Concurrent Stenoocclusive Disease of Intracranial and Extracranial Arteries in a Patient with Polycythemia Vera by Le H. Hua, Robert L. Dodd, Neil E. Schwartz

“…The pathophysiology may be due to a prothrombotic state leading to repeated endothelial injury, resultant intimal hyperplasia, and progressive steno-occlusion.…”
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Domestic Violence Incidences on Social Economic Development in Mwanjari Ward Southern Division Kabale Municipality. by Naturinda, Judith

“…Physical abuse sometimes results in crucial bodily harm such as deep cuts or severe bums and serious injuries which may result in lengthy hospitalization for the management of a person's health conditions. …”
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Kabale University Interdisciplinary Research Journal (KURJ) by Siraje, Kaaya, George Stanley, Kinyata

“…The papers include: Reverse logistics and environmental sustainability in selected manufacturing entities in Kampala district, Uganda; Antiplasmodial compounds from Millettia dura; Resource mobilisation and allocation priorities on knowledge production in universities in Uganda: an empirical study; Epidemiology and causes of common soccer injuries during university games in Uganda; Micro-credit institution’s services and sustainability of micro, small and medium-scale enterprises during Covid-19 pandemic in Kigezi region south western Uganda; Transformational Leadership style and occupational stress among primary School Teachers in Tanzania; Citrus fruit farmers’ Adaptation Capacities to Climate Variability in Ngora district, Eastern Uganda; Developing metacognition in pre-primary childhood education in Nigeria and Uganda; and Mentorship and supervision in Ugandan higher education Institutions universities: challenges and prospects. …”
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Apelin Protects Primary Rat Retinal Pericytes from Chemical Hypoxia-Induced Apoptosis by Li Chen, Yong Tao, Jing Feng, Yan Rong Jiang

“…These results suggest that apelin suppressed hypoxia-induced pericytes injury, which indicated that apelin could be a potential therapeutic target for retinal angiogenic diseases.…”
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Strenuous Exercise-Induced Tremendously Elevated Transaminases Levels in a Healthy Adult: A Diagnostic Dilemma by Prabin Khatri, Aryan Neupane, Suman Raj Sapkota, Bibhav Bashyal, Dipesh Sharma, Ashmita Chhetri, K. C. Chirag, Ashish Banjade, Priyanka Sapkota, Subarna. Bhandari

“…In addition to common causes, liver enzyme levels can also be elevated due to extrahepatic causes, such as muscular injury can elevate transaminases levels. Here in, we present a case of an asymptomatic healthy male who was doing vigorous exercise and presented with reports of elevated transaminase levels. …”
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Impaired Healing of a Cutaneous Wound in an Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase-Knockout Mouse by Takashi Kitano, Hiroshi Yamada, Maki Kida, Yuka Okada, Shizuya Saika, Munehito Yoshida

“…We investigated the effects of loss of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) on the healing process of cutaneous excisional injury by using iNOS-null (KO) mice. Population of granulation tissue-related cell types, that is, myofibroblasts and macrophages, growth factor expression, and reepithelialization were evaluated. …”
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Successful Renal Transplantation after Presumed Cyanide Toxicity Treated with Hydroxocobalamin and Review of the Literature by Ryan J. Hendrix, Paulo N. Martins, Jeffrey S. Stoff, Aaron Ahearn, Adel Bozorgzadeh, Babak Movahedi

“…We report two cases of successful renal transplantation with allografts from donors who suffered anoxic brain injury as the primary cause of death from house fires. …”
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Does Semi-Rigid Instrumentation Using Both Flexion and Extension Dampening Spacers Truly Provide an Intermediate Level of Stabilization? by Dilip Sengupta, Brandon Bucklen, Aditya Ingalhalikar, Aditya Muzumdar, Saif Khalil

“…The biomechanics were compared following injury in a human cadaveric lumbosacral spine under simulated physiological loading conditions. …”
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Towards a Low-Cost Mobile Subcutaneous Vein Detection Solution Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy by Simon Juric, Vojko Flis, Matjaz Debevc, Andreas Holzinger, Borut Zalik

“…Excessive venipunctures are both time- and resource-consuming events, which cause anxiety, pain, and distress in patients, or can lead to severe harmful injuries. We propose a low-cost mobile health solution for subcutaneous vein detection using near-infrared spectroscopy, along with an assessment of the current state of the art in this field. …”
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Design and application of a sterile urine culture specimen retention device with negative pressure suction device (一种带负压吸引装置的无菌尿培养标本留取装置的设计与应用)... by QIAN Xiaoge (茜晓格), SUN Xiumei (孙秀梅)

“…The entire process of urine is always in a sterile environment, which not only ensures the retention of sterile culture specimens to the greatest extent possible, improves the authenticity of specimen results, but also is easy to operate and mastered by nurses, It can reduce the occurrence of needle injuries, effectively protect medical personnel, reduce the exposure risk of contacts, reduce the workload of nursing staff, and improve nursing work efficiency. …”
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The Role of Mannose-Binding Lectin in Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock by Gennaro De Pascale, Salvatore Lucio Cutuli, Mariano Alberto Pennisi, Massimo Antonelli

“…However an excess of MBL activation might be also harmful due to the possibility of an unbalanced proinflammatory response and an additional host injury. Strategies of replacement therapies in critically ill patients with severe infections are under investigation but still far to be applied in clinical practice.…”
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Sensorimotor Cortical Neuroplasticity in the Early Stage of Bell’s Palsy by Wenwen Song, Minhui Dai, Lihua Xuan, Zhijian Cao, Sisi Zhou, Courtney Lang, Kun Lv, Maosheng Xu, Jian Kong

“…Neuroplasticity is a common phenomenon in the human brain following nerve injury. It is defined as the brain’s ability to reorganize by creating new neural pathways in order to adapt to change. …”
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Assembly of Genetically Engineered Ionizable Protein Nanocage-based Nanozymes for Intracellular Superoxide Scavenging by Qiqi Liu, Zhanxia Gao, Xiangyun Zhang, Qiannan Duan, Yue Zhang, Adam C. Midgley, Li Jiao, Ruming Liu, Mingsheng Zhu, Deling Kong, Jie Zhuang, Xinglu Huang

“…The in vivo protective effects of these ionizable cascade nanozymes against cardiac oxidative injury are demonstrated in female mouse models of cardiac ischemia-reperfusion (IR). …”
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Innate Immune Effectors Play Essential Roles in Acute Respiratory Infection Caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae by Dong Liu, Zhifu Chen, Yue Yuan, Haiming Jing, Jintao Zou, Xiaoli Zhang, Xi Zeng, Weijun Zhang, Quanming Zou, Jinyong Zhang

“…In the current study, we established an acute pneumonia model of K. pneumoniae respiratory infection in mice and confirmed that the injury was most severe 48 h post infection. Flow cytometric assay demonstrated that alveolar macrophages were the predominant cells in BALF before infection, and neutrophils were quickly recruited after infection, and this was in consistent with the kinetics of chemokine expression. …”
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Paradigms of intraoperative neuromonitoring in paediatric thyroid surgery by Yuchuan Li, Chunhai Zhang, Yi Zhang, Gianlorenzo Dionigi, Gianlorenzo Dionigi, Yishen Zhao, Hui Sun, Hui Sun, Yingying Wang

“…The continued maturation of AI technology could be attempted in the future in conjunction with IONM to further reduce RLN injuries in children and adolescents. This article describes the anatomical features of the paediatric larynx, which differ from those of adults, and the advantages and shortcomings of IONM techniques for thyroid surgery in this population. …”
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Cardiac Implications of COVID-19 in Deceased and Recovered Patients: A Systematic Review by Rajaram Khanal, Shreeyash Raj Bhattarai, Kriti Basnet, Sangam Shah, Roman Dhital, Sanjit Kumar Sah, Sujan Poudel, Odalys Frontela, George Michel, Sima Marzban, Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales

“…Cardiac complications such as heart failure, myocardial injury, and arrhythmias are common among patients infected with COVID-19. …”
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Allergic Interstitial Nephritis Manifesting as a Striated Nephrogram by Irfan Moinuddin, Erika Bracamonte, Bijin Thajudeen, Amy Sussman, Machaiah Madhrira, James Costello

“…Allergic interstitial nephritis (AIN) is an underdiagnosed cause of acute kidney injury (AKI). Guidelines suggest that AIN should be suspected in a patient who presents with an elevated serum creatinine and a urinalysis that shows white cells, white cell casts, or eosinophiluria. …”
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Fatal Postpartum Hemorrhage in a Patient with Niemann-Pick Disease Type B by Atakan Tanacan, Abdullah Yalcin, Canan Unal, Seda Banu Akinci, Mehmet Sinan Beksac

“…Unfortunately, she had a detrimental course with hypoxic brain injury leading to brain death. Conclusions. In conclusion, physicians should keep in mind that patients with a history of splenectomy and/or uncontrollable hemorrhage must be carefully evaluated for rare diseases like lysosomal storage diseases and that NPD B can cause mortality because of postpartum bleeding. …”
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Hyaluronan Synthesis, Catabolism, and Signaling in Neurodegenerative Diseases by Larry S. Sherman, Steven Matsumoto, Weiping Su, Taasin Srivastava, Stephen A. Back

“…A number of studies, for example, suggest that both the removal of high molecular weight HA and the accumulation of hyaluronidase-generated HA digestion products can impact CNS injuries through mechanisms that include the regulation of progenitor cell differentiation and proliferation. …”
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Prolonged femoral compression post percutaneous coronary intervention leading to deep vein thrombosis by Amer Abu-Shanab, Jillianne Unas, Hamzeh Nasr, Zain Albdour, Ahmad Abdulraheem, Doantrang Du

“…Prolonged manual compression at the access site, a common practice for achieving hemostasis, can inadvertently exacerbate thrombosis risks, including venous stasis and endothelial injury. We present the case of an 84-year-old female with coronary artery disease who underwent staged percutaneous coronary intervention with stent placement in the left circumflex and left anterior descending arteries. …”
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