Rationale and design of the multicenter, national, randomized, open labeled phase III trial: allogeneic stem cell transplantation as a potential curative treatment for patients wit... by Annemarie Glöckner, Stefan Schönland, Hermann Einsele, Nicolaus Kröger

“…Methods This clinical trial is a national, multicenter, randomized, open labeled phase III study conducted in 30 hospitals spread all over Germany. After study inclusion, all patients will receive 3 cycles of salvage therapy with one of the currently approved triplet regimens for first relapse. …”
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The Effects of Compliance with Nutritional Counselling on Body Composition Parameters in Head and Neck Cancer Patients under Radiotherapy by D. Hopanci Bicakli, O. Ozkaya Akagunduz, R. Meseri Dalak, M. Esassolak, R. Uslu, M. Uyar

“…If a patient consumed ≥75% of the recommended energy and protein intake via ONS and regular food, he/she was considered to be “compliant” (n=18), while those who failed to meet this criteria were considered to be “noncompliant” (n=30). …”
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«Where once the Russian flag is raised, there it should not go down» by N. A. Shabelnikova

“…Natalya Alekseevna Shabelnikova, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, Police Colonel, Honored Worker of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. She is the author of scientific research on the history of law enforcement agencies in a wide problem-thematic and chronological range. …”
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Onset of Celiac Disease after Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C with Interferon Based Triple Therapy by Amandeep Singh, Nayere Zaeri, Immanuel K. Ho

“…For patients with positive autoantibodies, all-oral-IFN-free regimens should be considered. …”
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Parental experience of change following VIPP-SD in families with preschool children with externalizing behavior: A qualitative interview study. by Nina M Lassen, Tine Steenhoff, Bryan Cleal, Amanda Frees, Mette S Væver

“…<h4>Results</h4>Four themes were generated: 1) "All of her behavior is actually just a result of how she feels, right?"…”
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Hemoglobin Variant (Hemoglobin Aalborg) Mimicking Interstitial Pulmonary Disease by Vasiliki Panou, Peter-Diedrich Mathias Jensen, Jan Freddy Pedersen, Lars Pilegaard Thomsen, Ulla Møller Weinreich

“…Our index person was a healthy woman of 58, not previously diagnosed with hemoglobinopathy Aalborg, who developed acute respiratory failure after a routine cholecystectomy. Initially she was suspected of idiopathic interstitial lung disease, yet a series of tests uncovered various abnormal physiological parameters and set the diagnosis of hemoglobinopathy Aalborg. …”
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Five Poems by Adrian GRAFE

“…The first four of the five texts included here, none of them long, were all inspired by university poetry-writing workshops I’ve either attended (‘For Saint-Exupéry’) or given (the following three). …”
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Placenta Percreta at 17 Weeks with Consecutive Hysterectomy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Natasha Gupta, Anu Gupta, Marlene Green, Hyung Shik Kang, Josef Blankstein

“…We report a patient with two previous cesarean deliveries, who presented with incomplete abortion at 17 weeks and underwent dilatation and curettage. She was found to have retained, adherent placenta that led to extensive hemorrhage, requiring emergency supracervical hysterectomy. …”
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Peripherally Embolizing Aortic Thrombus: The Work-Up, Management, and Outcome of Primary Aortic Thrombus by Ramy Mando, Robert Gemayel, Ashish Chaddha, Julian J. Barbat, Elvis Cami

“…She was also counseled regarding smoking cessation. …”
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A Case of Colorectal Cancer during Pregnancy: A Brief Review of the Literature by Sepideh Khodaverdi, Ali Kord Valeshabad, Maryam Khodaverdi

“…Herein we present a case of colorectal cancer that was missed by pregnancy all over the pregnancy period. The patient was a 37-year-old woman (gravid 4, para 2) referred with the complaints of vaginal discharge and suspicious rupture of membrane (ROM). …”
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Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: A Network-Text by Michael Hinds

“…To create such disruption, however, an image must be allowed to join the media stream, so that the poetry collection can no longer remain a zone of internalization, defined solely by what lies inside. Arguably, all the book needs to be allowed to circulate is a cover. …”
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Gender equality in the field of research and innovation: EU versus Serbia, North Macedonia and Montenegro by Todorović-Lazić Jelena

“…During the last decades, the EU has particularly focused on establishing equal opportunities and equal treatment of women and men in all spheres of life. Regulatory measures that the Union gradually introduced in the area of gender equality, such as: measures that ensure equal pay, maternity protection, regulations on parental leave, contributed to this. …”
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The Central Nervous System Effects and Mimicry of Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID): A Case Report with Literature Review by Sohail Farshad, Fernando Figueroa Rodriguez, Alexandra Halalau, Joseph Skender, Cory Rasmussen, Martin Pevzner

“…She was treated with glucocorticoids and intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) replacement therapy for CVID-associated myelitis. …”
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»Hun plejer da at kunne tåle, at jeg truer med at hente en motorsav ...« – Vold og trusler mod offentligt ansatte undersøgt i en dansk retspsykiatrisk population by Diverse: Møllerhøj, Raben, Sørensen, Brandt-Christensen, Stølan

“…English title:  “But she usually tolerates when I threaten to get a chainsaw ...” …”
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Postinfluenza Vaccination Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura in Three Elderly Patients by Joji Nagasaki, Masahiro Manabe, Kentaro Ido, Hiroyoshi Ichihara, Yasutaka Aoyama, Tadanobu Ohta, Yoshio Furukawa, Atsuko Mugitani

“…After Helicobacter pylori (HP) eradication or corticosteroid treatment, all of the patients’ platelet counts increased. …”
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Madame de Genlis on the Victorian Stage by Juan Manuel Ibeas Altamira

“…The book appeared in print in 1781, a year after having been published in France, which shows the interest that English readers had towards her work and the type of dramatic pieces she developed. Such interest in this author did not falter during the Victorian period. …”
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New trends in teaching foreign languages by Gennadiy V. Glukhov, Yulia D. Yermakova, Lyubov V. Kapustina

“…The main problem of this article is related to the fact that, despite the available methods of teaching foreign languages, the level of forming students’ language competencies remains extremely low; the methods proposed by the authors help the teacher to create a unique experience of teaching foreign languages in almost every lesson, provided that he / she is aware of the possible options for their use and how to configure them in a specific educational situation of teaching; not all modern methods in teaching foreign languages serve the needs of the student.The results of the study showed that the target and project methods of teaching foreign languages are effective tools to improve the students’ level of language proficiency and can be used both separately and in conjunction with the traditional methods of teaching foreign languages by teachers, specialists in the field of pedagogy and methods of teaching foreign languages, students and others.…”
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Malignant glomus tumor of jejunum with liver and peritoneum metastasis: a rare case report by Shilan Peng, Nan Yang, Zifan Xu, Guomiao Su, Xiaoyu Tuo, Shiyue Liu, Zi Lei, Guoqing Pan

“…Malignant glomus tumors (MGTs) is even more rare, comprising less than 1% of all GTs. We reported an 82-year-old female patient with MGTs of the jejunum, accompanied by metastases to the liver and peritoneum. …”
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Case Report: Painful left bundle branch block syndrome complicated with vasovagal syncope by Jiangying Luo, Yajun Xue, Fang Liu, Jing Yang, Boda Zhou, Ping Zhang

“…An ECG, transthoracic echocardiography, and laboratory test results were all normal. Exercise treadmill testing induced chest pain, accompanied by new-onset LBBB. …”
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A multidisciplinary evaluation of robotic-assisted surgery effectiveness and its implications for healthcare education and practice - review of literature by Justyna Korus, Natalia Hopej, Aleksandra Grzegorczyk, Nicol Dardzińska, Marta Dziedziak

“…On the other hand, there are also negative aspects such as the need for specialist staff training and the cost of surgery using a robot. All of the above should be taken into account when qualifying the patient for the method of performing the surgery and considering the possible benefits that he or she is able to achieve. …”
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