The Effect of Leucocytosis, Gender Difference, and Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Acute Cholecystitis in the Elderly Population by Arda Demirkan, Ayça Koca Tanrıverdi, Arda Çetinkaya, Onur Polat, Müge Günalp

“…Acute cholecystitis is one of the most common reasons of acute abdominal pain for older patients to present to the emergency department (ED). Presentation may differ from that of the younger patient and is often complicated by coexistent disease due to elderliness. …”
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Three-Dimensional-Printed Models: A Novel Approach to Ultrasound Education of the Placental Cord Insertion Site by Samantha Ward, Sharon Maresse, Zhonghua Sun

“…The 3DPMs were ranked as being a more useful educational tool for spatially visualising the NCI, MCI, and VCI than 2D ultrasound images and videos. …”
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Pre-service And In-service Efl Teachers Training Programs In The Light Of Innovation And Change In Language Education by Kheira Hadi

“…However, the adequacy of these programs for better teaching needs to be investigated. The presentation deals with training programs and the main challenges facing them among which the balance between theory and practice. …”
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Survival outcomes and prognosis predictors of uveal melanoma from Indian population by Payal N Shah, Mahesh Shanmugam, Neha M Kagathi, Annu T Thaliath, Sunita Mohan

“…The five-year survival was more than 90% in stages T1 and T2, 80% in stage T3, while it dropped to almost 65% in stage T4. …”
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CONIDIAL DISTRIBUTION OF FRESHWATER HYPHOMYCETES OF AN IRANIAN RIVER: ZAYANDE-ROUD

“…Except for T. marchalianum, which was not present on filter papers after March, all other species were present at least till May with Anguillospora sp. 1 and V. aquaticus being recorded in August. …”
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Study of the structure and development of oil deposits in carbonate reservoirs using field data and X-ray microtomography by D. A. Martyushev, I. N. Ponomareva, B. M. Osovetsky, K. P. Kazymov, E. M. Tomilina, A. S. Lebedeva, A. S. Chukhlov

“…Comparison of the equations approximating the dependence data showed a more pronounced deformation of the reservoir, which is characterized by the presence of large pores and caverns. …”
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First Description of Upadacitinib as Treatment for Collagenous Colitis with a Concomitant Lymphocytic Disorder of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract by Samuel Truniger, Jan Borovicka, Marius König, Michael Bento Schmid, Nicola Fabian Frei, Stephan Brand

“…Considering the similar course of the disease in the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract for a time period of more than 20 years, a common etiologic relationship, particularly an autoimmune disorder seems to be very likely in this patient. …”
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Gastric Small-Cell Carcinoma Found on Esophagogastroduodenoscopy: A Case Report and Literature Review by Natassja Frances, Simon B. Zeichner, Michael Francavilla, Mike Cusnir

“…Case Presentation. A 75-year-old Hispanic male presented with a several week history of worsening epigastric pain with nausea and vomiting. …”
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Current strategies for diagnosis and treatment of Clostridium difficile-infection (literature review) by I. V. Nikolaeva, I. V. Shestakova, G. K. Murtazina

“…The epidemic strain NAP1 / BI / ribotype 027 is more resistant to antibiotics and produces more toxins and causes outbreaks around the world with increasing mortality and severity. …”
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On the lexical evidence of the concept of “leader” in Middle Persian and Arabic languages by Artyom Tonoyan, Artem Davydov

“…The Arabic loanwords in NP, used for the concept of "leader", are presented in the authors' previous paper [8], because of which the present examination is limited in the presentation of the denotants of the concept of "leader" only in Sasanian Middle Persian and Arabic. …”
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La norma violata. Metafore del corpo in medicina e nella prosa kafkiana by Alessandra Zurolo

“…The concept of body is closely related to that of illness and its various manifestations, a connection that can be observed from a range of perspectives. The present study draws upon the metaphors of the body found in selected German medical textbooks and aims to compare the image of the healthy and the pathological body in the tradition of German-language medical education with how it is presented in selected writings by the author who perhaps most emblematically – within the sphere of German literature – provided examples of the theme in question: Franz Kafka. …”
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Anthracyclines and Acquired Long QT Syndrome. A Case Report by Carlos Rodríguez Armada, Lázaro Enrique de la Cruz Avilés

“…Acquired long QT syndrome results from secondary causes and can be caused by more than 100 non-antiarrhythmic drugs. Cardiac arrest due to Torsades de pointes induced by drugs causing prolonged QT syndrome is a rare but potentially fatal event, even in hospitals. …”
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Atypical pyoderma gangrenosum in a patient with osteomyelofibrosis by Živanović Dubravka, Tanasilović Srđan, Škiljević Dušan, Tomović Maja, Bogdanović Andrija, Vesić Sonja, Medenica Ljiljana

“…A response to systemic steroids is more pronounced than in classical form. Sometimes it may be the first sign of an underlying malignancy. …”
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Écrire l’histoire du Québec pour les touristes by Serge Jaumain

“…However most of the historians have ignored their impact. This text presents the first results of a study of Quebec's historical presentations in some seventy tourist guides published in French or English between 1963 and 2016. …”
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Coexisting Collagenous Sprue and Celiac Disease: A Case Report by Tyler M. Selig, Ayesha Siddique, John L. Reagan, Edward R. Feller, Samir A. Shah

“…The management of the two diseases is different, and thus it is critical that the proper diagnosis of CS is made promptly to prevent complications. Case Presentation: We present a case report of CS in an elderly male who was initially diagnosed with celiac disease alone before returning to care years later with unresolved gastrointestinal symptoms. …”
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Graftings, Reweavings and Interpretation: The Auchinleck Middle English Breton Lays in Manuscript and Edition by Anne Laskaya

“…Although frequently considered a response to, and encouragement of, an emerging English ‘nation,’ evidence drawn from the large repository of textual and literary evidence suggests that the manuscript and its surviving texts function more as a pivot point, looking back, looking at the present, and looking toward the future in a complex contrapuntal performance. …”
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Confessional Component of Urbanonymy in Lexicographic Interpretation by T. G. Nikitina, E. I. Rogaleva

“…Samples of dictionary entries with accompanying comments are presented.…”
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Allotrichophagia: A Unique Case of Parental Adjustment to Filial Pediatric Malignancy by Damir Huremović, Madhavi Latha Nagalla, Sameer Khan

“…The team also explored the psychodynamic aspects of this case in order to attain a more comprehensive understanding of this patient’s unique presentation. …”
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An Unusual Case of a Perforated Meckel’s Diverticulum by Lybil Mendoza Alvarez, Dhanashree Rajderkar, Genie L. Beasley

“…This case report highlights one of the more rare presentations in children, which is intestinal perforation. …”
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Advancing EFSA's regulatory science: Updated research and innovation needs by European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Stef Bronzwaer, Yann Devos, Jean‐Lou C. M. Dorne, Bruno Dujardin, Antonio Fernández Dumont, Beatriz Guerra, Claudia Heppner, Estefanía Noriega Fernández, Konstantinos Paraskevopoulos, Carlos G. dasNeves

“…The authors acknowledge that this overview is not exhaustive and refer to earlier publications for additional R&I needs, as well as to the roadmaps for a more in‐depth presentation. Finally, the document calls for transdisciplinary research, reflecting on the interdependencies between human, animal, plant and environmental health. …”
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