Early Primary Biliary Cirrhosis: A New Association with Erythema Nodosum of Unknown Origin by Nikolaos K. Gatselis, Kalliopi Zachou, George N. Dalekos

“…We report two females (42 and 44 years old) with low-grade fever, arthralgias, and elevated cholestatic enzymes in the first and fatigue in the second. Patients were also suffering from typical EN lesions characterized by multiple erythematous, painful nodules over the anterior portions of their lower extremities. …”
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Clinical Practice Guidelines for Acute Heart Failure Treatment by Leonardo Maikel Gómez Carcassés, Raiko Cruz Sosa, Francisco Jesús Valladares Carvajal, Juan José Navarro López, Víctor René Navarro Machado, Lázaro Enrique de la Cruz Avilés

“…The clinical practice guidelines are the result of the compilation and evaluation of all the relevant evidence available, on a particular topic, with the aim of helping physicians select the best diagnostic and therapeutic strategy to apply to a patient suffering from a determined disease. This guide primarily addresses the diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of acute heart failure, which is defined as the rapid onset or worsening of symptoms or signs of heart failure. …”
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Mistakes in the diagnosis and treatment of atopic dermatitis by Monika Marko, Rafał Pawliczak

“…This review aims to identify the most common incorrect decisions made during cooperation with a patient suffering from AD. We emphasized that current diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines are recommended. …”
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Réconciliation nationale et compensation en Algérie et au Maroc by Yazid Ben Hounet

“…The idea that I develop is that compensation remains a central practice of reconciliation mechanisms in North Africa, particularly for normative, social and cultural reasons, but it no longer appears to be sufficient, in itself, because the vision of the person, suffering and trauma has profoundly changed. Compensation alone fails to integrate the expectations of reparations, as they are increasingly promoted here and elsewhere; i.e., more focused on the “condition of the victim” (Rechtman, 2011).…”
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Low Tidal Volume Ventilation in Patients without Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Paradigm Shift in Mechanical Ventilation by Jed Lipes, Azadeh Bojmehrani, Francois Lellouche

“…Protective ventilation with low tidal volume has been shown to reduce morbidity and mortality in patients suffering from acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). …”
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Dislocation after Hemiarthroplasty due to Insufficiency Fracture of the Superior Acetabulum: A Case Report by Masahiko Nozawa, Takashi Nishiura, Katsuhiko Maezawa, Keiji Matsuda, Hidenori Morio

“…We should remember the possibility of insufficiency fracture of the superior acetabulum after hemiarthroplasty, particularly in elderly patients suffering from chronic postoperative pain and disability.…”
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Left Main Coronary Stenosis as a Consequence of Bentall Operation: Percutaneous Treatment by Manrico Balbi, Flavio Scarano, Gian Paolo Bezante

“…A 65-year-old man suffering from ascending aorta aneurysm and atherosclerotic three vessel disease without left main involvement underwent aortic root replacement with coronary ostia reimplantation according to the modified Bentall technique and multiple coronary artery bypass grafts. …”
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Effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy on pain of patients with low back pain by Sudha BANTH, Maryam Didehdar ARDEBiL

“…Methods: 88 patients suffering from NSCLBP were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups, CBT (CBT+ usual medical care) and usual medical care, respectively. …”
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Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy with Atypical Symptoms: A Rare Case of Tongue Fasciculation and Facial Muscle Weakness by Shafiq ur Rehman, Saba Zaidi, Mahzareen

“…These breakthroughs are essential for clinicians to promptly diagnose and treat patients suffering from the same diseases. …”
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Gina Pane and Krzysztof Jung: Queer Love in European Performance Art of the 1970s by Paweł LESZKOWICZ

“…The French-Italian lesbian artist Gina Pane and the Polish gay artist Krzysztof Jung performed same-sex love, pleasure, and suffering on both sides of the Iron Curtain in Cold War Europe. …”
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Common Adverse Effects of Anti-TNF Agents on Gestation by Zacharias Fasoulakis, Panagiotis Antsaklis, Nikolaos Galanopoulos, Emmanuel Kontomanolis

“…These inflammatory diseases have variable activity and a lot of women will have to undergo major therapies during and after pregnancy. Many of the women suffering from these disease will improve during gestation. …”
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The shadow side of occupational therapy: Necropower, state racism and colonialism by Pier-Luc Turcotte, Dave Holmes

“…Background In the Global North, advances in occupational therapy benefitted unduly from the oppression, disablement and suffering of thousands of people in the South (and beyond). …”
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A Novel Computational Framework for Visual Snow Syndrome by Damiano Perri, Osvaldo Gervasi

“…This article presents two innovative applications using emerging technologies to help people suffering from VSS. One is based on Augmented and Virtual Reality to simulate the visual perception experienced by people affected by such syndrome in real time on the image sequence acquired by a smartphone’s camera. …”
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Differential Impairment of Interferon-γ Responses in Two Cases of Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disease by William Rae, Yifang Gao, Efrem Eren, Rainer Döffinger, Ben Marshall, Anthony P. Williams

“…These cases show that cellular IFN-γ responses may be defective in a proportion of patient suffering PNTM disease and that when assessing responses, the stimulant used in the testing is important to delineate defective cell populations. …”
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Insurgency, Counterinsurgency and Human Security: A Case Study of Armed Violence in Papua during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Stefani Selina Prameswari, Nadia Amani Husna

“…The authors argue that the vulnerability of the Papuan people during the COVID-19 pandemic, which is spread across almost all sectors, the dynamics of insurgency and counterinsurgency endanger human security and increase the suffering of Papuan people, especially those who live in conflict areas such as Intan Jaya, Mimika, Puncak, and Nduga. …”
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Computer Axial Tomography and evoked potentials as predictors of clinical improvement in cranioencephalic trauma. by José Ramón Tejera del Valle, Florencio Pons Moscoso, Joaquín Aguilar Trujillo, Yarima López Puig, José Arteaga Bermúdez

“…<strong><br />Method:</strong> Prospective, observational, descriptive study developed from January to December, 2006, to assess the effectiveness of Computer Axial Tomography and evoked potentials as possible predictors of clinical improvement in an adult population (64 patients) of Cienfuegos province suffering from cranioencephalic trauma. <strong><br />Results:</strong> Patients with less serious lesions had three times more chances of clinical improvement. …”
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NURSING CARE FOR ACUTE PAIN RELATED TO GASTRITIS AT ANGGREK ROOM RSI NASHRUL UMMAH LAMONGAN by Rohmat Al Baihaqi

“…The most common symptom for gastritis sufferers is acute pain. However, acute pain nursing care in gastritis patients is different. …”
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O moralnych obowiązkach ludzi wobec zwierząt. Etyka Gary’ego Francione by Dorota Probucka

“…According to Francione, if every sensitive creature has an interest in preserving his own life and avoiding suffering it they also have a moral right to life and not being treated in a cruel manner.…”
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Diffuse Hepatic and Spleen Uptake of Tc-99m MDP on Bone Scintigraphy Resembling Liver-Spleen Scintigraphy in a Patient of Plasma Cell Tumor by Mohammad Reza Ravanbod, Reza Nemati, Hamid Javadi, Iraj Nabipour, Majid Assadi

“…A 49-year-old female with a history of anaplastic plasma cell tumor and suffering from bone pain was referred for bone scintigraphy to evaluate possible bone metastases. …”
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Review and Analysis of Book: Research Methodology in Simple Language by Morad Esmaeeli

“…Based on findings of the article, despite the merits of the book such as dealing with research questions, containing specialized exercises, referring to the tables, and most importantly focusing on the field of Persian Literature, the book has many fundamental problems, including the contradiction between the title of the book and its content, the writer’s  lack of  attention to the basic rules of writing and editing, the presence of confusing sentences suffering from lack of enough information, and its incomprehensibility. …”
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