Financialization against Industrialization: a regulationnist approach of the Brazilian Paradox by Eliane Araújo, Miguel Bruno, Débora Pimentel

“…This paper provides new empirical evidence on the chances of industrialization and Dutch disease, which marks the current debate on the effects of real exchange rate appreciation to the Brazilian economy. …”
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Examining Trauma-Related Shame and Trauma Coping Self-Efficacy as Predictors of PTSD in Women in Jail by Shannon M. Lynch, Stephanie Kaplan

“…These findings provide preliminary direction for identification and implementation of evidence-based treatments addressing trauma-related shame and TCSE to reduce PTSD symptoms in incarcerated women.…”
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Acute Kidney Injury, Recurrent Seizures, and Thrombocytopenia in a Young Patient with Lupus Nephritis: A Diagnostic Dilemma by Hector Alvarado Verduzco, Anjali Acharya

“…Repeat kidney biopsy showed diffuse endocapillary and extracapillary proliferative and membranous lupus nephritis (ISN-RPS class IV-G+V) and endothelial swelling secondary to severe hypertension but no evidence of TMA. Brain MRI showed reversible left frontal and parietal lesions that resolved after controlling the blood pressure, making PRES the diagnosis. …”
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Preparing Advanced Clinicians and Practitioners: A Model for Mentorship in Occupational Therapy Practice by Sarah A. Schoen, Bryan M. Gee, Mim Ochsenbein

“…This study was designed to address the need for evidence about the effectiveness of formal mentorship programs by describing the impact of the STAR mentorship program on a group of clinicians specializing in sensory integration and processing challenges. …”
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The Greenhouse Effect: Using Student-Generated Agricultural Data to Warm Up Students for Data-Based Decision Making by Shonda Kuiper, Abhishek Chakraborty, Tyler George, Lisa W. Kay, Lawrence M. Lesser, Ginger Rowell, Dennis Pearl, Scott Crawford, Anna Olsen

“…While student and instructor responses indicated they liked the activity in both formats, the PreTest and PostTest results showed evidence of a higher gain in knowledge with the website version. …”
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Some COVID-19 relevant considerations in the elderly by Ana Esther Despaigne Biset, Idalmis Vallejo Santiago, Leysa Margarita Gòmez, Caridad Tamayo Reus, Sandra Laurencio Vallina

“…COVID-19 can affect anyone regardless of age, sex or race; but numerous studies have focused on characterizing its heterogeneity in demographic terms, with clear evidence of high mortality in men and older adults. …”
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The Frequency of Langerhans Islets β-Cells Autoantibodies (Anti-GAD) in Georgian Children and Adolescents with Chronic Autoimmune Thyroiditis by Mariam Balakhadze, Elene Giorgadze, Marina Lomidze

“…Chronic autoimmune thyroiditis and type 1 diabetes mellitus are organ-specific autoimmune diseases. There is large evidence that autoimmunity against the thyroid gland in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus is increased, but little is known about anti-islet cell autoimmune status in patients with chronic autoimmune thyroiditis. …”
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Enhancing adolescent resilience to grief through ego state counseling by Ikhsan Hilmi, Mungin Eddy Wibowo, Sunawan Sunawan

“…Based on the results of Visual Analysis and statistical analysis using the Adolescent Resilience Scale (ARS) and Prolonged Grief Disorder (PG-13-Revised) instruments, it was revealed that students who participated in ego state counseling experienced a significant decrease in sadness and an increase in resilience during the counseling process and after four weeks post-ESC. This evidence shows ego state counseling in improving resilience in adolescents with grief. …”
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Bystander Position Taking in School Bullying: The Role of Positive Identity, Self-Efficacy, and Self-Determination by Sandra K. M. Tsang, Eadaoin K. P. Hui, Bella C. M. Law

“…. = Positive Adolescent Training through Holistic Social Programmes) is an evidence-based positive youth development program which shows that primary intervention programs have constructive impacts on junior secondary school students' beliefs and behavior. …”
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Th1 Cytokine-Secreting Recombinant Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin and Prospective Use in Immunotherapy of Bladder Cancer by Yi Luo, Jonathan Henning, Michael A. O'Donnell

“…However, BCG therapy is ineffective in approximately 30–40% of cases. Since evidence supports the T helper type 1 (Th1) response to be essential in BCG-induced tumor destruction, studies have focused on enhancing BCG induction of Th1 immune responses. …”
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Neural Compensations After Lesion of the Cerebral Cortex by Bryan Kolb, Russell Brown, Alane Witt-Lajeunesse, Robbin Gibb

“…Finally, anatomical evidence suggests that the mechanism of action of many treatments is through changes in dendritic arborization, which presumably reflects changes in synaptic organization. …”
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الشيخ محمد بن عمر نووي الجاوي: حياته الذاتية والعلمية by Ehsan Ur Rehman, Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Khan

“…In the field of Sufism, he followed the path of Imam al-Ghazali, and evidence of this is Nawawi's own explanation of al-Ghazali's book Bidayat al-Hidaya. …”
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Screening for Cushing Syndrome at the Primary Care Level: What Every General Practitioner Must Know by Ernest Yorke, Yacoba Atiase, Josephine Akpalu, Osei Sarfo-Kantanka

“…The clinical awareness of the primary care physician (PCP) to the highly indicative signs and symptoms such as facial plethora, proximal myopathy, reddish purple striae, and easy bruisability should alert him to look for biochemical evidence of Cushing’s syndrome through any of the first-line screening tests, namely, 24-hour urinary free cortisol, overnight dexamethasone suppression test, or late-night salivary cortisol. …”
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Outcome of surgical parathyroidectomy for tertiary hyperparathyroidism in kidney transplant recipients: tertiary hyperparathyroidism should not be ignored, for the sake of precious... by Michio Nakamura, Shinya Takiguchi, Saeko Uehara, Yusuke Tomita

“…However, studies offering high levels of evidence remain lacking.…”
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The blues and rhythm by Kiyomichi Imamura, Ayaka Bota, Toshihiko Shirafuji, Toru Takumi

“…Mood disorders such as depression are no exception. Accumulating evidence suggests strong associations between circadian disturbances and the development of depression. …”
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Crown Gall Induced by a Natural Isolate of <i>Brucella</i> (<i>Ochrobactrum</i>) <i>pseudogrignonense</i> Containing a Tumor-Inducing Plasmid by Marjolein J. G. Hooykaas, Paul J. J. Hooykaas

“…Unexpectedly, we found evidence that a natural isolate from a rose crown gall, called NBC51/LBA8980, was a bacterium that did not belong to the <i>Rhizobiaceae</i> family. …”
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Microbes, macrophages, and melanin: a unifying theory of disease as exemplified by cancer by Stacie Z. Berg, Jonathan Berg

“…In this article, we provide evidence that tumors are actually complex microbial communities composed of various microorganisms living within biofilms encapsulated by a hard matrix; that these microorganisms are what cause the genetic mutations seen in cancer and control angiogenesis; that these pathogens spread by hiding in tumor cells and M2 or M2-like macrophages and other phagocytic immune cells and traveling inside them to distant sites camouflaged by platelets, which they also reprogram, and prepare the distant site for metastasis; that risk factors for cancer are sources of energy that pathogens are able to utilize; and that, in accordance with our previous unifying theory of disease, pathogens utilize melanin for energy for building and sustaining tumors and metastasis. …”
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Digital national currency paradigm: risks and benefits by I. B. Rodina

“…The article analyses the specifics and aspects of the digital national currency in the digital economy to substantiate the evidence of the cardinal transformation of the national market of means of payment of any particular country and the modernisation of the actions of all subjects of the money market. …”
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The Four Pillars for Successful Regenerative Therapy in Endodontics: Stem Cells, Biomaterials, Growth Factors, and Their Synergistic Interactions by C. Brizuela, George T.-J. Huang, A. Diogenes, T. Botero, M. Khoury

“…This review brings useful and timely clinical evidence for practitioners to understand the challenges faced for a successful cell-based RET and the importance of preserving or reestablishing tooth vitality. …”
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Learning losses during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Understanding and addressing increased learning disparities by Anna Alejo, Robert Jenkins, Haogen Yao

“…Abstract A growing body of evidence has revealed the negative effects of COVID‐19‐induced school closures on learning, with the largest losses often observed among the most vulnerable children. …”
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