A Polysomnographic Study of Parkinson’s Disease Sleep Architecture by Daniel Martinez-Ramirez, Sol De Jesus, Roger Walz, Amin Cervantes-Arriaga, Zhongxing Peng-Chen, Michael S. Okun, Vanessa Alatriste-Booth, Mayela Rodríguez-Violante

“…Sleep disturbance is a common nonmotor phenomenon in Parkinson’s disease (PD) affecting patient’s quality of life. …”
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Seismic Test and Simulation of Spring Vibration Isolated Foundation for Turbo-Generator by Dong An, Tianwang Liu

“…The 1 : 8 model of turbo-generator vibration isolated foundation of common islands in nuclear plants was established for vibration characteristic tests and pseudodynamic experiments. …”
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First Report: Spodoptera Picta Guerin-Meneville, Armyworm on Swamp Lily (Crinum x powellii ‘Album’) in Bogor, Indonesia by Nadzirum Mubin, Khalisa Sasti Andina, Bela Hasna Audia

“…Armyworms are very common and can attack all types of plants. Attacking ornamental plants such as flowers is no exception. …”
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A Rare Form of Melanoma Masquerading as a Diabetic Foot Ulcer: A Case Report by Susan Thomas, Yuan-Xiang Meng, Vijaykumar G. Patel, Gregory Strayhorn

“…Acral lentiginous melanoma (ALM) is a less-common form of melanoma in US, and it accounts for about 5% of all diagnosed melanomas in US. …”
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Paired Stimulation to Promote Lasting Augmentation of Corticospinal Circuits by Noam Y. Harel, Jason B. Carmel

“…The second form uses synchronized presynaptic inputs onto a common synaptic target. We dub this a “convergent” mechanism, because stimuli have to converge on a common target with coordinated timing. …”
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Work-Related Psychosocial Factors and Mental Health Problems Associated with Musculoskeletal Pain in Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study by Tiina Freimann, Mati Pääsuke, Eda Merisalu

“…Musculoskeletal pain is the most common cause of incapacity among nurses. This study aimed to report the prevalence of musculoskeletal pain among hospital nurses and to explore the associations of work-related psychosocial factors and mental health problems with musculoskeletal pain. …”
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Internal Jugular Vein Thrombosis in Isolated Tuberculous Cervical Lymphadenopathy by Sanjay Khaladkar, Avadhesh Chauhan, Arijit Ghosh, Kunaal Jain, Surbhi Chauhan

“…Tuberculosis is a common infectious disease with a high prevalence in developing countries and presents a major public health issue. …”
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India and Russia in Central Asia: Growing Convergence of Interests? by Athar Zafar

“…Central Asia, which is a common neighbourhood of both India and Russia, has historically and culturally had close relations with the two countries. …”
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Energy Management Strategies for Smart Green MicroGrid Systems:  A Systematic Literature Review by Chaimaa Essayeh, Mohammed Raiss El-Fenni, Hamza Dahmouni, Mohamed Aymane Ahajjam

“…Having neither precise definition nor a commonly accepted scope, the term “MicroGrid” tends to be used differently across researchers and practitioners alike. …”
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A Climate - Satellite Analysis of Leaf Area Index in Hamedan Province by sayyed mohammad hosseini, Fakhry Sadat Fateminiya

“…In this regard, the years 2002, 2008 and 2011 were (0.01, 0.03, and 0.03%) of the lowest pixels higher than 1 and 2016 with 0.24 and 2014, 2009 and 2010 with 0.07 pixels higher than 1, the highest number of pixels. The common aspect of all years shows that in terms of pixels above the common places, all the years: the southern Hamadan gardens in the south of the Moradbeyk Valley, the Nahavand West fields, the south-east Malayer Gardens, the protected area Lashgar in the south-east of Malayer. …”
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Modeling Slotted Aloha as a Stochastic Game with Random Discrete Power Selection Algorithms by Rachid El-Azouzi, Essaid Sabir, Tania Jiménez, El-Houssine Bouyakhf

“…We consider the uplink case of a cellular system where 𝑚 bufferless mobiles transmit over a common channel to a base station, using the slotted aloha medium access protocol. …”
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A Decade of FGF Receptor Research in Bladder Cancer: Past, Present, and Future Challenges by Erica di Martino, Darren C. Tomlinson, Margaret A. Knowles

“…Urine-based tests detecting common FGFR3 mutations are also under development for surveillance of low-grade and -stage tumours and for general population screening. …”
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Plotting of Ethylene Glycol Blood Concentrations Using Linear Regression before and during Hemodialysis in a Case of Intoxication and Pharmacokinetic Review by Youngho Kim

“…As blood concentration measurement of commonly abused alcohol is readily available, the equation was proposed in previous publication to predict the change of their concentration. …”
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Impact of Artifacts Caused by Intraoral Dental Materials in Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Divya Josephraj, Ravindranath Vineetha, Priya Pattath Sankaran, Prakashini Koteshwara, Mathangi Kumar, Kalyana Chakravarthy Pentapati

“…The most common shape of the artifacts observed was circular/void shape (84.4%). …”
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An Analysis of Patients That Underwent Computed Tomography Pulmonary Angiography with the Prediagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism in the Emergency Department by Engin Ozakin, Filiz Baloglu Kaya, Nurdan Acar, Arif Alper Cevik

“…Of the 696 cases, the most common cause was shortness of breath (59.3%). The CTPA showed that 145 (20.83%) patients were suffering from PE. …”
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Emerging Comorbidities in Adult Asthma: Risks, Clinical Associations, and Mechanisms by Hannu Kankaanranta, Paula Kauppi, Leena E. Tuomisto, Pinja Ilmarinen

“…However, in real life, comorbid diseases are very common in adult patients. We review here the emerging comorbid conditions to asthma such as obesity, metabolic syndrome, diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2), and cardiac and psychiatric diseases. …”
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Donor Complications Following Laparoscopic Compared to Hand-Assisted Living Donor Nephrectomy: An Analysis of the Literature by Whitney R. Halgrimson, Jeffrey Campsen, M. Susan Mandell, Mara A. Kelly, Igal Kam, Michael A. Zimmerman

“…There are trends in the data suggesting that intraoperative injuries are more common in LDN while minor postoperative complications are more common in HALDN.…”
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A Finite Element Analysis-Based Modeling and Evaluation Method for Sternum Support Brace by Linhua Lv, Junyi Hu, Wanquan Liu, Jianqing Peng

“…Sternum support braces are commonly used in thoracic surgery to secure the chest after open chest procedures. …”
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Protective Effect of Vitamin E on Gastric Mucosal Injury in Rats with Biliary Obstruction by Nuh Zafer Cantürk, Zeynep Cantürk, G Özbilim, C Yenisey

“…Macroscopic and microscopic gastric mucosal injury were significantly greater in the control and common bile duct-ligated groups than in the vitamin E-pretreated group (P<0.05). …”
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Virulence Factors Contributing to Pathogenicity of Candida tropicalis and Its Antifungal Susceptibility Profile by Sachin C. Deorukhkar, Santosh Saini, Stephen Mathew

“…Although Candida albicans remains by far the most common species encountered, in recent years shift towards non-albicans Candida species like Candida tropicalis is noted. …”
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