Peripheral nerve sheath tumors in the head and neck in patients with APC gene deletion mutations: a case report and scoping review of the literature by Koral M. Blunt, Monirah Albathi, Miriam Conces, Tendy Chiang

“…We present a rare case of palatal peripheral nerve sheath tumor in the context of APC gene mutation. A 17-year-old male with a significant history of FAP presented to our clinic with globus sensation for 5 months with increasing discomfort. …”
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Research on Vehicle Route Optimization for Half-Open Multi-Energy Urban Distribution Considering Order Priority by Mingxuan Zhang

“…Aiming at the current problems of increasingly serious tailpipe pollution of urban distribution vehicles and irrational distribution route planning, we construct a fuel-electric hybrid multi-trip multi-center half-open joint distribution vehicle routing optimization model (F-EHOMTMDVRPOPTW) considering order priority and fuzzy time window, and introduce Tent chaotic mapping combined with an improved discrete sparrow search algorithm (DSSA) with stochastic key encoding strategy for solving. …”
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PUMPING PRESSURE AND FLOW RATE RELATIONSHIP TO REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN IRRIGATION SYSTEMS by Esmeralda CHIORESCU

“…In the context of the current energy crisis, electricity consumption, especially by large consumers, must be reduced, rationally, without affecting the quality of services provided. …”
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Good Practices of Efficient Packaging Waste Management by Cristian Teodor, Carmen Lenuța Trică, Raluca Ignat, Raluca-Mihaela Drăcea

“…In the current European context, member states have increasingly effective and efficient concerns in the field of sustainable waste management. …”
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Why do we need quality measures in emergency medicine? by Shamie Das, Gregg Miller, Christopher Libby, Cameron J. Gettel, Elaine Rabin, Michelle Lin

“…Abstract Quality measures increasingly influence the delivery and reimbursement of care provided in emergency departments. …”
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Challenges Caused by Using New Technologies in Holding Public Hearings of Iranian Criminal Courts by Mozhgan Nemati, Nasrin Mehra, Morteza Rasteh

“…Conclusions and Future Research By increasing progress of technology and the need to adapt judicial systems to the requirements of human life and even to respond to crises such as the corona virus epidemic, the criminal proceedings as a collective ritual which have long been based on the face-to-face interaction of activists in the place of hearing, now must be realized in the context of new technologies and with the virtual communication of activists with each other. …”

Non-Thermal Plasma Applications in Maize Seed Remediation, Disinfection, and Improvement for Growth: A Review by Diana Guadalupe Gutierrez-Leon, Jorge Jurado-Paramo, Benjamin Gonzalo Rodriguez-Mendez, Diego Medina-Castro, Regulo Lopez-Callejas

“…Current alternatives aimed at ensuring production often come with considerable adverse effects. …”
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Great Gerbils (Rhombomys opimus) in Central Asia Are Spreading to Higher Latitudes and Altitudes by Xuan Liu, Li Xu, Jianghua Zheng, Jun Lin, Xuan Li, Liang Liu, Ruikang Tian, Chen Mu

“…However, the optimal habitat region will expand relative to the current one. This expansion will increase with the rising CO2 emission levels and over time, potentially enlarging the suitable area by up to 39.49 × 104 km2. …”
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Earthquake resilience of densely populated settlements: A strategic approach to mitigate Istanbul’s earthquake risk by Gülru Koca

“…For this purpose, firstly the previous and current urban design practices adopted in the city was evaluated. …”
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Advancing Metacognitive Awareness Inventory (MAI) in Teacher Education: Rasch Model among Indonesian Early Childhood Education Students by Yetty Isna Wahyuseptiana, Munawir Yusuf, Gunarhadi Gunarhadi, Roemintoyo Roemintoyo

“…However, there was an increase in the above-average and excellent categories among older and final-semester students. …”
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Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Simulation of the Tuberculosis Epidemic as a Function of Population Coverage with Screening by A. A. Starshinova, I. F. Dovgalyuk, N. N. Osipov, D. A. Kudlay

“…A simple mathematical model describing the dependence of incidence and sputum smear-positive tuberculosis in the current year on sputum smear-positive tuberculosis in the past year and population coverage with preventive screening in the current and past years was built up. …”
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Anti-amyloid Monoclonal Antibodies for Alzheimer’s Disease: A New Hope? (Review) by I. A. Mazerkina

“…This review aimed to examine the prospects and limitations of anti-amyloid DMTs for AD in the context of the current understanding of AD pathogenesis mechanisms.DISCUSSION. …”
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Multi-Temporal Analysis and Techno-Economic Evaluation of Offshore Wind Energy Integration to the Western Interconnection by Li He, Shahnawaz Siddiqui, Sameer Nekkalapu, Sohom Datta, Travis Douville, Konstantinos Oikonomou, Manisha Maharjan

“…To address these challenges, it becomes increasingly crucial to incorporate geographic and technological diversity into the energy mix. …”
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Death and dying in prehospital care: what are the experiences and issues for prehospital practitioners, families and bystanders? A scoping review by Alison Richardson, Michelle Myall, Helen Pocock, Robert Crouch, Charles Deakin, Susi Lund, Alison Rowsell, Mick Arber, Joanne Turnbull

“…Objective To identify the factors that shape and characterise experiences of prehospital practitioners (PHPs), families and bystanders in the context of death and dying outside of the hospital environment where PHPs respond.Design A scoping review using Arksey and O’Malley’s five-stage framework. …”
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Simulation and MCDA-based framework for border crossing process design with static and dynamic control of passenger flow by Piotr Sawicki, Hanna Sawicka

“…The proposed methodology has been applied to redesign the border control process at an airport terminal in the context of new border control procedures. Assuming that 39% of passengers require 10–120% more processing time due to new procedures, the recommended process includes new equipment configuration, increasing the total number of units by two. …”
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Opportunities for a national genomic data governance framework in Australia: a systematic review by Fabian Cannizzo, Miranda E. Vidgen, Rebekah McWhirter, Alan Petersen, Margaret Otlowski, Marco Rizzi, Jasmine Hensley, Ainsley J. Newson

“…Conclusions Our synthesis of the current literature on genomic data governance suggests that the current focus on individual consent as the primary mechanism for protecting data subjects and different priorities in clinical and research governance need to be addressed. …”
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View of Military Epidemiologists on the Problem of Global Spread of a New Coronavirus Infection by A. A. Kuzin, E. V. Lantsov, A. P. Yumanov, A. S. Kucherov, S. V. Artebyakin, D. A. Zharkov, P. V. Kulikov, I. O. Volinkov, D. Yu. Pishugin

“…Therefore, there is still a need to maintain the imposed restrictive and anti-epidemic measures, which may increase depending on changes in the epidemiological situation. …”
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Integrating classical islamic texts and digital technology revitalization of kutub al-turats in ma’had dār al-qur’ān wa al-ḥadīth NW Anjani Lombok by Ulyan Nasri, Fahrurrozi Fahrurrozi, Lalu Fauzi Haryadi, Nasirin Nasirin, Nurdiah Nurdiah, Multazam Hajras, Sohri Ramdana

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Innovating through tradition: kava-talanoa as a culturally aligned medico-behavioral therapeutic approach to amelioration of PTSD symptoms by S. Apo Aporosa, Dennis Itoga, Julia Ioane, Jan Prosser, Sione Vaka, Emily Grout, Martin J. Atkins, Mitchell A. Head, Jonathan D. Baker, Tanecia Blue, David H. Sanday, Mahonri W. Owen, Chris Murray, Karthik Sivanathan, Tua’ipulotu W. Cuthers, Anau Mesui-Henry, Mary-Jane McCarthy, James Bunn, Ifereimi Waqainabete, Helen Turner, Helen Turner, Helen Turner

“…Our core hypothesis is that, combined, kava-talanoa will outperform current standards of care in PTSD symptom management as a culturally augmented cognitive-behavioral group therapy intervention. …”
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Low dose exposure to dioxins alters hepatic energy metabolism and steatotic liver disease development in a sex-specific manner by Oluwanifemi E. Bolatimi, Yuan Hua, Frederick A. Ekuban, Tyler C. Gripshover, Abigail Ekuban, Bana Luulay, Walter H. Watson, Josiah E. Hardesty, Banrida Wahlang

“…“Dioxins” are persistent organic pollutants (POPs) that are continuously present in the environment at appreciable levels and have been associated with increased risk of steatotic liver disease (SLD). However, current understanding of the role of sex and effects of mixtures of dioxins in SLD development is limited. …”
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