Use of Procalcitonin to Guide Discontinuation of Antimicrobial Therapy in Patients with Persistent Intra-Abdominal Collections: A Case Series by Gabriel Motoa, Amy Pate, Carlos Franco-Paredes, Daniel B. Chastain, Andrés F. Henao-Martínez, Leila Hojat

“…A retrospective analysis of patients with IAA who had PCT levels available to review was performed in a tertiary academic teaching institution in the United States between 2017 and 2018. …”
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Optimizing the Management and Outcomes of Failed Back Surgery Syndrome: A Consensus Statement on Definition and Outlines for Patient Assessment by Philippe Rigoard, Kliment Gatzinsky, Jean-Philippe Deneuville, Wim Duyvendak, Nicolas Naiditch, Jean-Pierre Van Buyten, Sam Eldabe

“…An international panel of spine surgeons, neurosurgeons, and pain specialists with a particular interest in FBSS established the chronic back and leg pain (CBLP) network with the aim of addressing the challenges and barriers in the clinical management of FBSS patients by building a common transdisciplinary vision. Based on literature reviews, additional input from clinical expertise of multiple professional disciplines, and consensus among its members, the network attempted to provide recommendations on the management of patients with FBSS utilizing a multidisciplinary team (MDT) approach. …”
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Facilitating high throughput bispecific antibody production and potential applications within biopharmaceutical discovery workflows by Caitlin Fawcett, Joseph. R. Tickle, Charlotte. H. Coles

“…The conversion to bispecific modalities has usually been positioned toward the end of the discovery process and has involved small numbers of lead molecules, largely due to challenges in expressing, purifying, and analyzing large numbers of bsAbs. In this review, we discuss emerging strategies to facilitate the production of expanded bsAb panels, focusing particularly upon combinatorial methods to generate bsAb matrices. …”
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Liver Protective Effect of Fenofibrate in NASH/NAFLD Animal Models by Ali Mahmoudi, Seyed Adel Moallem, Thomas P. Johnston, Amirhossein Sahebkar

“…In this article, we first reviewed experimental animal models that have been used to evaluate the protective effects of fenofibrate on NAFLD/NASH. …”
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Proposed Relationships Between Climate, Biological Soil Crusts, Human Health, and in Arid Ecosystems by Marieke L. Ramsey, Daniel R. Kollath, Anita J. Antoninka, Bridget M. Barker

“…We hypothesize that biocrusts not only reduce pathogen load in the air column but also inhibit the proliferation of certain pathogenic microbes in the soil. We provide a review of mechanisms by which healthy biocrusts in dryland systems may reduce soil‐borne pathogens that impact human health. …”
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Additional sources of financing for the updated national development goals by G. A. Chmut

“…The purposes of this article are to review the updated national development goals, objectives and identify sources of their financing. …”
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High temperature fatigue tests and crack growth in 40CrMoV13.9 notched components by P. Gallo, F. Berto

“…Subsequently, with the aim to investigate the influence of the cooling channels roughness on the high temperature behaviour and the cracks initiation, uniaxial-tension load controlled fatigue tests have been conducted on plate with central hole at the service temperature of 650°C varying the surface roughness. After a brief review of the recent literature, the experimental procedure is described in detail and the new data from un-notched and notched specimens are summarized in terms of stress range, at the considered temperatures. …”
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Status and Problems of Counseling Psychology in the Modern World and Ukraine by Aleksandr Bondarenko, Nataliia Kucherovska, Svitlana Fedko

“…It was established that counseling psychology in Ukraine not only does not lag behind other countries in terms of the number of practices and qualifications of specialists, but also has a number of advantages, such as the presence of a network of psychological consultations and higher educational institutions that train psychologists, the functioning of professional associations and periodicals, review Law on Psychological Assistance, etc. The growth in demand for the services of counseling psychologists in Ukraine in connection with military actions, as well as the expansion of the possibilities of conducting consultations in the online format, is analyzed. …”
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Formation of military position in the valuable system of cadets by Maksim V. Sysolyatin

“…The article presents a brief theoretical review of existing scientific papers that address the problems of social and professional identity, value orientations, as well as studying the relationship of these psychological concepts in the context of the formation of social identity of an individual.It also presents the results of the conducted empirical research, in particular, a comparative analysis of the significance of values for cadets of higher military educational institutions at various stages of military-professional socialization, the dynamics of the integrated structure of their value orientations in each course are examined, and the dependence of military social identity on terminal and instrumental values. …”
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QT and QTc in Male Patients with Psychotic Disorders Treated with Atypical Neuroleptics by Mario Miniati, Marly Simoncini, Federica Vanelli, Caterina Franceschini, Gabriele Massimetti, Claudia Carmassi, Liliana Dell’Osso

“…We explored the potential association between antipsychotics and QT/QTc duration changes in hospitalized male patients with psychotic disorders. Methods. The chart review was conducted on 184 male patients hospitalized between 2013 and 2015 at the Psychiatric Clinic of Pisa, Italy. …”
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Fabrication of Axial and Radial Heterostructures for Semiconductor Nanowires by Using Selective-Area Metal-Organic Vapor-Phase Epitaxy by K. Hiruma, K. Tomioka, P. Mohan, L. Yang, J. Noborisaka, B. Hua, A. Hayashida, S. Fujisawa, S. Hara, J. Motohisa, T. Fukui

“…The fabrication of GaAs- and InP-based III-V semiconductor nanowires with axial/radial heterostructures by using selective-area metal-organic vapor-phase epitaxy is reviewed. Nanowires, with a diameter of 50–300 nm and with a length of up to 10 μm, have been grown along the 〈111〉B or 〈111〉A crystallographic orientation from lithography-defined SiO2 mask openings on a group III-V semiconductor substrate surface. …”
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Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Indicators of Safety Compromise following Colonoscopy in Clinical Practice by Mark R. Borgaonkar, David Pace, Muna Lougheed, Curtis Marcoux, Bradley Evans, Nikita Hickey, Meghan O’Leary, Jerry McGrath

“…We studied the incidence of these indicators by reviewing all colonoscopies performed in St. John’s, NL, between January 1, 2012, and June 30, 2012. …”
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Prenatal Diagnosis of 4p and 4q Subtelomeric Microdeletion in De Novo Ring Chromosome 4 by Halit Akbas, Naci Cine, Mahmut Erdemoglu, Ahmet Engin Atay, Selda Simsek, Aysegul Turkyilmaz, Mehmet Fidanboy

“…In the 21th week of pregnancy, no gross anomalia, except two weeks symmetric growth retardation, was present in the fetal ultrasonographic examination. According to our review of literature, this is the first prenatal case with 4p and 4q subtelomeric deletion of ring chromosome 4 without the involvement of WHS critical region. …”
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The Pledges as Alternative to Witnesses in Waqf and Grant Transactions by Tahani Asri Maulidah, Nugraha Hasan, Nurjannah

“…Data were collected through a review of the fiqh madhhabs legal literature as well as relevant fatwas and further analyzed using the descriptive-analytical method. …”
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Neural Induction, Neural Fate Stabilization, and Neural Stem Cells by Sally A. Moody, Hyun-Soo Je

“…The time has come for this information to be applied to the problems of obtaining sufficient, neurally committed stem cells for clinical use. In this article we review the process of neural induction, by which the embryonic ectodermal cells are directed to form the neural plate, and the process of neural�fate stabilization, by which neural plate cells expand in number and consolidate their neural fate. …”
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Dural Injury Treatment with a Full-Endoscopic Transforaminal Approach: A Case Report and Description of Surgical Technique by João Paulo Machado Bergamaschi, Fernando Flores de Araújo, Thiago Queiroz Soares, Kelsen de Oliveira Teixeira, Luiz Henrique Dias Sandon, Ricardo Graciano Squiapati, Gustavo Vitelli Depieri, Ariel Falbel Lugão, Rangel Roberto de Assis, Esthael Cristina Querido Avelar Bergamaschi

“…Descriptive technical note of innovative and improved endoscopic surgical procedure exemplified with illustrative clinical case and comparative literature review. Results. There is only one report describing a full-endoscopic suture technique for dural sac repair. …”
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Advancements in genome editing tools for genetic studies and crop improvement by Asadollah Ahmadikhah, Homa Zarabizadeh, Shahnoush Nayeri, Mohammad Sadegh Abbasi

“…Among these, CRISPR/Cas9 stands out for its simplicity, efficiency, and ability to reduce off-target effects, making it a valuable tool in both agricultural biotechnology and plant functional genomics. This review examines the functional mechanisms and applications of various genome editing technologies for crop improvement, highlighting their advantages and limitations. …”
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The role of acetylation and deacetylation in cancer metabolism by Cuicui Wang, Xiaoxin Ma

“…Dysregulation of acetylation and deacetylation may alter cancer cell metabolic patterns by affecting signalling pathways, transcription factors and metabolic enzyme activity related to metabolic reprogramming, increasing the susceptibility to rapid proliferation and survival. In this review, we focus on discussing how acetylation and deacetylation regulate cancer metabolism, thereby highlighting the central role of these post‐translational modifications in metabolic reprogramming, and hoping to provide strong support for the development of novel cancer treatment strategies. …”
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Observation guide for the partial practical exam of the Respiratory and Cardiovascular Systems in Introduction to the Clinic by Rubén Dario García Núñez, María Aurelia San Juan Bosch, Esteban Jesús Sánchez Martínez, Carla María García San Juan, José Demián Rodríguez Medina

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> exploratory, descriptive and cross-sectional research work was carried out using the method of documentary analysis based on the following documents review: Resolution 02/2018, Program of the subject Introduction to the Clinic, the Integrative Main Discipline Program and the method of participatory scientific observation.…”
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Infrared illumination for difficult peripheral venous catheterisation in critically ill adult patients: the prospective, randomised, multicentre ICARE trial by Étienne Audureau, Sophie Demeret, Nicolas Mongardon, Damien Contou, Matthieu Schmidt, Muriel Fartoukh, Armand Mekontso Dessap, Daniel Da Silva, Frédérique Schortgen, Rachida Ouedraogo, Aline Alves, Amélie Bruant, Oumar Sy, Cécilia Tabra Osorio, Amélie Chenal, Laurence Krzyzaniak, Marianne Le Joncour, Latifa Ait Benaissa, Meriem Bouguerra, Stéphanie Tanguy Dubois, Eric Starczala, Chirine Petyt, Séverine Dezellus, Jean Francois Georger, Ann-Cécile Pallud, Damien Carras, Fabien Boussely

“…The results will be submitted for publication in peer-reviewed journals.Trial registration number NCT03932214.…”
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