Reconstruction of Partial Glossectomy Defects in Patients with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Oral Tongue: A Prospective Clinical Study on the Assessment and Comparison of Intraoperati... by Shubhanshi Kangloo, Nitin Bhola, Anchal Agarwal, Raj Kumar Chakraborty, Priyatam Mishra, Saurabh Pillai

“…Reconstruction of surgical defects following glossectomy has evolved greatly from locoregional flaps such as nasolabial, submental, infrahyoid, and pectoralis major myocutaneous flaps to microvascular free flaps (radial forearm free flap [RAFF], anterolateral thigh flap). …”
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Effect of Enriched Artemia sp. by EPA (Eicosapentaenoic Acid; C20:5n-3) and DHA (Docosahexaenoic Acid; C22:6n-3) on Survival Rate of Swimming Crab Portunus pelagicus by M. Agus Suprayudi, E. Mursitorini, D. Jusadi

“…Low levels of EPA and DHA content in natural food is major problem in marine fish larval production.  …”
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Macrophages Phenotype Regulated by IL-6 Are Associated with the Prognosis of Platinum-Resistant Serous Ovarian Cancer: Integrated Analysis of Clinical Trial and Omics by Xiaoqing Wu, Wenping Lu, Chaojie Xu, Cuihong Jiang, Zhili Zhuo, Ruipeng Wang, Dongni Zhang, Yongjia Cui, Lei Chang, Xi Zuo, Ya’nan Wang, Heting Mei, Weixuan Zhang, Mengfan Zhang, Chen Li

“…The differential expression genes (DEGs) were analyzed via protein–protein interaction network, Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) and gene ontology (GO) analysis to reveal major pathways of DEGs. CD80 was selected for survival analysis. …”
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Simultaneous Measurements of PM2.5- and PM10-bound Benzo(a)pyrene in a Coastal Urban Atmosphere in Poland: Seasonality of Dry Deposition Fluxes and influence of Atmospheric Transpo... by Patrycja Siudek, Wiesława Ruczyńska

“…They were directly attributed to local emission from major industrial (i.e., coal-fired power plants, refinery, solid waste burning, metal recycling plants) and residential sources (domestic heating units), and to the meteorological situation that led to the reduced dissipation of air pollutants and their transport outside the study domain. …”
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Bibliometric analysis of holographic data storage literature by K. Kumar, R. Parameswaran

“…The present paper aims to evaluate the current international research trends in Holographic Data Storage (HDS) and produce a graphical mapping of co-authorship and countries.Methods. The major outputs of the dataset were authors, document type, publication, institution, nation, and citations. …”
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Transcriptomic analysis of Medicago truncatula calli with MtWOX9-1 overexpression by V. E. Tvorogova, E. Y. Krasnoperova, A. A. Kudriashov, K. A. Kuznetsova, E. A. Potsenkovskaya, Y. A. Fedorova, L. A. Lutova

“…Enriched GO pathways included  several groups  related to histone  methyltransferase activity as well as DNA methylation and chromatin binding,  suggesting major epigenetic changes that  occur in call overexpressing MtWOX9-1. …”
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Impact of kidney volume on incidence of in-hospital kidney-related adverse outcomes in patients with acute heart failure by Akira Saito, Taku Asano, Nobuyuki Komiyama, Sachiko Ohde

“…We defined the composite of death from any cause, initiating renal replacement therapy, and WRF during hospitalization as major adverse kidney events (MAKE). We conducted multivariate logistic regression analysis to evaluate the impact of MAKE and each component of MAKE adjusted for age, sex, body surface area, estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) on admission date and the factors that were significantly associated with the incidence of MAKE by bivariate analysis. …”
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Numerical modelling of the hydrodynamics driven by tidal flooding of the land surface after dyke breaching by Rachel A. Burns, Ryan P. Mulligan, Megan Elliott, Danika van Proosdij, Enda Murphy

“…However, coastal land regions that are protected by dykes experience major hydrodynamic changes after breaching. To investigate these dynamics, a dyke in Atlantic Canada was purposefully breached and the adjacent land surface allowed to flood with the tides. …”
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The Impact of Smoking on Clinical Outcomes after Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Women Compared to Men by Seyyed Saeed Mohammadi, Mohammad Javad Zibaeenezhad, Mehrab Sayadi, Soorena Khorshidi, Ehsan Hadiyan, Iman Razeghian-Jahromi

“…Participants were followed up seeking for major adverse cardiac events (MACE) including revascularization (PCI or coronary artery bypass grafting), myocardial infarction, and coronary death in three time intervals according to the time of index PCI (short term: up to 24 hours, mid-term: 24 hours to less than 6 months, and long term: more than 6 months). …”
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Causes of death among older children and adolescents (5–19 years) in the Magu Health and Demographic Surveillance Study, Tanzania, 1995–2022 by Sophia Kagoye, Milly Marston, Yasson Abha, Eveline T. Konje, Mark Urassa, Jim Todd, Ties Boerma

“…Conclusions Since 1995, the decline in communicable disease mortality drove a major all-cause mortality reduction among 5–19-year-olds. …”
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Laboratory analysis to determine the accurate characteristics of urban food waste by A. Charkhestani, D. Yousefi Kebria

“…Thus, without using the most accurate laboratory methods, the implementation of waste management plans would face major problems.…”
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Analysis of the Structural Behavior Evolution of Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls Under the Combined Effects of Rainfall and Earthquake by Xinxin Li, Xiaoguang Cai, Sihan Li, Xin Huang, Chen Zhu, Honglu Xu

“…Major earthquakes and rainfall may occur at the same time, necessitating further investigation into the dynamic characteristics and responses of reinforced soil retaining walls subjected to the combined forces of rainfall and seismic activity. …”
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Potentials of Presepsin as a Novel Sepsis Biomarker in Critically Ill Adults: Correlation Analysis with the Current Diagnostic Markers by Mai S. Sater, Nourah Almansour, Zainab Hasan Abdulla Malalla, Salim Fredericks, Muhalab E. Ali, Hayder A. Giha

“…<b>Background:</b> Sepsis is a major cause of patient death in intensive care units (ICUs). …”
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A bibliometric review of functional ingredients and their efficacy in developing functional biscuits [version 3; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Kshama Vishwakarma, Varalakshmi Chandra Sekaran, Vidya Patwardhan, Asha Kamath

“…The study went through three major stages, “assembling,” “arranging,” and “assessing,” to retrieve 612 articles from the Scopus database from 2013 to 2023. …”
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Prognostic value of red cell distribution width in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a meta-analysis by Xiaoyan Wang, Donglai Bao, Gaojiang Luo, Fuqiang Kan, Jinwei Luo, Changhao Jiang

“…Objective To evaluate the prognostic value of baseline red cell distribution width (RDW) in patients with coronary artery diseases (CADs) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) by conducting a meta-analysis.Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.Data source PubMed, Embase, Wanfang, CNKI and VIP databases were searched from their inceptions to 19 June 2019.Eligible criteria Studies investigating the value of baseline RDW for predicting all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality and major adverse cardiac events (MACEs) in patients with CAD undergoing PCI were included.Data extraction and synthesis Two authors independently extracted the data and evaluated the methodological quality using the Newcastle–Ottawa Scale. …”
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The eradication of pea weevil Bruchus pisorum (L.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from New Zealand by David G. Voice, Rory MacLellan, Adrian Russell, Dave Goulden, Ivan Lawrie, Greg Baker, David A. J. Teulon, John M. Kean

“….), Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) is a major cosmopolitan pest of pea crops and is established in most pea growing areas of the world. …”
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Groundwater quality and associated health risks in the Eastern Region of Ghana by Thomas Acquah, Miriam Appiah-Brempong, Geophrey Kwame Anornu

“…Multivariate statistical procedures, namely, principal component and correlation analyses were employed to define the major groundwater pollutants and their possible sources. …”
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Elbow Injuries Among MLB Pitchers Increased During Covid-19 Disrupted Season, But Not Other Baseball Injuries by Chelsea Martin, Jozef Palasiewicz, Jesse Grullon, Ellen Shanley, Charles Thigpen, Daniel Kline, Stefan Kluzek, Gary Collins, Garrett Bullock

“…# Background The 2020 Major League Baseball Season (MLB) demonstrated season disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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The Clinical Effect of Oral Vitamin D2 Supplementation on Psoriasis: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study by Wareeporn Disphanurat, Wongsiya Viarasilpa, Panlop Chakkavittumrong, Padcha Pongcharoen

“…Serum 25(OH)D concentrations were significantly inversely correlated with PASI scores at the 6-month follow-up. No major adverse event was observed overall. Conclusion. …”
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Effect of flood on the cutaneous leishmaniasis incidence in northeast of Iran: an interrupted time series study by Mostafa Majidnia, Atefeh Khoshkchali, Ahmad Khosravi

“…Methods Interrupted Time Series Analysis (ITSA) is a study design used to study the effects of an intervention, disaster, or natural event on occurrence of a disease over time. In March 2019, a major flood occurred in Golestan Province, and it had a particularly strong effect on the Gonbad Kavous county (region 1). …”
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