Oral Manifestations Associated with COVID-19 Infection: A Cross-Sectional Study of Recovered Iraqi Patients by Mohanad Jameel Najm Al-Magsoosi, Oras Kadhim Baqer Al-Asadi, Nibrass Talib Al-Quraine, Suha Mohammad Sami, Julfikar Haider

“…A questionnaire was developed and used to record the demographic data, medical history, severity of respiratory infection followed by hospitalization along with oral signs and symptoms that occurred during the COVID-19 infection and their persistence after recovery. …”
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Circulatory Support with Venoarterial ECMO Unsuccessful in Aiding Endogenous Diltiazem Clearance after Overdose by Erin N. Frazee, Sarah J. Lee, Ejaaz A. Kalimullah, Heather A. Personett, Darlene R. Nelson

“…A 36-year-old woman with a history of myocardial bridging syndrome presented with chest pain for which she self-medicated with 2.4 g of sustained release diltiazem over the course of 8 hours. …”
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Predictors of interferon-gamma release assay results and their association with COVID-19 infection outcomes by S.J.W. Kang, G.W. Eather, F. Qureshi, J.R. Scott

“…The likelihood of an indeterminate IGRA was increased in patients with a history of solid organ transplant and a higher severity of COVID-19 at the time of testing. …”
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The first application of Re–Os dating on Paleoproterozoic Francevillian sediments (Gabon) by Ikouanga, Julie Ngwal’ghoubou, Reisberg, Laurie, Pierson-Wickmann, Anne-Catherine, El Khoury, Anna, Fontaine, Claude, El Albani, Abderrazak

“…Understanding the age of geological formations is essential to reconstruct Earth’s history. Nevertheless, dating Proterozoic formations is a real challenge because they are often impacted by tectonic, magmatic or metamorphic phenomena. …”
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Sudden Vision Loss Secondary to Optic Nerve Infiltration as a Presenting Symptom of Metastatic Lung Adenocarcinoma by M. M. Shamim, M. Whaley, H. Rana, S. K. Jeffus, S. Bhatti, A. B. Sallam

“…A 66-year-old male patient with a history of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and tobacco use presented with sudden vision loss in the left eye secondary to optic nerve infiltration and subacute vision loss in the right eye secondary to exudative retinal detachment from a choroidal metastasis. …”
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Retinal Artery Occlusion Associated with Prepapillary Arterial Loop: An Isolated Ocular Disease? Case Report and Literature Review by Mansour AM, Parodi MB, Casella AMB, Kheir WJ, Bashshur ZF

“…There is no definite need for additional diagnostic testing in such patients with a negative systemic history.Keywords: prepapillary arterial loop, branch retinal artery occlusion, systemic workup…”
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Fibrous dysplasia in the alveolar crest of edentulous site and the curettage for future implant placement: a case report by Hao Chen, Yuting Wen, Xueqi Guo, Shiyong Zhao

“…Case presentation A 32-year-old female patient presented with an abnormal expansion of the alveolar crest on the edentulous site of the mandibular first molar, which caused insufficient inter-arch space and pseudo-pocket in the adjacent teeth, previous medical history of residual root that existed for many years before tooth extraction was identified retrospectively. …”
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Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the Population of the Area I in the Municipality of Cienfuegos by Hilda María Delgado Acosta, Karelis Lastre Navarro, María Lina Valdés Gómez, Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Alain Morejón Giraldoni

“…A survey with the following variables was applied: age, sex, marital status, skin color, history of hypertension and diabetes mellitus, smoking, physical activity, food intake (fruits, vegetables and fat), body mass index and waist circumference.…”
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Tracheoesophageal Fistula due to a Damaged Tracheal Stent by Masahiro Kimura, Yoshiyuki Kuwabara, Hideyuki Ishiguro, Tatsuya Tanaka, Hiromitsu Takeyama

“…A 29-year-old woman with a history of treated epilepsy had a seizure and suffered from smoke inhalation during a fire. …”
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ADOLESCENCE TIBIAL TUBERCLE AVULSION FRACTURE: OPTION OF SURGICAL TREATMENT IN WORSENING CONDITION OF PRE-EXISTING OSGOOD-SCHLATTER DISEASE (OSD) by Fira Soraya, Ritzky Pratomo Affan, Bagus Danu Hariyanto

“…Case Report: A 16-years-old boy complained of pain on his left knee, significantly below the patella with ambulation limitation. He had a two-months history of knee pain in the same location and prominence on the area below the patella that was getting more significant over time. …”
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African Activism Through Pugwash by Nola Dippenaar, Joelien Pretorius

“…It did so through its annual conferences that brought together scientists, government officials and observers from across the world, as well as its workshops and publications, and behind-the scenes interventions towards conflict resolution. The history and role of Pugwash has been the subject of many publications, but none of them pay adequate attention to Africans’ participation in Pugwash, if at all. …”
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Dominant Height Model for Site Classification of Eucalyptus grandis Incorporating Climatic Variables by José Roberto Soares Scolforo, Romualdo Maestri, Antonio Carlos Ferraz Filho, José Márcio de Mello, Antônio Donizette de Oliveira, Adriana Leandra de Assis

“…Possible applications of the method include the estimation of site capacity in regions lacking any planting history, as well as updating forest inventory data based on past climate regimes.…”
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Cognitive Bias in Adult Zebrafish (<i>Danio rerio</i>): A Systematic Review by Valentina Gazzano, Asahi Ogi, Francesca Cecchi, Maria Claudia Curadi, Maria Marchese, Angelo Gazzano

“…Results: Three experimental models were employed to conduct the cognitive bias test in zebrafish, focusing on the relationship between their affective state and environmental conditions, cognitive abilities, and life-history strategies but none of the studies adequately reported the techniques employed to reduce bias. …”
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Self-training and self-education in the professional formation of a Ukrainian citizen by Олександр Притула

“…In the process of professional development, a citizen must learn the principles of self-training and self-education, which were formed by the entire history of Ukrainian culture development. It is emphasized that self-training as a phenomenon of individual existence is impossible without self-education, which is based on the worldview position of a person regarding the importance and necessity of updating one’s own cognitive competencies, in particular in the field of professional development. …”
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Comparison of Birth Weights of Pre-Delivery Anemic and Non-Anemic Routine Iron Supplemented Pregnant Women by Tolga Atakul

“…Women with known hematological disorders, women with the previous history of intravenous iron treatment and the ones who did not regularly use iron supplementation were excluded. …”
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An Online Tool for Nurse Triage to Evaluate Risk for Acute Coronary Syndrome at Emergency Department by Yuwares Sittichanbuncha, Patchaya Sanpha-asa, Theerayut Thongkrau, Chaiyapon Keeratikasikorn, Noppadol Aekphachaisawat, Kittisak Sawanyawisuth

“…Patients with diabetes, patients with previous history of CAD, and those who had at least one character of ACS chest pain were independently associated with having ACS by multivariate logistic regression. …”
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Blood Culture-Negative but Clinically Diagnosed Infective Endocarditis Complicated by Intracranial Mycotic Aneurysm, Brain Abscess, and Posterior Tibial Artery Pseudoaneurysm by Chao Jiang, Haibin Lu, Yaoqiang Guo, Li Zhu, Tianqi Luo, Wendy Ziai, Jian Wang

“…This patient was a 65-year-old man with a 9-month history of intermittent fever and died in the end for the progressive neurological deterioration. …”
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Virtual Care in Rhinology by Kristine A. Smith, Andrew Thamboo, Yvonne Chan, Christopher J. Chin, Megan Werger, Brian Rotenberg

“…The majority of participants use the telephone as their primary platform. History taking and reviewing results (lab work, imaging) were reported to be equivalent in virtual care. …”
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Incidence of Cervical Cancer in Young Adult Women: Level of Knowledge for its Prevention by Edison Sotalin Nivela, José Sixto Calvopiña del Castillo, Carlos Alberto Llerena Gómez

“…No significant correlation was observed between knowledge and place of residence, economic situation, family history of cervical cancer, center where the cytological examination was performed, use of contraceptives, smoking or vaccination against human papillomavirus. …”
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Éducation au patrimoine en langue minorée by Marie-Anne Châteaureynaud

“…Thus, the theme of heritage education, a transversal and multidisciplinary theme, is envisaged as a "sharing of emotional and artistic experiences" (Musset 2012) in order to identify a community of values and to appropriate a common history, a common culture, in an intercultural dimension of otherness which allows an opening to the other.This paper aims to clarify the place of cultural heritage in the teaching of Occitan in Aquitaine in a socio-didactic framework.After having defined the notion of heritage, we will draw up an assessment of the place it currently occupies in the teaching of Occitan based on a corpus of pedagogical projects and a corpus of online resources. …”
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