Microplastic occurrence and fate in the South African environment: a review by Ntebogeng Sharon Mokgalaka-Fleischmann, Funzani Asnath Melato, Khathutshelo Netshiongolwe, Oisaemi Uduagele Izevbekhai, Sello Presly Lepule, Kgomotso Motsepe, Joshua Nosa Edokpayi

“…Effective cooperation between researchers, legislators, and industry is necessary for mitigation initiatives to be successful.…”
Get full text

Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in the Management of Postpartum HELLP Syndrome: A Case Report by Parul Jaiswal, Prashant Suryarao, Dipak Kolate

“…Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (TPE), initiated due to TMA and severe renal impairment, significantly improved clinical outcomes. …”
Get full text

Antiretroviral therapy among patients with HIV in Almaty, Kazakhstan: the implication for HIV-associated tuberculosis control by Alfiya Denebayeva, Arpine Abrahamyan, Aelita Sargsyan, Karine Kentenyants, Ainur Zhandybayeva, Zhamilya Nugmanova, Anarkhan Nurkerimova, Karapet Davtyan, Marat Tukeyev

“…Patients in the rapid ART initiation group were less likely to develop TB compared with those who started treatment >1 month after the HIV detection (odds ratio 1.6; 95% confidence interval [1.1, 2.2]; p = 0.00799). …”
Get full text

Myocardial Strain Assessment for Early Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Diagnosis in Pediatric Patients Using Cardiac MRI by Rania Awadi, Narjes Benameur, Hassen Hafsi, Thouraya Ben Younes, Younes Arous, Salam Labidi, João Manuel R. S. Tavares

“…It represents an innovative imaging biomarker that can detect initial myocardial alterations in DMD cardiomyopathy without relying on gadolinium.…”
Get full text

A case of primary intraocular B-cell lymphoma masquerading alongside varicella-zoster virus retinitis by Sarah Jong, J. Anthony Chacko, Soumya Pandey, Juan Carlos Rico Crescencio, Muthu V. Kumaran, Michael S. Lowry, Ahmed B. Sallam

“…After minimal response to initial antiviral therapy, a diagnostic pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) with vitreous biopsy was performed with aspiration of subretinal fluid. …”
Get full text

MACRAMÉ – Advanced characterisation methodologies to assess and predict the health and environmental risks of advanced materials by Steffi Friedrichs, Christian Seitz, Eric Bleeker, Rob Vandebriel, Samia Ouhajji, Evert Duistermaat, Martin Wiemann, Antje Vennemann, Alberto Katsumiti, Tina Buerki-Thurnherr, Govind Gupta, Peter Wick, Luis Mauricio Ortiz-Galvez, Jimeng Wu, Klaus-Michael Weltring, Daniel Haase, Elisabeth Heunisch, Anna Pohl, Katie Reilly, Zhiling Guo, Iseult Lynch, Thomas Exner, Birgit Hagenhoff, Daniel Breitenstein

“…As industries integrate AdMas into commercial products to innovate in the next stage of the value chains, there is an urgent need for robust methodologies to detect, characterize, and assess their potential risks throughout their life cycle. …”
Get full text

Breast cancer assessment under neoadjuvant systemic therapy using thoracic photon-counting detector computed tomography in prone position: a pilot study by Claudia Neubauer, Johanna Nattenmüller, Fabian Bamberg, Marisa Windfuhr-Blum, Jakob Neubauer

“…Conclusion These preliminary findings suggest that thoracic PCCT can accurately detect local changes in breast cancer after NAST. …”
Get full text

Refractive Errors in Children with Retinoblastoma by S. V. Saakyan, A. Iu. Tsygankov, S. S. Tadevosyan, A. A. Makarova, L. V. Kogoleva, R. A. Tatskov

“…Monolateral retinoblastoma was detected in 23 patients (40.4 %), the average age at the time of check-up was 26.2 ± 3.1 months. …”
Get full text

Examination of the effect of treatment of severe early childhood caries and fluoride varnish applications on salivary oxidative stress biomarkers and antioxidants by Sinem Birant, Sabiha Ceren İlisulu, Hazal Ozcan, Karolin Yanar

“…Conclusions An increase in salivary antioxidants was detected after dental restorations were completed and protective fluoride varnish application, while a decrease in oxidative stress markers was detected. …”
Get full text

Does network governance really work? Evidence from cross-national comparative research on urban regeneration in Belgrade and Amsterdam by Dragana Kostica

“…Those policies have also produced two different modes of governance. In the initial phase of the regeneration of Savamala, a fragmented-governed network mode is detected. …”
Get full text

Asymptomatic carriage of intestinal protists is common in children in Lusaka Province, Zambia. by Mable Mutengo, Michaela Kaduková, Namwiinga R Mulunda, Freeman W Chabala, Alejandro Dashti, Kyoko Hayashida, Stanley Chinyanta, Kelly Chisanga, Lourdes Castro, Sergio Sánchez, James Mwansa, Pamela C Köster, David González-Barrio, Jenny G Maloney, Mónica Santín, Javier Sotillo, David Carmena

“…Sensitive PCR-based methods are particularly well suited for detecting subclinical infections in apparently healthy carriers.…”
Get full text

Hydrogen-Rich Water Consumption for Acute and Residual Fatigue After Simulated Football Matches: Protocol for a Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel Trial by Michal Hruby, Karel Hulka, David Bernatik

“…These assessments will occur at critical time points: immediately post warm-up; directly following the simulated football match to detect acute fatigue; and 24, 48, and 72 hours after training sessions to detect residual fatigue. …”
Get full text

Validity and Responsiveness of a Modified Balance Error Scoring System Assessment Using a Mobile Device Application in Patients Recovering from Ankle Sprain by Michael S Crowell, Eliot Thomasma, Erin Florkiewicz, Richard Brindle, Megan Roach, Donald Goss, Will Pitt

“…Injured participants improved their mBESS score measured by SWAY at four weeks following their initial assessments (*t* = 3.31, *p* = 0.004; Baseline: 74.2 +/- 16.1, 4-weeks: 82.7 +/- 9.5). …”
Get full text

Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis: current status of the problem by I. T. Murkamilov, I. S. Sabirov, V. V. Fomin, Zh. A. Murkamilova

“…One of the most prognostically unfavorable variants of glomerulopathy is focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSHC), which is detected by nephrobiopsy in 5-20% of patients with nephrotic syndrome (NS) and in 15% of adult patients with chronic glomerulonephritis. …”
Get full text

Acute neuronal cell death and neuroinflammation per se do not trigger secondary autoimmune encephalitis in mice by Justus Wilke, Antonios Ntolkeras, Vinicius Daguano Gastaldi, Kathrin Borowski, Bianca Teegen, Winfried Stöcker, Fred Lühder, Klaus-Armin Nave, Hannelore Ehrenreich

“…Perivascular cuffs were not detected. Infiltrating lymphocytes mainly consisted of CD8+ T cells. …”
Get full text

Pre-COVID-19 epidemiology of community respiratory viruses at a single US center reveals sex differences in influenza A and a higher ICU incidence of human metapneumovirus in the e... by Bibek Koirala, Aline Azar, Brianna Fountain, Melissa McGuirl, Shannon Stock, Marzena Galdzicka, Richard T. Ellison

“…Methods Given that molecular testing for community respiratory viruses was widely performed on patients at UMass Memorial Medical Center between January 2010 and December 2013, a retrospective study was conducted to examine epidemiologic features of positive subjects. Initial testing was done with rapid influenza and respiratory syncytial (RSV) virus antigen testing, with negative testing reflexed to a multiplex nucleic acid amplification platform detecting nine respiratory viruses. …”
Get full text

Chronic non-bacterial osteomyelitis in children- five-year standardized follow-up of a prospective observational cohort in the pre-biological era by Christine Hofmann, Annette Holl-Wieden, Christiane Reiser, Meinrad Beer, Peter Raab, Henner Morbach, Hermann J. Girschick

“…Abstract Background This prospective, long-term observational study, initiated in 2002, aimed to characterize clinical and laboratory data, whole body MRI detected lesions, and treatment responses in 37 juvenile patients with chronic non-bacterial osteomyelitis at a time when biological DMARDs were not yet standard therapy. …”
Get full text

The results of quantitative evaluation of postradiation changes in lung cancer patients, which were obtained using a new procedure for analysis of dynamic X-ray computed tomography... by V. V. Ledenev, N. V. Nudnov, V. M. Sotnikov, D. V. Baryshnikova

“…In addition, eight (27.6%) patients treated with less than 20 Gy were detected to have changes associated with the initial density values, which can be regarded as an increased individual radiosensitivity.Conclusion. …”
Get full text

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in a patient with pancreas divisum and gastrointestinal duplication cyst: a case report by Naoto Takahashi, Hiroyuki Nitta, Akira Umemura, Hirokatsu Katagiri, Shoji Kanno, Daiki Takeda, Kenji Makabe, Satoshi Amano, Masao Nishiya, Noriyuki Uesugi, Tamotsu Sugai, Akira Sasaki

“…Furthermore, PD and GDC were also histopathologically detected. The postoperative course was uneventful, and she was discharged on the postoperative day 25. …”
Get full text

Clinical, laboratory, and morphological characteristics of kidney damage in lymphoproliferative disorders by B. T. Dzhumabaeva, L. S. Biryukova, V. A. Varshavsky, S. A. Mar’ina, L. S. Roshchina, U. L. Julhakyan, E. S. Stolyarevich

“…Kidney involvement in the onset of lymphoproliferative diseases (LPD) detected rarely, observed mainly at tumor progression or relapse.Objective: to determine the clinical and morphological features of kidney damage in the initial manifestation of LPD.Materials and methods: 19 patients with LPD and kidney damage were included in the study. …”
Get full text