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Αλέξανδρος Γ. Σφακιανάκης

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Medicine by Alexandros G. Sfakianakis,Anapafseos 5 Agios Nikolaos 72100 Crete Greece,00302841026182,00306932607174,alsfakia@gmail.com,


Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy
Circular economy: Is there anything new in this concept?An environmentally sustainable manufacturing network model under an international ecosystemAbstractThere is a growing consensus that the increase in greenhouse gases results in unfavorable changes to the Earth's climate and is responsible for global warming. Due to this ecological imbalance, governments are under growing pressure to enact strict legislation to control these emissions in their respective countries. Consumers also demand eco-friendly...
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Apoptosis
Letter to the editor regarding article, "Role of glycogen synthase kinase following myocardial infarction and ischemia–reperfusion"Role of glycogen synthase kinase following myocardial infarction and ischemia–reperfusion17-Aminogeldanamycin selectively diminishes IRE1α-XBP1s pathway activity and cooperatively induces apoptosis with MEK1/2 and BRAF V600E inhibitors in melanoma cells of different genetic subtypesAbstractOutcomes of melanoma patient treatment remain unsatisfactory despite accessibility...
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Urologie in der Praxis
EditorialErratum zu: Alternative Therapieoptionen zur TUR‑P beim benignen ProstatasyndromErratum zu:Urol. Prax. 2019https://doi.org/10.1007/s41973-019-0043-1Die Originalversion dieses Beitrags enthält bedauerlicherweise einige Fehler:S. 1, linke Spalte, Zeile 1 ff: Anstelle von „Kaum eine urologische Erkrankung verfügt über so unterschiedliche Behandlungsoptionen wie die benigne …ÉditorialMikrohämaturie – Abklärung wann und wie oft?ZusammenfassungDie Mikrohämaturie ist ein häufiger (Zufalls)befund...
Αλέξανδρος Γ. Σφακιανάκης
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Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health
Whether to wear a pollution filterDevelopment of air quality forecasting system in Macedonia, based on WRF-Chem modelAbstractUrban air quality is composed of a complex interaction of factors associated with anthropogenic emissions, atmospheric circulation, and geographic factors; also, most of the urban pollution presents aerosols and trace gases toxic to human health and responsible for damaged flora, fauna, and materials. The air quality system based on the state-of-the-art Weather Research and...
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Immigrant and Minority Health
Correction to: The Effects of Hispanic Immigrant Mother's Resiliency on Children's Dietary AdjustmentThe original version of this article unfortunately contained errors in Affiliation 3, Acknowledgement, Table 1 and in the text under Methods section. Also, a Co-corresponding author has to be included in the article.Cardiovascular Disease Screening Among Immigrants from Eight World RegionsAbstractInequalities between native-born and foreign-born individuals in screening rates for a variety of conditions...
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The Patient - Patient-Centered Outcomes Research
Correction to: Important Treatment Outcomes for Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis: A Multisite Qualitative StudyThe Open Access license, which previously read.Towards Meaningful Engagement for the Patient Voice10th Meeting "International Academy of Health Preference Research" Basel, Switzerland, 13–14 July, 2019Validity and Reliability of a Novel Multimodal Questionnaire for the Assessment of Abdominal Symptoms in People with Cystic Fibrosis (CFAbd-Score)AbstractBackground and ObjectiveFor people...
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Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience
The mind minds minds: The effect of intentional stance on the neural encoding of joint attentionAbstractRecent neuroimaging studies have observed that the neural processing of social cues from a virtual reality character appears to be affected by "intentional stance" (i.e., attributing mental states, agency, and "humanness"). However, this effect could also be explained by individual differences or perceptual effects resulting from the design of these studies. The current study used a new design...
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Psychopharmacology
NMDA receptor antagonists traxoprodil and lanicemine improve hippocampal-prefrontal coupling and reward-related networks in ratsAbstractRationaleThe N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) antagonist ketamine is known to have not only a rapid antidepressant effect but also dissociative side effects. Traxoprodil and lanicemine, also NMDA antagonists, are candidate antidepressant drugs with fewer side effects.ObjectivesIn order to understand their mechanism of action, we investigated the acute effects...
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National Cancer Institute
Video—Randomization in Clinical Trials This video explains how and why researchers randomly assign clinical trial participants to different treatment groups in some clinical trials.Targeted Therapy for Pancreatic CancerResults from a large clinical trial suggest that a targeted cancer drug already used to treat some women with ovarian and breast cancer may also benefit some people with advanced pancreatic cancer who have certain changes in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene.More Treatment Options for Metastatic...
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Expanded Testing for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Findings from a NIAID-funded study informed the FDA's...
Expanded Testing for Gonorrhea and ChlamydiaFindings from a NIAID-funded study informed the FDA's recent decision to approve two diagnostic tests for use in detecting gonorrhea and chlamydia infections in the pharynx (throat) and rectum. Now the tests may be more readily available to clinics across the country, helping to curb transmission of potentially drug-resistant infections.New Study Supports Expanded Testing for Gonorrhea and ChlamydiaNIAID Now | July 01, 2019Gonorrhea imageColorized scanning...
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Psychological Injury and Law
Beyond Rare-Symptoms Endorsement: a Clinical Comparison Simulation Study Using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) with the Inventory of Problems-29 (IOP-29)AbstractTo date, the MMPI-based, rare-symptom detection strategy is considered one of the most effective ones in symptom validity assessment. Because many of the items of the Inventory of Problems-29 (IOP-29) were designed specifically to provide incremental validity over the MMPI F scales, this study tested whether using...
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HNO
Erratum zu: Leitlinie „Rhinosinusitis" – LangfassungErratum zu:HNO 2018 66:38–74https://doi.org/10.1007/s00106-017-0401-5Die Autoren weisen auf folgendes hin.In der Langfassung der o. g. Leitlinie ist uns ein Fehler unterlaufen. Hier wurde „Carboxymethylcellulose" irrtümlich statt „Carboxymethylcystein (Carbocystein)" angegeben. Richtig muss es …Georgien, ein Land vielfältiger Hilfen aus Deutschland auf dem HNO-GebietZusammenfassungAufbauend auf einer langjährigen Tradition sind momentan mehrere...
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Bioethical Inquiry
Pride Before a Fall: Shame, Diagnostic Crossover, and Eating DisordersAbstractThis paper discusses the findings of qualitative research that examined the accounts of five "mostly recovered" ex-patients who had experienced transition between two or more eating disorder diagnoses. This study found that, in the minds of participants, the different diagnostic labels were associated with various good or bad character traits. This contributed to the belief in a diagnostic hierarchy, whereby individuals...
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Taylor & Francis Online
New for The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse and online now    on Taylor & Francis Online    Psycho-physiological response to pain among individuals with comorbid    pain and opioid use disorder: Implications for patients with prolonged    abstinence    Amy Wachholtz, Gerardo Gonzalez & Douglas Ziedonis    Pages: 1-11    DOI: 10.1080/00952990.2019.1620260    https://www.tandfonline.com/action/doSecureKeyLogin?uuid=d8594a82-ce8d-4e6c-8a1f-0da062c12f34&dateTime=201907091019&key=51XrDObJ%2BfCH83IgZuCjEHvXxP4s87LNI19DF0SVAWk%3D&uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tandfonline.com%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1080%2F00952990.2019.1620260%3Fai%3D1s4uk%26ui%3D843fx%26af%3DT  ...
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Severely obese individuals (versus nonobese controls) presented increased parenchymal hypoechogenicity and frequency of thyroid nodules on ultrasonographic evaluation. However, no significant differences were observed in terms of risk of nodular malignancy between both groups according to the ATA-2015 and TI-RADS criteria. Thus, ultrasonographic thyroid screening of severely obese individuals is not justified.
Thyroid Nodules in Severely Obese Patients: Frequency and Risk of Malignancy on UltrasonographyRaquel Andrade de Siqueira, Ana Paula dos Santos Rodrigues ORCID Icon, Lucas Massao Miamae, Eduardo Kiyoshi Tomimori & Erika Aparecida Silveira ORCID IconReceived 19 Jan 2018, Accepted 24 May 2019, Published online: 01 Jul 2019Download citation  https://doi.org/10.1080/07435800.2019.1625056  Select Language▼Translator disclaimerABSTRACTBackground: We aimed to compare the thyroid ultrasonographic findings...
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Effect of Taxifolin on Methanol Induced Oxidative and Inflammatory Optic Nerve Damage in Rats Ibrahim...
Effect of Taxifolin on Methanol Induced Oxidative and Inflammatory Optic Nerve Damage in RatsIbrahim Ahiskali, Can Lokman Pinar, Murat Kiki, Murat Cankaya, Celaleddin Semih Kunak & Durdu AltunerReceived 28 May 2019, Accepted 24 Jun 2019, Accepted author version posted online: 27 Jun 2019Download citation  https://doi.org/10.1080/15569527.2019.1637348  Select Language▼Translator disclaimer Accepted author versionAbstractPurpose: Oxidative stress and inflammation have been demonstrated in the...
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Cardiovascular Imaging
Cardiac magnetic resonance-tissue tracking for the early prediction of adverse left ventricular remodeling after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionAbstractCardiac magnetic resonance-tissue tracking (CMR-TT)-derived myocardial strain after ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is related to adverse cardiac events. We aimed to investigate the feasibility of CMR-TT for the early prediction of adverse left ventricular (LV) remodeling after STEMI. We retrospectively searched our institution's...
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The Efficacy of Vitamin D Supplementation against Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Meta-Analysis...
The Efficacy of Vitamin D Supplementation against Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Meta-AnalysisFariborz Mansour-Ghanaei , MD ORCID Icon, Makan Pourmasoumi , MSc ORCID Icon, Amir Hadi , MSc ORCID Icon, Nahid Ramezani-Jolfaie , PhD & Farahnaz Joukar , PhD ORCID IconPublished online: 01 Jul 2019Download citation  https://doi.org/10.1080/19390211.2019.1624671  Select Language▼Translator disclaimerAbstractNonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common cause of liver disease worldwide....
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Intra-arterial stem cell therapy modulates neuronal calcineurin and confers neuroprotection after ischemic...
Intra-arterial stem cell therapy modulates neuronal calcineurin and confers neuroprotection after ischemic strokeJackson Saraf, Deepaneeta Sarmah, Kanchan Vats, Harpreet Kaur, Kanta Pravalika, Madhuri Wanve,  show allReceived 06 Dec 2018, Accepted 11 Jun 2019, Accepted author version posted online: 15 Jun 2019, Published online: 01 Jul 2019Download citation  https://doi.org/10.1080/00207454.2019.1633315  Select Language▼Translator disclaimerAbstractAim: Calcineurin (CaN) is a threonine/phosphatase...
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Cognitive and speech perception outcomes after cochlear implantation in Fabry disease Filiz Aslan, Mehtap...
Cognitive and speech perception outcomes after cochlear implantation in Fabry diseaseFiliz Aslan, Mehtap Yıldırım & Gonca SennaroğluPublished online: 26 Jun 2019Download citation  https://doi.org/10.1080/21695717.2019.1630978  Select Language▼Translator disclaimerAbstractPurpose: To study the audiological, rehabilitative and cognitive outcomes of cochlear implantation in patients with Fabry disease (FD).Method: This is a retrospective case study. Two adults with progressive hearing loss were...
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Postural stability: assessment of auditory input in normal hearing individuals and hearing aid users...
Postural stability: assessment of auditory input in normal hearing individuals and hearing aid usersIman Ibrahim ORCID Icon, Sabrina Daniela da Silva ORCID Icon, Bernard Segal & Anthony Zeitouni ORCID IconPublished online: 30 Jun 2019Download citation  https://doi.org/10.1080/21695717.2019.1630983  Select Language▼Translator disclaimerAbstractPurpose: Dizziness is the most common complaint of patients over 65 years consulting a physician. Presbyacusis affects 65% of Canadians aging 70–79. The...
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Waardenburg syndrome: characteristics and long-term outcomes of paediatric cochlear implant recipients...
Waardenburg syndrome: characteristics and long-term outcomes of paediatric cochlear implant recipientsPedro Clarós ORCID Icon, Agnieszka Remjasz ORCID Icon, Astrid Clarós-Pujol ORCID Icon, Carmen Pujol & Andrés Clarós ORCID IconPublished online: 27 Jun 2019Download citation  https://doi.org/10.1080/21695717.2019.1630979  Select Language▼Translator disclaimerAbstractObjective: To assess the long-term outcomes after cochlear implantation in children under 3 years of age with Waardenburg syndrome...
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Value of auditory perception of alphabet letters test (Arabic standardized version) in evaluation of...
Value of auditory perception of alphabet letters test (Arabic standardized version) in evaluation of Arabic speaking CI childrenS. Mekki, A. Quriba ORCID Icon & N. Gad ORCID IconPublished online: 26 Jun 2019Download citation  https://doi.org/10.1080/21695717.2019.1630977  Select Language▼Translator disclaimerAbstractBackground: Cochlear implant (CI) is a hearing device that helps hearing impaired children who did not benefit from conventional hearing aids to restore a satisfactory level of auditory...
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Vestibular assessment and management in adults: South African audiologists' expressed level of confidence...
Vestibular assessment and management in adults: South African audiologists' expressed level of confidence and knowledge exploredKatijah Khoza-Shangase ORCID Icon, Ben Sebothoma ORCID Icon & Tasneem SeedatPublished online: 26 Jun 2019Download citation  https://doi.org/10.1080/21695717.2019.1630981  Select Language▼Translator disclaimerAbstractBackground: Vestibular assessment and management is within the scope of practice of audiology, and therefore audiologists are expected and required to assess...
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Dissociated vestibular test results (caloric and vHIT) in patients with Meniere's disease are not due...
Dissociated vestibular test results (caloric and vHIT) in patients with Meniere's disease are not due to velocity storage malfunctionPaloma Eza-Nuñez ORCID Icon, Carlos Guajardo-Vergara ORCID Icon, Concepción Fariñas-Alvarez ORCID Icon, Lorea Arbizu-Ruiz ORCID Icon & Nicolás Pérez-Fernández ORCID IconPublished online: 26 Jun 2019Download citation  https://doi.org/10.1080/21695717.2019.1630984  Select Language▼Translator disclaimerAbstractObjectives: In Ménière's disease, the most frequent finding...
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Effect of informational masking on auditory working memory: role of linguistic information in the maskers...
Effect of informational masking on auditory working memory: role of linguistic information in the maskersAnoop Basavanahalli Jagadeesh ORCID Icon & Ajith Kumar U ORCID IconPublished online: 26 Jun 2019Download citation  https://doi.org/10.1080/21695717.2019.1630980  Select Language▼Translator disclaimerAbstractPurpose: The current study aimed at observing how informational maskers with varying degrees of linguistic information affect working memory (WM) performance. The linguistic information...
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Screening school-age children for developmental language disorder in primary care Kerry Danahy Ebert,...
Screening school-age children for developmental language disorder in primary careKerry Danahy Ebert, Cesar Ochoa-Lubinoff & Melissa P. HolmesPublished online: 01 Jul 2019Download citation  https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2019.1632931  Select Language▼Translator disclaimerAbstractPurpose: To evaluate the feasibility, preliminary diagnostic accuracy and reliability of a screening tool for developmental language disorder (DLD) in early school-age children seen in a paediatric primary care setting.Method:...
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Delegation models in dysphagia management: Current policy, clinical perceptions and practice patterns...
Delegation models in dysphagia management: Current policy, clinical perceptions and practice patternsMaria Schwarz ORCID Icon, Elizabeth C. Ward ORCID Icon, Petrea Cornwell & Anne CoccettiPublished online: 01 Jul 2019Download citation  https://doi.org/10.1080/17549507.2019.1632932  Select Language▼Translator disclaimerAbstractPurpose: Delegation to Allied Health Assistants (AHAs) is an effective workforce solution in a number of areas of adult speech-language pathology (SLP) practice. However,...
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Radiobiology data
Establishing the Japan-Store house of animal radiobiology experiments (J-SHARE), a large-scale necropsy and histopathology archive providing international access to important radiobiology dataTakamitsu Morioka, Benjamin J. Blyth ORCID Icon, Tatsuhiko Imaoka ORCID Icon, Mayumi Nishimura, Hiroshi Takeshita, Takeo Shimomura,  show allReceived 31 Jul 2018, Accepted 01 May 2019, Accepted author version posted online: 30 May 2019, Published online: 26 Jun 2019Download citation  https://doi.org/10.1080/09553002.2019.1625458 ...
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Biological Inorganic Chemistry
Guanidine- and purine-functionalized ligands of Fe III Zn II complexes: effects on the hydrolysis of DNAAbstractIn this paper, the catalytic effects of aminoguanidine and aminopurine groups in the second sphere of a FeIIIZnII complex that mimics the active site of the metallohydrolase purple acid phosphatase (PAP) are investigated, with a particular view on DNA as substrate. The ligand 3-(((3-((bis(2-(pyridin-2-yl)ethyl)amino)methyl)-2-hydroxy-5-methylbenzyl)(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)amino)meth-yl)-2 hydroxy-5-methylbenzaldehyde—(H2L1bpea)...
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Effects of omentin on flap viability: an experimental research on rats Fatih Burak Efeoğlu, Ali Gökkaya,...
Effects of omentin on flap viability: an experimental research on ratsFatih Burak Efeoğlu, Ali Gökkaya, Furkan Erol Karabekmez, Tülin Fırat & Metin GorguReceived 19 Nov 2018, Accepted 05 Jun 2019, Published online: 27 Jun 2019Download citation  https://doi.org/10.1080/2000656X.2019.1632206  Select Language▼Translator disclaimerAbstractBackground: Viability decreases at the distal parts with an increase in the length of flaps. In this study, we evaluated the effects of subcutaneously administered...
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Effects of adipose derived stromal vascular fraction on diabetic neuropathy: an experimental study Berrak...
Effects of adipose derived stromal vascular fraction on diabetic neuropathy: an experimental studyBerrak Karatan ORCID Icon, Ersin Akşam ORCID Icon, Esra Erden & Mustafa Erol Demirseren ORCID IconReceived 04 Mar 2019, Accepted 04 Jun 2019, Published online: 26 Jun 2019Download citation  https://doi.org/10.1080/2000656X.2019.1632205  Select Language▼Translator disclaimerAbstractThe stromal vascular fraction (SVF) obtained from inguinal adipose tissue was injected into the sciatic nerve region...
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Does the association of school experiences and marijuana use differ based on age of African American...
Does the association of school experiences and marijuana use differ based on age of African American high school students?Keith A. King, Rebecca A. Vidourek & R. Andrew YockeyReceived 02 Oct 2018, Accepted 13 May 2019, Published online: 26 Jun 2019Download citation  https://doi.org/10.1080/14659891.2019.1620887  Select Language▼Translator disclaimerABSTRACTAfrican American adolescents are disproportionately involved in marijuana use. This study investigated whether the association of school...
Αλέξανδρος Γ. Σφακιανάκης
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Youth and Adolescence
Mari Andrew: Getting There: A Workbook for Growing UpIn Memoriam: David B. EstellMari Andrew: Am I There Yet?: The Loop-de-loop, Zigzagging Journey to AdulthoodUnpacking the Longitudinal Associations between the Frequency of Substance Use, Substance Use Related Problems, and Academic Achievement among AdolescentsAbstractPrevious research repeatedly observed associations between academic achievement and substance use during adolescence. However, the simple frequency of substance use was not differentiated...
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The use of 3D printing in shared decision making for a juvenile aggressive ossifying fibroma in a pediatric...
The use of 3D printing in shared decision making for a juvenile aggressive ossifying fibroma in a pediatric patientAuthor links open overlay panelAndrew Y.LeeaNeha A.PatelbcKennethKurtzdMorrisEdelmaneKorgunKoralfDevKamdarcToddGoldsteingaAlbert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Bronx, NY, USAbCohen Children's Medical Center, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, New Hyde Park, NY, USAcZucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and...
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Complete response with neoadjuvant avelumab in Merkel cell carcinoma – A case report Author links open...
Complete response with neoadjuvant avelumab in Merkel cell carcinoma – A case reportAuthor links open overlay panelNadineAbdallahaMisakoNagasakabcTahmidaChowdhurybKunilRavaldJeffreyHotalingeAmmarSukaribaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USAbDepartment of Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute/Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USAcDepartment of Advanced Medical Innovation, St. Marianna University Graduate School of Medicine, Kawasaki, JapandDepartment of Pathology,...
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