Environmental Sustainability Initiatives in the Operating Room: A Scoping Review by Emre Gorgun, MD, Sumudu Dehipawala, MPH, Matthew O’Hara, MBA, Elena Naoumtchik, MSc, Gaurav Gangoli, PharmD, Crystal Ricketts, PhD, Giovanni A. Tommaselli, MD, PhD

“…This scoping review aimed to assess hospital initiatives undertaken to support environmental sustainability in the OR, with a focus on HCP and hospital decision-maker beliefs and perceptions related to sustainability. …”
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An Unusual Initial Presentation of Lupus Nephritis as a Renal Mass by Remi Goupil, Annie-Claire Nadeau-Fredette, Virginie Royal, Alexandre Dugas, Jean-Philippe Lafrance

“…To our knowledge, this represents the first case of lupus nephritis with an initial presentation as a renal mass.…”
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Bilateral Renal Colic as an Initial Presentation of Erdheim-Chester Disease by Julien Sarkis, Fady Haddad, Sarah Nasr, Elie Hanna, Ahmad Mroueh, Elie Nemr

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Wear and crack initiation prediction of rail irregularity welding zone by LIN Fengtao, WANG Zixu, TAN Rongkai, ZHANG Zihao, DU Ruiting, SHI Zhiqin

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Estimation of initial functions for systems with delays from discrete measurements by Krzysztof Fujarewicz

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Individual Subjective Initiative Merge Model Based on Cellular Automaton by Yin-Jie Xu, Yu-Guang Chen, Chao Yang, Yi-Chao Pu

“…The merge control models proposed for work zones are classified into two types (Hard Control Merge (HCM) model and Soft Control Merge (SCM) model) according to their own control intensity and are compared with a new model, called Individual Subjective Initiative Merge (ISIM) model, which is based on the linear lane-changing probability strategy in the merging area. …”
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Experience of Initial Symptoms of Breast Cancer and Triggers for Action in Ethiopia by Timothy D. Dye, Solomon Bogale, Claire Hobden, Yared Tilahun, Teshome Deressa, Anne Reeler

“…This study assessed the initial experiences, symptoms, and actions of patients in Ethiopia ultimately determined to have breast cancer. …”
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Effects of initial vegetation heterogeneity on competition of submersed and floating macrophytes by Linhao Xu, Donald L. DeAngelis

“…When initial biomasses of SAV and FAV differed but each had the same initial biomass in each spatial cell, the S-shaped bifurcation resulted, but the critical transitions on the N-axis are shifted, depending on FAV:SAV biomass ratio. …”
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Gender Variations in the Oral Microbiomes of Elderly Patients with Initial Periodontitis by Jie Zhao, Ying-Hui Zhou, Ya-Qiong Zhao, Yao Feng, Fei Yan, Zheng-Rong Gao, Qin Ye, Yun Chen, Qiong Liu, Li Tan, Shao-Hui Zhang, Jing Hu, Marie Aimee Dusenge, Yun-Zhi Feng, Yue Guo

“…The aim of this study was at assessing gender variation in the subgingival bacterial microbiome of elderly patients with initial periodontitis and to determine the causes of this variation. …”
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Assistance for Florida's Rural Communities: The Rural Economic Development Initiative by Hank Cothran, David Mulkey, Mary Helen Blakeslee

“… The Rural Economic Development Initiative (REDI) was established to better serve Florida's rural communities by providing a more focused and coordinated effort among state and regional agencies that provide programs and services for rural areas. …”
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Fieldwork in Geography education: an experience in initial teacher training program by Maria Helena Esteves, Maria João Hortas, Luís Mendes

“…This paper presents a rational about fieldwork implementation as a methodology of data collection used in research undertaken at a local scale, included in a program of geography initial teacher training. As the experience took place in an urban area, the paper includes a conceptual framework about the potential of the city as a research area in terms of fostering critical thinking and the formation of geographically competent citizens.…”
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Editorial Introduction to Issue 7 of the Journal of the Text Encoding Initiative by Susan Schreibman

“…Journal of the Text Encoding Initiative…”
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Initial experience of radiofrequency ablation for the treatment of advanced haemorrhoidal disease by Jignesh Ashwin Gandh, Pravin Hanumant Shinde, Amay Banker, Sadashiv N. Chaudhari

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Virally-initiated pain states: phenotypes, mechanisms, and future directions by Sara A. Dochnal, Steven P. Cohen, Mark R. Hutchinson, Mark R. Hutchinson, Mark R. Hutchinson, Yury I. Miller, Tony L. Yaksh

“…The recent SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has underscored the significance of viral infections, affecting billions of lives and costing trillions of dollars globally. …”
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IS SUSTAINABLE RUNNING POSSIBLE? EXPLORING INITIATIVES IN URBAN MARATHONS IN EUROPE by Liwia Delińska

“… Background and Objective: The increasing popularity of urban marathons has brought significant attention to their impact on sustainability. …”
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Critical potassium concentrations for the initial cultivation of Cedrela fissilis Vell by Nonato Junior Ribeiro dos Santos, José Zilton Lopes Santos, Sulianne Idalior Paião Rosado, Tainah Manuela Benlolo Brabosa, Mylena Rêgo Panza, Marcelo Tavares Nunes, Josinaldo Lopes Araújo Rocha

“…Providing varying amounts of potassium significantly affects the nutritional and growth parameters of Cedrela fissilis seedlings. …”
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Bridging the Mental Health Divide: The TORENT Initiative in Chhattisgarh, India by Monika Thakur, Radhakrishnan Govindan, Prerna Maheshwari, Satish Suhas, Hari Hara Suchandra, Sumi Jain, Narayana Manjunatha, Channaveerachari N. Kumar, Suresh B. Math

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Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Launches Human Resource Planning Initiatives by Desmond Leddin

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Conjunctival Metastasis as an Initial Sign of Small Cell Lung Cancer by Afsun Sahin, Nilgun Yildirim, Deniz Goren Sahin, Hikmet Basmak, Mustafa Acikalin

“…To report a case of a conjunctival metastasis as the initial manifestation of small cell lung cancer. Methods. …”
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Lyme neuroborreliosis as initial expression of Lyme disease in an elderly patient by Emidio Mata, Bárbara Lage Garcia, André Pereira, Joana Rego, Flávia Santos, Carlos Fernandes, Jorge Cotter

“…Conclusion: This case underscores the diagnostic complexity of LNB as an initial manifestation of LD, particularly in elderly patients. …”
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