Language Changes in Late-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease by Eda Can, Gülmira Kuruoğlu

“…AD is classified into two subtypes: early-onset (before 65 years of age) and late-onset (over 65 years of age). …”
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Clinical and Psychological Aspects of Piercing: A Cross-Sectional Study with Special Attention to Body Dysmorphic Disorder Symptoms, Appearance Anxiety, Body Image Perception and S... by Justyna Putek, Jacek C. Szepietowski

“…Differences between groups were determined using a two-sample <i>t</i>-test, post-hoc chi-square test with Bonferroni’s adjustment, the Kruskal–Wallis test, and the Mann–Whitney test. …”
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Domain‐Specific Prediction of Clinical Progression in Parkinson's Disease Using the Mosaic Approach by Marlene Tahedl, Ulrich Bogdahn, Bernadette Wimmer, Dennis M. Hedderich, Jan S. Kirschke, Claus Zimmer, Benedikt Wiestler

“…We also tested the predictive power of the restricted MAP in predicting disease progression over 1 and 3 years using support vector machines. …”
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Video-urodynamic Profile in Postoperative Cases of Lumbosacral Myelomeningocele with Neurogenic Bladder by Dipanjan Goswami, Gaurav Saxena, Sujoy Neogi, Simmi K Ratan, Prafull Kumar, Chiranjiv Kumar, Md. Fahim Ahmad

“…Materials and Methods: The study included 24 postoperative patients (at least 3 months postoperative) of lumbosacral myelomeningocele with urinary complaints over a 1-year period. The VUDS parameters and presence of VUR were noted along with sonographic evaluation of the urinary tract as well as renal function tests. …”
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Cultivares, épocas de plantio e componentes da produção no consórcio de algodão e amendoim Cultivars, planting times and yield components in cotton-peanut intercroping by Afrânio C. de Araújo, Napoleão E. de M. Beltrão, Genildo B. Bruno, Martival dos S. Moraes

“…The experiment was conducted in Missão Velha, Ceará State, Brazil, at Cotton Experimental Field of Embrapa in the agricultural year of 2002. Inall 20 treatments were tested with 4 repetitions, in a randomized block with 2 x 2 x 4 + 2 + 2 factorial, the factors being two cultivars of cotton (BRS 186 - precocious 3 and BRS 201), two cultivars of peanut (L7 and BR-1), four planting times (0; 7; 14 and 21 days) plus the isolated controls of the two cultivrs of cotton and peanut crops. …”
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Cutaneous Anthrax: What is the Hallmark? by Dhani Redhono Harioputro, Arie Kusumawardani, Iin Novita, Evi Nurhayatun, Rahajeng N Tunjungputri, Erni Juwita Nelwan

“…He presented with a solitary ulcer accompanied by edema, sized 1 cm x 3 cm, not hyperemic, firm border, flat edge, and covered with blackish eschar. Blood tests revealed normal levels of hemoglobin, leukocyte, platelets, kidney and liver function. …”
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DIDACTIC POTENTIAL OF MOBILE APPLICATIONS FOR LEARNING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE by Blynova Neliia, Kyrylova Oksana, Dolzhenko Maryna

“…Both individual and group work is provided in the applications. The function of group English learning can be easily used during classroom classes. …”
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Manganese Intoxication Induced by Total Parenteral Nutrition in the Intensive Care Unit: A Case Report by Victoria Seijas-Martínez-Echevarría, Rita Martínez-Manzanal, Ester Mena-Pérez, Pilar Nuñez-Valentín, Guadalupe Ruiz-Martin

“…Diagnostic tests: The magnetic resonance imaging findings suggested manganese deposits, with a total blood manganese concentration of 34 µg·L⁻¹ (reference range: less than 13 µg·L⁻¹). …”
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A race against time: A case report of fulminant myocarditis leading to cardiogenic shock by Martin Joseph, Tasnim Ahmed

“…A provisional diagnosis of cardiogenic shock was established, and he was promptly initiated on noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NIV) and inotropic support. Initial lab tests indicated significantly elevated troponin and lactate levels, along with increased inflammatory markers, a high white blood cell count, and abnormal kidney and liver function. …”
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Modelagem agrometeorológica para estimação do desenvolvimento e da produção de jiló Agrometeorological model to estimate development and production of 'jiló' by Glauco de S. Rolim, Maria do Carmo de S. S. Novo, Angélica P. Pantano, Paulo E. Trani

“…The validation of the equations was made with data of the second productive year for cultivar Cardoso and Bernacci for the characteristics NFRUTOS and PAP presenting good agreement due to the high values of R2 and all inside the interval of confidence of 95% of probability. …”
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Cutaneous Anthrax: What is the Hallmark? by Dhani Redhono Harioputro, Arie Kusumawardani, Iin Novita, Evi Nurhayatun, Rahajeng N Tunjungputri, Erni Juwita Nelwan

“…He presented with a solitary ulcer accompanied by edema, sized 1 cm x 3 cm, not hyperemic, firm border, flat edge, and covered with blackish eschar. Blood tests revealed normal levels of hemoglobin, leukocyte, platelets, kidney and liver function. …”
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Thyrotoxic encephalopathy with seronegative thyroiditis by Soorya Bavikeri Shivakumara Hegde, Janak Sureshbhai Nayak, Mahesh Sathiavageeswaran

“…She was brought back to hospital (third admission, Table 1) with confusion and behavioural changes, such as inappropriate laughter, crying, word-finding difficulties, memory loss, visual hallucinations, and inability to recognise her husband. Thyroid function tests (TFTs) continued to show hyperthyroidism, although the numbers were slightly improved from the original values before starting carbimazole. …”
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Sevoflurane-Induced Thrombocytopenia in Post-Robotic-Assisted Paraesophageal Hernia Repair by Sara Alhaj, James Tran, Muhammad Nazim, Praveen Tumula, Hassan Ahmed

“…The patient’s POD#1 daily labs showed elevated values for liver function tests and a low platelet count of 10,000 platelets per microliter with an international normalized value (INR) of 1.3. …”
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Warrick score in rheumatoid-arthritis interstitial lung disease: a promising tool for assessing the extent and progression of lung involvement by Duygu Temiz Karadag, Sevtap Dogan, Neslihan Gokcen, Oznur Sadioglu Cagdas, Ayten Yazici, Ayse Cefle

“…Associations between Warrick scores, pulmonary function tests, and patient characteristics were analyzed. …”
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Prevalence, risk factors and echocardiographic predictors of pulmonary hypertension in systemic lupus erythematosus: towards a screening protocol by Jorge Álvarez Troncoso, Clara Soto Abánades, Ángel Robles-Marhuenda, Sergio Alcolea Batres, María Fernández Velilla Peña, Santiago Jiménez Valero, Raquel Sorriguieta Torre, Juan José Rios-Blanco

“…Six RHCs confirmed PH with a prevalence of 2.99% for SLE-PH and 1.99% for SLE-pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).Key risk factors Key risk factors included age, cardiorespiratory symptoms, serositis, anti-Ro, cardiac biomarkers and altered pulmonary function tests (PFTs). PH was linked to a higher Systemic Lupus International Collaborative Clinics/American College of Rheumatology Damage Index (SDI) (mean SDI 4.75 vs 2.05, p&lt;0.001) and increased mortality risk in a 2-year follow-up (12.50% vs 1.08%, p=0.002).Conclusion In our cohort, 7.96% of patients with SLE had an intermediate or high PH probability. …”
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A Scoping Review of Factors Influencing Smoking Cessation in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease by Tong Huimin, Tian Zheng, He Jingchun, Liu Dajun, Zhang Zhijun, Li Yuan, Zhang Nan, Wang Lan

“…The socio-demographic related factors affecting smoking cessation in patients with COPD were age, educational level, residence, marital status, occupational status, economic status, race, and sex; tobacco related factors included smoking index, smoking duration (years), cumulative smoking (packs/year), smoking intensity (packs/day), and tobacco addiction; disease related factors included mMRC score, GOLD level, severity of airflow restrictions, symptom, activity limitation due to lung problems, history of deterioration in outpatient care, receipt of COPD medication, receipt of lung CT, receipt of pulmonary function tests, receipt of surgery, and comorbid comorbidities; psychologically related factors included mental health status, quit smoking health beliefs, smoking cessation self-efficacy, motivation to quit smoking, stress, and adverse emotions; environmental/Interpersonal network related factors-included environmental impacts, social support, family support, tobacco control policies, and satisfaction with cessation care; and behavior related factors included alcohol consumption, coffee consumption, eating, physical activity, and have a hobby. …”
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Decline in striatal binding ratio associated with accelerated decline in performance on symbol digit modality but not MoCA in Parkinson’s Disease Psychosis by Clive Ballard, Dag Aarsland, Dominic ffytche, Latha Velayudhan, Sagnik Bhattacharyya, Sara Pisani, Kallol Ray Chaudhuri

“…Whether striatal presynaptic dopamine changes explain accelerated longitudinal decline in other cognitive domains in people with PDP remains to be tested.…”
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SKIL Promotes Pancreatic Cancer Metastasis by Inhibiting TSPYL2 to Activate the TGF‐β Pathway by Chenxi Wang, Weiwei Song, Yixuan Zhang, Hongming Deng, Zixiang Zhou, Jing Zhu, Xiaobing Wang

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Primary radiation therapy for advanced‐stage laryngeal cancer: A laryngo‐esophageal dysfunction disease‐free survival by Issa Mohamad, Abdelatif Almousa, Ayat Taqash, Ebrahim Mayta, Fawzi Abuhijla, Hamza Ghatasheh, Hazem Ababneh, Lina Wahbeh, Ramiz Abuhijlih, Tariq Hussein, Wisam Al‐Gargaz, Ali Hosni

“…With a median follow‐up of 37 months, the 3‐year LEDDFS was 50%, while the 3‐year OS, DFS, LF, RF, and DM were 81%, 74%, 9%, 5%, and 7%, respectively. …”
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Avaliação cognitiva breve de pacientes atendidos em ambulatórios de neurologia geral Brief cognitive evaluation of patients attended in a general neurological outpatient clinic by Ana Paula P. Vitiello, Jovana G.M. Ciríaco, Daniel Y. Takahashi, Ricardo Nitrini, Paulo Caramelli

“…Whenever possible, the cut-off scores were adjusted as function of educational level. RESULTS: Nearly 2/3 of the patients presented impaired performance in at least one of the tests. …”
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