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Ari’s Burger: Vignettes of Iquitos

Mundo Amazónico, 2017
This is the first of a three-part account of a visit to Iquitos at the time of the New Millennium by the narrator, who lives in Colombia, has been drinking yajé (ayahuasca) with its indigenous shamans and for a book he is writing about the subject ...
Jimmy Weiskopf
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Elucidating Immune Cell Mediated Causal Pathways Linking Blood Metabolites to Major Depressive Disorder: A Mediation Mendelian Randomization Analysis

Brain and Behavior, Volume 16, Issue 6, June 2026.
Our integrative Mendelian randomization framework revealed that specific circulating metabolites exert causal effects on major depressive disorder, partly through immune‐cell–mediated pathways. These findings highlight metabolite–immune interactions as potential mechanistic targets for MDD prevention and therapy.
Zhiwei Xu, Yining Zhou, Xuecheng Zhang, Xiaowen Chen, Yajing Li, Jintao Wang, Ting Chang, Zhen Yuan, Hongling Jia   +8 more
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Airway Decision‐Making in Acute Epiglottitis: A Case Report of Planned Tracheostomy in a Can Ventilate but Cannot Intubate (CVCI) Scenario

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Acute epiglottitis is a life‐threatening emergency characterized by rapid airway obstruction and challenging airway management due to severe supraglottic edema. We report the case of a 22‐year‐old man who presented with acute epiglottitis complicated by extensive neck edema, inspiratory stridor, and progressive respiratory distress.
Xueting Wu, Yuquan Deng, Yajing Kan, Jinfeng Meng, Yan Zhang, Wangsheng Deng, Wanwen Dong   +6 more
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“La visita a la casa de los tigres”: la contextualización en narrativas sobre experiencias extraordinarias

Revista Colombiana de Antropología, 2013
Entre los indígenas siona, los vuelos chamánicos son recreados a través de la per­formance oral. Con el fin de explorar la relación entre la performance narrativa, la producción de la experiencia extraordinaria y la perspectiva chamánica, este trabajo ...
Esther Jean Langdon
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Gas Biopsy of Pleural Effusion to Diagnose Lung Cancer by Mass Spectrometry

MedComm, Volume 7, Issue 6, June 2026.
HS‐SPME–GC–MS profiling of pleural effusion revealed distinct volatile metabolic features between lung cancer‐associated malignant pleural effusion and benign pleural effusion. Cross‐matrix integration with paired lung cancer tissues identified hexanal as the only shared differential VOC.
Wenting Liu, Jian Qi, Yajing Chu, Jijuan Zhou, Yue Liu, Li Ke, Xiangxue Zheng, Yan Lu, Dianlong Ge, Yannan Chu, Hongzhi Wang   +10 more
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New Shamanisms, New Era

Universitas Humanística, 2009
In recent times, the urban consumption of yajé in Columbia constitutes an expanding phenomenon that attracts a varied public of middle and upper class in search of therapeutic, spiritual and enlightening alternatives. This phenomenon can be classified in
Alhena Caicedo Fernández
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Applicability Study of a Diffusion Transformer Forecasting Model in the Complex Terrain of Guizhou

Meteorological Applications, Volume 33, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
Performance comparison of the HARE model and the Fenglei baseline across four evaluation metrics (CSI, POD, FAR, and Frequency Bias) over a 142‐day verification period. ABSTRACT Precipitation nowcasting in complex terrains like the Guizhou Plateau is challenged by the blurry forecasts and premature dissipation common in traditional and early deep ...
Congying Li, DeXuan Kong, Chen Yuan, Tingting Liao, Yajing Zhi, Biao Wang, Yu Zhou, Gaojian Ge, Shi Pu   +8 more
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El yajé, El Purgatorio y la Farándula.

Antípoda: Revista de Antropología y Arqueología, 2008
In recent years, urban consumption of the Indian vine Ayahuasca or Yaje has become quite popular in Colombia amongst a population of urban middleclass people –college students, professional, houseviwes, clerical, whitecollar people, artists, and people ...
Carlos Alberto Uribe.
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The Impact of Adjuvant Radiotherapy Combined With Targeted or Immunotherapy on the Heart in Breast Cancer

Thoracic Cancer, Volume 17, Issue 10, May 2026.
Adjuvant radiotherapy combined with targeted or immunotherapy in breast cancer is associated with delayed and dose‐dependent cardiotoxicity. Long‐term monitoring, cardiac dose optimization, and integrated biomarker–radiomics strategies are essential to mitigate cardiovascular risk while preserving oncologic efficacy.
Dongmin Liu, Yanling Yang, Tingting Chen, Haonan Han, Yajing Yuan, Liming Xu   +5 more
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Aberrant DNMTs Promote TXNIP Upregulation and Ovarian Fibrosis in PCOS

The FASEB Journal, Volume 40, Issue 7, 15 April 2026.
In a rat model of DHEA/DHT‐induced PCOS and in granulosa cells (GCs), upregulated DNMT1, DNMT3A, and DNMT3B inhibit TXNIP degradation, leading to TXNIP accumulation, which drives ovarian fibrosis and tissue injury. ABSTRACT Hyperandrogenism and elevated thioredoxin‐interacting protein (TXNIP) are potential causes of infertility in women with polycystic
Yajing Weng, Luxi Shangguan, Qi Shen, Zhengquan Zhu, Yaling Zhang, Jingwen Zhang, Guijun Yan, Shanmei Shen, Zou Xiang, Jianguo Ruan, Yanting Wen, Daojuan Wang, Yong Wang   +12 more
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