Unique Surgical Issues in the Management of a Giant Retroperitoneal Schwannoma and Brief Review of Literature by Santhosh Kuriakose, Syam Vikram, Surij Salih, Satheesan Balasubramanian, Nizamudeen Mangalasseri Pareekutty, Sangeetha Nayanar

“…An en bloc resection of schwannoma with common iliac, external iliac and internal iliac veins, internal iliac artery, femoral and obturator nerves, and iliopsoas muscle was done maintaining oncological principles. …”
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Memory Functioning in Children with Epilepsy: Frontal Lobe Epilepsy, Childhood Absence Epilepsy, and Benign Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes by Ana Filipa Lopes, José Paulo Monteiro, Maria José Fonseca, Conceição Robalo, Mário Rodrigues Simões

“…The aim of this study was the examination of memory abilities in other childhood common epilepsy syndromes (frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE), childhood absence epilepsy (CAE), and benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS)) and the influence of epilepsy-related variables. …”
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Prediction of Sonic Log Values Using a Gradient Boosting Algorithm in the 'AB' Field by Rasif Nahari, Utama Widya, Ardhya Garini Sherly, Fitri Indriani Rista, Pratama Novian Putra Dhea

“…Sonic log data are particularly prone to such gaps, as they are newer and less common in older wells. To address missing data, machine learning algorithms, like gradient boosting, provide an effective solution. …”
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Efficacy of Rg1-Oil Adjuvant on Inducing Immune Responses against Bordetella bronchiseptica in Rabbits by Xiao Chenwen, Ji Quanan, Huang Yee, Liu Yan, Wang Jiaoyu, Wei Qiang, Qiao Litao, Nan Li, Bao Guolian

“…This study is aimed at examining the immune effects of Rg1, Rg1 plus oil, and other common adjuvants on inactivated B. bronchiseptica vaccine in rabbits. …”
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Modalities for Imaging of Prostate Cancer by A. H. Hou, D. Swanson, A. B. Barqawi

“…Prostate cancer is the second most common cause of cancer deaths among males in the United States. …”
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Submandibular Lateral Ectopic Thyroid Tissue: Ultrasonography, Computed Tomography, and Scintigraphic Findings by Metin Çeliker, Fatma Beyazal Çeliker, Arzu Turan, Mehmet Beyazal, Hatice Beyazal Polat

“…Ectopic thyroid can be encountered anywhere between the base of tongue and pretracheal region. The most common form is euthyroid neck mass. Herein, we aimed to present the findings of a female case with ectopic thyroid tissue localized in the left submandibular region. …”
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Single Solitary Fibrous Tumor Brain Metastasis in a Patient with Simultaneous Adenocarcinoma of the Lung: Case Report and Review of the Literature by Erin A. Kaya, Jonathan D. Carlson, Cheddhi J. Thomas, Aaron E. Wagner, Robert K. Fairbanks, Wayne T. Lamoreaux, Christopher M. Lee

“…SFTs are a rare mesenchymal neoplasm that accounts for less than 2% of all reported soft tissue tumors. SFTs most commonly arise in the thoracic cavity, but are frequently found in various locations throughout the body, and rarely metastasize to the brain. …”
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Applying the Consensus Reporting Items for Studies in Primary Care Checklist to Improve Reporting Quality in Primary Care Research in China by YANG Hui, WANG Yang, CHEN Qingqi, LIU Chenxi, GU Jie, ZHAO Yang, QIN Jiangmei, CAO Xinyang, Sturgiss Elizabeth, Phillips William R., XU Yanli

“…The review identifies major problems in the field, including six common problems: "author-centered orientation" "overemphasis on authority" "uncritically adopting international experience" "lack of rigor in reporting methodologies" "inclusion of excessive and redundant information" and "lack of transparency". …”
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Workforce and Contents of Home Dental Care in Japanese Insurance System by Yoshiaki Nomura, Ayako Okada, Erika Kakuta, Ryoko Otsuka, Hideaki Saito, Hiroshi Maekawa, Hideki Daikoku, Nobuhiro Hanada, Tamotsu Sato

“…Denture treatment and oral care were common treatments for dental home care. Conclusion. …”
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Performance Comparison of Mode Choice Optimization Algorithm with Simulated Discrete Choice Modeling by Hyuk-Jae Roh, Satish Sharma, Prasanta K. Sahu, Babak Mehran

“…Until recently, a majority of modeling tasks of transportation planning, especially in discrete choice modeling, is conducted with the help of commercial software and only concerned about the result of parameter estimates to get a policy-sensitive interpretation. This common practice prevents researchers from gaining a systematic knowledge involved in estimation mechanism. …”
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Kidney damage associated with COVID-19: from the acute to the chronic phase by Yannick Mayamba Nlandu, Elliot Koranteng Tannor, Titilope Adetoun Bamikefa, Jean-Robert Rissassi Makulo

“…The entry point into the renal cell remains the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE-2) receptor and the spectrum of renal lesions is broad, with a clear predominance of structural and functional tubular lesions. The most common form of glomerular injury is collapsing glomerulopathy (CG), which is strongly associated with apolipoprotein L1(APOL-1) risk variants. …”
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Risk-Aware Stochastic Vehicle Trajectory Prediction With Spatial-Temporal Interaction Modeling by Yuxiang Feng, Qiming Ye, Eduardo Candela, Jose Javier Escribano-Macias, Bo Hu, Yiannis Demiris, Panagiotis Angeloudis

“…Results show that the proposed model’s inference speed is over eight times faster than the commonly used LSTM-based models. It also achieves an improvement of over 8% in prediction accuracy when compared with the state-of-the-art model.…”
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MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF CARBAPENEM RESISTANT KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE AT A TERTIARY CARE LABORATORY IN KERALA, INDIA by Swapna C. Senan, Jithu Paul Jacob, Ramani Bhai

“…Background: Isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae resistant to Carbapenem appears to be most commonly transmitted by hospitalized patients. This may cause infections which lead to mortality. …”
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Dementia in Parkinson's Disease Correlates with α-Synuclein Pathology but Not with Cortical Astrogliosis by Simone A. van den Berge, Josta T. Kevenaar, Jacqueline A. Sluijs, Elly M. Hol

“…Dementia is a common feature in Parkinson’s disease (PD) and is considered to be the result of limbic and cortical Lewy bodies and/or Alzheimer changes. …”
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Isobaric vapour-liquid equilibrium studies for binary systems of a green solvent furfuryl alcohol with aniline and substituted anilines at 101.31 kPa by K.A. Sasikala, K. Rayapa Reddy, P.V.S. Sairam, G. Srinivasa Rao

“…Isobaric VLE data of an eco-sustainable, green solvent furfuryl alcohol (FFA) as a common component has been measured for three binary systems (i) furfuryl alcohol + aniline (AN), (ii) furfuryl alcohol + N-methylaniline (NMA) and (iii) furfuryl alcohol + N-ethylaniline (NEA) in the complete concentration of FFA at a pressure of 101.31 kPa. …”
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An Immature Type II Dens Invaginatus in a Mandibular Lateral Incisor with Talon’s Cusp: A Clinical Dilemma to Confront by Anshul Gangwar, Deepa Singal, K. Y. Giri, Anshita Agarwal, S. Sruthi Keerthi

“…The maxillary lateral incisor is the most commonly affected tooth. Structural defects do exist in the depth of the invagination pits, and as a consequence, the early development of caries and the subsequent necrosis of the dental pulp, as well as abscess and cyst formation are clinical implications associated with DI. …”
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Classification, History, and Future Prospects of Maxillofacial Prosthesis by Fernanda Pereira de Caxias, Daniela Micheline dos Santos, Lisiane Cristina Bannwart, Clovis Lamartine de Moraes Melo Neto, Marcelo Coelho Goiato

“…Currently, silicones and acrylic resins are the most commonly used materials to fabricate customized prostheses. …”
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First Case of Respiratory Infection in Rabbits Caused by <i>Alcaligenes faecalis</i> in Romania by Vlad Iorgoni, Ionica Iancu, Ionela Popa, Alexandru Gligor, Gabriel Orghici, Bogdan Sicoe, Corina Badea, Cristian Dreghiciu, Călin Pop, Timea Bochiș, Janos Degi, Luminita Costinar, Corina Pascu, Viorel Herman

“…<i>Alcaligenes faecalis</i> is a Gram-negative, obligate aerobic bacillus commonly found in environmental settings, particularly in soil and water, as well as within the intestinal microbiota of humans and various animal species. …”
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Towards a Prototype of a Spherical Tippe Top by M. C. Ciocci, B. Malengier, B. Langerock, B. Grimonprez

“…After spinning on its rounded body, the top flips over and continues spinning on the stem. The commonly used simplified mathematical model for the tippe top is a sphere whose mass distribution is axially but not spherically symmetric, spinning on a flat surface subject to a small friction force that is due to sliding. …”
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Transcriptome Comparison Reveals Distinct Selection Patterns in Domesticated and Wild Agave Species, the Important CAM Plants by Xing Huang, Bo Wang, Jingen Xi, Yajie Zhang, Chunping He, Jinlong Zheng, Jianming Gao, Helong Chen, Shiqing Zhang, Weihuai Wu, Yanqiong Liang, Kexian Yi

“…The agave genomes are commonly too large to sequence, which has significantly restricted our understanding to the molecular basis of stress tolerance and economic traits in agaves. …”
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