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Amoateng R, Attah A, Ahmed I, Min Z, Paulson M. Staphylococcus aureus native mitral valve endocarditis associated with bed bug bites - A case report and review of the literature. IDCases 2022; 29:e01517. [PMID: 35663609 PMCID: PMC9160770 DOI: 10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of community acquired bacteremia and infective endocarditis. S. aureus is a part of the normal skin flora in approximately one third of the human population. Infective endocarditis due to S. aureus can cause several complications and is associated with increased mortality. A 48-year-old female with no significant medical history presented with S. aureus bacteremia and native mitral valve endocarditis. Multiple cutaneous skin lesions were identified, which she reported were due to recent bed bug bites. No source of infection was found except for the skin lesions. Her hospital course was complicated by pulmonary and cerebral septic emboli, left pleural empyema, and acute renal injury. We suspected the bed bug skin bites were the most likely source of bacteremia. Bed bugs carry many human pathogens but have not been shown to be a competent vector. We did not find any literature on endocarditis associated with bed bug bites; thus, our case will be a novel finding.
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- Richard Amoateng
- Internal Medicine department, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA
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- Internal Medicine department, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA
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- Internal Medicine department, Mercy Catholic Medical Center, 1500 Landsowne Ave, Darby, PA 19023, USA
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- Internal Medicine department, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA
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- Internal Medicine department, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA
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Wiley K, Brown L, Paulson M. Business Plan to Create a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Food Pantry Manager Position at a Large Urban University. J Acad Nutr Diet 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2020.06.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Wiley K, Paulson M, Todd J, Nucci A. The Effect of Mixed-Method Multi-Course Simulation on Graduate Coordinated Program Student Nutrition Knowledge and Counseling Skill Confidence. J Acad Nutr Diet 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2020.06.164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Abdulmassih R, Makadia J, Como J, Paulson M, Min Z, Bhanot N. Propionibacterium acnes: Time-to-Positivity in Standard Bacterial Culture From Different Anatomical Sites. J Clin Med Res 2016; 8:916-918. [PMID: 27829959 PMCID: PMC5087633 DOI: 10.14740/jocmr2753w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Propionibacterium acnes infections are likely under-recognized and underreported. This is partly because of low clinical suspicion, perceived non-pathogenicity, or lack of adequate culture incubation time. We conducted a study to assess the optimal incubation period to recover P. acnes from specimens acquired during the workup of suspected clinical infections. METHODS A 5-year retrospective chart review was conducted between January 2010 and December 2014 at a single tertiary-care hospital. All patient cases from which P. acnes was recovered were included for analysis. Source of infection, antibiotic use, and culture time-to-positivity (TTP) were recorded. RESULTS Implanted devices comprised the single most common source of P. acnes infection. In the majority of cases, P. acnes was the only organism identified. The mean incubation TTP for all isolates was 5.73 days. CONCLUSIONS Standard 5-day culture incubation periods are insufficient to recover P. acnes. As a result, P. acnes is likely a much more common etiology of a variety of clinical infections than previously reported.
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- Rasha Abdulmassih
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Allegheny General Hospital, 420 East North Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Allegheny General Hospital, 420 East North Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Allegheny General Hospital, 420 East North Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Allegheny General Hospital, 420 East North Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Allegheny General Hospital, 420 East North Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Allegheny General Hospital, 420 East North Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15212, USA
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Chandrasekaran P, Zimmerman O, Paulson M, Sampaio EP, Freeman AF, Sowerwine KJ, Hurt D, Alcántara-Montiel JC, Hsu AP, Holland SM. Distinct mutations at the same positions of STAT3 cause either loss or gain of function. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2016; 138:1222-1224.e2. [PMID: 27345172 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2016.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2016] [Revised: 04/27/2016] [Accepted: 05/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Prabha Chandrasekaran
- Immunopathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md; Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Md
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- Immunopathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md
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- Immunopathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md
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- Immunopathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md
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- Immunopathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md
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- Immunopathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md
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- Bioinformatics and Computational Biosciences Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md
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- Immunopathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md
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- Immunopathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.
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Bax H, Freeman A, Hsu A, Browne S, Marciano B, Paulson M, Fowler C, Ding L, Sampaio E, Holland S. SS11-1 Therapeutic exploitation of shared IFNγ and IFNα signaling for mycobacterial disease. Cytokine 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2010.07.332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Elloumi H, Paulson M, Ding L, Gulbu U, Kristosturyan E, Bax H, Sampaio E, Holland S. Identification of a Novel STAT1 Dominant Negative Mutation Characterizes Decreased Activation in Response to Interferon Gamma. Clin Immunol 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2010.03.423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Vinh D, Patel S, Uzel G, Anderson V, Freeman A, Olivier K, Elloumi H, Ding L, Kuhns D, Fink D, Long-Priel D, DeLeo F, Sampaio E, Paulson M, Hsu A, Zelazny A, Root J, Frucht D, Holland S. A Novel Autosomal-dominant Late-onset Immunodeficiency with Susceptibility to Mycobacteria, Fungi, Papillomavirus and Myeloid Malignancies. Int J Infect Dis 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s1201-9712(08)60016-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Sierecki MR, Rugo HS, McArthur HL, Traina TA, Paulson M, Rourke M, Norton L, Seidman AD, Hudis CA, Dickler MN. Incidence and severity of sensory neuropathy (SN) with bevacizumab (B) added to dose-dense (dd) doxorubicin/cyclophosphamide (AC) followed by nanoparticle albumin-bound (nab) paclitaxel (P) in patients (pts) with early stage breast cancer (BC). J Clin Oncol 2008. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2008.26.15_suppl.589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- A Sattin
- Veterans Administration Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California 90073, USA.
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OBJECTIVE To compare traditional histologic dating criteria of the endometrium with immunohistochemical criteria based on epithelial integrin expression during the menstrual cycle. DESIGN Prospective clinical study. SETTING An academic teaching hospital. PATIENT(S) Fertile and infertile women undergoing endometrial biopsy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) Immunohistochemical staining intensity and distribution (HSCORE) of three integrins and traditional histologic endometrial dating. RESULT(S) In 1,501 endometrial specimens, phase assignment-based integrin staining was 95% and 85% concordant with histology for the proliferative and early secretory phase, respectively, but only 54% and 49% concordant for the middle and late secretory phase, respectively. The greatest disagreement occurred during the midluteal phase. Of 1,090 patients who underwent sampling 6-10 days after detection of a urinary LH surge (corresponding to cycle days 20-24), multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that endometriosis was positively correlated and male factor infertility was negatively correlated with absent beta3 integrin subunit expression. Diagnosis and absent epithelial alpha4beta1 expression were not related. Patient age was not correlated with the incidence of abnormalities in integrin expression. CONCLUSION(S) Traditional histologic dating of the endometrium has remained the gold standard for nearly 50 years. Although the use of marker proteins provides additional information and may reflect endometrial function or receptivity, such markers cannot yet replace traditional methods of endometrial assessment.
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- B A Lessey
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
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The aim of this study was to illuminate the meaning of skilled nurses' and physicians' lived experiences in their encounters with men suffering from long-term, non-malignant pain of at least 6 months duration. Seventeen nurses and four physicians participated in the study. A phenomenological-hermeneutic method was used. In the analysis three themes, 'needing to be manly', 'struggling for relief from pain' and 'needing human support' emerged. The phenomenon 'confirmation' was especially important in all three themes. This study indicates that confirmation of the theme 'needing to be manly' means that nurses' and physicians' must have such a relationship with these men that they really feel respected. Confirmation of the theme 'struggling for relief from pain' means that the care givers must convince these men that they really believe each unique individual's narratives. Confirmation of the theme 'needing human support' means that nurses and physicians have to behave in such a way that these men are convinced that the caregivers really care about them. When the men felt confirmation they dared to disclose their pain experiences more honestly. This is a preliminary prerequisite for nurses' and physicians' potential to help these men.
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- M Paulson
- Department of Health and Social Care, Mid-Sweden University, Ostersund, Sweden.
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Paulson M, Pisharody S, Pan L, Guadagno S, Mui AL, Levy DE. Stat protein transactivation domains recruit p300/CBP through widely divergent sequences. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:25343-9. [PMID: 10464260 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.36.25343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The signal transduction and activator of transcription (Stat) gene family has been highly conserved throughout evolution. Gene duplication and divergence has produced 7 mammalian Stat genes, each of which mediates a distinct process. While some Stat proteins are activated by multiple cytokines, Stat2 is highly specific for responses to type I interferon. We have cloned mouse Stat2 and found that while its sequence was more divergent from its human homologue than any other mouse-human Stat pairs, it was fully functional even in human cells. Overall sequence identity was only 69%, compared with 85-99% similarity for other Stat genes, and several individual domains that still served similar or identical functions in both species were even less well conserved. The coiled-coil domain responsible for interaction with IRF9 was only 65% identical and yet mouse Stat2 interacted with either human or mouse IRF9; the carboxyl terminus was only 30% identical and yet both regions functioned as equal transactivation domains. Both mouse and human transactivation domains recruited the p300/CBP coactivator and were equally sensitive to inhibition by adenovirus E1A protein. Interestingly, the Stat3 carboxyl terminus also functioned as a transactivator capable of recruiting p300/CBP, as does the Stat1 protein, although with widely differing potencies. Yet these proteins share no sequence similarity with Stat2. These data demonstrate that highly diverged primary sequences can serve similar or identical functions, and that the minimal regions of similarity between human and mouse Stat2 may define the critical determinants for function.
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- M Paulson
- Department of Pathology and Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA
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Paulson M. Building a biomedical photography business: financial considerations. J Biol Photogr 1993; 61:79-82. [PMID: 8366013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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- M Paulson
- Paulson Photo/Graphic Communications, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona
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Paulson M. Vocational training--the contract. Br Dent J 1988; 164:122-5. [PMID: 3162375 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4806370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Devlin JJ, Weiss EH, Paulson M, Flavell RA. Duplicated gene pairs and alleles of class I genes in the Qa2 region of the murine major histocompatibility complex: a comparison. EMBO J 1985; 4:3203-7. [PMID: 3004940 PMCID: PMC554643 DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1985.tb04066.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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DNA restriction maps of the major histocompatibility complex and hybridization with low copy probes have previously revealed strong homology between the Q6-Q7 and the Q8-Q9 class I gene pairs in the Qa2 region of the C57BL/10 mouse. After DNA sequence analysis of the Q7, Q8 and Q9 genes, we have compared the Q7 gene with its apparent allele, 27.1, from the BALB/c mouse; the 99% homology between Q7 and 27.1 indicates that this is a non-polymorphic gene. Comparison of Q7 with Q9, its homologue in the Q8-Q9 gene pair, revealed greater than 99% homology, thus supporting our proposal that the Qa2 region has evolved by the duplication of gene pairs. Q7 was also found to be homologous (93%) to Q8, the second member of the Q8-Q9 pair. However, the first exon (encoding the leader sequence) as well as the first intron of Q7 and Q8, which are presumably not subject to strong selective pressure, are essentially identical in nucleotide sequence (having only one mismatch), which suggests that greater than 200 bp of DNA may have been exchanged by gene conversion. Furthermore, transcripts of both Q7 and Q8 would have termination codons derived from the exon that normally encodes the transmembrane domain, thus these genes could encode either membrane-bound class I proteins that lack a cytoplasmic protein domain or class I proteins that are secreted.
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Hamilton SR, Hutcheon DF, Ravich WJ, Cameron JL, Paulson M. Adenocarcinoma in Barrett's esophagus after elimination of gastroesophageal reflux. Gastroenterology 1984; 86:356-60. [PMID: 6690363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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A 56-yr-old man with severe reflux esophagitis, Barrett's esophagus, and a peptic lower esophageal stricture underwent subtotal resection of the Barrett's esophagus with colonic interposition. After the interposition procedure, gastroesophageal reflux was eliminated, as evidenced by absence of clinical and radiographic findings and by the results of a later continuous pH probe recording. Despite the absence of reflux, 8 yr after the colonic interposition the patient was found to have adenocarcinoma in the remnant of the Barrett's esophagus. This case indicates that elimination of gastroesophageal reflux does not necessarily lead to regression of Barrett's mucosa, nor does it prevent development of adenocarcinoma. As a result, patients with Barrett's esophagus should remain under long-term surveillance for dysplasia and adenocarcinoma, even after successful antireflux therapy. If esophagectomy is performed, every attempt should be made to resect all of the esophagus lined by Barrett's mucosa.
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Boxler C, Paulson M. Kirlian photography: a new tool in biological research? J Biol Photogr Assoc 1977; 45:51-60. [PMID: 873937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Paulson M. Parents of battered children. West J Med 1974; 120:313. [PMID: 18747363 PMCID: PMC1129442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Paulson M, Brown JH. The Appearances Produced in Blood Agar by Bacteria of the Bacterium Coli Group. J Infect Dis 1932. [DOI: 10.1093/infdis/51.2.407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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