Effect of intravitreal injections on the progression and prognosis of primary open-angle glaucoma by A.B. Movsisyan, N.G. Glazko, A.Yu. Brezhnev, A.V. Kuroyedov

“…Kuroyedov^2,4</b> </p> <p> <b>¹Hospital for War Veterans No. 2, Moscow, Russian Federation</b> </p> <p> <b>²Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation</b> </p> <p> <b>³Kursk State Medical University, Kursk, Russian Federation</b> </p> <p> <b>⁴P.V. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Optimization of Empirical Antimicrobial Therapy for Febrile Neutropenia in Patients With Hematologic Malignancies by Cui Y, Liu X, Feng S

“…In cases of pneumonia, septic shock, or suspected carbapenem-resistant infections, combination therapies with antipseudomonal β-lactams, aminoglycosides, or novel agents like CAZ/AVI are recommended. In patients with FUO, discontinuing broad-spectrum antibiotics may be considered 48 hours after defervescence in clinically stable patients, though premature cessation should be avoided for those with persistent fever. …”
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Prophylactic phage administration provides a time window for delayed treatment of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis in a murine bacteremia model by Wei-Xiao Wang, Jiao-Yang Yu, Xiu-Zhen Chen, Xiu-Zhen Chen, Shi-Yong Fu, Hui Li, Peng-Cheng Yi, Yun-Yao Ren, Shuang-Lin Gu, Jing-Han Gao, Jing Fan, Yan-Mei Sun, Jie Feng, Shi-Wei Wang, Wei Chen, Wei Chen

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Protecting the Autonomy of Patients with Severe Mental Illness Through Psychiatric Advance Directive Peer-Facilitation by Nicholas Karasik

“…In their delineation of bioethical principles, Beauchamp and Childress state: "To respect autonomous agents is to acknowledge their right to hold views, to make choices, and to take actions based on their values and beliefs…”
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Prolonged use of selective immunosuppressants in glacoma drainage surgery: experimental in vivo study by V.N. Germanova, E.V. Karlova, L.T. Volova, N.N. Sarbaeva, I.F. Nefedova, M.V. Radaykina

“…Radaykina²</b> </p> <p> <b>¹Samara State Medical University, Samara, Russian Federation</b> </p> <p> <b>²Eroshevskiy Eye Hospital, Samara, Russian Federation</b> </p> <p> <b>³REAVIZ Medical University, Samara, Russian Federation</b> </p> <p> <i><b>Background</b>: anti-inflammatory and antiproliferative agents are among tools to prevent postoperative scarring. …”
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Relapse-free survival is progressively shortened in a subset of Black patients with immune-mediated TTP treated in the rituximab era by Ayotola Fatola, Michael D. Evans, Jenna Brown, Elizabeth Davis, Andrew Johnson, Ana G. Antun, Andrew M. Farland, Ryan Woods, Ara Metjian, Yara A. Park, Gustaaf de Ridder, Briana Gibson, Raj S. Kasthuri, Darla K. Liles, Susan Eubanks, Frank Akwaa, Todd Clover, Lisa Baumann Kreuziger, J. Evan Sadler, Meera Sridharan, Ronald S. Go, Keith R. McCrae, Harsh Vardhan Upreti, Ming Y. Lim, Nicole K. Kocher, Radhika Gangaraju, X. Long Zheng, Jay S. Raval, Camila Masias, Spero R. Cataland, Marshall Mazepa, Shruti Chaturvedi

“…The durability of rituximab’s effect declines with subsequent treatments, which is more pronounced in Black patients, who may benefit from closer monitoring and alternative immunomodulatory approaches such as maintenance rituximab and consideration of other agents.…”
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Dynamic Challenges of Active Tuberculosis: Prevalence and Risk Factors of Co-Infection in Clinical and Microbiological Characteristics at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah... by Mokhtar JA, Attallah DM, Jiman-Fatani AA, Al-Rabia MW, Alqarni MA, Saleh BH, Amboon MM, Altorki TA, Alkuwaity KK, Abujamel T, Kaki R, Albarakati TN, Daghistani H, Ismail MA, Alharbi O, Abu ITM, Alfadil A, Ibrahem K, Mufrrih M, Sait AM

“…Immunocompromising conditions, including comorbidities, malignancies, and the use of immunosuppressive agents, are major risk factors for active TB (ATB).Objective: To analyze clinical factors and estimate mortality in TB and drug-resistant cases.Methods: This retrospective study analyzed medical records of 12,494 patients at KAUH (2019– 2021), identifying 131 confirmed TB cases with comprehensive data on demographics, clinical features, comorbidities, diagnostics, and outcomes. …”
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Early Warning Model and Currency Crisis in the Iranian Economy A Probit Approach by Mohammadjavad Khosrosereshki, Yavar Dashtbany

“…The results show that the central bank and other economic agents do not consider the same seasons as critical. …”
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Constructing Identities: Amos Tutuola and the Ibadan Literary Elite in the wake of Nigerian Independence by Mackenzie Finley

“…While the elites’ discourse on independence reflected their proximity to Nigeria’s political elite, Tutuola positioned himself as a distinctly Yoruba writer in the new Nigeria. He envisioned a state in which traditional knowledge remained central to the African identity. …”
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Èdè Àyàn: The Language of Àyàn in Yorùbá Art and Ritual of Egúngún by Oláwọlé Fámúlẹ̀

“…The Yorùbá professional drummers share the name àyàn with Òrìsà Àyàn since they are the human agents who play the drums (ìlù), ̣ emblem of Òrìsà Àyàn, and through which the deity speaks. …”
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Étude de trois grands tonneaux mis au jour à Reims/Durocortorum (Marne) : le savoir-faire des tonneliers antiques by Pierre Mille, Philippe Rollet

“…These three large barrels were in an outstanding state of preservation which made it possible to carry out a very faithful reconstruction. …”
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A Systemic Approach to Inceptive Constructions in Lithuanian by Rolandas Mikulskas

“…The remaining verbs in the list mostly presuppose agentive, intentional referents as their subjects. …”
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Finite-Time Distributed Energy-to-Peak Control for Uncertain Multiagent Systems by Qu Chenggang, Cao Xibin, Hamid Reza Karimi, Zhang Zhuo, Zhang Zexu

“…This paper investigates the finite-time distributed L2–L∞ consensus control problem of multiagent systems with parameter uncertainties. The relative states of neighboring agents are used to construct the control law and some agents know their own states. …”
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Clinical Biology and Potential Use of Thrombopoietin by Russell Basser

“…However, one of these agents, interleukin-11, was successfully shown to reduce the incidence of severe thrombocytopenia in patients receiving dose-intensive chemotherapy, and has now received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration for this purpose. …”
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AI-driven automated discovery tools reveal diverse behavioral competencies of biological networks by Mayalen Etcheverry, Clément Moulin-Frier, Pierre-Yves Oudeyer, Michael Levin

“…Here, we view gene regulatory networks (GRNs) as agents navigating a problem space and develop automated tools to map the robust goal states GRNs can reach despite perturbations. …”
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Therapeutic Potential for Cytokine Antagonists: Thalidomide and Pentoxifylline in Hansen’s Disease by Theresa C Peterson

“…Combination of these two drugs as cytokine antagonists may prove to be beneficial as therapeutic agents in the treatment of reactional states in Hansen’s disease. …”
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Integrating MAPK pathway inhibition into standard-of-care therapy for pediatric low-grade glioma by Erin E. Crotty, Aimee A. Sato, Aimee A. Sato, Mohamed S. Abdelbaki

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Dynamics and control of a mathematical model for metronomic chemotherapy by Urszula Ledzewicz, Behrooz Amini, Heinz Schättler

“…Metronomic chemo-therapy is the regular, almost continuousadministration of chemotherapeutic agents at low dose, possibly withsmall interruptions to increase the efficacy of the drugs. …”
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THE HABIT OF USING HAND SANITIZER AMONG TEENAGERS AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS COMPARED TO WASHING HANDS – A LITERATURE REVIEW by Belgis Belgis, Zahrah Fatmalouisa Algadrie

“…Introduction: The spread of infectious diseases occurs when disease-causing agents, such as bacteria, viruses, or germs move and infect from one person to another. …”
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Speaking Up, Pushing Back, Closing the Door: Agency of Open and Covert Teacher Resistance in Dual-Language Bilingual Education by Brandon Sherman, Trish Morita-Mullaney, Jennifer Renn

“…The increasing prominence of dual-language bilingual education (DLBE) in the United States necessitates deeper understanding of institutional roles and professional identities of DLBE teachers, particularly when incongruent. …”
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