Anomalous Coronary Artery Origin in a Young Patient with Marfan Syndrome by S. B. C. P. Duarte, D. O. Beraldo, L. A. M. Cesar, A. P. Mansur, J. Y. Takada

“…The anomalous origin of the left main coronary artery in the right Valsalva sinus has a prevalence of 0.02%–0.05% and is commonly related to other congenital cardiac anomalies, such as transposition of great vessels, coronary fistulas, bicuspid aortic valve, and tetralogy of Fallot. …”
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Hirsutism Caused by Pregnancy Luteoma in a Low-Resource Setting: A Case Report and Literature Review by David Hamisi Mvunta, Fatemazahra Amiji, Mubina Suleiman, Francisco Baraka, Ikrah Abdallah, Mabula Kazabula, Peter J. T. Wangwe, Furaha August

“…Often, they occur asymptomatically and are only diagnosed incidentally during imaging or surgery: cesarean section or postpartum tubal ligation. Most common symptoms associated with pregnancy luteoma include acne, deepening of voice, hirsutism, and clitoromegaly. …”
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Emission Rates of Volatile Organic Compounds Released from Newly Produced Household Furniture Products Using a Large-Scale Chamber Testing Method by Duy Xuan Ho, Ki-Hyun Kim, Jong Ryeul Sohn, Youn Hee Oh, Ji-Won Ahn

“…The emission rates of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were measured to investigate the emission characteristics of five types of common furniture products using a 5 m3 size chamber at 25°C and 50% humidity. …”
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The Role of Th17 Cells and IL-17 in Th2 Immune Responses of Allergic Conjunctivitis by Xiang-Tian Meng, Yun-Yue Shi, Hong Zhang, Hong-Yan Zhou

“…Allergic conjunctivitis (AC) is a common allergic disease that is often associated with the onset of rhinitis or asthma. …”
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A physiologically-based pharmacokinetic model for the antibiotic ertapenem by Michele L. Joyner, Cammey C. Manning, Whitney Forbes, Michelle Maiden, Ariel N. Nikas

“…Ertapenem is an antibiotic commonly used to treat a broad spectrum of infections, which is part of a broader class of antibiotics called carbapenem. …”
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Minimal Change Disease as a Secondary and Reversible Event of a Renal Transplant Case with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus by Elena Gkrouzman, Kyriakos A. Kirou, Surya V. Seshan, James M. Chevalier

“…Secondary causes of minimal change disease (MCD) account for a minority of cases compared to its primary or idiopathic form and provide ground for consideration of common mechanisms of pathogenesis. In this paper we report a case of a 27-year-old Latina woman, a renal transplant recipient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), who developed nephrotic range proteinuria 6 months after transplantation. …”
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Multivariate Cox regression analysis of prognostic genes and therapeutic mechanisms of gastric cancer by Yangyang Xiao, Zhiru Zhong, Chunli Yang, Zhiying Lin

“…Abstract Gastric cancer (GC) is a common malignant tumor, which originated from the epithelial cells of the stomach. …”
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Dynamics of a Breast Cancer Model for Neutropenia Case due to Chemotherapy Effects by M. Ivan Ariful Fathoni, Fajar Adi-Kusumo, Gunardi Gunardi, Susanna Hilda Hutajulu

“…Chemotherapy-induced neutropenia is one of the most common toxic effects experienced by patients and often threatens chemotherapy to use efficiency. …”
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Rat models of frozen shoulder: Classification and evaluation by Hezirui Gu, Wenqing Xie, Hengzhen Li, Shuguang Liu, Yusheng Li

“…Finally, our paper summarizes the common methods for evaluating FS rat models.…”
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Splenectomy for Solitary Splenic Metastasis in Recurrent Papillary Thyroid Cancer. A Case Report and Literature Review by Antonio Maffuz-Aziz, Gabriel Garnica, Silvia López-Hernández, Janet Pineda-Diaz, Javier Baquera-Heredia, Patricia López-Jiménez

“…Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy, presenting with 23 500 new cases per year in the United States. …”
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Walking Training with Foot Drop Stimulator Controlled by a Tilt Sensor to Improve Walking Outcomes: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study in Patients with Stroke in Subacute Phase by G. Morone, A. Fusco, P. Di Capua, P. Coiro, L. Pratesi

“…Foot drop is a quite common problem in nervous system disorders. Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) has showed to be an alternative approach to correct foot drop improving walking ability in patients with stroke. …”
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Co-Effects of Graphene Oxide and Cement on Geotechnical Properties of Loess by Dongbo Li, Pengbo Lei, Hongchi Zhang, Jiaping Liu, Wei Lu

“…Improvement of geotechnical properties of soil by cementitious additives and nanomaterials is commonly used method. However, few systematic research studies on the co-effects of them on the geotechnical properties of loess have been explored. …”
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A Statistical Image Feature-Based Deep Belief Network for Fire Detection by Dali Sheng, Jinlian Deng, Wei Zhang, Jie Cai, Weisheng Zhao, Jiawei Xiang

“…Experiments using the benchmark data of three groups of fire and fire-like images are classified by the present method, and the classification results are also compared with those commonly used support vector machine (SVM) and convolutional deep belief networks (CDBNs) to manifest the superiority of the classification accuracy.…”
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Contribution of In Vivo and Organotypic 3D Models to Understanding the Role of Macrophages and Neutrophils in the Pathogenesis of Psoriasis by Isabelle Lorthois, Daniel Asselineau, Nathalie Seyler, Roxane Pouliot

“…Psoriasis, a common chronic immune-mediated skin disease, is histologically characterized by a rapid keratinocyte turnover and differentiation defects. …”
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Tailorable biosensors for real-time monitoring of stress distribution in soft biomaterials and living tissues by Fenghou Yuan, Huitang Qi, Binghui Song, Yuntian Cui, Junsheng Zhang, Huan Liu, Bo Liu, Hai Lei, Tian Liu

“…Since polysaccharides are common in various biomaterials, a biosensor integrating a Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based tension sensor module and carbohydrate-binding modules (FTSM-CBM) has been designed for real-time monitoring of the stress distribution of these biomaterials. …”
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Secure OpenID Authentication Model by Using Trusted Computing by E. Ghazizadeh, Z. S. Shams Dolatabadi, R. Khaleghparast, M. Zamani, A. A. Manaf, M. S. Abdullah

“…This paper proposes a model in which One Time Password (OTP), TPM, and OpenID are used to provide a solution against phishing as a common identity theft in cloud environment.…”
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Induction of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes in hepatocytes by beta-naphthoflavone: Time-dependent changes in activities, protein and mRNA levels by Lněničková Kateřina, Skálová Lenka, Stuchlíková Lucie, Szotáková Barbora, Matoušková Petra

“…To show the differences in responses of tested enzymes, the common aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) ligand agonist, beta-naphthoflavone (BNF), was used. …”
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Serum Calprotectin: An Antimicrobial Peptide as a New Marker For the Diagnosis of Sepsis in Very Low Birth Weight Newborns by Gianluca Terrin, Annalisa Passariello, Francesco Manguso, Gennaro Salvia, Luciano Rapacciuolo, Francesco Messina, Francesco Raimondi, Roberto Berni Canani

“…The diagnostic accuracy of serum calprotectin was compared with that of the most commonly used markers of neonatal sepsis (white blood cell count, immature-to-total-neutrophil ratio, platelet count, and C-reactive protein). …”
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Effects of Incorporation of Marble Powder Obtained by Recycling Waste Sludge and Limestone Powder on Rheology, Compressive Strength, and Durability of Self-Compacting Concrete by Rayed Alyousef, Omrane Benjeddou, Chokri Soussi, Mohamed Amine Khadimallah, Abdeliazim Mustafa Mohamed

“…Marble has been commonly used as a building material since ancient times. …”
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A Rare Tumor in a Patient with Hepatic Hydatic Cyst: Adrenal Hepatoid Adenocarcinoma by Fatma Umit Malya, Suleyman Bozkurt, Mustafa Hasbahceci, Gokhan Cipe, Issam Cheikh Ahmad, Zuhal Gucin, Oguzhan Karatepe, Mahmut Muslumanoglu

“…Hepatoid adenocarcinoma (HAC) is a very rare type of extrahepatic adenocarcinoma which has a clinicopathologic and morphologic similarity to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Although it is not common, it can be seen in organs other than the liver. …”
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