Oropharyngeal cancer associated with human papillomavirus. A Case Report by Lianet Pérez Rodríguez, Grisel Utrera Díaz, Miriam Magaly González González del Pino, Leydis Macías Ortiz

“…Oral and oropharyngeal cancer is the seventh most common cause of cancer-related mortality. Relation between human papillomavirus infection and head and neck cancer has been showed. …”
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Random k conditional nearest neighbor for high-dimensional data by Jiaxuan Lu, Hyukjun Gweon

“…The k nearest neighbor (kNN) approach is a simple and effective algorithm for classification and a number of variants have been proposed based on the kNN algorithm. One of the limitations of kNN is that the method may be less effective when data contains many noisy features due to their non-informative influence in calculating distance. …”
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Study on the Composite Structure of Aluminum Foam-Filled Thin-Walled Metal Tube to Reduce the Charge Overload inside the Projectile during the Penetration Process by Fudi Liang, Zengyou Liang, Dezhi Deng

“…When a projectile penetrates a target at high speed, the charge loaded inside the projectile usually bears a high overload, which will consequently severely affect its performance. …”
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Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Interacting with Th17 Cells May Be Involved in the Pathogenesis of Autoimmune Damage in Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis by Haibo Xue, Yuhua Yang, Ying Zhang, Shoujun Song, Li Zhang, Lei Ma, Tingting Yang, Huan Liu

“…Additionally, the differences became more obvious in dysfunction subgroup. Importantly, both MIF levels and Th17 cells percentage were positively correlated with serum TPOAb, TgAb, and thyrotropin (TSH) levels in HT patients. …”
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Algae by Diego F. Gomez-Casati, Mathieu Pernice, Thierry Tonon

“…Advances in research on these organisms have been lagging behind bacteria, fungi, plants and animals, but the situation is rapidly evolving thanks to the development of new tools and resources. …”
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Valorization of rice stubble through biodegradation using hydrolytic enzyme-producing Olivibacter oleidegradans CMB10 and Agrobacterium pusense SFMB9 by Milind Gajbhiye, Sushmita Patil, Sagar Awate, Supriya Kokare, Siddharth Terdale, Manish Kumar Dubey

“…However, there was a significant difference between all the bacterial treatments and uninoculated control on 15, 30 and 45th day of incubation. …”
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International prevalence of consultation with a naturopathic practitioner: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Amie Steel, Jon Adams, Brenda Leung, Holger Cramer, Matthew J Leach, Jon Wardle, Joshua Goldenberg, Janet Schloss, Rebecca Redmond, Joanna Elizabeth Harnett, Claudine Van de Venter, Andy McLintock, Ryan Bradley, Jason Hawrelak, Kieran Cooley

“…Meta-analysis of the included studies by world region found the 12-month prevalence of history of naturopathy consultations ranged from 1% in the Region of the Americas to 6% in the European and Western Pacific Regions.Conclusions There are up to sixfold differences in the prevalence of naturopathy consults over 12 months between and within world regions, which may be driven by a range of policy, legislative and social factors.PROSPERO registration number CRD42020145529.…”
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Engineering Characteristics and Reinforcement Approaches of Organic Sandy Soil by Jun Hu, Liang Jia, Wei Wang, Hong Wei, Juan Du

“…The main purpose of these technologies is to enhance the bearing capacity of organic sandy soil but reduce the usage of cement, as the latter is not an eco-friendly material.…”
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La refonte d’un référentiel de compétences : processus et enjeux by Alexia Stumpf

“…In a first time, once the main notions have been defined, we are presenting the questions at the origin of this research and the methodology used to achieve the process.In a second time, we are highlighting the more professionalizing aspects of the new repository and pointing out ideas that can lead to a better harmonization with the curricula and more adequacy between the different levels that render the notion of professionalization. …”
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Evaluation of Bone Healing on Sandblasted and Acid Etched Implants Coated with Nanocrystalline Hydroxyapatite: An In Vivo Study in Rabbit Femur by Lory Melin Svanborg, Luiz Meirelles, Victoria Franke Stenport, Per Kjellin, Fredrik Currie, Martin Andersson, Ann Wennerberg

“…The torque analysis did not show any significant differences between the implants at any healing time. The control implant showed a tendency of more newly formed bone after 4 weeks of healing and significantly higher bone area values after 9 weeks of healing. …”
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نیتروژن‌زدایی جذبی از سوخت به‌کمک جاذب زیستی تهیه شده از پوست سبز گردو by امین علمداری, صدرا رستمی, عباس آقایی نژاد میبدی

“…جاذب سنتز شده به‌کمک روش‌های تعیین مشخصات XRD ، FTIR و BET تحلیل شد. پارامترهای فرآیندی از جمله زمان، دما، غلظت اولیه ترکیب نیتروژنی و دوز جاذب بر فرآیند نیتروژن‌زدایی جذبی بررسی شد. …”
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COVID-19 – if the cure is worse than the disease. The Italian chaos by Giuseppe FERRARI

“…Because of the lockdown imposed by the Italian Government, people are inclined to become individualistic, retreat within themselves, feeling constrained and frustrated. …”

Effects of Lipoic Acid Supplementation on Activities of Cyclooxygenases and Levels of Prostaglandins E2 and F2α Metabolites, in the Offspring of Rats with Streptozotocin-Induced Di... by Hisham Y. Al-Matubsi, Ghaleb A. Oriquat, Mahmoud Abu-Samak, Othman A. Al Hanbali, Maher D. Salim

“…Pregnant control (group 1; n=9; and group 2; n=7) or pregnant diabetic (group 3; n=10; and group 4; n=8) rats were treated daily with either LA (groups 2 and 4) or vehicle (groups 1 and 3) between gestational days 0 and 15. On day 15 of gestation, the fetuses, placentas, and membranes were dissected, examined morphologically, and then homogenized, to measure cyclooxygenase (COX) activities and metabolisms of prostaglandin (PG) E2 (PGEM) and PGF2α (PGFM) levels. …”
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Evaluation of a biomarker for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis derived from a hypomethylated DNA signature of human motor neurons by Calum Harvey, Alicja Nowak, Sai Zhang, Tobias Moll, Annika K Weimer, Aina Mogas Barcons, Cleide Dos Santos Souza, Laura Ferraiuolo, Kevin Kenna, Noah Zaitlen, Christa Caggiano, Pamela J Shaw, Michael P Snyder, Jonathan Mill, Eilis Hannon, Johnathan Cooper-Knock

“…In support of our experimental finding, we show theoretically that the relative sparsity of lower MN sets a limit on the proportion of plasma cfDNA derived from MN which is below the threshold for detection via WGBS. Our findings are important for the ongoing development of ALS biomarkers. …”
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Optimization Design of Wind Turbine Blade Based on an Improved Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm Combined with Non-Gaussian Distribution by Fangjin Sun, Zhonghao Xu, Daming Zhang

“…Before updating the particle velocity, a limited test was performed for every particle to search for the global best solution. …”
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Experimental study of mortar incorporating nano-magnetite on engineering performance and radiation shielding by Kunchariyakun Kittipong, Sinyoung Suthatip, MacKenzie Kenneth J. D., Pungkun Vithit, Raknarong Pakkamai, Teh Musofpar, Jekabaso Afham, Sittichan Narumol

“…A 5 wt% addition of nano-Fe3O4 provided the best physical (1,847 ± 19.1 kg m−3), compressive strength (216.79 ± 6.19 ksc at 28 days), and radiation shielding properties, increasing the photon linear attenuation coefficient to 0.155 cm−1 from 0.144 cm−1 in the material without nano-Fe3O4. …”
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Sequence Analysis of How Disability Influenced Life Trajectories in a Past Population from the Nineteenth-Century Sundsvall Region, Sweden by Lotta Vikström, Helena Haage, Erling Häggström Lundevaller

“…To fill this gap, this study analyses the life course trajectories of both disabled and non-disabled individuals, between the ages of 15 and 33, from the Sundsvall region in Sweden during the nineteenth century. …”
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Spatial and Temporal Variability of Extreme Hydroclimatic Events in the Bani River Basin by Fousseini Kouyaté, François Kossi Guédjé, Assane Ndiaye, Orou Moctar Ganni Mampo

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Des TIC au TOC. Contribuer à OpenStreetMap : entre commun numérique et utopie cartographique by Marina Duféal, Matthieu Noucher

“…Since the advent of geoweb, the landscape of geographic information has been constantly invested by new technical, legal and organizational arrangements on one hand, and new data producers, on the other hand. …”
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Proteomics of the Dark-Ventral-Patch Sexual Signal in Male Red Deer by Camilla Broggini, Paula V. Huertas-Abril, Alberto Membrillo, Eva de la Peña, Nieves Abril, Juan Carranza

“…Chemical compounds involved in sexual signaling vary in nature, with lipids and proteins being particularly important. In the male Iberian red deer (<i>Cervus elaphus hispanicus</i>), the dark ventral patch has been identified as a key sexual signal during mating competition, associated with specific chemical compounds deposited during urination. …”
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