Discharge against Medical Advice in Surgical Patients with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Case Report Series Illustrating Unique Challenges by Marek Brzezinski, Maren Gregersen, Luiz Gustavo Schuch, Ricarda Sawatzki, Joy W. Chen, Grant Gauger, Jasleen Kukreja, Brian Cason

“…In all three subjects, the stress of feeling misunderstood by clinicians and the distress of public detainment by hospital security in the setting of chronic PTSD led to aggressive and risky behavior. All three subjects represented a risk to themselves and to others at the time of DAMA. …”
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Stability of the beta phase in Ti-Mo-Cr alloy fabricated by powder metallurgy by Syarif J., Rohmannudin T.N., Omar M.Z., Sajuri Z., Harjanto S.

“…Hardness of the alloy decreased with increasing Mo and Cr content, which led to the decrease of a phase. The Ti-18%Mo-10%Cr alloy exhibited better corrosion resistance than a commercial Ti-6%Al-4%V alloy, which is used as current biomaterial.…”
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Designing Novel Interfaces via Surface Functionalization of Short-Chain-Length Polyhydroxyalkanoates by S. Vigneswari, J. M. Chai, K. Shantini, K. Bhubalan, A. A. Amirul

“…Thus far, these surface modifications have led to PHA being widely used in various biomedical and pharmaceutical applications such as cardiac patches, wound management, nerve, bone, and cartilage repair. …”
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Why we should revitalize indigenous water harvesting systems: Lessons learned by Musaed Aklan, Charlotte de Fraiture, Laszlo G. Hayde

“…It is generally believed that problems surrounding water scarcity led earlier generations to develop and employ a variety of indigenous rainwater harvesting (RWH) techniques. …”
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Strategies for Sustainable Tourism Development in the Context of Old Parts of Isfahan, Presenting Priorities Using the Delphi Method by Amirhosein Halabian, Laleh Pooreydivand, Mehdi Abdollahzadeh, Zaynab Omrani Sardo

“…However, these regions have negative features such the disturbance of perspective, lack of access to adequate facilities and equipment, economic and social distress and burnout in the body which , in turn, has led to the evacuation of large populations from these tissues. …”
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Comparative Study of Mechanical and Biological Pretreatment for Releasing Spores of Black Truffle Tuber aestivum by E. V. Malygina, N. A. Imidoeva, A. Yu. Belyshenko, M. E. Dmitrieva, V. N. Shelkovnikova, A. A. Vlasova, T. Yu. Telnova, M. M. Morgunova, A. S. Konovalov, D. V. Axenov-Gribanov

“…Mechanical homogenization of fruiting bodies using an immersion blender in tandem with a ball mill was shown to be effective and led to destruction of at least 85% of asci and release of spores. …”
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GENETIC CONTROL OF ANTHOCYANIN COLORATION IN RYE by A. V. Voylokov, A. N. Lykholay, V. G. Smirnov

“…Six recessive genes vi1–vi6 were identified, whose homozygous state led to the absence of anthocyanin from the whole plant. …”
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Deep and Reinforcement Learning Technologies on Internet of Vehicle (IoV) Applications: Current Issues and Future Trends by Lina Elmoiz Alatabani, Elmustafa Sayed Ali, Rania A. Mokhtar, Rashid A. Saeed, Hesham Alhumyani, Mohammad Kamrul Hasan

“…Recently, artificial intelligence (AI) technology has great attention in transportation systems, which led to the emergence of a new concept known as Internet of Vehicles (IoV). …”
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A new automatic watermarking algorithm based on Fuzzy Logic and Harris Hawks optimization by Mehdi Fallah Kazemi, Arash Ahmadpour, Nadia Pourmahdi

“…Moreover, by decomposing the triangular matrix, which embeds the watermark bits in the matrix element, the use of Mamdani implication and the product inference engine have led to an efficient watermark extraction. The simulation results show that the quality of the watermarked image is equal to 60.6dB. …”
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Stem Cell-Based Therapies for Liver Diseases: State of the Art and New Perspectives by Anna Chiara Piscaglia, Mariachiara Campanale, Antonio Gasbarrini, Giovanni Gasbarrini

“…Recent advances in cell biology have led to the concept of “regenerative medicine”, based on the therapeutic potential of stem cells (SCs). …”
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Relationship between Experimental Diet in Rats and Nonalcoholic Hepatic Disease: Review of Literature by Ayane A. Rodrigues, Raíssa S. B. Andrade, Daniel F. P. Vasconcelos

“…Both the broader recognition of the disease and the additional efforts to elucidate the NAFLD pathogenesis have led to an increase in animal models in recent years. …”
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Case report: Reversible splenial lesion syndrome preceding the onset of multiple sclerosis by Matthias Mauritz, Dariia Kliushnikova, Ferdinand Otto, Andrea Harrer, Andrea Harrer, Tobias Moser, Richard Friedrich Radlberger, Waltraud Kleindienst, Eugen Trinka, Eugen Trinka, Eugen Trinka, Peter Wipfler

“…Diagnostic findings did not establish a specific type of infection, but revealed evidence for a potential disposition towards autoimmunity. 32 months after the initial presentation, new clinical and radiological manifestations developed that led to a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis.ConclusionsIn susceptible individuals, infectious disease processes involving the central nervous system, such as described in this case, might be a factor in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis. …”
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Parkinsonism and Sjögren’s Syndrome: A Fortuitous Association or a Shared Immunopathogenesis? by Mariem Kchaou, Nadia Ben Ali, Intissar Hmida, Saloua Fray, Hela Jamoussi, Mohamed Jalleli, Slim Echebbi, Afef Achouri, Samir Belal

“…The later discovery of a sicca syndrome led to performing of further investigations, which revealed the presence of anti-SSA antibodies and a sialoadenitis of grade 4 according to Chisholm’s classification on labial salivary gland biopsy. …”
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Impacts of climate change and pumping on groundwater resources in the Kou River basin, Burkina Faso by Tirogo, Justine, Jost, Anne, Biaou, Angelbert, Koussoubé, Youssouf, Ribstein, Pierre, Dakouré, Denis

“…Drought periods and consecutive years without recharge also led to a decrease in groundwater levels. Thus, precipitation deficits and variability, combined with increasing pumping, have endangered the resource.…”
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Blockchain based micropayment for e-health IOT sensors by Mahdi Shahraki, Amir Jalali Bighdeli

“…Increasing the use of this technology in smart cities requires improving the IT infrastructure for the security and privacy of users. This has led to the use of blockchain technology alongside the Internet of Things. …”
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Clear Cell Carcinoma of the Endometrium Causing Paraneoplastic Retinopathy: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Paulina Cybulska, Eduardo V. Navajas, Filiberto Altomare, Marcus Q. Bernardini

“…We reviewed the literature for cases in which gynecologic malignancies caused paraneoplastic retinopathy and ultimately led to blindness. Twenty-eight cases were derived from the literature, and one unique case is described from our institution. …”
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Two-Dimensional Ferroelectric Materials: From Prediction to Applications by Shujuan Jiang, Yongwei Wang, Guangping Zheng

“…The discovery of two-dimensional (2D) ferroelectrics, particularly ultrathin compounds with stable crystal structure and room-temperature ferroelectricity, has led to significant advancements in the field. However, challenges such as depolarization effects, low Curie temperature, and high energy barriers for polarization reversal remain in the development of 2D ferroelectrics with high performance. …”
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Update on Edoxaban for the Prevention and Treatment of Thromboembolism: Clinical Applications Based on Current Evidence by Ali Zalpour, Thein Hlaing Oo

“…Targeting and inhibiting specific coagulation factors have led to new discoveries in the pharmacotherapy of thromboembolism management. …”
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Knowledge management and the power of communication: INDESGUA as a social technology enabling equitable access to scholarships in Guatemala by Kleinsy Bonilla, Natalia Ortiz Barrientos, Miguel Alejandro Saquimux Contreras

“…It documents a communication-based social technology initiative led by organized local civil society: the Institute for the Development of Higher Education in Guatemala—INDESGUA, a nonprofit organization founded in 2007. …”
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Discovering the Rules of Data Mining Classification using Distributed Memetic Algorithm by Mohammadreza Dehghanimahmoudabadi, Mohammadreza Mollahoseini Ardakani

“…Alterations in migration rules on certain sites, coupled with the execution of search operations, have led to a significant improvement in discovering classification rules. …”
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