Acute gastroenteritis and unilateral vision loss leading to a diagnosis of aquaporin-4-IgG seropositive neuromyelitis optica spectrum of disorders in a child: A case of atypical op... by N Narainswami

“…It is a critical diagnosis requiring urgent management, with delays carrying both life- and sight-threatening complications. Most of the published literature on this entity is in adult patients, with only a few case reports to guide management in the paediatric population. …”
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Les ambiguïtés du paysage forestier des Landes de Gascogne by Aude Pottier

“…Indeed, behind what might at first sight appears monotonous, a forest dedicated to production, one might actually consider a very diversified environment. …”
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Translating the French Revolution into English in A Tale of Two Cities by Nathalie Vanfasse

“…Dickens’s Anglo-French lingua proves more complex and subtle than it may have seemed at first sight. Far from offering mere wordplay and sensational images, it reveals an interesting interpretation of the French Revolution.…”
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Construction of International Cooperation strategies: An inquiry into the learning experience by Cabeza-Pulles, D., Coral-Guerrero, C. A.

“…The methodology of the research is of a qualitative interpretative study, which allowed to rebuild from the sight of actors the participatory formulation of the strategy of International Cooperation, rescuing the importance of participation in all levels, recognizing the team working and the generation of partnerships, trust and commitment in the pursuit of strengthening and sustainability of the process of internationalization of the Municipality. …”
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An Exceptionally Powerful, Radiatively Driven Ultrafast Outflow in the Rapidly Accreting AGN RE J1034+396 by Chloe S. Taylor, Daniel R. Wilkins, Steven W. Allen

“…Additionally, the EPIC-pn data provide compelling evidence (Δ C  ∼ 60 for four additional parameters) for the presence of an ultrafast outflow (UFO) with a line-of-sight velocity $v/c=0.30{7}_{-0.005}^{+0.001}$ , and an emission signature consistent with reflection of the corona from modestly ionized, outflowing gas. …”
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PHILOSOPHICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES OF AESTETICS IN POST-CLASSICAL EPOCH by Dariia M. Skalska

“…Both the measurements of aesthetic as a unique, peculiar, specific and aesthetic dimensions of philosophical anthropology /systems of philisophy/ have in sight  the necessity to solve the same problem - the identification of new methodological basis. …”
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Walter Xaver z Dietrichsteina na kavalírské cestě (1683–1688) a jeho boj proti předurčené budoucnosti by Lenka Maršálková

“… Grand tour of Walter Xaver Count of Dietrichstein (1664–1738) seems to be at first sight quite typical but after closer examination, it can not be considered as one of many. …”
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The Stability of a Two-Axis Gimbal System for the Camera by Nguyen Cong Danh

“…Gimbal or an inertial stabilization platform (ISP) is used to stabilize the line of sight of an object or device that is tracking another object (LOS) with stationary or moving targets or targets moving forward. …”
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Adebáyọ̀ Fálétí: The Passing of a Cultural Icon by Akin Adeṣọkan

“…The cap tipped to the right and the brief side glance cast in reaction to approaching motion are enough to give him away, even if, as in such situations, a few moments lapse before recognition registers. The sight is riveting, forbidding and disorienting all at once. …”
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Les entreprises chinoises sous la tutelle directe du gouvernement illustrées par leur investissement en Afrique by Thierry Pairault

“…Finally, it appears that the Chinese government has an African strategy that it intends to implement through its “central enterprises”, which have much greater autonomy than we might suppose at first sight.…”
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The Illusion of Power or Relentless Reality? Ceremonial and Ritual Practices at the Court of Moscow in the Middle of the 17th Century through the Eyes of the Imperial Diplomats by Monika Konrádová, Rostisalv Smíšek

“…These mutual encounters of at the first sight completely different worlds of thoughts and value systems could not avoid cultural clashes and misunderstandings (the arguments about the usage of right titles, about rules of precendence, the Tsar’s inappropriate gestures during official meetings, the Russians, imposing of their arrogant behaviour on the Habsburg diplomats). …”
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Outage Analysis of Multihop Wireless Backhaul Using Millimeter Wave under Blockage Effects by Haejoon Jung, In-Ho Lee

“…Assuming the mm-Wave wireless backhaul links suffer from outage caused by obstacles that block the line-of-sight (LoS) paths, we derive the statistics of a perhop distance based on the blockage model using stochastic geometry and random shape theory and analyze the multihop outage probability using the statistics of a perhop distance. …”
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WORKING WITH VISUALLY-IMPAIRED PERFORMERS IN PIANO CLASS by Julia P. Antonova, Vitaliy V. Kalitskiy

“…The article addresses the questions of professional training of performers with sight loss in a specialized piano class. The authors distinguish three main stages, which reveal the specifics of visually impaired pianist training: a stage of familiarization with a musical composition, working on the composition, and stage rehearsals and performances on the concert stage. …”
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Racists Beware by Letlhokwa George Mpedi

“…In dealing with racism, sight should not be lost of the fact that courts of law cannot unilaterally eradicate this scourge. …”
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Case Report and Literature Review of a Pathologic Mandibular Fracture from Metastatic Esophageal Adenocarcinoma by Daniel C. O’Brien, Garrett Jones, Maggie Yell, Jason McChesney

“…Although the mandible is the preferred sight of these rare metastases, it is extremely rare for oral cavity malignancies to present as pathological mandibular fractures. …”
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Deduction and Geography in Conan Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet by Andréas Pichler

“…At first sight, detective fiction and geography appear as two opposing fields of study. …”
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Étudier la langue vietnamienne dans l’enseignement supérieur à Paris pendant les années 1990 : démarche réflexive d’un apprentissage dans une conjoncture historique by François Guillemot

“…Our reflection thus attempts to structure elements that at first sight seem disparate around and about the teaching of Vietnamese at a given time—the decade of the 1990s, the decade of the advent of the Renewal, crucial in the evolution of contemporary Vietnam.…”
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Construction and Capacity Analysis of High-Rank LoS MIMO Channels in High Speed Railway Scenarios by Jingya Yang, Bo Ai, Zhangdui Zhong

“…The validity of the maximum capacity criterion applied to realize high-rank line-of-sight (LoS) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channels is investigated for high speed railway scenarios. …”
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The dangers of recreational lasers: A case series of retinal injuries by Gaurav Patil, Surendra Wadgaonkar, Ketaki Bhat, Suhas J. Sonawane

“…This study underscores the significant public health risks associated with recreational laser use and emphasizes the urgent need for stricter safety regulations and public awareness to prevent such potentially sight-threatening ocular injuries.…”
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Kobori Enshū : deux biographies, une légende by Emmanuel Marès

“…Based on the analysis of two biographies of Kobori Enshū, famous landscaper from the early 17th century, one offers to think over the writing of the history of Japanese gardens of the 20th century. At first sight, everything seems to oppose the two main historians of the post-war Japanese gardens : Shigemori Mirei and Mori Osamu. …”
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