Pyopericardium with cardiac tamponade caused by pyogenic liver abscess: a case report by Carolin Steffen, Josef Sägmüller, Dominique Schöneburg, Eva Göncz, Martin Möckel, Sascha Ott, Alexander Lavinius Ungur, Benjamin O ’Brien

“…Case presentation We present the case of a 33-year-old Caucasian male patient who developed cardiac tamponade, most likely caused by a pyogenic liver abscess communicating with the pericardium. …”
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Towards an agency-oriented model of congregational vitality: by C.A.M. Hermans

“… The author defines ‘congregational vitality’ as a disposition of the members of the congregation, who act in a role within the social system of the congregation. …”
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Perforated colon cancer complicated by necrotizing soft tissue infection: A case report and literature review by Xin Xiang, Jian Zheng, Cheng-Wei Ma, Lei Ruan, Jing-Zheng Zhuang, Qing-Chun Li

“…This report presents the case of a 71-year-old male who presented with abdominal pain and distention, later diagnosed with perforated colon cancer and NSTI of the left abdominal wall. …”
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A Foreign Body Granuloma of the Buccal Mucosa Induced by Honeybee Sting by Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Yohei Nakayama, Yumiko Matsusue, Miyako Kurihara, Takahiro Yagyuu, Tadaaki Kirita

“…The patient was an 82-year-old female who presented with a submucous mass at the right buccal mucosa. …”
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#RAINMUSTFALL – A THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION ON DROUGHT, THIRST, AND THE WATER OF LIFE by Nadia Marais

“…This paper argues that the theological rhetoric of water is embedded in soteriological imagination, which requires remembering – through the sacrament of baptism – the significance of the giving God who wills human and ecological flourishing.2 Moreover, it is argued that the good news of salvation brings rhetoric and ethics, doctrine and life, into a dynamic communicative process, so that water, as that which is freely given by God, has nothing less than abundant life or ecological and human flourishing as its apparent intended focus. …”
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Hoc monimentum maesoleumque : les monuments funéraires dans le paysage des cités des Gaules et des Germanies romaines by Martial Monteil, William Van Andringa

“…The antique sources show that the aim of these monuments, the most ostentatious of which are mausoleums, was to perpetuate the memory of the elites who built them. They are clearly differentiated from burials from a legal point of view, they present diverse forms and are installed on the outskirts of towns or in the countryside, as shown by the cases presented here. …”
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Approach to the Pretransplant Evaluation of the Living Kidney Donor by Mala Sachdeva, Madhu Bhaskaran, Ernesto P. Molmenti, Donna Dalton, Joseph Mattana

“…The well being of the donor, who derives no medical benefit from this surgery, must be assured in both the short term and long term, and the potential adverse consequences to the recipient must be determined as well. …”
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Le Laboratoire de paysage d’Alnarp en Suède : une expérience de « gestion créative » by Catherine Szanto

“…The research is based on observation, through drawings and measurements, but also on action (“creative management”): the forest is accompanied in its evolution by the traditional gestures of the foresters who provide original forest spaces, thus offering an alternative to a normalisation of the landscape.…”
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Breast Cancer: Making Sense of the Numbers by Martha C. Monroe, Barbara F. Shea, Linda B. Bobroff

“…This revised 5-page fact sheet, first in a 12-part series on breast cancer, provides information that will help persons who want to understand and be actively involved in treatment decisions. …”
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Optimizing antibiotic stewardship and reducing antimicrobial resistance in Central Asia: A study protocol for evidence-based practice and policy. by Lisa Lim, Laura Kassym, Assiya Kussainova, Bibigul Aubakirova, Yuliya Semenova

“…Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a significant global health challenge, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to stress the importance of monitoring antibiotic consumption and sales to address AMR effectively. …”
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Initial validation of the clinical significance of the NETest in Japanese gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumor patients by Hao Zhang, Takahiro Tsuchikawa, Satoshi Takeuchi, Kenji Hirata, Kimitaka Tanaka, Aya Matsui, Yoshitsugu Nakanishi, Toshimichi Asano, Takehiro Noji, Toru Nakamura, Shintaro Takeuchi, Masataka Wada, Satoshi Hirano

“…The diagnostic sensitivity was 97.1%. Among three patients who underwent R0 resection and four treated with peptide receptor radionuclide therapy, the changes in NETest scores closely correlated with disease progression. …”
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Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis-Like Lesions and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Possibly Triggered by Sulfasalazine by Simon Krabbe, Cigdem Gül, Bjarne Andersen, Niels Tvede

“…This case report describes a patient with arthritis of the large joints, bilateral sacroiliitis, and positive anti-SSA and anti-dsDNA antibody, who received sulfasalazine and shortly thereafter became critically ill. …”
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Behavior of university students cannot buy smartphones by Ihsan Effendi, Adelina Lubis, Nasib Nasib

“…This research was conducted using a sample of 215 student respondents who bought a smartphone. This study illustrates that price affects purchase intention and actual purchase, but the ease of use does not influence smartphones.…”
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Sacral Stress Fracture in an Amateur Badminton Player by Yusuke Yuasa, Naohisa Miyakoshi, Michio Hongo, Kunio Ebata, Tatsuru Tomioka, Yoichi Shimada

“…A 16-year-old, left-handed adolescent girl, who had just started to play badminton 3 months previously, complained of acute left buttock pain when she received a shuttlecock. …”
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Avec X. en route pour B. by Oliver Lubrich

“…He falls in love with the German officer who organises it. And he seems to realise that he has fallen in with the wrong people. …”
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Giant Dissecting Aortic Aneurysm in an Asymptomatic Young Male by Priyank Shah, Nishant Gupta, Irvin Goldfarb, Fayez Shamoon

“…We report a case of giant dissecting ascending aortic aneurysm in an asymptomatic young male who was referred to our institution for abnormal findings on physical exam.…”
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VURD Syndrome Managed by Pyelostomy by Charles J. Rosser, Sam Auringer, R. L. Kroovand

“…We report a case of VURD syndrome in a three day old neonate who was diagnosed with hydronephrosis on a prenatal ultrasound. …”
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Il corpo nelle esperienze di disastro e attivismo in siti contaminati dall’amianto by Agata Mazzeo

“…Asbestos-related disasters appear and reveal their impact primarily through the body of the exposed person who experiences the symptoms of the diseases caused by the inhalation of the carcinogenic fibres of asbestos minerals. …”
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Breast Cancer: Making Sense of the Numbers by Martha C. Monroe, Barbara F. Shea, Linda B. Bobroff

“…This revised 5-page fact sheet, first in a 12-part series on breast cancer, provides information that will help persons who want to understand and be actively involved in treatment decisions. …”
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La Collaboration comme mode d’exercice au sein de l’agence d’architecture d’Eugène Beaudouin by Anne-Sophie Cachat-Suchet

“…This contribution aims to offer another view of the production of the Grand Prix de Rome-winning architect, who himself revealed very little about his way of working, by shedding light on the different strategies that led to their association.…”
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