Physical Activity Patterns and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome in Middle-Aged and Elderly Northern Chinese Adults by Qian Wang, Xu Zhang, Li Fang, Qingbo Guan, Ling Gao, Qiu Li

“…In conclusion, insufficient physical activity among rural people over 40 years old increases the risk of type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome. …”
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A Para-Canalicular Abscess Resembling an Inflamed Chalazion by Diamantis Almaliotis, Elias Nakos, Thomas Siempis, Triantafyllia Koletsa, Ioannis Kostopoulos, Maria Chatzipantazi, Vasileios Karampatakis

“…We report a case of a 70-year-old female patient suffering from a para-canalicular abscess in the medial canthus of the left eye, beside the lower punctum lacrimale, resembling a chalazion. …”
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Rapid Multiorgan Dissemination of Low-Grade Myxofibrosarcoma: A Case Report by Yasutaka Murahashi, Mitsunori Kaya, Tamotsu Soma, Mikito Sasaki, Satoshi Nagoya, Takuro Wada, Toshihiko Yamashita

“…In this paper, we will report the case of a 79-year-old female with very aggressive metastatic low-grade myxofibrosarcoma. …”
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Antioxidant System Response and cDNA-SCoT Marker Profiling in Phoenix dactylifera L. Plant under Salinity Stress by Fahad Al-Qurainy, Salim Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Mohamed Tarroum, Abdel-Rhman Z. Gaafar

“…To investigate the response of Khalas cultivar of P. dactylifera, two-month-old plants were treated with sodium chloride (50, 100, and 150 mM NaCl) for three months. …”
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Improving sensitivity in the deep regions of a volume conductor using electrical focused impedance methods by Mobarak Mahjabin, Rabbani K Siddique-e

“…Bioimpedance measurements are becoming important in probing the human body for diagnosis and monitoring. An age old 4-electrode technique called tetrapolar impedance measurement (TPIM), giving transfer impedance, cannot localize a specific zone besides having large zones of negative sensitivity. …”
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Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis—A Challenging Demyelinating Disease: Case Report and Brief Review of the Literature by Regina Célia Ajeje Pires de Albuquerque, Raquel Siqueira Leonel de Paula, Manuelina Mariana Capellari Macruz Brito, José Roberto Lopes Ferraz Filho, Lucas Crociati Meguins

“…We present a case of MS in 9-year-old girl, review the current state of the knowledge on pediatric MS, and discuss the available tools for the diagnosis and treatment.…”
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Validation of the Arabic Version of Medication Regimen Complexity Index Among Older Patients - Validation of the “MRCI-Arabic” by Nilay Aksoy, Nur Ozturk, Betul Okuyan, Mesut Sancar

“…Methods: This methodologic study was conducted in older patients (≥ 65 years old) who were native Arabic speakers at a community pharmacy located in Istanbul, Turkey. …”
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A Pediatric Case of Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Onset following Varicella Zoster Ophthalmicus with Optic Neuritis by Naoko Shiba, Yuji Inaba, Mitsuo Motobayashi, Makoto Nishioka, Yoichiro Kawasaki, Shunsuke Noda, Hiroki Matsuura, Norimoto Kobayashi, Takafumi Matsuoka, Akinori Nakamura, Yozo Nakazawa

“…The present report describes a case involving an immunocompetent 10-year-old girl who developed relapsing-remitting MS following the prolonged reactivation of VZV inside the first branch of the trigeminal nerve, exhibiting herpes zoster ophthalmicus with severe optic neuritis. …”
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Epidural abscess formation after chemotherapy for breast cancer: a case report and literature review by Youzhi An, Lili Li, Qingning Liu, Zhen Zhang, Xuelin Lin

“…She underwent surgery and recovered well after surgery.Case reportA 49-year-old female patient developed an epidural abscess after chemotherapy for breast cancer; she suffered sudden pain and paralysis in both lower limbs. …”
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Quality of Life related to health in the morbidity of periodic hemodialysis patient by Eliseo Capote Leyva, Milagros Ortiz González, Raydel Argudín Selier, Carmen Elena Viada González, Lázaro Capote Pereira, Idrissa Leonard Rupalé

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> patients under 60 years old predominated, of high schooling level, with blood hypertension mainly due to renal failure.  …”
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Cardiogenic Shock due to Kounis Syndrome following Cobra Bite by W. D. D. Priyankara, E. M. Manoj, A. Gunapala, A. G. R. M. A. Ranaweera, K. S. Vithanage, M. Sivasubramanium, E. Snajeeva

“…Various drugs such as antibiotics, analgesics, and environmental exposures such as bee, wasp sting, and poison ivy are known to induce Kounis syndrome. A 68-year-old man admitted with a cobra bite on both hands to emergency care unit and sustained cardiorespiratory arrest. …”
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Examining Emphysematous Pyelonephritis: A Case Study on Diagnosis and Outcomes by Mahnoor Mahnoor, Syeda Aina Ali, Saira Nasir, Moiz Azmat, Hafiz Muhammad Umer Farooqi

“…<b>Case Description</b>: We present a case of a 50-year-old female with a history of chronic diabetes and persistent hypertension. …”
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Glioblastoma with Both Oligodendroglioma and Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor-Like Components in a Case with 9-Year Survival by Ying-Tso Chen, Shu-Shong Hsu, Chi-Man Yip, Ping-Hong Lai, Huai-Pao Lee

“…Presentation of Case. A 23-year-old woman, presenting with rapidly progressive headache and right-side weakness, was diagnosed with brain tumor over the left basal ganglion. …”
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A Rare Report of Infectious Emphysematous Aortitis Secondary to Clostridium septicum without Prior Vascular Intervention by Ciel Harris, Joseph Geffen, Keyrillos Rizg, Stuart Shah, Aaron Richardson, Cherisse Baldeo, Avinash Ramdass

“…The vast majority of emphysematous aortic infections occur as a result of instrumentation; however, in this case we present an infection de novo. A 75-year-old male presented with a 2-week history of progressive fatigue and chest pain that then developed into constitutional symptoms. …”
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Retrograde Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in a Case of Takayasu Arteritis with Left Main Coronary Artery Chronic Total Occlusion by Prathap Kumar, Blessvin Jino, Stalin Roy, Manu Rajendran

“…Case Presentation. A 31-year-old female with previous history of Takayasu arteritis (TA) and CABG with left internal mammary artery (LIMA) to left anterior descending artery (LAD) grafting in 2012, presented to us with exertional angina of 6-month duration. …”
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Duodenal Gangliocytic Paraganglioma Requiring a Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Laurie Adams, Theodore M. Friedman, Timothy R. Shaver, George Younan

“…Presentation of Case. A 49-year-old Caucasian female, who presented with an upper gastrointestinal bleed, was found to have a hypodense mass in the second/third portion of the duodenum. …”
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THE THIRD LEVEL OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: CHARACTERISTICS OF SUB-STATE ACTORS by S. P. Arteev

“…It is obvious that the current tensions around the Russian Federation may not be fully resolved with the old methods. At the same time, sub-state/ subnational actors as subjects of a combined nature, the role played by regions of the Russian Federation, able to combine harmoniously in its international activities as the techniques characteristic of the traditional actors - States and developments in the tools of non-traditional actors - international non-governmental and non-profit organizations etc. …”
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Imaging behavior of facial deformities by Elizabeth Blanco Moredo, María Elena Gutiérrez Hernández, Carlos Valdés Collazo, Patricia Pérez Ramos, Lázaro Yunier Dunán Mesa

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in 46 patients older than 18 years old, with a diagnosis of facial deformity, who attended the Maxillofacial Surgery Service, Calixto García Hospital, from November 2017 to November 2019. …”
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Interaction of physostigmine with three injectable anaesthetics in a young chick model by H. M. S. Garmavy, F. K. Mohammad

“…The purpose of the present study was to examine the possible interaction of physostigmine with the anaesthetic action of the three anaesthetics in a model of young chicks (7–14 days old). Chicks (8/group) were anaesthetised with propofol at 10 mg/kg, intraperitoneally (i.p.), thiopental at 20 mg/kg, i.p. and ketamine at 10 mg/kg, intramuscularly (i.m.). …”

Knowledge and Attitudes About Emergency Contraception Among Married Women in the Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey by Yeşim Bayoğlu Tekin, Ülkü Mete Ural, Işık Üstüner, Gülşah Balık, Figen Kır Şahin, Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven

“…A questionnaire was given to married women ages 18 to 49 years old. The frequency distribution of dependent (knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs) and independent (age, gravidity, parity, income and education level, contraceptive methods) variables was calculated. …”
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