Drosophila Mutant Model of Parkinson’s Disease Revealed an Unexpected Olfactory Performance: Morphofunctional Evidences by Francescaelena De Rose, Valentina Corda, Paolo Solari, Patrizia Sacchetti, Antonio Belcari, Simone Poddighe, Sanjay Kasture, Paolo Solla, Francesco Marrosu, Anna Liscia

“…Parkinson’s disease (PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases characterized by the clinical triad: tremor, akinesia, and rigidity. …”
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Dermatoses na síndrome de down by Beatriz Elizabeth Bagatin Veleda Bermudez, Charles da Silva Gomes, Iolanda Maria Novadzki, Susana Girald

“…Down syndrome is the most common chromosomal disorder, affecting 1 in 700 live births. …”
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Big Data Analytics: A Tutorial of Some Clustering Techniques by Said Baadel

“…Partitioning algorithms that overlap include the commonly used Fuzzy K-means and its variations. Other more recent algorithms reviewed in this paper are the Overlapping K-Means (OKM), Weighted OKM (WOKM) the Overlapping Partitioning Cluster (OPC) and the Multi-Cluster Overlapping K-means Extension (MCOKE). …”
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Diffuse B Cell Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Presenting Atypically as Periprosthetic Joint Infection in a Total Hip Replacement by Aysha Rajeev, Angela Ralte, Nameer Choudhry, Faizan Jabbar, Paul Banaszkiewicz

“…Total hip replacement is one of the most common orthopaedic procedures performed. There has been an increased incidence of primary lymphomas involving periprosthetic sites. …”
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Effects of Fluorescein Staining on Laser In Vivo Confocal Microscopy Images of the Cornea by Christine W. Sindt, D. Brice Critser, Trudy K. Grout, Jami R. Kern

“…This study was designed to identify whether topical fluorescein, a common ophthalmic tool, affects laser in vivo confocal microscopy of the cornea, a tool with growing applications. …”
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Management of a Patient with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer and Liver Metastases by Muhammad Wasif Saif

“…Liver metastases are commonly encountered in patients presenting with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC); resection is the treatment of choice. …”
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Isoniazid-induced Tenosynovitis: A Rare Case Report by Piyush Kumar Jain, Pradeep Nirala, Mazher Maqusood, Ravi Shankar Mishra, Abhishek Kumar, Pooja Sindwani, Ravindra Nath

“…The presentation of pain and numbness in flexor tendons of wrist in a patient on anti-tuberculosis treatment (ATT) with isoniazid should raise a suspicion for possible tenosynovitis. Commonly, tenosynovitis affects the wrist, hand, and fingers, although it can occur in any tendon sheath in the body. …”
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Epidemiology and diversity of Plasmodium species in Franceville and their implications for malaria control by Larson Boundenga, Yann Vital Sima-Biyang, Neil Michel Longo-Pendy, Michelle Bignoumba, Clark Mbou-Boutambe, Clauve Jauvert Moukagni-Mussadji, Dorothé Marielle Wora, Fabrice Kassa-Kassa, Richard Onanga, Cyrille Bisseye, Francine Ntoumi, Ayola Akim Adegnika, Jean-Bernard Lekana-Douki

“…Data from 500 patients were analyzed, revealing an overall infection rate of 33.2% and the presence of four Plasmodium species: P. falciparum, P. malariae, P. ovale, and possibly P. vivax for the first time in Gabon. Co-infections were common, with P. falciparum and P. ovale spp. being the most prevalent at 23.5%. …”
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Physiotherapy Professionals: A Questionnaire for the Evaluation of Telerehabilitation Services in Egypt by Olfat Ibrahim Ali, Omnia Mustafa Salem, Salma Ashraf Abdelaziz Mohamed, Sabah Abdlnaser Hassan Ali, Eman Ahmed Embaby

“…Pain (16.2%) was the most common outcome assessed utilizing telerehabilitation. …”
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Effective Lock Detectors Based on Costas Loop Output for SBPSK Mobile Communications by D. Ferramola, T. Casilli, S. Pradella, G. Giunta, D. Orlando

“…The numerical examples are obtained by means of simulated data and in comparison with the most common lock detectors for this kind of communications. …”
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Deconvolution-Based CT and MR Brain Perfusion Measurement: Theoretical Model Revisited and Practical Implementation Details by Andreas Fieselmann, Markus Kowarschik, Arundhuti Ganguly, Joachim Hornegger, Rebecca Fahrig

“…We cover both CT and MR brain perfusion imaging in this paper because they share many common aspects. The combination of both the theoretical as well as the practical aspects of perfusion analysis explicitly emphasizes the simplifications to the underlying physiological model that are necessary in order to apply it to measured data acquired with current CT and MR scanners.…”
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The Principal of Dynamic Contrast Enhanced MRI, the Method of Pharmacokinetic Analysis, and Its Application in the Head and Neck Region by Toru Chikui, Makoto Obara, Arjan W. Simonetti, Masahiro Ohga, Shoichi Koga, Shintaro Kawano, Yoshio Matsuo, Takeshi Kamintani, Tomoko Shiraishi, Erina Kitamoto, Katsumasa Nakamura, Kazunori Yoshiura

“…The subjective assessment of the pattern of the time-intensity curve (TIC) or the simple quantification of the TIC, such as the time to peak enhancement () and the wash-out ratio (WR), is commonly used. Although the semiquantitative evaluations described above have been widely applied, they do not provide information on the underlying pharmacokinetic analysis in tissue. …”
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SCRD-Net: A Deep Convolutional Neural Network Model for Glaucoma Detection in Retina Tomography by Hua Wang, Jingfei Hu, Jicong Zhang

“…A deep-neural-network model has been developed for the diagnosis of glaucoma based on Heidelberg retina tomography (HRT), called “Seeking Common Features and Reserving Differences Net” (SCRD-Net) to make full use of the HRT data. …”
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Low Compliance to Handwashing Program and High Nosocomial Infection in a Brazilian Hospital by Lizandra Ferreira de Almeida e Borges, Lilian Alves Rocha, Maria José Nunes, Paulo Pinto Gontijo Filho

“…It is a fact that hand hygiene prevents nosocomial infection, but compliance with recommended instructions is commonly poor. The purpose of this study was to implement a hand hygiene program for increase compliance with hand hygiene and its relationship with nosocomial infection (NI) and MRSA infection/colonization rates. …”
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Comparison of Single and Ensemble Regression Model Workflows for Estimating Basal Area by Tree Size Class in Pine Forests of Southeastern U.S by Joseph St. Peter, Jason Drake, Paul Medley, Eben Broadbent, Gang Chen, Victor Ibeanusi

“…Quantifying basal area in terms of diameter classes is important for informing forest management decisions. It is commonly derived from stand diameter distributions using field measurements, LiDAR, and a distribution function. …”
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Christian Doctrines and the Death of Osinachi: Social Work Intervention with Women in Intimate Partner Violence in Nigeria. by Imafi, Kelly Alfred

“…The paper also established that the custodians of the Christian doctrines who are mainly men amplify the verses of the Bible that focus primarily on women to be submissive while they are silent about the areas that command men not to abuse their wives. The paper adopted literature scoping research method alongside reflexive research method to gather the required data. …”
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Investigating Soil Management Practices for Sustainable Coffee Cultivation in Kambuga Town Council Kanungu District. by Asiimwe, Hillary

“…The findings revealed widespread use of soil conservation methods, with mulching (60.3%) and terracing (49.2%) being the most common techniques. While 40% of farmers applied fertilizers monthly, 60% did not regularly test their soil. …”
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Automated Diagnosis of Skin Cancer. by Nyiramugisha, Shallon, Nuwahereza, Godfrey

“…Skin cancer is one of the most common types of cancer worldwide. Over the past few years, different approaches have been proposed to deal with automated skin cancer detection. …”
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Experiences of Oral Corticosteroid Use and Adverse Effects: A National Cross-Sectional Survey of People with Asthma by Jones AW, McDonald VM, McLoughlin RF, Vella TM, Flynn AW, Blakey JD, Wolfenden L, Hew M, Upham JW, Thomas D, Bardin P, Holland AE

“…Approximately 55% of people had experienced adverse effects from OCS use. Commonly reported adverse effects were trouble sleeping (69%), weight gain (56%) and mood problems (41%). …”
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Sistem Kendali Perangkat Elektronik Jarak Jauh Berbasis Jaringan Nirkabel Menggunakan Secure Shell (SSH) dan robot Operating System (ROS) by Abdul Jalil

“…When android smartphone send ROS message command to the Raspberry Pi to make the GPIO to active high, the system will instruct the relay to turn on the electronic devices. …”
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