Probiotics alleviate painful diabetic neuropathy by modulating the microbiota–gut–nerve axis in rats by Ye Jiang, Jing Yang, Min Wei, Jiayin Shou, Shixiong Shen, Zhuoying Yu, Zixian Zhang, Jie Cai, Yanhan Lyu, Dongsheng Yang, Yongzheng Han, Jinpiao Zhu, Zhigang Liu, Daqing Ma, Guo-gang Xing, Min Li

“…Abstract Painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN) is one of the most common complications of diabetes. Recent studies suggested that gut microbiota dysbiosis contributes to the development of PDN, but underlying mechanisms remain elusive. …”
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Antenna Analytical Representation by a Two-Port Network by Peter L. Tokarsky

“…All these parts can be represented as “black boxes” in the form of two-port or multiport networks with the common system of parameters. Antenna is an integral part of any wireless system, so it should be also represented as a two-port network. …”
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Simultaneous Chronic Invasive Fungal Infection and Tracheal Fungus Ball Mimicking Cancer in an Immunocompetent Patient by Erdoğan Çetinkaya, Mustafa Çörtük, Şule Gül, Ali Mert, Hilal Boyacı, Ertan Çam, H. Erhan Dincer

“…Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and candidiasis are the most common opportunistic fungal infections. Aspergillus species (spp.) are saprophytes molds that exist in nature as spores and rarely cause disease in immunocompetent individuals. …”
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Discovery of Evolutionary Loss of the Ubiquitin-like Autophagy-Related ATG12 System in a Lineage of Apicomplexa by Xiaoxia X. Lin, Yun D. Bai, Sichang T. Wang, Akira Nozawa, Tatsuya Sawasaki, Tatsunori Masatani, Kenji Hikosaka, Masahito Asada, Hirokazu Sakamoto

“…These findings provide evidence that the ATG8 system is functional, while the ATG12 system is completely lost in the common ancestor of piroplasmida and highlight the evolutionary flexibility of the ATG12 system in Apicomplexa.…”
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The nomination of Rev. Kazimierz Rolewski as bishop of Katowice and the reasons for the refusal by Maciej Szczepaniak

“…This article refers to this common opinion in light of the Vatican archives. It is an attempt to highlight the important character traits of the discussed figure, especially his humility and sincerity. …”
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High Step-Up DC–DC Converter With Low Switch Voltage Stress, Continuous Input Current, and ZVS Operation by Maryam Hajilou, Hosein Farzanehfard, Hani Vahedi

“…The proposed converter benefits from several advanced features including high voltage gain at low duty cycle, low switch voltage stress, low sum of diodes voltage stress, switching at ZVS condition for switches, low ripple continuous input current, and common ground between the input and load. These advantages are achieved by integrating the quadratic structure with an auxiliary circuit consisting of coupled inductors, switched capacitors, and active clamp techniques. …”
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Preventing Foodborne Illness: Typhoid Fever—Salmonella Typhi by Keith R. Schneider, Renée Goodrich Schneider, Rachael Silverberg

“…This revised 4-page fact sheet explains the causes and symptoms of typhoid fever, as well as describing who is at risk, what foods have commonly been associated with typhoid fever, and how to implement certain sanitation methods to prevent the spread of typhoid fever. …”
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Antimicrobial Properties of Monomeric and Dimeric Catanionic Surfactant System by Iwona Kowalczyk, Anna Koziróg, Adrianna Szulc, Anna Komasa, Bogumił Brycki

“…Two gemini surfactants (12-6-12 and 12-O-12) and two single quaternary ammonium salts (DTAB and DDAC) were analyzed. The most commonly used commercial compounds of this class, i.e., SDS and SL, were used as anionic additives. …”
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Epidemiology of colorectal cancer: incidence, mortality, survival, and risk factors by Prashanth Rawla, Tagore Sunkara, Adam Barsouk

“…According to GLOBOCAN 2018 data, colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most deadly and fourth most commonly diagnosed cancer in the world. Nearly 2 million new cases and about 1 million deaths are expected in 2018. …”
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Immune Dysregulation after Cardiothoracic Surgery and Incidental Thymectomy: Maintenance of Regulatory T Cells despite Impaired Thymopoiesis by Nancy J. Halnon, Paige Cooper, Diana Yu Hui Chen, M. Ines Boechat, Christel H. Uittenbogaart

“…Atopic or autoimmune-like symptoms and elevated anti-dsDNA antibodies were common after surgery in individuals with low thymopoiesis. …”
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Hypertrophy Training Following A Total Hip Replacement: A Literature Review by Tyson Bull, Andrew Erzen, John O'Donnell, Michael Rafla, David Georgy, Mia Bailey, Amir Takla

“…Hip OA is becoming more common, with a greater number of younger individuals undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA). …”
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Cardiac Dysrhythmias and Neurological Dysregulation: Manifestations of Profound Hypomagnesemia by Sagger Mawri, Edward Gildeh, Namita Joseph, Bobak Rabbani, Bryan Zweig

“…Magnesium is the second most common intracellular cation and serves as an important metabolic cofactor to over 300 enzymatic reactions throughout the human body. …”
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Determination of Eight Microcystins in Water by Ultra-High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry by ZHANG Panwei, LANG Hang, DING Xiangyi, ZHAO Xiaohui, LI Kun, WAN Xiaohong, LI Zheng

“…Microcystins (MCs) are a common class of hepatotoxins mainly produced upon the apoptosis of freshwater blue-green algae and are highly poisonous to human beings and aquatic life.It is of great significance to establish an accurate and rapid detection method of MCs for the safety of drinking water.Therefore,this study optimizes conditions such as solid-phase extraction,chromatography,and spectrometry and develops the simultaneous detection method of ultra-high performance liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) to detect eight MCs (LR,RR,YR,WR,LW,LA,LF,and LY) in water.For this method,the limit of detection and the limit of quantitation are 0.002~0.006 μg/L and 0.006~0.018 μg/L,respectively;the recovery ratios are between 85.3% and 107.5%,and the relative standard deviation (RSD) is less than 11%.This method can provide technical support for the daily detection of MCs in surface water.…”
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The Role of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors in Pulmonary Vascular Disease by Rachel E. Nisbet, Roy L. Sutliff, C. Michael Hart

“…Existing treatment strategies for pulmonary hypertension, the most common manifestation of pulmonary vascular disease, are limited by an incomplete understanding of the underlying disease pathogenesis and lack of efficacy indicating an urgent need for new approaches to treat this disorder. …”
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Protecting Youth and Volunteers by Planning Ahead, Reducing Risk by Keith G. Diem

“…This is especially true when working with youth, but there are many ways that volunteers can minimize this risk and lead safe 4-H activities. Proper planning and common sense certainly go a long way. Although not to be considered legal advice, here are some facts and issues to know and keep in mind while serving as a 4-H volunteer. …”
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Paecilomyces keratitis: a case report by Debapriya Das Choudhury, Milind Ubale, Rimjhim Baranwal, Vaibhavi Nanoty, Mayuri Patel

“…Ocular trauma involving vegetative matter is the most common cause of keratitis in ophthalmic practice in India, with many cases resulting in fungal keratitis or corneal ulceration. …”
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Process Design of a Ball Joint, Considering Caulking and Pull-Out Strength by Bong-Su Sin, Kwon-Hee Lee

“…The structural responses of a ball joint, namely, pull-out strength and stiffness, are commonly investigated in the development process. Thus, following the caulking analysis, the structural responses were considered. …”
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Retroperitoneal Hydropic Leiomyoma Mimicking an Ovarian Cyst by Pei-Hsuan Lai, Dah-Ching Ding

“…Leiomyoma is the most common benign neoplasm of the reproductive organs in women. …”
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Design of SVC Controller Based on Improved Biogeography-Based Optimization Algorithm by Feifei Dong, Dichen Liu, Jun Wu, Bingcheng Cen, Haolei Wang, Chunli Song, Lina Ke

“…Considering that common subsynchronous resonance controllers cannot adapt to the characteristics of the time-varying and nonlinear behavior of a power system, the cosine migration model, the improved migration operator, and the mutative scale of chaos and Cauchy mutation strategy are introduced into an improved biogeography-based optimization (IBBO) algorithm in order to design an optimal subsynchronous damping controller based on the mechanism of suppressing SSR by static var compensator (SVC). …”
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On Distributed Reduced-Order Observer-Based Protocol for Linear Multiagent Consensus under Switching Topology by Yan Zhang, Lixin Gao, Changfei Tong

“…By constructing a parameter-dependent common Lyapunov function, we prove that the distributed reduced-order observer-based protocol can also solve the continuous-time multi-agent consensus problem under the undirected switching interconnection topology. …”
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