively. The Raman measurements showed that cubic MgTiO spinel transforms to a high pressure tetragonal (I4/amd, No.

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The acidic sulfate-rich waters of the Meridiani Planum region were potentially a habitable environment for iron-oxidizing bacteria on ancient Mars. If life existed in this ancient martian environment, jarosite minerals precipitating in these waters may record evidence of this biological activity. Since the Meridiani jarosite is thermodynamically stable at the martian surface, any biosignatures preserved in the jarosites may be readily available for analysis in the current surface sediments during the ongoing robotic exploration of Mars.

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Knowledge of the high-pressure behavior of carbon dioxide (CO2), an important planetary material found in Venus, Earth, and Mars, is vital to the study of the evolution and dynamics of the planetary interiors as well as to the fundamental understanding of the C-O bonding and interaction between the molecules. Recent studies have revealed a number of crystalline polymorphs (CO2-I to -VII) and an amorphous phase under high pressure-temperature conditions. Nevertheless, the reported phase stability field and transition pressures at room temperature are poorly defined, especially for the amorphous phase.

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Using the laser-heated diamond anvil cell, we investigate the stability and equation of state of the postperovskite (ppv, CaIrO(3)-type) phase synthesized from a natural pyroxene composition with 9 mol.% FeSiO(3). Our measured pressure-volume data from 12-106 GPa for the ppv phase yield a bulk modulus of 219(5) GPa and a zero-pressure volume of 164.

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Radial x-ray diffraction experiments were conducted under nonhydrostatic compression on SiO2 to 60 GPa in a diamond anvil cell. This ratio of differential stress to shear modulus t/G is 0.019(3)-0.

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