Un/Detectability in Times of “Equality”: HIV, Queer Health, and Homonormativity by Jan Huebenthal

“…Drawing on dis/ability and queer theory, this article critiques the ways in which “undetectability” discourses proffer AIDS erasure, whiteness, and ideologies of able-bodiedness as central to homonormative LGBT identity politics. …”
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Compression of the Femoral Vessels by a Pseudotumor after Metal-on-Metal Total Hip Arthroplasty by Yasuaki Tamaki, Tomohiro Goto, Takahiko Tsutsui, Tomoya Takasago, Keizo Wada, Koichi Sairyo

“…Here we present a case of pseudotumor following total hip arthroplasty (THA) that resulted in a circulatory disturbance caused by compression of the femoral vasculature. …”
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Central Poststroke Pain: An Abstruse Outcome by James L Henry, Chitra Lalloo, Kiran Yashpal

“…Thalamic pain was first described 100 years ago by Déjerine and Roussy and has been described as “among the most spectacular, distressing, and intractable of pain syndromes”. …”
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Dynamics of global economic growth: a Bayesian exploration of basic and augmented Solow models by Nguyen Thi My Diem, Nguyen Ngoc Thach

“…The study’s implications are particularly relevant for policymakers, who are encouraged to leverage the insights provided by the augmented model. …”
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Development of Acute Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy 11 Days after Spinal Surgery: A Case Report and Literature Review by Eiichi Kakehi, Tadataka Kawakami, Yukiko Ishikawa, Takashi Matsuoka, Naoki Nakagawa, Tugutake Morishita, Shohei Taniguchi, Yukinobu Akamatsu, Shigehisa Sakurai, Akane Hirotani, Takafumi Nozaki, Keisuke Shoji, Seiji Adachi, Kazuhiko Kotani, Masami Matsumura

“…We herein describe an 81-year-old woman who developed acute-onset excruciating thigh pain and weakness in her lower extremities after spinal surgery. …”
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Multifocal Pulmonary Granular Cell Tumor Presenting with Postobstructive Pneumonia by Samid M. Farooqui, Muhammad S. Khan, Laura Adhikari, Viral Doshi

“…Our case is of a 59-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department with a history of productive cough and dyspnea associated with fever and chest pain. …”
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Central Poststroke Pain: Its Profile among Stroke Survivors in Kano, Nigeria by Abdulbaki Halliru Bashir, Auwal Abdullahi, Muhammad Aliyu Abba, Naziru Bashir Mukhtar

“…The study was a cross-sectional design involving stroke survivors who were ≥18 years old and with no significant cognitive impairment approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital. …”
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The impact of resistance training with different rest intervals on plasma levels of inflammatory markers in sedentary men by Zaher Etemad, Hojatollah Nıkbakht, , Mohammad ALI Azarbaıjanı, Mandana Gholamı

“…Thirty untrained subjects who voluntarily participated in this study were randomly divided into two groups: resistance training with 90 seconds rest intervalsbetween sets (n = 10), resistance training with 180 seconds rest intervalsbetween sets (n = 10) and control group (n=10). …”
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A Case of Adenomatous Goiter Involving Diffuse, Acute, and Painful Thyroid Enlargement after Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology by Toshiro Shimo, Katsuhiro Tanaka, Ryohei Ogata, Wataru Saito, Yusuke Ohta, Yoshikazu Koike, Tetsumasa Yamashita, Yutaka Yamamoto, Junichi Kurebayashi

“…The patient was a 44-year-old woman who exhibited a diffuse goiter during health screening. …”
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Simple Sources for Complex Problems. Where Did Californians Come From in 1940? by Myron P. Gutmann

“…I also show that while much of the general view of migration to California focuses on agricultural workers who left their homes in search of farm work further west, the large majority of migrants to California went to metropolitan destinations and worked as much in industry and commerce as in agriculture.…”
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Systematic Review Shows Only Few Reliable Studies of Physical Activity Intervention in Adolescents by Nara Michelle Moura Soares, Arley Santos Leão, Josivan Rosa Santos, Glauber Rocha Monteiro, Jorge Rollemberg dos Santos, Sara Maria Thomazzi, Roberto Jerônimo dos Santos Silva

“…Behavior change was assessed in 43% of studies and three reported success in some way. Conclusion. Due to heterogeneity in their contents and methodologies, as well as the lack of jobs that accompany adolescents after the intervention period, one cannot draw conclusions about the actual effects of the intervention programs of physical activity on the behavior of young people.…”
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Al Azhar, scène renouvelée de l’imaginaire religieux sur les routes de la migration africaine au Caire by Sophie Bava

“…It will also expose migratory itineraries and describe the ways in which these African students become a community through their common migration and studying experience: the Azharis students. …”
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Occupational Radiation Exposure during Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography and Usefulness of Radiation Protective Curtains by Tomoyuki Minami, Tamito Sasaki, Masahiro Serikawa, Michihiro Kamigaki, Masanobu Yukutake, Takashi Ishigaki, Yasutaka Ishii, Teruo Mouri, Satoshi Yoshimi, Akinori Shimizu, Tomofumi Tsuboi, Keisuke Kurihara, Yumiko Tatsukawa, Eisuke Miyaki, Kazuaki Chayama

“…To evaluate the effectiveness of radiation protective curtains in reducing the occupational radiation exposure of medical personnel. Methods. We studied medical staff members who had assisted in 80 consecutive therapeutic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedures. …”
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Role of self-efficacy in dealing with patients with alcohol dependence syndrome by Treiadalang Nongtdu, Omesh Kumar Elukapally, Sireesha Srinivas Rao, L.V.R. Usha, Raghuveer Raju Boosa

“…Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on patients with alcohol dependence syndrome recruited from the deaddiction ward of a tertiary care hospital who had relapsed (n = 50) and compared with abstinent (n = 50) on treatment with anticraving agents. …”
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Octreotide Treatment of Massive Hemorrhage due to Cytomegalovirus Colitis by Christopher N Andrews, Paul L Beck

“…Severe hemorrhage due to CMV colitis often necessitates surgical resection. We present a case of a patient who was undergoing chemotherapy for acute B-cell lymphoblastic leukemia and developed significant abdominal pain and diarrhea followed by massive hematochezia. …”
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« L’Indépendance, c’est maintenant ! » Réflexion sur le soulèvement populaire en Algérie by Naoual Belakhdar

“…What kind of transformations have been launched at the level of the subjectivities and the collective level? And finally: what are we witnessing? Should this movement be read only through the lens of Algeria’s political history or as a moment in the cycle sparked by the Arab upheavals in 2011?…”
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Updates on the development of vaccines and therapeutic options against rabies by Roshan Arjun Ananda, Hooi-Leng Ser, Vengadesh Letchumanan

“…In attenuated (inactivated) form, the currently in use vaccines have been recommended by WHO for the prevention (i.e. pre-exposure prophylaxis, PrEP) and treatment (i.e. post-exposure prophylaxis, PEP) regime against the rabies virus (RABV). …”
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Severe Presentation of Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) Infection in a Previously Healthy Toddler by Eiman Al Boloushi, Abdulla Al Amri, Ghassan Ghatasheh, Huda Al Dhanhani

“…Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) is an uncommon cause of cellulitis. Hence, we report on this case. Case Presentation. A previously healthy 19-month-old girl presented with a fever and two-day history of progressive right leg swelling and redness. …”
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Constitution and negotiation of rural students' identities at an urban South African university by Kolisa Siqoko, Saloshna Vandeyar

“…Third, when they joined an urban university they began to perceive their role as having shifted from being recipients of their background to becoming contributors to its development…”
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Emergence of New Segments of Swiss Wine Consumers: A Comparison with a Segmentation Study from 2011 by Thomas A. Brunner, Thomas Schnetzer, Mathilde Delley

“…With the use of a shortened version of the questionnaire devised for a similar study published in 2011, we were able to compare the results of the said study with the present results. …”
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