PFAS contamination and mitigation: A comprehensive analysis of research trends and global contributions by Motasem Y.D. Alazaiza, Tharaa M. Alzghoul, Madhusudhan Bangalore Ramu, Salem S. Abu Amr, Mohammed F.M. Abushammala

“…The United States is the foremost contributor, with 216 publications and 11,213 citations, followed by China and Sweden. Common PFAS compounds, particularly perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), have been widely detected in various ecosystems, including surface water, groundwater, and soil. …”
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Enhancing breast cancer prediction through stacking ensemble and deep learning integration by Fatih Gurcan

“…Breast cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in women and is recognized as a serious global public health issue. …”
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Powdery mildew resistance of barley accessions from Dagestan by R. A. Abdullaev, T. V. Lebedeva, N. V. Alpatieva, B. A. Batasheva, I. N. Anisimova, E. E. Radchenko

“…Golovin ex Speer f. sp. hordei Marchal is one of the most common diseases of barley. Growing resistant varieties can significantly minimize harmful effects of the pathogen. …”
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Nutritional Status of Patients on Maintenance Hemodialysis at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Study by Puneet Bramania, Paschal Ruggajo, Rimal Bramania, Muhiddin Mahmoud, Francis Furia

“…Malnutrition is very common among hemodialysis patients at Muhimbili National Hospital, especially those on longer duration of hemodialysis, and diabetic patients. …”
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Réflexions sur les variations, dans le temps et dans l'espace, des ressources alimentaires de deux espèces sympatriques de semnopithèques by Claude Marcel Hladik, Annette Hladik

“…The plants P. senex ate were the area’s most common tree species, which had leaves with the greatest fiber content. …”
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Early recovery following new onset anosmia during the COVID-19 pandemic – an observational cohort study by Claire Hopkins, Pavol Surda, Emily Whitehead, B. Nirmal Kumar

“…Abstract Background A rapidly evolving evidence suggests that smell and taste disturbance are common symptoms in COVID-19 infection. As yet there are no reports on duration and recovery rates. …”
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C-POS: A Context-Aware Adaptive Part-of-Speech Language Learning Framework by Shazia Maqsood, Abdul Shahid, Fakhra Nazar, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Ahmad, Manuel Mazzara

“…The context-awareness is one of the commonly used techniques that provide specialized content to different learners based on their context parameters. …”
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Assessment of atmospheric correction methods in MSI imagery for deriving bathymetry and substrates of shallow-water coral reefs by Wei Huang, Wei Huang, Wei Huang, Wei Huang, Jun Zhao, Mingjie Li, Mingjie Li, Mingjie Li, Quansheng Lou, Quansheng Lou, Nanyang Yan, Nanyang Yan, Nanyang Yan, Shaojie Sun

“…In this study, three commonly used AC processors—Dark Spectrum Fitting (DSF), Case 2 Regional Coast Color processor (C2RCC), and Polymer—were applied to evaluate their performance on Sentinel-2 MSI imagery of coral reef areas in the Xisha Islands, South China Sea. …”
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Tattoo Regret, Complications, and Removal: A Cross-Sectional Study among Tattooed Individuals in Saudi Arabia by Hadeel Mitwalli, Nuha Alfurayh

“…A link to the survey was distributed through social media and contained twenty questions about participants’ demographics, tattoo practices, regret, removal, and complications. …”
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Solitary metastasis in the internal auditory canal from non-small cell lung carcinoma: A case report by Julie De Boos, Marie Bruyneel, Ionela Bold

“…Discussion: IAC metastases are rare, representing only 0.3%–0.7 % of all lesions in this anatomical space. Lung cancer is a common primary source. Clinically, IAC metastases manifest with acute onset and rapid symptom progression, often mimicking benign conditions. …”
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Microbubble dynamics in brain microvessels. by James H Bezer, Paul Prentice, William Lim Kee Chang, Sophie V Morse, Kirsten Christensen-Jeffries, Christopher J Rowlands, Andriy S Kozlov, James J Choi

“…The probability of extravasation scales approximately with mechanical index, being rare at low pressures, but much more common at a mechanical index ≥ 0.6. These results present the first direct observations of ultrasound-driven microbubbles within brain tissue, and illustrate a range of microbubble behaviors that have the potential to lead to safe drug delivery or tissue damage.…”
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Prevalence and pattern of mental disorders in the state of West Bengal: Findings from the National Mental Health Survey of India 2016 by Sukanto Sarkar, Aniruddha Basu, Sucharita Mandal, Pavithra Jayashankar, Pradeep K. Saha, Raghunath Misra, Debasish Sinha, Rajarshi Neogi, Soumyadeep Saha, Vivek Benegal, Girish N. Rao, Mathew Varghese, Gopalkrishna Gururaj

“…The prevalence of severe mental illness of 2.32% and suicide risk of 1.75% (1.68–1.81 95% CI) is higher than the national average. The common mental illness prevalence is 11.29 (11.13–11.45 95% CI), which is similar to the national weighted average. …”
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3D Point Cloud from Millimeter-wave Radar for Human Action Recognition: Dataset and Method by Biao JIN, Kangsheng SUN, Hao WU, Zixuan LI, Zhenkai ZHANG, Yan CAI, Rongmin LI, Xiangqun ZHANG, Genyuan DU

“…Data collection is conducted using Texas Instruments (TI)’s IWR1443-ISK and Vayyar’s vBlu radio imaging module, covering 12 common human actions, including walking, waving, standing, and falling. …”
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Women’s hospital birth experiences in Harar, eastern Ethiopia: a qualitative study using Roy’s Adaptation Model by Roseanne C Schuster, Nega Assefa, Maleda Tefera, Kedir Teji Roba, Letta Gedefa, Alex Brewis

“…Data were analysed using the four components of Roy’s Adaptation Model (RAM) as a guiding framework of women’s experiences: physiological, self-concept, role and function, and interdependence.Results Various behaviours were identified: under physiological mode, common behaviours identified included labour pain, fatigue, surgical site pain and anaesthesia-related complication. …”
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The impact of dental photography in social media platforms on patients’ selection of dentists and type of treatment by Yaser Nizar Alqabbani, Nawaf Khalid Alfhaed, Khaled Fawaz Almasaad, Rahaf Yahya Mahanshi, Faraz Farooqi, Khalifa S. Al-Khalifa, Balgis Osman Gaffar

“…Snapchat was the most commonly used social networking application, n = 190 (34.4%). …”
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Cognition Deficits in Parkinson’s Disease: Mechanisms and Treatment by Congcong Fang, Longqin Lv, Shanping Mao, Huimin Dong, Baohui Liu

“…Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common progressive neurodegenerative disorder mainly in middle-elderly population, which represents diverse nonmotor symptoms (NMS) besides such well-documented motor symptoms as bradykinesia, resting tremor, rigidity, and postural instability. …”
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A Case of Perforated Cholecystitis into a Parastomal Hernia by Sereibanndith Seang, Amy Hort, Preet K. S. Gosal, Mark Richardson

“…Parastomal hernia is a common complication following an enterostomy. Gallbladder herniation into parastomal hernia is rare and may become symptomatic and inflamed and very rarely can lead to gallbladder perforation. …”
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Insight into the role of antioxidant in microbial lignin degradation: Ascorbic acid as a fortifier of lignin-degrading enzymes by Aipeng Li, Weimin Wang, Shuqi Guo, Changzhi Li, Xinying Wang, Qiang Fei

“…Ascorbic acid (AA) is well-known for its antioxidant properties, while Trametes versicolor is a commonly used lignin-degrading fungus capable of secreting laccase (Lac) and manganese peroxidase (MnP). …”
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Chikungunya virus infection in the skin: histopathology and cutaneous immunological response by Natália Gedeão Salomão, Natália Gedeão Salomão, Luciana Araújo, Luiz José de Souza, Anna Luiza Young, Carlos Basílio-de-Oliveira, Rodrigo Panno Basílio-de-Oliveira, Jorge José de Carvalho, Priscilla Conrado Guerra Nunes, Juliana Fernandes da Silva Amorim, Douglas Valiati dos Santos Barbosa, Marciano Viana Paes, Kíssila Rabelo, Kíssila Rabelo, Flavia Dos Santos

“…The disease caused by CHIKV generally evolves with spontaneous resolution in a few weeks; however, progression to a chronic disease may occur. The most common symptoms are fever, myalgia, and arthralgia; however, skin manifestations may occur in 40 to 80% of infected individuals. …”
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Somatic symptoms in schizophrenia: Association with socio-demographic and clinical characteristics, disability and quality of life by Mamta Sood, Ragul Ganesh, Ananya Mahapatra, Rohit Verma, Rakesh K. Chadda

“…Conclusion: Somatic symptoms are common in patients with schizophrenia and are associated with chronicity, refractoriness and negative symptoms, significant disability and poor quality of life. …”
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