NREM and REM sleep parasomnias: clinical cases and literature review by K. Teišerskytė, I. Čelpačenko, E. Pajėdienė

“…Parasomnias can significantly disrupt the sleep quality of patients and their bed partners, day-time wakefulness, and can be hazardous. Detailed sleep history and clinical examination are of essential significance in differential diagnosis between sleep disorders, nocturnal epilepsy, and psychiatric disorders. …”
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Persistent Hiccups as the Only Presenting Symptom of ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction by Nasreen Shaikh, Rishi Raj, Srinivas Movva, Charles Mattina

“…Our patient was a 74-year-old male with a past medical history of type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and COPD due to chronic tobacco use, who presented with persistent hiccups for 4 days and no other complaints. …”
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Safety and Efficacy of Insulin and Heparin in the Management of Hypertriglyceridemia-Induced Pancreatitis in a Patient without Diabetes: A Case Report by Luis Tolento Cortes, Jessica Trinh, Mimi Le, Philip Papayanis, Leah Tudtud-Hans, Lisa Hong

“…The aim of this article is to report a case of a 43-year-old female with a history of familial hypertriglyceridemia and without diabetes who was admitted for acute pancreatitis with a TG level elevated to 4,435 mg/dL. …”
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Dominant Factors in Complementary Food Feeding in Babies and Toddlers by Amrina Octaviana, Roslina Roslina, Indah Trianingsih, Marlina Marlina, Nelly Indrasari

“…The results show that internal factors (age familiarity with food, child activity, and child health history) and some external factors (type of food, frequency of feeding, number of feedings, and community culture) have a significant relationship with MP-ASI feeding behavior in babies and toddlers (p…”
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Long journey of 16S rRNA‐amplicon sequencing toward cell‐based functional bacterial microbiota characterization by Jianshi Jin, Xiongduo Liu, Katsuyuki Shiroguchi

“…In this review, we describe the history of high‐throughput technologies based on 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene‐amplicon sequencing for the characterization of bacterial microbiotas. …”
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Perianal Basal Cell Carcinoma Successfully Managed with Excisional Biopsy by Paola C. Aldana, Harris G. Yfantis, Preeti R. John

“…Literature review suggests a predisposition for perianal BCC in individuals susceptible to cutaneous malignancies. Therefore, any history of cutaneous malignancy should further prompt clinicians to examine nonsun exposed areas on full body skin exams.…”
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Severe Case of Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: Recovery after Injection of Procaine into the Vesicoprostatic Plexus—Case Report and Discussion of Pathophysiology and Mechanisms of Ac... by R. M. Kronenberg, S. M. Ludin, L. Fischer

“…We describe a patient with a 35-year history of a severe chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CPPS) that failed to adequately respond to various drug therapies and other treatments by different specialists. …”
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Higher Education of Latin America in the Trajectory of International Student Mobility by E. G. Ermolieva

“…A  special  place  is  given to  Russian-Latin  American  cooperation  which  has  a  long  history.  Additionally,  the  opportunities and difficulties of this bi-regional partnership in the higher education sphere at the present time are analyzed.Despite  the  fact  that  the  Latin  American  region  lies  somewhat  away  from  the  main  routes  of global interuniversity exchange, it is gradually increasing its share in the flow of mobile students by active participation in triangle formats. …”
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Acute Stroke due to Vertebral Artery Dissection in Giant Cell Arteritis by Marlene Marte Furment, Sandra Antigua Jimenez, Sangeetha Pabolu

“…We present a case of a 76-year-old female with no medical history who presented with sudden onset right visual loss and left hemiparesis. …”
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Later-Life Mortality and Longevity in Late-18th and 19th-Century Cohorts. Where Are We Now, and Where Are We Heading? by Rick Mourist

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Some Episodes from E. Turauskas' Life and Activities by Aldona Vasiliauskienė

“…Edvardas Turauskas was director of the political department of the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry, the plenipotentiary minister of Lithuania for Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, and Romania, Lithuania's delegate at the Union of Nations, the counsellor of the Embassy in Berne, Switzerland, the director of the ELTA who served the longest term in this office in inter-war Lithuania, a participant of international conferences, the editor of the daily „Rytas" and co-worker of numerous newspapers and magazines, a scholar, a person with deep Christian beliefs, an activist of the Ateitininkai movement (the first to write its history), and a member of the LCAS. He lived and worked for Lithuania; he fought for its freedom and independence... …”
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Great Britain in the Commonwealth of Nations by N. A. Stepanova

“…The article is devoted to an analysis of the role of the Commonwealth of Nations in British history and politics. Having emerged at the end of the XIX c. as an informal association of Britain and dominions within the British Empire it has developed into an independent institute that includes almost all former British territories. …”
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A New Formulation on Seismic Risk Assessment for Reinforced Concrete Structures with Both Random and Bounded Uncertainties by Xiao-Xiao Liu, Yuan-Sheng Wang

“…The interstory drift and the acceleration as two responses of the case study are, respectively, obtained by utilizing Incremental Dynamic Analysis and nonlinear history analysis.…”
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Recurrent CSF Rhinorrhea Misdiagnosed as Chronic Allergic Rhinitis with Subsequent Development of Bacterial Meningitis by Michael T. Ulrich, Lawrence K. Loo, Michael B. Ing

“…A 36-year-old African American female with significant medical history of obesity and hypertension presented to the emergency department with headache, altered level of consciousness, fever, and neck stiffness. …”
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ILORIN EMIRATE TYPE OF ADMINISTRATION IN ISINLAND 1836-1947: A HISTORICAL ANALYSIS by ADOLARIN TUNDE AARON

“… Isinland people are among the perceived ‘minor’ ethnic groups in Kwara State, Nigeria; whose history is best described as forgotten, with its peculiar administrative organizational structure. …”
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Prolonged Ileus in an Infant Presenting with Primary Congenital Hypothyroidism by Caroline Chua, Shilpa Gurnurkar, Yahdira Rodriguez-Prado, Victoria Niklas

“…We believe that the preclinical detection and immediate therapy for CH have lessened the prevalence of this presentation in general practice, and hence practitioners are less likely to be familiar with its natural history and management.…”
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Seismic Stability of Subsea Tunnels Subjected to Seepage by Xuansheng Cheng, Yi Ren, Xiuli Du, Yida Zhang

“…Second, dynamic time-history analysis is performed by inputting the seismic wave to obtain the maximum horizontal displacement at the model top. …”
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Penser le Cthulhucène et son géotraumatisme : le cas Cyclonopedia de Reza Negarestani by Fabien Richert

“…Negarestani’s work presents oil as the real subject of history, humanity as its host, the industrial revolution as its point of no return. …”
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An Overview of the BALSAC Population Database. Past Developments, Current State and Future Prospects by Hélène Vézina, Jean-Sébastien Bournival

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The entrepreneurial experience of a district figure of the Vyatka governorate during the late 19th – early 20th centuries (using I.N. Kibardin as an example) by D.V. Kondrashin

“…The relevance of the research lies in the anthropological approach to the study of the history of Russian entrepreneurial activity during the late 19th – early 20th centuries, in focusing on the background historical figure who was devoid of the halo of uniqueness and elitism.…”
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