Bilateral Avulsion Fracture of the Fibula Head of the Knee Associated with Avulsion Fracture of the Iliotibial Band: A Rare Case of Fracture Segond Associated with Arcuate Fracture by Jonatas Brito de Alencar Neto, Clodoaldo José Duarte de Souza, Márcio Bezerra Gadelha Lopes, Maria Luzete Costa Cavalcante, Luiz Holanda Pinto Neto

“…We describe the case of a 27-year-old woman who was hit by a car and suffered polytrauma, mainly suffering injuries to both knees. …”
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New Locked-Wire-Type External Fixator (the Ichi-Fixator) for Fourth and Fifth Carpometacarpal Joint Dislocation by Satoshi Ichihara, Masao Suzuki, Akira Hara, Toshiya Kudo, Yuichiro Maruyama

“…Here, we present a patient with dislocation of the fourth and fifth carpometacarpal joints who was satisfactorily treated with closed reduction and percutaneous fixation with a linking external wire fixator (Ichi-Fixator). …”
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No Way Back? ECB’s Forward Guidance and Policy Normalisation by Jakob de Haan

“…Trust is important because the inflation expectations of people who trust the central bank tend to be closer to the central bank’s inflation target. …”
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Outcomes of Pain Management Training for the Fourth- and Fifth-Year Medical Students by Ayano Saeki, Yumiko Takao, Keiichiro Suzuki, Munetaka Hirose

“…These tests were administered from November 2019 to April 2022 to 263 fourth- and fifth-year medical students who took the clinical pain study class. The test results were compared in terms of the percentage of correct answers and the total score for each question using McNemar’s chi-square test and paired t-tests, respectively. …”
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Neonatal Sepsis due to Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci by Elizabeth A. Marchant, Guilaine K. Boyce, Manish Sadarangani, Pascal M. Lavoie

“…Although advanced neonatal care enables us to save even the most preterm neonates, the very interventions sustaining those who are hospitalized concurrently expose them to serious infections due to common nosocomial pathogens, particularly coagulase-negative staphylococci bacteria (CoNS). …”
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Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography in the Diagnosis of Haemobilia by Ines Casazza, Mara Angela Guglietta, Giuseppe Argento

“…We report a case of a Caucasian 48-year-old man who was admitted due to abdominal pain and fever. …”
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Diabetic Ketoacidosis Updates: Titratable Insulin Infusions and Long-Acting Insulin Early by Justin Kinney, Oshin Baroi, Mania Gharibian

“…Patients treated with the titratable insulin had shorter hospitalization (6.4 vs. 10.4 days, p=0.03) and reduced the number hypoglycemic events by over half (20.6% vs. 46.0%, p<0.01). 110 patients were identified to compare overlapping a long-acting insulin for more than 4 h with the insulin infusion versus the standard 1-2 h overlap. Patients who received the insulin early spent over 18 h longer on the infusion (p<0.01). …”
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Marie Corelli, Wormwood, and the Diversity of Decadence by Jessica DeCoux

“…Marie Corelli was, in her day, a wildly popular best-selling author and public figure, one who captured the public’s imagination with her dramatic and fantastical novels. …”
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What sustain Chinese adult second language (L2) learners' engagement in online classes? A sequential mix-methods study on the roles of L2 motivation and enjoyment. by Yanyan Li, Wentao Liu, Shuai Ren

“…However, there is a significant gap in understanding these dynamics among adult learners, particularly those who primarily learn a second language online-a group that has been largely overlooked. …”
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A Case of Pyriform Sinus Fistula with Respiratory Distress in the Neonatal Period by Noriko Hamaguchi, Hajime Ishinaga, Kazuki Chiyonobu, Hiroyuki Morishita, Kazuhiko Takeuchi

“…Herein, we describe a neonate who presented with neck swelling and respiratory distress, which was secondary to a fourth branchial pouch sinus. …”
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Predictors of smartphone addiction and its effect on quality of life: a cross-sectional study among the young adults in Bangladesh by Zubair Ahmed Ratan, Anne-Maree Parrish, Mohammad Saud Alotaibi, Hassan Hosseinzadeh

“…On Logistic regression, after controlling for socio-demographic variables; friend support, process, social and compulsive usage were determined as significant predictors of SA. Those who were smartphone addicted were more presumably to have a lower quality of life. …”
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Enhancing Learners’ Vocabulary Acquisition by Crossword Puzzle Game by Juwita Nurul Alda, Shafrida Wati

“…The proportion of those who reach the score was 35,29% at the first cycle and the number was rose gradually to 100% at the third cycle. …”
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Transient Neurologic Symptoms following Spinal Anesthesia with Isobaric Mepivacaine: A Decade of Experience at Toronto Western Hospital by Ashwin Sankar, Minou Behboudi, Faraj W. Abdallah, Alan Macfarlane, Richard Brull

“…We conducted a retrospective cohort study reviewing the internal medical records of surgical patients who underwent mepivacaine spinal anesthesia at Toronto Western Hospital over the last decade to determine the rate of TNS. …”
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Prolonged Airway Obstruction after Posterior Occipitocervical Fusion: A Case Report and Literature Review by Masahiro Morita, Masuhiro Nobuta, Hirotsune Naruse, Hiroaki Nakamura

“…Once pharyngeal oedema occurs in patients with metastatic tumor of upper cervical spine who undergo posterior cervical spine surgery following radiation therapy to the neck, the pharyngeal oedema may be constant for a long period of time.…”
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Early CBC Screening for Detecting Subclinical Anemia in Adolescent Females by Saadia Saad, Raheela Pyar Ali, Uzma Najam, Uzma Shahid, Asaad Javaid Mirza

“…It recruited a total of 118 adolescent females from 3rd-5th April 2024 via convenient sampling. The females who appeared healthy and had no known prior medical condition were screened for anemia. …”
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Whipple’s Disease-Associated Pulmonary Hypertension with Positive Vasodilator Response Despite Severe Hemodynamic Derangements by Salah Najm, Joud Hajjar, Robert P Nelson, Ramana S Moorthy, Karen M Wolf, Tim Lahm

“…A case involving a 23-year-old man with WD-PH who exhibited a dramatic vasodilator response during right heart catheterization despite severely altered pulmonary hemodynamics and concomitant RV dysfunction is reported. …”
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Embolic Stroke as the Initial Manifestation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Reshma M. Khan, Rajaie Namas, Sachin Parikh, Bernard Rubin

“…We present a case of a 21-year-old African-American female with no significant medical history, who presented to the emergency department with a one-week history of blurry and double vision. …”
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Charles Sanders Peirce's semiotic analysis of human values in the film sound of freedom by Frans Fandy Palinoan, I Made Markus Suma, Patrio Tandiangga, Arwin Dama

“…This film is an adaptation of a true story that tells the story of a United States government agent, Timothy Ballard (Jim Caviezel), who uncovers a child trafficking network in Colombia. …”
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People of the book: Fundamental issues of the regulation of Christian, Jewish and Muslim marriage rights by Ištvan Kasuba Robert

“…The system of canon law influenced and shaped the thinking of legal scholars who formed civil matrimonial law, and this is also true of Protestant marriage. …”
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Designing a Digital Flash Reading Test for Data-Based Decisions in Inclusive Classrooms: Duration and Word Length as Difficulty-Generating-Item Characteristics by Judith Zellner, Nikola Ebenbeck, Markus Gebhardt

“…We provide information for test developers interested in designing similar assessments and teachers who can use this instrument to make informed decisions in the classroom.…”
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