Cognitive Impairment in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Patients with Very Mild Clinical Disability by S. Migliore, A. Ghazaryan, I. Simonelli, P. Pasqualetti, F. Squitieri, G. Curcio, D. Landi, M. G. Palmieri, F. Moffa, M. M. Filippi, F. Vernieri

“…Detecting impairment of executive functions at an early clinical stage of disease could be useful to promptly enroll MS patients in targeted rehabilitation.…”
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Stela do Patrocínio e a poética da clausura by Tereza Virginia de Almeida, Letícia de Bonfim

“…Esta poesía que emerge de una voz marginada por la institución sorprende y nos desafía por la forma en que organiza estéticamente la percepción que la poeta tiene de sí como objeto dentro del discurso médico.…”
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Desempeño antideriva de una boquilla de pulverización agrícola de cono hueco inducida por aire by A. A. Onorato, M. O. Tesouro

“…Debido a la reciente aparición de boquillas de cono hueco asistidaspor aire en el mercado nacional y a la falta de una caracterización de sufuncionamiento, se ha fijado como objetivo de este trabajo la evaluaciónde la efectividad en la reducción de la deriva de este diseño de pastillas.El ensayo fue realizado en un banco normalizado ubicado dentro deun túnel de viento, sometido a la acción de una corriente de aire con unavelocidad de 13 km.h-1. …”
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Two-centers machine learning analysis for predicting acid-fast bacilli results in tuberculosis sputum tests by Jichong Zhu, Yong Zhao, Chengqian Huang, Chenxing Zhou, Shaofeng Wu, Tianyou Chen, Xinli Zhan

“…Methods: This study enrolled 769 patients, including 641 patients from the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University as the training group, and 128 patients from Guangxi Hospital of the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University as the validation group. …”
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CARCINOMA DE GLÁNDULA MAMARIA EN UNA YEGUA CRIOLLA COLOMBIANA. REPORTE DE CASO by L. A. Parra, M. P. Paredes

“…En la necropsia se encontraron múltiples masas irregulares dentro de la cavidad torácica, nódulos firmes en los pulmones y la glándula mamaria de consistencia dura al corte. …”
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Evaluating patient outcomes and quality of life following laparoscopic extended totally extraperitoneal repair for ventral hernia: A prospective study by Cuddapah Manoj Krishna, Pothula Rajendra Vamsi Krishna, Vembuluru Dwarakanath Reddy, Dhaval Patel, Bonny Natesh

“…The study analyzed patient demographics, hernia characteristics, perioperative outcomes, postoperative complications, and QOL measured by the Carolinas Comfort Scale. RESULTS: The study enrolled 34 patients and analyzed hernia characteristics and perioperative outcomes. …”
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Assessment of Tear Film Quality among Smokers Using Tear Ferning Patterns by Ali M. Masmali, Adil Al-Shehri, Saud A. Alanazi, Ali Abusharaha, Raied Fagehi, Gamal A. El-Hiti

“…Thirty healthy young male cigarette smokers (20–38 years old) and 30 healthy age matched nonsmokers were enrolled in the study. McMonnies questionnaire, slit lamp, and PRT test were used to screen the subjects. …”
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Hyperuricemia: An Early Marker for Severity of Illness in Sepsis by Sana R. Akbar, Dustin M. Long, Kashif Hussain, Ahmad Alhajhusain, Umair S. Ahmed, Hafiz I. Iqbal, Ailia W. Ali, Rachel Leonard, Cheryl Dalton

“…Secondary end points were Acute Kidney Injury (AKI), mortality, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), and duration of stay. Results. We enrolled 144 patients. 54 (37.5%) had the primary end point of hyperuricemia. …”
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Aprendizaje tecnológico en empresas de software en México. Cuatro territorios locales: Guadalajara, Tijuana, Mexicali y Distrito Federal by Miguel Ángel Rivera, Arturo Ranfla, José Luis Bátiz

“…La hipótesis se apoya en el concepto de ecosistema de software. Entre más denso es el ecosistema mayor es el mercado local y, potencialmente, las posibilidades de aprendizaje tecnológico. …”
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Violence and Justice in UNASUR’s Institutional History. From the Early Optimism to the Fragile Cooperation Combating Criminality by Marcos Alan S. V. Ferreira, Rodrigo de Souza Framento

“…Aunque se considera que Sudamérica es pacífica según algunos investigadores, cuando se tiene en cuenta la violencia dentro del Estado la región puede considerarse una de las más violentas del mundo. …”
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Association of Premature Ventricular Contraction (PVC) with hematological parameters: a data mining approach by Nafiseh Hosseini, Sara Saffar Soflaei, Pooria Salehi-Sangani, Mahdiyeh Yaghooti-Khorasani, Bahram Shahri, Helia Rezaeifard, Habibollah Esmaily, Gordon A. Ferns, Mohsen Moohebati, Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan

“…In this study, 9,035 participants were enrolled in the Mashhad stroke and heart atherosclerotic disorder (MASHAD) cohort study. …”
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The Relationship between Gentle Tactile Stimulation on the Fetus and Its Temperament 3 Months after Birth by Zhe-Wei Wang, Jing Hua, Yu-Hong Xu

“…A total of 302 mother-3-month-infant dyads enrolled the retrospective cohort study. 76 mothers had regular gentle tactile stimulation on the fetus in their pregnancy; 62 mothers had irregular tactile stimulation on the fetus, and the rest of 164 mothers who had no tactile stimulation served as nonexposure group. …”
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Ética y cuidado desde el currículo by Adriana Lucia Valdez Fernández, Angélica Molano R., Libia Jannet Rodríguez, Pastor Ovidio Benavides

“…Conclusión: Nos encontramos en un sistema educativo en el cual hay un conocimiento técnico preestablecido que obedece a unos objetivos institucionales, pero se requiere crear una alternativa basada en el paradigma crítico investigativo del currículo que permee el plan de curso de “Ética y cuidado”. …”
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M694V gene polymorphism may not contribute to the pathogenesis of reactive arthritis in the North Indian population by Anamika Kumari Anuja, Koshy Nitin Thomas, Mantabya Kumar Singh, Ashish Jacob Mathew, Vikas Agarwal, Latika Gupta

“…Methods: Patients of ReA presenting to a Tertiary Hospital in North India were enrolled and evaluated for MEFV gene polymorphism by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. …”
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Risk Assessment of Dyslipidemias, Hyperglycemia, Hyperuricemia, and Hypertension Utilizing Self-Reported Body Silhouettes by Ruben Blachman-Braun, Juan O. Talavera, Marcela Pérez-Rodríguez, Ivonne Roy-García, Rodolfo Rivas-Ruiz, Gerardo Huitrón-Bravo, Jorge Salmerón

“…Adult participants of the Health Workers Cohort Study enrolled between March 2004 and April 2006 were included. …”
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Estuve a punto de llamar varias veces. En recuerdo del día de mi destierro hará medio siglo y dos años el 11 de diciembre de 1995 by Fernando Arrabal

“…Pero mis secuelas de superdotado me impedían creer en la aventura. …”
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Para além das fronteiras nacionais: imagens do americanismo como modelo de vida no ocidente. O Brasil como estudo de caso (1945-1964) by Marcos Alexandre de M. S. Arraes

“…En el presente artículo se muestra el desarrollo de la globalización desde un modelo cultural basado en el modelo estadounidense pos-45, tomando la comprensión de la construcción de Occidente como resultado de disputas por la hegemonía dentro de un contexto histórico específico. En este contexto, las imágenes ganaron la prominencia como un vehículo de enlace entre el sujeto y el mundo que les rodea, o sea, como un mecanismo de lectura de la realidad. …”
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Dexmedetomidine versus Remifentanil for Sedation during Awake Fiberoptic Intubation by Davide Cattano, Nicholas C. Lam, Lara Ferrario, Carmen Seitan, Kash Vahdat, Darrell W. Wilcox, Carin A. Hagberg

“…Thirty-four adult ASA I-III patients were enrolled in a double-blinded randomized pilot study to receive remifentanil (REM) or dexmedetomidine (DEX) for sedation during AFOI (nasal and oral). …”
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Comparative Effects of Candesartan Versus Enalapril on Apelin, Visfatin, and Lipid Levels in Non-obese Hypertensive Patients by Yaseen K. JUMAAH, Zainab H. FATHI, Jehan A. MOHAMMAD

“…Methods: In this case-control study, 120 participants were enrolled in four groups; Healthy people, newly diagnosed hypertensive patients, and enalapril- and candesartan-treated patients. …”
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Assessment of Postresuscitation Volume Status by Bioimpedance Analysis in Patients with Sepsis in the Intensive Care Unit: A Pilot Observational Study by Bram Rochwerg, Jason H. Cheung, Christine M. Ribic, Faraz Lalji, France J. Clarke, Susheel Gantareddy, Nischal Ranganath, Aziz Walele, Ellen McDonald, Maureen O. Meade, Deborah J. Cook, Trevor T. Wilkieson, Catherine M. Clase, Peter J. Margetts, Azim S. Gangji

“…We screened 655 patients, identified 78 eligible patients, and approached 64 for consent. We enrolled 60 patients (consent rate of 93.8%) over 12 months. …”
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