E4orf1: The triple agent of adenovirus – Unraveling its roles in oncogenesis, infectious obesity and immune responses in virus replication and vector therapy by Lilian Göttig, Sabrina Schreiner

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Targeting the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) enhanced antiproliferative and apoptotic response in bladder cancer by Hatice Sevim Nalkiran, Dilara Akcora Yildiz, Faruk Saydam, Ali Irfan Guzel, Ihsan Nalkiran

“…Cdc-20 expression in proTAME combined treatment groups were found to be decreased compared to their control groups. Low-dose triple-agent combination induced cytotoxicity and apoptosis in RT-4 cells effectively. …”
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The European External Action Service: Torn Apart Between Several Principals or Acting as a Smart ‘Double-agent’? by Thomas E Henökl

“…This article tests the notion of 'double-agent' – or in fact “triple-agent” – as a way of characterizing the position of the EEAS, and in particular of the EU Delegations (as the ‘EU field-level bureaucracies’) vis-à-vis the MS, the Commission and the EP, as an expression of complex and interrelated chains of delegation, where the EU ‘embassies‘ have to interact with and to answer to (but not in a clear line of delegation) different (sets of) principals, namely the MS, the Commission and the EP. …”
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Detection rate and clinical significance of latent infective endocarditis in patients with aortic stenosis by O. B. Irtyuga, V. I. Chistyakova, A. O. Tenchurina, V. N. Solntsev, E. A. Kushnareva, E. V. Zhiduleva, E. G. Malev, I. V. Antonova, M. L. Gordeev, E. A. Demchenko

“…Single-agent antibiotic therapy (ABT) was carried out in 40,5% of patients, dual-agent ABT — in 50,0%, triple-agent — in 9,5%. The median duration of ABT was 14 days (7 to 42). …”
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Internal medicine, complexity, evidence based medicine, almost ‘‘without evidences’’ by Roberto Nardi, Tatiana Fabbri, Gelorma Belmonte, Paolo Leandri, Magda Mazzetti, Angelo Pasquale, Massimo Reta, Claudia Rizzi, Giovanni Scanelli, Ido Iori, Gualberto Gussoni, Claudio Pedace, Giovanni Mathieu, Antonino Mazzone

“…<br />Discussion: Habitually the internist takes decisions in these situations: a) certainty (the ideal decision is adopted and the corresponding strategy follows), b) risk (the more suitable alternative selected can be the determination of the probable value or mathematical hope) and c) uncertainty, in which decisions linked to triple agents: beliefs and personal values of the doctors (I) for their patients (II) in the society (III). …”
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