Transcatheter mitral valve replacement to treat rheumatic mitral stenosis: a case series by Ping Jin, Hong Guo, Yu Mao, Mengen Zhai, Yang Liu, Jian Yang

“…BackgroundRheumatic mitral stenosis (RMS) is a common valvular heart disease in developing countries. …”
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International Experience of Innovative Development of the Forest Industry in the Post-War Period and Its Adaptation for Ukraine by Petrashchuk Mykola V.

“…Also, one of the most common factors of negative impact on the forest ecosystem is human activity, which, in particular, consists in the use of forest resources for economic purposes by logging without appropriate permission. …”
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Current agritourism literature: What methods did researchers prefer? by Starman Ana, Pavić Lazar

“…Agritourism is a common diversification strategy of farms and an important research topic, especially considering sustainable rural development. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Ropivacaine Addition to Intrathecal Morphine for Pain Management in Intractable Cancer by Ying Huang, Xihan Li, Tong Zhu, Jian Lin, Gaojian Tao

“…Although intrathecal drug infusion has been commonly adopted for terminal cancer pain relief, its adverse effects have made many clinicians reluctant to employ it for intractable cancer pain. …”
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Judges versus artificial intelligence in juror decision-making in criminal trials: Evidence from two pre-registered experiments. by Eiichiro Watamura, Yichen Liu, Tomohiro Ioku

“…While suspended sentences were more common in cases with mitigating circumstances, this tendency was unrelated to the judgment source. …”
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Correlation between Peripheral T Cell Subsets and the Activity of Thyroid-Associated Ophthalmopathy by Hong Hu, Liang Liang, Qian Ge, Xing Jiang, Zhizheng Fu, Chun Liu, Jian Long

“…Thyroid-associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) is the most common orbital immunological disease in adults. T cells play an important role in the pathogenesis of TAO. …”
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Flood exposure of environmental assets by G. Bertoli, C. Arrighi, E. Caporali

“…The results of the analyses show that environmental assets related to water, such as rivers, lakes, and wetlands, are the most exposed to floods. However, they are commonly not considered exposed assets in typical river management practices. …”
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An Unusual Case of Solitary Osteochondroma of the Iliac Wing by Christopher Thomas, Brent Sanderson, Dennis G. Horvath, Michael Mouselli, Janet Hobbs

“…Osteochondromas represent one of the most common bone tumors accounting for 8% of all bone tumors. …”
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Problems of developing a strategic planning methodology for regional socio-economic systems by A. G. Ataeva

“…This happens both through their participation in determining strategic priorities and selecting specific strategic projects at the goal setting stage, and through the use of special model tools, which are characterized by the presence of built-in interaction loops for different classes of economic situations and allowing them to adapt their resource strategies while agreeing on common goals of functioning. It has been ascertained, that the current stage of economic development is characterized by features related to the development of information technologies and management decision-making tools, which determines the need to expand the methodological and methodical base of the regional strategic planning.In total, the analysis shows, that in the context of the adaptive behavior of economic agents of the region, the uncertain external and internal environment, traditional methodological approaches and methodical tools become of little use in the actual practice of regional governance. …”
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Feedback regulation in multistage cell lineages by Wing-Cheong Lo, Ching-Shan Chou, Kimberly K. Gokoffski, Frederic Y.-M. Wan, Arthur D. Lander, Anne L. Calof, Qing Nie

“…Studies of developing and self-renewing tissues have shown thatdifferentiated cell types are typically specified through the actions ofmultistage cell lineages. Such lineages commonly include a stem celland multiple progenitor (transit amplifying; TA) cell stages, which ultimatelygive rise to terminally differentiated (TD) cells. …”
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Pancreatic Perivascular Epithelial Cell Tumor (PEComa) with Liver Metastasis: a Case Report and Literature Review by Yu. A. Stepanova, Kh. A. Ayvazyan, D. V. Kalinin, O. I. Zhavoronkova, V. S. Shirokov, A. V. Zhao

“…A 22-year-old woman who was surgically treated for pancreatic head PEComa with infiltration of the duct of Wirsung, common bile duct, duodenal wall, focal invasion into the blood and lymphatic vessels, and perineural space infiltration. …”
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Impact of Surgeon Experience in the Resection of Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck Region by Carlos Gonzalo Acosta Mayorga, Piedad Elizabeth Acurio Padilla, Guido Nino Guida Acevedo

“…Most of the tumors were located in the nose and pinna. The most common histological subtype was nodular. Tumor size was up to 20 mm in 354 cases. …”
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Assessment and Management of Cognitive and Psychosocial Difficulties for People with Multiple Sclerosis in Ireland: A National Survey of Clinical Practice by Sinéad M. Hynes, Fiadhnait O’Keeffe, Eimear Bane, Megan H. Oglesby, Christopher P. Dwyer, Robert Joyce, Olga A. Klein

“…The Montreal Cognitive Assessment was the most commonly administrated cognitive assessment. Cognitive intervention choices were found to be guided by clinical judgement in 75.5% of cases. …”
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Antibiofilm Activity of Curcumin and Piperine and Their Synergistic Effects with Antifungals against Candida albicans Clinical Isolates by Ulrich Joël Tsopmene, Christian Ramsès Tokam Kuaté, Prudence Ngalula Kayoka-Kabongo, Borel Ndezo Bisso, Anisel Metopa, Clautilde Teugwa Mofor, Jean Paul Dzoyem

“…Background. Candidiasis is the common name for diseases caused by yeast of the genus Candida. …”
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Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma: A Rare Type of Lung Metastases—Two Case Reports and Review of the Literature by Rokana Taftaf, Sandra Starnes, Jiang Wang, Ralph Shipley, Tariq Namad, Rana Khaled, Nagla Abdel Karim

“…BML can metastasize to distant organs, with the lung being the most common organ. We report two patients who presented with benign metastasizing leiomyoma to the lung. …”
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Astrovirus infection in animals (literature review) by V. A. Mischenko, A. V. Mischenko, Т. B. Nikeshina, О. N. Petrova

“…Early postnatal diarrhea as the main reason of morbidity and mortality in young animals leads to serious problems in the commercial livestock farming and causes a considerable economic damage. The most common viral gastroenteritis agents in calves are rotaviruses, coronaviruses and pestiviruses, and, along with these, astroviruses are increasingly being detected. …”
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A Profile and Three-Year Follow-Up of Patients with Basal Cell Carcinoma in the Western Cape, South Africa by J. C. Gallo, J. W. Schneider, J. de Wet, K. Moxley, H. F. Jordaan, W. I. Visser, B. Tod

“…Plastic surgeons subsequently excised the BCC lesions in 74.0% of these patients. The most common histological subtype was nodular BCC (74.0%). …”
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Laparoscopic Resection of a Left Upper Quadrant Mass Leading to a Surprise Diagnosis by Hugo J. R. Bonatti, Reinhardt O. Sahmel, Rodrigo B. Erlich

“…Resplenectomy is most commonly done for the treatment of recurrent idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) refractory to medical management due to the regrowth of a missed accessory spleen. …”
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Association of face mask use with self-reported cardiovascular symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic by Nicholas Wen Sheng Chew, Raymond Ching Chiew Wong, Andie Hartanto Djohan, Jinghao Nicholas Ngiam, Ping Chai, Tiong-Cheng Yeo, Huay-Cheem Tan, Ching-Hui Sia

“…The study outcome was self-reported worsening of cardiovascular symptoms and its association with the type of mask worn, duration of mask worn per day, and intensity of physical activities during mask use. Results: The most common symptom reported during mask use was dyspnoea. …”
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Electrodiagnostic assessment of autonomic nervous system in diabetic autonomic neuropathy: Case series in 72 diabetes patients by Suchitra Dube, Sandip M. Hulke, Santosh L. Wakode, Sagar Khadanga

“…Diabetic autonomic neuropathy is one of the most common complications of diabetes which is asymptomatic in early stage. …”
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