Nyege Nyege Music Festival in Uganda: A Growing Leisure Activity with a Moral Dilemma by Amos, Ochieng, Brenda, Bonabaana, Francis Akena, Adyanga

“…We argue that unregulated embracement of festivals expose society to foreign cultural influences of the so-called progressive contemporary neoliberal post-colonial leisure economy. …”
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Fasting for male fertility—a mixed methods study by Katharina T. May, Jocelyn Behling, Katharina Sochiera-Plegniere, Katharina Batschari, Christian S. Kessler, Christian S. Kessler, Christian S. Kessler, Andreas Michalsen, Andreas Michalsen, Farid I. Kandil, Sarah B. Blakeslee, Michael Jeitler, Michael Jeitler, Michael Jeitler, Wiebke Stritter, Daniela A. Koppold, Daniela A. Koppold, Daniela A. Koppold

“…We assessed sperm quality according to WHO criteria (total and progressive sperm motility, concentration, total sperm count, ejaculation volume and sperm morphology) from baseline to 6 months later. …”
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Short‐term echocardiographic evaluation by global longitudinal strain in patients with heart failure treated with sacubitril/valsartan by Simone Mazzetti, Chiara Scifo, Raffaele Abete, Davide Margonato, Margherita Chioffi, Jessica Rossi, Matteo Pisani, Giovanni Passafaro, Massimiliano Grillo, Daniele Poggio, Andrea Mortara

“…By using GLS, there was a progressive improvement of all strain parameters by 3 months. …”
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Case report: A severe myositis mimicking bulbar palsy after administration of immune checkpoint inhibitors by Philippe Rochigneux, Philippe Rochigneux, Alexandre Bertucci, Elika Loir, Alexia Mattei, Danielle Robert, Michael Dassa, Brice Chanez, Mikael Ebbo, Lea Gaigne, Anne Sophie Chretien, Giovanni Corazza, Giovanni Corazza, Nicolas Schleinitz

“…In a multidisciplinary setting, she was treated with IV corticosteroids (methylprednisolone 1 mg/kg started at day 10, with a progressive decrease until 1 mg of prednisone in March 2024), IV immunoglobulins started at day 18 (1.5 g/kg in 2 days, administered monthly, with a progressive decrease and a cessation in June 2022), enteral nutrition, speech therapy and physical therapy, with noticeable improvement. …”
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Severity Assessment of COVID-19 Using a CT-Based Radiomics Model by Zhigao Xu, Lili Zhao, Guoqiang Yang, Ying Ren, Jinlong Wu, Yuwei Xia, Xuhong Yang, Milan Cao, Guojiang Zhang, Taisong Peng, Jiafeng Zhao, Hui Yang, Jinfeng Hu, Jiangfeng Du

“…All of the patients were divided into four groups (0-3): early (n=75), progressive (n=58), severe (n=75), and absorption (n=76) groups, according to the progression of the disease and the CT features. …”
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An Investigation into the Use and Meaning of Parkinson’s Disease Clinical Scale Scores by Renee M. Hendricks, Mohammad T. Khasawneh

“…It is a chronic, disabling, and progressive disease, and no treatment stops its progression. …”
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Severe Preeclampsia in the Setting of Myasthenia Gravis by Adam J. Lake, Antoun Al Khabbaz, Renée Keeney

“…Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a rare autoimmune disease that leads to progressive muscle weakness and is common during female reproductive years. …”
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Muscle-Specific Tyrosine Kinase-Associated Myasthenia Gravis: A Neuromuscular Surprise by Hassam Ali, Rahul Pamarthy, Nayab Ahsan, null WashmaAwan, Shiza Sarfraz

“…Our patient experienced progressive, undiagnosed MuSK-Ab MG for years without a diagnosis.…”
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Transverse Myelitis Associated with Cryptococcus neoformans in an Immunocompetent Patient by David B. Villafuerte, Marco F. Passeri, Rayan Qazi, Moulika Baireddy, Fernando L. Sanchez

“…A 44-year-old Hispanic male presented to the hospital with headache, progressive urinary retention, neck and back pain, and right upper and bilateral lower extremity weakness for five days. …”
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Acute Kidney Injury and Atypical Features during Pediatric Poststreptococcal Glomerulonephritis by Rose M. Ayoob, Andrew L. Schwaderer

“…Most PSGN patients do not experience complications, but rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis and hypertensive encephalopathy have been reported. …”
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EVALUATION OF TRANSFORMATIVE SKILLS IN PATIENTS WITH GONARTHROSIS IN PHYSIOTHERAPY PROGRAMS by Rusnac Felicia

“…Gonarthrosis, characterized bythe progressive degeneration of the knee joint, results in significant dysfunction, adversely affecting patients' quality of life. …”
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Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson’s Disease: New and Emerging Targets for Refractory Motor and Nonmotor Symptoms by Dustin Anderson, Grayson Beecher, Fang Ba

“…Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative condition characterized by bradykinesia, tremor, rigidity, and postural instability (PI), in addition to numerous nonmotor manifestations. …”
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Bilateral Medial Medullary Stroke: A Challenge in Early Diagnosis by Amir M. Torabi

“…Here, I present a young patient with acute vertigo, progressive generalized weakness, dysarthria, and respiratory failure, who initially was misdiagnosed with acute vestibular syndrome. …”
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Aggressive Cardiac Involvement in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Case Report and a Comprehensive Literature Review by Reza Ashrafi, Pankaj Garg, Ewan McKay, John Gosney, Som Chuah, Gershan Davis

“…We have shown that cardiac lupus can be rapidly progressive and, unless treated early, can have severe consequences. …”
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Seepage Property of Crushed Mudstone Rock in Collapse Column by Bo-Yang Zhang, Zhi-Bin Lin

“…It can be known from the comparative experiments of progressive hydraulic pressure on one specimen and variable hydraulic pressure on different specimens with constant particle size and porosity that more fine particles leak out from the specimen with repeated application of hydraulic pressure on one specimen. …”
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Novel insights into mechanisms and therapeutics for presbycusis by Xiaoying Lin, Yiyuan Xu, Chunmei Fan, Guanbin Zhang

“…The hallmark of presbycusis is a progressive decrease in auditory sensitivity. Irreversible hearing loss occurs due to the limited regenerative capacity of spiral neurons and peripheral cochlear hair cells (HCs). …”
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The Treatment of Cleidocranial Dysostosis (Scheuthauer-Marie-Sainton Syndrome), a Rare Form of Skeletal Dysplasia, Accompanied by Spinal Deformities: A Review of the Literature and... by Mehmet Bülent Balioğlu, Deniz Kargın, Akif Albayrak, Yunus Atıcı

“…Since concurrent spinal deformities are of progressive nature, surgical treatment may be necessary. …”
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‘I should like to see a woman smoking while she was nursing her baby’: The New Woman, Crossdressing, and Humour in Horace William Bleackley’s Une Culotte (1894) by Mariam Zarif

“…In Une Culotte, the New Women fight back against the mockery of the deeply-rooted culture of contempt for progressive women whilst revealing the comic dimension of cross-dressing and its threat to a dichotomous culture of gender and sexuality.…”
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Viruses and neurodegeneration: a growing concern by S. Shouman, N. Hesham, T. Z. Salem

“…Abstract Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) cause a progressive loss of neurons. Since NDDs are multifactorial, the precise etiology varies on the basis of the type of disease and patient history. …”
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Hepatocyte Turnover in Chronic HCV-Induced Liver Injury and Cirrhosis by Nikolaos P. Karidis, Ioanna Delladetsima, Stamatios Theocharis

“…Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection may eventually lead to progressive liver fibrosis and cirrhosis through a complex, multistep process involving hepatocyte death and regeneration. …”
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