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Velo-cardio-facial syndrome (VCFS), also known as DiGeorge syndrome or 22q11.21 deletion syndrome, has a prevalence in the United States of approximately 1:2,000. Patients affected by this syndrome ...

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There was a time when metaphor was considered primarily an advanced language skill, a tool mainly used by poets and speakers well-trained in rhetoric. Modern linguistic science has overthrown that ...

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The digitization of the planet has brought about profound changes. Now, people of different origins can exchange information thousands of kilometers apart, without moving an inch, at breakneck speed.