Évaluer les gains langagiers dans le cadre d’un apprentissage informel à l’étranger by Eva Donohoe

“…The purpose of this article will be to present the tools we tested to assess English skills developed through informal learning, in particular abroad. …”
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Role of Koebner phenomenon in predicting the clinical profile and course of vitiligo by Sheethal K Jose, Yogesh S. Marfatia

“…Patients with KP1 and KP2B had an earlier age of presentation and disease onset, while those with KP2A had a higher age of presentation and disease onset. …”
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Simple and Complex Phonic Tics in Tourette Syndrome by José Fidel Baizabal-Carvallo, Joseph Jankovic

“…Conclusions: Complex phonic tics seem to be part of a more widely distributed, severe, and complex presentation of TS, likely representing a continuum within the spectrum of motor and phonic tics.…”
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Gel–sol synthesis of hierarchical CaO using pollen as biotemplate for biodiesel production by Zheng, Jingdi, Tao, Shuang, Yang, Ying, Tang, Ying

“…The results indicate that pollen as a biotemplate could be used to improve the basicity and textural parameters of calcium oxide particles, especially for 1/1-CaO(S)-700, presented by its total basicity of 5.90 mmol/g, the specific surface area of 16.47 m2/g, the pore volume of 0.04 cm3/g, the average pore size of 10.28 nm, and the widespread distribution of pore size (2–12.5 nm). …”
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Adsorption of Volatile Carboxylic Acids on Activated Carbon Synthesized from Watermelon Shells by Catalina López-Velandia, Jonathan Julian Moreno-Barbosa, Rocio Sierra-Ramirez, Liliana Giraldo, Juan Carlos Moreno-Piraján

“…This efficiency was higher than that of CAS, which presented an efficiency of 32%, 30% and 27% for the respective acids. …”
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Advanced glycation end product (AGE) crosslinking of a bacterial protein: Are AGE-modifications going undetected in our studies? by Bonnie J. Cuthbert, Steven J. Jensen, Christopher S. Hayes, Celia W. Goulding

“…However, because GO and MGO are present in all cells, AGE-modifications are likely more prevalent than currently reported but have gone undetected. …”
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The Role of the Visual Versus Verbal Modality in Learning Novel Verbs by Maria Luisa Lorusso, Laura Pigazzini, Laura Zampini, Michele Burigo, Martina Caccia, Anna Milani, Massimo Molteni

“…In Experiment 2, verbal presentation was no longer associated with more accurate matching responses, but rather with slower decision times. …”
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How Difference Tasks Are Affected by Probability Format, Part 2: A Making Numbers Meaningful Systematic Review by Natalie C. Benda, Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher, Mohit M. Sharma, Stephen B. Johnson, Michelle Demetres, Diana Delgado, Jessica S. Ancker

“…Experimental/quasi-experimental studies comparing 2 or more formats for presenting quantitative health information. …”
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Clinical profile and treatment outcomes in acute retinal necrosis in a South Indian patient population by Vidya S Mooss, Krishna R Murthy, Kalpana Babu, Aniruddha A Tirumalai

“…Demographic details, clinical presentation, complications, management, and visual outcome were evaluated. …”
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Macular hole surgery in times of the COVID-19 pandemic by Nathalie Bleidißel, Julian Klaas, Mathias Maier

“…Abstract To assess whether there were any differences in patient presentation, morphological and functional features as well as surgical treatment for full-thickness macular holes (FTMH) during the lockdown periods amidst the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the previous year. …”
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Clinical features and outcomes of Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachments in Acute Retinal Necrosis by Shabtab Nasir, Samreen Mehfooz, Soumyava Basu, Rajeev R. Pappuru, Mudit Tyagi

“…Retinal detachment at initial presentation and retinitis involving more than two quadrants were significant risk factors for RRD recurrence. …”
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CLINICAL PROFILE OF PATIENTS WITH RARE INHERITED COAGULATION DISORDERS: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF 67 PATIENTS FROM NORTHERN INDIA by Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, Suman Kumar, Tulika Seth, Pravas Mishra, Narendra Agrawal, Gurmeet Singh, Avinash Singh, Manoranjan Mahapatra, Seema Tyagi, Haraprasad Pati, Renu Saxena

“…Factor X deficiency is the most common among these rare coagulation disorders in our population, whereas factor VII deficiency is more common in Iranian and North American population.…”
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Atypical COVID-19-Related Acute Macular Neuroretinopathy with Progression Resulting in Severe Vision Loss by Eva Magdalene Weinberger, Loka Thangamathesvaran, J. Fernando Arevalo

“… Introduction: We review the clinical course of a patient with decreased vision in the setting of COVID-19 infection consistent with an atypical presentation of acute macular neuroretinopathy (AMN). …”
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Presumed Choroidal Metastasis of Primary Cutaneous Melanoma: A Case Report by Teele Palumaa, Artur Klett

“…Conclusion: This case highlights the possibility of a choroidal metastasis of cutaneous melanoma more than a decade after the first presentation of the disease and highlights the effectiveness of combined brachytherapy and systemic anticancer therapy in managing the disease. …”
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Frequency, Clinical Features, and Imaging Comparisons of Seropositive versus Seronegative Autoimmune Encephalitis in a Tertiary Care Setting by Bhavani Madduluri, Shaik A Jabeen, Reshma S Shaik, Sireesha Yareeda, Suryaprabha Turaga, Madhur K Srivastava, Charan Neeradi

“…Conclusions: SNAIE exhibited male predominance, primarily presenting with isolated seizure as the initial presentation. …”
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Prevalence of Strabismus among Patients Attending Basrah Teaching Hospital, Basrah, Iraq by Mohammed Al Ashoor, Hamid Al Taha

“…Esotropia (52.9%) was more prevalent than other types of strabismus. Strabismus was more common in ages under ten years old and in the ages of presentation under ten years old. …”
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Avatars and humans may not elicit the same accent-related biases in mock courtroom research by Lara A. Frumkin, Anna Stone, Mary Jane Spiller

“…Three actors voiced each human and avatar pair using General American English and one of the non-standard accents (German, Mexican or Lebanese) so that variation in ratings could be attributed to presentation mode, accent and country of origin.ResultsAn analysis of covariance revealed that the avatar witnesses were rated more favorably than the humans and there were no main effects of accent nor country of origin, contrary to previous research using the human video stimuli. …”
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Vaccine-Associated Disease Enhancement (VADE): Considerations in Postvaccination COVID-19 by Rahajeng N. Tunjungputri, Erpryta Nurdia Tetrasiwi, Merlinda Veronica, Jacub Pandelaki, Fera Ibrahim, Erni Juwita Nelwan

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has entered a new phase with the roll-out of several vaccines worldwide at an accelerated phase. The occurrence of a more severe presentation of COVID-19 after vaccination may affect policymakers’ decision-making and vaccine uptake by the public. …”
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Medical management and differential diagnosis of restrictive eating disorders in men: a case study report with co-produced recommendations by James Downs, Clive Kelly

“…Prior to his death, the patient had presented with symptoms overlapping with Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) and neurodivergence, which are worth considering for how they may have played a role in complicating the clinical picture and making diagnosis and treatment more challenging. …”
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