Noroviruses are the most common cause of viral gastroenteritis.An increase in the number of globally reported norovirus outbreaks was seen the past decade, especially for outbreaks caused by successive genogroup II genotype 4 (GII.4) variants.Whether this observed increase was due to an upswing in the number of infections, or to a surveillance arti
Price-setting policy determinants: micro-evidence from Brazil
The paper studies the Video Servers frequency of price changes from a survey data on Brazilian companies.The data set has the advantage of including all of the economic sectors: agricultural and food products, trading, industry and services.Strong evidence of nominal price rigidities is found on the data with average and median price durations arou
Interjections as Means of Expressing Empathy in Russian-language Network Communication
The work is devoted to the peculiarities of the use of interjections by Internet communicants as a means of expressing empathy in comments-reactions to posts on the social network TikTok.It has been established that discursive practices of compassion involve a significantly larger number of users than practices of co-rejoicing, and, accordingly, de
Fatal meningococcal septicemia without meningeal signs, contribution of the peripheral smear in diagnosis: Report of a case
Project Panels Acute meningococcemia is characterized by extensive purpurae consisting of both petechiae and ecchymoses.This condition can be rapidly fatal without treatment due to shock and severe consumptive coagulopathy.We report a case of fatal meningococcal septicemia in a military recruit who presented with fever and associated rapidly progre