End-Of-Life Care for Persons with Advanced Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Report of a National Interdisciplinary Consensus Meeting by DM Goodridge, DD Marciniuk, D Brooks, A van Dam, S Hutchinson, P Bailey, S Baxter, P Dorasamy, S Dumont, S Hassan, P Hernandez, A Kerigan, G Rocker, D Wilson, J Young

“…While systemic shortcomings in meeting the needs of individuals with progressive chronic illnesses at the end of life have been well documented, there is growing interest in improving both care and quality of life for persons with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). …”
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Cognitive-Enhancing Effect of a Hydroethanolic Extract of Crinum macowanii against Memory Impairment Induced by Aluminum Chloride in BALB/c Mice by Mohammed S. Jilani, Dexter Tagwireyi, Louis L. Gadaga, Charles C. Maponga, Cosmas Mutsimhu

“…The results may support the usefulness of C. macowanii in the management of dementia and related illnesses.…”
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Effect of Trandolapril on Regression of Retinopathy in Hypertensive Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Prespecified Analysis of the Benedict Trial by Piero Ruggenenti, Ilian Iliev, Marco Filipponi, Stefano Tadini, Annalisa Perna, Maria Ganeva, Bogdan Ene-Iordache, Paolo Cravedi, Roberto Trevisan, Antonio Bossi, Giuseppe Remuzzi

“…The effect of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi) on regression of retinopathy in type 2 diabetics is still ill defined. Methods. We compared the incidence of retinopathy regression in 90 hypertensive type 2 diabetics randomized to at least 3-year blinded ACEi with trandolapril (2 mg/day) or non-ACEi therapy who had preproliferative or proliferative retinopathy at baseline. …”
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Editorial by Thomas D. Wilson

“…No doubt training will become more and more sophisticated over time, as the flaws and biases are discovered, but given AI’s ability to invent, on the basis of what it has learnt, I’ll be very cautious in using it for the foreseeable future.…”
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An Efficient Blind Image Deblurring Using a Smoothing Function by Kittiya Khongkraphan, Aniruth Phonon, Sainuddeen Nuiphom

“…However, image deblurring is an ill-posed problem due to the nonuniqueness of solutions. …”
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Particulate Matter-Induced Acute Coronary Syndrome: MicroRNAs as Microregulators for Inflammatory Factors by Nur Izah Ab Razak, Nor Eliani Ezani, Norzian Ismail

“…For the past decades, microRNAs (miRNAs) have emerged as novel, prospective diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers in various illnesses, including ACS. We wanted to outline some of the most important studies in the field and address the possible utility of miRNAs in regulating particulate matter-induced ACS (PMIA) on inflammatory factors in this review.…”
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Canine Gouging: A Taboo Resurfacing in Migrant Urban Population by Anila Virani Noman, Ferranti Wong, Ravikiran Ramakrishna Pawar

“…The belief is that the life threatening illnesses in children like vomiting, diarrhoea, and fevers are caused by worms which infest on tooth buds. …”
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Multidimensional Attention-Based CNN Model for Identifying Apple Leaf Disease by Kahkashan Perveen, Sanjay Kumar, Sahil Kansal, Mukesh Soni, Najla A. Alshaikh, Shanzeh Batool, Mehrun Nisha Khanam, Bernard Osei

“…To prevent the spread of illnesses and guarantee the steady and healthy growth of the apple sector, the proper diagnosis of apple leaf diseases is of utmost importance. …”
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COVID-19 World Vaccination Progress Using Machine Learning Classification Algorithms by Nasiba M. Abdulkareem, Adnan Mohsin Abdulazeez, Diyar Qader Zeebaree, Dathar A. Hasan

“…COVID-19 induces mild sickness in most cases, although it may render some people very ill. Therefore, vaccines are in various phases of clinical progress, and some of them being approved for national use. …”
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SOCIOLOGICAL IMPACT OF VOTE BUYING IN NORTH-WEST ZONE OF NIGERIA: THE STUDY OF THE 2015 AND 2019 ELECTIONS by MU’AZU AHMED MOHAMMED

“…This phenomenon has impacted negatively in the Nigeria’s free and fair election processes. The ill competent ones occupied elective political positions because they used money to secured votes, while the qualified ones were left behind hence, they were unable to use money during primary and secondary elections. …”
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Remimazolam for procedural sedation in gastrointestinal endoscopy: real-life, single center observational study by Conigliaro Rita, Pigò Flavia, Caiazzo Anna, Grande Giuseppe, Russo Salvatore, Cocca Silvia, Lupo Marinella, Marocchi Margherita, Marsico Maria, Sculli Simone, Bertani Helga

“…Abstract Background and aim Remimazolam has proved to be a very promising sedative drug in randomized clinical trials for usage in a wide spectrum of patients, including critically ill ones. The purpose of our study was to verify efficacy and safety of remimazolam for procedural sedation during diagnostic and first level operative endoscopy in a real-world setting. …”
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Nutrition in patients with traumatic brain injury: Nutrition in patients with TBI by Stojanović Milena, Janković Radmilo, Ranđelović Milica, Vasilijić Milena, Nikolić Aleksandar, Radeka Jovan

“…Optimization in energy and protein provision has taken its place lately in the fundamental concept of treatment in critically ill patients with moderate and severe brain trauma, together with reducing intracranial pressure and prevention of hypotension and hypoxia. …”
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Combined case record forms for collating obstetric outcomes in rare rheumatic diseases by Rajat Kharbanda, R Naveen, Durga Prasanna Misra, Vikas Agarwal, Latika Gupta

“…This paper details the steps involved in the same for collating obstetric outcomes in tfour rare rheumatic illnesses.…”
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Significance, pharmacological properties, and industrial applications of bael (Aegle marmelos): A review of current knowledge by Farina Mujeeb, Ahamad Faiz Khan, Vinay Kumar Pandey, Ashapurna Sinha, Mukul Machhindra Barwant, Sarvesh Rustagi, Béla Kovács, Ayaz Mukarram Shaikh

“…One way to replicate the therapeutic capabilities of Bael across a wide range of illnesses in the pharmaceutical industry is to formulate bioactive compounds derived from Bael extracts and compounds into medicines for the treatment of diabetes, gastrointestinal problems, or skin ailments. …”
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Unraveling the Molecular Mechanisms of Mosquito Salivary Proteins: New Frontiers in Disease Transmission and Control by Jiayin Guo, Xiaoe He, Jianli Tao, Hui Sun, Jing Yang

“…Mosquito-borne diseases are a group of illnesses caused by pathogens transmitted by mosquitoes, and they are globally prevalent, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions. …”
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Extensive Bone Marrow Necrosis: Initial Presentation in Sickle Cell Anemia—A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Sameera A. Alsafwani, Abdulwahed Al-Saeed, Rehab Bukhamsin

“…Bone marrow necrosis (BMN) is a rare clinical entity that was first described in an autopsy of a sickle cell disease (SCD) patient and is defined as ill-defined necrotic cells in an amorphous eosinophilic background with preservation of cortical bone. …”
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Influenza Surveillance in an Urban Area by W Paul Glezen

“…In Houston the yearly influenza epidemics have been defined virologically by community surveillance obtained by testing specimens submitted from patients with acute respiratory illnesses seen by sentinel physicians. Mortality attributed to influenza and pneumonia has increased regularly during the period of intense influenza virus activity, but the peak has lagged two weeks behind the peak of activity defined by the virological surveillance. …”
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The 5th Canadian Symposium on Hepatitis C Virus: We Are Not Done Yet—Remaining Challenges in Hepatitis C by Nicholas van Buuren, Lorraine Fradette, Jason Grebely, Alexandra King, Mel Krajden, Sonya A. MacParland, Alison Marshall, Sahar Saeed, Joyce Wilson, Marina B. Klein, Selena M. Sagan

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