Association of vitamin D receptor gene polymorphisms with rheumatoid arthritis by Noelia Marquez Pete, Cristina Perez Ramirez, Maria del Mar Maldonado Montoro, Fernando Martinez Martinez, Fernando Fernández-Llimos, Antonio Sánchez Pozo, María del Carmen Ramirez Tortosa, Alberto Jiménez Morales

“…Introduction Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease of unknown etiology which causes progressive deterioration of the joints, leading to severe pain and functional disability. …”
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PPARG2 Pro12Ala and TNFα -308G>A Polymorphisms Are Not Associated with Heart Failure Development in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting by Izabela Wojtkowska, Tomasz A. Bonda, Andrzej Tysarowski, Katarzyna Seliga, Janusz A. Siedlecki, Maria M. Winnicka, Janina Stępińska

“…Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of heart failure (HF). The aim of the study was to assess whether polymorphisms of the TNFα (-308G>A) and PPARG2 (Pro12Ala) genes are associated with the risk of developing HF by patients with ischemic heart disease. …”
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Two Case Reports of Neuroinvasive West Nile Virus Infection in the Critical Care Unit by Edgardo M. Flores Anticona, Hadeel Zainah, Daniel R. Ouellette, Laura E. Johnson

“…The first case is a 70-year-old man who presented during summer with mental status changes. …”
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ANTIQUE PARADIGM OF TECHNOLOGY by О. F. Tereshkun

“…Fifthly, the principle of creative development, production of the new, which was characteristic of the macrocosm, nature, spread his microcosm - man.…”
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Tradition and Development of Lithuanian Terminology by Antanas Smetona

“…Consequently, alongside original Lithuanian terminology, a considerable number of translated terms, calques, and foreign language influences emerged, leading to synonymy issues. Often a patriot or a man of science, who has returned or is returning to the Lithuanian language, has, to put it mildly, insufficient knowledge of Lithuanian word formation and grammar, and hence the rather poor quality of terminology emerges. …”
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Adoptive Cell Therapy with Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocytes in Advanced Melanoma Patients by Mélanie Saint-Jean, Anne-Chantal Knol, Christelle Volteau, Gaëlle Quéreux, Lucie Peuvrel, Anabelle Brocard, Marie-Christine Pandolfino, Soraya Saiagh, Jean-Michel Nguyen, Christophe Bedane, Nicole Basset-Seguin, Amir Khammari, Brigitte Dréno

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Successful Treatment of Plasma Cell-Rich Acute Rejection Using Pulse Steroid Therapy Alone: A Case Report by Yo Komatsuzaki, Yasuyuki Nakada, Izumi Yamamoto, Mayuko Kawabe, Takafumi Yamakawa, Ai Katsuma, Haruki Katsumata, Aki Mafune, Akimitsu Kobayashi, Yusuke Koike, Hiroki Yamada, Jun Miki, Yudo Tanno, Ichiro Ohkido, Nobuo Tsuboi, Keitaro Yokoyama, Hiroyasu Yamamoto, Takashi Yokoo

“…Herein, we report an unusual case of PCAR that responded well to pulse steroid therapy alone. A 47-year-old man was admitted for a protocol biopsy three months after kidney transplantation, with a stable serum creatinine level of 1.6 mg/dL. …”
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Clozapine Serum Concentrations Are Disrupted by SARS-CoV-2 Vaccinations by Xenia A. K. Kersting, Nicoletta Momtahen, Klaus Lieb

“…This paper reports the case of a 27-year-old man with paranoid schizophrenia who was finally stabilized on clozapine medication. …”
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Male infertility along with the era of coronavirus infection SARS-CoV-2 by N. G. Kulchenko, N. K. Druzhinina, G. I. Myandina

“…To date, the timing and degree of restoration of a man’s reproductive function after a coronavirus infection remains completely unknown. …”
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Competitiveness of the Russian space industry in the global space services market by A. В. Khodykin

“…Its main strengths are: leading positions in manned cosmonautics, leading positions in the number of space launches per year, and extensive experience in space exploration. …”
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Początki ekologii w Biblii by Andrzej Jacek Najda

“…The development of ecology in contemporary times leads to the question: what are the beginnings of this branch of science? …”
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Unusual Case of Localized Upper Limbs and Truncal Edema Associated with Fever, Anemia, and Acute Kidney Injury by Mohammad Tinawi

“…The patient is a 75-year-old man who presented with right arm pain, edema, and erythema. …”
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The Role of Phosphatidylethanolamine-N-methyltransferase (PEMT) Gene rs12449964 Polymorphism in the Development of Acute Pancreatitis and its Complications by T. A. Samgina, Yu. E. Azarova, Yu. V. Kanishchev, V. A. Lazarenko, P. M. Nazarenko, A. V. Polonikov

“…Genotyping of rs12449964 polymorphism was performed using real-time PCR by allelic discrimination using a CFX96 Bio-Rad Laboratories amplifier (USA) with TaqMan probes and commercial TaqMan SNP Genotyping Assays reagents purchased from Applied Biosystems (USA).Results. …”
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Relacje między teologią a naukami przyrodniczymi w kontekście edukacji by Sławomir Śledziewski

“…Man, wanting to progress, must educate himself, the sense of attaining education is formed both by „the deeper desire in the human being”, which leads him to reflect on the subject of God and by the will to study natural sciences, which have permanently changed our way of thinking about the world surrounding us and about ourselves. …”
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Management of the Knee Extension Deficit after Acute Trauma by Thiago Alvim do Amaral, David Sadigursky

“…A 25-year-old man initially presented with right knee extension deficit after an acute trauma, caused by a condition known as arthrogenic muscle inhibition. …”
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Endobronchial Lipomatous Polyp: A Rare Benign Tumor of the Lung by Salim Surani, Karen Allen, Saherish Surani, Joseph Varon

“…We hereby present a case and discussion of an elderly man with endobronchial lipomatous polyp, presenting as recurrent pneumonia.…”
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Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms as a Manifestation of Homocystinuria by Vera Froes, Hugo Afonso, Zita Gameiro

“…We describe the case of a 39 years old man, diagnosed with homocystinuria in childhood, with no previous psychiatric history that presented obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) like symptoms, as a manifestation of homocystinuria. …”
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Wkład Hansa Jonasa w filozofię odpowiedzialności by Dominika Dzwonkowska

“…Its basic motivation is fear of progressing destruction of nature, this fear, when dosed properly by politicians, leads to undertaking actions aiming at preserving nature from man’s activity. …”
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Depuis les podiums des reines de beauté : se produire comme femme trans en Bolivie by Pascale Absi

“…For the participants, these events represent nothing less than a political university; getting up on stage is also a milestone in the journey that leads from hiding to a publicly embraced identity as a trans woman. …”
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Pulmonary Cement Embolism following Percutaneous Vertebroplasty by Ümran Toru, Tuba Coşkun, Murat Acat, Hilal Onaran, Şule Gül, Erdoğan Çetinkaya

“…Here we report a 48-year-old man who was admitted to our hospital with dyspnea after percutaneous vertebroplasty and diagnosed as pulmonary cement embolism.…”
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