Cytokine Kinetics in Febrile Neutropenic Children: Insights on the Usefulness as Sepsis Biomarkers, Influence of Filgrastim, and Behavior of the IL-23/IL-17 Pathway by Orlei Ribeiro de Araujo, Reinaldo Salomão, Milena Karina Coló Brunialti, Dafne Cardoso Bourguignon da Silva, Andreza Almeida Senerchia, Fabianne Altruda de Moraes Costa Carlesse, Antonio Sergio Petrilli

“…Filgrastim upregulates expression of these markers, and we observed deficiency in the IL-23-IL-17 axis accompanying sepsis.…”
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Application of the gastrointestinal decompression device in home-based continuing care of patients with pressure injury (胃肠减压器在压力性损伤患者居家延续护理中的应用)... by CHEN Zhuo (陈卓), LIU Na (刘娜), YOU Xin (尤欣), SUN Hongyan (孙红艳), LI Dan (李丹), ZHAO Chunhua (赵春华)

“…Totally 30 patients with stage Ⅲ or above pressure injury who received treatment using the gastrointestinal decompression device instead of VSD were selected as the research objects. …”
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Canadian Thoracic Society Recommendations for Management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease – 2007 Update by Denis E O’Donnell, Shawn Aaron, Jean Bourbeau, Paul Hernandez, Darcy D Marciniuk, Meyer Balter, Gordon Ford, Andre Gervais, Roger Goldstein, Rick Hodder, Alan Kaplan, Sean Keenan, Yves Lacasse, Francois Maltais, Jeremy Road, Graeme Rocker, Don Sin, Tasmin Sinuff, Nha Voduc

“…Our understanding of the pathophysiology of this complex condition continues to grow and our ability to offer effective treatment to those who suffer from it has improved considerably. The purpose of the present educational initiative of the Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS) is to provide up to date information on new developments in the field so that patients with this condition will receive optimal care that is firmly based on scientific evidence. …”
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Positive Stress and Reflective Practice Among Entrepreneurs by Kati Tikkamäki, Päivi Heikkilä, Mari Ainasoja

“…The research offers a starting point for exploring how eustress and reflective practice affect the well-being of entrepreneurs…”
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The Method of Beliefs of The Mu'tadilah Regarding The Nature of Khabariyyah: An Introduction by Nasron Yaacob

“…In understanding the khabariyyah nature of Allah SWT, Muslims among the Ahli Sunnah wal Jamaah have had a difference of opinion in determining the method of belief between the methods of ithbat, ta'wil and tafwid. …”
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Comparison of Ticagrelor and Clopidogrel in Elective Coronary Stenting: A Double Blind Randomized Clinical Trial by Mohammadjavad Mehdizadeh Parizi, Reza Golchin Vafa, Amin Ahmadi, Reza Heydarzade, Mehrdad Sadeghi, Amin Khademolhossseini, Farhang Amiri, Soroush Khoshnood Mansorkhani, Ali Tavan, Nazanin Hosseini, Mohammad Montaseri, Seyed Ali Hosseini, Javad Kojuri

“…This randomized clinical trial was conducted from October 2022 to March 2023. Patients who had undergone elective PCI were included in the study. …”
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Thomas Wolfe: Modo and the Potential for Renaissance by Amélie Moisy

“…Yet his professional associations affected his radically independent image and his contemporaries; the Southern Agrarians, who became the New Critics, rejected his artistic choices. …”
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Digital literacy as a basis for a dialogue between the authorities and the population in the context of a pandemic by N. V. Prokazina

“…In the conditions of self-isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a significant reduction in the number of physical contacts, interaction in an online format through numerous social networks and platforms has become the main communication tool for citizens. It is they who provide the conditions for solidarity, dialogue and partnership. …”
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The relationship of physical activity and diet with obesity in State Junior High School 4 students in Malang City by Syifa Ethika Juanda, Roesdiyanto Roesdiyanto, Kurniati Rahayuni, Prisca Widiawati

“…The sample in this study were 20 respondents who were obese at State Junior High School 4 Malang City. …”
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Explanation the Functional principals of Spatial Governance in trans structure framework methodology by Ehsan Lashgari Tafreshi, َabbas Ahmadi

“…Therefore, governance is beyond the government and includes the private sector and civil society with the approach of market economy and participatory democracy. So, in this paper major question is “who spatial governance functioned in the post- positivism methodology?” …”
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Retrograde recanalization of chronic coronary occlusion by S.М. Furkalo

“…Chronic coronary occlusion (сhronic total occlusion – CТO) is fixed at 1 in 5 patients who underwent cardiac catheterization. …”
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Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis pyrazinamide resistance—India, 2018–2020 by Sembulingam Tamilzhalagan, Evanslin Santus Justin, Ashok Selvaraj, Karthick Venkateswaran, Arun Kumar Sivakumar, Suganthi Chittibabu, Heather P. McLaughlin, Patrick K. Moonan, Jonathan P. Smith, Sakthi Suba, Mukesh Kumar Sathya Narayanan, Christine S. Ho, Nishant Kumar, Srikanth P. Tripathy, Srikanth P. Tripathy, Siva K. Shanmugam, Patricia J. Hall-Eidson, Uma Devi Ranganathan

“…Pyrazinamide (PZA) is a key first-line antituberculosis drug that plays an important role in eradicating persister Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) bacilli and shortening the duration of tuberculosis treatment. …”
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The Association between the Pulmonary Arterial Obstruction Index and Atrial Size in Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism by Taraneh Faghihi Langroudi, Maryam Sheikh, Mohammadreza Naderian, Morteza Sanei Taheri, Amir Ashraf-ganjouei, Isa Khaheshi

“…There were 25 males and 25 females with PE, who had a mean age of 58 years. There was not a significant difference in the positive history of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, ischemic heart disease, and smoking between patients and control group. …”
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High Tuberculosis density incidence rate in Matched Unrelated Allogeneic stem cell transplantation recipients in the state of São Paulo, Brazil by Marcelo Nóbrega Litvoc, silvia F costa, Fabio Eudes Leal, Diogo Boldim Ferreira, Max Igor Banks Ferreira Lopes, Ligia Capuani, Vanderson Geraldo Rocha

“…Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study including all patients who underwent Matched unrelated allo-HSCT from 2007-2016 in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. …”
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The Investigation Of Elit Table Tennis Sportsmen In Terms Of Their Risk Evaluations by Mahmut Esat Uzun, Mehibe Akandere, Yalçın Tükel

“…In parallel with this aim, risk assessment level of elite table tennis players is compared in respect to gender, age, education level, marital status, perceived level of income, duration of training and taking part in national team. 186 sportsmen, who play actively table tennis at elite level in different sports club, participated to study. …”
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Exploring peer learning module vs. conventional tutorials: effects on engagement and learning outcomes among first-year medical students by Vinay Arasappa Vishwanath, Sindhu Raghuramaiah, Kavita Rasalkar

“…These students were further divided into two groups and a pretest was administered on the day of the session. …”
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Right versus left thoracic approach esophagectomy for patients with neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy by Kexi Wang, Xuan Xie, Jianqun He, Shuogui Fang, Yiming Zhong, Duoguang Wu, Kefeng Wang, Minghui Wang

“…Background The purpose of this study was to investigate the safety and efficacy of left thoracic approach (LTA) and right thoracic approach (RTA) in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) after neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy (NICT).Methods This study included 83 ESCC patients who underwent right transthoracic esophagectomy (n = 61) and left transthoracic esophagectomy (n = 22) after NICT in our hospital from October 2019 to September 2023. …”
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THEOLOGY, INSECURITY AND NATIONAL INTEGRATION IN NIGERIA: CHALLENGES AND THE WAY FORWARD by U.N DURUJI

“…This situation is made worst by alarming increase in the rate of moral turpitude and lack of fear of God among the youth, who have been turned into evil tools in the hands of unscrupulous agents of insecurity and terroir in Nigeria. …”
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Effect of Existential Group Therapy on the Quality of Sexual Life in Infertile Men\'s Spouses by samira ghorbani, Shahrbanoo Salehin, Ali Mohamad Nazari, Seyedeh Solmaz Talebi, Afsaneh Keramat

“…The analysis of the mean difference in the quality of sexual life scores between the two time points for the intervention and control groups revealed a significant difference (P<0.001). …”
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Role of homeostatic plasticity in critical brain dynamics following focal stroke lesions by Rodrigo P. Rocha, Marco Zorzi, Maurizio Corbetta

“…We considered two distinct scenarios: one where we suppress homeostatic plasticity, and another where we increase the excitability of brain regions. …”
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