Graves’ Thyrotoxicosis Leading to Adrenal Decompensation and Hyperandrogenemia in a Pediatric Patient with Salt-Wasting Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia by Meghan E. Fredette, Lisa Swartz Topor

“…Thyrotoxicosis must be included in the differential diagnosis of individuals with SW-CAH who present with episodes concerning for adrenal crises, escalating hydrocortisone requirements, and/or inadequate suppression of adrenal hormones.…”
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Case Report: Button battery ingestion—an underestimated emergency in children by Karin Konzett, Stefanie Gang, Lukas Poyntner, Eberhard Reithmeier, Susanne Dertinger, Burkhard Simma

“…In general, the battery-related emergency department visit rate has continued to rise in the last decade. We present two cases of previously healthy toddlers (14 and 24 months old) with unwitnessed battery ingestion, who presented with massive, hematocrit-relevant hematemesis. …”
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The Social Construction of Family Roles in Migrant Worker Income Management to Build Family Economy by Tutik Sulistyowati, Wahyudi Wahyudi, Salahudin Salahudin, IRADHAD TAQWA SIHIDI

“…The subjects were selected based on proportional sampling, namely people who live close to the families of migrant workers, extended families of migrant workers, and community leaders. …”
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Exploring Inhibitory Control Processes in Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM): A Single Case Study by Jessica Talbot, Daniele Gatti, Marta Boccalari, Michela Marchetti, Danilo Mitaritonna, Gianmarco Convertino, Mara Stockner, Giuliana Mazzoni

“…The phenomenon remains extremely rare, and little is known about why these individuals can remember substantially more than the general population, without being continually flooded by past memories. …”
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Small Bowel Adenocarcinoma as the Cause of Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Celiac Disease: A Rare Malignancy in a Common Disease by Jaleh Fallah, Maxwell Eyram Afari, Alfredo C. Cordova, Adam J. Olszewski, Taro Minami

“…Its association with small bowel carcinoma is less known. Case Description. We report a case of an 89-year-old woman with celiac disease who experienced recurrent episodes of gastrointestinal bleeding and was ultimately found to have adenocarcinoma of the small intestine. …”
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A Single Lung Transplant in a Patient with Fabry Disease: Causality or Far-Fetched? A Case Report by Martina Gaggl, Renate Kain, Peter Jaksch, Dominik Haider, Gerald Mundigler, Till Voigtländer, Raute Sunder-Plassmann, Paulus Rommer, Walter Klepetko, Gere Sunder-Plassmann

“…Although obstructive lung disease is a common pathological finding in Fabry disease, pulmonary involvement is a clinically disregarded feature. Case Presentation. We report a patient with a diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who received a single lung transplant in 2007. …”
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The Importance of Breakfast in Enhancing Students' Focus at School by Nurul Widad Fitri Muhammad, Nur Aina Mardhiah Che Rahim, Amrina Rasyada Kamaruzaman, Noor Fatimah Mujahid, Khairulnazrin Nasir

“…One of the critical components in improving students' focus at school is a healthy breakfast. Students who skip breakfast will become hungry, which can disrupt their learning. …”
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Keratitis due to Chaetomium sp. by Jayaraman Kaliamurthy, Catti Munuswamy Kalavathy, Christadoss Arul Nelson Jesudasan, Philip A. Thomas

“…A lactophenol cotton blue wet mount and a Gram-stained smear of the scrapings were made. …”
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Les statistiques localisées au Brésil : un kaléidoscope de catégories de territoires by Cathy Chatel, Maria Encarnação Beltrão Sposito

“…But is it a scientific guarantee for researchers who implement local census data? The large number of territorial categories of official statistics of present-day Brazil reveals a great wealth of data, provided they are not considered as a "turnkey" material for research.From a pre-statistical European model inherited from the colonial period, to the rationality of the state, then to the liberal and post-modern context that spread in the globalized world, the IBGE categories reveal the paradoxes due to the superposition of different points of view on how to characterize the urban space. …”
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Homonymous Superior Quadrantanopia due to Erdheim-Chester Disease with Asymptomatic Pituitary Involvement by Roaa Ridha Amer, Sara Mohammed Qubaiban, Eman Abdulkarim Bakhsh

“…ECD has wide clinical spectrums which mainly affect skeletal, neurological, dermatological, retroperitoneal, cardiac, and pulmonary manifestations. Here we describe a case of ECD in a 45-year-old female who presented initially with bilateral knee pain and homonymous superior quadrantanopia progressed to ophthalmoplegia and complete visual loss of the left eye over a period of one year. …”
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Ultrasound imaging of the perithyroid fascial space: a comparative analysis with anatomical correlations by Ying Wei, Zhen-long Zhao, Yun Niu, Li-li Peng, Yan Li, Ming-an Yu

“…Additionally, US revealed two new spaces—perilymphatic (4.1%) and tracheoesophageal groove (3.7%)—with corresponding anatomical structures. …”
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ANALYSIS OF THE INTRAOPERATIVE ULTRASOUND RESULTS IN THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF RENAL TUMORS by A. D. Karnin, A. A. Kostin, S. O. Stepanov, N. V. Vorobyev, P. D. Bespalov, V. O. Dimitrov

“…The patients were divided into 2 groups: group 1 (comparisons) — 76 patients; during the examination and treatment, the IOUS method was not used, group 2 (basic) — 69 patients, who during the surgical treatment used the IOUS method to further clarify the localization, the size and boundaries of the tumor formation.Results. …”
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Case report: Guillain-Barré syndrome and possible association with Lyme disease by I. Muliuolis, E. Tilindytė, R. Samaitienė

“…We also discuss a possible connection between the two pathologies. …”
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Electromagnetic Fields for the Regulation of Neural Stem Cells by Mengchu Cui, Hongfei Ge, Hengli Zhao, Yongjie Zou, Yujie Chen, Hua Feng

“…Neural stem cells (NSCs) in adult human brain are able to self-renew and possess multidifferential ability to maintain homeostasis and repair damage after acute central nervous system. …”
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Decoding vascular aging: implications for atherosclerosis progression and clinical intervention by Silumbwe Ceaser Wankumbu, Xiao-Man Ji, Ming Xu

“…The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts an increase in advanced mortality by 2030 unless critical interventions are implemented. …”
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35 m Vertical Free Fall: How Impact Surface Influences Survival by C. Ehrnthaller, F. Gebhard

“…We describe the accidental free fall of a 23-year-old construction worker, who fell 13 stories (approximately 35 meters) from a false work landing on a toilet container. …”
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Ethical and Legal Aspects of the Dispute Over the Legalization of Assisted Suicide in Italy in 2017-2022 by Andrzej Kobyliński

“…Assisted suicide is medical and administrative aid provided to a person who has decided to take their own life. It differs from direct euthanasia in the fact that the final act of taking one’s own life, involving deliberate administration of the necessary substances is performed entirely by the patient themself without interference of any third parties. …”
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Addressing the Triple Trauma of Factors Leading to Perinatal Health and Mental Health Consequences in Two Upstate New York Communities by Robert H. Keefe, Robert A. Rubinstein, Kiara Van Brackle, Sanid Music, Zikora Nnam, Sandra D. Lane

“…Specific methods include secondary analyses of births, qualitative interviews of persons who delivered a baby within the past two years, a community survey of residents living in high-crime areas, and secondary birth data to document the impact of socio-ecological risk factors on the trauma of birthing persons, their children, and their partners. …”
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Dis-moi ce que tu manges... by France ARBOIX-CALAS

“…All the living beings share a function of nutrition that allows bringing the energy necessary for its survival. …”
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The Impact of LED Colour Rendering on Reaction Time of Human Eyes in Tunnel Interior Zone by Li-Li Dong, Qi Lou, Peng Liu, Wen-Hai Xu

“…There are 30 observers who participated. The results show that the LEDs with higher CRI2012 and lower CCT in tunnel is conducive to reducing the reaction time of human eyes. …”
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