Pathomorphological Study of Coronary Atherosclerosis in Deceased Patients by Halina Pérez Álvarez, José Fernández-Brito Rodríguez

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the atherosclerotic lesion was present in the three arteries, the total number of atherosclerosis increased with age, with fibrous plaques appearing from the second decade of life, severe plaques were not observed before the age of 40, and the use of atherometric system turned out to be a useful tool for the study of atherosclerosis.…”
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Analysis of a Methodology for Torsional Test under Normal Stress and Shear Performance for Asphalt Mixtures by Jun Xie, Yiqun Zhan, Yifan Wang

“…The failure mode of the specimen was the appearance of an oblique crack of about 45° from the vertical axis after the specimen was destroyed, which accorded with shear failure characteristics. …”
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Detection of Hemoglobinopathies in Cuban Pregnant Women from the Program: Sickle Cell Anemias in Cuba by Yadira Valdés Fraser, Tatiana Acosta Sánchez, Jacqueline Pérez Rodríguez, Beatriz Suárez Besil, Sandra Bárbara Correa Jiménez

“…<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the detection of hemoglobinopathies in pregnant women residing in Cuba allowed us to know the type of hemoglobinopathy and the frequency of abnormal hemoglobins and new variants, hence the in-terest in continuing the research program to prevent the appearance of severe forms of the disease.…”
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Molecular Dynamics-Based Two-Dimensional Simulation of Powder Bed Additive Manufacturing Process for Unimodal and Bimodal Systems by Yeasir Mohammad Akib, Ehsan Marzbanrad, Farid Ahmed

“…Powder segregation was also studied in this work, and it appeared less likely in the unimodal system compared to the bimodal system with a higher percentage of bigger particles.…”
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Pathological features and immunohistochemical characteristics of clear cell (glycogen-rich) urothelial carcinoma: a case report and systematic review of the literature by Weiming Wang, Baogang Zhang, Zhangli Wu, Chuanling Hou, Mengyao Li, Tianyi Zhang

“…Abstract Clear cell (glycogen-rich) urothelial carcinoma is an exceedingly rare variant of invasive urothelial carcinoma, distinguished by the presence of abundant cytoplasmic glycogen, which imparts a clear appearance to the tumor cells under histological examination. …”
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Effect of 4DryField® PH, a Novel Adhesion Barrier, on Recurrence of Intestinal Adhesions after Extensive Visceral Adhesiolysis by Gerhard Blumhardt, Matthias Haas, Stefanie Polte

“…Considering the extent and complexity of adhesions, treatment with 4DF gel for adhesion prevention after open adhesiolysis appears promising. Prospective randomized trials should further elaborate on this clinical concept.…”
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Wanting and liking of Facebook functions and their correlation to problematic use by Dorottya Lakatos, Balázs Kovács, István Czigler, Zsolt Demetrovics, Domonkos File

“…Although this study doesn’t conclusively determine if Facebook use can turn into an addiction, it appears that there are strikingly similar dynamics to substance use within the self-reported reflection of the motivational and hedonic systems.…”
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Soft computing paradigm for climate change adaptation and mitigation in Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey: A systematic review by Muhammad Talha, A. Pouyan Nejadhashemi, Kieron Moller

“…Although some articles utilized multiple techniques, classical ML methods appeared in approximately 37.3 % of the studies, neural network paradigms in about 57.5 %, and optimization or meta-heuristic algorithms in around 5.0 %. …”
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Cinéma et lien : une enquête intime auprès d'une famille italienne en Lorraine by Marion Froger, Émilie Tullio

“…Our hypothesis would thus be that the family's cinematographic experience is closely related to their migrants' history – be it directly or indirectly lived. Hence, cinema appears to be an imaginary space of mediation where migrants can experience in a less painful way the social inadequency they can feel in real life. …”
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Active surveillance for adult low-risk papillary thyroid microcarcinoma—a review focused on the 30-year experience of Kuma Hospital— by Yasuhiro Ito, Akira Miyauchi, Makoto Fujishima, Masashi Yamamoto, Takahiro Sasaki

“…Some PTMCs enlarge or show newly appeared metastatic nodes requiring CS, and findings on the postoperative prognosis and incidence of significant surgical complications (e.g., permanent vocal cord paralysis, hypoparathyroidism) do not differ significantly between patients who underwent CS after AS and those who underwent immediate surgery (IS). …”
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Interesting Cytokine Profile Caused by Clinical Strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa MDR Carrying the exoU Gene by Nallely S. Badillo-Larios, Edgar Alejandro Turrubiartes-Martínez, Esther Layseca-Espinosa, Roberto González-Amaro, Luis Fernando Pérez-González, Perla Niño-Moreno

“…In conclusion, the virulence genes showed a differentiated appearance for the two most aggressive exotoxins of T3SS (exoU and exoS) in multidrug-resistant strains. …”
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The evolution of hospitals from Antiquity to the Renaissance by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…In India the monastic system created by the Buddhist religion led to institutionalised health care facilities as early as the 5th century BC, and with the spread of Buddhism to the east, nursing facilities, the nature and function of which are not known to us, also appeared in Sri Lanka, China and South East Asia. One would expect to find the origin of the hospital in the modern sense of the word in Greece, the birthplace of rational medicine in the 4th century BC, but the Hippocratic doctors paid house-calls, and the temples of Asclepius were visited for incubation sleep and magico-religious treatment. …”
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Trends in Adolescent Suicide in Hong Kong for the Period 1980 to 2003 by Daniel T.L. Shek, Britta M. Lee, Joyce Chow

“…This paper utilizes existing statistics on adolescent suicide to examine adolescent suicide trends and patterns in Hong Kong for the period 1980 to 2003. …”
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The impact of locational strategies of advanced producer service firms on the metropole cities’ economic positions in Central Europe by Katalin Döbrönte

“…Which metropole cities can be more attractive for APSs and what are the underlying factors is the main question of my paper. The first part of the paper focuses on the location strategy of APS firms based on three aspects: the service value of a city that identifies the size of the nodal point in the network; the quantity of flows measured by the number of interactions among city-pairs among offices of a certain APS, and the measurement of network relations pointing out the ratio of all APS business interactions in the macro region appearing in a city. …”
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Subjective Experiences and Sensitivities in Women with Fibromyalgia: A Quantitative and Comparative Study by P. De Roa, P. Paris, J. L. Poindessous, O. Maillet, A. Héron

“…Similarly, the feeling of lack of parental affection, subjective hypersensitivity to stress and stimuli (cold, moisture, heat, full moon, and flavors) or hyperactivity (ergomania), appeared as prominent features of fibromyalgia patients. …”
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PROFESSIONAL PREFERENCES OF YOUNG PEOPLE AS AN INDICATOR OF SOCIAL CHANGES by Galina I. Saganenko, Alexandra A. Stepantsova, Elena I. Stepanova

“…When preparing a format of survey every time it was necessary to solve two main problems: (1) which professions to include into a list for estimation (because one part of professions disappeared, others appeared, and also it was necessary to keep a part of professions as a base for comparison) and (2) what criteria to use for estimating professions (it was required to fill up the list of criteria in order to specify essential details of a situation with professional representations of modern graduates of schools). …”
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Management of a Female Patient with Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Somatoform Disorder by E. A. Trush, E. A. Poluektova, A. G. Beniashvili, O. S. Shifrin

“…Has a long history of disease, characterized by the appearance of a variety of somatic symptoms (headache, tachycardia, joint pain, stool disorders, abdominal pain, etc.) during periods of emotional tension, lack of data suggesting organic disease. …”
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Contribution of epidermal growth factor (EGF) in the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania major in BALB/c mice. by Mohammad Saberi, Alireza Latifi, Majid Golkar, Pezhman Fard-Esfahani, Sina Mohtasebi, Aref Teimouri, Mohammad Javad Abbaszadeh Afshar, Elham Kazemirad, Mehdi Mohebali, Mehdi Mohebali

“…Seventy-two mice were infected with Leishmania major parasites and randomly divided into eight treatment groups after the appearance of the lesion. The treatment was continued for five weeks, and lesion sizes were measured weekly. …”
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Adalimumab-induced optic neuropathy in a patient with Behçet’s syndrome by Sofia Miranda, Daniel Calado, Joana Rua, Fernando Salvador

“…A cycle of high dose systemic corticosteroids was required but the patient presented with a new flare during dose tapering. A decision to initiate a corticosteroid-sparing agent was then made, with an initially satisfactory response. …”
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Survival, Incidence, and Mortality Trends in Female Cancers in the Nordic Countries by Filip Tichanek, Asta Försti, Otto Hemminki, Akseli Hemminki, Kari Hemminki

“…The overall survival development appeared to consist of continuous improvements, most likely because of novel treatment and imaging techniques as well as overall organization of patient care. …”
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