Transoral endoscopic thyroid lobectomy and ipsilateral central neck lymph node dissection vestibular approach: analysis of the learning curve and clinical outcomes evaluation by Yuhang Deng, Jiaojiao Zhao, Mei Tao, Haixin Zhao, Ruoxin Fan, Xiaoming Wang, Xiubo Lu

“…Additionally, in the maturation phase, we achieved successful surgical outcomes in a subset of obese patients and those with nodular goiter.ConclusionTOETVA has been demonstrated to be safe and feasible, with the capability to effectively address complex cases once the learning curve has been surmounted.…”
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Finite Element Calculation and Its Test Study of Flexible Pin Structure in the 3.X MW Wind Turbine Gearbox by Jinku Li, Wei Liu, Liangrong Li

“…The clearance change between the elastic pin sleeve and the limited block and the maximum displacement of the pin shaft are calculated. …”
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Characteristic craniofacial defects associated with a novel USP9X truncation mutation by Namiki Nagata, Hiroshi Kurosaka, Kotaro Higashi, Masaya Yamaguchi, Sayuri Yamamoto, Toshihiro Inubushi, Miho Nagata, Yasuki Ishihara, Ayumi Yonei, Yohei Miyashita, Yoshihiro Asano, Norio Sakai, Yasushi Sakata, Shigetada Kawabata, Takashi Yamashiro

“…Abstract Germline loss-of-function mutations in USP9X have been reported to cause a wide spectrum of congenital anomalies. …”
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Some Investigations on the Anisotropy of the Chemical Etching of (h k 0) and (h h l) Silicon Plates in a NaOH 35% Solution. Part II: 3D Etching Shapes, Analysis and Comparison with... by C. R. Tellier, C. A. Hodebourg, S. Durand

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Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia by Iracema Leroi, Hiranmayi Pantula, Kathryn McDonald, Vijay Harbishettar

“…Neuropsychiatric symptoms commonly complicate Parkinson’s disease (PD), however the presence of such symptoms in mild cognitive impairment (PD-MCI) specifically has not yet been well described. The objective of this study was to examine and compare the prevalence and profile of neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with PD-MCI (n = 48) to those with PD and no cognitive impairment (PD-NC, n = 54) and to those with dementia in PD (PDD, n = 25). …”
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Bowel diseases and constipation in practice of the obstetrician and gynecologist by I. V. Kuznetsova, Yu. B. Uspenskaya

“…Constipation at gynecologic diseases require treatment because disorders of bowel function in the most cases complicate course of gynecologic disorder and reduces treatment response rate.…”
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An Inverted Residual Cross Head Knowledge Distillation Network for Remote Sensing Scene Image Classification by Cuiping Shi, Mengxiang Ding, Liguo Wang

“…Moreover, in traditional knowledge distillation methods, conflicts sometimes arise between teacher predictions and true labels, which hinder the training of the model. …”
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Adsorption of chlorophenolic compounds on activated clinoptilolite by Mustafa Uçar

“…The equilibrium adsorption data were the best suited to Freundlich adsorption isotherm pattern.…”
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An Overview of the US and Mexico Strawberry Industries by Feng Wu, Zhengfei Guan, Alicia Whidden

“…This 4-page fact sheet provides an overview of the US and Mexican strawberry industries, paying special attention to the trade relations between the two countries. Written by Feng Wu, Zhengfei Guan, and Alicia Whidden, and published by the UF Food and Resource Economics Department, November 2015. …”
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Pain Vision System for Evaluating Chronic Pain: A Comparison with VAS Scoring by Bao-Kai Wang, Tang-Hua Liu, Fang Xie, Yan-Qing Liu

“…Pain ratio and VAS scores were linearly correlated before and after treatment in patients with chronic pain (Pearson coefficient was 0.730 before treatment and 0.449 after treatment; P<0.001). …”
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CSO (Canadian Society of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery) position paper on rhinologic and skull base surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic by Yvonne Chan, Sarfaraz M. Banglawala, Christopher J. Chin, David W. J. Côté, Dustin Dalgorf, John R. de Almeida, Martin Desrosiers, Richard M. Gall, Artur Gevorgyan, A. Hassan Hassan, Arif Janjua, John M. Lee, Randy M. Leung, Bradford D. Mechor, Dominik Mertz, Eric Monteiro, Smriti Nayan, Brian Rotenberg, John Scott, Kristine A. Smith, Doron D. Sommer, Leigh Sowerby, Marc A. Tewfik, Andrew Thamboo, Allan Vescan, Ian J. Witterick

“…Abstract Healthcare services in many countries have been partially or completely disrupted by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic since its onset in the end of 2019. …”
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Biomechanical coordination and variability alters following repetitive movement fatigue in overhead athletes with painful shoulder by Rahman Sheikhhoseini, Sajjad Abdollahi, Mohammad Salsali, Mehrdad Anbarian

“…Trunk rotation and shoulder elevation angles were smaller before fatigue than after in both groups (p < 0.001). …”
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Low Serum miR-607 Level as a Potential Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarker in Patients of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: A Preliminary Study by Dawei Jiang, Xiangfei Yuan, Jianqi Ni, Lan Shen, Min Cai, Liu Xu

“…Overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) were evaluated via the Kaplan–Meier method, and the association between miR-607 expression and OS was investigated by the Cox proportional hazard analysis. …”
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A practice of user profile in big data by Xiaoxia WANG, Jingsha LIU, Dandan XU

“…The development of telecom market focused on the development model from the incremental development model.In the case of incremental development model,it has become a consensus to prevent customer reduction,to extend customers’ life cycle,to enhance revenues and earnings .User profile technology was used to defend telecom business and customer base in the face of pressure from OTT.Big data technology of user profile was used to describe customer demand,match customer and product,so as to make a breakthrough in marketing.…”
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Éthique et pédagogie : entre l’institution de moralité et le désengagement éthique, comment ouvrir le champ d’un perfectionnement moral à l’école ? by Didier Moreau

“…These practices are opened and turned to the horizon of improvement, because they are not subordinate to an institution of salvation which detains the Truth.…”
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A novel nano-emulsion cream of casein isolated from raw milk for thermal and acid burn wounds by Shivani Shrivastava, Saumya Das, Chanchal Sharma, Archna Singh, Sanjita Das, Manas Kumar Das, Pankaj Kumar Tyagi, Navneet Khurana

“…Abstract Traditionally, raw cow milk has been employed to treat acid and thermal burns due to its antibacterial, antibiotic, and antifungal properties. …”
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Prediction of oxidation resistance of Ti-V-Cr burn resistant titanium alloy based on machine learning by Yuanzhi Sun, Guangbao Mi, Peijie Li, Liangju He

“…The results show that the two algorithms based on multiple learners, gradient boosting decision tree (GBDT) and eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost), show better performance. The coefficient of determination R 2 of the models are 0.98 and the maximum error is 6.57 and 6.40%, respectively. …”
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ÖĞRENCİLERİN GÖZÜYLE YÜKSEK DİN ÖĞRETİMİ (GİRESUN ÜNİVERSİTESİ İSLAMİ İLİMLER FAKÜLTESİ ÖRNEĞİ) by Hüseyin Algur, Halil İbrahim Özasma

“…Yüksek din öğretimi öncesinde ve sonrası süreçle ilgili belirlenen hedeflere bakıldığında lisansüstü eğitimle yüksek din öğretiminin devam ettirilmesi ve MEB ve DİB bünyesinde DKAB öğretmeni, Kur’an kursu öğreticisi, İmam hatip, müezzin olunması gibi istihdama dair hedeflerden söz edilmiştir. …”
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A methodology for game studies in five steps: adapting game analysis for the Brazilian context by Nilson Valdevino Soares

“…In this paper, we present a methodological approach for the study of games, which takes Aarseth's game analysis (2003) as a starting point. Being in development for over four years, the proposed approach helped shape 32 student research projects, carried out (or still ongoing) in the context of a research laboratory in the Brazilian Northeast. …”
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History and prospects for the development of special psychology: on the 100th anniversary of the birth of V.I. Lubovsky by E.E. Artemova, T.A. Basilova, Yu.E. Kurtanova, T.A. Meshkova, A.M. Shcherbakova

“…All the identified problems are of current importance to this day; they are being reviewed in the context of the development of inclusive education in our country.…”
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