Assessing Murphy Sequence as a Clinical Element in Acute Appendicitis Diagnosis by Andy Rocha Quintana, Orisel Fernández Suárez, Elianne Rodríguez Larraburu, César Jorge Castro Rodríguez

“…<strong>Background:</strong> at present, the presence or lack of agreement between clinical diagnosis and evidence when exploring the abdominal cavity and performing excision of the pathological piece in cases of acute appendicitis, has become an increasingly contested issue. …”
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Study on the Generalized Displacement Boundary and Its Analytical Prediction for Ground Movements Induced by Shield Tunneling by Qianlong Tang, Fudong Chen, Mingfeng Lei, Binbin Zhu, Limin Peng

“…Then, a universal pattern of displacement boundary condition around the tunnel cavity is originally introduced, which is solved as the combination of three fundamental deformation modes, namely, uniform convergence, vertical translation, and ovalization. …”
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Combining machine-learned and empirical force fields with the parareal algorithm: application to the diffusion of atomistic defects by Gorynina, Olga, Legoll, Frédéric, Lelièvre, Tony, Perez, Danny

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Transient receptor potential channels in dental inflammation and pain perception: A comprehensive review by Varunya Chantadul, Nattapon Rotpenpian, Tawepong Arayapisit, Aree Wanasuntronwong

“…TRP channels have emerged as major contributors in the development of inflammatory conditions and pain affecting the oral cavity and related structures, such as periodontitis, dental erosion cause hypersensitivity, pulpitis, and TMJ disorders. …”
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Drag and pressure fields for the MHD flow around a circular cylinder at intermediate Reynolds numbers by T. V. S. Sekhar, R. Sivakumar, T. V. R. Ravi Kumar

“…The multigrid method with defect correction technique is used to achieve the second-order accurate solution of complete nonlinear Navier-Stokes equations. It is found that the boundary layer separation at rear stagnation point for Re=10 is suppressed completely when N<1 and it started growing again when N≥9. …”
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Numerical Investigation of Inlet Thermodynamic Conditions on Solid Fuel Ramjet Performances by Weixuan Li, Dan Zhao, Xiong Chen, Liang Zhu, Siliang Ni

“…In this work, 2D numerical RANS (Reynolds Average Navier-Stokes) simulations were carried out to investigate the thermodynamic performance of a solid fuel ramjet (SFRJ) with different inlet conditions. …”
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Pancreaticopleural fistula: a rare cause of recurrent right-sided pleural effusion by Mithun Nilgiri K., Varsha P. Rangankar, Shaily K. P., Tushar R. Sahasrabudhe, Rishi Govind Orakkan

“…PPF is an abnormal communication between the pancreatic duct and the pleural cavity, which occurs in patients with chronic pancreatitis or pancreatic pseudocysts. …”
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Robot-Assisted Removal of a Broken Scalpel Blade following Discectomy by Christos Koutserimpas, Argyrios Ioannidis, Michael Konstantinidis, Panagiotis Athanasopoulos, Fotios Antonakopoulos, Konstantinos Konstantinidis

“…The broken blade migrated towards the abdominal cavity and viscera. Emergency CT angiography scan revealed that the main vessels were intact, while the broken surgical knife was located anterior to the lumbar spine at the L4/L5 level, to the left of the aorta and superiorly of the left common iliac artery. …”
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Literature Review Comparing Laparoscopic and Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomies in a Pediatric Population by Madelen Lantz, Helena Hultin Larsson, Einar Arnbjörnsson

“…The results suggest that by performing laparoscopic gastrostomy in children it is possible to avoid the serious intestinal fistula complications caused by a blind puncture through the abdominal cavity when performing the PEG.…”
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Laparotomy for Advanced Abdominal Ectopic Pregnancy by Dereje Tegene, Sultan Nesha, Befikadu Gizaw, Tadele Befikadu

“…Laparotomy was done to deliver a 2000 gm female stillborn with GIII maceration from the peritoneal cavity. Placenta was removed after releasing adhesion from the bowel and omentum. …”
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Pulmonary Mucormycosis: A Case Report of a Rare Infection with Potential Diagnostic Problems by Salwa O. Mekki, Amal A. Hassan, Afnan Falemban, Nashwa Alkotani, Salem M. Alsharif, Ahmed Haron, Basim Felemban, Mohammad S. Iqbal, Aisha Tabassum

“…Histopathological examination of a resected cavity confirmed the diagnosis of pulmonary mucormycosis. …”
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A New Hyperbolic Shear Deformation Theory for Bending Analysis of Functionally Graded Plates by Tahar Hassaine Daouadji, Abdelaziz Hadj Henni, Abdelouahed Tounsi, Adda Bedia El Abbes

“…Theoretical formulation, Navier’s solutions of rectangular plates based on a new higher order shear deformation model are presented for the static response of functionally graded plates. …”
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A review of research on optical true time delay technology by An Ting, Liu Limin, Han Chunhui, Zhu Sai, Jiang Yunfeng

“…Taking four common structures of optical true delay lines as examples, which are micro-ring resonant cavity array, grating true time delay line, multi-path switchable optical true time delay line (OTTDL), and wavelength selective optical delay line, their performance in delay accuracy, adjustable delay range, and frequency bandwidth are compared. …”
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Case report: Short-course hypofractionated radiation therapy combined with immune checkpoint inhibitors for the treatment of advanced ovarian mucinous cystadenocarcinoma by Xinan Wan, Mingxing Fang, Le Yuan, Hang Zhang, Dan Wang

“…Metastatic lymph nodes disappeared from the abdominal cavity. The therapeutic effect achieved a complete response (CR). …”
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The Positive Effect of Psychotherapy in the Treatment of an Erosive Oral and Dermal Lichen Planus Case by Zana Fuad Noori, Mohammed Khalid Mahmood, Pinar Yaseen Raof, Handren Ameer Kurda, Balen Hamid Qadir, Didar Anwar Abdulrahman, Mohammed Aso Abdulghafor, Mohammed Taib Fatih, Basoz Khalid Hama Noori

“…ABSTRACT Lichen planus (LP) is an autoimmune disease that may affect the oral cavity and the skin, and it has the potential to change to malignancy. …”
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The Influence of Small Clear-Distance Tunnel Construction on Adjacent High-Voltage Transmission Tower Foundation by Aijun Yao, Jinbiao Lin, Bin Ren

“…The accuracy of the numerical method is verified compared with the theoretical solution of induced stress at the bottom of the tower foundation caused by the excavation of circular cavity. Then, the influence law of tunnel position on induced stress field is discussed by parameter analysis. …”
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Life-Threatening Postpneumonectomy Syndrome Complicated with Right Aortic Arch after Left Pneumonectomy by Takahiro Karasaki, Makoto Tanaka

“…After complete adhesiolysis of the left thoracic cavity was performed, to maintain the proper mediastinal position, considering the emergent setting, an open wound thoracostomy was created and piles of gauze were inserted, mildly compressing the heart and the mediastinum to the right side. …”
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A Case of Ultrasound Diagnosis of Fetal Hiatal Hernia in Late Third Trimester of Pregnancy by Stefania Di Francesco, Mariano Matteo Lanna, Marcello Napolitano, Luciano Maestri, Stefano Faiola, Mariangela Rustico, Enrico Ferrazzi

“…Congenital hiatal hernia is a condition characterized by herniation of the abdominal organs, most commonly the stomach, through a physiological but overlax esophageal hiatus into the thoracic cavity. Prenatal diagnosis of this anomaly is unusual and only eight cases have been reported in the literature. …”
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Treatment of Mucous Retention Cyst in Association with Sinus Lift and Implant Placement: A Case Report with 1-Year Follow-Up by Antoine Berberi, Georges Aad, Sara Kebbe, Rebecca El Hachem, Nabih Nader

“…However, the sinus lift procedures performed in the presence of cysts, mucoceles, mucous retention cysts (MRCs), and antral pseudo-cysts could mainly decrease the sinus cavity volume and could increase the possibility of ostium obstruction and might lead to infection followed by failure of the grafting procedure. …”
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Guided Bilateral Transcanine Implant Placement and Implant-Supported Oral Rehabilitation in a Patient with Progressive Systemic Scleroderma by Igor Smojver, Ivan Katalinić, Marko Vuletić, Luka Stojić, Dražena Gerbl, Dragana Gabrić

“…A 55-year-old woman attended our office for oral cavity assessment and treatment planning for complete oral rehabilitation. …”
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