Superficial Siderosis and Anticoagulation Therapy: Different Presentations, Different Outcomes by Rui Duarte Barreto, Luís Ruano, Vítor Tedim Cruz, Carlos Veira, Paula Coutinho

“…In contrast, for the second patient anticoagulation withdrawal was feasible and marked motor and cognitive improvement ensued. Superficial siderosis is associated with unvarying progression, mostly when no direct source of bleeding is identified. …”
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Spiral Fracture in Young Infant Causing a Diagnostic Dilemma: Nutritional Rickets versus Child Abuse by Sonia Kaushal, Manish Raisingani, Raphael David, Bina Shah

“…Additionally, the mother was noncompliant with prenatal vitamins, exclusively breastfeeding without vitamin D supplementation, and had markedly low vitamin D levels 15 weeks postpartum. …”
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Les parcs agroforestiers d’Azilal (Maroc) : une construction paysagère pluri-séculaire et toujours vivante by Aude Nuscia Taïbi, Mustapha El Hannani, Yahia El Khalki, Aziz Ballouche

“…Despite this ancient historical foundation, these highly anthropized formations are often approached in terms of degradation, as are morphogenic processes, which are locally marked by strong erosion. However, field observations and diachronic analyses based on satellite images and aerial photographs show that these tree-lined parks, far from being relics of past landscapes, are still perennial and maintained by rural populations, as they continue to offer multiple vital functions and retain an important social role in these harsh and isolated mountainous contexts of the Moroccan Central High Atlas.…”
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Protective Effect of Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Secretome against Hepatocyte Apoptosis Induced by Liver Ischemia-Reperfusion with Partial Hepatectomy Injury by Zhihui Jiao, Yajun Ma, Yue Wang, Tao Liu, Qianzhen Zhang, Xiaoning Liu, Chenxi Piao, Boyang Liu, Hongbin Wang

“…Consistent with this, P53, Bax, Fas, and Fasl mRNA and protein levels were markedly decreased, while Bcl-2 was significantly increased in the animals treated with ADSCs and ADSC-secretome. …”
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Identification of deposits from modern and ancient large tsunamis by means of environmental DNA by Tetsuya Shinozaki, Akira Iguchi, Miyuki Nishijima, Kazuhisa Goto, Shigehiro Fujino

“…The taxa detected in the tsunami deposits were markedly different from those of the background sediments. …”
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Electromyographic and kinematic characteristics of baseball players with yips exhibiting different types of dystonic movements: A two-case report by Toshiyuki Aoyama, Kazumichi Ae, Takahiro Taguchi, Yuna Kawamori, Daisuke Sasaki, Takashi Kawamura, Yutaka Kohno

“…Electromyographic data was recorded from the throwing upper limb. Case 1 showed markedly greater elbow flexion before ball release than the control baseball players, likely due to excessive and delayed muscle contraction of the biceps brachii. …”
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Characterization of the Hypercitrullination Reaction in Human Neutrophils and Other Leukocytes by Yebin Zhou, Tiziana Di Pucchio, Gary P. Sims, Nanette Mittereder, Tomas Mustelin

“…Using two independent western blotting methods, we report that agents that trigger a sufficiently large influx of extracellular calcium ions induced a marked citrullination of multiple proteins in human neutrophils, monocytes, and, to a lesser extent, T lymphocytes and natural killer cells, but not B lymphocytes or dendritic cells. …”
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Characterization of the Prediabetic State in a Novel Rat Model of Type 2 Diabetes, the ZFDM Rat by Ghupurjan Gheni, Norihide Yokoi, Masayuki Beppu, Takuro Yamaguchi, Shihomi Hidaka, Ayako Kawabata, Yoshikazu Hoshino, Masayuki Hoshino, Susumu Seino

“…At 10–12 weeks of age, fa/fa male rats exhibited marked glucose intolerance as well as severe insulin resistance similar to that at the earlier age. …”
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Effect of Core Stability Training Monitored by Rehabilitative Ultrasound Image and Surface Electromyogram in Local Core Muscles of Healthy People by Yaochao Zheng, Songjian Ke, Caina Lin, Xiao Li, Cuicui Liu, Yuanyuan Wu, Wenjun Xin, Chao Ma, Shaoling Wu

“…Together, the core stability training monitored by rehabilitative ultrasound imaging and surface electromyogram can markedly activate and enhance local core muscles in healthy people, providing a potential strategy to treat low back pain more effectively.…”
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Evaluation of Possible Genotoxic Activity of Dirithromycin in Cultured Human Lymphocytes by Ahmet Kayraldız, Lale Dönbak, Ayşe Yavuz Kocaman, Esra Köker, Şule Gökçe

“…In addition, CA level has been markedly increased in the cells treated with almost all concentrations of dirithromycin for 24 (except 37.75 µg/mL) and 48 h treatment periods as compared to control. …”
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The Confession of King Gälawdewos (r. 1540–1559): A Sixteenth-Century Ethiopian Monophysite Document against Jesuit Proselytism by Solomon Gebreyes Beyene

“…The second period ran from 1603 to 1632 and marked the major success of the mission. The missionaries managed to convert King Susənyos (r.1607–1632) as well as important nobles and dignitaries. …”
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Condensate droplet roaming on nanostructured superhydrophobic surfaces by Cheuk Wing Edmond Lam, Kartik Regulagadda, Matteo Donati, Abinash Tripathy, Gopal Chandra Pal, Chander Shekhar Sharma, Athanasios Milionis, Dimos Poulikakos

“…Abstract Jumping of coalescing condensate droplets from superhydrophobic surfaces is an interesting phenomenon which yields marked heat transfer enhancement over the more explored gravity-driven droplet removal mode in surface condensation, a phase change process of central interest to applications ranging from energy to water harvesting. …”
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Sequential release of cytokines, lipid mediators and nitric oxide in experimental colitis by A. P. M. van Dijk, Z. J. Keuskamp, J. H. P. Wilson, F. J. Zijlstra

“…At this time inflammation was associated with the release of interleukin-lβ (IL-1β) and tumour necrosis factor-α (TNFα), whereas both prostaglandins 6kPGF1α and PGE2 and nitric oxide (NO) markedly decreased. Then a 25% inflammation score was reached which coincided with an increased production of platelet-activating factor (PAF). …”
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A Comparative Study between the Effects of Intra-Articular Injections of Platelet Rich Plasma versus Corticosteroid with Local Anaesthetic in Refractory Cases of Temporo-Mandibular... by Madhumita Batabyal, Indranil Sen, Rabi Hembrom, Pradip Kumar Ray, Arijit Nag, Kapil Bala, Jayanta Barman, Anamika Anamika

“…Results: Pain and joint sound was markedly reduced in PRP group than corticosteroid group .Inter-incisal mouth opening also shows better result in PRP group. …”
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Sindicatos campesinos y poder estatal en la Bolivia evista (2005-2010) by Bruno Fornillo, Marcos Schiavi

“…Of course, the passage established by the process « evista » led to the emergence of new questions, marked throughout by the evidence that social organizations have gone from « political ground » to the state government arena. …”
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Trends and Variability in Precipitable Water Vapor throughout North China from 1979 to 2015 by Wang Peng, Xie Tongchuan, Dai Jiageng, Sun Jingmin, Wu Yanling, Song Qingli, Dai Xin, Yuan Hongliang, Song Dejun, Zhao Jinrong

“…For the period of 1979–2007, a slightly but less marked decreasing trend was found at most stations in North China in all four seasons.…”
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Potential applications of PLGA/PVA coaxial nanofibers with controlled release for guiding tissue regeneration by Huinan Zhang, Dongchao Ji, Kunlong Zhao, Zhuoheng Li, Shuo Yang, Peng Wang, Wenxin Cao, Yu Sun

“…Drug release studies demonstrated a marked reduction in the initial burst release of metronidazole as the shell layer thickness increased. …”
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Pityriasis Versicolor Resistant to Antifungal Drugs in a Patient in Lomé (Togo) by Julienne Teclessou, Koussake Kombate, Bayaki Saka, Séfako Abla Akakpo, Palokinam Pitche

“…The patient was treated by itraconazole for 6 weeks. The evolution was marked by a clinical status quo. The patient was again put on salicylated petroleum jelly 10% associated with terbinafine cream and then lost to follow-up. …”
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Deficiency in NPC2 results in disruption of mitochondria-late endosome/lysosomes contact sites and endo-lysosomal lipid dyshomeostasis by Raffaele Pastore, Lihang Yao, Nathan Hatcher, Martin Helley, Janet Brownlees, Radha Desai

“…Specifically, HEK NPC2−/− cells exhibit marked elevation of glucosylsphingosine and glucosylceramides, substrates of beta glucocerebroside (GBA), as well as accumulation of sphingosine and sphingomyelins. …”
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Evaluation of Two Different Treatments for Larch Logs as Substrates to Cultivate <i>Ganoderma tsugae</i> in the Forest by Lei Xia, Xiao Tan, Peng Wang, Dahai Yang, Yang Zhang, Yanru Cui, Ya Yu, Weidong Zhang, Xiao Huang, Jiawei Wen

“…The outcomes were optimal for non-sterilized substrates, followed by sterilized substrates, while the wild strains were markedly less effective than the cultivated ones.…”
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