A First Case Report of DiGeorge Syndrome from Ethiopia Highlights Challenges in Identifying and Treating Children with Primary T-Cell Deficiencies in Low Resource Settings by Tinsae Alemayehu, Solomie Jebessa Deribessa

“…DiGeorge syndrome is a commonly recognized form of a congenital T-cell deficiency. …”
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The Impact of Physical Activity on Disability Incidence among Older Adults in Mexico and the United States by Kerstin Gerst, Alejandra Michaels-Obregon, Rebeca Wong

“…Findings indicate that exercise is more common in the U.S. than in Mexico. There is a positive effect of exercise on negative outcomes in both countries. …”
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A New Finite-Time Bounded Control of Stochastic Itô Systems with (x,u,v)-Dependent Noise: Different Quadratic Function Approach by Zhiguo Yan, Zhongwei Lin

“…Then a different quadratic function approach is proposed to give a sufficient condition for finite-time boundedness of such a class of systems, and its superiority to common quadratic approach is shown. Moreover, the finite-time bounded controller design problem is studied and two sufficient conditions for the existence of state and output feedback controllers are presented in terms of nonlinear matrix inequalities. …”
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Consequences of Physical Disturbance by Tadpoles and Snails on Chironomid Larvae by Gargi Pal, Gautam Aditya, Niladri Hazra

“…The effects of two snails, banded pond snail, Bellamya bengalensis (Lamarck), and Red-rimmed melania, Melanoides tuberculata (Müller), and tadpoles of Asian common toad, Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Schneider), on nonbiting midge larvae, Chironomus striatipennis Kieffer, were observed in experimental microcosm. …”
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Meningiomatosis Restricted to the Left Cerebral Hemisphere Presenting with Frontal Lobe Seizure: A Short Communication by Biniyam A. Ayele, Hilina Dagnachew, Meskerem Nimani, Jarsso Tadesse Hirbu

“… Seizures are a common clinical feature of benign intracranial brain tumors such as meningioma. …”
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ATTEMPTS TO LEGITIMIZE POLITICAL POWER IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS FROM THE COLONIAL TO THE POST-COLONIAL PERIOD by Nguyễn Văn Bắc

“…In this work, in addition to some common theories on legitimate domination, the author tries to apply several national perspectives to explain each player’s attempts in legitimizing and stabilizing their control over the Central Highlands from the French colonial period until Vietnam was entirely independent and united in 1975.…”
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Pulmonary Disease Secondary to Reflux Mimicking Interstitial Pneumonia in Systemic Sclerosis: Case Report and Literature Review by Ricardo Azêdo de Luca Montes, Nathalia Mazolli Veiga, Pedro Gemal Lanzieri, Luis Otávio Cardoso Mocarzel

“…Clinical management of patients with collagen diseases requires clinician skills to identify the natural history and understand its nuances. This is a common situation in clinical practice, but with a few discussions in international literature.…”
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Chorea as the First Sign in a Patient with Elderly-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Yuko Ariizumi, Tetsutaro Ozawa, Takayoshi Tokutake, Izumi Kawachi, Masaki Hirose, Shinichi Katada, Shuichi Igarashi, Keiko Tanaka, Masatoyo Nishizawa

“…This condition was thought to be a common form of vascular chorea, which is likely to occur in elderly individuals; however, the laboratory data of this patient finally fulfilled the diagnostic criteria of SLE and APS. …”
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Case report: Primary cardiac synovial sarcoma with suspected connective tissue disease diagnosed by EBUS-TBMB by Yanmei Feng, Chunxia Wu, Jing Chi, Linying Li, Pu Wang, Rui Guo

“…Primary cardiac synovial sarcoma (PCSS) most commonly originates in the right atrium of the heart and is exceptionally rare. …”
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Osteosarcomatous Divergence in Dedifferentiated Liposarcoma Presenting as a Colonic Mass by Jeenal Gordhandas, Grace Lin, Ann M. P. Tipps, Somaye Y. Zare

“…Dedifferentiated liposarcomas most commonly arise in the retroperitoneum, accounting for 10% of liposarcomas. …”
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Six-wave interaction in multimode waveguides with Kerr nonlinearity with allowance for the Gaussian structure of pump waves by V.V. Ivakhnik, D.R. Kapizov, V.I. Nikonov

“…In a parabolic-index profile waveguide, a decrease in the width of the Gaussian pump wave at the waveguide ends commonly leads to a monotonic decrease in the half-width of the point spread function modulus.…”
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Solar neutrinos and the strongest oscillation constraints on scalar NSI by Peter B. Denton, Alessio Giarnetti, Davide Meloni

“…This scenario differs from the commonly discussed vector mediator case in that the oscillation effect scales with density rather than density and neutrino energy. …”
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Genotoxicity Biomarkers Study in Agricultural Workers Exposed to Pesticides: a Systematic Review by Edisson Vladimir Maldonado Mariño, Darío Orlando Siza Saquinga, Diego Eduardo Guato Canchinia, Alexander Javier Ramos Velastegui

“…Its effects depend on the type, dose, duration of exposure, work and environmental conditions. Among the most commonly used biomarkers to determine the impact are: the comet assay and the cytokinesis blocking micronucleus assay, in addition, some specific ones at the genetic level were used, such as the polymerase chain reaction. …”
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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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Approach to Pregnancy Affected by Kell Alloimmunization by Serdar Aykut, Suleyman Cansun Demir, Ismaıl Cuneyt Evruke, Mete Sucu, Fatma Islek Uzay, Mesut Avan, Ozge Keles Bayer, Emre Yalcin

“…Hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN) is the development of anemia, hyperbilirubinemia, and finally hydrops fetalis in the fetus when antibodies to antigens on the surface of erythrocytes are transferred from the placenta to the fetus. The most common cause is D-HDFN. K (KEL1) from the Kell blood group system is the most potent immunogenic antigen after D among all blood group antigens. …”
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Toxic epidermal necrolysis induced by moxifloxacin and exacerbated by clindamycin in an elderly patient: A case report by Yongguang Wang, Yongguang Wang, Qizheng Guo, Qizheng Guo, Zhenyang Li, Zhenyang Li, Guifen Gan, Chun Pan

“…Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN) is a severe skin-mucosal reaction induced by medications, commonly characterized by blister formation and widespread epidermal detachment. …”
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Population-level gut microbiome and its associations with environmental factors and metabolic disorders in Southwest China by Qianyu Qu, Qingyu Dou, Zhejun Xiang, Bin Yu, Lili Chen, Zhenxin Fan, Xing Zhao, Shujuan Yang, Peibin Zeng

“…We revealed extensive novel associations between the host microbiome and common metabolic disorders. Our results provide new insight into associations of gut microbiota with metabolic disorders so as to support the translation of gut microbiome findings into potential clinical practice.…”
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Fabrication of a Lead Head Made of the Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Composite for the Temporary Cardiac Pacemaker by Yucheng Zhou, Xuming Lin, Zhao Yang, Xiaotong Han, Meng Liu

“…In this experiment, we attempted to improve the existing carbon-fiber-based TTCP metal leads by using carbon-fiber-graphene-woven leads or conductive cloth, so as to solve a series of defects of TTCP metal leads commonly used in the clinical temporary cardiac pacemaker. …”
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Electro-spun nanofibers-based triboelectric nanogenerators in wearable electronics: status and perspectives by Deyin Tao, Ping Su, Aiping Chen, Dawei Gu, Mustafa Eginligil, Wei Huang

“…After introducing the most common TENG operating modes, an insightful overview of wearable TENG applications based on ESNs was presented. …”
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Cholangiocarcinoma: A Decade's Experience at a Community-Based University Hospital by Andrew Szilagyi, Benjamin Mitmaker, Esther Lamoureux

“…Of the group, only 7.4% were younger than 30 years of age and 14.8% had recognized associated conditions. The most common definable tumour was a well differentiated hilar cholangiocarcinoma. …”
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