Penile Reconstruction in Aphallia: Modification of the De Castro Technique With Large Tissue Expander by Joanna Chen, BA, Catherine H. Bautista, BS, Ashraf Patel, MD, Mackenzie M. French, MD, Anna Mienko, BS, Anthony J. Schaeffer, MD, MPH, M. Chad Wallis, MD, Barbu Gociman, MD, PhD

“…The condition is the result of a sporadic anatomic anomaly during fetal development in a 46, XY male patient with otherwise normal functioning testes and male sexual hormone metabolism. …”
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Trace Element Supplementation of Livestock in New Zealand: Meeting the Challenges of Free-Range Grazing Systems by Neville D. Grace, Scott O. Knowles

“…In New Zealand, where the majority of sheep, cattle, and deer graze pasture year round, inadequate intake of cobalt, copper, iodine and selenium is prevalent. …”
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Índice de Anomalias de Chuvas (IAC) para a sub-bacia hidrográfica do rio Sucuru, alto curso do rio Paraíba- PB by José Marcos Duarte Rodrigues, Eduardo Rodrigues Viana de Lima

“…This study consists of analyzing rainfall variations in the Sucuru River sub-basin, upper Paraíba River, using the Rainfall Anomaly Index (IAC). For this purpose, rainfall data from 2000 to 2019, collected from the website of the Paraíba Water Management Executive Agency (AESA), were used to determine the annual IAC. …”
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Gorlin-Goltz Syndrome by Padma Pandeshwar, K. Jayanthi, D. Mahesh

“…The syndrome, characterized by increased predisposition to develop basal cell carcinoma and associated multiorgan anomalies, has a high level of penetrance and variable expressiveness. …”
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Climate Protection in the Transport Sector: Climate-Oriented and Socially Fairer Market Design Necessary by Peter Kasten

“…The key to achieving this target is a rapid transition to the use of zero-emission vehicles, which have significant advantages over climate-friendly fuels such as e-fuels in terms of cost and speed of emissions reduction. The coalition agreement meets the challenge in the transport sector by setting high targets, but references to policy design are almost completely missing.…”
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Liver Transplantation Using a Graft from a Donor with Situs Inversus Totalis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Xu-Yong Sun, Ke Qin, Jian-Hui Dong, Hai-Bin Li, Liu-Gen Lan, Ying Huang, Song Cao, Zhuang-Jiang Li

“…Situs inversus is a rare congenital anomaly caused by obstruction of viscus rotation during embryonic development. …”
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Crossed Renal Ectopia without Fusion: An Uncommon Cause of Abdominal Mass by Ana Ratola, Maria Miguel Almiro, Rita Lacerda Vidal, Nuno Neves, Adelaide Bicho, Sofia Figueiredo

“…Crossed renal ectopia is a rare congenital anomaly usually associated with fused kidneys (90%). …”
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Inverted Nutcracker Syndrome: A Case of Persistent Hematuria and Pain in the Presence of a Left-Sided Inferior Vena Cava by Obi Ekwenna, Michael A. Gorin, Miguel Castellan, Victor Casillas, Gaetano Ciancio

“…Secondary to this anatomic anomaly, the patient experienced a many-year history of flank pain and intermittent gross hematuria. …”
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Association of Mesiodentes and Dens Invaginatus in a Child: A Rare Entity by A. N. Sulabha, C. Sameer

“…Dens invaginatus is a developmental anomaly resulting from invagination in the surface of tooth crown before calcification has occurred. …”
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Reforma vídeňských feniků Maxmiliána I. na počátku 16. století a její vliv na měnový systém českých zemí by Petr Vorel

“…The author explains these two anomalies of the Czech currency system of the 16th century in connection with the currency reform of smaller coinage in Austrian states, carried out at the beginning of the 16th century by Maxmilian I. …”
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Persistence of the Sciatic Artery: A Case Report of a Combined (Complete and Incomplete) Type Causing Leg Ischemia by Beatrice Cavallo Marincola, Alessandro Napoli, Michele Anzidei, Eugenio Marotta, Fabrizio Boni, Gaia Cartocci, Luca Bertaccini, Vincenzo Noce, Maria Antonietta Pacilé, Carlo Catalano

“…Two different types of this anomaly can occur, complete or incomplete, on the basis of the relationship between sciatic artery and femoral artery. …”
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The Cores for Fuzzy Games Represented by the Concave Integral by Jinhui Pang, Shujin Li

“…The explicit formulas of characteristic functions which are determined by coalition variables are discussed in detail. After illustrating some properties of the new game, its fuzzy core is defined; this is a generalization of crisp core. …”
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Diagnosis of Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery with Echocardiography and Digital Subtraction Angiography by Haiyan Yang, Jinqing Li, Xiaojuan Ji

“…Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) is a common coronary artery anomaly associated with high mortality and may lead to sudden death if left unrecognized and untreated. …”
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BIM Use Assessment (BUA) Tool for Characterizing the Application Levels of BIM Uses for the Planning and Design of Construction Projects by María J. Rojas, Rodrigo F. Herrera, Claudio Mourgues, José L. Ponz-Tienda, Luis F. Alarcón, Eugenio Pellicer

“…The evaluation of BIM capabilities and repeatability enables a company or project to identify its current status and how to improve continuously; this evaluation can be performed with BIM maturity models. …”
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Rheological Properties of Dysphagia Food Purees Prepared according to IDDSI Framework by Zheng Wan, Yan Wang, Xiaodong Shi, Wen Hu, Yihan Zhao, Xinying Liu, Jiuming Yan, Yishu Lyu, Yu Xue, Linhua Zhou, Guoyuan Qiu, Xile Jiang

“…The results demonstrated that these food purees can comply with the textural requirements of the International Dysphagia Diet Standardisation Initiative Level 4 and showed gel-like behaviors. …”
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RISK MANAGEMENT IN ISLAMIC BANKS: A RESEARCH ON THE PARTICIPATION BANKS IN TURKEY by Hüseyin Çetin, Raif Parlakkaya, Mustafa Nihat Demirci

“…Risks are further diversified and complicated in Islamic banks. In this respect, risk management in these banks requires some unique risk measurement, risk mitigation and risk management systems. …”
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Continued changes to contact lens practice following adjustments made as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic by Federica Scarci, Alfredo Desiato, Giulia Carlotta Rizzo, Stefano Livi, Mara Marini, Alessandra Cecalupo, Silvia Tavazzi, Shehzad A. Naroo, Fabrizio Zeri

“…The survey also explored the dimensions of the Integrated Behavioural Model (IBM) and the Health Belief Model (HBM) to predict the intention to resume professional practice and to comply with protective measures respectively. Results: A total of 212 professional (150 males; age range 22–76 years) completed the survey. …”
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Integrated Pest Management of Wireworms in Potatoes: Use of Tolerant Varieties to Implement Damage Prevention by Furlan Lorenzo, Bona Stefano, Benvegnù Isadora, Cacitti Valentina, Govoni Fausto, Parisi Bruno

“…To reduce wireworm impacts on potato crops and comply with IPM legislation, we started research to assess the potential for new Italian 4x-breeding clones to reduce wireworm feeding on daughter tubers. …”
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Rectal Tumour Staging with Endorectal Ultrasound: Is There Any Difference between Western and Eastern European Countries? by Anna Fábián, Renáta Bor, Klaudia Farkas, Anita Bálint, Ágnes Milassin, Mariann Rutka, László Tiszlavicz, Tibor Wittmann, Ferenc Nagy, Tamás Molnár, Zoltán Szepes

“…The sensitivity of ERUS complies with the literature. ERUS is easy to learn and more accurate in early stages but unnecessary for restaging after CRT. …”
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Integrated management for the environment care and conservation project’s results by Alina Arocha Arzuaga, Virginia Cano Reyes, Roberto Felipe Nicot Cos, Ada Legna Montoya Lage

“…Despite the transformations carried out, management still needs to be improved to comply with the proposed schedule for the benefit of the environment and the health of the community.…”
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