Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Tongue Base Mimicking an Ectopic Thyroid by Salvatore Martellucci, Giulio Pagliuca, Marco de Vincentiis, Chiara Rosato, Ettore Scaini, Camilla Gallipoli, Andrea Gallo

“…Early symptoms include foreign body sensation in the oral cavity, undefined paraesthesia, and sialorrhoea. With the progression of disease, dysphagia, otalgia, and painful swallowing are usually referred. …”
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Impact of CAP Subsidies on Profit in Agricultural Enterprises in Slovakia by Marián Tóth

“…Chosen time horizon from 1993 to 2008 also allows assessment of the progress of the importance of subsidies in terms of ability to make a profit.…”
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« Screens, screens, it’s nothing but screens! » La profusion des écrans à l’Exposition Universelle de Shanghai, 2010 by Tatjana Barazon, Van Troi Tran

“…Whereas world’s fairs appear to embody consensual grand narratives of progress, a close examination of the social life of the animated images that people their ecologies uncover an event that is also rich in openings, multiplicities and virtualities.…”
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Unusual Presentation of Uncommon Disease: Anorexia Nervosa Presenting as Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome—A Case Report from Southeast Asia by Raheel Mushtaq, Sheikh Shoib, Tabindah Shah, Mudasir Bhat, Randhir Singh, Sahil Mushtaq

“…We report a case of anorexia nervosa, who presented with Wernicke's encephalopathy and progressed to Korsakoff's syndrome. Knowledge, awareness, and early intervention of anorexia nervosa by mental health professionals can prevent development of Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome.…”
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Pneumococcal Bacteremia Presenting as Acute Parotitis and Sepsis by Ashish Kataria, Alan S. Multz

“…We report a case of a 33-year-old female with history of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) presenting with acute febrile illness and unilateral parotid gland enlargement progressing to septic shock. The chest imaging showed bilateral multilobar infiltrates and Pneumococci were identified in the blood cultures. …”
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Male Infertility: Causes and Current Developments in Diagnostic Work-Up by İnci Kahyaoğlu, Nafiye Yılmaz

“…Hormonal and genetic evaluation is done if indicated. The expeditious progress in the assisted reproductive techniques, highlight the importance of genetic testing in the evaluation of the male patient and in cases like azoospermia in which the prognosis may change the treatment protocol. …”
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A Gentleman with Anemia and Cholestasis by Siu-Tong Law, Wai-Ki Lee, Michael Kin-Kong Li, Ka-Ho Lok

“…Primary sclerosing cholangitis is a rare cause of cholestasis caused by progressive inflammation and fibrosis of both intrahepatic and extrahepatic bile ducts leading to multifocal ductal strictures. …”
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Application of ecological and mathematical theory to cancer: New challenges by Yangjin Kim, Avner Friedman, Eugene Kashdan, Urszula Ledzewicz, Chae-Ok Yun

“…Despite enormous efforts of cancer researchers all around the world, the mechanisms underlying its origin, formation, progression, therapeutic cure or control are still not fully understood. …”
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Anodic Materials for Electrocatalytic Ozone Generation by Yun-Hai Wang, Qing-Yun Chen

“…Anodic materials have significant effect on the ozone generation efficiency. The research progress on anodic materials for electrocatalytic ozone generation including the cell configuration and mechanism is addressed in this review. …”
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Direct Democracy on Election Day: Ballot Measures as Measures of American Democracy by Donna Kesselman

“…Ballot Measures (or Propositions) are a form of Progressive Era direct democracy which has regained momentum in recent years. …”
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Genetics of Keratoconus: Where Do We Stand? by Khaled K. Abu-Amero, Abdulrahman M. Al-Muammar, Altaf A. Kondkar

“…Keratoconus is a progressive thinning and anterior protrusion of the cornea that results in steepening and distortion of the cornea, altered refractive powers, and reduced vision. …”
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Origines et valeurs des conseils coopératifs d’élèves by Sylvain Connac

“…Several pedagogues from the Progressive Education Movement have then decided to implement democratic assemblies among children Republics. …”
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From the organizing of tours to the reinterpretation of visited places: Invention of a touristic space-time in the Lobi country of Burkina Faso by Bertrand Royer

“…However, each particular situation slightly reveals the margins of action and the experimentations in progress. By focusing the analysis on the reinterpretation of the visited places, we will see how a space-time of the tourist encounter can be invented in the context of an emerging cultural tourism.…”
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Potential Use of Natural Killer Cell Transfer Therapy in the Perioperative Period to Improve Oncologic Outcomes by Juan P. Cata, Claudius Conrad, Katy Rezvani

“…Several studies have demonstrated that it is associated with poor survival owing to cancer progression. Immunotherapy, especially NK cell transfer therapy, is an attractive alternative because current methodologies to isolate, generate, and expand NK cells have shown good safety profiles in current active investigations. …”
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Fatal Cholestatic Hepatitis in an Infant: An Unusual Etiology by Mark R Oliver, Alfredo Pinto, R Brent Scott

“…An infant girl who presented with cholestasis and hepatitis that rapidly progressed to fulminant liver failure is reported. Postmortem examination yielded a diagnosis of demonstrated extensive hepatic necrosis due to adenovirus type 5 infection which had developed in the setting of an occult primary immunodeficiency (severe combined immunodeficiency). …”
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Diagnosing and Treating ANCA-Associated Vasculitis within the COVID-19 Era: A Challenging Case Report by Erjola Likaj, Larisa Shehaj, Deniona Nunci, Lordian Nunci, Irda Rrugeja, Merita Rroji, Saimir Seferi, Nertila Gjonaj, Alma Idrizi, Arjana Strakosha

“…Renal manifestations often present as pauci-immune focal and segmental necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis (PI-NCGN), which can progress to acute or chronic kidney failure and multiorgan involvement. …”
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Effect of Adalimumab on Refractory Arthritis in Juvenile Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy with Anti-MDA5 Autoantibody by Takako Miyamae, Takuma Hara, Aki Hanaya, Yumi Tani, Takayuki Kishi, Hisashi Yamanaka

“…Radiography showed progressive MCP joint space narrowing and joint erosion. …”
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Association of abstinence time with semen quality in men who undergoing fertility evaluation: a cross-sectional study from 3052 participants by Guanying Yao, Qinglin Qi, Xianchao Dou, Wen Zhou, Shun Bai, Xi Zhang, Xi Zhang

“…Semen parameters including volume, sperm concentration, progressive motility, total motility, total motility sperm count (TMSC), morphology and DNA fragmentation index were assessed for their association with AT.ResultsShort AT was significantly associated with lower semen volume (P< 0.001), sperm concentration (P= 0.01) and TMSC (P< 0.001), while long AT was significantly associated with higher sperm concentration (P= 0.006), reduced progressive motility (P= 0.005) and total motility (P= 0.02), and higher DFI (P< 0.001). …”
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Inhibitory Effects of iPSC-MSCs and Their Extracellular Vesicles on the Onset of Sialadenitis in a Mouse Model of Sjögren’s Syndrome by Bo Hai, Taeko Shigemoto-Kuroda, Qingguo Zhao, Ryang Hwa Lee, Fei Liu

“…These data suggested that iPSC-MSC EVs have the potential to prevent the progression of SS before the onset of sialadenitis.…”
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Incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of the transition of HIPEC-induced acute kidney injury to acute kidney disease: a retrospective study by Yunwei Lu, Ziyan Xiao, Xiujuan Zhao, Yingjiang Ye, Shu Li, Fuzheng Guo, Haiyan Xue, Fengxue Zhu

“…The AKD cohort presented a higher risk of 30 days of in-hospital mortality (14.3%) and CKD progression (42.8%).Conclusions Our study reveals a high incidence of AKI and AKI-to-AKD transition. …”
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