Evaluating the Safety and Usability of an Over-the-Counter Medical Device for Adults With Mild to Moderate Hearing Loss: Formative and Summative Usability Testing by Megan Elizabeth Salwei, Shilo Anders, Carrie Reale, Jason M Slagle, Todd Ricketts, Matthew B Weinger

“… Abstract BackgroundOnly 15% of the nearly 30 million Americans with hearing loss use hearing aids, partly due to high cost, stigma, and limited access to professional hearing care. …”
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A Tablet-Based Technology for Objective Exercise Monitoring in Vestibular Rehabilitation: Mixed Methods Study by Brooke N Klatt, Pedram Hovareshti, Lisa S Holt, Pamela M Dunlap, Chad Zalkin, Devendra Tolani, Susan L Whitney

“…ResultsParticipants completed the VestAid session without adverse events. The responses from the usability survey demonstrate the acceptability of VestAid. …”
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Navigating challenges, solutions and requirements in the provision of trauma care in conflict settings by humanitarian actors: a scoping literature review by Nikolaos Markou-Pappas, Luca Ragazzoni, Claudia Truppa, Flavio Salio, Francesco Barone-Adesi, Hamdi Lamine

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Sterile osteomyelitis: a cardinal sign of autoinflammation by Tiago Borges, João Santos, Sérgio Silva

“…Sterile osteomyelitis emerges as a cardinal sign of autoinflammation, aiding clinicians in both dia­gnosis and management of ABDs. …”
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A pilot cluster randomized controlled trial assessing uptake of PrEP and contraception in hair salons in South Africa by Ingrid V. Bassett, Joyce Yan, Sabina Govere, Sthabile Shezi, Lungile M. Ngcobo, Shruti Sagar, Jana Jarolimova, Dani Zionts, Anele Khumalo, Zinhle Zwane, Christina Psaros, Nduduzo Dube, Robert A. Parker

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A Role for Folate in Microbiome-Linked Control of Autoimmunity by Christine Mölzer, Heather M. Wilson, Lucia Kuffova, John V. Forrester

“…Hence, folate supplementation has potential prophylactic and/or therapeutic benefit in AID/AD.…”
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Dialectics and Implications of Natural Neurotropic Autoantibodies in Neurological Disease and Rehabilitation by A. B. Poletaev, A. A. Abrosimova, M. A. Sokolov, A. B. Gekht, V. V. Alferova, E. I. Gusev, T. Ya. Nikolaeva, C. Selmi

“…The role of natural idiotypic (Id-Abs) and anti-idiotypic (AId-Abs) autoantibodies against neuro-antigens observed in different neurological disorders is not fully understood. …”
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Intra- and Interlaboratory Reproducibility of an ELISA Serological Test for Lyme Disease by Martin C Tammemagi, John W Frank, Michael LeBlanc, Harvey Artsob

“…The clinical diagnosis and epidemiological monitoring of Lyme disease are aided by serological testing for the etiological agent, Borrelia burgdorferi. …”
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The U.S. Assistance to the MENA Arab Countries under the Trump Administration: The Logic of a Diff erentiated Approach by V. I. Bartenev

“…This paper identifi es and explains key changes in the U.S. aid policies towards Arab countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) under Donald Trump. …”
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Tailoring the grain boundary structure and chemistry of the dendrite-free garnet solid electrolyte Li6.1Ga0.3La3Zr2O12 by Rae-Hyun Lee, Chea-Yun Kang, Jong-Kyu Lee, Bong-Soo Jin, Kyong-Nam Kim, Hyun-Soo Kim, Jung-Rag Yoon, Seung-Hwan Lee

“…Herein, we propose an effective method for reinforcing the chemical and structural characteristics of the grain boundaries using a Li2O-B2O3-Al2O3 (LBA) sintering aid. In this study, the LBA sintering aid is critical because it fills grain boundaries and void spaces. …”
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Withdrawal from Dialysis and Palliative Care for Severely Ill Dialysis Patients in terms of Patient-Centered Medicine by Hideaki Ishikawa, Nao Ogihara, Saori Tsukushi, Junichi Sakamoto

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La memoria delle storie nella storia by Lina Calluso

“…Personalmente, nelle mie storie, che sono solo una minuscola percentuale rispetto alle tante che, in più di trent’anni, abbiamo e ci hanno attraversato, come associazione, parlo dei cambiamenti avvenuti nella vita delle persone che vivono con l’HIV/AIDS, i protagonisti delle storie, infatti, senza il virus HIV avrebbero avuto un’altra vita e questa è la vera certezza che ho!…”
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Immunotherapy Deriving from CAR-T Cell Treatment in Autoimmune Diseases by Yuehong Chen, Jianhong Sun, Huan Liu, Geng Yin, Qibing Xie

“…By using the idea of CAR-T cell treatment in tumors, CAR-T cell-derived immunotherapies, chimeric autoantibody receptor T (CAAR-T) cells, and CAR regulatory T (CAR-T) cells bring new hope of treatment choice for AIDs.…”
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Kaposi´s sarcoma, epidemic type. Case presentation by Gilberto Serrano Ocaña, Juan Carlos Ortiz Sablon, Ilen Ochoa Tamayo

“…In AIDS patients, the KS tends to develop more rapidly compromising the skin, lungs, gastrointestinal tract and other organs. …”
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Antivirals for the treatment of mild and moderate COVID-19 in South Africa by R Perumal, V Naidoo, S Govender, T N Gengiah

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Human Immunodeficiency Virus – Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome dengan Sarkoma Kaposi by Riry Febrina Ersha, Armen Ahmad

“…Pemberian ARV yang adekuat untuk HIV-AIDS merupakan kunci dalam tatalaksana SK-AIDS.…”
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Invasive fungal diseases in patients with autoimmune diseases: a case series from the French RESSIF network by Vincent Poindron, Benjamin Terrier, François Maillot, Jean-Pierre Gangneux, Nassim Kamar, Valéry Salle, Lilia Hasseine, François Danion, Lilia Merabet, Guillaume Desoubeaux, Éric Bailly, Milène Sasso, Antoine Néel, Simon Galmiche, Benjamin Thoreau, Stéphane Bretagne, Alexandre Alanio, André Paugam, Valérie Letscher-Bru, Sophie Cassaing, Hélène Guegan, Loïc Favennec, Alida Minoza, Florent Morio, Julie Bonhomme, Odile Eloy, Laurence Millon, Anne-Pauline Bellanger, Philippe Poirier, Maxime Moniot, Taieb Chouaki, Antoine Huguenin, Frédéric Dalle, Bernard Bouteille, Muriel Nicolas, Nicole Desbois-Nogard, Marie-Elisabeth Bougnoux, Karine Boukris-Sitbon, Fanny Lanternier, Caroline Mahinc, Marc Pihet, Magalie Demar, Céline Damiani, Marie-Fleur Durieux, Elena Charpentier, Cécile Nourrisson, Benoit Suzon

“…Objectives We aimed to describe patients with autoimmune diseases (AID) developing invasive fungal disease (IFD) and identify factors associated with short-term mortality.Methods We analysed cases of IFD associated with AID from the surveillance network of invasive fungal diseases (Réseau de surveillance des infections fongiques invasives, RESSIF) registry of the French national reference centre for invasive mycoses. …”
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The Protective Role of HLA-DRB113 in Autoimmune Diseases by Andreia Bettencourt, Cláudia Carvalho, Bárbara Leal, Sandra Brás, Dina Lopes, Ana Martins da Silva, Ernestina Santos, Tiago Torres, Isabel Almeida, Fátima Farinha, Paulo Barbosa, António Marinho, Manuela Selores, João Correia, Carlos Vasconcelos, Paulo P. Costa, Berta Martins da Silva

“…Autoimmune diseases (AIDs) are characterized by a multifactorial aetiology and a complex genetic background, with the MHC region playing a major role. …”
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Plasma galectin-3 is associated with decreased glomerular filtration rate in chronic HIV by Diana L. Vares-Lum, Louie Mar A. Gangcuangco, Juwon Park, Eduardo Manzano, Michael Ortega, Dominic C. Chow, Cecilia Shikuma

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Specifics of the EU development policy by Yana M. Toporikova

“…Aspiration to make the aid system more flexible to rapidly respond to crises is noted as well. …”
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