Korean Bongsan Talchum mask theatre: A window to the past and the pride of the present by Yuri G. Smertin

“…It was a short-term expression of an alternative value system and had a compensatory function. At present, Bongsan Talchum is becoming a cultural symbol of Korea both at home and abroad.…”
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A Rare and Challenging Presentation of an Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumour: A Case Report by Rohit Shirgaonkar, Srivatsa Lokeshwaran, Susmita Rakshit

“…A 32‐year‐old female presented with progressively worsening cough, haemoptysis, low‐grade fever and increasing shortness of breath. …”
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Emotional Lability as a Unique Presenting Sign of Suspected Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy by Shauna H. Yuan, Sonya G. Wang

“…Clinically, CTE is more commonly known to be associated with memory impairment and executive function disorder (Stern et al., 2013). However, here, we present two unique cases of prior professional football players where behavioral changes were the first identifying factors in clinical presentation and discuss possible neuroimaging options to help with CTE diagnosis. …”
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Primary Sjogren’s Syndrome Presenting as Acute Interstitial Pneumonitis/Hamman-Rich Syndrome by Abidullah Khan, Mohammad Humayun, Iqbal Haider, Maimoona Ayub, Zakir Shah, Fahad Ajmal

“…The patient had a complete recovery after approximately three weeks’ stay in the hospital with lung function returning back to normal. This is most probably the first ever case of primary Sjogren syndrome (pSjS) presenting as AIP, recovering completely in less than a month time.…”
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Unusual Presentations of Sellar and Suprasellar Space Occupying Lesion: Our Institutional Experience by Ramalingam Giridharan, Nirmal Kumar, J. Srisaravanan

“…Postoperatively their vision has improved. Endocrine functions were normal in all the patients following surgery. …”
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Exchange Economy from Archaic Times to the Present and Practices from Example Countries by Mehmet Şükrü Nar

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Pathological presentation of cardiac mitochondria in a rat model for chronic kidney disease. by Einat Bigelman, Lena Cohen, Genya Aharon-Hananel, Ran Levy, Zach Rozenbaum, Ann Saada, Gad Keren, Michal Entin-Meer

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Alien Hand Syndrome as the Initial Presentation of Patent Foramen Ovale-Associated Stroke by Drixie D. Vargas, Jenny M. Garzón, María Cristina Martínez-Ávila, Juan D. H. Zuluaga, Carolina Sotelo

“…We report the case of a 33-year-old male with no previous medical history who presented with involuntary movements of the left upper limb, describing it as “moving on its own.” …”
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B cells require licensing by dendritic cells to serve as primary antigen-presenting cells for plasmid DNA by Ichwaku Rastogi, Douglas G. McNeel

“…Dendritic cells (DCs) are known to cross-present DNA-encoded antigens expressed in bystander cells. …”
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Human iPSC for Therapeutic Approaches to the Nervous System: Present and Future Applications by Maria Giuseppina Cefalo, Andrea Carai, Evelina Miele, Agnese Po, Elisabetta Ferretti, Angela Mastronuzzi, Isabelle M. Germano

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Polyarteritis nodosa presenting with severe upper gastrointestinal bleeding: a case report by Xin-Yue Xiao, Yun Niu, Ping-Ping Liu, Yu-Ming Zheng, Ming-Gang Zhang, Guo-Chun Wang, Xiao-Di Wang, Fang Liu

“…The patient had tachycardia, hypotension, and extensive skin abnormalities on the lower extremities along with anemia, low platelets, and abnormal renal function. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed gastric and duodenal ulcers. …”
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Atypical presentation of coeliac disease: long-term infertility without gastrointestinal symptoms by Usman Ghani

“…For example, one of these atypical presentations is infertility, a condition that can remain undiagnosed for a long time. …”
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Unique genetic presentation of Gitelman syndrome in a Hispanic patient: Case report by Aldo Arce, Matthew Nguyen, Dao Le, Ramy Hanna

“…An 18-year-old male patient with a past medical history of chronic hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, and constipation presented to the clinic as a continuation of care from his pediatric nephrologist for previously diagnosed Gitelman’s syndrome in his childhood. …”
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Stamens enclosed by petals in Berchemia (Rhamnaceae): a unique mechanism for pollen presentation by Fang Ma, Fang Ma, Qian Zhao, Xing Tian, Yao-lei Fu, Wen-zhe Liu

“…However, the function, the role in reproduction, and the evolutionary significance of the unusual petals remain unclear.MethodsIn this study, we took Berchemia flavescens and Berchemia polyphylla var. leioclada as examples, and used field observations, semi-thin sections technology, scanning electron microscopy, and pollination ecology detection methods to explore the unique pollen presentation strategies, petal functions, and reproductive strategies in Berchemia.ResultsThis is a unique pollen presentation process mediated by petals. …”
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Atypical Presentation of Acute Coronary Syndrome-Not ST Elevation: A Case Report by Nicola Vitulano, Graziano Riccioni, Antonio Trivisano, Carlo Palumbo, Linda D’aloia, Elena Ricci Barbini, Nino Leone, Miriam Placentino, Silvia Cappetti, Pierluigi Pellegrino, Rocco Perrella, Vincenzo Ferrara, Gaetano Prencipe, Lorenzo Pellegrino, Matteo Melchionda, Matteo Vitulano

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P300 ERP System Utilizing Wireless Visual Stimulus Presentation Devices by Yuta Sasatake, Kojiro Matsushita

“…In Experiment 2, we conducted P300 elicitation experiments using the wireless visual stimulus presentation device under conditions that allowed the precise measurement of stimulus presentation timing. …”
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Epidemiology and clinical presentation of kidney amyloidosis have changed over the past three decades: a nationwide population-based study by Hilde J. Vasstrand, Melinda Raki, Rannveig Skrunes, Sabine Leh, Janne Thomsen, Helga Gudmundsdottir, Arnljot Tveit, Anders Hartmann, Anna V. Reisæter, Anders Åsberg, Tale N. Wien

“…The scope and accuracy of amyloid typing improved in the study period, significantly reducing undetermined cases (p < 0.001) and providing more robust diagnoses. Clinical presentation was diverse, but proteinuria was present in 94%. …”
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Recurrent identities for two special functions of hypergeometric type by Svetlana V. Podkletnova

“…The article presents conclusions and proofs of Gauss-type identities for two known hypergeometric type functions. …”
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Presenting Quantitative Approaches to Investigate the Importance of the Stakeholders of Ecosystem Services in Hyrcanian Forests by Hamid Amirnejad, Sareh Hosseini, Sayed Mohsen Hosseini, Maryam Asadpour Kordi, Mahsa Taslimi, Yadollah Bostan

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On generalizations of the Pompeiu functional equation by Pl. Kannappan, P. K. Sahoo

“…In this paper, we determine the general solution of the functional equations f(x+y+xy)=p(x)+q(y)+g(x)h(y),     (∀x,y∈ℜ*) and f(ax+by+cxy)=f(x)+f(y)+f(x)f(y),     (∀x,y∈ℜ) which are generalizations of a functional equation studied by Pompeiu. …”
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