Reanalysis of the Spin Direction Distribution of Galaxy Zoo SDSS Spiral Galaxies by Darius Mcadam, Lior Shamir

“…The annotation of the galaxy spin directions is carried out after the first step of selecting the spiral galaxies in three different manners: manual analysis by Galaxy Zoo classifications, by a model-driven computer analysis, and with no selection of spiral galaxies. …”
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Land flatworms (Tricladida: Geoplanidae) in France and French overseas territories: ten years of research by Jean-Lou Justine, Romain Gastineau, Leigh Winsor

“…The phylogenies built on the genes of the mitogenomes generally confirm the previous classifications of the subfamilies of Geoplanidae, and individualize the three subfamilies Rhynchodeminae, Geoplaninae, and Bipaliinae. …”
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Guardians of biodiversity: unraveling Guarani-Kaiowá biocultural memories and ecological wisdom in Atlantic rainforests by Laura Gisloti, Sônia Pavão, Marildo Pedro, Gislaine Monfort

“…Grounded in participatory research, the study engaged three shamans and two traditional knowledge holders from two Guarani-Kaiowá villages, which was pivotal to the research. …”
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Parastomal hernias: the state of the problem, the possibilities of prevention and treatment at the hospital and outpatient stages by S. E. Katorkin, V. D. Kuper, L. L. Lichman, P. S. Andreev

“…As of 2019, there were more than 3,000 ostomy patients living in the Samara region of the Russian Federation. …”
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Prevailing Antibiotic Resistance Patterns in Hospitalized Patients with Urinary Tract Infections in a Vietnamese Teaching Hospital (2014 – 2021) by Le HHL, Thuc LC, Ta TB, Tran TV, Hung DV, Kien HT, Le MN, Luong VH, Nguyen VTH, Pham HQ, Le HV, Viet NH, Hoang LH, Nguyen TT, Latsavong M, Le TD, Trong Tuan D, An NV

“…Gram-negative bacteria predominated (591/892; 66.3%), with Escherichia coli being the most prevalent (336/892; 37.7%). …”
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Protocol for a prospective cohort study to determine the multimodal biomarkers of delirium and new dementia after acute illness in older adults: ORCHARD-PS by Jessica Knight, Davide Simonato, Sarah Evans, Nicola G Lovett, Jasmine Ming Gan, Aubretia McColl, Lily Elderton, Meenu Vijayakumar Sheela, John Louca, Kinza Shahab, Mary Sneade, Nycola Muchenje, Mariya Fenchyn, Sarah Tamsin Pendlebury

“…Informant questionnaire data and interview are supplemented by hand searching of medical records and linkage to electronic patient records for nursing risk assessments, vital observations, laboratory results and International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision diagnostic and procedure codes.In-person follow-up with more detailed cognitive testing and informant interview is undertaken at 3 months, and 1 and 3 years supplemented with indirect follow-up using medical records. …”
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Effect of Different Factors on the Quality of Life and Sequelae of COVID-19 Patients After Discharge by Haijuan Wang, Nan Guo, Ya-Ping Yao, Le Song, Guan-Zhen Wang, Jun-Li He, Ning Zheng, Qiong Mo, Wen-Xu Ni, Bo Zhang, Fu-Sheng Wang, Lei Huang

“…Patients with hypertension had an OR of 3.014 (95% CI, 1.193–7.615) for joint or muscle pain. …”
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Phenome-wide Analysis of Diseases in Relation to Objectively Measured Sleep Traits and Comparison with Subjective Sleep Traits in 88,461 Adults by Yimeng Wang, Qiaorui Wen, Siwen Luo, Lijuan Tang, Siyan Zhan, Jia Cao, Shengfeng Wang, Qing Chen

“…Associations with International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision–decoded diseases during follow-up were estimated using the Cox model, and the results were compared with those of a published literature search of subjectively measured sleep traits and diseases. …”
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Comparison of cardiovascular risk prediction models developed using machine learning based on data from a Sri Lankan cohort with World Health Organization risk charts for predictin... by Anuradhani Kasturiratne, Hithanadura Janaka de Silva, Chamila Mettananda, Anuradha Supun Dassanayake, Norihiro Kato, Rajitha Wickremasinghe, Maheeka Solangaarachchige, Prasanna Haddela

“…The ML models were derived using classification algorithms of the supervised learning technique. …”
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Low-Malignant-Potential Adenocarcinoma: A Histological Category with a Significantly Better Prognosis than Other Solid Adenocarcinomas at IA Stage by Marco Chiappetta, Alessandra Cancellieri, Filippo Lococo, Elisa Meacci, Carolina Sassorossi, Maria Teresa Congedo, Qianqian Zhang, Diomira Tabacco, Isabella Sperduti, Stefano Margaritora

“…Introduction: Low-malignant-potential adenocarcinoma has been defined as a type of non-mucinous tumor, which has a total tumor size measuring ≤ 3 cm, exhibits ≥ 15% lepidic growth, lacks non-predominant high-grade patterns (≥10% cribriform, ≥5% micropapillary, ≥5% solid), has an absence of angiolymphatic or visceral pleural invasion, spread through air spaces (STAS), necrosis and >1 mitosis per 2 mm². …”
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Variations of Lipoprotein(a) Levels in the Metabolic Syndrome: A Report from the Maracaibo City Metabolic Syndrome Prevalence Study by Valmore Bermúdez, Joselyn Rojas, Juan Salazar, Luis Bello, Roberto Áñez, Alexandra Toledo, Maricarmen Chacín, Miguel Aguirre, Marjorie Villalobos, Mervin Chávez, María Sofía Martínez, Wheeler Torres, Yaquelin Torres, José Mejías, Edgardo Mengual, Liliana Rojas, Milagro Sánchez de Rosales, Ana Quevedo, Raquel Cano, Mayela Cabrera, Rafael París, Adonías Lubo, María Montiel, Climaco Cano

“…A total of 1807 subjects of both genders (55.3% women and 44.7% men) belonging to the Maracaibo City Metabolic Syndrome Prevalence Study were evaluated. …”
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Low-grade oncocytic tumor of the kidney—a clinical, pathological, and next generation sequencing-based study of 20 tumors by Alex Jenei, Boglárka Pósfai, Borbála Dénes, Áron Somorácz, Gertrud Forika, Attila Fintha, Zsófia Mészáros, Noémi Kránitz, Tamás Micsik, Kornélia Veronika Eizler, Nándor Giba, Dávid Semjén, Dóra Kelemen, Ferenc Salamon, Anna Schubert, Gábor Cserni, Gábor Cserni, Adrienn Hajdu, Luca Varga, Balázs Árvai, Dániel Sztankovics, Anna Sebestyén, Fanni Sánta, Andrea Simon, Helga Engi, Zsombor Melegh, Levente Kuthi, Levente Kuthi, Levente Kuthi

“…Despite overlapping features with other eosinophilic renal neoplasms, the specific immunohistochemical profile and indolent clinical course support LOT’s classification as a unique diagnostic category.…”
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Epidemiology of lung cancer in the Siberian Federal District: A retrospective observational study by L. D. Zhuikova, T. V. Polishchuk, O. A. Ananina, Yu. D. Kondrashina, G. A. Kononova, S. V. Miller, L. V. Pikalova

“…Conversely, the one-year mortality rate decreased from 55.2% to 47.8%, and ratio of one-year mortality to stage IV cases of the previous year diminished from 1.3 to 1.0. However, a number of advanced cases grew from 39.4% to 40.6%. …”
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Retrospective cohort study of long-acting injectable (LAI) antipsychotic initiation in the inpatient setting: impact of LAI characteristics on transition and continuation of care a... by Rashmi Patel, Christian Liman, Mayowa Oyesanya, Sheryl Ker, Aishwarya Jayaraman, Kelli R Franzenburg, Rolf T Hansen, Mike J Philbin, Stephen Thompson

“…Of 339 patients with ≥3 months pre-index and post-index data, median time to rehospitalisation was 135 days. …”
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Stability and process control of single-diamond grinding based on clustering of processing morphology data by Xinyu XU, Xiansong HE, Zhaojie CHEN, Jingying ZHANG, Linfeng YANG, Jin XIE

“…The experimental points after clustering analysis are matched to the relevant areas on the grinding stability lobe diagram, and the experimental verification is carried out to obtain the system stiffness coefficient k = 7 × 106 N/m and the grinding force coefficient km' = 3 × 1015 N/m3 of the single-point diamond grinding die steel process system. …”
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Health risk assessment and comparative study on heavy metal levels in indigenous cereal-legume blends (CLBs) on Ghanaian markets by Yaw Doudu Takyi, Jonathan Awewomom, Samuel Selorm Attu, Osei Akoto, Marina Aferiba Tandoh

“…Fifteen samples grouped under three classifications were wet digested using a triacid combination of HNO3, H2SO4 and HClO4, then analysed using an Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS). …”
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Prognostic factors for overall survival in advanced digestive neuroendocrine carcinoma treated with first-line cisplatin-based chemotherapy: a post hoc analysis of JCOG1213 by H. Hirano, K. Hirata, Y. Honma, C. Morizane, N. Machida, K. Kato, T. Okusaka, N. Boku, S. Sekine, N. Hiraoka, J. Mizusawa, Y. Sano, Y. Shibuya, M. Takahashi, N. Fujimori, M. Nomura, Y. Doki, M. Ueno, T. Yoshikawa, H. Takeuchi

“…Background: There is no consensus on prognostic factors for advanced digestive neuroendocrine carcinoma (ADNEC). JCOG1213 was a phase III randomized trial that demonstrated equivalent overall survival (OS) between cisplatin plus etoposide and cisplatin plus irinotecan as first-line chemotherapy for ADNEC. …”
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Essential Equipment for Baseline Otolaryngology‐Head and Neck Surgery Care: A Global Cross‐Sectional Survey by Tarika Srinivasan, Alexander Cherches, Amina Seguya, Akansha Pandey, David Fei‐Zhang, Sarah Nuss, Zachary Elwell, Adebolajo Adeyemo, Blake C. Alkire, Ali Haider Bangash, Gabrielle Cahill, Davina Daudu, Carolina Der Mussa, Taseer Din, Johannes J. Fagan, Racheal Hapunda, Titus Ibekwe, Ivy Maina, Allan Mukuzi, Rolvix H. Patterson, David A. Shaye, Emily R. Smith, Holly Sprow, Christopher James Waterworth, Joshua P. Wiedermann, Mary Jue Xu, Nader Zalaquett, Aveline Aloyce Kahinga, Sharon Ovnat Tamir, Global OHNS Initiative

“…These results can be used to guide investment and advocacy efforts to improve specialty‐specific surgical infrastructure relative to the global burden of OHNS diseases in low‐resource settings. Level of Evidence 3…”
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Factors Affecting the Prognosis after Primary Tumor Resection for Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer with Synchronous Peritoneal Metastasis: A Multi-center, Prospective, Ob... by Satoru Kagami, Kimihiko Funahashi, Hirotoshi Kobayashi, Kenjiro Kotake, Masayasu Kawasaki, Yusuke Kinugasa, Hideki Ueno, Kotaro Maeda, Takeshi Suto, Michio Itabashi, Heita Ozawa, Fumikazu Koyama, Shingo Noura, Hideyuki Ishida, Masayuki Ohue, Tomomichi Kiyomatsu, Soichiro Ishihara, Keiji Koda, Hideo Baba, Kenji Kawada, Yojiro Hashiguchi, Takanori Goi, Yuji Toiyama, Naohiro Tomita, Eiji Sunami, Fumihiko Fujita, Jun Watanabe, Kenichi Hakamada, Goro Nakayama, Kenichi Sugihara, Yoichi Ajioka

“…Postoperative complications of Clavien-Dindo classification grade 2 were observed in 20 (17.9%) patients. …”
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Laparoscopic preperitoneal alloplasty of postoperative ventral hernias by Ya. P. Feleshtynsky, O. M. Lerchuk, V. V. Smishchuk, Ya. M. Hudyma

“…Average age of the patients have constituted (54.7 ± 3.3) yrs old. In accordance to classification of European Association of Surgeons-Herniologists (The European Hernia Society - EHS, Gent, Belgium, 2008 yr) distribution of postoperative hernias was following: hernias M1W1R0 were diagnosed in 6 (4.8%) patients, M2W1R0 - in 12 (9.5%), M2W2R0 - in 14 (11.1%), M3W1R0 - in 10 (7.9%), M3W2R0 - in 11 (8.7%), M3W3R0 - in 8 (6.3%), M4W1R0 - in 7 (5.6%), M4W2R0 - in 3 (2.4%), M4W3R0 - in 5 (4.0%), M5W1R0 - in 8 (6.3%), M5W2R0 - in 4 (3.2%), M2-3W2R0 - in 19 (15.1%), M3-4W2R0 - in 8 (6.3%), M3-4W3R0 - in 4 (3,2%), M1-4W3R0 - in 4 (3.2%), M3-5W3R0 - in 3 (2.4%). …”
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