Three Trocars Laparoscopic Resection of Angiomyolipoma of the Liver by J. M. Ramia, R. De la Plaza, J. Quiñones, M. D. Sanchez-Tembleque, A. Caminoa, P. Veguillas, J. García Parreño

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A Novel Multiband Miniature Planar Inverted F Antenna Design for Bluetooth and WLAN Applications by J. M. Jeevani W. Jayasinghe, Disala Uduwawala

“…A novel compact planar inverted F antenna (PIFA) optimized using genetic algorithms for 2.4 GHz (Bluetooth) and 5 GHz (UNII-1, UNII-2, UNII-2 extended, and UNII-3) bands is presented. …”
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A Case of Concurrent Riedel’s, Hashimoto’s and Acute Suppurative Thyroiditis by I. Pirola, M. L. Morassi, M. Braga, E. De Martino, E. Gandossi, C. Cappelli

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Successful Vaginal Delivery after Induction of Labour in a Patient Treated for Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma of the Cervix: A Case Report and Literature Review by Paola Quaresima, Gabriele Saccone, Valeria Zuccalà, Giuseppe Guarascio, Livio Leo, Giuseppina Amendola, Fulvio Zullo, Michele Morelli, Roberta Venturella

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Pseudoangiomatous Stromal Hyperplasia: A Case Report by Yazan A. Masannat, Stephen Whitehead, Ian Hawley, Lesley Apthorp, Elizabeth F. Shah

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Effects of the Bacterial Extract OM-85 on Phagocyte Functions and the Stress Response by S. Baladi, S. Kantengwa, Y. R. A. Donati, B. S. Polla

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A Rare Case of Nasopharyngeal Pleomorphic Adenoma by S. Berrettini, S. Fortunato, A. De Vito, L. Bruschini

“…Nasopharynx is an unusual site for the PA tumor. Only six cases are presented in the literature from 1990 to 2011. …”
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Endoscopic Management of Portal Hypertension by Said A. Al-Busafi, Peter Ghali, Philip Wong, Marc Deschenes

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Subarachnoid Fluid Lactate and Paraplegia after Descending Aorta Aneurysmectomy: Two Compared Case Reports by Enrico Giustiniano, Silvia Eleonora Malossini, Francesco Pellegrino, Franco Cancellieri

“…One patient experienced postoperative paraplegia and his cerebrospinal fluid lactate concentration was much higher than that in the other case, whose postoperative outcome was uneventful. Consequently we consider that monitoring the lactate concentration in cerebrospinal fluid during thoracic aorta surgical procedures may be a helpful tool to predict the ischemic spine-cord injury allowing for trying to recover it precociously.…”
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A Rare Case of Meningitis Caused by Alcaligenes faecalis in an Immunocompetent Patient by Kevin Cantillo García, Oscar Calderón Duran, Tomás Acosta Pérez, Ángel Vásquez Jiménez, Emerson Madrid Pérez, María Cristina Martínez-Ávila, Tomás Rodríguez Yánez, Amilkar Almanza-Hurtado

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An Unusual Cause of Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum: The Mounier-Kuhn Syndrome by Salim Naciri, Rachida Zahraoui, Mouna Soualhi, Jamal-Eddine Bourkadi

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Shear-thinning effects of hemodynamics in patient-specific cerebral aneurysms by Alberto Gambaruto, João Janela, Alexandra Moura, Adélia Sequeira

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The Child as a Surrogate for Diagnosis of Lupus in the Mother by Olufemi O. Adelowo, Kenneth A. Ohagwu, Ejiehi E. Aigbokhan, Richard O. Akintayo

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Refeeding Syndrome: A Literature Review by L. U. R. Khan, J. Ahmed, S. Khan, J. MacFie

“…Crude estimates of incidence, morbidity, and mortality are available for specific populations. RFS can occur in any individual but more commonly occurs in at-risk populations. …”
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Two Novel Variants in the ATRX Gene Associated with Variable Phenotypes by D. Hettiarachchi, B. A. P. S. Pathirana, P. J. Kumarasiri, V. H. W. Dissanayake

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Strength prediction of axial fiber-reinforced 3D5D circular braiding composites by Bo Chen, Yueyi Zhang, Shengyu Zhang, Xinglin Yang, Shuheng Chen

“…At the microscale, a unit cell model of axially-reinforced three-dimensional five-directional (3D5D) circular woven composite materials was established based on the spatial topology of the unit cell. …”
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A Selective Ink Deposition Method for the Cost-Performance Optimization of Inkjet-Printed UHF RFID Tag Antennas by J. Virtanen, J. Virkki, A. Z. Elsherbeni, L. Sydänheimo, L. Ukkonen

“…In this paper, the proposed method is experimentally verified by utilizing the method on a small dipole tag antenna. …”
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Gut microbiome-derived bacterial extracellular vesicles in patients with solid tumours by Surbhi Mishra, Mysore Vishakantegowda Tejesvi, Jenni Hekkala, Jenni Turunen, Niyati Kandikanti, Anna Kaisanlahti, Marko Suokas, Sirpa Leppä, Pia Vihinen, Hanne Kuitunen, Kaisa Sunela, Jussi Koivunen, Arja Jukkola, Ilja Kalashnikov, Päivi Auvinen, Okko-Sakari Kääriäinen, T. Peñate Medina, O. Peñate Medina, Juha Saarnio, Sanna Meriläinen, Tero Rautio, Raila Aro, Reetta Häivälä, Juho Suojanen, Mikael Laine, Pande Putu Erawijattari, Leo Lahti, Peeter Karihtala, Terhi S. Ruuska, Justus Reunanen

“…Objectives: Analyzing the functionality of bEVs using (meta)genomics and proteomics could highlight the unique aspects of host–gut microbiome interactions in solid tumor patients. …”
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Manganese-based immunotherapy synergized with novel supramolecular hydrogel: Advancing localized immune activation strategies in squamous cell carcinoma by Tianqing Wang, Xiaopei Hu, Xin Tian, Ying Wang, Shiyu Zhang, Silu Sun, Ning Ji, Xiaobo Luo, Qianming Chen, Xin Zeng, Hang Zhao, Jing Li

“…Subsequently, to enhance efficacy and reduce the immune-related side effects of Mn-IT, we utilized the biocompatibility and immunomodulatory potential of inosine to develop a supramolecular hydrogel, guanosine-phenylboronic-tannic acid-phenylboronic-inosine (G-TA-I), through a green and straightforward method. …”
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Pegylated-Interferon Alpha 2b and Ribavirin for Recurrent Hepatitis C after Liver Transplantation: From a Canadian Experience to Recommendations for Therapy by Mohamed Babatin, Lynn Schindel, Kelly W Burak

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