Association of Dipeptidiyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitors and Bullose Pemphigoid: A Report of Four Cases by Neslihan USLU, Kagan GUNGOR, Gonca TAMER, Bulent CAN

“…Although these drugs are generally recognized for their favorable clinical safety profile, emerging evidence points to the potential for adverse events associated with DPP4i. …”
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Focusing on Sodium Glucose Cotransporter-2 and the Sympathetic Nervous System: Potential Impact in Diabetic Retinopathy by Lakshini Y. Herat, Vance B. Matthews, P. Elizabeth Rakoczy, Revathy Carnagarin, Markus Schlaich

“…Here, we summarize current evidence and identify gaps that need to be addressed.…”
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Ultrasound Measurement of Lateral Patellar Displacement: A Cadaveric Validation Study by Lok Yin Ada Kwan, Alban Killingback, Philip J Adds

“… # Conclusion Ultrasound is a valid and reliable method for measuring patellar position relative to the femoral condyle, and the validity data reported here suggest that it can be used with confidence in clinic to assess lateral patellar displacement. # Level of Evidence 3…”
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Current Status of the Immunomodulation and Immunomediated Therapeutic Strategies for Multiple Sclerosis by Shyi-Jou Chen, Yen-Ling Wang, Hueng-Chuen Fan, Wen-Tsung Lo, Chih-Chien Wang, Huey-Kang Sytwu

“…This paper highlights the growing evidence that Th17 cells play the core role in the complex adaptive immunity of EAE/MS and discusses the roles of the associated immune cells and cytokines. …”
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The Role of Environmental and Social Innovations in the Cost Leadership Strategy, Value Creation, and Business Performance: A Comparative Analysis of SMEs and Large Manufacturing C... by Ahmed Abubakar, Noura Said Al. Jahwari, Adil Hassan Bakheet

“…The novelty of this study is the comparative analysis of SMEs and large companies that provide empirical evidence of the intricate connection between environmental and social innovations, cost leadership, value creation, and business performance.…”
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Efficacy and Effectiveness of Physical Therapy in Enhancing Postural Control in Children With Cerebral Palsy by Susan R. Harris, Lori Roxborough

“…As was true in an earlier systematic review on adaptive seating, most of the 12 ‘experimental’ studies published since 1990 that were aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of postural control strategies provided lower levels of evidence, i.e. Sackett Levels III to V. Additional studies with stronger designs are needed to establish that postural control interventions for children with CP are effective.…”
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<i>Mycobacterium abscessus—</i>An Emerging True Pathogen: A Case Report by Shruti Appaswamy, Bhavesh D Rathod

“…This is a case report of an 18-month-old child diagnosed in an urban secondary care center with <i>M. abscessus</i> soft tissue infection, which was acquired postimmunization. Microbiological evidence was consistent with multidrug-resistant strains of <i>M. abscessus</i>. …”
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A Prediction Model Optimization Critiques through Centroid Clustering by Reducing the Sample Size, Integrating Statistical and Machine Learning Techniques for Wheat Productivity by Muhammad Islam, Farrukh Shehzad

“…This study demonstrated strong evidences for deploying MLM for prediction of wheat productivity as an alternative of traditional statistical modeling.…”
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Successful Management of Immune Thrombocytopenia Presenting with Lethal Alveolar Hemorrhage by Keiki Nagaharu, Masahiro Masuya, Keiki Kawakami, Naoyuki Katayama

“…However, there is little evidence for the utilization of this treatment for acute ITP or acute exacerbation of chronic ITP. …”
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The Th1:Th2 Dichotomy of Pregnancy and Preterm Labour by Lynne Sykes, David A. MacIntyre, Xiao J. Yap, Tiong Ghee Teoh, Phillip R. Bennett

“…In this paper, we explore the evidence for an aberrant Th1:Th2 profile associated with preterm labour. …”
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Congenital Vitelline Band Causing Intestinal Obstruction in an Adult with a Double Inferior Vena Cava by Mihiri Wettasinghe, Kumari Pussepitiya, Bandula Samarasinghe, Nuwan Wickramasinghe

“…Plain X-ray abdomen showed evidence of small bowel obstruction. CT scan of the abdomen revealed dilated small bowel loops with a small outpouching in the distal ileum with a band like structure attached to it. …”
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The politics of gating (A response to Private Security and Public Space by Manzi and Smith-Bowers) by Rowland Atkinson

“…I argue that the key ‘problematic’ raised by gated communities is less one of empirical evidence on their impacts, since much work already points to a range of problems, and rather what these developments forecast for the character and dynamics of the urban spaces and societies we wish to live in. …”
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Political and socioeconomic implications of Classic Maya lithic artifacts from the Main Plaza of Aguateca, Guatemala by Kazuo Aoyama

“…Second, several lines of lithic evidence reinforce the argument advanced by Inomata et al. (2004) that Structure L8-8, a large temple building, was abandoned during its construction toward the end of the Late Classic period. …”
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Reversible Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Associated with Interferon-Beta Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis by E Gibbons, S Promislow, RA Davies, G Chandy, DJ Stewart, V Contreras-Dominguez, C Pugliese, R Dunne, LM Mielniczuk

“…At 28 months after diagnosis, she remains asymptomatic with no hemodynamic evidence of PAH and has been off all PAH therapy for 10 months.…”
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Let’s talk about language—and its role for replicability by Xenia Schmalz, Johannes Breuer, Mario Haim, Andrea Hildebrandt, Philipp Knöpfle, Anna Yi Leung, Timo Roettger

“…This is an issue for knowledge accumulation, theory-building, and evidence-based decision and policy making. Researchers have proposed several solutions to address these issues, focusing mainly on improving statistical methods, data quality, and transparency. …”
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Lower Limb Exercise-Based Injury Prevention Programs Are Effective in Improving Sprint Speed, Jumping, Agility and Balance: an Umbrella Review by Loïc Bel, Nicolas Mathieu, Vincent Ducrest, Mario Bizzini

“…These beneficial effects may be used to promote the implementation of such programs. # Level of Evidence 2a…”
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Assessing Murphy Sequence as a Clinical Element in Acute Appendicitis Diagnosis by Andy Rocha Quintana, Orisel Fernández Suárez, Elianne Rodríguez Larraburu, César Jorge Castro Rodríguez

“…<strong>Background:</strong> at present, the presence or lack of agreement between clinical diagnosis and evidence when exploring the abdominal cavity and performing excision of the pathological piece in cases of acute appendicitis, has become an increasingly contested issue. …”
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Pathogenic Roles of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor during Dengue Virus Infection by Yung-Chun Chuang, Hong-Ru Chen, Trai-Ming Yeh

“…However, the role of MIF in the pathogenesis of DHF/DSS is not limited to immune cell recruitment. Recent evidence indicates that DENV infection induced MIF production and may contribute to vascular hyperpermeability and viral replication during DENV infection. …”
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Power Generation from Human Leukocytes/Lymphocytes in Mammalian Biofuel Cell by Güray Güven, Pablo Lozano-Sanchez, Arcan Güven

“…Human metabolism could be exploited for the generation of power, but mammalian cells protect their energy production apparatus from external electrochemical scavengers. We report here evidence that, in the case of white blood cells, chemical energy can be harvested directly on an electrode as electricity in fuel cells whose stability is roughly parallel to the viability of cells in vitro. …”
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Dysregulated Functions of Lung Macrophage Populations in COPD by Theodore S. Kapellos, Kevin Bassler, Anna C. Aschenbrenner, Wataru Fujii, Joachim L. Schultze

“…In this review, we summarise recent evidence from human studies and work with animal models of COPD with regard to altered functions of each of these myeloid cell populations. …”
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