Antigen-Induced Immunomodulation in the Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis by Natalia Milioti, Alexandra Bermudez-Fajardo, Manuel L. Penichet, Ernesto Oviedo-Orta

“…Most of these stimuli come from modified self-molecules such as oxidised low-density lipoproteins (oxLDLs), beta2glycoprotein1 (𝛽2GP1), lipoprotein a (LP(a)), heat shock proteins (HSPs), and protein components of the extracellular matrix such as collagen and fibrinogen in the form of advanced glycation-end (AGE) products. …”
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E. coli Meningitis Presenting in a Patient with Disseminated Strongyloides stercoralis by Juliana B. Gomez, Yvan Maque, Manuel A. Moquillaza, William E. Anicama

“…Three days later the patient died in the intensive care unit due to septic shock. Autopsy was performed and microscopic examination revealed the presence of multiple Strongyloides larvae throughout the body. …”
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Non-invasive rehabilitation in Morbus Ledderhose disease, methods, techniques, efficiency by Elena Costescu, Oana Păduraru, Gabriela Călin, Mihaiela Camelia Țabrean (Partene), Călin Ștefan Păduraru

“…Important positive results have been obtained: a considerable decrease in the pain level of patients, the dissipation of consistency and decrease in the size of plantar nodules, an increase in the life quality of the patients with the resumption of productive activities. The treatment with shock waves and super inductive system has an increased efficiency both folowing the first cure and after various consecutive cures applied consistently at 6 months or maybe even faster, at 4-5 months, if necessary, if the pathology advances faster by intensifying fibrosis…”
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Psychological analysis of extreme situations in the professional activity of the employees of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine by O. V. Timchenko

“…Psychological consequences of the activity of the employees of the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine in extreme conditions of professional activity include: the state of anxiety associated with manifestations of psycho-somatic illness; the state of fatigue that is manifested in the impossibility of performing professional activity; cases of “shock”, the emergence of which is associated with emergency situations; asocial behavior, which is manifested in the inflexibility or, vice versa, in the employee’s oppression. …”
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Investigating food allergy awareness and attitudes among teachers in primary schools: current status and opportunities for enhancement by Amal H. Aljohani, Abeer Mutair Alshamani, Afnan Ahmed Aljohani, Aisha Saad Almohammadi, Bushra Saad Alharbi, Deena Faraj Altarjami, Reyouf Samer Alsaedi

“…More than two-thirds of teachers were able to identify anaphylactic shock. Only 15.4% of the teachers knew that an epinephrine autoinjector was the first aid measurement to be taken. …”
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Analysis of the Impact of Different Forecasting Techniques on the Inventory Bullwhip Effect in Two Parallel Supply Chains with a Competition Effect by Xigang Yuan, Xiaoqing Zhang, Dalin Zhang

“…Moreover, the market demand is impacted by the self-price sensitivity coefficient, the cross-price sensitivity coefficient, the market share, and the demand shock. We then assumed that the retailer can forecast market demand by using different forecasting techniques (i.e., the moving average technique (MA), the exponential smoothing technique (ES), and the minimum mean square error technique (MMSE)). …”
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A Lagrangian particle model for one-dimensional transient pipe flow with moving boundary by Yuejin Cai, Jianguo Wei, Qingzhi Hou, Huaicheng Fan, Arris S. Tijsseling

“…To test the shock capturing ability of the developed model, the classical water hammer problem is also simulated and good agreement with the theoretical solution is obtained. …”
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Varying Presentations of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome Temporarily Associated with COVID-19 by Jasmina Krikilion, Lisa Nuyttens, Siel Daelemans, Karlien François, Reiner Mauel, Daniel De Wolf, Gerlant van Berlaer

“…Initially, children seemed minimally affected, but there were reports of cases similar to (atypical) Kawasaki disease or toxic shock syndrome, and evidence emerges about a complication named paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporarily associated with SARS-CoV-2 (PIMS-TS) or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). …”
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The Effects of Local Administration of Aminophylline on Transureteral Lithotripsy by Ayyoub Barzegarnezhad, Abolfazl Firouzian, Seyed Abdollah Emadi, Nadali Mousanejad, Roksana Bakhshali

“…Further extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) was performed in 5% and 30% for patients in case and control groups, respectively. …”
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A Case of Severe Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Treated with Multiple Biologics by Beenish Zulfiqar, Hira Imran, Kathleen Collins

“…The syndrome can present in unique ways from classic MIS-C with hypovolemic shock to Kawasaki disease-like presentation. We present a case of a 12-year-old boy who presented to Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis with classic signs and symptoms of “severe” MIS-C requiring intubation, multiple pressors, ECMO, and renal replacement therapy. …”
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The effect of transportation on the stability of hematological examination by Gilang Nugraha, Notrisia Rachmayanti, Moch. Sahri, Maulana Bagas Syaifulloh, Salsabillah Karunia Sugiarto

“…This research was conducted at an average ambient temperature of 33.4ºC and humidity of 45%, room temperature of 27.8ºC and humidity of 43%, cold temperature of 4.5ºC and humidity of 52%, and average shock of 54.9. The results showed that the parameters of Hgb, PLT, WBC, and NEUT were stable for up to 2 hours in both room temperature and cold conditions. …”
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Nanoscale characterization of space weathering in lunar samples by A. M. Grice, P. C. Stancil, M. Ghafariasl, S. Singh, S. Gamage, M. J. Schaible, Y. Abate, K. Lang, T. M. Orlando

“…Spatially localized 1050 cm−1/935 cm−1 band ratios in Nano-FTIR hyperspectral maps may further reflect impact-induced shock nanostructures, while shifts in silicate band positions indicate accumulated radiation damage at the nanoscale from prolonged space weathering due to micrometeorites, solar wind, energetic x-rays and cosmic ray bombardment. …”
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Optimization strategies for multi‐block structured CFD simulation based on Sunway TaihuLight by Xiaojing Lv, Wenhao Leng, Zhao Liu, Chengsheng Wu, Fang Li, Jiuxiu Xu

“…Abstract Decomposition and solver are the main performance bottlenecks of multi‐block structured CFD simulation involving complex industrial configurations such as aero‐engine, shock‐boundary layer interactions, turbulence modeling and so on. …”
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Review of Fast Solar Jets and Coronal Mass Ejections by Sima Zeighami, Ehsan Tavabi

“…Then various effects are observed, as shock waves and massive geomagnetic storms that disrupt satellites and power grids. …”
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RESPONSE OF WHEAT TO DIFFERENT ABIOTIC STRESS CONDITIONS: A REVIEW by Harikala Paudel, Radhakrishna Bhandari, Anjali Dhakal, Shivalal Nyaupane, Binod Panthi, Mukti Ram Poudel

“…The plant has earliness as a phenological, rolling of leaves as morphological, waxiness as physiological, and production of heat shock proteins and proline content as a biochemical defense. …”
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Endoscopic Management of Large Vesical Calculus by Osama Kalim Shaikh, Shakeel Haseeb Uddin Siddique, Muhammad Umar, Ahsan Rehman, Habibullah Muhammad Akbar

“…However, advancements in urology have introduced minimally invasive techniques, including cystolitholapaxy, percutaneous cystolithotomy, cystolithotripsy, and extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL). This study aimed to share our experience in managing large vesical calculi through endoscopic approaches, particularly in cases where cystolithotomy was not feasible due to prior bladder surgeries. …”
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Optimization and Damping Performance of a Coal-Fired Power Plant Building Equipped with Multiple Coal Bucket Dampers by Ling-Yun Peng, Ying-Jie Kang, Zong-Rui Lai, Yu-Ke Deng

“…A finite element analysis model, replicating the conditions of the shaking table test, was constructed for comparison, and the shock absorption effects of CBDs subjected to 22 groups of far-field seismic action and 28 groups of near-field seismic action were analyzed. …”
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Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Associated with Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in an Immunocompetent Elderly Patient by Ralph Kamel, Rubal Sharma, Divya Asti, Arshpal Gill, Yevgeniy Skaradinskiy

“…The hospital course was complicated by disseminated intravascular coagulation and shock with multiorgan failure. Extensive workup revealed that several of the criteria for hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis were met. …”
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Nexus of crude oil and clean energy stock indices: Evidence from time-vector-auto-regression in conjunction with conditional-autoregressive-value-at-risk by Nader Trabelsi, Aviral Kumar Tiwari, Fahmi Ghallabi, Imen Khemakhem

“…During the Russia-Ukraine war, volatility shocks to CO were mostly caused by CE stock indices. …”
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Energy-Based Aerodynamic Analysis on the Blended-Wing-Body Aircraft with Boundary Layer Ingestion by Wenyuan Zhao, Yanlai Zhang, Jianghao Wu

“…We further improve the one-dimensional analysis framework by adding the pressure volumetric work term in the power balance equation for the application in compressible flow with shock wave regions. A determining expression for the power-saving coefficient (PSC) of the BLI effect is also deduced, which is related to a BLI fraction, the airframe dissipation component ratios, and the specific thrust of the propulsor. …”
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