Pneumococcal Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis in a Young African American: A Case for Inclusion of African Americans in Pneumococcal Vaccine Criteria by Oghenerukevwe Odiete, Olagoke Akinwande, John J. Murray, Joseph Akamah

“…We report a case of a young AA smoker, who developed an isolated tricuspid valve pneumococcal endocarditis. …”
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Octreotide Treatment of Massive Hemorrhage due to Cytomegalovirus Colitis by Christopher N Andrews, Paul L Beck

“…We present a case of a patient who was undergoing chemotherapy for acute B-cell lymphoblastic leukemia and developed significant abdominal pain and diarrhea followed by massive hematochezia. …”
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Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance with Deposits of Peculiar Morphology and Injuries of Secondary Thrombotic Microangiopathy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by José C. De La Flor, Marina Alonso, Edna Sandoval, Alexander Marschall, Miguel Rodeles

“…We present the case of an 82-year-old woman diagnosed with monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance (MGRS) with the presence of different and peculiar kidney lesions, who began treatment with bortezomib and dexamethasone, presenting during her evolution a relapse. …”
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A Letter to Reconsider the Conditions for Testing Decontaminated N95 Respirators for Emergency Reuse to Address Shortage by Eric P. Vejerano, Jeonghyeon Ahn

“…Abstract The battle with COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the shortage of personal protective equipment, particularly, N95 respirators. Healthcare workers who reused N95 respirators may resort to unproven methods of cleaning/sterilization that can severely compromise the respirators’ filtration efficiency. …”
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Clinical practice guidelines. Advantages and disadvantages. by Alfredo Darío Espinosa Brito, Luis Gustavo Del Sol Padrón, Alfredo Alberto Espinosa Roca, José Luis Garriga Valdés, Brandy Viera Valdés

“…Better informed patients, health systems who see to keep control of sanitary expenditures and a growing professional competence, are very efficient factors that will keep a process of improvement and efficiency in motion, which will inevitably lead to an objective assessment of the services we provide to patients, mainly for the sake of the ill and the professionals.…”
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Environmental Contribution to the Effectiveness of Food Security Policy Implementation as A Rehabilitation Effort for Stunting Treatment in Rokan Hilir Regency by Yuliani Febri, Sulistyani Andri, Yusrizal Firdaus

“…Informants are including people and parties who are dealing to the food security policy innovations in handling stunting including local government staff, the community and non-government organization (NGOs). …”
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A Type III Monteggia Injury with Ipsilateral Fracture of the Distal Radius and Ulna in a Child: Case Report Followed for 21 Years by Takeshi Inoue, Makoto Kubota, Keishi Marumo

“…We report a case of a 6-year-old boy who sustained such an injury after falling from the top of a 3 m climbing pole. …”
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Manifestation as Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Young, Healthy Male by Prerak Juthani, Rohan Bhojwani, Neil Gupta

“…In this case report, we describe a 29-year-old nonobese hospital food service associate who presented with diffuse abdominal and chest pain; he was found to be positive for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) with significantly elevated levels of troponin T and multiple acute phase reactants; his EKG demonstrated ST-elevations consistent with anterolateral infarction. …”
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Emergence of New Segments of Swiss Wine Consumers: A Comparison with a Segmentation Study from 2011 by Thomas A. Brunner, Thomas Schnetzer, Mathilde Delley

“…Data were collected through an online survey involving randomly selected Swiss households who were invited using flyers; the final sample size was N = 512. …”
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Hot Topic Propagation Model and Opinion Leader Identifying Model in Microblog Network by Yan Lin, Huaxian Li, Xueqiao Liu, Suohai Fan

“…The opinion leaders are important individuals who remarkably influence the topic discussions in its propagation process. …”
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Amoebic Liver Abscess and Indigenous Alcoholic Beverages in the Tropics by T. Kumanan, V. Sujanitha, S. Balakumar, N. Sreeharan

“…Amoebic liver abscess (ALA) seen commonly in the tropics is predominantly confined to adult males, especially those who consume locally brewed alcohol, although intestinal amoebiasis occurs in all age groups and in both genders. …”
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A Case with Severe Endometriosis, Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome, and Isolated Unilateral Pleural Effusion after IVF by Negjyp Sopa, Elisabeth Clare Larsen, Anders Nyboe Andersen

“…We present a very rare case of right-sided isolated pleural effusion in a patient with severe endometriosis who, in relation to in vitro fertilization (IVF), developed ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS). …”
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Invasive Heart Rate Control as a Salvage Therapy in Amiodarone-induced Thyroid Storm by Emin Evren OZCAN, Mustafa DOGDUS, Resit Yigit YILANCIOGLU, Suleyman Cem ADIYAMAN, Oguzhan Ekrem TURAN

“…Herein, we aimed to present atrioventricular node ablation as a salvage therapy in a patient with AIT who had AF-causing hemodynamic impairment, resistance to medical therapy, and cardioversion.…”
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A Rare Case of an Irreducible Patella Dislocation by Dimitri E. Delagrammaticas, Scott D. Cordes

“…We present a case of a healthy thirty-two-year-old female who sustained an irreducible lateral patella dislocation while participating in a dance aerobics class. …”
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Gastrotracheal Fistula as a Result of Transhiatal Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer: An Unusual Complication by Heshmatollah Salahi, Mehdi Tahamtan, Bijan Ziaian, Mansoor Masjedi, Zahra Saadati, Nazanin Hoseini, Elahe Torabi

“…We report the case of a 73-year-old male with an adenocarcinoma of the distal part of the esophagus, who underwent open transhiatal esophagectomy (Orringer’s technique) with gastric tube reconstruction and cervical anastomosis. …”
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‘In physical things a man may invent; in moral things he must obey’: Addressing the Child(like) in George MacDonald’s Fairy Stories by Audrey Doussot

“…MacDonald actually wrote for children as much as for adults, insofar as he wanted to address a reader in particular that he conceptualized as the ‘childlike’, that is, an ideal ageless individual characterized by remarkable innocence and open-mindedness who would be able to grasp his progressive message. …”
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Suksesi dan hubungan orang tua-anak dalam bisnis keluarga (studi kasus pada sentra batik trusmi Cirebon) by Abdurokhim Abdurokhim, Agus Rahayu, Puspo Dewi Dirgantari

“…The results of the research on Batik Ninik Ichsan, Batik Trusmi, Batik Katura, and Traditional Batik EB found that the succession process carried out was unplanned, but the parents provided mentoring to make batik at school age, except for Batik Trusmi who only learned it after marriage. In the aspect of parent-child relationship, it is known that Batik Ninik Ichsan, Batik Trusmi, and Batik Katura are in a good relationship because there is no pressure on their children to participate in continuing their parents' business, but business continuity is carried out naturally and there is support from the environment. …”
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DiGeorge Syndrome Presenting as Hypocalcaemia-Induced Seizures in Adulthood by Adrian Zammit, Deborah Grech Marguerat, Josephine Psaila, Alexander Attard

“…We report a case of a gentleman with mild dysmorphic features who presented with hypocalcaemia-induced seizures and an associated thyroid mass with a background of learning difficulties and abnormal immune function. …”
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Quantum GIS (QGIS): An introduction to a free alternative to more costly GIS platforms by Jeffry M. Flenniken, Steven Stuglik, Basil V. Iannone

“…This publication will benefit those interested in incorporating GIS into their work but who are unable to afford expensive proprietary GIS software packages, as well as anyone interested in learning a new GIS software package. …”
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Effect of 1-month laughter yoga training on verbal working memory in visually impaired schoolchildren by Anchal Sharma, Moradhvaj Singh

“…Verbal WM plays a pivotal role in cognitive development, particularly for individuals with visual impairments who rely heavily on auditory information for learning and navigation. …”
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