‘What a perennial delight is in hearing the French language spoken!’: Class, Language and Taste in the Maison de Molière’s French Performances in London (1871–1893) by Ignacio Ramos Gay

“…Their performance in their native tongue proved to be an aesthetic magnificence that had clearly captivated an essentially English-speaking audience: ‘the pictures they produced went straight to the heart and needed no language for those of us who could not master French’, Irving declared. …”
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Presidential Initiatives as a Tool to Manage U.S. Foreign Assistance Policies in the XXI Century: From George W. Bush Jr. to Joseph R. Biden by V. I. Bartenev

“…The higher the status of these units and the clearer their mandates were, the more effectively the implementation process went. The launch of the Joseph Biden’s Presidential Initiative for Democratic Renewal — which combines diplomacy and development tools — at the end of his first year in office illustrates the role of the aforementioned factors. …”
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Development of Fulminant Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in a Patient with DRESS Syndrome by Pedro Perez, Wilson Sze, Daniel Lozeau, Dipa Avichal, Joshua Miller

“…Over the next four months, she went on to have multiple hospitalizations with several admissions to the medical intensive care unit. …”
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Neuromuscular Coordination Deficit Persists 12 Months after ACL Reconstruction But Can Be Modulated by 6 Weeks of Kettlebell Training: A Case Study in Women’s Elite Soccer by Mette K. Zebis, Christoffer H. Andersen, Jesper Bencke, Christina Ørntoft, Connie Linnebjerg, Per Hölmich, Kristian Thorborg, Per Aagaard, Lars L. Andersen

“…A female elite soccer player (age 21 years) with no previous history of ACL injury went through neuromuscular screening as measured by EMG preactivity of vastus lateralis and semitendinosus during a standardized sidecutting maneuver. …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 Event on the Characteristics of Atmospheric Single Particle in the Northern China by Zheng Li, Jingjing Meng, Ling Zhou, Ruiwen Zhou, Mengxuan Fu, Yachen Wang, Yanan Yi, Aijing Song, Qingchun Guo, Zhanfang Hou, Li Yan

“…The unscaled size distribution of total particles peaked at 0.50 µm during BP and at 0.66–0.70 µm during DP, suggesting that particles remained for a long time in the atmosphere and went through a strong aging process during DP. The single particles during DP were more aged than those during BP, owing to the stronger atmospheric oxidizing capacity during DP.…”
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An Atypical Case of Taravana Syndrome in a Breath-Hold Underwater Fishing Champion: A Case Report by Andrea Cortegiani, Grazia Foresta, Giustino Strano, Maria Teresa Strano, Francesca Montalto, Domenico Garbo, Santi Maurizio Raineri

“…The following morning, pain and neurological impairment occurred again and the diver went by himself to the hospital where he had a generalized tonic-clonic seizure and lost consciousness. …”
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Thyroid Hormone Changes in the Northern Area of Tianjin during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Dong Weiwei, Wu Bei, Wang Hong, Wu Cailan, Shao Hailin, Xu Donghong, Wang Xiaolai, Hao Zhaohu, Li Shijun, Tan Jian, Jia Qiang

“…The level of FT4 (z = −2.821, p<0.01) and HAMA score (7.63 ± 2.07 vs. 5.40 ± 1.65, t = 16.873, p<0.01) went up in Group B; however, TSH (z = −5.238, p<0.01), FT3 (z = −3.089, p=0.002), TgAb (z = −11.814, p<0.01), and TPOAb (z = −9.299, p<0.01) were lower, and HAMA was positive with FT3 (r = 0.208, p<0.01) and FT4 (r = 0.247, p<0.01). …”
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Physical, Textural, Rheological, and Sensory Characteristics of Amaranth-Based Wheat Flour Bread by Sahreen Nasir, Farhana Mehraj Allai, Murtaza Gani, Shaiq Ganaie, Khalid Gul, Aabida Jabeen, Darakshan Majeed

“…A significant impact on the physical properties like the weight of bread (increased from 474.00 to 489.30 g), height (went down from 80.00 to 74.33 cm), loaf volume (decreased from 1580.00 to 1518.30 cm3), and specific volume (reduced from 3.32 to 3.10 cm3 g-1) was observed with the replacement of wheat flour. …”
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Bioaccumulation and Health Risk Assessments of Heavy Metals in Mussels Collected from Madura Strait, Indonesia by Defri Yona, Aida Sartimbul, Muhammad Arif Rahman, Syarifah Hikmah Julinda Sari, Priyanka Mondal, Abdullah Hamid, Tsania Humairoh

“…In the seawater, heavy metals were in the order of Cu, Pb, Cd, and Zn from the highest to the lowest concentration respectively, while they went down in the order of Zn, Cu, Pb, and Cd in the sediment respectively. …”
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Effect of natural accelerated growth in the per- formance of buffalo calves in a dual-purpose production system by Luis Mantilla, Omar Castellano, Rubiela Rodríguez

“…A total of 79 female and 67 male buffalo calves born between November and January were randomly divided into two groups to apply different treatments. The first group (T1) went under the farm’s traditional management system (the buffalo cow and the calf enter the milking parlour 15 days after calf birth, leaving a milk quarter for the calf to feed). …”
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Diagnostic Value of Dynamics Serum sCD163, sTREM-1, PCT, and CRP in Differentiating Sepsis, Severity Assessment, and Prognostic Prediction by Longxiang Su, Lin Feng, Qing Song, Hongjun Kang, Xingang Zhang, Zhixin Liang, Yanhong Jia, Dan Feng, Changting Liu, Lixin Xie

“…During a 14-day observation, sCD163, sTREM-1, PCT, and SOFA scores continued to climb among nonsurvivors, while their WBC and CRP went down. Both sCD163 and SOFA scores are risk factors impacting the survival time. …”
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Effect of ionic strength and mixing ratio on complex coacervation of soy protein isolate/Flammulina velutipes polysaccharide by Junmiao Zhang, Hengjun Du, Ning Ma, Lei Zhong, Gaoxing Ma, Fei Pei, Hui Chen, Qiuhui Hu

“…Under electrostatic interaction, the formation of SPI/FVP coacervates were spontaneous and went through a nucleation and growth process. Low salt concentration (CNaCl = 10, 50 mmol/L) led to an increase in the critical pH values (pHc, pHφ1) while the critical pH values decreased when CNaCl ≥ 100 mmol/L. …”
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Modeling of drying kinetics and chemical analysis for optimal preservation of pitahaya, aguaymanto and pineapple fruits using a parabolic solar dehydrator in the Amazon region - Pe... by Merbelita Yalta Chappa, Wildor Gosgot Angeles, Luz Quispe-Sanchez, Diana Carina Mori Servan, Homar Santillan Gomez, Manuel Oliva-Cruz, Miguel Ángel Barrena Gurbillón

“…In the chemical analysis evaluation, it was evident that as time went by, the pH increased and the titratable acidity decreased; the fruit with the highest pH when reaching its optimum dehydration point was the pitahaya (5.98); it also indicated the lowest titratable acidity (0.0010 %). …”
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Freedom of expression, aspiration and gender: A cultuling in the student demonstration by Siti Nurbayani, Elly Malihah, Millary Agung Widiawaty, Moh. Dede, Bayu Iqbal Anshari, Asep Mahpudz, Erry Sukriah, Sri Wahyuni

“…These posters were widely circulated on social media “X'' and went viral among netizens. The conceptual model of cultuling analysis, which encompasses delivery, emotional, and cultural values with 16 parameters, was used to analyze the data. …”
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Advertising in Lithuanian Periodicals in 1918-1940: Characteristics of its Quantitative and Qualitative Developement by Giedrė Polkaitė

“…However, during this period, advertising went through an economic crisis, which somewhat arrested its development.   4) 1936-1940 - during this period, a technical change became most pronounced: illustrated advertising considerably outweighed non-illustrated advertising, the use of photographs increased markedly, advertising became colored. …”
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A Retrospective Case Series of a Novel Spinal Cord Stimulator Trial Technique with Less Displacement and Migration of the Trial Leads by N. Shaparin, K. Gritsenko, P. Agrawal, S. Kim, S. Wahezi, A. Gitkind, J. Hascalovici, A. Vydyanathan, J. Bernstein, A. Dizdarevic, N. Mehta, A. Kaufman

“…Of the 19 patients in our cohort, there was one trial lead displacement, no lead migrations, and no site infections. Thirteen patients went on to permanent lead implantation. This improved trial lead placement technique had a high success rate with a low number of complications. …”
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Medication Adherence Mediates the Association between Type D Personality and High HbA1c Level in Chinese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Six-Month Follow-Up Study by Xuemei Li, Min Gao, Shengfa Zhang, Huiwen Xu, Huixuan Zhou, Xiaohua Wang, Zhiyong Qu, Jing Guo, Weijun Zhang, Donghua Tian

“…Methods. 330 patients went on to complete a self-report measure of medication adherence and the HbA1c tests. …”
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Cognitive impairment, depressive and anxiety disorders among post-COVID-19 survivors: a follow-up study by Ayman A. Aziz, Ahmed A. Latif, Sandra W. Elseesy

“…While 61.4% of patients suffered from fatigue and low concentration at 1st interview and went down to 31.8% at 2nd interview, showing a statistically significant difference, P-value < 0.001. …”
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Co-creating and hosting PxP: a conference about patient engagement in research for and by patient partners by Dawn P. Richards, Hetty Mulhall, Joletta Belton, Savia de Souza, Trudy Flynn, Alex Haagaard, Linda Hunter, Amy Price, Sara Riggare, Janice Tufte, Rosie Twomey, Karim M. Khan

“…However, there are few examples of conferences where patients are given the opportunity to fully lead. Our conference went beyond patient engagement – it was patient-led. …”
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Characteristics Associated with Successful Residency Match in General Surgery by Reagan A. Collins, BA, Kaitlyn Nimmer, BA, Salma A. Sheriff, BS, Tania K. Arora, MD, Anai N. Kothari, MD, MS, Carrie Cunningham, MD, MPH, Callisia N. Clarke, MD, MS

“…Data included application characteristics for United States (“US”) and “independent” applicants, factors cited by program directors in the interview and ranking process, paths pursued if applicants went unmatched, and racial/ethnic representation. …”
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