Does closure of chronic pilonidal sinus still remain a matter of debate after bilateral rotation flap? (N-shaped closure technique) by Awad Mohamed, Saad Khaled

“…Two patients had wound infection and one patient a partial breakdown. The recurrence rate was 0&#x0025;. <b> Conclusions:</b> A tension-free suture via bilateral rotation flaps with a good suction at the button of the wound for drainage of blood from the bottom of the wound is the key to the success of repair without recurrence.…”
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Biogenic AgNPs—A Nano Weapon against Bacterial Canker of Tomato (BCT) by Asma Noshad, Mudassar Iqbal, Crispin Hetherington, Hassan Wahab

“…AgNPs treated seeds showed a normal germination rate with normal seedling growth. An in-vitro study found that the prepared AgNPs caused the maximum inhibition of the bacterial pathogen. …”
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A New Mode of Visible Fracture System in Coal Seams and Its Implications for Coalbed Methane Seepage by Rui Li, Lihong Jin, Shengwei Wang, Heping Liu, Zhigang Cui, Wenting Xiang

“…Furthermore, we find that the daily production rate distribution of most CBM wells presents a particular banded, L-shaped, or T-shaped pattern. …”
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In Vitro Cytotoxicity Study of Pt Nanoparticles Decorated TiO2 Nanotube Array by Shaymaa Rajab Baqer, Abdulkareem Alsammarraie, Mahasin Alias, Mohammad Al-Halbosiy, Amaal Sadiq

“…The MCF-7 cancer cell lines and WRL68 normal cell lines were treated with concentration 800, 400,200,100, 50, 25, 12.5µg\ml of TiO2NTs and Pt\TiO2NTs(1) and (2) for 48hours using MTT assay.IC50 and inhibition rate were calculated. The result shows that the Pt\TiO2NTs have more inhibition effect on cancer cell lines than TiO2NTs array.…”
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IgG4-Related Disease in a Urachal Tumor by Travis W. Dum, Da Zhang, Eugene K. Lee

“…The patient underwent a partial cystectomy and umbilectomy with pathology demonstrating dense plasmacytic cells, a high rate of immunohistochemistry staining positive for IgG4 plasma cells, a storiform pattern of fibrosis, and an obliterative phlebitis. …”
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Massive Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding Caused by Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma by O. Telci Caklili, H. H. Mutlu, Y. Colak, E. Ozturk, D. Kosemetin Dover, I. Tuncer

“…In physical examination patient was pale and sweaty; his vitals were unstable with a heart rate of 110 per minute and a blood pressure of 90/50 mmHg. …”
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Numerical Study Of The Shape And Dimensions Of The Blocks In The Energy Dissipation Of Stilling Basin by elham jafari, Hassan Ahmadi

“…In addition to evaluating the accuracy of the model in simulating the flow pattern in the relaxation ponds, the numerical study of the effect of the shape and dimensions of the threshold blocks on the energy dissipation rate And the hydraulic jump of the pond was relaxed. …”
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Intracranial Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas: A Systematic Approach—Diagnosis, Classification, and Endovascular Treatment by Skander Sammoud, Nadia Hammami

“…A personalized case-by-case approach accomplishes a high complete treatment grade with a low complication rate. This review highlights the epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, classification, diagnosis, and endovascular treatment of patients with intracranial DAVFs.…”
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A Comparative Study of the Most Commonly Used Metaphors in Covid-19 News Texts during the Outbreak and Peak of the Disease by Mansour Nikpanah, Mansoureh Delaramifar

“…But, during its peak in October 2020 coinciding the beginning of the cold season, the "Corona is war" metaphor has the highest rate of use among metaphors with 83% frequency. The results showed that there is a significant difference between the use of "corona is war" metaphor in the beginning of the disease outbreak and the peak time of the disease in October 2020.…”
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Comparative virulence analysis of seven diverse strains of Orientia tsutsugamushi reveals a multifaceted and complex interplay of virulence factors responsible for disease. by Panjaporn Chaichana, Naphat Satapoomin, Chitrasak Kullapanich, Suthida Chuenklin, Aisha Mohammad, Manutsanun Inthawong, Erin E Ball, Thomas P Burke, Piyanate Sunyakumthorn, Jeanne Salje

“…We found that there was no single gene or gene group that correlated with virulence, and no clear pattern of in vitro growth rate that predicted disease. …”
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Characteristics of Spatial and Temporal Evolution of Extreme Precipitation in Haihe River Basin and Analysis of Future Trends by LI Jia, HUANG Lingmei, SHEN Ao, SHI Rongqing, SHEN Manhua, YU Xiaobo

“…In terms of spatial changes, compared with historical periods, the area where the rate of change of the extreme precipitation index increases under the high-emission scenario has significantly expanded. ④On a seasonal scale, the growth trends of the maximum one-day precipitation and the maximum five-day precipitation have significantly strengthened in summer and autumn, a change that may lead to more severe heavy rainfall and flooding in summer and autumn.…”
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Energy-Efficient Fall-Detection System Using LoRa and Hybrid Algorithms by Manny Villa, Eduardo Casilari

“…The experimental and systematic evaluation of the prototype achieved a 96.67% detection rate (sensitivity) for simulated falls and a 100% specificity in classifying conventional Activities of Daily Living as non-falls. …”
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Dynamics of seasonal rabies incidence in animals in Azerbaijan by Ch. V. Aliyeva, Sh. K. Zeynalova

“…To assess the epizootological and epidemiological risks of rabies in the country, the disease frequency rate among various animal species was studied by year. …”
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Task switching with probabilistic reward schemes by Markus Janczyk, Ludwig Danwitz, Kerstin Fröber, Bettina von Helversen

“…Specifically, an increase in reward prospect appears to enhance flexibility, as indicated by a higher voluntary switch rate (VSR), compared to situations where the reward prospect remains high. …”
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Parathyroid Involvement by Thyroid Carcinoma: Results from a Single Institution and a Review of the Literature by Ran Hong

“…All patients exhibited PTG Pattern A (direct invasion). <i>Conclusions:</i> Based on our findings and literature data, PTG involvement by TC has an incidence rate of 0.05–3.9%, predominantly affects women in their sixth to seventh decade of life, and appears to have no impact on prognosis unless accompanied by extensive extrathyroidal invasion. …”
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Endoscopic assessment of the J pouch in ulcerative colitis: A narrative review by Shintaro Akiyama, Edward L Barnes, Tsubasa Onoda, Naoki Ishikawa, Mamiko Shiroyama, Yuka Ito, David T Rubin, Kiichiro Tsuchiya

“…Up to 50% of patients with ulcerative colitis postoperatively develop pouchitis and the rate of chronic inflammatory pouch conditions requiring pouch excision or diverting ileostomy is reported to be 10%. …”
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Development of a Mobile-Based Application for Classifying Caladium Plants Using the CNN Algorithm by Rudy Chandra, Tegar Arifin Prasetyo, Heni Ernita Lumbangaol, Veny Siahaan, Johan Immanuel Sianipar

“…The best model is found with the parameter epoch 100, learning rate 0.001, and batch size 64. The model is then implemented in a mobile application with two menus, "Take a photo" and "Choose an image," which will display the classification output and confidence values of the four types of Caladiums. …”
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Optimizing Cancer Detection: Swarm Algorithms Combined with Deep Learning in Colon and Lung Cancer using Biomedical Images by HariKrishna Pathipati, Lova Naga Babu Ramisetti, Desidi Narsimha Reddy, Swetha Pesaru, Mashetty Balakrishna, Thota Anitha

“…In addition, the OCDWO-DLCLC technique uses NASNet Mobile model for learning complex feature patterns. Also, the hybrid of convolutional bidirectional gated recurrent unit (CNN‐BiGRU) model was applied for classifying the existence of colon and lung cancer in the biomedical images. …”
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Endovascular Management of Arterial Injuries Related to Venous Access: A Retrospective Review of 10‑Year Single-Center Experience by Mohammad Arabi, Abdullah Almutairi, Abdulaziz Abdullah Alangari, Mohammad Mari Alamri, Abdulaziz Alharbi, Abdulrahman Alvi, Qazi Shahbaz, Yousof Alzahrani, Omar Bashir, Azzam Khankan, Essam Dulaigan, Refaat Salman, Mohammad Almoaiqel

“…Purpose: Retrospective review of the pattern and management techniques of arterial injuries related to central venous access with long-term outcomes. …”
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Potential profile analysis of financial toxicity and its related factors among lung cancer patients by Xu Zhang, Liwei Zhang, Ziyi Geng, Meimei Shang, Aijun Wang, Xing Zheng, Chao Li, Tingting Zhang, Hailing Yang, Yuanyuan Chen

“…General data questionnaires, FT scale for reported outcomes of cancer patients, Chinese version of the Quality of Life Scale for lung cancer patients, Social Support Rating Scale and simplified version of the Mental Resilience Scale were used. …”
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