Saddle Pulmonary Embolism with Thrombus in Transit across a Patent Foramen Ovale by Fitzgerald Shepherd, Ashley White-Stern, Oloruntobi Rahaman, Damian Kurian, Karen Simon

“…This is the case of a 25-year-old obese man who presented with acute shortness of breath, chest pain, and palpitations. …”
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An Artist among the Puritans:Challenging a Cultural Image in Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter by Michèle BONNET

“…These are the twin qualities that make the artist, the man of letters in particular, superior to the history writer and better-equipped than him for federating the nation.…”
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Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis and Hydrocephalus in a Vegan Secondary to Acquired Hyperhomocystinaemia by W. D. D. Priyankara, A.V. I. Chandimal, F. G. Sivagnanam, E. M. Manoj

“…We report a case of a young man with acute onset neuropsychiatric manifestations, admitted to the intensive care unit. …”
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Comparison of Al[18F]-NOTA-FAPI-04 PET/CT and [18F]-FDG PET/CT in a patient with lung cancer and pulmonary tuberculosis: a case report and literature review by Jingjie Qin, Jinming Yu, Yuchun Wei

“…We reported a 70-year-old man with newly diagnosed lung squamous cell carcinoma underwent [18F]-FDG and Al[18F]-NOTA-FAPI-04 PET/CT to determine staging. …”
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Electrochemically stable and ultrathin polymer-based solid electrolytes for dendrite-free all-solid-state lithium-metal batteries by Fenghua Yu, Yongbiao Mu, Meisheng Han, Jie Liu, Kunxiong Zheng, Zhiyu Zou, Hengyuan Hu, Quanyan Man, Wenjia Li, Lei Wei, Lin Zeng, Tianshou Zhao

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DOUBLE FREE FUNCTIONING MUSCLE TRANSFERS FOR BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURIES: A CASE REPORT by Heri Suroto, Teddy Heri Wardhana, Farindra Ridhalhi

“…The method of using two donor muscles to restore the motor function is worth considering for a better improvement of the quality. A 36 years old man with a complete left brachial plexus injury from C5-T1 due to motorcycle accident. …”
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A Meta-analysis: Effect of Tai Chi on Single-leg Standing Time of the Elderly by Xiaojun LI, Tingyu CHEN, Cui'e FENG, Jinxiu CHEN

“…The extracted data were analyzed by RevMan 5.3.Results:A total of 6 literatures were discovered. …”
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Command or petition? A speech act analysis of the parents' utterances in John 9:21cd by H Ito

“… Although speech act theory has a great potential for a better understanding of biblical texts, as demonstrated by some excellent published monographs and articles, it has been only occassionally utilised since the introduction of this theory to New Testament scholarship. …”
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Heptamethine Cyanine Dye-Doped Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Electrodes for Improving Performance of HTL-Free Perovskite Solar Cells by Man-Ge Cai, Arina Watanabe, Zhenyu Xu, Yong-Chang Zhai, Achmad Syarif Hidayat, Naoki Ueoka, Miftakhul Huda, Kimitaka Higuchi, Esko I. Kauppinen, Kazumasa Funabiki, Yutaka Matsuo

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The role of informal caregivers in suicide prevention for men– findings from a psychological autopsy study by Laura Hofmann, Anna-Lena Springer, Birgit Wagner

“…Methods N = 15 participants who lost a man to suicide in the last 3–12 months were interviewed using psychological autopsy interviews. …”
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Reconstruction by Pancreaticogastrostomy versus Pancreaticojejunostomy following Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by YinFeng Shen, WenYin Jin

“…The Cochrane Collaboration’s RevMan 5.0 software was used for statistical analysis. …”
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The Efficacy of Flupentixol-Melitracen in the Adjuvant Therapy of Ulcerative Colitis in the Chinese Population: A Meta-Analysis by Xiaoqian Zhou, Lei Zhao, Ping Yang, Yaxi Chen, Xiong Z. Ruan

“…Our aim of this study is to compare the efficacy of flupentixol-melitracen in the adjuvant therapy of ulcerative colitis patients in the Chinese population. Methods. Both the RevMan 5.2 and the Stata 12.0 software are used in this study for analysis, and a fixed-effect model (the Mantel-Haenszel method) or a random-effect model (the DerSimonian and Laird method) is used to merge or aggregate the risk ratio (RR) and its 95% confidence intervals (CI) of included studies. …”
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Pituitary Metastatic Composite Tumors: A Case Report with Next-Generation Sequencing and Review of the Literature by Matthew Helton, Muhammad Abu-Rmaileh, Kevin Thomas, Murat Gokden, Alissa Kanaan, Analiz Rodriguez

“…Case Presentation. A 74-year-old man presented to the emergency department with left vision loss for 3 months. …”
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De Novo Renal Cell Carcinoma in a Kidney Allograft 20 Years after Transplant by Masataka Banshodani, Hideki Kawanishi, Seiji Marubayashi, Sadanori Shintaku, Misaki Moriishi, Fumio Shimamoto, Shinichiro Tsuchiya, Kiyohiko Dohi, Hideki Ohdan

“…A 54-year-old man received a kidney transplant from his mother when he was 34 years old. …”
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Pyogenic Liver Abscess Caused by Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in a 21-Year-Old Male by Samuel Igbinedion, Meher S. Mavuram, Moheb Boktor, John Bienvenu

“…We present a rare case of pyogenic liver abscess caused by methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in a young man. …”
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Multidimensional features of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the elderly: a case report and systematic review by Jiangfeng Liao, Jiangfeng Liao, Wenming Hu, Wenming Hu, Shiheng Chen, Chunyu Huang, Chunyu Huang, Senwei Dong, Senwei Dong, Wanjin Chen, Wanjin Chen, Xiaochun Chen, Longfei Chen, Longfei Chen

“…This study aims to enunciate the multidimensional features of sCJD in this group.MethodsA case of probable sCJD was reported in a 90-year-old Chinese man with initial dizziness. …”
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Socio-ecosystem Services for Integrated Heritage Assessment (IHA). A new approach to valuing cultural heritage by Manuel Arcila-Garrido, Gema Ramírez-Guerrero, Javier García-Onetti, J. Adolfo Chica-Ruiz

“…This proposal has been validated through the analysis of over 200 cultural asset cases from the European Union. It paves the way for a new avenue of research to better comprehend and appraise cultural heritage, as well as any man-made structure that provides benefits to society. …”
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Effect of tropical climates on the quality of commonly used antibiotics: the protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Johnstone Thitiri, Moses Ngari, Christina W Obiero, James A Berkley, Tsegaye Melaku, Sultan Suleman, Gemmechu Hasen, Sileshi Belew, Jimmy Shangala

“…However, knowledge of the effects of temperature and other climatic and environmental factors on the quality of medicines is limited. A better understanding of the effects of climates may assist in the development of control strategies to help reduce factors contributing to poor-quality medicines. …”
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Comparison of the efficacy of LTCBDE and LCBDE for common bile duct stones: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Bin Zheng, Yixin Lu, Erqi Li, Ziyu Bai, Kaiqian Zhang, Jian Li, Jian Li

“…The aim of this study was to compare the safety and efficacy of laparoscopic transcystic common bile duct exploration (LTCBDE) and laparoscopic common bile duct exploration (LCBDE).MethodsRelevant literature published before March 30, 2023 in PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and Cochrane was searched to screen studies comparing LTCBDE and LCBDE. RevMan 5.4 was used for meta-analysis of fixed-effects and random-effects models.ResultsA total of 21 studies met the inclusion criteria, including 3065 patients in the LTCBDE group and 2,453 patients in the LCBDE group. …”
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Prognostic Value of Creatine Phosphate and Inflammatory Markers for Mitral Valve Replacement: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Yanhui Zhu, Chengwei Zou, Jun Zhang, Lei Chen, Yanting Jia

“…Ten RCTs with a total of 464 participants were enrolled. The meta-analysis results showed that (1) elevated creatine kinase levels often predict a better prognosis after mitral valve replacement (RR=1.36, 95% CI: 1.22 to 1.52, P<0.00001), (2) the creatine kinase isoenzyme level in the venous blood of the phosphocreatine group after 24 h of aortic blocking was significantly lower than that in the control group (SMD=−2.90, 95% CI: -5.19 to -0.60, P=0.01), and (3) Troponin I levels were significantly lower in the intravenous creatine group than in the control group 24 h after opening of the aortic block (SMD=−1.49, 95% CI: -2.02 to -0.97,P<0.00001). …”
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