75 YEARS OF MEPHI’S HISTORY: CONTINUITY OF EDUCATIONAL INNOVATIONS by I. E. Zadorozhnyuk

“…The authors convey the history of the legendary institution through the fate of people who took part in its formation.…”
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Portal-splenic-mesenteric venous thrombosis in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review by Ricardo Zanetti Gomes, Matheus Von Jelita Salina, Vitor Hugo Moro Pironatto, Julia Kapp Lepinski, Tiago Daniel Gueiber, Beatriz Moreira Salles Juliatto, Milena Zadra Prestes, Camila Marinelli Martins

“…This systematic review aimed to investigate the profile of patients who developed PSMVT concomitant with or after viral infection and its predominant outcomes. …”
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The Precarious Balance of Refugees: Rupture and Connectivity in Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West (2017) and Helon Habila’s Travelers (2019) by Vanessa Guignery

“…However, Hamid and Habila also draw from the potentialities of the novelistic genre to devise formal ways of connecting apparently disparate story lines and thereby suggest possibilities for cross-cultural solidarity between refugees who share a common condition of vulnerability.…”
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Acute Psychotic Episode Induced by Antimicrobial Treatment by Savera I. Arain, Majed Al Shakhori, Shabeer A. Thorakkattil, Omer Amin

“…This is a case report of a 26-year-old woman with no previous psychiatric history who presented with symptoms and signs suggestive of acute psychosis shortly after starting a postprocedural combination of antimicrobials. …”
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Right Traumatic Diaphragmatic Hernia: A Case Report and A review by Thaimi Conde Cueto, Ivette Cepero Pérez, Francisco Olascoaga Pérez, Martha Yudey Rodríguez Pino

“…This is the case of a patient with a 15 year- history of right hemithorax due to car accident who presented to the internal medicine emergency service with weakness and shortness of breath . …”
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A Fire-Retardant Composite Made from Domestic Waste and PVA by Neni Surtiyeni, Raidha Rahmadani, Neny Kurniasih, Khairurrijal, Mikrajuddin Abdullah

“…A fire-retardant powder was added to retard fire so that the composite could be useful for the construction of residential homes of lower-income people who often have problems with fire. Fire tests showed that the composites were more resistant to fire than widely used wood building materials.…”
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Hearing Screening Combined with Target Gene Panel Testing Increased Etiological Diagnostic Yield in Deaf Children by Le Xie, Yue Qiu, Yuan Jin, Kai Xu, Xue Bai, Xiao-Zhou Liu, Xiao-Hui Wang, Sen Chen, Yu Sun

“…By analyzing the patients who received 127 gene panel testing, we found that 51 deaf children carried variants which were not included in 159 variant testing. …”
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An Optimization and Adjustment Method of Pile Orientation for a Pile-Supported Wharf Based on a Genetic Algorithm by Guan-Chen Cui, Ting Liang, Guo-Feng Han

“…One case involves the designers who failed to arrange the pile orientation. Moreover, satisfactory results of pile orientations are obtained in a few minutes. …”
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K-12 teachers’ perceptions of the effectiveness of online EFL teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic by Zou Bin, Chen Xinyi, Sun Weifeng

“…The results showed that while some EFL teachers adopted effective online pedagogies, others encountered challenges in online teaching. The teachers who had comprehensive Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) or with previous online teaching experience tended to be more optimistic about teaching effectiveness in online language education. …”
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Dehumanization and burden of care among caregivers of terminally ill patients by Ines Testoni, Giulia Sicari, Lucia Ronconi, Gianmarco Biancalani, Chiara Franco, Paolo Cottone, Robert Crupi

“…Of these, 77% were primary caregivers (those who mostly helped the patient). All of the participants were given a questionnaire comprising the Caregiver Burden Inventory (CBI) to determine caregivers' burden in their roles, the *questionario post mortem (QPM)* (post mortem questionnaire) for the effectiveness of and their trust in the medical nursing team of palliative care services, the Testoni death representation scale (TDRS) to detect their ontological representations of death and the humanity attribution test (HAT) to investigate their attributions of humanity to terminally ill patients. …”
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Britain’s Safety Arguments: French Nuclear Testing in Algeria duringNigerian Decolonisation (1959-60) by Chloë Mayoux

“…In 1959, as African anti-nuclear sentiment grew, Britain suddenly faced the unique situation of having to preserve its relationship with France whilst securing post-independence ties with Nigeria, who was soon to become independent. In its attempt to overcome this dilemma, and in the absence of precise information about what the French were planning, Britain produced original technical arguments suggesting that tests in the Sahara would be safe. …”
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Pneumomediastinum Mistaken as Angioedema: Case Report by Yusuf Kantar

“…If no pathology is thought to be present as a result of the X-ray, the patient is prescribed ibuprofen for pain relief and discharged. Patient who presents with what appears to be angioedema after taking ibuprofen is found to have pneumomediastinum. …”
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Pus in the pericardium: a pericardial-oesophageal fistula with cardiac tamponade after ablation for atrial fibrillation by Taha Mansoor, Nahal Massoudi, Anandbir Bath, Matthew Kelly, Santhosh Koshy, Armand Tanase

“…Case report: We present an uncommon case of a 60-year-old male who had undergone an AF ablation 2 weeks prior and presented with chest pain. …”
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Endodontic treatment of third molars from a conservative perspective. A case report by Luis Darìo Pèrez Villalba, Fernando Marcelo Armijos Briones

“…A 28-years-old patient who attended the doctor’s office for endodontic treatment of the upper right third molar it is presented. …”
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Insulinoma Presenting with Long-Standing Depression, Primary Hypogonadism, and Sertoli Cell Only Syndrome by Usman H. Malabu, Durgesh Gowda, Yong Mong Tan

“…From this report, we emphasize drawing clinicians' attention to the possibility of an association between insulinoma and primary testicular failure and suggest consideration of this diagnosis in patients with hypergonadotropic hypogonadism who may present with infertility.…”
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Along for the Ride: Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma with Concomitant LECT2 Amyloidosis by Phoenix D. Bell, Aaron R. Huber, Tom C. DeRoche

“…We present a case of a 69-year-old Hispanic male with a past medical history of type II diabetes mellitus who presented with a two-month history of abdominal pain. …”
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A Beginner’s Guide to Water Management—Fish Kills by Florida LAKEWATCH

“…This includes a listing of fish health diagnostic laboratories for those who want to take a more active role and are willing to collect fish and/or water samples for analysis. …”
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An Opinion on Soft Power by E. M. Astakhov

“…In this connection, to form properly all directions of the policy of "soft power", is desirable to use the experience of other countries. The states who pretend to have an important place in the world, consider "soft power" as a strategic policy aiming to strengthen their geopolitical positions. …”
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A Letter to Reconsider the Conditions for Testing Decontaminated N95 Respirators for Emergency Reuse to Address Shortage by Eric P. Vejerano, Jeonghyeon Ahn

“…Abstract The battle with COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the shortage of personal protective equipment, particularly, N95 respirators. Healthcare workers who reused N95 respirators may resort to unproven methods of cleaning/sterilization that can severely compromise the respirators’ filtration efficiency. …”
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Investigating the Insights of Nursing Students About Clinical Pharmacology Courses by Kiarash Fekri, Fereshteh Araghian Mojarad, Mehrrooz Alishah, Seyed Robabe Babaei, Tahereh Yaghoubi

“…This cross-sectional descriptive study was performed on a community consisted of all nursing students who selected their clinical pharmacology course. …”
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