Unexpected Abscess Localization of the Anterior Abdominal Wall in an ADPKD Patient Undergoing Hemodialysis by Nikos Sabanis, Eleni Paschou, Eleni Gavriilaki, Maria Mourounoglou, Sotirios Vasileiou

“…Although the precise pathway of infection remains uncertain, the previous medical history as well as the clinical course of our patient led us to hypothesize an alternative route of infection from the gastrointestinal tract through an aberrant intestinal barrier into the bloodstream and eventually to an atypical location.…”
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Places and Cultures of Capitalism: Histories from the Grassroots by Elsa Devienne, Andrew Diamond

“…Such circumstances spurred the development of what has quickly become one of the most vibrant subfields in the US historical profession—the so-called “new history of capitalism.” …”
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Why Current Doppler Ultrasound Methodology Is Inaccurate in Assessing Cerebral Venous Return: The Alternative of the Ultrasonic Jugular Venous Pulse by Paolo Zamboni

“…In the near future, it will be possible to synchronize the electrocardiogram with the brain inflow (carotid distension wave) and with the outflow (jugular venous pulse) in order to nicely have a noninvasive ultrasound picture of the brain-heart axis. US jugular venous pulse may have potential use in neurovascular, neurocognitive, neurosensorial, and neurodegenerative disorders.…”
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Property Optimisation of EPDM Rubber Composites Using Mathematical and Statistical Strategies by Sivaldo Leite Correia, Denilso Palaoro, Ana Maria Segadães

“…Mixture costs as low as 1.92 US$/kg can be achieved in compositions containing, for example, 107 phr of calcium carbonate, 95 phr of paraffinic oil, and 1.13 phr of CBS accelerator. …”
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Role of Macrophages in the Pathogenesis of Atopic Dermatitis by Sadaf Kasraie, Thomas Werfel

“…Further studies should be performed to clarify the dysregulated mechanism of macrophages activation in AD, and this would allow us to target these cells with versatile functions for therapeutic purpose and improve and control the disease. …”
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Historical aspects and modern surgical approach of patients with anal sphincter incompetence by C. A. Frolov, A. Yu. Titov, N. N. Poletov, I. S. Anosov

“…Assessment of optimum surgical method for organic incompetence of anal sphincter (US).Summary. Review of literature demonstrates significance of fecal incontinence issue, as well as the history of operative treatment of anal incontinence, its advantage and shortcomings. …”
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Comparison of Cantharidin Toxicity in Breast Cancer Cells to Two Common Chemotherapeutics by Katie M. Kern, Jennifer R. Schroeder

“…These results will help us move forward in developing a potentially more potent treatment for breast cancer that might eliminate the need for subtype-specific treatments.…”
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Ibadan In Ibadan: The University and The City by Toyin Falola

“…Therefore, in this essay, I intend to consider only the things that matter on how, first, the university has contributed immensely to the growth of the city, and second, how the University can affect the City and vice versa.  Lastly, how “us” being part of the stakeholders can engage in active roles in ensuring that this great citadel of learning continues to have remarkable impacts on its surroundings. …”
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Modeling viscosity of commercial glass melts: Adam–Gibbs equation and Gaussian process regression by Pavel Ferkl, Preeti Malviya, Pavel Hrma, Albert A. Kruger, Ashutosh Goel

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Music’s ability to foster prosocial behavior: a teleofunctionalist perspective by Jin Hyun Kim

“…A teleofunctionalist perspective allows us to specify this question as follows: To what extent might a function of establishing affiliative socio-interactional relationships be considered a proper function of music, a concept suggested by philosopher Ruth Millikan? …”
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Innovative Strategy to Improve Precision and to Save Power of a Real-Time Control Process Using an Online Adaptive Fuzzy Logic Controller by R. Lasri, I. Rojas, H. Pomares, O. Valenzuela

“…Through a training board that allows us to control the temperature, all the used algorithms should present their best performances in this control process; therefore, our self-organized and online adaptive fuzzy logic controller (FLC) will be required to present great improvements in the control task and a real high control performance. …”
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“Dead Cells Talking”: The Silent Form of Cell Death Is Not so Quiet by Richard Jäger, Howard O. Fearnhead

“…In this time the ideas that apoptosis protects us from tumourigenesis and that cancer chemotherapy works by inducing apoptosis also emerged. …”
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Sugarcane Cultivars Descriptive Fact Sheet: CPCL 97-2730 and CPCL 00-4111 by Hardev Sandhu, Wayne Davidson

“…Prefix ‘CPCL’ in the name of these cultivars indicate that their crosses were made at the US Sugar Corporation, Clewiston (CL) and selection at different stages was carried through the cooperative breeding and selection program based at Canal Point (CP). …”
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Procedural Aspects of Handling the Electronic Evidence: the Ukrainian Context by O. V. Manzhai, A. O. Potylchak, I. V. Manzhai

“…The authors believe that the nature of electronic data, the mechanism of their formation allow us to consider them as a separate type of evidence, and the forms of their fixation defined in the current Ukrainian legislation are not perfect at present. …”
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How Family Forest Owners Consider Timber Harvesting, Land Sale, and Conservation Easement Decisions: Insights from Massachusetts, USA by Zhao Ma, David B. Kittredge

“…Ten million family forest owners own 35 percent of US forestland. Although one owner's action may be insignificant, many owners' decisions across the landscape and over time can together affect the forest ecosystem. …”
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Legislative Institutionalization: Historical Origins and Analytical Framework by Iván Mauricio Obando Camino

“…Este artículo hace referencia al artículo The Institutionalization of the U.S. House de Nelson Polsby como punto de partida de la teoría, y sostiene que dicha teoría busca comprender el desarrollo histórico de los congresos, además de tratar problemas de gobernanza, construcción de autoridad y diferenciación del ambiente. …”
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Le texte victorien à l’âge postmoderne : jouvence ou sénescence ? Fingersmith de Sarah Waters et le mélodrame victorien by Georges Letissier

“…But what do these updated versions of 19th century fictions tell us about the legacy of Victorian literature in the 21st century ? …”
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De-extinction beyond species: Restoring ecosystem functionality through large herbivore rewilding by Paul R Jepson

“…These processes open new avenues in both extinction discourse and ecological theory and encourage us to explore how de-extinct species can drive the recovery of European ecosystems.…”
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Mises en lumière et zones d’ombre dans l’ouverture au public de la Petite Ceinture ferroviaire de Paris by Ioana Iosa, Cosme Vallet

“…This analysis will allow us to apprehend the spoken and the unspoken, the visible and the invisible — whether it is about stakes and ambitions, or users and uses to stimulate or prevent — to better understand the reasons and effects of the process, as well as the cohabitation between valuation and profitability on the one hand and self-managed urban and citizen projects on the other hand.…”
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C. McGinn. A Religion of Hate / trans. from Engl. V. A. Sergeeva by V. A. Sergeeva

“…It is that will enable us to avoid prejudice against individuals and groups who are not part of the inner circle of people for whom we have some sympathy. …”
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