Being an assistant to a shaman by Tanka Subba

“…Starting with a brief discussion on who a shaman is, the author describes the situation under which he became an assistant to a shaman whom he had to fetch to deal with the sickness of his brother. …”
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Safety and Efficiency of Biomimetic Nanohydroxyapatite/Polyamide 66 Composite in Rabbits and Primary Use in Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion by Hui Xu, Yan Wang, Xiaojing Su, Xuelian Zhang, Xuesong Zhang

“…A combination of macroscopic and histomorphometric studies was performed up to 24 weeks postoperatively and compared with normal healing. 60 cervical spondylosis myelopathy and radiculopathy patients who were subjected to ACDF using n-HA/PA66 and PEEK cage were involved in this study with six-month minimum follow-up. …”
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Mitoxantrone and acquired Long-QT Syndrome. Case presentation. by Brandy Viera Valdés, Lázaro Enrique De la Cruz Aviléz

“…This syndrome is associated with ventricular helical tachycardia that could potentially cause immediate death. We report a patient with diagnosis of leukaemia who was treated with mitoxantrone and presented syncope. …”
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GÜÇLENDİRİCİ LİDERLİK DAVRANIŞLARININ BİREYSEL PERFORMANSA ETKİSİ by Saadet Ela Pelenk

“…“Power originates from the power of leaders-administrators to influence other employees” (Doğan, 2007). An empowering leader who reveals the leadership potential of the employee expects him/her to take on the management of his own business and perform well. …”
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Reversible Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Associated with Interferon-Beta Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis by E Gibbons, S Promislow, RA Davies, G Chandy, DJ Stewart, V Contreras-Dominguez, C Pugliese, R Dunne, LM Mielniczuk

“…The authors present a case involving a patient with multiple sclerosis with no known risk factors for PAH, who developed severe PAH after exposure to IFN therapy. …”
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The Death of a Child in a Noble Family: Prince Walter Prosper (1839–1841) and the Funeral Ritual of the House of Schwarzenberg in the Nineteenth Century by Jan Bouška

“…This article is focused on the specific case of Prince Walter Prosper (1839–1841), who died at the age of two as a consequence of a severe head injury. …”
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What factors enable or limit the role of intermediaries in strengthening transformative capacities? Case studies of intermediaries in two Cambodian cities by Fiona Nicole Lord, Jason Prior, Monique Retamal

“…Abstract Urban transformative capacities can be strengthened through the role of intermediaries, who are individuals or organisations that work between agencies and identify ways to form coalitions and broker knowledge, drive reforms across scales, and address power disparities. …”
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The Auscultation of a Carbon Dioxide Embolization Event during Endoscopic Vein Harvest by Erik Strauss, Bradley Taylor, Michael Mazzeffi, Kenichi Tanaka, Patrick Odonkor

“…We report a case of CO2 embolization during EVH for a 77-year-old patient who underwent CABG that was identified early by the cardiac surgeon through the indirect auscultation of a mill-wheel murmur after the pericardium was opened. …”
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Grimontia hollisae Sepsis in a 9‐Month‐Old Female Infant: A Case Report by Abdulsalam Olawale Yusuf, Osei Isaac, Wutor Baleng Mahama, Williams Oluwatosin Adefila, Keita Modou Lamin, Ilias Hossain, Minteh Molfa, Ousman Barjo, Mayowa Banke Omotosho, Rasheed Salaudeen, Grant Mackenzie

“…Prompt diagnosis through blood culture and targeted antibiotic therapy ensured recovery, emphasizing the need for increased awareness, enhanced diagnostic tools, and active monitoring of emerging pathogens in tropical and resource‐limited regions. We present a case report involving a 9‐month‐old infant who exhibited symptoms of acute gastroenteritis. …”
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COMMUNITY KNOWLEDGE OF ELDERLY NEGLECT: A LITERATURE REVIEW by Farah Zhafirah Syarafina, Anung Ahadi Pradana

“…Introduction: Neglect is a condition when the elderly are unable to meet their needs and do not get help from their family or the surrounding community. …”
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Ankle-Brachial Index Is a Powerful Predictor of Renal Outcome and Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease by Fu-An Chen, Chih-Yu Yang, Wu-Chang Yang, Jinn-Yang Chen, Yee-Yung Ng, Szu-Yuan Li, Wen-Sheng Liu, Shiao-Ti Cheng, Yu-Jen Wang, Chih-Ching Lin

“…We enrolled 436 patients with stage 3–5 CKD who had not been undergoing dialysis. …”
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Mapping the spatial interdependence of adverse health outcomes and neighborhood socioeconomic conditions in Baltimore by Tyson D. King-Meadows, Vishakha Agarwal

“…Second, we compute a normalized composite measure of unhealthiness, and we plot the relationship between our composite measure and proxies for socioeconomic vulnerability. …”
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Bilingualism: the two languages of young people in care by Kim Snow

“…Those in a position of authority (i.e. staff within the institutions) could choose to learn the language of the young people who occupy as less powerful position; however, they have no need to do so. …”

Living with Stigma: Depressed Elderly Persons’ Experiences of Physical Health Problems by Anne Lise Holm, Anne Lyberg, Elisabeth Severinsson

“…Individual in-depth interviews were conducted with 15 depressed elderly persons who suffer from physical health problems. A hermeneutic analysis was performed, yielding one main theme, living with stigma, and three themes: longing to be taken seriously, being uncertain about whether the pain is physical or mental, and a sense of living in a war zone. …”
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La molteplicità e la crisi by Stefania Consigliere, Cristina Zavaroni

“…Managed in a way that both conceals and naturalizes postcolonial geopolitical violence, current migratory flows bring the anthropological field in our backyards, facing us with unprecedented forms of crisis both among migrants and among operators. …”
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The Effect of Direct Learning Model with Routine Practice on Self-Efficacy and Student Learning Outcomes by Syahrastani Syahrastani

“…This type of research is a quantitative correlation with the research population is 90 students who take swimming courses in Higher Education. The research sample was selected by purposive random sampling. …”
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« Mon parent, ce nouvel ennemi ». Relations matrimoniales et intériorisation de l’Autre chez les Jebero d’Amazonie péruvienne by Ronan Julou

“…Those mutual accusations and conflicts reveal an underlying transformation of their way to conceive affinity : the affines, usually progressively absorbed by consanguinity, conserve their distances and reveal their otherness. …”
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An Update on the Management of Chronic Hepatitis C: 2015 Consensus Guidelines from the Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver by Robert P Myers, Hemant Shah, Kelly W Burak, Curtis Cooper, Jordan J Feld

“…The present document reviews the epidemiology of hepatitis C in Canada, preferred diagnostic testing approaches and recommendations for the treatment of chronically infected patients with the newly approved antiviral agents, including those who have previously failed peginterferon and ribavirin-based therapy. …”
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Gouty Panniculitis with Ulcerations in a Patient with Multiple Organ Dysfunctions by Lu Wang, Crystal Rose, Paul Mellen, George Branam, Maria M. Picken

“…It is postulated that gouty panniculitis develops as a consequence of uric acid accumulation in the body and localized inflammatory changes in subcutaneous tissue. We report a case of a 46-year-old man with 20-year history of gout, who developed multiple subcutaneous nodules over the abdomen and right groin/thigh area over a 2-year period. …”
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Prevalence and severity of academic burnout in college students during the COVID-19 pandemic by Rosa Seperak-Viera, Manuel Fernández-Arata, Sergio Dominguez Lara

“…Background: Academic burnout (AB) is an insidious process characterized by the feeling of emotional exhaustion due to the demands of academic life. …”
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