Combination of Carbon Dioxide Angiography and Outback® Elite for Revascularization of a Patient with Renal Insufficiency with Bilateral Femoropopliteal Chronic Total Occlusions by Yuhei Nojima, Shinsuke Nanto, Hidenori Adachi, Madoka Ihara, Tetsuya Kurimoto

“…This new device enables easier treatment of chronic total occlusion (CTO) in the lower extremities. We report a case of a woman in her 70s who underwent revascularization using this new device twice to treat both of her femoropopliteal CTO lesions. …”
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Metastatic Cerebellar Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor with Obstructive Hydrocephalus Arising from the Small Intestine: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Kunitomo Sato, Toshihide Tanaka, Naoki Kato, Takuya Ishii, Toru Terao, Yuichi Murayama

“…Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is defined as a c-kit-positive gastrointestinal, mesenteric, or omental mesenchymal tumor that very rarely metastasizes to the brain. …”
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Silent Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome: A Case Report of Atypical Antipsychotic Induced Elevation of Creatinine Kinase and Altered Mental Status by Amber N. Edinoff, Hamza Mohammad-Amin, Amira S. Odisho

“…She had an intention tremor, minor muscle weakness of the lower extremities with a blood pressure of 140/100 and a pulse of 100. …”
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A Novel Hyperchaotic Financial System with Sinusoidal Hyperbolic Nonlinearity: From Theoretical Analysis to Adaptive Neural Fuzzy Controller Method by Azwa Abdul Aziz, Mohamad Afendee Mohamed, Aceng Sambas, Sundarapandian Vaıdyanathan, Khaled Benkouider, Seyed Mohamad Hamidzadeh, Muhamad Deni Johansyah

“…Chaotic systems are known to be extremely sensitive to initial conditions, meaning small changes can have a significant impact on the outcomes. …”
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Tourette syndrome. The importance of the prevailing attitude and the social problems of the sufferers: literature review by B. Puzonaitë, A. Vaitkus

“…This can lead to the development of social problems and stigmatization of the sufferers. Therefore, it is extremely important to rely on scientific research data in order to get a correct understanding of the TS itself and the possible consequences of its misinterpretation for the further social life of children. …”
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Impact of Focal Muscle Vibration on Flaccid Upper Limb Motor Paralysis following Acute Brain Disease: A Case Study by Hirotaka Saito, Haruka Kobayashi, Kodai Oba, Yosuke Hamaya

“…Focal muscle vibration (FMV) is increasingly being recognized as a rehabilitative therapy for enhancing motor function in central nervous system (CNS) diseases, particularly in patients with fine motor control deficits stemming from CNS damage. …”
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Defining Optimal Aerobic Exercise Parameters to Affect Complex Motor and Cognitive Outcomes after Stroke: A Systematic Review and Synthesis by S. M. Mahmudul Hasan, Samantha N. Rancourt, Mark W. Austin, Michelle Ploughman

“…However, in clinical trials, combined training protocols more consistently improved cognition. We noted a paucity of studies examining the benefits of AE on recovery beyond cessation of the intervention.…”
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Small cell lung cancer with EML4-ALK fusion: report of a case responding to ALK TKI and literature review by Mingyue Wang, Hongzhi Liu, Ruixin Zhang, Runyu Li, Xiaoyu Qin, Fangling Ning, Lijun Tian

“…Conclusion For patients with ALK-positive SCLC, ALK inhibitors may be a reliable treatment option.…”
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Human Suprapatellar Fat Pad-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Induce Chondrogenesis and Cartilage Repair in a Model of Severe Osteoarthritis by Ignacio Muñoz-Criado, Jose Meseguer-Ripolles, Maravillas Mellado-López, Ana Alastrue-Agudo, Richard J Griffeth, Jerónimo Forteza-Vila, Ramón Cugat, Montserrat García, Victoria Moreno-Manzano

“…Spontaneous cartilage regeneration is extremely limited. Often the treatment consists of a partial or complete joint implant. …”
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Acute Effects of a Simulated Karate Bout on Muscular Strength Asymmetries of the Lower Limbs in Elite Athletes of Different Age Categories by Eliza Gaweł, Miłosz Drozd, Adam Maszczyk, Adam Zając

“…Elite karate athletes, regardless of the age category, tend to have inter-limb strength asymmetries in the lower extremities; however, the impact of a simulated kumite bout was not fully confirmed. …”
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Services, models of care, and interventions to improve access to cancer treatment for adults who are socially disadvantaged: A scoping review protocol. by Tara C Horrill, Amber Bourgeois, Max Kleijberg, Janice Linton, Kate Leahy, Kelli I Stajduhar

“…Timely access to guideline-recommended cancer treatment is known to be an indicator of the quality and accessibility of a cancer care system. Yet people who are socially disadvantaged experience inequities in access to cancer treatment that have significant impacts on cancer outcomes and quality of life. …”
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Metastatic Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma Secreting Thyroid Hormone and Radioiodine Avid without Stimulation: A Case Report and Literature Review by Syed A. Abid, Brendan C. Stack, Donald L. Bodenner

“…Introduction. This is an extremely rare case of a patient with metastatic follicular thyroid cancer who continued to produce thyroid hormone and was iodine scan positive without stimulation after thyroidectomy and radioiodine (I-131) therapy. …”
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Frugivory and Seed Dispersal of the Threatened Cactus <i>Browningia candelaris</i> in the Vicinity of a Mining Site in the Atacama Desert, Chile by Ana María Humaña, Carlos E. Valdivia

“…Seed dispersal effectiveness was higher near the mine, but extremely low at both sites. In fact, population recruitment of new cacti was null at both sites, near and far from the mine, due to the scarcity of water in the environment. …”
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Technologies of psychological rehabilitation of a personality after traumatic events (on the example of the rehabilitation programme for psychologists of the security and defence s... by N. E. Miloradova, V. V. Dotsenko

“…The full-scale war has created a unique situation where people in helping professions (psychologists, psychotherapists, social and medical workers, volunteers, etc.) experience a common trauma with the people they help. …”
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Bax/Bcl-2 Expression Ratio Analysis of Rat Ovary Vitrified with Date Juice Concentrate as a Natural Extracellular Cryoprotectant by Aisyah Safrina, Nova Anita, Ahmad Aulia Jusuf, Rahimi Syaidah, Huriyah Adani Saoemi

“…Aims: This study aimed to identify the potential use of date juice concentrate (DJC) as a natural extracellular cryoprotectant to suppress the rate of apoptosis after vitrification. …”
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A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF HEADWAY-BASED AND TRANSPORT SYSTEM-BASED ASSIGNMENTS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN VISUM: THE CITY OF KRYVYI RIH CASE by Volodymyr SISTUK

“…Also, the results of scenarios with transport system-based assignment showed that the passengers extremely use parallel streets for travel from an origin to a destination. …”
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Manufacturing high-performance flexible sensors via advanced patterning techniques by Xiaokun Qin, Bowen Zhong, Hao Xu, Joshua A Jackman, Kaichen Xu, Nam-Joon Cho, Zheng Lou, Lili Wang

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Elastoplastic Analysis of Circular Opening Based on a New Strain-Softening Constitutive Model and Its Engineering Application in Hydraulic Fracturing by T. Yang, Q. S. Ye

“…Constitutive effect is extremely important for the research of the mechanical behavior of surrounding rock in hydraulic fracturing engineering. …”
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The Use of Digital Microscopy to Compare the Thicknesses of Normal Corneas and Ex Vivo Rejected Corneal Grafts with a Focus on the Descemet’s Membrane by Taíse Tognon, Sabrina Bergeron, Christina Mastromonaco, Kleyton Barella, Adriano Pasqualotti, Laura Nunez, Francisco Murta, Luciene Barbosa de Sousa, Mauro Campos, Miguel Noel Nascentes Burnier

“…Conclusions. Normal corneas have a thinner epithelium in the central region than the FGR group. …”
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Side Effects and Patient Tolerance with the Use of Blood Flow Restriction Training after ACL Reconstruction in Adolescents: A Pilot Study by Jennifer Prue, Dylan P Roman, Nicholas G Giampetruzzi, Arthur Fredericks, Adel Lolic, Allison Crepeau, J. Lee Pace, Adam P Weaver

“…A total of 10.47% of BFR treatment sessions were unable to be completed due to tolerance, and 3.5% of sessions required a reduction in limb occlusion pressure (LOP)…”
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