DiGeorge Syndrome Presenting as Hypocalcaemia-Induced Seizures in Adulthood by Adrian Zammit, Deborah Grech Marguerat, Josephine Psaila, Alexander Attard

“…DiGeorge syndrome is a developmental defect commonly caused by a microdeletion on the long arm of chromosome 22 or less frequently by a deletion of the short arm of chromosome 10. …”
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Pelvic Tuberculosis Diagnosed during Operative Laparoscopy for Suspected Ovarian Cancer by Daniel Martingano, Kayla Cagle-Colon, Jeanine Chiaffarano, Alan Marcus, Diana Contreras

“…Pelvic tuberculosis can mimic advanced-stage ovarian cancer; thus obtaining a tissue sample may be beneficial to more appropriately direct treatment and planning for neoadjuvant therapies given the ineffectiveness of extensive surgical procedures in treating pelvic tuberculosis commonly employed in the treatment of advanced-stage ovarian cancer.…”
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Evaluation of Land Use Regression Models for Nitrogen Dioxide and Benzene in Four US Cities by Shaibal Mukerjee, Luther Smith, Lucas Neas, Gary Norris

“…In addition, transferability of variables or LURs from one city to another may be problematic due to intercity differences and data availability or comparability. Thus, developing common predictors in future LURs may be difficult.…”
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Pharmaceutical Pollution: Azole Antifungal Drugs and Resistance of Opportunistic Pathogenic Yeasts in Wastewater and Environmental Water by Mzimkhulu E. Monapathi, Joseph C. Oguegbulu, Lilian Adogo, Michael Klink, Bamidele Okoli, Fanyana Mtunzi, Johannes S. Modise

“…Opportunistic pathogenic aquatic yeasts develop resistance to commonly used antifungal agents through continued exposure to residual antifungal agents in environmental waters. …”
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Delirium with Concurrent Use of Lithium and ECT and the Safety Implications: Case Reports and Review of the Literature by Mustafa Ali, Barikar C. Malathesh, Seshadri Sekhar Chatterjee, Soumitra Das, Prakriti Pokhrel, Mary Elizabeth Trejo Hernandez, John C. Murnin

“…Using electroconvulsive treatment and lithium together to treat acute manic episodes is common, but the effects of combining these therapies vary according to the literature. …”
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Impact of Additives on Heterogeneous Crystallization of Acetaminophen by Hsinyun Hsu, Lynne S. Taylor, Michael T. Harris

“…Introducing foreign substrates or additives is the common way to regulate polymorphism or kinetics of crystallization. …”
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Delirious Mania Associated with Autoimmune Gastrothyroidal Syndrome of a Mid-Life Female: The Role of Hashimoto Encephalopathy and a 3-Year Follow-Up including Serum Autoantibody L... by Udo Bonnet, Claudia Selle, Ralf Kuhlmann

“…We report the case study of a 57-year-old Caucasian female with steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis (SREAT), commonly termed Hashimoto encephalopathy (HE). This presentation includes one of the longest lasting follow-up studies of HE considering the neuropsychiatric symptoms (here delirium, mania, and EEG-slowing) and their relation to serum autoantibody levels. …”
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Genotoxic Effects of Etoposide, Bleomycin, and Ethyl Methanesulfonate on Cultured CHO Cells: Analysis by GC-MS/MS and Comet Assay by Donald H. Atha, Erdem Coskun, Onur Erdem, Alessandro Tona, Vytas Reipa, Bryant C. Nelson

“…To evaluate methods for analysis of genotoxic effects on mammalian cell lines, we tested the effect of three common genotoxic agents on Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells by single-cell gel electrophoresis (comet assay) and gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS). …”
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Nerve Surgery to Treat Intractable Genitofemoral Neuropathic Pain following Laparoscopic Live Kidney Donation by K. Ramdhani, M. J. A. Malessy, M. J. G. Simon, V. A. L. Huurman

“…To date live laparoscopic donor nephrectomies (LLDN) are frequently performed. The most common complications entail bleeding, wound infection, and incisional hernia. …”
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Ultrasonic Extraction of Oil from Caesalpinia spinosa (Tara) Seeds by Zhan-jun Li, Feng-jian Yang, Lei Yang, Yuan-Gang Zu

“…Oil extracted from the seeds of Caesalpinia spinosa (common name: tara) can be used in a number of applications. …”
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Compound Heterozygous Mutations in TMC1 and MYO15A Are Associated with Autosomal Recessive Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss in Two Chinese Han Families by Pengcheng Xu, Jun Xu, Hu Peng, Tao Yang

“…Genetic hearing loss is a common sensory disorder, and its cause is highly heterogeneous. …”
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Simulation and analysis of the solidification characteristics of a Si-Mo ductile iron by Çelik G.A., Tzini M.-I. T., Polat Ş., Aristeidakis J S., Atapek Ş.H., Sarafoglou P.I., Haidemenopoulos G.N.

“…High silicon and molybdenum ductile cast irons (Si-Mo alloys) are commonly used as exhaust manifold materials suffering from high temperature-oxidation and thermal-mechanical fatigue. …”
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Physicochemical properties of Alisma starch by Fenxia Han, Yongqiang Wang, Hao Zhang, Sheng Zhang, Sheng Zhang

“…IntroductionAlisma starch (AS) from Alismatis Rhizoma has potential applications but has been less studied compared to common starches like corn starch (CS) and potato starch (PS).MethodsWe used scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and rapid visco analysis to study the granule morphology, crystal structure, pasting properties, freeze -thaw stability, solubility, swelling degree, and gel strength of AS, CS, and PS.ResultsAS has a lower starch content but higher amylose content than CS and PS. …”
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Asymptomatic Deep Vein Thrombosis in a Patient with Major Depressive Disorder by Takuto Ishida, Takeshi Katagiri, Hiroyuki Uchida, Takefumi Suzuki, Koichiro Watanabe, Masaru Mimura

“…Pulmonary embolism is a serious, life-threatening condition and most commonly derives from deep vein thrombosis of the lower extremities. …”
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Software defined network implementation of multi-node adaptive novel quantum key distribution protocol by Hardeer Kaur, Jai Sukh Paul Singh

“…For securing communication, a commonly know technique is to use cryptography and public channels. …”
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Unusual Presentation of Hypothyroidism in a Pregnant Woman, Mimicking Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasm by Soheila Aminimoghaddam, Narmin Karisani, Maryam Mazloomi, Maryam Rahimi

“…Hypothyroidism is a common health issue worldwide with varying clinical manifestations. …”
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𝛽-Thalassemia: HiJAKing Ineffective Erythropoiesis and Iron Overload by Luca Melchiori, Sara Gardenghi, Stefano Rivella

“…𝛽-thalassemia encompasses a group of monogenic diseases that have in common defective synthesis of 𝛽-globin. The defects involved are extremely heterogeneous and give rise to a large phenotypic spectrum, with patients that are almost asymptomatic to cases in which regular blood transfusions are required to sustain life. …”
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Critical length parameter of HDPE and its use in fatigue lifetime predictions by Kamila Kozáková, Lukáš Trávníček, Jan Poduška, Jan Klusák

“…CRB fatigue tests are commonly used tests for ranking PE pipe grades and are easily available. …”
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The Link Between Venous and Arterial Thrombosis: Is There a Role for Endothelial Dysfunction? by Marco Paolo Donadini, Francesca Calcaterra, Erica Romualdi, Roberta Ciceri, Assunta Cancellara, Corrado Lodigiani, Monica Bacci, Silvia Della Bella, Walter Ageno, Domenico Mavilio

“…While traditionally considered separate entities, accumulating evidence suggests that they share common risk factors, such as inflammation and endothelial dysfunction (ED). …”
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Drosophila Mutant Model of Parkinson’s Disease Revealed an Unexpected Olfactory Performance: Morphofunctional Evidences by Francescaelena De Rose, Valentina Corda, Paolo Solari, Patrizia Sacchetti, Antonio Belcari, Simone Poddighe, Sanjay Kasture, Paolo Solla, Francesco Marrosu, Anna Liscia

“…Parkinson’s disease (PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases characterized by the clinical triad: tremor, akinesia, and rigidity. …”
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