Bacterial Meningitis in the Absence of Cerebrospinal Fluid Pleocytosis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Ryota Hase, Naoto Hosokawa, Makito Yaegashi, Kiyoharu Muranaka

“…The authors conclude that normal CSF at lumbar puncture at an early stage cannot rule out bacterial meningitis. Therefore, repeat CSF analysis should be considered, and antimicrobial therapy must be started immediately if there are any signs of sepsis or meningitis.…”
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Study on the Dynamic Deformation of Road High Liquid Limit Subgrade Soil by Zheng Lu, Ran Fang, Yongxiang Zhan, Hailin Yao

“…A cumulative deformation model is then developed with consideration of the effects of dynamic deviator stress, the number of repeated loadings, and the material properties of subgrade soil. …”
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Urosepsis Causing Gastric Ischemia: A Rare but Deadly Complication by Vijay Jarodiya, Chirag Kher, Sangeetha Nanthabalan, Gunjan Shah

“…The patient improved clinically and repeat imaging and EGD showed resolution of the ischemia. …”
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High Sequence Variations in Mitochondrial DNA Control Region among Worldwide Populations of Flathead Mullet Mugil cephalus by Brian Wade Jamandre, Jean-Dominique Durand, Wann-Nian Tzeng

“…The length of CR sequence varied among M. cephalus populations due to the presence of indels and variable number of tandem repeats at the 3′ hypervariable domain. The high evolutionary rate of the CR in this species probably originated from these mutations. …”
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Comparative Study of 5-Day and 10-Day Cefditoren Pivoxil Treatments for Recurrent Group A β-Hemolytic Streptococcus pharyngitis in Children by Hideaki Kikuta, Mutsuo Shibata, Shuji Nakata, Tatsuru Yamanaka, Hiroshi Sakata, Kouji Akizawa, Kunihiko Kobayashi

“…A 5-day course of oral cephalosporins is not always recommended for treatment of GABHS pharyngitis in children who have repeated episodes of pharyngitis.…”
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Does Large‐Scale Crustal Flow Shape the Eastern Margin of the Tibetan Plateau? Insights From Episodic Magmatism of Gongga‐Zheduo Granitic Massif by Fangyang Hu, Fu‐Yuan Wu, Mihai N. Ducea, James B. Chapman, Lei Yang

“…Episodic magmatism during the Cenozoic showing a repeated shifting of magmatic sources can be correlated with crustal uplift. …”
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Effects of Multiple Treatments of Formic Acid on the Chemical Properties and Structural Features of Bamboo Powder by Hui Qiao, Yue Liu, Yongshun Feng, Xin Pan, Xiaowei Zhuang, Jia Ouyang

“…In this study, fresh formic acid was used to repeatedly pretreat the bamboo powder, and the effect of multiple treatments on the physicochemical structure of the bamboo powder was investigated using changes in fractions, enzymatic hydrolysis, hydrophilicity, cellulose crystallinity, and lignin structure. …”
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Experimental Study on the Effects of Stress Variations on the Permeability of Feldspar-Quartz Sandstone by Fugang Wang, Zhaoxu Mi, Zhaojun Sun, Xufeng Li, Tianshan Lan, Yilong Yuan, Tianfu Xu

“…The multistage and discontinuous nature of the injection process used in the geological storage of CO2 causes reservoirs to experience repeated loading and unloading. The reservoir permeability changes caused by this phenomenon directly impact the CO2 injection process and the process of CO2 migration in the reservoirs. …”
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Masked Hypotension due to Elevated Venous Pressure in a Patient with Complex Adult Congenital Heart Disease by Wytch Rigger, Sean P. Javaheri, Gyanendra K. Sharma, Norris Stanley Nahman, Mark Sheynshteyn, Neal L. Weintraub

“…Treatment with dopamine promoted diuresis and a stabilization of renal function. Repeated attempts to wean the patient from dopamine were associated with hypotension and worsening renal failure. …”
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The use of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire to assess mental health in adolescents with parents diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis by Stefan Nilsson, Nina Malmström, Ingela Nygren, Joakim Öhlén, Birgitta Jakobsson Larsson, Anneli Ozanne

“…The method involved repeatedly distributing the questionnaire to evaluate its content and structure within this group. …”
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misMM: An Integrated Pipeline for Misassembly Detection Using Genotyping-by-Sequencing and Its Validation with BAC End Library Sequences and Gene Synteny by Young-Joon Ko, Jung Sun Kim, Sangsoo Kim

“…In particular, the complexities of plants are incomparable to those of microorganisms or animals because of whole-genome duplications, repeat insertions, and Numt insertions, etc. In this study, we describe a new method for detecting misassembly sequence regions of Brassica rapa with genotyping-by-sequencing, followed by MadMapper clustering. …”
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Genome assembly of Hawaiian flower thrips Thrips hawaiiensis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) by Xiaodi Hu, Houjun Tian, Yixin Chen, Yueqin Zheng, Hui Wei, Jian-Ping Chen, Chuan-Xi Zhang, Yong Chen, Yiyuan Li

“…In total, 18,289 protein-coding genes were annotated and 26.69% of the genome were annotated as repeats. Our study presents the first high-quality genome assembly of T. hawaiiensis and lays the foundation for further studies on thrips genetic characteristics and pest management.…”
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High Pressure Falling Sinker Liquid Viscosity Determination without Supplementary Density Data: A New Approach by Minyu Zeng, Carl Schaschke

“…The viscometer, which involves the downward movement of a cylindrical sinker under the influence of gravity through the liquid contained within a closed tube, avoided the need for density data by repeating the sinker-timing experiments with two geometrically similar but different-sized sinkers thereby allowing the liquid density in the associated formulae to be eliminated. …”
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Exploiting CRISPR/Cas system in controlling antibiotic resistance of bacteria by Pourya Gholizadeh, Elnaz Faghfuri, Khudaverdi Ganbarov, Hossein Samadi Kafil

“…Clustered Regularly interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) and CRISPR-associated proteins (Cas) protect archaebacteria and eubacteria from potentially harmful foreign DNA such as plasmids, transposable elements, and phages. …”
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Effect of Water Velocity on the Timing of Skeletogenesis in the Arctic Charr, Salvelinus alpinus (Salmoniformes: Teleostei): An Empirical Case of Developmental Plasticity by Richard Cloutier, Alain Caron, Thomas Grünbaum, Nathalie R. Le François

“…Time of appearance, relative position within sequences, and direction of development among serially repeated elements are compared between two velocity treatments. …”
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Successful Resolution of a Large Left Atrial and Left Atrial Appendage Thrombus with Rivaroxaban by Safwan Gaznabi, Ashraf Abugroun, Hasan Mahbub, Enrique Campos

“…Upon outpatient follow-up, 3 months later, no visible thrombus was appreciated on repeat TEE. This case demonstrates successful resolution of left atrial and left atrial appendage thrombi with the use of rivaroxaban. …”
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Study of the Permanent Deformation of Soil Used in Flexible Pavement Design by Wendel S. Cabral, Suelly H. A. Barroso, Samuel A. Torquato

“…This is a study of the permanent deformation (PD) of soil used in pavement layers, obtaining prediction models through the technique of artificial neural networks, in addition to the design of pavement structures using mechanistic-empirical and empirical methods. The multistage repeated load triaxial (RLT) test, as well as numerical analyses of stresses and displacements using the CAP3D program, was used. …”
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Frequency and categorization of presleep fantasies by Anna Szente, Husamalddin Ali Alhour, Eszter Áfra, Ákos Arató, Barnabás Dudás, Anna Szűcs, Réka Horváth, Norbert Kovács, Gergely Darnai, József Janszky

“…Abstract The content of presleep thoughts have been assumed to influence sleep quality for a long time, e.g., insomnia has repeatedly been discussed to be associated with anxious thoughts before falling asleep. …”
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Spontaneous Perforation of Common Bile Duct: A Rare Presentation of Gall Stones Disease by Duminda Subasinghe, Edippuli Arachchige Don Udayakumara, Upul Somathilaka, Milinda Huruggamuwa

“…A 66-year-old female presented at the surgical emergency with 3 days’ history of severe upper abdominal pain with distension and repeated episodes of vomiting, as she had evidence of generalized peritonitis and underwent an exploratory laparotomy. …”
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Consecutive Daily Measurements of Luminal Concentrations of Lactate in the Rectum in Septic Shock Patients by Michael Ibsen, Jørgen Wiis, Tina Waldau, Anders Perner

“…The rectal dialysis was repeated on day 2 and day 3. Results. The concentration of lactate in the rectal lumen did not change over the 3 days in neither nonsurvivors nor survivors. …”
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