Eagle Syndrome - the issue of an elongated styloid process. A literature review by Martyna Brzoza, Bartosz Dubniański, Julia Stawińska-Dudek, Wiktoria Józefowicz, Damian Machaj

“… Introduction and purpose: Since orofacial pain poses a common ailment nowadays, it is important to identify properly its source and implement all the necessary measures that are required to mitigate its consequences. …”
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Effects of the Layered Distribution Pattern on the Gas Flow Resistance through the Bed with the Multisize Irregular Particle for the Waste Heat Recovery by Sizong Zhang

“…The gas flow resistance of most of the layered distribution modes is lower than that of the random distribution mode. Among all layered arrangement modes, the layered mode with the particle size increasing from the bottom-up has the lowest resistance, followed by the layered mode with the particle size decreasing from the bottom-up. …”
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Willingness of end users to pay for e-waste recycling by H.T.T. Nguyen, C.-H. Lee, R.-J. Hung

“…<br /> <strong>METHODS:</strong> The logistic regression model was employed to analyze a qualified data set collected through a personal interview survey in Danang city, Vietnam. All analyses were conducted using Statistical Package for Social Sciences software (version 22.0). …”
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Diagnosis and presenting features of autoimmune hepatitis at a central referral hospital in South Africa by Y Maharaj, V G Naidoo

“…Sixteen patients were HIV-infected, all of whom were female (p =0.03), with a significantly older age of disease onset as compared to their HIV-uninfected counterparts (median age 38 vs 17.5 years, p <0.001). …”
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Functional outcome of the three-stitch technique of humerus nailing for comminuted shaft humerus fractures by Sachin Kale, Bhushan Patil, Garvit Khatod, Pramod Bhor, Gursimran Sandhu, Venkatsh Jyoti, Rohan Baruah, Sachiti Kale, Rahul Ghodke, Joydeep Dey

“…Informed consent was obtained from all patients, detailing the study’s methodologies and potential complications. …”
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Cavernous Hemangioma-Like Kaposi Sarcoma: Histomorphologic Features and Differential Diagnosis by Nilüfer Onak Kandemir, Figen Barut, Banu Doğan Gün, Nilgün Solak Tekin, Sevinç Hallaç Keser, Şükrü Oğuz Özdamar

“…Typical histological findings of early-stage KS, consisting of mononuclear inflammation, extravasated erythrocytes, and a few immature vascular structures in superficial dermis, were observed. All cases were serologically HIV-1 negative. A positive reaction with HHV-8, CD31, CD34, and D2-40 monoclonal antibodies was identified at both cavernous hemangioma-like areas and in immature vascular structures. …”
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Laparoscopic Gastric Sleeve and Micronutrients Supplementation: Our Experience by D. Capoccia, F. Coccia, F. Paradiso, F. Abbatini, G. Casella, N. Basso, F. Leonetti

“…Vitamin B12 and folic acid were adequately supplemented for all the follow-up period. Vitamin D was in suboptimal levels, despite daily multivitamin supplementation. …”
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The Comparison of Mind Wandering and Cognitive Distortions in Adults with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder with and Without Pornography by Sahar Nasrollahi Valojerdi, Abbas Abolghasemi, Reza Soltani Shal

“…The cognitive distortion of premat​ure conclusions was reduced in the group with ADHD/with pornography and the group with ADHD/without pornography, while the group without ADHD/with pornography scored lower than the normal group in all distortions. Therefore, these findings may be applied to the fields of pathology, prevention, and intervention given the ineffective cognitive patterns and mental wandering observed in individuals with ADHD and porn addicts.…”
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Impact of post-traumatic stress disorder on epileptogenic networks: a functional connectivity study by Lisa-Dounia Soncin, Sara Simula, Nicolas Hemmer, Hélène Mourre, Marie Arthuis, Julia Makhalova, Christian Benar, Sylvane Faure, Fabrice Bartolomei

“…Two groups were considered: TDRE patients with PTSD (PTSD+, N = 11) and TDRE patients without PTSD (PTSD-, N = 12). All subjects had questionnaires measuring anxiety, depression, PTSD symptoms related to seizures, a diagnostic PTSD questionnaire, and a childhood trauma questionnaire. …”
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Prevalence of the Patterns of Unhealthy Diet in the School and University Students of Iran: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Seyyed Amir Yasin Ahmadi, Neda SoleimanvandiAzar, Mahshid Roohravan Benis, Ali Mehrabi, Roya Vesal Azad, Marzieh Nojomi

“…The pooled prevalence range among the patterns was 0.06–0.75 (random effects for all). Conclusion. The pooled prevalence was 28% for unhealthy diet among the Iranian students (6% to 75% in different patterns). …”
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Effect of selected catechins on doxorubicin antiproliferative efficacy and hepatotoxicity in vitro by Rudolfová Petra, Hanušová Veronika, Skálová Lenka, Bártíková Hana, Matoušková Petra, Boušová Iva

“…Formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) was determined using the dichlorofluorescein assay. All of the studied catechins (1-25 μmol L-1) had no effect on the proliferation of intestinal cancer cells and did not affect the antiproliferative effect of DOX (1-8 μmol L-1) in these cells. …”
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Angka Ketahanan Hidup 3 Tahun Pasien Kanker Anak di RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang by Hervita Yeni, Amirah Zatil Izzah, Firman Arbi

“…Leukemia akut limfoblastik (ALL) merupakan kanker anak terbanyak (22 orang, 75,9%). …”
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YOLOv7-DWS: tea bud recognition and detection network in multi-density environment via improved YOLOv7 by Xiaoming Wang, Xiaoming Wang, Zhenlong Wu, Guannan Xiao, Guannan Xiao, Chongyang Han, Cheng Fang

“…Finally, we evaluate different attention mechanisms to enhance the model’s focus on key features.Results and discussionThe experimental results show that the improved YOLOv7 algorithm has significantly improved over the original algorithm in all evaluation indexes, especially in the RTea(+6.2%) and mAP@0.5 (+7.7%). …”
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Social, Racial, and Economic Disparities Affecting Outcomes of Hypertensive Adolescents by Kanya Singhapakdi, Amelia Haydel, Marla Johnston, Shengping Yang, Tamara Bradford, Dedrick Moulton, Thomas R. Kimball

“…Social determinants of health (SDH) are the cultural, economic, educational, healthcare accessibility, and political influences in the environment in which an individual is born or lives, all of which can affect that individual's overall health. …”
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Carrion in Bomas: Multiple Observations of Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) Scavenging Events and Potential Causes in Managed Populations by Elizabeth Kennedy Overton, Robert S. Davis, Franck Prugnolle, Virginie Rougeron, Terry‐Lee Honiball, Olivia Sievert, Jan A. Venter

“…We suggest a common factor between these observations, namely that all adult individuals involved were temporarily housed in holding enclosures (bomas) during relocation processes and were provisioned with carrion as supplemental feed. …”
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Optimized Naive-Bayes and Decision Tree Approaches for fMRI Smoking Cessation Classification by Amirhessam Tahmassebi, Amir H. Gandomi, Mieke H. J. Schulte, Anna E. Goudriaan, Simon Y. Foo, Anke Meyer-Baese

“…Then, the feature matrix was fed into the machine learning classifiers including optimized CART decision tree and Naive-Bayes classifier with standard and optimized implementation employing 10-fold cross-validation. Out of all the data reduction techniques and the machine learning algorithms employed, the best accuracy was obtained using the singular value decomposition along with the optimized Naive-Bayes classifier. …”
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Modelling and Simulation of Perturb and Observe MPPT Algorithm Based on The PI Controller for Photovoltaic System by Ahlam Mohamad Shakoor, Hersh Hasan Taha

“…The proposed PV system is composed of a Photovoltaic array, DC to DC boost type converter and an MPPT algorithm using perturb and observe method. 1Soltech 1STH-220-P module type was chosen in this study for the simulation and proposed PV The array consists of 40 rows of PV modules connected in parallel, while each row consists of 10 modules connected in a series. All elements of the PV system were simulated using MATLAB/Simulink. …”
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Evaluation of Antifungal Analysis of Selected Food Products Obtained In the Local Markets of Peshawar KPK Pakistan by Shakir Ullah, Hayat Khan, Yasir Zubair, Muneeba Zubair, Usman Saeed, Maryam Bibi, Eidul Ahad, Zeeshan Ullah, Adam khan Gohar, Usman Shah, Sadiq Ur Rahman, Muhammad Iqbal Khan Rahman

“…For the evaluation of pathogenic fungi Milk, Chutney, Apple, Spinach, Salad, Guava, Fish, and Peas were taken. All the other food samples were taken in polythene zip bags. …”
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Comorbidity and impact of bronchial asthma to gastroesophageal reflux disease in children by Y.V. Кarpushenko, Т.V. Frolova, N.M. Drobova, О.М. Ashcheulov

“…GERD was diagnosed in 44.4% of patients with BA. 25.0% of patients had the erosive form of GERD, 25.0% - non-erosive GERD, 50.0% - endoscopically negative GERD, in the control group - 33.0%, 35.0%, 32.0% respectively. Conclusion. All patients with BA had esophageal motility disorders. …”
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Pharmacist-led medication reviews: A scoping review of systematic reviews. by Miriam Craske, Wendy Hardeman, Nicholas Steel, Michael James Twigg

“…Two high-quality reviews reported that there was evidence of no effect on mortality; of these one reported an improvement in medicines-related problems (all studies reported an increase of identified problems), and another a reduction in hospital readmissions (Risk ratio 0.93 [95% CI 0.89, 0.98]). …”
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