Radiological Staging of Thyroid-Associated Ophthalmopathy: Comparison of T1 Mapping with Conventional MRI by Lu Chen, Wen Chen, Huan-Huan Chen, Qian Wu, Xiao-Quan Xu, Hao Hu, Fei-Yun Wu

“…Accurate staging of patients with thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) is crucial for clinical decision. Full cognition of pathologic changes and staging TAO using conventional T2-weighted imaging is still limited. …”
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Contrast Sensitivity of Thyroid Associated Ophthalmopathy Patients without Obvious Optic Neuropathy by Ümit Beden, Sümeyra Kaya, Volkan Yeter, Dilek Erkan

“…To compare the contrast sensitivity levels of thyroid associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) patients without obvious optic neuropathy with those of healthy people. …”
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Association of Polymorphisms in Toll-Like Receptors 4 and 9 with Autoimmune Thyroid Disease in Korean Pediatric Patients by Won Kyoung Cho, Jung-Pil Jang, Eun-Jeong Choi, Moonbae Ahn, Shin Hee Kim, Kyoung Soon Cho, So Hyun Park, In Cheol Baek, Min Ho Jung, Tai-Gyu Kim, Byung-Kyu Suh

“…Fifteen single-nucleotide polymorphisms in 7 TLR genes were analyzed in 104 Korean children (girls = 86, boys = 18) with AITD (Hashimoto disease (HD) = 44, Graves’ disease (GD) = 60, thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) = 29, and non-TAO = 31) with 183 controls. …”
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Mitochondrial insights on antidiabetic therapies: Differential impacts of SGLT2i, GLP-1, and insulin by Yu-Hsiang Lin, Kuo-Hsuan Chang, Yu-Jen Lu

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Intestinal Thromboangiitis Obliterans in a Woman: A Case Report and Discussion of Chronic Ischemic Changes by Shaun AC Medlicott, Paul Beaudry, Gary Morris, Gwen Hollaar, Francis Sutherland

“…Although traditionally regarded as a disease of distal extremities, mesenteric vasculature can also manifest thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO). There are 31 cases of intestinal TAO in the English literature and the majority of subjects are male. …”
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Thyroid Stimulating but Not Blocking Autoantibodies Are Highly Prevalent in Severe and Active Thyroid-Associated Orbitopathy: A Prospective Study by E. Kampmann, T. Diana, M. Kanitz, D. Hoppe, G. J. Kahaly

“…The clinical utility of the functional TSH receptor autoantibodies was prospectively evaluated in patients with thyroid-associated orbitopathy (TAO). Ophthalmic, endocrine, and serological investigations were performed in 101 consecutive patients with severe and active TAO. …”
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Cytokines in Thyroid-Associated Ophthalmopathy by Pengbo Zhang, Huang Zhu

“…Thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO), also known as thyroid eye disease (TED) or Graves’ orbitopathy (GO), is a complex autoimmune condition causing visual impairment, disfigurement, and harm to patients’ physical and mental health. …”
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The effect of acromegaly on thyroid disease by Caiyan Mo, Liyong Zhong

“…Recent studies have reported that the IGF-1 receptor (IGF-1R) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of TAO, and the IGF-1R inhibitor teprotumumab involves significantly improved disease endpoints in patients with active TAO. …”
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Thyroid-Associated Ophthalmopathy after Radioactive Iodine Therapy for Metastatic Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma by Daisuke Murayama, Soji Toda, Yoichiro Okubo, Hiroyuki Hayashi, Ai Matsui, Mio Yasukawa, Hiroyuki Iwasaki

“…Thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) is an inflammation of the extraocular muscles and periorbital connective tissue caused by autoantibodies against common antigens to both the thyroid and orbit. …”
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Data-Centric Knowledge Discovery Strategy for a Safety-Critical Sensor Application by Nilamadhab Mishra, Hsien-Tsung Chang, Chung-Chih Lin

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DIÁLOGOS EM HUMANIDADES by Roberta Ferreira Coelho de Andrade, Wagner dos Reis Marques Araújo, Aldair Oliveira de Andrade, Antonio Marcos de Oliveira Siqueira

“…Não temos outro instrumento que nos permita contribuir com as transformações de uma sociedade tão desigual, injusta, a não ser abrindo espaço, dando vez e voz aos autores que se dispõem a refletir sobre este país e seu povo, tão lindo e tão cinza ao mesmo tempo, um país amordaçado em sua potência de ser justo e igualitário, mas, apesar de todos os pesares, tem em suas veias a tenacidade do homem nordestino que, para Cunha (1985), é antes de tudo um forte. …”
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Regarding Treatment of Painful Diabetic Neuropathy With 10 kHz Spinal Cord Stimulation: Long-Term Improvements in Hemoglobin A1c, Weight, and Sleep Accompany Pain Relief for People... by Zhou PB, Bao M, Sun HT

“…Peng-Bo Zhou,1,2 Min Bao,3 Hong-Tao Sun1,2 1The First School of Clinical Medical, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, 730000, People’s Republic of China; 2Tianjin Key Laboratory of Neurotrauma Repair, Characteristic Medical Center of People’s Armed Police Forces, Tianjin, 300162, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Neurosurgery, People’s Hospital of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, Liaoning, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Hong-Tao Sun, Email sunhtlab@163.com; Min Bao, Email 13699250880@163.com…”
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Społeczno-religijne uwarunkowania wczesnej kultury chińskiej by Karol Kierzkowski

“…The world of nature is tao. Tao is wholeness. The world of nature is in constant flux set by progressive cycles in which individual changes take place. …”
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Derivation of Sa-MoDEI score from DEI. Tak for prognostication in Buerger's Disease - Preliminary data of a prospective observational cohort by Gregory Pathrose, Albert A Kota, Prabhu Premkumar, Prasanna Samuel, Shivraj Padiyar, Deepak Selvaraj, Prasanta Padhan, Debashish Danda

“…Background: Buerger's disease or thromboangitis obliterans (TAO) is a segmental occlusive inflammatory condition of vessels. …”
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A Casa Azul na Chapada do Araripe: a experiência de uma incursão no Sertão do Cariri by Vanessa Louise Batista

“…O processo de conscientização em espaços como esse deve considerar a necessidade de transitar por aspectos expandidos da consciência, conectando-se com a ancestralidade tão presentificada na vida do lugar. Assim, o texto assume forma de ensaio e visa uma hermenêutica da inserção sociocomunitária curiosa e em movimento de transformação, tentando acessar níveis distintos da construção poética nesse território tão diverso e complexo como o Sertão do Cariri. …”
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Inflammatory Signalings Involved in Airway and Pulmonary Diseases by I-Ta Lee, Chuen-Mao Yang

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O contexto econômico e ambiental contemporâneo e as novas perspectivas em gestão by Omar Aktouf

“…Para mim há um paradoxo, enquanto reina o caos neste mundo, pode-se falar de caos, e, por outro lado, apesar de nunca nesse planeta ter havido tantos diplomados em administração, não se tem evitado o mundo vivenciar um tempo de tão má administração global. Pode-se dizer que nunca se testemunhou isso antes. …”
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Multiplicity of Positive Solutions for Semilinear Elliptic Systems by Tsing-San Hsu

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A transformação de um jogador de futebol pela mídia by Taís Steffenello Ghisleni, Juliana Rodrigues Rosa

“…A mídia esportiva, em especial o meio jornal, é o grande responsável por tornar jogadores tão conhecidos e, assim, elevá-los à categoria de mito. …”
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A Novel COL7A1 Mutation in a Patient With Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa. Successful Treatment With Upadacitinib by Lai S, Lin C, Guo Z, Lai Y, Xie L, Wan C, Yang T, Li L

“…Shuqin Lai,* Chunli Lin,* Zimeng Guo, Yun Lai, Ling Xie, Chunlei Wan, Tao Yang, Longnian Li Department of Dermatology, Candidate Branch of National Clinical Research Centre for Skin and Immune Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, 341000, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Tao Yang; Longnian Li, Department of Dermatology, Candidate Branch of National Clinical Research Centre for Skin and Immune Diseases, First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, 341000, People’s Republic of China, Email danny20021068@126.com; li_longnian@foxmail.comAbstract: Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB) is a heterogeneous and rare genetic skin disease caused by mutations in the COL7A1 gene, which encodes Type VII collagen. …”
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