IgA Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance and Complication of Streptococcus mitis Bacteremia by Jennifer Paterno, Alessandra Petrillo, David Samuel Dicapua Siegel, Chinwe Ogedegbe

“…This case displays bacteremia with Streptococcus mitis within a two-week period of an invasive procedure. Recent studies parallel this case by showing MGUS patients may have two times the risk of infections compared to the unaffected population. …”
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Exemplum virtuose vivendi. Zamyšlení nad vzorem svatosti Kateřiny ze Sieny a nad jeho proměnami v běhu dějin by Kateřina Čadková

“…The hagiography and other „official“ documents as well as the letters are able to provoke the questions not only on the character of the saintly model, but also on its function in the society at that time, on the interest of those, who seek to procure the canonization, and on their policy in that trial. …”
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Adrenal Ganglioneuroblastoma in Adults: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Stefano Benedini, Giorgia Grassi, Carmen Aresta, Antonietta Tufano, Luca Fabio Carmignani, Barbara Rubino, Livio Luzi, Sabrina Corbetta

“…Incidentally discovered adrenal masses are very common given the increased number of imaging studies performed in recent years. We here report a clinical case of a 20-year-old woman who presented with left flank pain. …”
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Modeling the Morning Commute Problem in a Bottleneck Model Based on Personal Perception by Xiao Guo, Huijun Sun

“…This paper studies the travel behavior of travelers who drive from the living area through the highway to the work area during the morning rush hours. …”
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Acute Pectoralis Major Rupture Captured on Video by Alejandro Ordas Bayon, Enrique Sandoval, María Valencia Mora

“…The patient was recording his training on video, so we can observe in detail the most common mechanism of injury of PM rupture.…”
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A tensão entre cálculo e classificação como dinâmica da exclusão social by Paolo Totaro

“…As the formal logic informs us, calculus and algorithm are two faces of the same coin. Nevertheless, algorithm suffers a forcing of calculus´s properties when it deals with irreducibly ontological entities trying their formalization through the classification. …”
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Successful Endoscopic Management of Oxyntic Gland Adenoma: A Case Report by Rajarajeshwari Ramachandran MD, Tyler Grantham MD, Jeffrey Loeffler MD, Madhavi Reddy MD, Vinaya Gaduputi MD

“…Due to the relatively small size and low malignant potential, these lesions are typically managed endoscopically. In this case, we are reporting a 22-year-old woman who was diagnosed with OGA during evaluation of iron deficiency anemia and underwent successful endoscopic resection.…”
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Biting midges, no-see-ums Culicoides spp. (Insecta: Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) by Cynthia Roxanne Connelly

“…Biting midges can be a nuisance to campers, fishermen, hunters, hikers, gardeners, and others who spend time outdoors during early morning and evenings, and even during the daytime on cloudy days when winds are calm. …”
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Social Network Analysis of Cattle Movement in Sukhothai Province, Thailand: A Study to Improve Control Measurements by Supot Noopataya, Sukanya Thongratsakul, Chaithep Poolkhet

“…We found that traders are the nodes with a high value of centrality. …”
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Steunwerwing in Suid-Afrika by Yolanda Kleynhans

“…Lobbying does indeed take place in South Africa, but is on an ad hoc and unstructured basis when compared with the USA, for example. Most of the persons who perform local lobbying functions do so in a part-time capacity while maintaining major positions as interest-group officials, PROS In companies or as corporate executives. …”
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Additional Legal Protection for Corruption Whistleblowers by Ahmad Irzal Fardiansyah, Muhammad Farid, Ramadani Fitra Diansyah P

“…Therefore, safeguarding the rights of individuals who report instances of corruption is necessary to ensure their protection. …”
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Clinical-Radiological Correlation of Retained Silicone Sponge Presenting as Orbital Inflammation by Tal J. Rubinstein, John Clemett, Charles D. Birnbach, Steven J. LauKaitis, Bryan S. Sires

“…A 32-year-old female who underwent scleral buckle removal presented 5 weeks postoperatively with a red, fluctuant subconjunctival mass. …”
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Catatonia in a psychiatric setup having diverse etiology: A case series by Raj Yalgi, Shubhangi Dere, Aakash Ponda, Darpan Kaur, Rakesh Ghildiyal

“…A comprehensive workup of the patient is required to rule out organic causes, after which a diagnosis of catatonia can be looked into for treatment. We present three case reports who presented with catatonic syndrome but had different etiologies.…”
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The Rising of “Modern Actinobacteria” Era by Jodi Woan-Fei Law, Vengadesh Letchumanan, Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Hooi-Leng Ser, Bey-Hing Goh, Learn-Han Lee

“…The term “Modern-Actinobacteria” (MOD-ACTINO) was coined by a Malaysian Scientist Dr. Lee LearnHan, who has great expertise and experience in the field of actinobacteria research. …”
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HisCoM-PAGE: software for hierarchical structural component models for pathway analysis of gene expression data by Lydia Mok, Taesung Park

“…It can be applied to various types of gene expression data, such as microarray data or RNA sequencing data. We expect that the HisCoM-PAGE software will make our method more easily accessible to researchers who want to perform pathway analysis for survival times.…”
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Spontaneous Tumor Lysis Syndrome Secondary to Small-Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of Unknown Origin: A Rare Case Report and Literature Review by Phyo Thazin Myint, Hifza Waheed Butt, Taha Alrifai, Carlos Marin

“…Spontaneous tumor lysis syndrome (STLS), in the absence of prior chemo or radiation therapy, is rare with solid tumors. Here, we present a case of STLS secondary to a small-cell neuroendocrine tumor of unknown origin in a 66-year-old female patient who presented with abdominal discomfort. …”
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Spirituality in a secular age: from Charlies Taylor to study of the Bible and spirituality by A. T. Lincoln

“…Finally, it reflects on the potential of Taylor’s work for those who are interested in dialogue between a spirituality rooted in biblical perspectives and contemporary forms of spirituality, focusing on his notion of “fullness.” …”
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Reporting a Case of Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm of the Pancreas in a 44-Year-Old Woman with Parallel Analysis of Literature by Sargun Singh, Qing Zhao, Teviah E. Sachs, Kevan Hartshorn

“…We present a distinctive case of solid pseudopapillary neoplasm as seen in a 44-year-old woman who presented with an abdominal mass but unremarkable labs with no elevation in any of the tumor markers. …”
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On a thin set of integers involving the largest prime factor function by Jean-Marie De Koninck, Nicolas Doyon

“…In this paper, we show that S(x)=x exp{−(2+o(1))×log x log log x}. …”
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Stability Analysis of a Repairable System with Warning Device and Repairman Vacation by Yangli Ren, Lina Guo, Lingling Zhang

“…This paper considers a simple repairable system with a warning device and a repairman who can have delayed-multiple vacations. By Markov renewal process theory and the probability analysis method, the system is first transformed into a group of integrodifferential equations. …”
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