International tourism and (linguistic) accommodation: Convergence towards and through English in tourist information interactions by Adam Wilson

“…Taking Communication Accommodation Theory (Giles, Coupland & Coupland 1991) as its main conceptual basis, this article shows how English is at the heart of two key processes of accommodation. Firstly, speakers converge towards English as a main language of interaction. …”
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Hepatic Disorders and COVID-19: From Pathophysiology to Treatment Strategy by Parisa Shiri Aghbash, Hamed Ebrahimzadeh Leylabadlo, Hamidreza Fathi, Mohaddeseh Bahmani, Rojin Chegini, Hossein Bannazadeh Baghi

“…Following the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak and the subsequent development of the COVID-19 pandemic, organs such as the lungs, kidneys, liver, heart, and brain have been identified as priority organs. …”
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Aristotle for all? The work of Walter Mooney Hatch by Alan Towey

“…This book is of contemporary interest. It takes us to the heart of the question of whether the work of Aristotle is meant for everyone or just for a select few. …”
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Alteration of Energy Substrates and ROS Production in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy by O. Lorenzo, E. Ramírez, B. Picatoste, J. Egido, J. Tuñón

“…Despite excess of plasma glucose and lipids, the diabetic heart almost exclusively depends on fatty acid degradation. …”
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DNA Polymerase: Structural Homology, Conformational Dynamics, and the Effects of Carcinogenic DNA Adducts by Richard G. Federley, Louis J. Romano

“…DNA replication is vital for an organism to proliferate and lying at the heart of this process is the enzyme DNA polymerase. …”
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Foetal vascular responses to thromboxane receptor blockade by B. A. Meyer, J. E. Dickinson, S. W. Walsh, V. M. Parisi

“…Arterial blood gases, continuous monitoring of maternal and foetal heart rates and blood pressures were performed in chronically catheterized pregnant ewes. …”
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Myocardial Viability: From Proof of Concept to Clinical Practice by Aditya Bhat, Gary C. H. Gan, Timothy C. Tan, Chijen Hsu, Alan Robert Denniss

“…Recent trials, including the STICH and HEART studies, have failed to confer prognostic benefits of revascularisation therapy over standard medical management in ischaemic cardiomyopathy. …”
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Distribution of 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine in Different Human Tissues by Weiwei Li, Min Liu

“…The percentage of 5-hmC measured is high in brain, liver, kidney and colorectal tissues (0.40–0.65%), while it is relatively low in lung (0.18%) and very low in heart, breast, and placenta (0.05-0.06%). Abundance of 5-hmC in the cancerous colorectal tissues was significantly reduced (0.02–0.06%) compared to that in normal colorectal tissues (0.46–0.57%). …”
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Purple Urine Bag Syndrome in Two Elderly Men with Urinary Tract Infection by Jan Van Keer, Daan Detroyer, Bert Bammens

“…The second case is an 80-year-old man who was admitted for heart failure with cardiorenal dilemma and who was started on intermittent hemodialysis. …”
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Generation of two isogenic control lines by correcting the BAG3 P209L mutation of human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) lines from patients with myofibrillar myopathy-6 by Kerstin Filippi, Martin Wiemann, Bernd K. Fleischmann, Michael Hesse

“…A point mutation (p.P209L; c.626C>T) in the BAG3 gene causes severe myofibrillar myopathy-6 (MFM6), restrictive cardiomyopathy and polyneuropathy leading to muscle weakness and heart failure. Establishing suitable controls for patient-derived BAG3P209L/WT-induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), two isogenic controls were generated by correcting the point mutation c.626C>T in iPSCs from two MFM6-patients. …”
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Arithmetic of the sound of silence by Robert Madoi Nasaba

“…The thesis of this article proffers a fresh insight that goes beyond the descriptions of how the web creates contraflows of information for Southern women. At the heart of the debate is the impact garnered – or rather lack of it – when user-generated content from the web 2.0 is used to counterbalance issues from a mainstream point of reference. …”
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Nanocurcumin in myocardial infarction therapy: emerging trends and future directions by Mei Lv, Qing Sun, Yilin Yu, Jinwei Bao

“…Curcumin nanoparticles have been observed to successfully reduce infarct size, maintain heart function by modulating essential molecular pathways in MI. …”
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Sternal Fracture Fixation with a Steel Wire: The New “Timala” Technique by Rabindra Bhakta Timala, Nirmal Panthee

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Marantic Endocarditis: A Rare Early Presentation Of Invasive Ductal Carcinoma Of The Breast by Madiha Butt, Zahra Rafique, Fazeelat Iftikhar, Farooq, Khadija Rafique, Muhammad Adil

“…The pathophysiology involves the presence of sterile growths and fibrin deposits on heart valves. We present a case of a 35-year-old female who initially presented with the embolic complication of marantic endocarditis. …”
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Cardiac function and quality of life improvement with fasudil hydrochloride in patients with diabetes post-PCI: a randomized controlled trial by Xuejia Yang, Qian Li, Yaning Liu, Ran Chen, Yanjing Liu, Chenghui Sun, Licha Kong, Qiuli Dong

“…Objective We assessed the efficacy of fasudil hydrochloride, a Rho-kinase inhibitor, as adjunct therapy for enhancing cardiac function, managing blood sugar, and improving quality of life in patients with diabetes who have coronary heart disease (CHD) and who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). …”
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The Use of Parsimonious Questionnaires in Occupational Health Surveillance: Psychometric Properties of the Short Italian Version of the Effort/Reward Imbalance Questionnaire by Nicola Magnavita, Sergio Garbarino, Johannes Siegrist

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Territoires du productivisme, paysages altérés by Alessandra Marcon

“…Based on a first-hand account, the article proposes a journey organised along four sub-transects from the heart of the Bocage to the Atlantic coast of La Faute-sur-mer. …”
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Advances in Selenium and Related Compounds Inhibiting Multi-Organ Fibrosis by Xiao X, Huang G, Yu X, Tan Y

“…This review delves into the latest research advancements in Se and Se-related biological agents for alleviating fibrosis in the heart, liver, lungs, and kidneys, detailing their mechanisms of action within fibrotic pathways. …”
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Late Diagnosed Left Coronary to the Pulmonary Artery Large Fistulae: An Interesting and Incidental Cath Lab Finding by Marcos Danillo P. Oliveira, Pedro H. M. Craveiro de Melo, Érlon O. Abreu-Silva, Fernando Barbiero Coura, Gleyson Moraes Rios, Daniel Izzet Potério

“…A coronary artery fistulae involve a communication between a coronary artery and a chamber of the heart or any segment of the systemic or pulmonary circulation. …”
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Gliptins and Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Comparative and Critical Analysis after TECOS by Samit Ghosal, Binayak Sinha

“…However, issues related to significant increase in heart failure and all-cause 7-day on-treatment mortality created a lot of confusion. …”
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