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Perversity, futility, complicity: Should democrats participate in autocratic elections?

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Electoral authoritarianism is receiving increasing attention from political scientists, yet it has been mostly ignored by political philosophers. This paper aims to fill some of this gap by considering whether it is morally permissibly for democrats to participate in autocratic elections as candidates or voters.
Zoltan Miklosi
wiley   +1 more source

Correlation between fecal biomarkers and the presence of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies with ulcerative colitis disease activity

Romanian Journal of Laboratory Medicine
Although colonoscopy remains the gold standard for Ulcerative colitis (UC) diagnosis due to its invasive and costly nature, non-invasive biomarkers are gaining importance in disease activity monitoring and diagnosis.
Büşra Usta, Demet Gür Vural, Asuman Birinci, Müge Ustaoğlu Dede   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Miss Bliss, Reminisce

, 2015
“Miss Bliss, Reminisce” is a doll emerging from a terrarium garden, provoked by a book called Garden Plants and Man. It’s the opposite of Asch’s fear for the environment, and more of a dreamy escape hatch into fantasy, like many of the books on our ...
Murray, Kendal (R8271)
core  

Tattoo Inflammation With Uveitis: From Recognition to Definition

Clinical &Experimental Ophthalmology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tattoo inflammation with uveitis (TIU) is increasingly recognised but growing case numbers have revealed substantial heterogeneity. Patients currently classified as TIU appear to include those with overt or evolving systemic sarcoidosis as well as those with isolated, pigment‐associated ocular inflammation.
Anthea Anantharajah, Nicolas Kluger, Anthony J. H. Hall, Michelle Sharp, Jennifer E. Thorne, Lyndell L. Lim   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adaptive capacity of alpine fauna in Australia

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Assessment of adaptive capacity can provide insights into the mechanisms behind the vulnerability of some of Australia's most threatened species to climate change, such as the endangered mountain pygmy possum (Burramys parvus). Our results highlight diversity in the adaptive capacity of Australia's alpine animals and suggest that climate change will ...
Eleanor Drinkwater, Lindsey Thurman, Hayley Bates, Linda Broome, Nick Clemann, Francisco Encinas‐Viso, Madison Fink, Sonya Geange, Margaret L. Haines, Adrienne Nicotra, Tarmo A. Raadik, Ben Scheele, Erik Wapstra, Geoffrey M. While, Kate D. L. Umbers   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chronic Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyps in Eosinophilic Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis: A Scoping Review. [PDF]

Int Forum Allergy Rhinol
ABSTRACT Background Chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) is one of the most common manifestations of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), often preceding the diagnosis of systemic vasculitis by several years. The sinonasal presentation of EGPA typically resembles CRS with nasal polyps (CRSwNP), making it clinically indistinguishable from those
Sharma A, Li AY, Kishibe T, Wong D, Sanders KM, Jiang M, Lee H, Song C, Mcintyre K, Pagnoux C, Chan Y, Lee JM, Lee DJ.   +12 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Controversies in ANCA testing

Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, 2012
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) detection is a well-known tool for diagnosing small-vessel vasculitis. Its diagnostic utility, however, depends on the methodologic accuracy of the test and the appropriate ordering of testing in the right clinical setting.
openaire   +2 more sources

An Atypical Skin Presentation of Adult‐Onset Still's Disease With Histological Description: A Case Report

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Adult‐onset Still's disease (AOSD) is an auto inflammatory disorder with a variable clinical presentation, and without a pathognomonic diagnostic test, characterized by high spiking fever, arthralgia/arthritis, a suggestive skin rash, elevated white blood cell count 10 G/L (> 80% neutrophils), elevated ferritin, with glycosylated ferritin < 20%
M. Nordmann, T. Mazza, S. Menzinger, G. Kaya, S. Bogiatzi, S. Vandenberghe‐Dürr, M. Blanchard, J. Stirnemann   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Significance of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies in systemic sclerosis

Arthritis Research & Therapy, 2019
Background Up to 12% of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) have anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA). However, the majority of these patients do not manifest ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) and the significance of ANCA in these patients is ...
Jayne Moxey, Molla Huq, Susanna Proudman, Joanne Sahhar, Gene-Siew Ngian, Jenny Walker, Gemma Strickland, Michelle Wilson, Laura Ross, Gabor Major, Janet Roddy, Wendy Stevens, Mandana Nikpour   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical significance of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody in idiopathic interstitial pneumonia: a retrospective observational study

BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Background Patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-positive interstitial lung disease (ILD) but without evidence of systemic vasculitis have been reported in studies and are classified as isolated ANCA-positive idiopathic interstitial ...
Xin Sun, Wenyan Zhu, Chunsheng Zhou, Peijun Xue, Zongru Li, Weihong Zhang, Jiuliang Zhao, Ting Zhang, Min Peng, Juhong Shi, Chen Wang   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source