Social support may buffer, to an extent, the impact of stigma on health-related quality of life among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients by Desmond Uchechukwu Onu, Christy Ngozi Obi-keguna, Osadebe Nnabuike Oguguam, Chukwuedozie K. Ajaero, Elisha John Igwe

“…Through a cross-sectional design, we conveniently sampled 150 T2DM patients from four health facilities in Nigeria, who were assessed using validated and reliable measures of diabetes-related stigma, quality of life, and social support. …”
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Considerations of HLA, Renal Failure, Valproic Acid Use, and Current Treatment Guidelines in Clozapine-Induced Agranulocytosis by Melissa Sussman, Michael Epifania, Derrick Eng, Yun Jae Cho, Richard Steward

“…Clozapine, though beneficial in reducing the need for hospitalization, rehabilitation, and health care costs, is known as a drug of last resort due to its potential adverse event of clozapine-induced agranulocytosis, which holds a case fatality rate between 4.2 and 16%. Herein, we describe a female patient with longstanding schizoaffective disorder and chronic kidney disease who suffered from clozapine-induced agranulocytosis after failing two other atypical antipsychotics. …”
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Event-Based User Classification in Weibo Media by Liang Guo, Wendong Wang, Shiduan Cheng, Xirong Que

“…Weibo platform offers an opportunity for people to access information and changes the way people acquire and disseminate information significantly. …”
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Conservative treatment of corpus callosum hemorrhage due to a falling coconut in Indonesia: a case report by Hanan Anwar Rusidi, Ferry Wijanarko

“…The purpose of this report is to detail a case of corpus callosum hemorrhage caused by a coconut fall and to discuss the conservative management approach employed. We report the case of a 54-year-old woman who was admitted to the hospital with symptoms of unconsciousness, headache, and expressive aphasia after being struck by a falling coconut. …”
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Triptorelin in the Relief of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in Advanced Prostate Cancer Patients: The RESULT Study by Alexandre Peltier, Fouad Aoun, Vincent De Ruyter, Patrick Cabri, Roland Van Velthoven

“…Exclusion criteria were treatment with any LHRH analogue within the last 6 months or any other investigational agent within the last 3 months before study entry. Patients who received one or more triptorelin doses and had one or more efficacy assessments were evaluated. …”
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Gastric ESD under Heparin Replacement at High-Risk Patients of Thromboembolism Is Technically Feasible but Has a High Risk of Delayed Bleeding: Osaka University ESD Study Group by Toshiyuki Yoshio, Tsutomu Nishida, Naoki Kawai, Kiyonori Yuguchi, Takuya Yamada, Takamasa Yabuta, Masato Komori, Shinjiro Yamaguchi, Shinji Kitamura, Hideki Iijima, Shusaku Tsutsui, Tomoki Michida, Eiji Mita, Masahiko Tsujii, Tetsuo Takehara

“…This is a retrospective study comprising approximately 1310 consecutive gastric neoplasms in 1250 patients, who underwent ESD in 5 institutes. We assessed the clinical findings and outcomes of ESD under HR, compared to ESD without HR as control. …”
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The role of effective communication and collective intelligence in digital transformation of a company by V. I. Abramov, D. A. Churkin

“…The study results may be useful for managerial practitioners who develop and implement strategies for enterprises innovative development.…”
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Hepatitis C Worldwide and in Brazil: Silent Epidemic—Data on Disease including Incidence, Transmission, Prevention, and Treatment by Iara Fabricia Kretzer, Andrea do Livramento, Joel da Cunha, Sabrina Gonçalves, Iraci Tosin, Celso Spada, Aricio Treitinger

“…Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is endemic worldwide and according to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are about 150 million chronic carriers worldwide. …”
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Johann Böhm (1895–1952). Předpoklady, zvraty a úskalí kariéry českoněmeckého chemika v proměnách politických režimů by Jiří Pešek

“…He was active in photochemistry and photography, and, through ‘guests’ – including the famous Czech polarography inventor Heyrovský – participated in war research. After the war, Böhm redefined (with the help of both Czech and Austrian friends) his war activities and acquired the status of an anti-fascist fighter and resistance movement member, meaning that he was not forcefully resettled to Germany. …”
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PBC: Animal Models of Cholangiopathies and Possible Endogenous Viral Infections by Masashi Ninomiya, Yoshiyuki Ueno, Tooru Shimosegawa

“…In this paper, we introduce three typical animal models of PBC: the dominant-negative form of transforming growth factor-β receptor type II (dnTGFβRII) mouse, IL-2Rα−/− mouse and NOD.c3c4 mouse, are enumerated and described, and we discuss previous reports of viral infection associated with PBC and consider the etiology of PBC from our analysis of results in NOD.c3c4 mouse.…”
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Melanonychia Secondary to Long-Term Treatment with Hydroxycarbamide: An Essential Thrombocytosis Case by Umit Yavuz Malkan, Gursel Gunes, Eylem Eliacik, Okan Yayar, Ibrahim Celalettin Haznedaroglu

“…Hydroxycarbamide is used in the treatment of essential thrombocytosis and other myeloproliferative disorders. We report the case of a 63-year-old woman with essential thrombocytosis who had melanonychia after the long-term use of the hydroxycarbamide with a dose of 1000 mg/day. …”
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Does Extending the Waiting Time of Low-Rectal Cancer Surgery after Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation Increase the Perioperative Complications? by Kittinut Timudom, Natthawut Phothong, Thawatchai Akaraviputh, Vitoon Chinswangwatanakul, Ananya Pongpaibul, Janjira Petsuksiri, Suthinee Ithimakin, Atthaphorn Trakarnsanga

“…Demographic data and perioperative outcomes were compared between the two groups. Results. The two groups were comparable in term of demographic parameters. …”
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Autoimmune gastritis diagnosed due to recurrent gastric neuroendocrine tumor: a case report by Qunying Yang, XiangHong Jin, Xiangyin Lv, JianWen Hu

“…As digestive endoscopy becomes more prevalent, an increasing number of autoimmune gastritis (AIG) cases have been diagnosed, which has contributed to a growing body of research on AIG. We report the case of a patient with AIG who was diagnosed due to receiving endoscopic surgery after discovering a gastric neuroendocrine tumor (GNET) during gastroscopy twice within 3 years. …”
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Language Training of Customs Affairs Specialists: International and Russian Experience by D. G. Korovyakovsky, T. Yu. Igumentseva, V. V. Volkova

“…The described international experience in the language training of customs affairs specialists in Australia, vietnam, Germany, China, Moldova, the United States of America allows to indicate its specificity, namely, a bias towards the development of bilingual competence, since a multicultural customs space requires a specialist to have the ability to conduct a dialogue, to know the cultural realities of a native and foreign language, to be able to realize this knowledge in direct communication with international partners.Russian experience of the language training of customs specialists is characterized, on the one hand, by the lack of regionalization and filling in the content of a foreign language on the basis of interdisciplinary integration with the content of the professional cycle disciplines, and on the other, by the widespread use of active teaching methods, information and communication technologies in teaching a foreign language, which positively affects the formation of readiness for professional intercultural communication.The authors conclude that a deeper study of the international experience of language training on the basis of comparative analysis is necessary in order to improve Russian training of a qualified customs specialist who is able to conduct effective professional activities in a foreign language environment.…”
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Impaired Urine Dilution Capability in HIV Stable Patients by Waldo H. Belloso, Mariana de Paz Sierra, Matilde Navarro, Marisa L. Sanchez, Ariel G. Perelsztein, Carlos G. Musso

“…Chaimowitz’ test was performed on 20 HIV positive volunteers who had normal renal functional parameters. The control group included 10 healthy volunteers. …”
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La surveillance globale dans un monde post-Snowden by David Lyon

“…Two, research deficits: we find that a number of crucial areas require much more research. …”
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Huuneh : incantation maya (lacandon) contre « la flèche de Kisin » by Didier Boremanse

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Problem-Based Learning: Alternative Learning Model to Improve Students’ Critical Thinking Ability by F Adeliana, Mukti Sintawati, Rizki Anggara

“…The study was divided into two cycles, each of which included planning, action, observation, and reflection. …”
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Preserving the Mucosa to the Maximum Possible Extent for Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection of Subcircumferential Superficial Esophageal Carcinoma by Masaya Uesato, Kentarou Murakami, Yoshihiro Nabeya, Kazunori Fugo, Hisahiro Matsubara

“…The patients in whom the circumference of the mucosal defect was 5/6 to <1 were classified into the LB group; those who underwent whole circumferential ESD were classified into the non-LB group. …”
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The Lithuanian historian Jerzy Orda by Sigitas Jegelevičius

“…This study is considered to be the first historiographical review after the Second World War and has many features of the survey of written historical sources. …”
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