The Role of Anatomical Imaging and Intraoperative Neuromonitoring (IONM) for Successful Prediction of a Nonrecurrent Laryngeal Nerve by Hiroki Kuwazoe, Keisuke Enomoto, Daichi Murakami, Naoko Kumashiro, Saori Takeda, Muneki Hotomi

“…Ultrasonography showed a right thyroid lobe mass with calcification and fine needle aspiration biopsy was classified as class III. Computed tomography revealed that the right subclavian artery branched directly from the descending aorta without branching from the brachiocephalic artery and ran behind the esophagus. …”
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A Study of the Flow Field Surrounding Interacting Line Fires by Trevor Maynard, Marko Princevac, David R. Weise

“…A simple potential flow model is used to explain the tilting of interacting flames towards each other, which results from a momentum imbalance triggered by fire geometry. …”
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Pharmacokinetic Comparison of Isoalantolactone and Alantolactone in Rats after Administration Separately by Optimization of an UPLC-MS2 Method by Renjie Xu, Mengyue Wang, Ying Peng, Xiaobo Li

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Fire Resistance of Sewage Sludge Ash Blended Cement Pastes by M. A. Tantawy, A. M. El-Roudi, Elham M. Abdalla, M. A. Abdelzaher

“…The aim of the present study is to investigate the hydration characteristics and the fire resistance of sewage sludge ash blended cement pastes by the determination of compressive strength, bulk density, and total porosity in addition to XRD and SEM techniques. …”
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Vibration Analysis of Typical Flat Plate Ship Structures Through a New Method by Shuo Li, Yuhang Tang, Jiangtao Liu, Haichao Li, Xuhong Miao

“…In order to provide a new tool for predicting the vibration wave energy distribution of typical flat plate structures, a new method for predicting the vibration wave energy distribution of a simple flat plate structure is proposed. …”
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Laboratory Model Study on the Pile-Forming Mechanisms and Bearing Deformation Characteristics of CFA Piles by Deliang Zhu, Yue Li, Lingwei Zheng, Pengfei Fang, Xinyu Xie

“…Compared with the bored pile, the pile diameter in the middle of the CFA pile increased by 19%, and the total lateral friction resistance of the CFA pile increased by 9.1% at a high load (1500 N). …”
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A Broadband Single-Feed Circularly Polarized Patch Antenna with Wide Beamwidth by Changhong Zhang, Junping Geng, Bin Zhou, Xianling Liang, Ronghong Jin

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Ecofriendly remediation of cadmium, lead, and zinc using dead cells of Microcystis aeruginosa by Mohamad S. Abdelkarim, Mohamed H. H. Ali, Doaa A. Kassem

“…Abstract The utilization of cyanobacteria toxin-producing blooms for metal ions adsorption has garnered significant attention over the last decade. …”
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Diversity of 4-Chloro-2-nitrophenol-Degrading Bacteria in a Waste Water Sample by Pankaj Kumar Arora, Alok Srivastava, Vijay Pal Singh

“…Most of the bacteria (10) belonged to the genus Bacillus and contributed 56% of the total 4C2NP-degrading bacteria, whereas the members of genera Paenibacillus and Pseudomonas represented 22% and 17%, respectively, of total 4C2NP-degrading isolates. …”
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Las cantinas, las calles, las cuarterías y las casas de masajes: diferentes realidades del comercio sexual de mujeres en México by Mariana Juárez Moreno, Lydia Raesfeld, Rosa Elena Durán González

“…Los resultados muestran que existen grandes diferencias y variantes dentro del comercio sexual, algunas mujeres lo ejercen de manera voluntaria, otras pareciera ser que lo hacen de manera forzada. En todas las variantes que se identificaron en esta investigación existen algunas características en común: ninguna mujer ejercía el comercio sexual como una opción elegida, lo hacen por la necesidad de tener una fuente de ingresos, por no tener estudios o como una actividad aprendida de sus madres o abuelas; y todas las mujeres sufren constantemente violencia; esto nos lleva a afirmar que las mujeres no gestionan su cuerpo de manera autónoma.…”
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The effects of mindful self-care on medical resident wellness, depression, and burnout by Wendy M. GUYKER, Evette A. ADDAI, Catherine P. COOK-COTTONE, Susan M. ORRANGE, Sofie SCALETTA

“…Data were analyzed using SPSS, with moderation analyses performed to explore self-care’s role in mitigating depression linked to distress. Results: A total of 104 residents participated (15.95% response rate). …”
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Impact of lens autofluorescence and opacification on retinal imaging by Frank G Holz, Maximilian Pfau, Monika Fleckenstein, Raffael Liegl, Geena C Rennen, Marc Vaisband, Jan Hasenauer

“…Here, we report both lens opacification and AF metrics and the effect on automated image quality assessment.Methods 227 subjects (range: 19–89 years old) received quantitative AF of the lens (LQAF), Scheimpflug, anterior chamber optical coherence tomography as well as blue/green FAF (BAF/GAF), and infrared (IR) imaging. …”
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Health literacy and cardiovascular disease prevention: a systematic scoping review protocol by Vanessa Vaughan, Mojtaba Lotfaliany, Bonnie Beasant, Georgie Lee, Sarah Hosking

“…This protocol aims to establish a scoping method of articles investigating health literacy and CVD preventive practices or knowledge in lay populations.Methods and analysis A scoping review was deemed the most appropriate study design. The topic was conceptualised, with preliminary searching informing subsequent development of search strings. …”
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Treatment of Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome and Prevention of Bleeding Postautologous Stem Cell Transplant during Severe Pancytopenia with IVIG by Behyar Zoghi, Paul Shaughnessy, Roger M. Lyons, Richard Helmer, Carlos Bachier, C. Frederick LeMaistre

“…Patients with myeloma and Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome (AVWS) undergoing autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) are at significant risk of bleeding due to the profound thrombocytopenia, low Factor VIII levels, fever, and toxicities associated with the preparative regimen. …”
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Peace through Institutions: Woodrow Wilson and the Paris Peace Conference by Burak Küntay

“…Using such overt idealistic rhetoric in the foreign policymaking decision process was novel at the time, but sounds all too familiar today. Post-WWI, Wilson’s fight with Congress and the U.S. not entering into the League of Nations resembles rifts between U.S. administrations and their Congresses in recent times, and it arguably indirectly contributed to the occurrence of the World War II. …”
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Emergence in Elderly Patient Undergoing General Anesthesia with Xenon by Maria Sanfilippo, Ahmed Abdelgawwad Wefki Abdelgawwad Shousha, Antonella Paparazzo

“…The patient was monitored by IBP, NIBP, ECG, cardiac frequency, respiratory rate, capnometry, TOF Guard, blood gas analysis, and BIS. For maintenance we administrated oxygen, remifentanil, rocuronium bromide, and xenon gas 60–65%. …”
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Posterior Reversible Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome in a Pre-Eclamptic Woman by Raghvendra Thakur, Bhoj Raj Sharma, Tian Yuan, Zheng Guiying

“…We herein report a case of PRLS in a 31-year-old woman, presented with preeclampsia, diagnosed by computer tomography, and successfully delivered the baby with caesarean section. …”
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Risk Factors for Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting After TACE: A Prospective Cohort Study by Yuzhu Wang, Xin Zhou, Guoping Li, Qianzhou Lv, Xiaoyu Li, Zhiping Yan

“…<b>Results:</b> In this study, 212 out of a total of 904 patients with HCC undergoing TACE during their hospital stay were included for analysis. …”
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Dilemas de la gestión educativa en tiempos de excepción: desafíos para el nivel inicial by María Silvina Centeno, Cecilia Ferrarino

“…Las resonancias permiten identificar coordenadas que pueden ser tomadas por la gestión, representando una posibilidad para revisar posiciones en la pospandemia. …”
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A szakértői összeférhetetlenségről by Dávid Petrétei

“… A szerző áttekintést nyújt a magyar büntetőeljárási törvény 2007. évi módosításának történetéről és alkalmazásáról, különösen a szakértőkre vonatkozó rendelkezésről és arról, hogy ez hogyan akadályozza a rendőrség bevonását. …”
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