Acute kidney injury and ANCA positivity in a patient treated with glecaprevir/pibrentasvir: a case report by Lawrence Hyun Kwon, Jennifer Griffiths, Lanny DiFranza

“…Kidney biopsy revealed diffuse tubulointerstitial injury with erythrocyte casts indicative of glomerular bleeding into the distal nephrons, though without glomerular crescent formation.ConclusionThis case illustrates the potential for glecaprevir/pibrentasvir to induce acute kidney injury, acute interstitial nephritis and possibly ANCA-associated vasculitis. …”
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Paramedics and emergency medical technicians’ perceptions of geriatric trauma care in Saudi Arabia by Naif Harthi, Steve Goodacre, Fiona C. Sampson, Meshary Binhotan, Abdullah Suhail Alotaibi

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Endothelial molecule levels (VCAM-1, ICAM-1) in uncomplicated malaria cases in Lagos, Nigeria by Uche T. Igbasi, Wellington A. Oyibo

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Discontinuation of Hemodialysis in a Patient with Anti-GBM Disease by the Treatment with Corticosteroids and Plasmapheresis despite Several Predictors for Dialysis-Dependence by Yoshihide Fujigaki, Chikayuki Morimoto, Risa Iino, Kei Taniguchi, Yosuke Kawamorita, Shinichiro Asakawa, Daigo Toyoki, Shinako Miyano, Wataru Fujii, Tatsuru Ota, Shigeru Shibata, Shunya Uchida

“…Kidney biopsy after initiation of hemodialysis confirmed anti-GBM disease with 86.3% crescent formation. Physician should keep in mind that active anti-GBM disease shows even high procalcitonin value in the absence of infection. …”
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Biomechanical Characteristics on the Lower Extremity of Three Typical Yoga Manoeuvres by Elizabeth Whissell, Lin Wang, Pan Li, Jing Xian Li, Zhen Wei

“…A three-dimensional motion capture system with 10 cameras combined with four synchronised force plates was used to collect kinematics of the lower extremity and ground reactive force whilst the participants performed the crescent lunge pose, warrior II pose, and triangle pose. …”
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Time to speed up, not slow down: A narrative review on the importance of community-based physical activity among older people by Robyn Hambrook, Geoff Middleton, Daniel C Bishop, Lee Crust, David R Broom

Scaffolds fabricated via two-photon polymerisation for regulating cell morphology and differentiation by Zheyu Yao, Xiuzhen Zhang, Wenhui Yu, Zhen Xiao, Wenli Zhou, Dongfeng Qi, Wuhong Xin, Weilong Cao, Hongyu Zheng

“…In contrast, hMSCs cultivated on honeycomb structures exhibited triangular and crescent cellular shapes, with a random orientation. …”
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Enhancing heat exchanger design using autoencoder model for predicting efficiency and cost in chemical processing by Manimegalai T, Anitha Gopalan, Vanmathi Murugesan, Jayant Giri, Praveen Barmavatu, Praveenkumar T R, Dinesh Mavaluru, Rafath Samrin

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Multi-functional dressings for recovery and screenable treatment of wounds: A review by F. Moradifar, N. Sepahdoost, P. Tavakoli, A. Mirzapoor

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Applying Normalisation Process Theory to a peer-delivered complex health intervention for people experiencing homelessness and problem substance use by Rebecca Foster, Hannah Carver, Catriona Matheson, Bernie Pauly, Jason Wallace, Graeme MacLennan, John Budd, Tessa Parkes

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Analysis of Protein-Ligand Interactions of SARS-CoV-2 Against Selective Drug Using Deep Neural Networks by Natarajan Yuvaraj, Kannan Srihari, Selvaraj Chandragandhi, Rajan Arshath Raja, Gaurav Dhiman, Amandeep Kaur

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Ortadoğu İle Karşılaşma: David Greig’in Damascus Oyunu by Dilek İnan

“…Fakat Samuel Chew meşhur kitabında The Crescent and the Rose: Islam and England during the Renaissance , iki grup seyahat yazarlarından bahseder: ‘Doğuyu sadece hayal eden koltuk seyyahlarıve gerçekten Doğuyu ziyaret ederek bizzat tecrübe eden gezginler’. …”
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The Role of Using Motorized Diamond Burr Polisher Instrument in Minimizing the Recurrent Rate of Pterygium Excision by Sakar Abdulkarim Nidhamalddin

“…In group A (45) eyes polishing of the corneoscleral bed done using motorized diamond polishing burr, and in group B (45) eyes using manual crescent blade for polishing. Recurrent rate was evaluated after about (8±2) months postoperatively. …”
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Strengthening public health education and humanitarian response through academic volunteerism by Faiza Rab, Mekdes Assefa, Salim Sohani, Ilja Ormel, Farwa Arshad, Ahmad Firas Khalid

“…Abstract Introduction Volunteers are an integral part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent (RCRC) Movement, with over 16 million people actively contributing to humanitarian action worldwide. …”
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An analysis of observed and predicted extreme heat and precipitation trends across four pulse producing regions in North America: North Dakota, Montana, Saskatchewan, and Northeast... by Sophia Weiss, Erin Coughlan de Perez

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Custom-Made Computer-Aided-Design/Computer-Aided-Manufacturing Biphasic Calcium-Phosphate Scaffold for Augmentation of an Atrophic Mandibular Anterior Ridge by Francesco Guido Mangano, Piero Antonio Zecca, Ric van Noort, Samvel Apresyan, Giovanna Iezzi, Adriano Piattelli, Aldo Macchi, Carlo Mangano

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Probing the Relationships Between Mandaeans (the Followers of John the Baptist), Early Christians, and Manichaeans by Brikha H. S. Nasoraia

“…Indeed, much of the Mandaeans’ thought and practice, especially their rituals of water ablution, have deep origins going back to Sumer, Akkad and Babylonia, reflecting regionally wide influences from right across the Fertile Crescent. Mandaean culture and the Mandaic Aramaic language was of high report in the so-called Patristic period covered by this Special Issue, even in the Arabian Peninsula up until the rise of Islam (634 CE onward), and Mandaeans were honored as a third “People of the Book”—the Sabians (<i>Ṣābeʾun; or ṣobba</i> in modern Iraqi Arabic)—in the Qur’an (2:62; 5:69; 22:17); in the Muslim world, many Mandaic speakers switched language to colloquial Iraqi Arabic and (Arabicized) Persian. …”
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Influence of sacroiliac joint variation on clinical features of axial spondyloarthritis: a comparative analysis by Denis Poddubnyy, Torsten Diekhoff, Sevtap Tugce Ulas, Fabian Proft, Valeria Rios Rodriguez, Judith Rademacher, Juliane Greese, Katharina Ziegeler, Carolina Dominguez Aleixo, Maximilian Lindholz

“…Atypical SI joints, defined by the presence of accessory joint facets, iliosacral complex or crescent-shaped ilii on MRI, were identified in 61 out of 165 patients with axSpA. …”
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Collapsing Pattern Class-IV Lupus Nephritis Presenting as Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome and Cardiac Tamponade: A Rare COVID-19 Sequelae by K Harshitha Reddy, Pranjal Kashiv, Sunil Kumar, Sourya Acharya, Kapil Navin Sejpal

“…In this setting, the prognosis worsens if cellular crescent is present. It is divided into two types: diffuse segmental and the other being diffuse global. …”
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Development of an Evidence-Based First Aid Guideline for First Responders in Sub-Saharan Africa by Bert Avau

“…In response, Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies, amongst other organizations implement first responder training programs across Africa. …”
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