Benign Metastasizing Leiomyoma: A Rarely Reported Case in Low-Resource Settings by Adeseye A. Adeniran, Olanrewaju Saheed Jimoh, Oluwatosin Z. Omoyiola, Adetokunbo T. Vaughan

“…The case of a 44-year-old woman who had BML following an earlier open myomectomy is reported. The presentation mimicked an advanced intra-abdominal tumor with lung involvement, and this posed a diagnostic dilemma, especially with the worsening breathlessness and rapid deterioration of the patient's clinical condition. …”
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Applications of Quantum Probability Amplitude in Decision Support Systems by Shahram Payandeh

“…Establishing various frameworks for managing uncertainties in decision-making systems have been posing many fundamental challenges to the system design engineers. …”
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Cytokine Release Syndrome Induced by Pembrolizumab for Metastatic Anal Melanoma by Erica Martel, Shijia Li, Mayssaa Hoteit, Zubin Bham

“…This case highlights the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges posed by immunotherapy-induced CRS and emphasizes the importance of early recognition to achieve good outcomes.…”
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A Rare Case of Calciphylaxis: A Case Report by Maria Lafrid, Narjiss Labioui, Mohamed Hallak, Abdelaali Bahadi, Driss El Kabbaj, Mohamed Allaoui, Yassir Zajjari

“…Case Presentation: We present the case of a 60-year-old woman, with a history of renal lithiasis, hypertension, and end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis complicated by hyperparathyroidism and aortic valve replacement. …”
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An Unusual Case of Left Atrial Mural Thrombus following Aortic Valve Replacement by Mohamed E. Taha, Ammar Eljack, Hisham Ibrahim, Chanwit Roongsritong

“…The thrombus was refractory to anticoagulation posing a clinical management dilemma. This case is interesting in terms of presentation and the approach to diagnosis and treatment.…”
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Radiation Safety in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Too Little or Too Much Concern? by Cheng-Chung Yu

“…Similarly, radiologic studies performed in the NICU pose potentially significant exposure risks to caretakers and to the families of patients often present in the NICU during these examinations. …”
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Assessing the impact of industrial pollution stress on the physiological defense, proximate composition and morphological traits of riparian vegetation by Anum Sajid, Kafeel Ahmad, Zafar Iqbal Khan, Ahlam Khalofah, Iftikhar Ahmad

“…Industrial effluents from sugar mill industries drain the Jhelum River and eventually pose a major threat to the riparian vegetation of the area as it does in other parts of the world. …”
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Efficiency of Microwave Ablation for Cortisol-Producing Adrenal Adenomas: Case Series and a Literature Review by Alicija Krasavceva, Juozas Jarašūnas, Donatas Jocius, Romena Laukienė, Žydrūnė Visockienė, Virgilijus Beiša

“…  Background: Adrenal adenomas, often discovered during imaging studies for unrelated conditions, pose diagnostic and therapeutic challenges due to their varying presentations and potential for hormone secretion. …”
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The Endovascular Armamentarium to Save the Dying Brain: Prospects and Challenges by Santhosh Poyyamoli, Dilip Kumar Muddhan Prakash, Rahul Kareparambil Ranasingh, Pankaj Mehta, Mathew Cherian

“…Cases The authors present four cases of acute ischemic stroke, three of them involving the anterior circulation and one involving the basilar artery. …”
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Experience of therapy of psoriasis patients with methotrexate in the form of subcutaneous and intramuscularly injections by N. V. Zilberberg, Ya. V. Kascheeva, N. V. Kiseleva, M. M. Kokhan

“…Despite the fact that in most cases psoriasis does not pose a threat to life, but, nevertheless, it is the direct cause of the appearance of very serious pathological problems, social maladjustment. …”
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Systemic inflammation as a central player in the initiation and development of Alzheimer’s disease by Irem Bayraktaroglu, Natalia Ortí-Casañ, Debby Van Dam, Peter P. De Deyn, Ulrich L. M. Eisel

“…Abstract Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an age-related neurodegenerative disorder and the most common cause of dementia. While the amyloid cascade hypothesis has long dominated AD research, emerging evidence suggests that neuroinflammation may play a more central role in disease onset and progression. …”
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Obesity-induced insulin resistance in human skeletal muscle is characterised by defective activation of p42/p44 MAP kinase. by Antonio J Ruiz-Alcaraz, Christopher Lipina, John R Petrie, Michael J Murphy, Andrew D Morris, Calum Sutherland, Daniel J Cuthbertson

“…In the few individuals with poor insulin sensitivity but preserved p42/44 MAP kinase activation, other signalling defects were evident. …”
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ECG Sensor Design Assessment with Variational Autoencoder-Based Digital Watermarking by Chih-Yu Hsu, Chih-Yin Chang, Yin-Chi Chen, Jasper Wu, Shuo-Tsung Chen

“…These findings indicate that the mean (μ) and frequency domain methods offer robust performance and are minimally affected by changes in these parameters, making them particularly suitable for preserving ECG signal quality. By contrasting these methods, this study provides insights into selecting the most appropriate watermarking technique for ECG sensor applications. …”
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Physicomechanical characteristics and mix proportions of a new transparent cemented soil: similar material tests and ANOVA/ANOR analyses by Shengya He, Hengyi Li, Liang Ye, He Huang, Wei Peng, Peng Xie, Peng Xie, Zhijia Wang, Youliang Zhang, Shu Lin, Haijia Wen, Zhanfeng Fan, Zhanfeng Fan, Huchen Duan

“…During tunnel excavation in a soft soil stratum, a transparent model test can present the whole failure process, and a similar transparent material with stable physical and mechanical properties is essential for obtaining valid experimental results. …”
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Analysis of analogous microbialite reservoirs and their associated petroleum systems in rift and passive margin basins: South Atlantic (Brazil) vs. North Atlantic (Portugal) by Gustavo Santana Barbosa, Gustavo Santana Barbosa, Gustavo Gonçalves Garcia, Gustavo Gonçalves Garcia, Gustavo Gonçalves Garcia, Gabriel de Alemar Barberes, Rui Paulo Bento Pena dos Reis, Rui Paulo Bento Pena dos Reis, Antônio Jorge Vasconcellos Garcia, Antônio Jorge Vasconcellos Garcia, Antônio Jorge Vasconcellos Garcia

“…This study compares the efficiency of petroleum systems in the Santos Basin (Brazil) and the Lusitanian Basin (Portugal), focusing of the geological controls on hydrocarbon accumulation in two analogous microbialite reservoirs. We present a methodology integrating the static elements (source and reservoir rocks, seal, and trap) and dynamic elements (migration and accumulation, tectonic processes, thermal history, diagenesis) of petroleum systems with multiscale characterization from the basin to pore scale. …”
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The Role of Membrane-Bound Extracellular Vesicles During Co-Stimulation and Conjugation in the Ciliate <i>Tetrahymena thermophila</i> by Eric S. Cole, Oleksandr Dmytrenko, Mark Li, Neetij Krishnan, Josh Thorp, LeeAnn Higgins, Todd Markowski, Garry Morgan, Eileen O’Toole

“…Finally, an evolutionarily conserved fusogen (Hap2) implicated in pore formation also appears necessary for jEMV processing. …”
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Endoplasmic reticulum-mitochondria coupling prompts ZBP1-mediated RPE cell PANoptosis in age-related macular degeneration by Ao Zhang, Ting-Ting Wei, Honglin Yin, Cheng-Ye Tan, Cheng Han, Yong Yao, Lingpeng Zhu

“…Mechanistically, mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) opening stimulated by Ca2+ overload can trigger the releasing of mtDNA, which leads to ZBP1 activation and PANoptosis. …”
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Activation of eggshell powder (ESP) using palm oil fuel ash (POFA) and its application in removing lead and cadmium from river water by Badariah Badariah, Sarah Fiebrina Heraningsih, Saldi Yulistian, Rainiyati Rainiyati, Indah Purwati

“…Contamination by heavy metals, especially lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd), presents considerable environmental and public health hazards. …”
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Synthesis, physical characteristics, and biocompatibility test of chitosan-alginate-fucoidan scaffold as an alternative material for alveolar bone substitution by Nurlindah Hamrun, Nendar Herdianto, Dwi Gustiono, Sri Oktawati, Kusno Kamil, Erni Marlina, Ibriana Ibriana, Tira Nurfaizah, Abdur Rahman Arif, Filzah Azalia, H. Hasanuddin

“…Traditional materials used for this purpose, such as unresorbable bovine xenograft, present various drawbacks, including potential complications and limitations in biological interaction. …”
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Hydrogen storage potential in underground coal gasification cavities: a MD simulation of hydrogen adsorption and desorption behavior in coal nanopores by Liru Tao, Hongye Feng, Hongye Feng, Yiwen Ju, Hongjian Zhu, Hongjian Zhu, Zixiang Wei

“…Underground hydrogen storage (UHS) in geological formations presents a viable option for long-term, large-scale H2 storage. …”
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