Simile in the Realm of Story (A Study of the Regional Similes in Stories from Five Domains of Story-writing in Iran) by Reza Sadeghi shahpar

“…No doubt the region and environment where artists live in, affect their minds, language and thus, many literary and stylistic techniques that come up in their works. …”
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Observation as a Tool for Historian: A Critical Analysis of James Elkins’ Theories in the book How to Use Your Eyes by Jamal Arabzadeh

“…Elkins carefully observes a wide range of visual phenomena in two main categories: man-made and natural, which have different dimensions: historical, artistic, technological, linguistic, cultural, social or completely natural. …”
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ZFP36 Regulates Vascular Smooth Muscle Contraction and Maintains Blood Pressure by Xiuru Cui, Yawei Wang, Hanlin Lu, Lei Wang, Xianwei Xie, Shenghao Zhang, Pavel Kovarik, Shuijie Li, Shanshan Liu, Qunye Zhang, Jianmin Yang, Cheng Zhang, Jinwei Tian, Yan Liu, Wencheng Zhang

“…This study reveals that ZFP36 expression is highly elevated in the arteries of hypertensive patients and rodents. In cultured vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC), angiotensin II (AngII) activates poly (ADP‐ribose) polymerases1 (PARP1) to stimulate Zfp36 expression at the transcriptional level. …”
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Prevalence of Hypertension in Akwa Ibom State, South-South Nigeria: Rural versus Urban Communities Study by Effiong Ekong Akpan, Udeme E. Ekrikpo, Aniema I. A. Udo, Bassey Edet Bassey

“…The rural populace had higher systolic, diastolic, and mean arterial blood pressure than the urban populace (P<0.001, < 0.002, < 0.001, resp.). …”
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Explaining Obesity- and Smoking-related Healthcare Costs through Unconditional Quantile Regression by Bijan Borah, James Naessens, Kerry Olsen, Nilay Shah

“…**Conclusions:** These results suggest the potential role that smoking cessation and weight management programs can play in arresting the growth in healthcare costs. Specifically, given the finding that obesity and smoking have markedly higher impacts on high-cost patients, such programs appear to have significant cost saving potential if targeted toward high-cost patients.…”
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The Proapoptotic Effect of MB-653 Is Associated with the Modulation of Metastasis and Invasiveness-Related Signalling Pathways in Human Colorectal Cancer Cells by Libor Sokoli, Peter Takáč, Mariana Budovská, Radka Michalková, Martin Kello, Natália Nosálová, Ľudmila Balážová, Šimon Salanci, Ján Mojžiš

“…Additionally, MB-653 induces dose-dependent G2/M phase cell cycle arrest, the cause of which could be cyclin B1/CDC2 complex dysfunction and/or a decrease in α-tubulin protein expression. …”
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Le Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MACM) : La Voie Lactée (1993) de Geneviève Cadieux by Clémence Mailly

“…La relation entre l’œuvre, l’artiste et l’institution dévoile les rouages du discours institutionnel qui s’y cache. …”
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Retinal Ganglion Cell Atrophy in Homonymous Hemianopia due to Acquired Occipital Lesions Observed Using Cirrus High-Definition-OCT by Tsutomu Yamashita, Atsushi Miki, Katsutoshi Goto, Syunsuke Araki, Go Takizawa, Yoshiaki Ieki, Junichi Kiryu, Akio Tabuchi, Yasuyuki Iguchi, Kazumi Kimura, Yoshiki Yagita

“…To report a reduction in macular ganglion cell layer and inner plexiform layer (GCL+IPL) thickness and circumpapillary retinal nerve fiber layer (cpRNFL) thickness using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography in patients with homonymous hemianopia due to posterior cerebral artery (PCA) stroke. Methods. Seven patients with PCA stroke were examined using Cirrus high-definition-OCT. …”
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Prevalence of non-contrast CT abnormalities in adults with reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Dean A Fergusson, Dar Dowlatshahi, Brian Dewar, Michel Shamy, Naomi Niznick, Risa Shorr, Ryan Daniel Gotesman

“…Introduction Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS) is characterised by severe, recurrent thunderclap headaches (TCHs) and vasoconstriction of cerebral arteries that resolve within 3 months. Abnormalities on non-contrast CT (NCCT) such as ischaemic strokes, intracerebral haemorrhage and subarachnoid haemorrhages are frequently observed on brain imaging of patients with RCVS though their prevalence varies considerably between studies. …”
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Emergency surgical coronary revascularization in patients with acute myocardial infarction by B.М. Todurov, G.I. Kovtun, S.O. Sheludko, L.G. Bitsadze, L.G. Bitsadze, O.V. Revenko, A.O. Shpachuk, O.V. Pantazi, О.М. Postupalsky

“…The first group consisted of 46 (61.3 %) patients with emergency coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) performed within 6 h after coronary angiography. …”
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A Comprehensive Clinical Acumen Enhanced by Point-of-Care Ultrasonography in Managing Acute Life-Threatening Massive Pulmonary Thromboembolism in a Peripheral Setting: A Case Repor... by Prabhav Chhaperwal, Sudhir Kumar, Gurbinder Suri, Uma Garg, Suraj Kapoor, Bhargava Devarakonda

“…We report a case of massive PTE presenting with cardiopulmonary arrest, successfully managed with advanced cardiac life support, early initiation of anticoagulants (heparin), and thrombolytics. …”
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In Vivo Evaluation of the Ameliorating Effects of Small-Volume Resuscitation with Four Different Fluids on Endotoxemia-Induced Kidney Injury by Yan-ling Wang, Jing-hui Chen, Qiong-fang Zhu, Gao-feng Yu, Chen-fang Luo, Gang-jian Luo, Shang-rong Li, Zi-qing Hei

“…LPS injection caused reduced and progressively deteriorated systemic (arterial blood pressure) and renal hemodynamics (renal blood flow and renal vascular resistance index) over time. …”
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Monitoring Therapeutical Intervention with Ezetimibe Using Targeted Near-Infrared Fluorescence Imaging in Experimental Atherosclerosis by Kristof Graf, Thore Dietrich, Michael Tachezy, Frank-Detlef Scholle, Kai Licha, Philipp Stawowy, Michael Grafe, Peter Hauff, Eckart Fleck

“…There was a significant reduction in plaque size in brachiocephalic arteries in 8-month-old mice treated with EZE compared with mice during short-term treatment ( p < .05), indicating EZE plaque regression. …”
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Investigation of the Protective Effects of Phlorizin on Diabetic Cardiomyopathy in db/db Mice by Quantitative Proteomics by Qian Cai, Baoying Li, Fei Yu, Weida Lu, Zhen Zhang, Mei Yin, Haiqing Gao

“…However, some diabetic patients develop heart failure without hypertension and coronary artery disease, a process termed diabetic cardiomyopathy. …”
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Hematoma de la vaina de los rectos abdominales en el curso de la COVID-19 by Jorge Felix Nuñez Martinez, Catherine Madruga Vasquez, Iliana Bouza Denis

“…En el contexto de la COVID-19 el hematoma intraabdominal se presentó como complicación de la terapéutica impuesta y no fue tomado en consideración al realizar el diagnóstico diferencial del dolor abdominal e hipotensión arterial. Objetivo: Reportar la aparición de hematoma de la vaina de los rectos abdominales como complicación del empleo de anticoagulantes en el curso del tratamiento de la COVID-19. …”
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Yapay Nesne Ontolojisinin İmkânı by Şeyma Nur Tan

“…Bununla beraber, yapay nesnelere yönelik etik sorunların artışı ve doğal-yapay ayrımının azalmaya başlaması ile yapay nesneleri tanımlama ve kategorizasyon problemleri de öne çıkmış, zihne bağımlılığın ontolojik bir eksiklik olarak görülüp görülemeyeceği tartışmaya açılmıştır. …”
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Rubric Design: A Designer’s Perspective by William Furman

“…As many instructors would attest, these questions are not always easy. Creating rubrics can be difficult, very time-consuming, and can feel like a paradox. …”
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Presenting a model for the diagnosis of heart failure using cumulative and deep learning algorithms: a case study of tehran heart center by Amir Hossein Hariri, Esmaeil Bagheri, Sayyed Mohammad Reza Davoodi

“…Coronary artery heart failure is the leading cause of mortality among other cardiac diseases. …”
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Le roman anglais du XVIIIe siècle à l’opéra : la sentimentalité, Pamela et The Maid of the Mill by Michael Burden

“…From a musical point of view, the opera is not hugely important; in modern day terms, the lack of a single identifiable composer or compositional aesthetic makes it a problematical artistic object to assess today. And yet the very simplicity of the music was the defining attribute that allowed the ‘sentimentality’ of the story to shine through, and did herald a new genre in English opera, the pastiche. …”
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Massive Subchorionic Thrombohematoma (Breus’ Mole) Associated with Fetal Growth Restriction, Oligohydramnios, and Intrauterine Fetal Death by Miyuki Miyagi, Tadatsugu Kinjo, Keiko Mekaru, Hayase Nitta, Hitoshi Masamoto, Yoichi Aoki

“…Doppler examination showed absence of end-diastolic velocity of the umbilical artery. At 22 weeks of gestation, the patient had a stillbirth weighing 138g. …”
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