Mitochondrial disease in adults: what's old and what's new? by Patrick F Chinnery

“…Abstract Ten years ago, there was an emerging view that the molecular basis for adult mitochondrial disorders was largely known and that the clinical phenotypes had been well described. Nothing could have been further from the truth. …”
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Implementation of Moodle, an open-source solution for Team Based Learning by Reid Proctor, Renee Hayslett

“…In addition to supporting the team-quiz, this instance of Moodle has been used to effectively support other components of TBL. …”
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Analysis of Contributing Factors to Desertification and Mitigation Measures in Basilicata Region by Bruno Basso, Lorenzo De Simone, Agostino Ferrara, Davide Cammarano, Giovanni Cafiero, Mei-Ling Yeh, Tien-Yin Chou

“…An analysis for identifying the weight that each contributing factor (climate, soil, vegetation, socio-economic management) had on the ESA was carried out and successively the SALUS model was executed to identify the best agronomic practices. …”
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Self-Learning Efficiency in College Virtual Course of Engineering Mathematics on YouTube by John C.-C. Lu

“…Around 25% of the students had richer life experiences and no examination pressure. …”
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Intestinal Osteosarcoma with Liver Metastasis in a Dog with a History of Recurrent Cotton-Based Toy Fragment Ingestion by Andrada Negoescu, Claudiu Gal, Andrei Mihaila, Constantin Mihaila, Cornel Cătoi, Marian Taulescu

“…An 8-year-old intact male Beagle dog presented with anorexia, abdominal pain, intermittent vomiting and melena. The patient had a history of recurrent ingestion of cotton based-toy fragments, but no prior surgical procedures involving the abdominal cavity. …”
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Pseudocystic form of neurocryptococcosis in pregnancy: case report Neurocriptococose na gravidez: forma pseudocística. Relato de Caso by ANAMARLI NUCCI, JAYME ANTUNES MACIEL JR, LUCIANO DE SOUZA QUEIROZ, MARIA AUGUSTA MONTENEGRO, RITA BARBOSA DE CARVALHO

“…We report a case of neurocryptococcosis which is unique in the literature because the patient had a pseudocystic form of the disease during pregnancy and without any evidence of AIDS. …”
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Congenital scrotal agenesis with bilateral cryptorchidism: a case report by Mohammad Sharif Sediqi, Abdulwali Wali, Khatera Habib, Khesrow Ekram, Abdulhai Wali

“…Case presentation We describe a rare instance of bilateral cryptorchidism, with congenital scrotal agenesis in a 36-day-old Afghan baby that had come to Maiwand teaching hospital for fever and vomiting on the basis of sepsis. …”
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Rice Identification and Spatio-Temporal Changes Based on Sentinel-1 Time Series in Leizhou City, Guangdong Province, China by Kaiwen Zhong, Jian Zuo, Jianhui Xu

“…Examination of the traditional double-cropping areas in Fucheng Town from 2017 to 2021 demonstrated that over 86.94% had at least one instance of double cropping while more than 74% had at least four instances, which suggested that there is high continuity and stability within the pattern of rice cultivation practices observed throughout Leizhou City.…”
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Pyrolysis of municipal waste catalyzed with synthesized zeolite from steel making factory waste by Leidy Marcela Ulloa-Murillo, Víctor Ortíz i Roca, Mortaza Gholizadeh, Sandra Meca Fabrega, Frederic Clarens, Pavel Tlustoš

“…The highest deoxygenation of bio-oil was achieved by Mo. Mo/zeolite had the lowest content of carbon, which indicated the lowest amount of coke.…”
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Diversity and Biological Activity of Secondary Metabolites Produced by the Endophytic Fungus <i>Penicillium ochrochlorae</i> by Jian Hu, Dan Qin

“…This research led to the isolation of twenty distinct compounds, including a novel nortriterpenoid (compound <b>20</b>), alongside nineteen compounds that had been previously characterized (compounds <b>1</b>–<b>19</b>). …”
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Variable Breeding Strategies in a Fluctuating Environment: A Feeding Experiment in Eastern Chipmunks by François Briau, Dany Garant, Denis Réale, Mathilde L. Tissier, Patrick Bergeron

“…Exploiting the feeders had a stronger effect than body mass on the probability of estrus. …”
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A decade-long analysis of 98 chronic myeloid leukemia patients: Laboratory data and clinical progress at a single center by Nabihah Mohd Shakri, Razan Hayati Zulkeflee, Mohd Nazri Hassan, Sinari Salleh, Nur Aini Shakirah Ahmad Shuyuti, Marini Ramli, Azlan Husin, Abu Dzarr Abdullah

“…RESULTS: Out of the 98 patients, 56% had e14a2, 41% had e13a2 fusion transcripts, while the remaining 2 patients had e14a3 transcripts. …”
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Public opinion about the UK government during COVID-19 and implications for public health: A topic modeling analysis of open-ended survey response data. by Liam Wright, Alexandra Burton, Alison McKinlay, Andrew Steptoe, Daisy Fancourt

“…Participants reported that elements of the government's approach had made it difficult to comply with guidelines (e.g., changing rules) or were having impacts on mental wellbeing (e.g., inability to plan for the future).…”
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A Review of the Book “The Paleolithic Settlement of Asia” by Seyyed Milad Hashemi

“…The book comprises some important and rather innovative ideas about the subject which the author had been developing during his academic life; for instance, among them are the idea of the presence of an extensive grassland belt stretching from northeast Africa to east Asia during Early Pleistocene, which facilitated the dispersal of hominins out of Africa (Out of Africa I). …”
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ARTISANAL FOOD PRODUCTION AND MARKETING IN THE PERTH AREA OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA: SOME PRELIMINARY INDICATIONS OF DIFFICULTIES WITH CLASSICAL ECONOMICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN THEORY by Mark AZAVEDO, John WALSH

“…This paper derives from various pieces of research, quantitative and qualitative, among artisanal food producers in the Perth area of Western Australia. The research had a focus on the marketing aims of artisanal food producers associated with attendance at Victoria Park Farmers’ Market. …”
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Percutaneous Transretropubic Needle Prostatic Biopsy Under US and CT Guidance by Maki Hirao, Hideki Ishimaru, Satomi Yoshimi, Takamasa Nishimura, Taiga Oka, Chika Somagawa, Tomoki Nakano, Ryoichi Imamura, Ryo Toya

“…ABSTRACT Introduction No previous instances of percutaneous transretropubic prostate biopsy have been documented. …”
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Double balloon enteroscopy in the detection and removal of jejunal anisakiasis: Case report by Erika Abe, Tsukasa Ishida, Tatsuya Osuga, Saori Kakuyama, Hirofumi Ogawa, Katsutoshi Nabeshima

“…Further patient interview determined that he had consumed marinated mackerel the day before the onset of symptoms. …”
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Determination of Human Hair Components by Spectrophotometric Methods for the Diagnosis of Thyroid Diseases by Fatima H. Salih, Shaimaa S. Mahdi, Alaa H. Ali

“…Additionally, this approach demonstrated that those with hypothyroidism had high levels of harmful cholesterol. This was proven using the Raman spectral technique, which gave similar and complementary results obtained by the FTIR technique.     …”
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Assessment and Validation of a Computer Vision Algorithm for Wildfire Rate of Spread Estimation by Ehsan Ameri, Kyle Awayan, Jeanette Cobian-Iñiguez

“…Adding an orange background behind the flame had the least effect on algorithm performance (IA_median = 0.45), followed by placing a Y-shape element resembling a branch (IA_median = 0.31) and adding an LED light near the flame (IA_median = 0.30).…”
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Demythologising the Given: Schlick, Cornelius, and Adorno <i>contra</i> Husserl by Andreas Vrahimis

“…The young Schlick’s Machian background had motivated his contribution to the <i>Psychologismusstreit</i>, in the context of which he launched a series of objections against Husserl’s ‘independence theory of truth’. …”
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