Mitoxantrone Therapy for Acute Posterior Multifocal Placoid Pigment Epitheliopathy with Cerebral Vasculitis by Hélène Massé, Jean-Laurent Guyomard, Dominique Baudet, Jean-François Pinel, Gilles Edan, Jean-François Charlin

“…Design. Single case report. Method. A 22-year-old man presented with acute isolated bilateral loss of vision revealing APMPPE. …”
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EEG-Triggered Functional Electrical Stimulation Therapy for Restoring Upper Limb Function in Chronic Stroke with Severe Hemiplegia by Cesar Marquez-Chin, Aaron Marquis, Milos R. Popovic

“…We report the therapeutic effects of integrating brain-computer interfacing technology and functional electrical stimulation therapy to restore upper limb reaching movements in a 64-year-old man with severe left hemiplegia following a hemorrhagic stroke he sustained six years prior to this study. …”
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Technical and cost efficiency analysis of irrigated onion production insight from smallholders irrigated onion farmers in north East Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia by Kindye Ayen, Tariku Kidane, Adane Wubet

“…A single-step Cobb–Douglas stochastic frontier model was used to estimate both the technical and cost efficiency of irrigated onion production.ResultsThe results from the maximum likelihood stochastic frontier model result indicated that the technical efficiency in onions was influenced by the age of the household head, slope of the land, number of extension contacts with development agents, distance from the sampled respondent’s residence to the office of the kebele agriculture office, and the number of oxen owned by the sampled households. …”
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Association of P2X7 polymorphisms on Type 2 diabetes mellitus susceptibility and diabetic complications. by Guoni Huang, Jing Cheng, Wenfeng Liu, Tong Yang, Tao Ye, Qian Zhang, Qi Chen, Yuzhong Xu

“…Specifically, rs7958311 GA (OR = 1.323, p = 0.002), rs7958311 AA (OR = 1.508, p = 0.038), rs208294 CC (OR = 1.854, p = 0.042) showed a higher susceptibility to T2DM, whilst rs11065464 CA (OR = 0.614, p = 0.022) was associated with a reduced risk. …”
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Implementation of the Standard Inpatient Class Policy at RSUP Dr. Tadjuddin Makassar by Muhammad Alwy Arifin, Andi Luthfiyyah Anna, Dian Saputra Marzuki, Sukri Palutturi, Ryryn Suryaman Prana Putra

“…However, the current implementation of KRIS primarily focuses on adjusting medical facilities and infrastructure toward a single class.  To analyze the implementation of the KRIS policy at RSUP Dr. …”
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Development of SNP for Sebastes Species Identification With Special Focus on the Cryptic Species Complex of Sebastes norvegicus by Torild Johansen, Tanja Hanebrekke, Francois Besnier, Jon Ivar Westgaard, Ingrid Marie Bruvold, Geir Dahle, Laila Unneland, Helle Torp Christensen, Atal Saha

“…Good‐quality amplification products were successfully obtained from 49 SNP markers for Sebastes species ID, and 3 TaqMan probes were designed to successfully assign S. mentella, S. viviparus, and the two cryptic species S. norvegicus types A and B. …”
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THE WAY TO THE SELF: THE NOVEL «STEPPENWOLF» THROUGH THE LENS OF JUNGIAN PROCESS OF INDIVIDUATION by Tetiana V. Danylova

“…«Steppenwolf» is the story of a man who is dogged by controversy: he feels himself to be a human and a wolf at the same time. …”
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Thyroidectomy for Painful Thyroiditis Resistant to Steroid Treatment: Three New Cases with Review of the Literature by Enrico Mazza, Francesco Quaglino, Adolfo Suriani, Nicola Palestini, Cristina Gottero, Renzo Leli, Stefano Taraglio

“…We report three patients who did not show clinical response to prolonged high dose prednisone treatment: a 50-year-old man, a 35-year-old woman, and a 33-year-old woman. …”
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Thomas Aquinas’ definition of the imago Dei and the development of lifelike portraiture  by Dominic Olariu

“…The article examines the philosophical basis of the development of man’s lifelike representation during the 13th century while focusing on Thomas Aquinas’ concept of the « image of man », imago Dei. …”
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Du Bestiaire dans le théâtre de W.B. Yeats by Pierre Longuenesse

“…In fact, poet and dancer are fascinated by this particular bird because of the hawk’s power to surpass the hero, as the bear triumphs of the swordsman in Kleist’s On the marionnette theatre : in At the Hawk’s Well, the bird overcomes the man because it has a grace that the man will never find. …”
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ORGANICITY OF THE PHENOMENON OF CULTURE AS AN EXPLICATION OF VITALITY by D. B. Svyrydenko, O. D. Yatsenko, O. V. Prudnikova

“…Culture in its philosophical analysis took on a clearer anthropomorphic dimension: the immanent logic of being in substantiating the essence and purpose of man and the value of his being localized the universe of transcendence in the concept of "living world", "inhabited space", "human, too human". …”
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Glucocorticoid receptor (NR3C1) genetic polymorphisms and the outcomes of sudden sensorineural hearing loss by Chen-Yu Chien, Shu-Yu Tai, Kuan-Hui Li, Hua-Ling Yang, Ling-Feng Wang, Kuen-Yao Ho, Ning-Chia Chang

“…The genotypes were determined using TaqMan technology. Results The heterozygous AT genotype of rs17100289 was associated with a poor outcome in comparison with the major homozygous AA genotype after adjustments for age and sex (OR = 0.50; 95% CI 0.26–0.95; P = 0.035) in SSNHL patients. …”
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Known and novel parvoviruses identified in domestic pigeons by Ewa Łukaszuk, Daria Dziewulska, Anthony Khalifeh, Joy M. Custer, Simona Kraberger, Arvind Varsani, Tomasz Stenzel

“…Abstract Background Parvoviridae is a family of single-stranded linear DNA viruses whose members infect both vertebrate and invertebrate species of animals, causing diseases of various systems and often associated with pathology of the gastrointestinal tract. …”
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Urinary Uromodulin Levels and UMOD Variants in Black South Africans with Hypertension-Attributed Chronic Kidney Disease by Nolubabalo Unati Nqebelele, Caroline Dickens, Therese Dix-Peek, Raquel Duarte, Saraladevi Naicker

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Novel Haplotype Indicator for End-Stage Renal Disease Progression among Saudi Patients by Cyril Cyrus, Shahanas Chathoth, Chittibabu Vatte, Nafie Alrubaish, Othman Almuhanna, J. Francis Borgio, Samir Al-Mueilo, Fahd Al Muhanna, Amein K. Al Ali

“…Single-nucleotide polymorphisms at the proximity of SHROOM3, CST3, SLC7A9, and MYH9 genes have been associated with an increased risk of developing CKD and ESRD. …”
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CD40 Gene Polymorphisms Associated with Susceptibility and Coronary Artery Lesions of Kawasaki Disease in the Taiwanese Population by Ho-Chang Kuo, Mei-Chyn Chao, Yu-Wen Hsu, Ying-Chi Lin, Ying-Hsien Huang, Hong-Ren Yu, Ming-Feng Hou, Chi-Di Liang, Kuender D. Yang, Wei-Chiao Chang, Chih-Lu Wang

“…This study was conducted to investigate the CD40 polymorphism in KD and CAL formation. Methods. A total of 950 subjects (381 KD patients and 569 controls) were investigated to identify 2 tagging single-nucleotide polymorphisms (tSNPs) of CD40 (rs4810485 and rs1535045) by using the TaqMan allelic discrimination assay. …”
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Family Function and Self-Management of Patients With Early Chronic Kidney Disease: The Mediating Roles of Self-Perceived Burden and Ego Depletion by Cui Y, Liu N, Guo Z, Liu Q, Zhang M, Li J, Mu H, Zhang Y, Chen X

“…Self-perceived burden and ego depletion were not only single mediating variables between family function and self-management but also played a chain-mediating role. …”
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The Association between Polymorphisms of Vitamin D Metabolic-Related Genes and Vitamin D3 Supplementation in Type 2 Diabetic Patients by Zhiyong Hu, ShaSha Tao, Huaqing Liu, Guotao Pan, Bingyan Li, Zengli Zhang

“…To investigate the effect of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the key genes in vitamin D metabolic pathway on the serum 25(OH)D level after long-term vitamin D3 supplementation and provide a theoretical basis for rational vitamin D3 supplementation in diabetic patients with different genetic backgrounds. …”
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Wetland birds of middle Vistula River during breeding season: the impact of human activities on the distribution, abundance and richness of species by Dariusz Bukaciński, Monika Bukacińska, Arkadiusz Buczyński

“…Such a man-made environment almost excludes the possibility of breeding of birds within a riverbed. …”
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Une statue de togatus découverte dans l’agglomération antique de Briord (Ain) by Thomas Le Saint Quinio, Maria-Pia Darblade-Audoin

“…Small fractures damage the nose, the left cheek and the chin.The subject depicted by the sculpture is that of a young man, a private citizen, wearing a toga. …”
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