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The tone of Black Theology debates towards democratic dispensation in South Africa: 1985–1994

Verbum et Ecclesia
The tone of the Black Theology debates took different forms depending on the relevant political processes and dispensations in which they were debated.
Mnyalaza T. Masuku
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A Depolarizing Leak in Sodium Bicarbonate Cotransporter NBCe1 Causes Brain Edema

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives SLC4A4 encodes electrogenic sodium bicarbonate cotransporter NBCe1, prominently expressed in kidney and brain. Recessive loss‐of‐function variants in SLC4A4 cause proximal renal tubular acidosis, no brain edema. In the brain, NBCe1 is expressed by astrocytes, where it regulates pH and mediates astrocyte volume changes.
Quinty Bisseling, Mark D. Parker, Sven Kerst, Richard A. Pasternack, Jacob Tondreau, Marjolein Breur, Gemma M. van Rooijen‐van Leeuwen, Davide Tonduti, Ettore Salsano, Alejandra Darling, Joanna A. E. van Wijk, Susanna Törnroth‐Horsefield, Marianna Bugiani, Petra J. W. Pouwels, Quinten Waisfisz, Marjo S. van der Knaap, Rogier Min   +16 more
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SPG4 and Dementia: Expanding the Clinical Spectrum

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a group of disorders characterized by progressive spasticity and lower limb weakness, with mutations in SPG4/SPAST being the most common cause. Detailed studies and clinical and molecular comparisons across different populations are missing.
Emanuele Panza, Arun Meyyazhagan, Eliseo Picchi, Gustavo Ribas, Ingrid Faber, Ryosuke Miyamoto, Preethi Basavaraju, Paolo Eusebi, Haripriya Kuchi Bhotla, Mario Stasi, Fabrizio Gaudiello, Francesco Patti, Filippo Maria Santorelli, Marcondes Cavalcante França Jr, José Luiz Pedroso, Orlando Graziani Povoas Barsottini, Hélio Afonso Ghizoni Teive, Peter Henry St George‐Hyslop, Toshitaka Kawarai, Antonio Orlacchio   +19 more
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Longitudinal Assessment of Biomarkers in ALS: Discriminative Biomarkers for Disease Progression and Survival

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To assess the association and discriminative performance of serum biomarkers with clinical disease progression and survival in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Methods This retrospective study, conducted at Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, used longitudinal serum samples collected between January 2018 and ...
David R. Beers, Yueh‐Yun Lin, Jason R. Thonhoff, Aaron D. Thome, Alireza Faridar, Weihua Zhao, Shixiang Wen, Stanley H. Appel   +7 more
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The legacy of Black Consciousness: Its continued relevance for democratic South Africa and its significance for theological education

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2017
This article argues that Black Consciousness as a philosophy transcends all political organisations and ideologies, because its architects were interested in rallying the whole country to fight apartheid regardless of political affiliation.
Ramathate T. Dolamo
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Movement Disorders in Aicardi–Goutières Syndrome and Response to Immunomodulation

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study characterizes movement disorders and treatment responses in seven children with Aicardi–Goutières syndrome (AGS). We retrospectively evaluated motor phenotypes, neuroimaging, and interferon signatures in patients treated with baricitinib or anifrolumab. Spasticity affected all patients, while dystonia was present in 4/7.
Enrique Gonzalez Saez‐Diez, Monica Ferrer Socorro, Kathryn Yang, Nicole Battaglia, Zainab Zaman, Mariko Bennett, Adeline Vanderver, Pui Y. Lee, Lauren A. Henderson, Milena M. Andzelm, Darius Ebrahimi‐Fakhari   +10 more
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The struggles of imanyano yamadodana as a movement for evangelism: A case study of the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa

In die Skriflig
Imanyano yamadodana [fellowship of men {FOM}] was both an evangelistic movement and a sodality within the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa (UPCSA), established to evangelise and reach out to black people within their cultural context.
Wonke Buqa
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Black Women Matter: The #BlackLivesMatter Movement, Black Female Singers, and Intersectional Feminism

Iperstoria, 2017
In view of the 2016 release of a number of musical endeavors that centre black womanhood, the present contribution studies the way in which contemporary black female music and US black protest culture (namely, the #BlackLivesMatter) intersect each other ...
Giuseppe Polise
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Comprehensive Characterization of 98 Chinese Cases of Genetic Creutzfeldt‐Jakob Disease With T188K Mutation

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective To characterize the demographic, clinical, and laboratory features of the Chinese patients of genetic Creutzfeldt‐Jakob disease with T188K variant (T188K‐gCJD), the most common subtype of genetic prion diseases (gPrDs) in China. Methods In this nationwide retrospective study, data from 98 genetically confirmed T188K‐gCJD patients ...
Chun‐Jie Li, Dong‐Lin Liang, Li‐Ping Gao, Wei‐Wei Zhang, Wei Zhou, A. Ruhan, Bing Xu, Run‐Dong Cao, Kang Xiao, Cao Chen, Qi Shi, Xiao‐Ping Dong   +11 more
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The Black Consciousness Movement in Azania (South Africa): A triple heritage

The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa
Starting with the 2015 Rhodes Must Fall campaign, there has been renewed interest in the philosophy of black consciousness through popular expressions – on social media and mainstream media articles – and by scholars.
Lekgantshi C. Tleane
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