Cultural and contextual adaptation of the Solastalgia subscale of the Environmental Distress Scale in drought-affected Kilifi, Kenya by Syed Shabab Wahid, Linda Norah Khakali, Felix Agoi, Benjamin Oestericher, Emily Mendenhall, Edna N. Bosire

“…Discussion The culturally adapted Swahili EDS-Solastalgia scale needs to be tested for its psychometric properties prior to utilization in survey studies to quantitatively establish the burden of climate-related distress and test for associations with common mental health conditions. …”
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Relation between Headache and Mastication Muscle Tone in Adolescents by Ewa Wozniak, Jolanta E. Loster, Aneta Wieczorek

“…Headache is a common problem in the population, which decreases the quality of life and makes everyday functioning difficult. …”
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Prosthetic rehabilitation, failures and their causes by Yulemy Portal García, Anabel Zurbano Cobas, María Gabriela Pérez Cuevas, Lorena Camacho Guerrero, Lisbet Pineda Bombino, Dairon Aguilar Valdez

“…The aesthetic errors causes related to the teeth and the plane in partial and total upper prostheses were common. In the functional ones, non-compliance with biomechanical principles and defective centric relation in lower total prosthesis were important. …”
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A new NCL-targeting aptamer-drug conjugate as a promising therapy against esophageal cancer by Xue Zheng, Ying Wang, Huaiyu Duan, Junqi Hou, Shiming He

“…Abstract Esophageal cancer (EC) is one of the most common highly malignant tumors of the digestive system, with a poor prognosis under current treatment regimens. …”
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Association of dietary intake with cancer of the digestive system: a cross-sectional study by Xinxin Qin, Litao Ge, Song Wu, Wei Li

“…BackgroundIn recent years, the incidence of cancers of the digestive system has been increasing, posing a severe threat to the lives and health of people around the world, and has become one of the leading causes of cancer deaths worldwide. The three most common cancers of the digestive system include gastric, colorectal, and liver cancers, and attention has been paid to the role of diet in the progression of these cancers. …”
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Staging of Laryngeal Cancer: Clinicoradiological versus Histopathological Findings using Modified Laryngeal Sectioning by Shriyash Sinha, Sarmila Sen, Somnath Saha

“… INTRODUCTION: Laryngeal cancer is commonly encountered in India. Post operative whole organ sectioning of the larynx, although informative, can often be tedious and cumbersome. …”
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Russia–EU energy dialogue in 2000–2014: Key priorities, stages, contradictions, and outcomes by O. N. Yudina

“…A careful comparison of the Russia-EU Energy Dialogue key dimensions and the provisions of the Energy Charter Treaty allowed the author to identify yet another aim of the European Union, namely, to impose on Moscow the prin- ciples of a common European energy policy. However, these efforts encountered strong opposition from the Russian government. …”
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Choledochoplasty with Gallbladder Wall Free Flap: A Novel Technique for Large Bile Duct Defects from Mirizzi Syndrome in High-Risk Patients—A Case Report and Literature Review by Louis F. Chai, Gary S. Xiao

“…During cholecystectomy, a large common bile duct defect was noted, and given intraoperative instability, the repair was completed using a gallbladder wall free flap. …”
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The role of fluid friction in streamer formation and biofilm growth by Cornelius Wittig, Michael Wagner, Romain Vallon, Thomas Crouzier, Wouter van der Wijngaart, Harald Horn, Shervin Bagheri

“…Abstract Biofilms constitute one of the most common forms of living matter, playing an increasingly important role in technology, health, and ecology. …”
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Like a Wave in Its Variable Shape, Breadth, and Depth: A Qualitative Interview Study of Experiences of Daytime Sleepiness in People with Parkinson’s Disease by Arja Höglund, Peter Hagell, Ulrika Östlund, Sten Fredrikson, Christina Sandlund

“…Daytime sleepiness is a common nonmotor symptom in Parkinson’s disease (PD) which is associated with decreased quality of life and perceived health. …”
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Exploring vestibular stimulation to reduce the influence of cybersickness on virtual reality experiences by Shamus P. Smith, Eugene Nalivaiko, Sam Owen, Didier Depireux, Mark Flynn

“…However, users of such technology often encounter motion sickness-like effects, commonly termed cybersickness. The unpleasant effects of cybersickness can limit the duration of VR technology usage and deter return use after only one bad experience. …”
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Comparing The Viral Load of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 in Different Human Specimens by Ali Hattem Hussain

“…This meta-analysis study analyzed the data of 47 recent studies with data related SARS-COV-2 viral load detection in different human specimens. 1099 patients were tested for SARS-COV-2 viral load using up to 19 different respiratory and non-respiratory specimens using RT-PCR by targeting different types of viral genes of which ORF1ab is the most commonly used target gene. 9909 specimens were taken from the patients. …”
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German Bowel Cancer Center: An Attempt to Improve Treatment Quality by Olof Jannasch, Andrej Udelnow, Stefanie Wolff, Hans Lippert, Pawel Mroczkowski

“…Colorectal cancer remains the second most common cause of death from malignancies, but treatment results show high diversity. …”
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Combating economic crime in Ukraine in 1946–1949 by V. A. Grechenko

“…The situation with economic crime was particularly difficult in early 1947, when the sowing campaign was underway. The most common crimes were the following: 1) maliciously delaying the repair of agricultural machinery, allegedly due to the lack of spare parts and specialists; 2) theft of grain during its transportation and sowing by persons responsible for this (weighers, field crew leaders, guards); 3) theft of seeds and fuel by security guards; 4) theft and embezzlement of seeds by officials of collective and state farms and subsidiary farms; 5) theft of seed by reducing the seeding rate and theft of fuel due to lack of control over its consumption; 6) theft of seeds by employees of storage facilities with their subsequent resale at markets at speculative prices; 7) creation of surplus seeds by weighing, moistening, writing off for drying, and increasing waste during sorting. …”
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The Prediction of Necroptosis-Related lncRNAs in Prognosis and Anticancer Therapy of Colorectal Cancer by Hanyu Xiao, Qidan Pang, Yong Wang, Suhe Lai, Hong Chen

“…Colorectal cancer is one of the most common gastrointestinal malignancies globally. Necroptosis has been proved to play a role in the occurrence and development of the tumor, which makes it a new target for molecular therapy. …”
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Malnutrition Is Associated with Diabetic Retinopathy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes by Wen Wei, Ruiyu Lin, Shihai Li, Zheyuan Chen, Qianqian Kang, Fenyan Lv, Wenying Zhong, Hangju Chen, Mei Tu

“…Conclusions. Malnutrition was common in DR patients, and it was closely linked to the presence and severity of DR. …”
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Collaborative Online Learning: Plurilingual and Pluricultural Development by O. Polyakova, I. N. Goryacheva, R. Galstyan-Sargsyan

“…The growing importance of international cooperation among universities have increased the number of joint training projects. Common Bologna principles followed by Russian and Spanish tertiary institutions helped perform a pilot study focused on telecollaboration and plurilingual and pluricultural competence implementation. …”
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External Cervical Resorption Detected by Cone Beam Computed Tomography on an Immature, Unerupted Maxillary Second Premolar by Karen Berrigan, Bradly Gettleman, Sabita Rao, Janet Jordan, Mark Stieg, Lawrence Johns

“…Root resorption is a commonly recognized risk of orthodontic treatment and can range from minimal changes at the apex to aggressive and extensive erosion of tooth structure. …”
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Progression of Heart Failure in People with Type 2 Diabetes in Germany: An Analysis Using German Health Insurance Claims Data by Keni Cheng-Siang Lee, Tobias Wagner, Adee Kennedy, Michael Wilke

“…Myocardial infarction (42%) was the most common event, followed by stroke (32%) and hospitalization (28%). …”
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Quaternion modeling of the helical path for analysis of the shape of the DNA molecule by A. F. Muterko

“…Further, taking the base pairs as rigid bodies, their relative location in space can be estimated based on these parameters. Matrices are a common method to implement any rigid body transformations and are widely used in the modeling of DNA structures. …”
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