The Use of Neodymium-Doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet Laser for Treatment of Hypertrophic Port-Wine Stain by Brittany Miles, Andrew Armenta, James Mackey

“…Pulsed dye laser therapy is the standard of care for treating these lesions, although other laser wavelengths have been utilized with varying degrees of success. We present the case of a gentleman with a hypertrophic PWS who had an excellent response to Nd:YAG laser treatment. …”
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Moralistul Creangă by Eugen Simion

“…The hypothesis of the present article is that Ion Creangă, one of the great Romanian prose writers (1837–1889), is a moralist who likes to observe the human nature and to judge it. …”
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Candida dubliniensis breast implant infection in a lung transplant recipient by Ashley Barnes, MD, Kristen Broderick, MD, Errol Bush, MD, Jonathan Orens, MD, Melanie Marashly, CRNP, Shmuel Shoham, MD, Robin Avery, MD

“…This report details the case of a lung transplant recipient with a remote history of breast cancer and breast reconstruction with implants, who received lengthy antifungal therapy for a post-transplant donor-transmitted Candida dubliniensis empyema. …”
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Undiagnosed HIV Presenting with Lymphoid Interstitial Pneumonitis by Jason J. Rizqallah, Christopher T. Shah, Oladoyin Oluwole, John N. Sheagren

“…Undiagnosed or untreated human immunodeficiency virus infection can lead to devastating complications. We present a case of a 41-year-old woman who was found to have HIV-related lymphoid interstitial pneumonitis. …”
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Dyspnea due to Pulmonary Vessel Arteritis by Suzana M Gilmour, Giulio S Dominelli, Jonathon A Leipsic, Robert D Levy

“…The authors present a case involving a 48-year-old First Nations man presenting with a six-month history of exertional dyspnea and severe stenosis of the left pulmonary artery, who was ultimately diagnosed with pulmonary arteritis related to large vessel vasculitis.…”
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Multiple Myeloma of the Orbit by Mona Hassan, Zaid Alirhayim, Laila Sroujieh, Syed Hassan

“…The authors report a case of a 62-year-old female with history of multiple myeloma who presents with complains of swelling and pain in her right eye. …”
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Ik’aletik « Les hommes noirs » by Rocío Noemí Martínez González

“…This article shows how the multiple names attributed to actors of the k’in tajimol festival—Black Lords, Wind Lords, Our Ape Fathers, Mixed-Race Fathers of the Night, Devil, Judas, Mixed-Race Elder Brother—reveal their nocturnal nature. These characters, who rise up from the world of the dead as ancestors of the Tsotsil, oppose Our Sun Father and his wife, and the Servants of Christ. …”
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Cephalexin Induced Cholestatic Jaundice by Abhinav Agrawal, Mana Rao, Sarfaraz Jasdanwala, Ajay Mathur, Margaret Eng

“…Amongst these cholestatic jaundice has been infrequently reported as an adverse reaction. We present a case of a 57-year-old male who exhibited features of cholestatic jaundice including elevated liver function tests (LFTs) after taking cephalexin and showed improvement on removal of the offending agent. …”
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Leigh's Disease: The Acute Clinical Course of a Two-Year-Old Child with Subacute Necrotizing Encephalomyelopathy by Bettina Zinka, Andreas Buettner, Matthias Graw

“…We report the untypical clinical course of a previously healthy two-year-old girl, who died suddenly and unexpectedly after an episode of vomiting. …”
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Delayed Tamponade after Traumatic Wound with Left Ventricular Compression by Fahad Almehmadi, Mark Chandy, Kim A. Connelly, Jeremy Edwards

“…The clinical diagnosis of tamponade is facilitated with imaging. We present a case report of a 23-year-old male who was brought to emergency after multiple stab wounds to the chest. …”
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A Late Presentation of a Fatal Disease: Juvenile Hemochromatosis by Cynthia Cherfane, Pauline Lee, Leana Guerin, Kyle Brown

“…Juvenile hemochromatosis is a rare and severe form of hereditary hemochromatosis. We report the case of a 39-year-old female who presented with heart failure and cirrhosis from previously unrecognized juvenile hemochromatosis. …”
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Influenza Vaccinationfor Health Care Workers: A Duty of Care by Pamela Orr

“…The consequences of influenza transmission within the health care environment include morbidity and mortality among patients, most of who are at high risk for the complications of infection, and illness and absenteeism among health care providers. …”
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Severe Symptomatic Hyponatremia Secondary to Escitalopram-Induced SIADH: A Case Report with Literature Review by Rishi Raj, Aasems Jacob, Ajay Venkatanarayan, Mohankumar Doraiswamy, Manjula Ashok

“…We hereby report a case of a 93-year-old female who presented with generalized tonic-clonic seizure and was diagnosed with severe hyponatremia due to escitalopram-induced syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH). …”
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Creating Work and Family Balance: Workshop Evaluation by David C. Diehl, Suzanna Smith, Betsy Crisp, Karen S. Headlee

“…Workshop presenters: the evaluation instrument described in this article provides a simple and streamlined way to conduct a useful evaluation and solicit feedback for program refinement. …”
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A Case of a 34-Year-Old Female with Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure and Proximal Muscle Weakness by Alex Diaz, Surit Sharma

“…Early detection of this potentially life-threatening illness can significantly shorten length of hospital stay and improve prognosis. We present a case of a 34-year-old female with a history of heroin abuse who presented to the ED with acute respiratory failure, diplopia, and proximal muscle weakness. …”
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Hardesign vs Softdesign by Raffaella Fagnoni, Chiara Olivastri

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The Levellers’ Conception of Legitimate Authority by Eunice Ostrensky

“…For the Levellers, any arbitrary power is tyrannical, insofar as it reduces human beings to an unnatural condition. Legitimate authority is necessarily founded on the people, who creates the constitutional order and remains the locus of political power. …”
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A Unique Case of Low-Grade Mucinous Neoplasm in Stump Appendectomy by Mohannad Al-Tarakji, Syed Muhammad Ali, Amjad Ali Shah, Mahir Abdulla Petkar, Salman Mirza, Rajvir Singh, Ahmad Zarour

“…Background. We describe a case of a young male with a history of appendectomy one year ago, who developed symptoms of stump appendicitis, and after removing this stump, histopathology showed low grade neoplasm. …”
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Mania as a Rare Adverse Event Secondary to Steroid Eye Drops by Moayyad Alsalem, Majed A. Alharbi, Rayan A. Alshareef, Raghad Khorshid, Salman Thabet, Abdulrahman Alghamdi

“…These behavioral or psychiatric adverse events usually appear within a few days after commencing GCs and are possibly to reverse with drug withdrawal. We present a rare case of a 75-year-old woman who developed mania during treatment with GC eye drops following cataract surgery. …”
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HOW ONESIMUS WAS HEARD – EVENTUALLY. SOME INSIGHTS FROM THE HISTORY OF INTERPRETATION OF PAUL’S LETTER TO PHILEMON by D.F. Tolmie

“…Several examples of the way in which scholars interpreted the role of Onesimus are discussed, and it is argued that four broad trends may be discerned: Onesimus as a culprit who was saved by Paul; Onesimus as a pawn in the abolitionism debate; Onesimus’ status disputed, and Onesimus as a victim, with the letter being read in a resistant way. …”
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