Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in pregnancy: a case report by Jonathan Cordivani, Lamy Clotilde, Boulvain Michel, Riera Catherine

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The effect of the Dar es Salaam neurosurgery training course on self-reported neurosurgical knowledge and confidence by François Waterkeyn, Julie Woodfield, Sylvia Leon Massawe, Juma Magogo Mzimbiri, Zarina Ali Shabhay, Costansia Anselim Bureta, Fabian Sommer, Hadija Mndeme, Dorcas Gidion Magawa, Donatila Kwelukilwa, Maxigama Yesaya Ndossi, Alpha Ajuaye Kinghomella, Aingaya Jackson Kaale, Shakeel Ahmed, John Mtei, Fidelis Minja, Moses Moses, Branden Medary, Ibrahim Hussain, Chibuikem Anthony Ikwuegbuenyi, Ondra Petr, Wanin Othman Kiloloma, Nicephorus Boniface Rutabasibwa, Halinder Singh Mangat, Laurent Lemeri Mchome, Roger Härtl, Hamisi Kimaro Shabani

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End-of-Life Care in the Last Three Months before Death in Older Patients with Cancer in Belgium: A Large Retrospective Cohort Study Using Data Linkage by Victoria Depoorter, Katrijn Vanschoenbeek, Lore Decoster, Geert Silversmit, Philip R. Debruyne, Inge De Groof, Dominique Bron, Frank Cornélis, Sylvie Luce, Christian Focan, Vincent Verschaeve, Gwenaëlle Debugne, Christine Langenaeken, Heidi Van Den Bulck, Jean-Charles Goeminne, Wesley Teurfs, Guy Jerusalem, Dirk Schrijvers, Bénédicte Petit, Marika Rasschaert, Jean-Philippe Praet, Katherine Vandenborre, Harlinde De Schutter, Koen Milisen, Johan Flamaing, Cindy Kenis, Freija Verdoodt, Hans Wildiers

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Type 1 Tympanoplasty Outcomes between Cartilage and Temporal Fascia Grafts: A Long-Term Retrospective Study by Salvatore Ferlito, Gianluca Fadda, Jerome Rene Lechien, Giovanni Cammaroto, Ricardo Bartel, Andrea Borello, Giovanni Cavallo, Francesca Piccinini, Ignazio La Mantia, Salvatore Cocuzza, Federico Merlino, Andrea Achena, Cristina Brucale, Quentin Mat, Stéphane Gargula, Nicolas Fakhry, Antonino Maniaci

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Implementation of Exome Sequencing in Prenatal Diagnostics: Chances and Challenges by Ewa Janicki, Marjan De Rademaeker, Colombine Meunier, Nele Boeckx, Bettina Blaumeiser, Katrien Janssens

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Hybrid monitoring and measurement of concrete shielding activation at the ProtherWal proton therapy centre by E. Ramoisiaux, C. Hernalsteens, R. Tesse, E. Gnacadja, N. Pauly, F. Stichelbaut

“…A Low Activation Concrete (LAC) mix is foreseen for parts of the shielding of the Ion Beam Applications (IBA) Proteus® One (P1) compact system at the ProtherWal proton therapy centre in Charleroi, Belgium, to limit the long-term activation of the concrete shielding. …”
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Effect of COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign in Belgian Nursing Homes on COVID-19 Cases, Hospital Admissions, and Deaths among Residents by Sara Dequeker, Milena Callies, Catharina Vernemmen, Katrien Latour, Laura Int Panis, Romain Mahieu, Lennert Noppe, Muhammet Savsin, Els Duysburgh

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Pediatric COVID-19: Immunopathogenesis, Transmission and Prevention by Geraldine Blanchard-Rohner, Arnaud Didierlaurent, Anne Tilmanne, Pierre Smeesters, Arnaud Marchant

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The words of prevention, part I: changing the model by Marc Jamoulle, Enrique Gavilán, Raquel Vaz Cardoso, María Ana Mariño, Miguel Pizzanelli

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Mass Spectrometry for the Monitoring of Lipoprotein Oxidations by Myeloperoxidase in Cardiovascular Diseases by Catherine Coremans, Cédric Delporte, Frédéric Cotton, Phillipe Van De Borne, Karim Zouaoui Boudjeltia, Pierre Van Antwerpen

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Unexpected carboxyhemoglobin half-life during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a case report by Nicolas Delvau, Andrea Penaloza, Véronique Franssen, Frédéric Thys, Pierre-Marie Roy, Philippe Hantson

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Cetuximab in the treatment of head and neck cancer: preliminary results outside clinical trials by Didier Dequanter, Mohammad Shahla, Pascal Paulus, et al

“…Didier Dequanter, Mohammad Shahla, Pascal Paulus, Phillippe LothaireDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery, CHU Charleroi, Montigny le Tilleul, BelgiumIntroduction: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy in our daily practice, outside clinical trials, of cetuximab plus radiotherapy in a majority of treatment-naive patients with locoregionally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinomas.Methods: A retrospective study was performed to evaluate outcomes in patients who were treated definitively with cetuximab and radiotherapy (ExRT). …”
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MeVer NetworkX: Network Analysis and Visualization for Tracing Disinformation by Olga Papadopoulou , Themistoklis Makedas , Lazaros Apostolidis , Francesco Poldi , Symeon Papadopoulos, Ioannis Kompatsiaris 

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End-of-life decisions and practices for very preterm infants in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation of Belgium by Isabelle Aujoulat, Séverine Henrard, Anne Charon, Anne-Britt Johansson, Jean-Paul Langhendries, Anne Mostaert, Danièle Vermeylen, Gaston Verellen, on behalf of the 11 neonatal intensive care units in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation

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Ion Channel Expression and Electrophysiology of Singular Human (Primary and Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived) Cardiomyocytes by Christina Schmid, Najah Abi-Gerges, Michael Georg Leitner, Dietmar Zellner, Georg Rast

“…We used single-cell patch-clamp reverse transcriptase-quantitative polymerase chain reaction to clarify the composition of the iCell cardiomyocyte population (Fujifilm Cellular Dynamics, Madison, WI, USA) and to compare it with atrial and ventricular Pluricytes (Ncardia, Charleroi, Belgium) and primary human atrial and ventricular cardiomyocytes. …”
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PPAR Gamma Agonist Leriglitazone Recovers Alterations Due to Pank2-Deficiency in hiPS-Derived Astrocytes by Paolo Santambrogio, Anna Cozzi, Ivano Di Meo, Chiara Cavestro, Cristina Vergara, Laura Rodríguez-Pascau, Marc Martinell, Pilar Pizcueta, Valeria Tiranti, Sonia Levi

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Sleep restriction increases white blood cells, mainly neutrophil count, in young healthy men: A pilot study by Karim Zouaoui Boudjeltia, Brice Faraut, Patricia Stenuit, Maria José Esposito, Michal Dyzma, et al

“…Karim Zouaoui Boudjeltia2, Brice Faraut1,2, Patricia Stenuit1, Maria José Esposito1,2, Michal Dyzma1,2, Dany Brohée2, Jean Ducobu2, Michel Vanhaeverbeek2, Myriam Kerkhofs1,21Sleep Laboratory; 2Laboratory of Experimental Medicine (ULB 222 Unit), CHU de Charleroi Vésale Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Montigny-le-Tilleul, BelgiumObjectives: This study examines the effects of sleep restricted to four hours for three consecutive nights on blood parameters, known to be associated with cardiovascular risk, in young healthy men.Material and methods: Eight young healthy men (age 24.5 ± 3.3 years) were studied in the sleep restricted group. …”
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Production, Formulation, and Application of Postbiotics in the Treatment of Skin Conditions by Alexander da Silva Vale, Gilberto Vinícius de Melo Pereira, Ana Caroline de Oliveira, Dão Pedro de Carvalho Neto, Leonardo Wedderhoff Herrmann, Susan Grace Karp, Vanete Thomaz Soccol, Carlos Ricardo Soccol

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Adherence to antihypertensive drug treatment in patients with apparently treatment-resistant hypertension in the INSPiRED pilot study by Cora Wunder, Alexandre Persu, Jean-Philippe Lengelé, Coralie MG Georges, Jean Renkin, Agnès Pasquet, Marc Carlier, Zhen-Yu Zhang, Jan A. Staessen, The European Network Coordinating Research on Renal Denervation (ENCOReD), Stefan W. Toennes

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Translating the COVID-19 epidemiological situation into policies and measures: the Belgian experience by Géraldine De Muylder, Valeska Laisnez, Giulietta Stefani, Caroline Boulouffe, Christel Faes, Naïma Hammami, Pierre Hubin, Geert Molenberghs, Geert Molenberghs, Jasper Sans, Cecile van de Konijnenburg, Stefaan Van der Borght, Ruben Brondeel, Jorgen Stassijns, Tinne Lernout

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