An Unusual Case of Anti-GBM Antibody Elevation in HIV-Associated Nephropathy by Vinay Minocha, Raafat Makary, Andreea Poenariu

“…Introduction. The most commonly seen glomerular disease in HIV infected patients is HIV-associated nephropathy (HIVAN); however, a multitude of other nephropathies can occur in HIV infection with an almost equal cumulative frequency. …”
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Factors Affecting Crash Involvement of Commercial Vehicle Drivers: Evaluation of Commercial Vehicle Drivers’ Characteristics in South Korea by Jooyoung Lee, Jiho Yeo, Ilsoo Yun, Sanghyeok Kang

“…The estimated outcomes showed that driver-related factors have common effects on crash involvement: greater experience had a positive effect (diminished driver crash involvement), while traffic violations, job change, and previous crash involvement had negative effects. …”
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Bernese Periacetabular Osteotomy in a Hip Extra-Articular Resection Followed by Reconstruction Using an Extracorporeal Irradiated Acetabulum Autograft with Megaprosthesis, for Prox... by Victor Barro, Roberto Velez, Daniel Pacha, Jordi Giralt, Isabel Roca, Marius Aguirre

“…Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignant tumour of bone. The oncologic surgery of a proximal femur osteosarcoma affecting the hip joint can be very challenging. …”
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Diagnosis dan Penatalaksanaan Karsinoma Sel Skuamosa Glotis Stadium Dini by Sukri Rahman Rahman, Bestari Jaka Budiman Jaka Budiman, Delva Swanda Swanda

“…</p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Abstract</em></strong></p><p><em>Laryngeal carsinoma is the common head and neck cancer. More than 90% of laryngeal cancers are squamous cell carcinoma, if the early detected the cure rate can the better. …”
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Relationship between Indicators of Nutritional Status and the Development of Pneumonia Associated with Ischemic Stroke by Alexis Suárez Quesada, Alexis Álvarez Aliaga, Julia Matilde Pupo Jiménez, Joel Berdú Saumell, Marta Elena Hernández Galano

“…<strong>Background:</strong> malnutrition is a common problem among hospitalized patients. This disease causes severe consequences in the clinical course, increases the risk of infections, among which pneumonia highlight, mortality and hospital stay. …”
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In-Plane Cyclic Response of Separated Masonry Infill Walls Using Polymeric Materials at the Surrounding Steel Frames Interface Using 3D FE Analysis by Alireza Karkabadi, Mohammad Iman Khodakarami

“…Masonry infill walls are commonly used as partitions and exterior walls in many countries. …”
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Digitalization of business increases the costs of information security by O M. Makhalina, V. N. Makhalin

“…The content of cyber threats on the example of industrial enterprises has been considered.The number of cyber threats is constantly growing in the world, their complexity and diversity increase depending on the object of the attack, goals and objectives. The most common types of cyber attacks in the world has been considered in the article, the mechanism of their implementation, their source and the scale of damage they cause, have been described.In connection with the transition to a digital economy, the number of cyber threats is constantly growing. …”
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Elevation of preoperative cystatin C as an early predictor of contrast-induced nephropathy in patients receiving percutaneous coronary intervention by Guoqiang Gu, Ningning Yu, Yaqing Zhou, Wei Cui

“…Serum creatinine (SCr) is a commonly used biomarker of renal function, but an elevation in SCr lags behind the onset of kidney injury and is not viable for early detection of CIN after PCI. …”
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Zero-TCE: Zero Reference Tri-Curve Enhancement for Low-Light Images by Chengkang Yu, Guangliang Han, Mengyang Pan, Xiaotian Wu, Anping Deng

“…Addressing the common issues of low brightness, poor contrast, and blurred details in images captured under conditions such as night, backlight, and adverse weather, we propose a zero-reference dual-path network based on multi-scale depth curve estimation for low-light image enhancement. …”
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Fatal Empyema Thoracis Caused by Nocardia otitidiscaviarum by Gu Q, Zhou L, Shen X, Xu L, Wu G, Pan W, Lin W, Lv D, Lin L, Yan S

“…Empyema resulting from nocardiosis is even less common. Early clinical signs and imaging findings lack specificity, culture growth is sluggish, and the absence of an effective serological detection method can delay treatment. …”
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Novel methotrexate long-acting system using ambroxol coating and hydroxypropyl methylcellulose encapsulation for preferential and enhanced lung cancer efficiency. by Samaa Abdullah, Najla Altwaijry, Meaad Alnakhli, Ghezlan ALenezi, Alaa A Al-Masud, Hanan Henidi, Yahya F Jamous

“…Methotrexate (MTX) is classified as an antimetabolite. It's commonly used to treat lung cancer. MTX is an immunosuppressant following the above-mentioned mechanism of action due to its poor selectivity. …”
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Characterization of Nosocomial Infection in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Cienfuegos 2005-2009 by Lourdes Elena Duany Badell, Dagmaris Losa Pérez, Mabel Ávila Ramírez, Jorge Emilio Barletta del Castillo, Sara Hernández Malpica, Aymahara Gómez Morejón

“…Pneumonia associated with mechanical ventilation was the most common infection (29.4%). Venous catheterization was used in all cases. …”
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Análisis PANIC del desempleo español by Alejandro C. García-Cintado, Diego Romero-Ávila, Carlos Usabiaga

“…Para ello, se emplean los métodos Panel Analysis of Nonstationarity in Idiosyncratic and Common components (PANIC) de Bai y Ng (2004 y 2010), que permiten la descomposición de las series observadas de tasas de desempleo en un componente común y un componente idiosincrásico. …”
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Association of Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Antigen-4 Gene Polymorphisms with Psoriasis Vulgaris: A Case-Control Study in Turkish Population by Hatice Gül Dursun, Hüseyin Osman Yılmaz, Recep Dursun, Sevsen Kulaksızoğlu

“…Psoriasis is a common, chronic, and autoimmune skin disease in which dysregulation of immune cells, particularly T cells, is thought to play an important role in the pathogenesis. …”
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Increasing Robustness by Reallocating the Margins in the Timetable by Lingyun Meng, Malik Muneeb Abid, Xinguo Jiang, Afaq Khattak, Muhammad Babar Khan

“…It is a common practice to improve the punctuality of a railway service by the addition of time margins during the planning process of a timetable. …”
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Technologies of psychological rehabilitation of a personality after traumatic events (on the example of the rehabilitation programme for psychologists of the security and defence s... by N. E. Miloradova, V. V. Dotsenko

“…The full-scale war has created a unique situation where people in helping professions (psychologists, psychotherapists, social and medical workers, volunteers, etc.) experience a common trauma with the people they help. Psychologists who work in war and provide assistance to victims of traumatic events experience emotional (professional) burnout, secondary traumatisation and a number of negative mental states that are currently poorly understood. …”
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Intellectual capital profile dengan pendekatan VAIC: efisienkah di bank syariah by Kania Nurcholisah, Nurleli Nurleli, Nurfahmiyati Nurfahmiyati

“…Nilai rata-rata VAIC 11 bank Syariah berada di angka 2 yang memiliki arti Common Performers.…”
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Microbial Isolates from Vegetable Foreign Bodies Inhaled by Dogs by Sara Flisi, Manuel Dall’Aglio, Costanza Spadini, Clotilde Silvia Cabassi, Fausto Quintavalla

“…Grass-seed inhalation is a common problem in canine patients, in particular during summer months, migrating in upper and lower respiratory tract. …”
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Dual-Mode Encryption for UC-Secure String OT from Learning with Errors by Momeng Liu, Yupu Hu, Qiqi Lai, Shanshan Zhang, Huiwen Jia, Wen Gao, Baocang Wang

“…Relying on the learning with errors (LWE) assumption, Quach proposes a dual-mode encryption scheme (SCN’20) for deriving a two-round OT whose security is provably UC-secure in the common reference string (CRS) model. Due to its use of a randomized rounding function proposed by Benhamouda et al. …”
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Peer-review Blinded Assay Test (P-BAT): a framework for trustless laboratory quality assurance for state-regulated cannabis markets by Stuart Procter, Grayson L. Baird, Jason Iannuccilli

“…While the primary objective of this process is to focus on laboratory performance, it will also highlight other common problems in the industry such as product adulteration by distributors and poor storge practices. …”
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