Fungi, Drugs, and Money: New Issues, Old Problems

“…Nature leads this week with a story about a modern potato famine - this time in Russia. …”
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Development and Evaluation of an AI-based Exergame Training System for Ice-Hockey Players: a Randomized Controlled Trial by Nicole Sieber, Simon Walser, Thomas Weber, Raphael Gubler, Hannes Badertscher, Patrick Eggenberger

“…While the control group followed the regular team training, the intervention group additionally trained twice weekly over five weeks with the novel exergame for 11 min per session (i.e., 3 x 3 min with 1 min rest). …”
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Will the Amaranthus tuberculatus Resistance Mechanism to PPO-Inhibiting Herbicides Evolve in Other Amaranthus Species? by Chance W. Riggins, Patrick J. Tranel

“…Resistance to herbicides that inhibit protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) has been slow to evolve and, to date, is confirmed for only four weed species. Two of these species are members of the genus Amaranthus L. …”
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IgG4-Related Disease Presenting as Isolated Scleritis by Eran Berkowitz, Ella Arnon, Alona Yaakobi, Yuval Cohen, Beatrice Tiosano

“…Patient complained of left eye pain and redness for one week. Ocular examination together with ancillary testing led to the diagnosis of nodular scleritis. …”
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The Role of Glucose, Serum, and Three-Dimensional Cell Culture on the Metabolism of Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Byron Deorosan, Eric A. Nauman

“…To evaluate metabolic state during three-dimensional culture, MSCs were cultured for one week using two different medium compositions and two different concentrations of collagen gel matrix. …”
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Context and Time Matter: Effects of Emotion and Motivation on Episodic Memory Overtime by Qing Sun, Simeng Gu, Jiongjiong Yang

“…Word recognition and contextual judgment were assessed 10 min, 1 day, 1 week, and 1 month after the study. Compared with negative and punishment conditions, the words in positive and reward contexts were recognized better at shorter intervals, which was associated with recollection process. …”
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A Case of the TOF with APV Complicated with Polyhydramnios and Severe Bronchomalacia by Ali Seven, Emine Esin Yalinbas, Rahmi Ozdemir

“…At the 31st gestational week, the baby was born with cesarean section. The newborn had right heart failure but had no hydrops fetalis. …”
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Classical Biological Control of Tropical Soda Apple with Gratiana boliviana by Rodrigo Diaz, Julio Medal, Kenneth Hibbard, Amy Roda, A. Fox, S. Hight, Philip Stansly, Brent Sellers, James Cuda, William A. Overholt

“…Dense thickets of the weed also can disrupt the movement of wildlife. This 4-page fact sheet provides a summary of the major steps of the successful biological control program against tropical soda apple in Florida. …”
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COVID-19 Vaccination Associated Bilateral Pulmonary Embolism: Cause or Coincidence by John Omotola Ogunkoya, Marion Itohan Ogunmola, Akinwale Folarin Ogunlade, Akindele Emmanuel Ladele

“…A 59-year-old man presented with a 2 week history of sudden onset dyspnea and a week history of productive cough. …”
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Central Neuropathic Pain in a Patient with Multiple Sclerosis Treated Successfully with Topical Amitriptyline by David J. Kopsky, Remko Liebregts, Jan M. Keppel Hesselink

“…She noted that in the week of using the active cream no allodynia was present, with a carryover effect of one day.…”
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Cactus Bug, Chelinidea vittiger aequoris McAtee (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coreidae) by Frank W. Mead, J. R. Herring

“…DeVol and Goeden (1973) discussed the value of this species in biological weed control and reported that it was ineffective in controlling prickly pears in Australia and Santa Cruz Island, California. …”
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P-ANCA Systemic Vasculitis Induced by Brucellosis in an Elderly Male Patient by Mohammed Cheikh, Abdulrahman Kabli, Esraa Sendi, Hani Almoallim

“…Then, he was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and started on immunoglobulin (IVIG) for one week without a response. His fever was still persistent despite appropriate antibiotic therapy. …”
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Successful Pregnancy after Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation by A. Smyth, G. Gaffney, D. Hickey, D. Lappin, D. Reddan, F. Dunne

“…She experienced deterioration in renal indices and underwent an uncomplicated, elective Caesarean section at thirty-week gestation. She delivered a male infant of 1.18 kg, appropriate for gestational age, who had hypothermia and respiratory distress, which required intubation and ventilation and an eleven-week stay in the special care baby unit. …”
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Giant Pheochromocytoma Diagnosis Confounded by Amphetamine Use by Shreya Amin, Matthew Gilbert, Kaitlyn Barrett

“…However, the patient’s subsequent urine toxicology was found to be positive for amphetamines, which she later admitted to using, 1 week prior to admission. Repeat biochemical workup after 1 week drug washout period showed improvement in both catecholamine and cortisol levels. …”
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ACUPUNCTURE AND SELF ACUPRESSURE TREATMENT OF HEMIFACIAL SPASM: A CASE REPORT by Maya Septriana, Yudi Perdana

“…In handling hemifacial spasm, acupunture given for 15 times, taken three times a week combined with acupressure and auricular acupressure. …”
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Pregnancy and Healthy Childbirth in a 37 Year-Old Patient with Diverticular Disease by P. S. Andreev, S. E. Katorkin, O. E. Davydova

“…A high-fibre diet, rifaximin-α at 400 mg twice a day for one week, once a month for six months, and topical anti-inflammatory therapy were prescribed. …”
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The effects of acute and chronic exercise on immune markers of TH1/TH2 cells in older adults: a systematic review by Thiago Henrique Teodoro, Katerine Palharini Manfrin Costa, Jonato Prestes, José Campanholi, James Navalta, Guilherme Borges Pereira

“…Chronic exercise at moderate to high intensities reduced serum TNF-α, IL-6, and the CD4/CD8 ratio, while increasing IL-10 levels after 24 weeks. Intracellular, other surface markers and cytokines, and immunoglobulins were not analyzed.ConclusionChronic exercise decreases serum TNF-α and IL-6 levels, lowers the CD4/CD8 ratio, and increases IL-10 after 24 weeks, aiding Th1 and Th2 balance. …”
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Successful Pregnancy Outcome in a Patient Treated with Pembrolizumab and Exposed to Fluoro-Deoxyglucose (¹⁸F-FDG) PET/CT: Case Report and Review of Literature by Anna Lucia Mastricci, Felice Sorrentino, Elisa Giansiracusa, Erika Zanzarelli, Graziana Silvana De Lucia, Vincenza Fernanda Fesce, Luigi Nappi, Lorenzo Vasciaveo

“…The pregnancy was diagnosed at 24 weeks, after five cycles of pembrolizumab during the first two trimesters and an ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT scan in the first trimester. …”
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Neuregulin1 ameliorates metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease via the ERK/SIRT1 signaling pathways by Chengan Xu, Shouhao Wang, Di Meng, Mingshan Wang, Rong Yan, Yining Dai

“…Methods C57BL/6 mice were fed with high-fat diet for 8 weeks, and then injected with NRG1 (0.3 mg/kg/d) and PD98059 (0.3 mg/kg/d) via tail vein for 5 weeks. …”
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Allium cepa L. as a natural antioxidant: Its efficacy in combating heat stress-induced physiological alterations by Ayobami O. Sobanke, Afusat Aiyeola, Frances I. Okwuonu, Wuraola S. Nnaemeka, Jeremiah C. Ndubuisi, Franklin I. Udeoji, Jane N. Adiele

“…Rats were exposed to 38–39 °C for 2 h each day for three weeks to induce HS while 1.0 ml/100 g body weight of ethanolic extract of AC was administered orally for three weeks. …”
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