Two Unrelated Iranian Patients with Adenosine Deaminase 2 Deficiency: A Case Report and Review of Treatment by Parvaneh Karimzade, Aziz Eghbali, Mohammad Keramatipour, Reza Shiari, Zahra Golchehre, Mahdieh Taghizadeh, Mazdak Fallahi, Shahrzad Fallah, Nasrin Khakbazan Fard, Narges Eslami, Narges Bazgir, Mahnaz Jamee, Zahra Chavoshzadeh

“…The first patient was a 7-year-old female who experienced recurrent neurological symptoms such as vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss, and right-sided hemiparesis. …”
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From deliberation to acclamation: how did Twitter’s algorithms foster polarized communities and undermine democracy in the 2020 US presidential election by Gustavo Morales, Gustavo Morales, Augusto Salazar, Diego Puche

“…Trump’s defeat marked a collision between users who took to the streets under the banner of a conspiracy theory, which had gained traction as an alternative virtual truth through acclamation as practice, and citizens who use the practice of deliberation over empirical results of the electoral process. …”
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A Unique and Rare Presentation of Adult Congenital Heart Disease: Common Atrium Associated with Coronary Aneurysms and Fistula by Muhammad Shabbir Rawala, Alex Munoz, Mohammad Hassan Pervaiz

“…To our knowledge, this is the first-ever presentation of a complete congenital absence of IAS in a patient who has survived into adulthood with the development of severe pulmonary hypertension without Eisenmenger syndrome. …”
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Cervical cancer care at a tertiary oncology facility in Uganda: Comparing daily practice with national treatment targets on cervical cancer control. by Marlieke de Fouw, Melissa W M Boere, Carolyn Nakisige, Mariam Nabwire, Jane Namugga, Israel Luutu, Jackson Orem, Jan M M van Lith, Jogchum J Beltman

“…The clinical management of patients with early and advanced stage disease who initiated treatment at UCI was evaluated using the national targets formulated in the Uganda strategic plan for cervical cancer prevention and control.…”
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Determinants of Intraocular Pressure (IOP) of Glaucoma Patients at Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia by Mitiku Wale Muluneh, Shewayiref Geremew Gebremichael

“…A retrospective cohort study design was conducted on 328 randomly selected glaucoma patients in the ophthalmology clinic at the hospital under the follow-up period from January 2014 to December 2018. Glaucoma patients who have two and more than two visits in the study period were included in the study, but patients who are attending medications less than two visits were excluded from the study. …”
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Persistent Health and Cognitive Impairments up to Four Years Post-COVID-19 in Young Students: The Impact of Virus Variants and Vaccination Timing by Ashkan Latifi, Jaroslav Flegr

“…The analysis also revealed that individuals who contracted COVID-19 after vaccination had better health and cognitive outcomes compared to those infected before vaccination. …”
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The Fake Diary of a Historical Figure: Klementyna Tańska-Hoffmanowa’s Journal of Countess Françoise Krasińska (1825) by Magdalena Ożarska

“…The long separation was largely due to the character of the Prince, who had hoped to become King of Poland, which however never materialised. …”
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Detecting anomalies in graph networks on digital markets. by Agata Skorupka

“…Anomalies are defined below as both bots and fraudulent users (who can be both bots and real people). Methods are compared against each other, and state-of-the-art results from the literature and a new algorithm is proposed. …”
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Typical use effectiveness of Natural Cycles: postmarket surveillance study investigating the impact of previous contraceptive choice on the risk of unintended pregnancy by Simon Rowland, Raoul Scherwitzl, Kristina Gemzell-Danielsson, Jonathan Bull, Olof Lundberg, Elina Berglund-Scherwitzl, James Trussell

“…For women who had used the pill before, the PI of Natural Cycles was the highest at 8.1±0.6. …”
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Ascending Aorta Diameter Changes after Aortic Valve Replacement in Elderly Patients with Aortic Valve Stenosis by Jiamiao Gong, Kang An, Hongyuan Lin, Jianfeng Hou

“…This retrospective review included a total of 87 elderly patients who had undergone aortic valve replacement for severe aortic valve stenosis in Fuwai Hospital. …”
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A Study of How Moral Courage and Moral Sensitivity Correlate with Safe Care in Special Care Nursing by Fateme Mohammadi, Banafsheh Tehranineshat, Afsaneh Ghasemi, Mostafa Bijani

“…Nursing is a caring profession, and nurses who have moral sensitivity and moral courage presumably can provide safe and better care for patients. …”
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Prospective Analysis of Risk for Hypothyroidism after Hemithyroidectomy by Virgilijus Beisa, Darius Kazanavicius, Arminas Skrebunas, Gintaras Simutis, Justinas Ivaska, Kestutis Strupas

“…In a controlled prospective study, 109 patients, who underwent hemithyroidectomy for a benign thyroid disease, were followed up for 12 months. …”
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Motivational strategies reduce recidivism and enhance treatment adherence in intimate partner violence perpetrators with substance use problems by Marisol Lila, Cristina Expósito-Álvarez, Manuel Roldán-Pardo

“…This could be particularly important for participants with alcohol and/or other drug use problems (ADUPs), who are at higher risk of recidivating and dropping out from the intervention. …”
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Pneumothorax, Pneumomediastinum, and Cervical and Facial Massive Emphysema Secondary to Colonoscopy: A Rare Complication of Colonoscopy by Ruben Daniel Perez Lopez, Julian Vargas Flores, Lenin de Jesus Orbe Garibay, Hugo Fernando Narvaez Gonzalez

“…Case report of a 71-year-old female who presents a rare complication due to a perforation in the sigmoid which developed pneumoperitoneum, pneumomediastinum, pneumothorax, and massive subcutaneous emphysema as a complication of a diagnostic colonoscopy where a biopsy of a friable lesion was performed. …”
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Factors Associated with Apgar Score among Newborns Delivered by Cesarean Sections at Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Addis Ababa by Mohammed Suleiman Obsa, Getahun Molla Shanka, Misrak Woldayohannes Menchamo, Robera Olana Fite, Meron Abrar Awol

“…It had been found that those neonates who were born when skin incision to delivery time is greater than three minutes were about fourfolds more likely to have low Apgar score than those who were born when skin incision to delivery time is less than three minutes (AOR 3.645) (95% CI (0.116-26.421)). …”
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INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN THE ASIAN PART OF RUSSIA by Alisa V. Melikyan

“…The results of the international activity of 322 universities and universities' branches were analyzed on the basis of the following indicators: the number of foreign students who studied at the main programs, the number of Russian and foreign students who participated in short-term international mobility programs; the number of international double degree programs and the number of students at these programs; the number of foreign graduate students; the number of foreign researchers and teachers; revenues of higher education institutions from the educational activities and from R & D obtained from foreign sources; the number of articles produced in collaboration with foreign organizations. …”
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Necriphysiphilia as a psychopathology of the anthropocene epoch and, a dissoanalytic political psychology perspective on the transformation of individual trauma to social trauma by Erdinc Ozturk

“…Within this manifesto, Ozturk's "Dissoanalytic Political Psychology" analyzes necriphysiphiliacs -who sacrifice their freedoms for pleasure, interests, and luxury- through the lens of "dysfunctional mass psychology". …”
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Knowledge and Self-Reported Practice of Insulin Injection Device Disposal among Diabetes Patients in Gondar Town, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Abebe Basazn Mekuria, Begashaw Melaku Gebresillassie, Daniel Asfaw Erku, Kaleab Taye Haile, Eshetie Melese Birru

“…A cross-sectional study was employed on insulin requiring diabetes patients who visited the diabetes clinic at Gondar University Referral Hospital (GURH) from February 1 to March 28, 2016. …”
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Ocular biometric parameters in South-Indian children with myopia – A hospital-based retrospective descriptive analysis by Sandra Ganesh, Rebecca Claire Lusobya, Mohammed Sithiq Uduman, Reshma Rajan, Nisha Rajendran, Kripa Sanjeev, Kalpana Narendran

“…Aim: This study aims to profile the ocular biometric parameters in a large group of children of South-Indian ethnicity who visited our outpatient children’s department and were diagnosed with myopia. …”
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Impacts of a puberty and period education intervention among 9- to 12-year-old girls in the New York metropolitan area: a randomized trial by Angela-Maithy N. Nguyen, Micaela Camozzi, Marni Sommer

“…The intervention was efficacious in improving knowledge, particularly among girls who had not yet experienced their first period. …”
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