150 Years of Blowing: Since John Hutchinson by Joseph Milic-Emili, Luigi Marazzini, Edgardo D’Angelo

“…In both normal subjects and patients with obstructive lung disease, the flows during the forced vital capacity (FVC) manoeuvre depend significantly on the pattern of the preceding inspiratory manoeuvre. Accordingly, the latter should be standardized in clinical and epidemiological studies. …”
Get full text

Isolated Crohn’s Disease of the Appendix Presenting as Acute Appendicitis in a 60-Year-Old South Asian Female: A Case Report, Review of Literature, and Follow-Up Recommendations by Pamathy Gnanaselvam, Dhanushka N. Weerakoon, W. A. M. Wijayasuriya, Vishva Samidi Mohottala, B. M. E. S. Sinhakumara, Umesh Jayarajah, Anura S. K. Banagala

“…The isolated appendiceal Crohn’s disease without preceding bowel symptoms is a rare phenomenon, especially in older patients. …”
Get full text

Designing and Prototyping of a Hybrid Robotic Lawnmower by Martin De Bona, Denis Kotarski

“…Robotic lawnmower prototyping is preceded by a design process that consists of a phase of selecting the main components and CAD modeling of parts and components. …”
Get full text

Peripheral neuropathy as initial manifestation of Churg-Strauss Syndrome by Antonio Villa, Marianna Gregorio, Francesca Bassi, Ignazio Santilli

“…Neurological complications in eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), previously known as Churg-Strauss syndrome, can be seen in 60-70% of cases, and in a portion of them neurological dysfunction may precede the involvement of other organs. An early recognition of this entity is the key to successful treatment and positive outcome. …”

The person in contemporary contexts of right-wing populism: an uncomfortable study by Luiz Fernando Dias Duarte, Marco Julián Martínez-Moreno

“…Abstract This article arises from the authors’ common concerns for the intense dissemination of versions of right-wing populism in Brazil over the preceding decade. The challenge of contemporary anthropology in relation to ‘uncomfortable’ phenomena, such as right-wing populism and the construction of the person involved in it, was the methodological and ethical focus adopted for this work. …”
Get full text

Varying circumstances surrounding opioid toxicity deaths across ethno-racial groups in Ontario, Canada: a population-based descriptive cross-sectional study by Tara Gomes, Mina Tadrous, Sophie A Kitchen, Frank Crichlow, Tonya J Campbell, Cynthia Damba, Colin H Johnson, Ashley Smoke

“…We summarised decedents’ sociodemographic characteristics, circumstances surrounding death and patterns of healthcare utilisation preceding death by ethno-racial group, and used standardised differences (SDs) to draw comparisons.Results Overall, 6687 Ontarians died of opioid toxicity, of whom 275 were Asian (4.1%), 238 were black (3.6%), 53 were Latin American (0.8%), 5222 were white (78.1%) and 899 (13.4%) had an unknown ethno-racial identity. …”
Get full text

Prognostic Value of Novel CARWL Score in Stage IIIC Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients Undergoing Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy by Erkan Topkan, Ahmet Kucuk, Duriye Ozturk, Emine Elif Ozkan, Ali Ayberk Besen, Berrin Pehlivan, Ugur Selek

“…We explored the prognostic utility of the unique combination of C-reactive-protein-to-albumin ratio (CAR) and significant weight loss (WL > 5%) over the preceding 6 months, namely, the CARWL score, in stage IIIC non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients who underwent concurrent chemoradiotherapy (CCRT). …”
Get full text

Habitual alcohol consumption associated with reduced semen quality and changes in reproductive hormones; a cross-sectional study among 1221 young Danish men by Anders Juul, Niels Jørgensen, Niels E Skakkebæk, Shanna H Swan, Tina Kold Jensen, Mads Gottschau, Jens Otto Broby Madsen, Anne-Maria Andersson, Tina Harmer Lassen, Lærke Priskorn

“…A significant increase in serum free testosterone with increasing alcohol consumption the week preceding the visit was found. Binging was not independently associated with semen quality.Conclusions Our study suggests that even modest habitual alcohol consumption of more than 5 units per week had adverse effects on semen quality although most pronounced associations were seen in men who consumed more than 25 units per week. …”
Get full text

Preventing Foodborne Illness: Listeriosis by Keith R. Schneider, Renée M. Goodrich-Schneider, Michael A. Hubbard, Susanna Richardson

“…Influenza-type symptoms, which may include continuous fever, usually precede the aforementioned disorders. This 4-page fact sheet was written by Keith R. …”
Get full text

Behavioral Determinants of Mating Success in Blackbuck under Semienclosed Condition: A Cross-Sectional Study in Shuklaphanta National Park, Nepal by Puja Saud, Juna Neupane, Mukesh Kumar Chalise

“…Copulatory mounting was significantly preceded by sniffing the vulva of female and showing flehmen response, whereas copulatory mounting was followed by walking.…”
Get full text

Re‑Constructing and Celebrating the Louisiana Purchase in New Orleans by Jean‑Pierre Le Glaunec

“…Chercheur au Deep South Regional Humanities Center, il a participé sous la direction du Professeur Sylvia Frey à la création d’un CD-ROM (Louisiana State University, 2003) retraçant les mécanismes historiques, économiques, sociaux et culturels ayant précédés, accompagnés et suivis l’Achat de la Louisiane.Ce texte est issu d'une communication au colloque « Stemming the Mississippi » organisé par l’Institut Charles V de l’Université Paris 7. …”
Get full text

Katechizm biblijny Kościoła kartagińskiego by Tomasz Kaczmarek

“…This image is that interesting because it is the only pre- Nicean Christology compendium of this type, which directly introduces us to theological thought preceding a very difficult for Christianity trinitian controversy. …”
Get full text

Équivalents finnois des prédications averbales premières et secondes by Eva Havu

“…However, since other cases may also appear, we try to find out if in the Finnish translations of French novels the choice of the grammatical case underlines the differences between verbless predications and additions or elliptic adjuncts and between autonomous and secondary predications : do cases used in autonomous predications show more autonomy in relation to the preceding sentence than those appearing in secondary predications ? …”
Get full text

Ritual, teatro y performance en un culto al niño dios y al diablo. Las pastorelas de la región purépecha, Michoacán (México) by Elizabeth Araiza

“…Describing a specific case and putting various pastorelas staged by P’urhépechas into comparative perspective allows us to demonstrate that this event combines theater and ritual without one superimposing itself on the other or preceding it in an evolutionary sense (as in « from ritual to theater »). …”
Get full text

FORMALIZATION OF THE PROBLEM OF SELECTION OF AUTOMATED SYSTEM by A. V. Petukhov

“…The described technique can be used by enterprises and organizations in the evaluation of automated systems at the stage preceding the tender for their purchase.…”
Get full text

La Greta Thunberg du Le grand livre du climat by Ludovic Aubin, Renaud Hétier, Cécile Redondo, Nathanaël Wallenhorst

“…A scientific focus: his understanding of the functioning of the Earth system based on his reading of biogeophysical literature, which enables him to give precedence to the paradigm of rupture over that of continuity/growth. 2. …”
Get full text

Au-delà de la vocation artistique : un recrutement sexuellement différencié des candidat-e-s à une carrière de plasticien-ne ? by Mathilde Provansal

“…In this paper, we study the ways gender differences emerge in professional trajectories through the analysis of one particular moment that precedes the entrance into an artistic career, the admission to art school. …”
Get full text

Augustine on election: the birth of an article of faith by Erik A. de Boer

“…Augustine’s reading of Romans 9 is compared with the preceding works of Marius Victorinus and Ambrosiaster. …”
Get full text

Modal Metaphysics and the Priority of Causes in Hume's Treatise by Ariel Melamedoff

“…In his Treatise of Human Nature Hume claims to demonstrate that simultaneous causation is absolutely impossible; all causes must precede their effects in time. I argue that considering Hume’s modal theory can reveal two important and previously unaddressed features of this argument. …”
Get full text