Realm of blank space: from Chinese brush painting to music appreciation by Jiawei Xu, Yuhang Zhang

“… This article aims to break down the existing barriers of art classification, adopt interdisciplinary and comparative research methods, draw on the core concepts of “Dao follows nature” of Taoism, “Doctrine of the Mean” of Confucianism and “pure nature of the heart” of Zen, explain the deep meaning of blank space in ink painting, and reveal the cultural background and aesthetic value of silence in music, emphasizing the dialectical relationship between existence and nonexistence, sound and silence in artistic creation. …”
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Costello Syndrome. A case report by Yadelis Maldonado Martínez, Alexander Torres Molina, Diorgis Duran Lobaina

“…The clinical study and description of his physical characteristics were performed, detecting as main distinctive features: storage disease-like phenotype, failure to thrive, congenital heart disease, coarse facies, mental retardation and humorous personality. …”
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Dietary fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum) seeds and garlic (Allium sativum) alleviates oxidative stress in experimental myocardial infarction by P. Mukthamba, K. Srinivasan

“…Elevated lipid peroxides accompanied with reduced antioxidant molecules caused by isoproterenol and altered activities of antioxidant enzymes in serum and heart in induced myocardial necrosis were countered by dietary fenugreek, garlic, and fenugreek + garlic. …”
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Percutaneous Embolization of Congenital Portosystemic Venous Fistula in an Infant with Down Syndrome by Pattaraporn Tanya Chun, Terrence Chun, Matthew Files, Nghia Vo, Ryan M. McAdams

“…We describe a term male infant with Down syndrome with high output heart failure secondary to a congenital arterial to portal venous fistula that was diagnosed by Doppler ultrasound. …”
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Protection de l’environnement et développement touristique en station : du conflit à l’organisation des proximités by Emmanuelle Marcelpoil, Laurent Langlois

“…Analysis of this fairly complicated set-up requires a dynamic approach, which is at the heart of the second phase. Here we revert back to a negotiation process concerning an environmental issue and its consequences in terms of nature and intensity of the proximities between class agents. …”
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Gender Differences in Age-Related Changes in Cardiac Autonomic Nervous Function by Shailaja Moodithaya, Sandhya T. Avadhany

“…Ageing is associated with changes in cardiac autonomic control as measured by Heart Rate Variability (HRV). Not many studies have explored the influence of gender on age-related changes in cardiac autonomic regulation. …”
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Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors: Raynaud's and beyond by Sanat Phatak, Sajal Ajmani, Vikas Agarwal, Durga Prasanna Misra

“…Their vasodilatory property has also been utilized in the management of pulmonary arterial hypertension, wherein their ability to favorably affect hemodynamics of a pressure-overloaded right heart is beneficial. Recent evidences have suggested a potential antifibrotic role of these agents, and studies in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease hold promise for future exploration of these agents for these indications.…”
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La sociologie, discipline experte des controverses environnementales ? by Anahita Grisoni, Sophie Némoz

“…The professional experiences of the two authors are at the heart of this reflection. Both in the teaching of sociology and in the participation in research projects, involving other scientific disciplines, knowledge production and sharing can be limited by the partial impossibility to lead a scientific protocol. …”
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The role of lyrics in music–exercise performance on perceived exertion by Ehsan Zareıan, Karen Baranı, Zahra Pooraghaeı

“…The test duration was 5 minutes for all participants and their running intensity was in correspondence with 80% of their maximum heart rate. The recovery period between each session was 48 hrs. …”
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Extranodal Rosai–Dorfman Disease Presenting as a Mediastinal Mass with Pulmonary Artery Invasion by Andrew R. Orr, Daniel Lefler, C. Deshpande, Pallavi Kumar

“…This study describes the case of a middle-aged woman presenting with new onset right heart failure who was found to have extranodal RDD in the form of a large mediastinal mass with invasion and occlusion of the main pulmonary arteries.…”
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Unique Findings and Novel Treatment Strategy of a Giant Coronary Artery Aneurysm Associated with a Significant Pericardial Effusion by Osayi Lawani, Rick Ganim

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Prevention of Cardiomyopathy in Transfusion-Dependent Homozygous Thalassaemia Today and the Role of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Athanassios Aessopos, Vasilios Berdoukas, Maria Tsironi

“…Recently the ability to determine the degree of cardiac iron overload, through cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) has allowed more logical approaches to iron removal, particularly from the heart. The availability of two oral chelators, deferiprone and deferasirox has reduced the need for the injectable chelator deferrioxamine and an additional benefit has been that deferiprone has been shown to be more cardioprotective than deferrioxamine. …”
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Pulsatile Tinnitus due to a Tortuous Siphon-Like Internal Carotid Artery Successfully Treated by Arterial Remodeling by Dirk De Ridder, Sven Vanneste, Tomas Menovsky

“…A patient is described with a right-sided tortuous siphon-like extracranial internal carotid artery leading to highly distressing ipsilateral heart beat synchronous pulsatile tinnitus, scoring 9/10 measuring loudness. …”
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The Pro-Boer Representation of War and the Origins of New Liberalism by Françoise Orazi

“…Thus what appears to be a dissenting Representation of War gave birth to a new political movement that reconciled the pacifist and anti-imperialist liberalism that had been advocated by such great liberal figures as Richard Cobden and which was at the heart of Gladstone’s Midlothian campaign and the new generation of thinkers who were in favour of a greater intervention of the State.…”
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Un dispositif d’accès et de partage des avantages sans peuple autochtone ni communauté locale ou les omissions de la loi française pour la reconquête de la biodiversité by Pierre-Alain Collot 

“…Beyond the logic inherent in the law of 08 August 2016, the recognition of local communities at the heart of the access and benefit-sharing mechanism must make it possible to correct the multiple shortcomings both in terms of access to genetic resources and traditional knowledge with regard to the sharing of benefits arising from their use.…”
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The Clinical Benefits of Adding a Third Dimension to Assess the Left Ventricle with Echocardiography by Luigi P. Badano

“…Three-dimensional echocardiography is a novel imaging technique based on acquisition and display of volumetric data sets in the beating heart. This permits a comprehensive evaluation of left ventricular (LV) anatomy and function from a single acquisition and expands the diagnostic possibilities of noninvasive cardiology. …”
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La SF de la Théorie : Baudrillard et Haraway by Istvan Csicsery-Ronay (Jr.)

“…With the expansion of the technological construction of social life in the postmodem period, SF ceases to be a genre of art and becomes instead a mode of quotidian awareness. At the heart of this mode are two hesitations : a) about whether scientific-technological transformations are merely conceivable or actually realizable, and b) about the possible implications of their realization. …”
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Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicating Active Ulcerative Colitis: A Case Report by Eva D. Papadimitraki, Mubarak Ahamed, Nicholas H. Bunce

“…Patients display an increased risk for venous thromboembolic complications and mesenteric ischemia, but the association with ischemic heart disease and myocardial infarction is uncertain. …”
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« Think of your house as a watershed ! » La récupération des eaux de pluie à Tucson, en Arizona : vers la diversification de l’approvisionnement en eau dans le Sud-Ouest étasunien ... by Anne-Lise Boyer, Yves-François Le Lay

“…In both cases, the small and local technical systems of rainwater harvesting help materializing the hydrosocial cycle and therefore placing water issues at the heart of the inhabitant’s concerns.…”
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The US perspective on e-cigarettes and harm reduction by Mitch Zeller

“…And that’s significant because while there are misperceptions about the safety of nicotine, the reality is that nicotine does not directly cause the cancer, the lung disease and the heart disease associated with the use of cigarettes and other combustible products. …”
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