O São Francisco, um rio de muitas esperas by Laurent Vidal

“…Moreover, from this point of view, we must note that the landscape of São Francisco river is marked by breaks of people on the move who, going upriver, have been the origin of the first urban cores and, more recently, of migrant camps.…”
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Aneurysm and Neurocysticercosis: Casual or Causal Relationship? Case Report and Review of the Literature by Svetlana Agapejev, João Luiz Parra-Marinello, Rodrigo Bazan, Anete Kinumi Ueda, Marco Antonio Zanini

“…Four cases of suggestive inflammatory aneurysms in patients with neurocysticercosis have been described. We report a case of a 49-year-old woman who presented with subarachnoid haemorrhage from a right middle cerebral artery bifurcation aneurysm and had a casual relationship with neurocysticercosis. …”
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Prenatal Diagnosis of Zellweger Syndrome: Case Report by Bilgin Kütükcü, Meral Topçu, Sinan Beksaç, Ronald J. Wanders

“…Prenatal diagnosis is possible by analysis of dihydroxyacetone-phosphate acyltransferase (DHAPAT) activity, which catalyzes the first step in the biosynthesis of ether-phospholipids, in chorionic villi or amniotic fluid cells. We report the prenatal diagnosis of three pregnancies of a mother who had lost two children previously due to ZS. …”
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Danger of co-administration ferric carboxymaltose and denosumab: hypophosphatemia by Aysun Seker, Nurdan Senturk Durmus

“…Developing monitoring strategies for electrolyte abnormalities can be facilitated by the increased awareness of this interaction. We present the case of a 62-year-old female patient who developed severe, symptomatic hypocalcemia and hypophosphatemia despite having normal renal function. …”
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“Don’t Be Frightened Dear … This Is Hollywood”: British Filmmakers in Early American Cinema by Ian Scott

“…This article argues, however, that there was an initial wave of such trans-national pioneers – writer-directors Charles Brabin, Colin Campbell, Reginald Barker and Frank Lloyd – who not only did not demonstrate such “Britishness” in their work but instead made a crucial contribution to the development of classical Hollywood filmmaking. …”
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Postcardiotomy Mechanical Circulatory Support in Two Infants with Williams’ Syndrome by Constantinos A. Contrafouris, Andrew C. Chatzis, Meletios A. Kanakis, Prodromos A. Azariadis, Fotios A. Mitropoulos

“…The incorporation of centrifugal pumps in these systems has made their use more efficient and less traumatic. We describe our experience of using the Levitronix CentriMag pump in two patients with Williams' syndrome who underwent surgical correction of supravalvular aortic stenosis.…”
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Caregiver Stress and Elder Abuse by Suzanna Smith

“…“One out of four people is a caregiver for a family member or friend (AoA). Most of these informal caregivers, as well as paid caregivers who work for agencies or on their own, are able to meet the many challenges of providing care and do an excellent job (National Center on Elder Abuse, 2002). …”
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Da tropodifusão à fibra óptica: os desafios geográficos para a formação do território tecnológico do Amapá, Brasil by Marco Antônio Leal da Silva, José Francisco de Carvalho Ferreira

“…The results indicate that the formation of technological networks in Amapá is linked to political initiatives of the national government and, also, to the efforts of local actors, who started a process of modernization, due to the historical precariousness experienced by this peripheral region.…”
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Un exemple de rayonnement universitaire occidental en Europe centrale et orientale : étude de cas sur les enseignants français embauchés à l’université roumaine de Cluj après 1919... by Ana-Maria Stan

“…Summary: This research analyzes an important part of the French university presence abroad in the first half of the XXth century, namely the assistance brought to the scientific and institutional development of the Central European universities after the retracement of the borders and the political changes which took place in this area at the end of the First World War. It is a case study on the career of several French academics who came to work at the Romanian university of Cluj, in Transylvania, an institution which opened its doors since 1919. …”
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Benefits that Asthmatic Patients Receive after the Application of a Physiotherapeutic and Rehabilitative Treatment by Ismaray Sacerio González, Vivian Isabel Chávez Pérez, Belkis González Aguiar

“…The non-pharmacological treatment of this condition is based on three pillars: education about the disease, guides for professionals and patients, and respiratory physiotherapy. Patients who have regular physiotherapy and rehabilitation treatment have a significant improvement in asthma control, especially if these are practiced under the supervision of a physiotherapist. …”
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“The Clock Is Ticking”: The Timely Management of a Painful Skin Rash in a Seventy-Year-Old Woman by Susan Thomas, Folashade Omole, Vijaykumar G. Patel, Michelle L. Nichols

“…Management consists of immediate resuscitation, early surgical debridement, and administration of broad spectrum intravenous antibiotics. We report a case of a 70 year old woman who presented with a painful erythematous rash, was admitted as a case of cellulitis, later developed worsening of symptoms and septic shock, and was diagnosed as necrotizing fasciitis.…”
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Stent Thrombosis Patients with Hyporesponsiveness to Clopidogrel, Prasugrel, and Ticagrelor: A Case Series Using Short Thromboelastography by Bartosz Olechowski, Alexander Ashby, Nalyaka Sambu, Michael Mahmoudi, Nick Curzen

“…However, concern over functional hyporesponsiveness to clopidogrel has led to widespread uptake of prasugrel and ticagrelor as the default P2Y12 inhibitor after stent implantation in patients with acute coronary syndrome. Here we report, for the first time, 3 cases in which patients who have had ST exhibit hyporesponsiveness to clopidogrel, prasugrel, and ticagrelor.…”
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Changing of the school-leaving exam in information technology by Valentina Dagienė

“…Since the 1999/2000 school year, a profiled model was implemented on all the secondary education levels. Following that two types of the exam in information technology are proposed. …”
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La vie sexuelle des anthropologues : subjectivité érotique et travail ethnographique by Don Kulick

“…He discusses what should be the meaning of words like sex and sexuality, and especially how they are employed by the fieldworkers who reached he’s request for testimonies and articles.…”
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Robot-Assisted Removal of a Partially Intravesical Intrauterine Device (IUD) and Large Bladder Stone by Cassandra Heaney, Paul Lee, Andrew Winer

“…The approach for surgical removal primarily depends on the location of the device. We present a case report of a 41-year-old woman who was found to have a partially intravesical IUD and associated 2.4 cm bladder calculus. …”
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The power of metaphor in thesis writing process by Hanić Jasmina, Pavlović Tanja, Jašić Alma Jahić

“…The analysis focuses on the use of metaphors in semi-structured interviews conducted with graduate students who defended their thesis and reflected on the whole process. …”
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Atypical Parkinsonism Revealing a Late Onset, Rigid and Akinetic Form of Huntington's Disease by A. Ciammola, J. Sassone, B. Poletti, N. Mencacci, R. Benti, V. Silani

“…Huntington's disease (HD) is a rare hereditary neurodegenerative disorder characterized in over 90 percent of cases by chorea as the presenting motor symptom. We report a 54-year-old male who presented with Parkinsonism as the initial symptom of the disease. …”
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Acteurs et formes d’investissement de la frontière de 1258 entre le Fenouillèdes et le Roussillon-Conflent (milieu xiii e siècle-milieu xv e siècle) by Margault Coste

“…This article aims to present the actors who invest the border and to show how they act to invest the border space.…”
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The Enigmatic Kikuchi-Fujimoto Disease: A Case Report and Review by Hassan Tariq, Vinaya Gaduputi, Arsalan Rafiq, Roopalekha Shenoy

“…We report this case of a 33-year-old African American woman who presented to the clinic with preauricular and submandibular masses that she had noticed 6 weeks earlier. …”
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Rothia dentocariosa Endocarditis in an Unsuspecting Host: A Case Report and Literature Review by Stacy Willner, Zaid Imam, Ismail Hader

“…In the past, it was known to be a cause for periodontal disease, but in recent years, Rothia dentocariosa has been found to be the cause of several other infectious entities, of which endocarditis is the most predominant. We present the case of a healthy 62-year-old female who, after undergoing routine dental cleaning two months prior, developed subacute bacterial endocarditis of the mitral valve, with subsequent cerebral septic emboli causing an occipital hemorrhagic cerebrovascular accident, all secondary to Rothia dentocariosa.…”
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