Management of Recurrent Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Infections in Adult Patients by Neval Elgormus, Yusuf Elgormus, Bagnu Dundar, Fatma Bozkurt, Huseyin Dogu, Hafize Uzun

“…<b>Objective:</b> The objective of this study was to evaluate the demographic, clinical, laboratory, and microbiological features of ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) infections through a 13-year retrospective study. VPS bacterial agents and their antibiotic susceptibility were also investigated through the occurrence of single VPS (SVPS) and recurrent VPS (RVPS) infections. …”
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Modelos predictivos de lógica y lógica borrosa en índices bursátiles de América del Norte by Antonino Parisi F., Franco Parisi F.

“…Sin embargo, la mayoría de los agentes que participan en el mercado bursátil utiliza un lenguaje que incorpora aspectos cualitativos para referirse, por ejemplo, al precio de un activo, a la rentabilidad de la inversión, etc. …”
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Problems of creating antibody phage libraries and their solutions by V. S. Aripov, N. V. Volkova, A. A. Ilyichev, D. N. Shcherbakov

“…The implementation of the antibody phage display technique has revolutionized the field of clinical immunology, both for developing tools to diagnose infectious diseases and for producing therapeutic agents. It has also become the basis for efficient and relatively inexpensive methods for studying protein–protein interactions, receptor binding sites, as well as epitope and mimotope identification. …”
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Integration of fly ash and ground granulated blast furnace slag into palm oil fuel ash based geopolymer concrete: a review by Ying Yi Tan, Hanizam Awang, Noor Haida Mohd Kaus

“…For addressing these issues, alternative innovative and sustainable materials, such as geopolymer concrete, which utilised waste materials as binding agents have been introduced, leading to a reduction in CO2 emissions. …”

L’éducation des pauvres à la sobriété énergétique : émergence et mise en oeuvre contestée de deux dispositifs à Nantes by Fabien Meslet

“…L’article montre cependant que ces dispositifs éducatifs connaissent depuis quelques années des formes de remises en cause plus ou moins explicites par les agents de terrain qui sont chargés de les mettre en oeuvre quotidiennement.…”
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Marine Macroalgae Display Bioreductant Efficacy for Fabricating Metallic Nanoparticles: Intra/Extracellular Mechanism and Potential Biomedical Applications by Sabiha Mahmood Ansari, Quaiser Saquib, Valeria De Matteis, Hend Awad Alwathnani, Sulaiman Ali Alharbi, Abdulaziz Ali Al-Khedhairy

“…Bioactive constituents from the above resources have been found on the green metallic NPs, which has demonstrated their efficacies as prospective antibiotics and anti-cancer agents against a range of human pathogens and cancer cells. …”
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Impact of various additives and their combinations on the consolidation characteristics of clayey soil by Soheila Shojamoghadam, Arash Rajaee, Saeed Abrishami

“…Furthermore, to evaluate the characteristics of materials, tests such as Atterberg limits, soil grain size distribution, X-ray fluorescence (XRF), scanning electron microscope (SEM), particle size analysis (PSA), and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) have been performed on the selected materials. Various stabilizing agents have different effects on consolidation and compaction behavior, with maximum dry density (MDD) decreasing with higher additives content and optimum moisture content (OMC) values generally increasing, except for MP-stabilized samples. …”
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Multiple ligands simultaneous molecular docking and dynamics approach to study the synergetic inhibitory of curcumin analogs on ErbB4 tyrosine phosphorylation by La Ode Aman, Netty Ino Ischak, Teti Sutriyati Tuloli, Arfan Arfan, Aiyi Asnawi

“…Conclusion and implications: In conclusion, computational simulations indicated that both AC01 and AC02 have the potential to act as anticancer candidates, demonstrating ErbB4 inhibitory potential both as individual agents and in synergy with FMM.…”
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An ingredient co-occurrence network gives insight into e-liquid flavor complexity by Jeroen L. A. Pennings, Ina M. Hellmich, Sanne Boesveldt, Reinskje Talhout

“…To achieve attractive flavors, e-liquids contain many different flavoring agents, which allow many flavoring combinations. To advance our knowledge of e-liquid flavors and compositions and to evaluate the effect of legislation, we determined whether there are ingredient combinations that are frequently used together. …”
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Recurrent Thymic Carcinoma Treated With Median Sternotomy, Innominate Vein Replacement for Superior Vena Cava, and Iodide Implantation: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Zhong‐zheng Chen, Wen‐dong Qu, Xing‐shu Zhang, Yong‐xiang Song

“…The patient underwent thoracoscopic resection of the tumor and wedge resection of the left upper lobe of the lung. Postoperative pathology confirmed a neuroendocrine carcinoma (G3), staged as Masaoka IVa. …”
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Hallazgos histopatológicos en nematodos Anisakidae, expuestos a extractos acuosos vegetales con capacidad nematicida in vitro by Rafael G. Campos–Montiel, Lucio Castro-Parra, Fabián R. Gómez de Anda, Andrea Paloma Zepeda Velazquez

“…Los resultados obtenidos indican que, el uso de extractos acuosos de K. pinnata y O. oligacantha sobre nematodos de la familia Anisakidae, son una opción para su uso como agentes nematicidas. …”
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The road ahead: emerging therapies for primary IgA nephropathy by Edward J. Filippone, Rakesh Gulati, John L. Farber

“…To reduce Gd-IgA1 production, targeted-release budesonide is approved. Agents targeting B cell survival factors APRIL or BAFF/APRIL have significantly reduced Gd-IgA1 production and proteinuria in phase 2 trials but await phase 3 data for approval. …”
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Interplay between circulating von Willebrand factor and neutrophils: implications for inflammation, neutrophil function, and von Willebrand factor clearance by Alua Kuanyshbek, Hamideh Yadegari, Jens Müller, Nasim Shahidi Hamedani, Samhitha Urs Ramaraje, Johannes Oldenburg

“…Immunofluorescence imaging revealed an enhanced binding of VWF to neutrophils following stimulation with inflammatory agents (PMA, TNFα, and IL-8) and exposure to shear forces, highlighting a previously unknown interaction. …”
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Prevalência de diabetes mellitus em indivíduos atendidos pela estratégia saúde da família no munícipio de Ubá-MG by Diogo Santos Silva, Mateus Camaroti Laterza, Osvaldo Costa Moreira, Miguel Araújo Carneiro Júnior, Paulo Roberto Santos Amorim

“…Após a identificação dos diabéticos, foram utilizadas informações complementaresretiradas da Ficha b-diabetes, que são preenchidas pelos agentes comunitários desaúde em visita residencial através de entrevista individual. …”
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Hora do conto drag e guerras culturais by Paula Sequeiros

“…Aduz-se um levantamento de situações, recentes em Portugal, dirigidas a intimidar a fruição pública de obras LGBT+, por altura das celebrações do Orgulho. Identificam-se agentes, ideias e ideologias que se têm confrontado em disputas pela hegemonização da censura e pelo mainstreaming da liberdade de expressão na leitura pública com temas e pessoas LGBT+. …”
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Follow-Up of Advanced Parkinson’s Disease Patients after Clinical or Surgical Emergencies: A Practical Approach by Hélio A. G. Teive, Matheus Gomes Ferreira, Carlos Henrique F. Camargo, Renato P. Munhoz

“…As part of this scenario, most patients presented with delirium, often requiring treatment with dopamine receptor blocking agents and/or had dopaminergic treatment withdrawn. …”
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The triphenylmethane dye brilliant blue G is only moderately effective at inhibiting amyloid formation by human amylin or at disaggregating amylin amyloid fibrils, but interferes w... by Rehana Akter, Alexander Zhyvoloup, Bingqian Zheng, Surita R Bhatia, Daniel P Raleigh

“…Thus, a popular and potentially useful strategy to find lead compounds for anti-amylin amyloid agents is to examine compounds that have effects on Aβ amyloid formation. …”
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Mannitol and the blood-labyrinth barrier by Trung N. Le, Brian W. Blakley

“…Potential clinical benefits may accrue from selected timing of administration of osmotic agents such as mannitol augmenting the rate of entry and egress of compounds such as gentamicin into and out of perilymph.…”
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Predictive Factors Associated with Inappropriate Intravenous Proton Pump Inhibitors Use in Hospitalized Patients: A Case-Control Study by Niveen Khoury, David Stepensky, Naim Abu Freha, Mahmud Mahamid, Tawfik Khoury, Amir Mari

“…<i>Background and Objectives</i>: Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) are the most effective agents for treating acid-related gastrointestinal disorders. …”
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Validación de la Prueba de identificación de Trastornos por Consumo de Alcohol en adolescentes peruanos by Jonatan Baños-Chaparro

“…La estructura unidimensional fue aceptable (CFI= 0,99; RMSEA= 0,01; SRMR= 0,01), adecuada confiabilidad (ωbayes= 0,81; H= 0,98), invarianza según sexo y relación con el maltrato infantil y la ideación suicida. …”
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