Thrombosed Large Distal Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Aneurysm Mimicking an Infratentorial Ependymoma by Peter Yat Ming Woo, Natalie Man Wai Ko, Kwong Yau Chan

“…We report a patient who experienced progressive hemiparesis with magnetic resonance imaging findings suggestive of an infratentorial ependymoma. …”
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Metabolic and epigenetic regulation of macrophage polarization in atherosclerosis: Molecular mechanisms and targeted therapies by Pinglian Yang, Xiaoling Rong, Zhechang Gao, Jiaojiao Wang, Zhiping Liu

“…Atherosclerosis, a multifactorial progressive inflammatory disease, is the common pathology underlying cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. …”
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The third way: the contribution of academic quality assurance third spacers to ‘pedagogical partnership’ by Katie Akerman, Ceri Hunter

“… This case study uses a ‘lived experience’ account of a pivot from a conventional academic quality and standards approach to a progressive pedagogic partnership in a small Cathedrals Group university. …”
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Hepatic Arterial Embolization for the Treatment of Metastatic Neuroendocrine Tumors by Eric Lee, H. Leon Pachter, Umut Sarpel

“…Patients treated with hepatic arterial embolization demonstrate longer progression-free survival and have 5-year survival rates of nearly 30%. …”
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Interorgan Crosstalk Contributing to β-Cell Dysfunction by Katsuya Tanabe, Kikuko Amo-Shiinoki, Masayuki Hatanaka, Yukio Tanizawa

“…In this review, we discuss current knowledge of interorgan communications underlying β-cell failure during the progression of T2DM.…”
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Atlantoaxial Subluxation due to an Os Odontoideum in an Achondroplastic Adult: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature by Abolfazl Rahimizadeh, Housain F. Soufiani, Valiolah Hassani, Ava Rahimizadeh

“…The authors report the first example of an adult achondroplastic dwarf with progressive quadriparesis secondary to atlantoaxial subluxation as a consequence of an os odontoideum. …”
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Cancer Cachexia: Mechanisms and Clinical Implications by Claire L. Donohoe, Aoife M. Ryan, John V. Reynolds

“…Cachexia is a multifactorial process of skeletal muscle and adipose tissue atrophy resulting in progressive weight loss. It is associated with poor quality of life, poor physical function, and poor prognosis in cancer patients. …”
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A Study on the Application of Explainable AI on Ensemble Models for Predictive Analysis of Chronic Kidney Disease by K. M. Tawsik Jawad, Anusha Verma, Fathi Amsaad, Lamia Ashraf

“…Research demonstrates that progressive CKD is a heterogeneous disorder that significantly impacts kidney structure and functions, eventually leading to kidney failure. …”
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Blood Cancer and the Heart: Light Chain Cardiomyopathy in Refractory Multiple Myeloma by Abdulbaril Olagunju, Chandana Shekar, Michael Morris, Anantharam Kalya, Farouk Mookadam, Samuel Unzek

“…Diagnostic evaluations including serum kappa and lambda chains, echocardiogram, pyrophosphate cardiac scan, and cardiac magnetic resonance were indicative of a progression to AL cardiomyopathy. Addition of daratumumab to her regimen appeared to ameliorate the progression of AL cardiomyopathy. …”
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Platelet-derived HMGB1 induces NETosis, exacerbating brain damage in the photothrombotic stroke model by Sang-A. Oh, Song-I. Seol, Dashdulam Davaanyam, Seung-Woo Kim, Ja-Kyeong Lee

“…Concomitant with this, peripheral neutrophils isolated following PTS exhibited progressive NETosis, particularly intravascular NETosis. …”
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Prognosis and factors related to severe secondary hyperparathyroidism in long-term peritoneal dialysis patients by Yanmei Li, Xiaonan Feng, Na Chen, Shuhua Song, Min Yu, Yan Wang, Hongxia Zhang, Li Wang, Menghua Chen, Na Tian

“…Secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) can progress to severe SHPT (sSHPT), which affects the survival rate and quality of life of patients. …”
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Career Development Programs and Employee Performance in Kanungu District, South Western Uganda by Ainebyona, Alex, Moses, Agaba

“…The study concludes that career advancement has a positive significant influence on employees’ performance in Kanungu District Local Government. Career progression among the Town Councils was guided by specific criteria, career advancement in the Town Council based on competencies of staff and having a well-structured progression plan guided on equity and merit would improve on employees’ performance. …”
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Key Performance Indicators of Secondary Health Care in Chronic Kidney Disease: Experience in Public and Private Services in the State of São Paulo, Brazil by Farid Samaan, Cristiane Akemi Vicente, Luiz Antônio Coutinho Pais, Gianna Mastroianni Kirsztajn, Ricardo Sesso

“…Conclusions: Quality of care for patients with CKD can be improved through both services, and multidisciplinary care may have a positive impact on the control of comorbidities, the progression of CKD, and the planning of the initiation of hemodialysis.…”
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Marijuana Use in Hepatitis C Infection does not Affect Liver Biopsy Histology or Treatment Outcomes by Theresa Liu, Glen T Howell, Lucy Turner, Kimberley Corace, Gary Garber, Curtis Cooper

“…The literature assessing the influence of marijuana on liver disease progression and hepatitis C virus antiviral treatment outcomes is conflicting.…”
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Virtual Microscopy Beyond the Pyramids, Applications of WSI in Cairo University for E-Education & Telepathology by Essam Ayad, Yukako Yagi

“…Background: Telepathology, the practice of pathology at a long distance, has advanced continuously since 1986. The progress of telepathology passed through four stages: Static, Dynamic, Hybrid & Whole Slide Imaging.…”
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Mycophenolate Mofetil for the Treatment of Autoimmune Hepatitis in Patients Refractory or Intolerant to Conventional Therapy by Kaveh Sharzehi, Mary Ann Huang, Ian R Schreibman, Kimberly A Brown

“…BACKGROUND: Autoimmune hepatitis is characterized by hepatocellular inflammation often progressing to cirrhosis. Standard treatment consists of corticosteroids and azathioprine. …”
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Risk factor assessment of prediabetes and diabetes based on epidemic characteristics in new urban areas: a retrospective and a machine learning study by Li Xu, Xiangcheng Sun, Ning Wang, Yiyi Wang, Yan Li, Chuan Zhang

“…Abstract To explore in depth the characteristics of the risk factors for diabetes and prediabetes pathogenesis and progression in special regions. We investigated medical data from 160 thousand cases in the newly developing urban area of a large modern city from 2015 to 2021. …”
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Revealing excitation-inhibition imbalance in Alzheimer’s disease using multiscale neural model inversion of resting-state functional MRI by Guoshi Li, Li-Ming Hsu, Ye Wu, Andrea C. Bozoki, Yen-Yu Ian Shih, Pew-Thian Yap

“…Method In this work, we apply a Multiscale Neural Model Inversion (MNMI) framework to the resting-state functional MRI data from the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) to identify brain regions with disrupted E-I balance in a large network during AD progression. Results We observe that both intra-regional and inter-regional E-I balance is progressively disrupted from cognitively normal individuals, to mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and to AD. …”
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Immunopathology of Airway Surface Liquid Dehydration Disease by Brandon W. Lewis, Sonika Patial, Yogesh Saini

“…Defective MCC is often associated with airway mucoobstruction, increased occurrence of respiratory infections, and progressive decrease in lung function in mucoobstructive lung diseases including cystic fibrosis (CF). …”
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Multimodal Imaging Characteristics of ADRP in a Family with p.Thr58Arg Substituted RHO Mutation by Misty Ruppert, John Pyun, K. V. Chalam, David Sierpina

“…Multimodal imaging is extremely helpful in delineating the extent of retinal dystrophy and comparable to ERG for monitoring of progress in retinitis pigmentosa. Photoreceptor layer thickness (measured with OCT) strongly correlated with ERG and can be used as a secondary surrogate for monitoring the disease progress.…”
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