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Oral Glucose Tolerance Testing Using Candy: A Sweet Solution to Improve Screening in Children with Cystic Fibrosis? [PDF]
Children, 2023 Introduction: Oral glucose tolerance testing is recommended for all children with CF older than 9 years, yet compliance remains poor across centers. Methods: We performed a small pilot study assessing the glycemic curves and participant satisfaction in ...
Caroline Weeks +6 more
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CoolWalks for active mobility in urban street networks [PDF]
Scientific ReportsWalking is the most sustainable form of urban mobility, but is compromised by uncomfortable or unhealthy sun exposure, which is an increasing problem due to global warming.
Henrik Wolf +2 more
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Case report: Variants in the ERCC4 gene as a rare cause of cerebellar ataxia with chorea [PDF]
Frontiers in Genetics, 2023 Variants in the ERCC4 gene have been described to be associated with the following autosomal recessive diseases: xeroderma pigmentosum group F (XPF), xeroderma pigmentosum type F/Cockayne syndrome (XPF/CS), Fanconi anemia complementation group Q (FANCQ),
Joanna Kulikowska +6 more
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College students’ attachment to their smartphones: a subjective operant approach [PDF]
BMC Psychology, 2022 Background Smartphone use has become a pervasive aspect of youth daily life today. Immersive engagement with apps and features on the smartphone may lead to intimate and affectionate human-device relationships.
Zixue Tai, Cheng Dai
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Unravelling the NERDS syndrome [PDF]
BMJ Case Reports, 2018 A 22-year-old man presented with symmetric polyarthritis, pruritus and deviation of angle of mouth to the right side since the last 7 years. His symptoms were persistent despite receiving ayurvedic medications and symptomatic therapy. Examination revealed dry skin, cutaneous nodules, xanthelasma, periarticular non-tender swellings, pitting oedema of ...
Achintya Dinesh, Singh +3 more
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Exchanges, 2022 This article explores the problem of archetypical features in the fictional character Sherlock Holmes. There are many fictional works, which we may regard as proof of the increasing popular interest, where this character presents ‘awkward or socially ...
Natalia Rumak
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Growing urban bicycle networks
Scientific Reports, 2022 Cycling is a promising solution to unsustainable urban transport systems. However, prevailing bicycle network development follows a slow and piecewise process, without taking into account the structural complexity of transportation networks.
Michael Szell +4 more
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‘A place where everybody is a legendary hero… and a total dork’
Exchanges, 2022 Nerddom plays an important role in G. Willow Wilson’s superhero comic books series ‘Ms. Marvel’: Its protagonist, Muslim Pakistani American teenager Kamala Khan is a comic loving, fanfiction writing, videogame playing nerd.
Alena Cicholewski
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A escola na mídia: sobre "populares" e "nerds" [PDF]
Psicologia USP, 2006 O presente artigo propõe-se a analisar uma matéria sobre a escola, publicada em revista semanal não especializada, de circulação nacional. Após a descrição dos dados informativos da reportagem, é feita uma análise atentando-se à realidade da submissão da
Roseli Fernandes Lins Caldas
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So Many Ways to be an Outsider
Exchanges, 2022 The concept of the nerd and loneliness is an interesting one when we consider the idea of what ‘outsider’ status means and how it is communicated within popular culture.
Sharon Coleclough
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