Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasia Characterization in Portugal: Results from the NETs Study Group of the Portuguese Society of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism by A. P. Santos, J. Vinagre, P. Soares, I. Claro, A. C. Sanches, L. Gomes, I. Fernandes, A. L. Catarino, J. Preto, B. D. Pereira, A. P. Marques, F. Rodrigues, C. Amaral, G. Rocha, J. C. Mellidez, H. Simões, J. M. Lopes, M. J. Bugalho, On behalf of the NETs Study Group of the Portuguese Society of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

“…The incidence of gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms (GEP-NENs) has been increasing in the last five decades, but there is no large-scale data regarding these tumours in Portugal. …”
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Divulgação de evidências científicas sobre Práticas Integrativas e Complementares em Saúde by Luciana Fernandes Paulino, Maria Eduarda Ramos da Silva, Yasmin Aguiar Faria Lima, Marina Soares Gonçalves, Thaís Matera Ferraro Teixeira, Neemias Lima da Silva, Bárbara de Lacerda Santos Oliveira, Bianca Nunes Gomes, Fátima Helena do Espírito Santo, Gleyce Moreno Barbosa

“…Os desafios enfrentados contribuíram para o aprimoramento do trabalho, em constante construção e de forma conjunta, em busca da democratização do acesso à saúde em toda sua integralidade. Palavras-chave: Difusão de Conhecimento; Saúde Integral; Autocuidado; Saúde Pública Dissemination of scientific evidence about Health Integrative and Complementary Practices  Abstract: The Brazilian National Policy on Integrative and Complementary Practices, established in 2006, aims to provide services to the population by the Unified Health System (SUS). …”
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Serious Bacterial Infections and Hepatitis C Virus Among People Who Inject Drugs: A Syndemic or Intertwined Epidemics? by Thomas J. Stopka, Robin M. Nance, L. Sarah Mixson, Hunter Spencer, Judith I. Tsui, Judith M. Leahy, Mai T. Pho, Jean DeJace, Judith Feinberg, April M. Young, Wei-Teng Yang, Amelia Baltes, Eric Romo, Randall T. Brown, Kerry Nolte, William C. Miller, William A. Zule, Wiley D. Jenkins, Joseph A. Delaney, Peter D. Friedmann

“…Limited research has examined the possible synergistic interrelationships between serious bacterial infections (SBIs) of the heart (i.e., endocarditis), bone, spine, brain, or joints (e.g., osteomylelitis) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections. …”
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Tofogliflozin attenuates renal lipid deposition and inflammation via PPARα upregulation mediated by miR-21a impairment in diet-induced steatohepatitic mice by Sae Nishihara, Masahiro Koseki, Katsunao Tanaka, Takashi Omatsu, Ayami Saga, Hiroshi Sawabe, Hiroyasu Inui, Takeshi Okada, Tohru Ohama, Daisuke Okuzaki, Yoshihiro Kamada, Masafumi Ono, Makoto Nishida, Mikio Watanabe, Yasushi Sakata

“…However, the molecular mechanism in the kidneys in this model remains unclear. It has been recently reported that SGLT2 inhibitors improve chronic kidney disease (CKD). …”
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Unveiling GPT-4V's hidden challenges behind high accuracy on USMLE questions: Observational Study by Zhichao Yang, Zonghai Yao, Mahbuba Tasmin, Parth Vashisht, Won Seok Jang, Feiyun Ouyang, Beining Wang, David McManus, Dan Berlowitz, Hong Yu

“…However, incorrect answers often had poor explanation quality: 18.2% (10/55) contained inaccurate text, 45.5% (25/55) had inference errors, and 76.3% (42/55) demonstrated image misunderstandings. …”
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Relato de uma extensão em tempos de isolamento social: Criação de um recurso educacional sobre matemática na pandemia de COVID-19 by Leila Thomazelli Thieghi, Fabio Luiz Sant'Anna Cuppo

“…São apresentados alguns dos tópicos abordados no projeto, a penetração dele na sociedade, a contribuição ao aprendizado dos estudantes de graduação bolsistas de extensão, assim como os desdobramentos que vieram na forma de convites para palestras e entrevista, até resultar na proposta de um recurso educacional de grande utilidade para estudantes e professores dos ensinos Médio e Superior. Palavras-chave: Recurso Educacional, Ensino de Matemática, divulgação científica, Cálculo Diferencial e Integral. …”
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Improving glycemic control by transitioning from the MiniMedTM 640G to 770G in Japanese adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus: a prospective, single-center, observational study by Satoshi Kubota, Ai Sato, Manami Hosokawa, Yosuke Okubo, Shohei Takayama, Atsuko Kaneko, Yasuho Shimada, Yuki Asano, Yoshihiko Sato, Masanori Yamazaki, Mitsuhisa Komatsu

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Thrombolysis, time-to-treatment and in-hospital outcomes among young adults with ischaemic stroke in China: findings from a nationwide registry study in China by Yong-Jun Wang, Xin Yang, Qi Zhou, Hao Li, Xia Meng, Yong Jiang, Li-Ping Liu, Yi-long Wang, Hong-Qiu Gu, Zi-Xiao Li, Xing-Quan Zhao, Chun-Juan Wang, Chelsea Liu, Hai-yan Wang, Ying-Yu Jiang

“…Background and purpose We aimed to determine whether young adults (<50 years) with acute ischaemic stroke (AIS) are more likely to receive intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV tPA) and have shorter time to treatment than older patients with stroke.Methods We analysed data from the Chinese Stroke Center Alliance registry for patients with AIS hospitalised between August 2015 and July 2019. …”
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Medium- to long-term health condition of patients post-COVID-19, exercise intolerance and potential mechanisms: A narrative review and perspective by Fabian Schwendinger, Denis Infanger, Debbie J Maurer, Thomas Radtke, Justin Carrard, Julia M Kröpfl, Aglaia Emmenegger, Henner Hanssen, Christoph Hauser, Udo Schwehr, Hans H Hirsch, Julijana Ivanisevic, Karoline Leuzinger, Aurélien E Martinez, Marc Maurer, Thomas Sigrist, Lukas Streese, Roland von Känel, Timo Hinrichs, Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss

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Ações de conscientização sobre uso de repelentes e formas de combate ao mosquito Aedes aegypti by Denise de Abreu Garófalo, Anna Luiza Behling Pinto Chize, Luiz Eduardo Fileto Caldeira, Dalila dos Santos Cerqueira Pinto, Luciana Betzler de Oliveira de Siqueira, Ana Paula dos Santos Matos, Bárbara da Silva e Souza Lorca, Zaida Maria Faria de Freitas, Eduardo Ricci Júnior

“…Outras deverão ser realizadas para ampliar a disseminação das informações sobre essas doenças. Palavras-chave: Dengue; Zika; Chikungunya; Promoção de Saúde; Educação Infantil Awareness-raising actions for the use of repellents and fighting the mosquito Aedes aegypti Abstract: Mosquitoes are vectors that can transmit several diseases, and Aedes aegypti, well-known for that, is responsible for spreading dengue, zika, and chikungunya. …”
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Typologie et caractéristiques des pâturages de la commune urbaine de Téra dans l'ouest du Niger by Hamza Seydou Korombé, Idrissa Soumana, Abdoul Aziz Maman Lawal, Ibrahim Djibo, Sanoussi Atta

“…L’analyse de la matrice des 71 relevés a permis d’identifier sept types de pâturages dont la productivité varie de 0,48± 0,02 tMs/ha à 3,23 tMs/ha, soit des capacités de charge comprises entre 0,07 UBT/ha et 0, 47 UBT/ha. …”
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Interaction of genetics risk score and fatty acids quality indices on healthy and unhealthy obesity phenotype by Niloufar Rasaei, Seyedeh Fatemeh Fatemi, Fatemeh Gholami, Mahsa Samadi, Mohammad Keshavarz Mohammadian, Elnaz Daneshzad, Khadijeh Mirzaei

“…Three single nucleotide polymorphisms-MC4R (rs17782313), CAV-1 (rs3807992), and Cry-1(rs2287161) were genotyped by the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) technique and were combined to produce the genetic risk score (GRS). …”
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Rethinking Language by Gastor Mapunda, Tracey Costley, Hannah Gibson, Nancy Kula, Colin Reilly

“…Kwa kutumia Tanzania kama kifani cha uchunguzi, makala hii inajadili umuhimu wa kuwa na mtaala unaozingatia lugha katika mafunzo ya ualimu katika ngazi zote hususani katika ngazi ya elimu ya msingi. …”
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Altered Left Ventricular Ion Channel Transcriptome in a High-Fat-Fed Rat Model of Obesity: Insight into Obesity-Induced Arrhythmogenesis by Reza Ashrafi, Marianne Yon, Lucy Pickavance, Joseph Yanni Gerges, Gershan Davis, John Wilding, Kun Jian, Henggui Zhang, George Hart, Mark Boyett

“…The potential effects of the mRNA changes on the ventricular action potential and intracellular Ca2+ transient were predicted using computer modelling. …”
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Transcriptome analysis of 3D4/21 cells expressing CSFV NS4B by Wang Dong, Huifang Lv, Yuzhen Song, Yujin Lv, Xiapeng Xu, Huiyuan Jing, Zhifeng Peng, Xinghui Song, Yongbin Guo

“…Classical swine fever (CSF) caused by classical swine fever virus (CSFV) has resulted in severe losses to the pig industry worldwide. …”
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Uvulivuli wa Tafsriri kutoka Lugha za Asili kwenda Lugha ya Kiswahili Mfano wa Albamu ya Kikinga ya Sumasesu Theatre Art Group. by Msigwa, Arnold B. G.

“…Matokeo ya utafiti huuyameonesha kuwa kuna utumiaji wa visawe vya lugha ya Kiswahili ambavyo si sahihi katika tafsiri iliyotolewa kiasi cha kuhamisha maana ya msingi ya matini chanzi. …”
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Analysis of the focal relationship of level five leadership with school organizational excellence by Hosein Majooni, Siroos Ghanbari

“…It is in the light of this leadership style that the excellence of the organization lasts in the long term and the organization does not fall apart when the leader leaves. Considering the importance and necessity of level five leadership and organizational excellence of schools and considering that no research has investigated the mutual relationship between these two variables so far, in this research we are looking for an answer to the question: What is the mutual relationship between level five leadership and organizational excellence of schools, and how do the dimensions of two variables explain and predict each other?…”
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Diálogos com variação e incerteza: crianças no jogo de perguntas e respostas estatísticas by Roberta Schnorr Buehring, Regina Célia Grando

“…As crianças nos ensinam que para pensar estatisticamente, não é possível achar que sabemos tudo, é preciso lidar com as variações, elas são incertas porque aquilo que vemos nos dados também pode ser visto de outra forma e é através da linguagem que saberemos como pensamos e como os outros pensam. …”
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Deambulações cotidianas: a emergência de um método na observação dos sem-teto by José Machado Pais

“…O desafio aliciante do método é o de nos instigar a mirar e remirar achados exóticos (comportamentais) para lhes achar os avessos endóticos (sociais). …”
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Introdução aos materiais preparatórios de José Saramago by Daniel Vecchio

“…As sucessivas doações da Fundação José Saramago ao espólio do escritor situado na Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal permitem uma renovação crítica cada vez mais significativa sobre suas obras, conforme aumenta o conhecimento sobre seu arquivo, contrariando os que acham que dizer algo novo a respeito da sua já tão comentada literatura é querer inventar a roda outra vez. …”
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