Henoch-Schonlein Purpura—A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Amit B. Sohagia, Srinivas Guptha Gunturu, Tommy R. Tong, Hilary I. Hertan

“…Systemic steroids are recommended for moderate to severe HSP. The prognosis depends upon the extent of renal involvement, which requires close followup. …”
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Kidney damage associated with COVID-19: from the acute to the chronic phase by Yannick Mayamba Nlandu, Elliot Koranteng Tannor, Titilope Adetoun Bamikefa, Jean-Robert Rissassi Makulo

“…Residual inflammation associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection, in addition to acute kidney injury (AKI) as a transitional state with or without severe histological lesions, may be responsible for greater kidney function decline in mild-to-moderate COVID-19. This review discusses the evidence for renal histological markers of chronicity in COVID-19 patients and triggers of low-grade inflammation that may explain the decline in kidney function in the post-COVID-19 period.…”
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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Anemia among Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy: A Prospective Study by Fares M.S Muthanna, Mahmathi Karuppannan, Egbal Abdulrahman, Suriyon Uitrakul, Bassam Abdul Hassan Rasool, Ali Haider Mohammed

“…The incidence of anemia was determined by detecting whether or not anemia developed during the course of chemotherapy. Mild, moderate, or severe anemia was defined. A chi-squared and logistic regression model were used to assess the effect of demographic and clinical factors on the incidence of anemia and multiple logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the associations of potential risk factors with the presence of CRA. …”
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Buildings, Causalities, and Injuries Innovative Fuzzy Damage Model during Earthquakes by Mohammad Reza Amiri Shahmirani, Abbas Akbarpour Nikghalb Rashti, Mohammad Reza Adib Ramezani, Emadaldin Mohammadi Golafshani

“…The model output parameter, which is the degree of damage to the building, is fuzzy and is divided into five classifications: complete damage, extensive damage, moderate damage, slight damage, and no damage. It should be noted that buildings with steel and concrete structures and moment frames, in the night, day, and traffic time scenarios, have very limited type 3 and 4 injuries with 32, 24, and 16 people, respectively, but type 1 and 2 injuries are significant. …”
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AI-Driven Predictions of Mathematical Problem-Solving Beliefs: Fuzzy Logic, Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference Systems, and Artificial Neural Networks by Seda Göktepe Körpeoğlu, Ahsen Filiz, Sevda Göktepe Yıldız

“…The research results show that there is a statistically significant, positive, and moderate relationship between artificial ANN MPSB scores and real MPSB scores (r = 0.422; <i>p</i> < 0.05), as well as artificial ANFIS MPSB scores and real MPSB scores (r = 0.564; <i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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Monitoring of agricultural drought using remote sensing data in the Sebou watershed, Morocco by El-Bouhali Abdelaziz, El Ouazani Ech-Chahdi Khadija, Amyay Mhamed

“…We used the NDVI derived from MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) satellite images to calculate the Vegetation Condition Index (VCI) during the crop growth season. …”
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Adjacent Lumbar Disc Herniation after Lumbar Short Spinal Fusion by Koshi Ninomiya, Koichi Iwatsuki, Yu-ichiro Ohnishi, Toshika Ohkawa, Toshiki Yoshimine

“…The right leg motor weakness improved just after the operation, but the moderate left leg motor weakness and difficulty in urination persisted.…”
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A Delayed Diagnosis of Hemorrhagic Shock in a Patient with Alcoholic Cirrhosis and Ascites on Bedside Ultrasound by Madeline Bach, Julian Choi, Rory A. Smith, Sarkis Arabian

“…Bedside ultrasound revealed moderate ascites and as there was no evidence of active bleeding, his shock was attributed to sepsis due to SBP. …”
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Antitumoral and Anti-inflammatory Roles of Somatostatin and Its Analogs in Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Argyrios Periferakis, Georgios Tsigas, Aristodemos-Theodoros Periferakis, Ioana Anca Badarau, Andreea-Elena Scheau, Mircea Tampa, Simona Roxana Georgescu, Andreea Cristiana Didilescu, Cristian Scheau, Constantin Caruntu

“…While the majority of these clinical trials exhibited minor to moderate success, some other studies were inconclusive or even reported negative outcomes. …”
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Astroglial Plasticity Is Implicated in Hippocampal Remodelling in Adult Rats Exposed to Antenatal Dexamethasone by Vishvesh H. Shende, Simon McArthur, Glenda E. Gillies, Jolanta Opacka-Juffry

“…The relative volume of the dorsal hippocampus (% of total brain volume) showed a moderate, by 8%, but significant reduction in dexamethasone-treated versus control animals. …”
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Enhancing Critical Thinking Skills of Junior High School Student: Development of Interactive Worksheet Based on Discovery Learning Model by Khumaeroh Dwi Nur'aini, Abdul Rachman Taufik

“…The results of the student responses obtained positive responses and students' critical thinking skills of 0.665 with a moderate category with an interpretation of effectiveness in the effective category. …”
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A rare case of temporal arteritis in a young Indian male by Debaditya Roy, Susmita Rakshit, Azeez Pasha, Abhishek Patil

“…Left temporal artery biopsy showed thickening of the tunica media and adventitia with the fragmentation of the internal elastic membrane. Moderate lymphocytic, neutrophilic, and histiocytic infiltrations were seen in intima and media. …”
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POLUDANUM’S INFLUENCE ON REPRODUCTIVE AND RESPIRATORY SYNDROME, TRANSMISSIBLE GASTROENTERITIS AND AFRICAN SWINE FEVER VIRUSES IN PRIMARY AND CONTINUOUS CELL CULTURES by D. V. Sharypova, I. Yu.  Zhukov, Ali  Mazlum, N. N. Vlasova, O. S. Puzankova, V. L. Gavrilova, A. S. Igolkin

“…Poludanum’s interferon inducing activity was moderate for MARC-145 cells and it was not determined for SPEV.…”
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Bioassesment of Batang Air Dingin Water Quality by using Macrozoobenthos in Koto Tangah District, Padang City by Risda Afifi Nasution, Nofrita Nofrita, Eggy Triana Putri, Izmiarti Izmiarti

“…The diversity of macrozoobenthos in Batang Air Dingin river range between 1,95-2,51 is classified as moderate with even distribution (E=0,84) range between 0,81-0,89. …”
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The evolution of green spaces within institutional plots in Yeka Sub-City, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Utant Debebe, Utant Debebe, Alazar Assefa

“…These changes suggest that the trend is driven by institutions constructing new facilities and optimizing land use within their compounds. The moderate positive spatial autocorrelation (Moran’s I value of 0.60) indicated that changes in green space were not randomly distributed but tended to cluster in specific areas. …”
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A Novel Sparse Array for Localization of Mixed Near-Field and Far-Field Sources by Yinsheng Wang, WeiJia Cui, Yuxi Du, Bin Ba, Fengtong Mei

“…The largest consecutive lags and composition method of ESNA are also given, under a given number of sensors.Our algorithm has moderate computation complexity, which provides a higher resolution and improves the parameters’ estimation accuracy. …”
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Effectiveness of nefopam-dexamethasone versus pethidine-dexamethasone for postoperative pain management in cesarean sections: a double-blind, prospective clinical trial by Julian Ojebo, Joseph Achi, Ifeanyichukwu Michael Chukwu, Osadebamen Mercy Oboh, Benedict Ezeife, Aisha Sanusi Muazu, Christian Osemudiamen Igibah, Salami Ezekiel Kelvin

“…No patients reported moderate or worse pain. Patients in group N reported lower NRS scores compared with group P. …”
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Eco-innovation: the profile of Poland in comparison to the European Union by Z. Ostraszewska, A. Tylec

“…Poland still does not belong to these countries - on the map of the EU innovation Poland ranks among the so-called moderate innovators (with the SII index of 0.27 in 2017, while the EU index was 0.504). …”
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Sentence Comprehension and Its Association with Executive Functions in Patients with Parkinson's Disease by Katrien S. F. Colman, Janneke Koerts, Laurie A. Stowe, Klaus L. Leenders, Roelien Bastiaanse

“…PD patients with mild-to-moderate disease severity showed decreased sentence comprehension compared to healthy control subjects. …”
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Automated Evaluation of Crithidia luciliae Based Indirect Immunofluorescence Tests: A Novel Application of the EUROPattern-Suite Technology by Stefan Gerlach, Kai Affeldt, Lena Pototzki, Christopher Krause, Jörn Voigt, Johanna Fraune, Kai Fechner

“…Among the commonly applied test systems for determination of anti-dsDNA antibodies, the indirect immunofluorescence test (IIFT) using the flagellated kinetoplastida Crithidia luciliae is considered to be highly disease specific at moderate sensitivity. Since IIFT, however, is claimed to be affected by subjective interpretation and a lack of standardization, there has been an increasing demand for automated pattern interpretation of immunofluorescence reactions in recent years. …”
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