The skin manifestations in end-stage renal disease patients in Jordan, single-center experience by Mohammad Hassan Al-thnaibat, Heba M. Urabi, Hadeel S. Alkofahi, Ola Mohannad Alshriedeh, Raneem Alshraideh, Hanan Esmadi, Ahmed Sheyyab, Bakri Roumi Jamal, Hanan Khaled Hasan

“…Generalized xerosis, generalized pruritis, pigmentary alterations and arteriovenous (AV) shunt-associated complications were found in 63.6% (N = 49), 36.4% (N = 28), 16.9% (N = 13) and 7.8% (N = 6) respectively. Terry’s nails (19.5%, N = 15) were also a common nail abnormality along with other nail disorders (18.2%, N = 14). …”
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Epidemiological and Clinical Profile of Dermatoses Observed in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients at the National Teaching Hospital (NTH-HKM) of Cotonou, Benin by Hugues Adégbidi, Fabrice Akpadjan, Odile Houngbo, Jacques Vigan, Bérénice Dégboé, Nadège Agbessi, Christiane Koudoukpo, Félix Atadokpèdé

“…The main dermatological manifestations were xerosis (48.3%), pruritus (34.5%), alopecia (14%), nail dystrophy (9.2%), equisegmented nails (8%), and melanoderma (8%). …”
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Gain-of-Function Mutations in STAT1: A Recently Defined Cause for Chronic Mucocutaneous Candidiasis Disease Mimicking Combined Immunodeficiencies by Sanem Eren Akarcan, Ezgi Ulusoy Severcan, Neslihan Edeer Karaca, Esra Isik, Guzide Aksu, Mélanie Migaud, Ferda Evin Gurkan, Elif Azarsiz, Anne Puel, Jean-Laurent Casanova, Necil Kutukculer

“…Chronic Mucocutaneous Candidiasis (CMC) is the chronic, recurrent, noninvasive Candida infections of the skin, mucous membranes, and nails. A 26-month-old girl was admitted with the complaints of recurrent oral Candidiasis, diarrhea, and respiratory infections. …”
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Epidemiology and Management of Open Fractures in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Nepal: An Observational Study by Sagar Maharjan, Arun Kumar Chaudhary, Rohit Shrestha, Pramit Ram Shrestha, Prabesh Gautam, Ashkal Basi, Manasil Malla, Shreedhar Prasad Acharya, Sushant Kumar Khadka

“…External fixators 36 (27.07%) and intramedullary nails 29 (21.80%) were the primary surgical interventions. …”
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Desarrollo de un método de refuerzo en proceso de impresión 3D de hormigón con aleación de Nitinol con memoria de forma by Bahram Ahadia, Mercedes Valiente-López, Farhad Golmohammadi

“…Se propuso el Nitinol SMA como material de refuerzo y se modelaron las muestras con SMA U-nails y se simuló la prueba de flexión en tres puntos en el software para ver el efecto del uso de un nuevo material en el método de refuerzo mencionado. …”
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Efficacy and safety of Lutai Danshen Baishao granules for treating female melasma: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial by Meiyu Lyu, Yi Yang, Jinlian Liu, Wenting Fei, Min Fu, Yunting Hong, Hongguo Rong, Chun Wang, Linyuan Wang, Jianjun Zhang

“…The total TCM symptom evaluation score significantly decreased (test group: 6.00 vs. placebo group: 7.00, P = .001), with significant relief in symptoms such as improvement in dark lips, nails, and waist soreness in the test group, compared with that in the placebo group (P < .05). …”
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Efficacy and safety of various drug combinations in treating plaque Psoriasis: A meta-analysis [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Nayak Snehasis, Karshe Haji Ali, Pendyala Siri, Ngabo Herve, Sayed Zafar

“…Background Psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the skin, joints, and nails (2-3% worldwide), significantly affects quality of life. …”
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Prevalence and Related Risk Factors of Intestinal Parasitosis among Private School-Going Pupils of Dharan Submetropolitan City, Nepal by Bijay Kumar Shrestha, Manita Tumbahangphe, Jenish Shakya, Anu Rai, Kabita Dhakal, Bidhya Dhungana, Romika Shrestha, Jyoti Limbu, Kabiraj Khadka, Santoshi Ghimire, Sujata Chauhan, Lata Chalise, Ashu Ghimire

“…The poor sanitation and sanitary habits like biting nails, consumption of untreated drinking water, and failure to practice proper hand washing were studied as contributors to the acquisition of intestinal parasitic infections. …”
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L’aqueduc du Gier : nouvelles données sur le pont-siphon de Beaunant à Sainte-Foy-lès-Lyon (Métropole de Lyon) by David Baldassari, François Blondel, Stéphane Gaillot

“…The frame consisted of square and rectangular section posts 0.13 to 0.15 m wide and planks 0.36 m wide and 25 mm thick, sometimes fixed roughly to the posts with iron nails. Dendrochronological analyses revealed that the trees from which the planks were taken were felled in 110 AD, indicating that the construction of the Gier aqueduct took place early in the 2nd century AD at the end of the reign of Emperor Trajan. …”
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La gestion de l’eau à Bibracte (Saône-et-Loire), avant et après la Conquête romaine by Laetitia Borau

“…The numerous gutters, with a V profile or sometimes flat-bottomed, are either simply dug, or engineered (in a framework of boards for which nails sometimes still exist, or with slabs of stone). …”
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Melanonychia by Julie Jefferson, Phoebe Rich

“…Melanonychia, or melanin-derived brown-to-black nail pigmentation, is a diagnostic challenge for clinicians. …”
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Detection of Infection Following an Open Tibial Fracture via Synovial Alpha-defensins by Katelynn M. Donnelly, Jessica C. Rivera

“…The follow-on treatment addressed the infection identified in the joint as well as exchanged nailing with an antibiotic-coated nail to protect the fracture.…”
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A Moving and Exhausting Cosmos: A Discussion on Entropy by Thomas Nail, Joel White

“… A discussion between Thomas Nail and Joel White on the philosophical status of entropy. …”
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Unusual Localisation for Onychomatricoma on the 5th Toenail: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by A. Coutellier, I. Théate, O. Vanhooteghem

“…Onychomatricoma is a rare and benign tumour of the nail matrix but originates rarely from the ventral portion of the proximal nail fold. …”
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Research progress on the treatment and nursing of ingrown toenails paronychia (嵌甲型甲沟炎的临床治疗及护理进展) by DENG Yiou (邓翼鸥), CHEN Yuguo (陈玉果)

“…The ingrown toenails paronychia is a common nail problem occurring when the nail plate grows laterally into the periungual skin. …”
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Comparison of Atypical and Osteoporotic Femoral Shaft Fractures in the Elderly: A Multicenter Study by Takanori Miura, Hiroaki Kijima, Noriyuki Ishikawa, Toshihito Ebina, Takayuki Tani, Shuichi Chida, Tetsuya Suzuki, Satoshi Yumto, Hiroshi Tazawa, Naohisa Miyakoshi, Yoichi Shimada

“…In the atypical femoral fracture group, intramedullary nailing was more chosen, but the bone healing time was delayed and plate fixation cases needed reoperation. …”
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Analysis of the Impact of Configuration of the Stabilisation System for Femoral Diaphyseal Fractures on the State of Stresses and Displacements by Jakub J. Słowiński, Konrad Kudłacik

“…The treatment of femoral diaphyseal fractures by intramedullary nailing has become a common procedure in orthopaedic surgery. …”
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Photodynamic Therapy Combined with Liquid Nitrogen Cryotherapy and Curettage for the Treatment of Recalcitrant Periungual and Subungual Warts: Clinical Experience and Literature Re... by Kuixia Xie, Meihong Cheng, Bo He, Wei Li, Wenying Zhong

“…Periungual or subungual wart is verruca vulgaris growing around or under the fingernail, destroying and deforming the nail and nail bed. Currently, liquid nitrogen cryotherapy and CO2 laser are often used for the treatment. …”
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Effects of Ion-Releasing Tooth-Coating Material on Demineralization of Bovine Tooth Enamel by Koji Kawasaki, Masaki Kambara

“…Although the nail varnish group and the non-S-PRG filler group showed linear demineralization, the S-PRG filler group did not. …”
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Combined Effect of a Locking Plate and Teriparatide for Incomplete Atypical Femoral Fracture: Two Case Reports of Curved Femurs by Hiroyuki Tsuchie, Naohisa Miyakoshi, Tomio Nishi, Hidekazu Abe, Toyohito Segawa, Yoichi Shimada

“…In surgical treatment for atypical femoral fractures (AFFs), reconstruction nail fixation is recommended for both complete and incomplete fractures. …”
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