An Autopsy Case of Rapidly Aggravated Clostridium perfringens Septicemia with Colorectal Cancer by Risako Kohya, Taichi Murai, Yudai Taguchi, Kyohei Sawai, Masaya Takehara, Masahiro Nagahama, Kazufumi Itaya, Yuta Koike, Ayana Endo, Yuji Ono, Atsushi Nagasaka, Shuji Nishikawa, Michio Nakamura

“…The respiratory condition rapidly deteriorated, and tracheal intubation was performed and transferred into the intensive care unit. However, blood oxygenation did not increase, and the patient died the next morning, 19 h after admission, despite intensive care. …”
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Predictive value of resting-state fMRI graph measures in hypoxic encephalopathy after cardiac arrest by Puck Lange, Marlous Verhulst, Anil Man Tuladhar, Prejaas Tewarie, Hanneke Keijzer, Catharina J.M. Klijn, Cornelia Hoedemaekers, Michiel Blans, Bart Tonino, Frederick J.A. Meijer, Rick C. Helmich, Jeannette Hofmeijer

“…Methods: We conducted a prospective cohort study on comatose cardiac arrest patients on intensive care units. Resting-state fMRI three days after cardiac arrest was used to quantify whole-brain functional connectivity, global efficiency, clustering coefficient, and modularity. …”
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Adverse childhood experiences and subsequent experiences of intimate partner violence in adulthood: a gender perspective by Zheng Tian, Nan Zhang, Yimiao Li, Yibo Wu, Lan Wang

“…The strength of ‘IPV3 (Partner does not care about me when I am in bad shape [not feeling well or in a bad mood])’ was higher in the male network than in the female (male = 0.821, female = 0.755, p = 0.002). …”
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Tuberculous abdominal aortic aneurysm: Management and outcomes by Sree Vani Paladugu, MS, Ajay Savlania, MCh, Gokulkrishnan Hari, MS, Tanuj Singla, MS, Shreyas Srinivasan, MBBS, Ujjwal Gorsi, DM, Mustafa Razi, MD, Pradeep Burli, MD, Prem Chand Gupta, MS

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Necrotizing fasciitis of the thigh due to penetrated descending colon cancer: a case report by Kentaro Sato, Hitoshi Yamamura, Yoshiyuki Sakamoto, Hajime Morohashi, Takuya Miura, Toru Yoshikawa, Akiko Suto, Satoru Tsuruta, Kenichi Hakamada

“…The histopathological findings were well-differentiated adenocarcinoma, with the tumor grown through the serosa (T4a) and with no metastasis to lymph nodes (N0). After surgery, the patient received intensive care for septic shock and lavage of the open drainage site, and sepsis was controlled progressively. …”
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Adenoma metanéfrico: diagnóstico diferencial del carcinoma urotelial del tracto urinario superior. Reporte de un caso by David Andrés Castañeda Millán, Juan Camilo Álvarez Restrepo, Víctor Iván Romero Nieto, Diego Camacho Nieto, Wilfredo Donoso Donoso, Jorge Forero Muñoz

“…Case presentation: A 51-year-old woman from Bogotá (Colombia) was referred to the urology service of a tertiary care hospital due to bilateral lumbar pain of non-specific characteristics. …”
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Bacterial translocation in deceased organ donors by O. V. Petkevich, V. M. Mitsura, V. N. Martinkov, D. L. Dugin, Z. A. Dundarov

“…Objective: to ascertain the prevalence and risk factors for bacterial translocation (BT) in brain-dead donors (BDDs) during organ and tissue retrieval in health care facilities.Materials and methods. The study included 62 BDDs, featuring 44 males (71%) and 18 females (29%), aged 17 to 64 years. …”
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New Trends in Secure Routing Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks by Aly Mohamed El-Semary, Mohamed Mostafa Abdel-Azim

“…Recently, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) have been deployed into a variety of applications including homeland security, military systems, and health care. Sensor nodes deployed in such networks are subject to several attacks such as sinkhole and select forwarding, wormhole, Hello flood, and replication attacks. …”
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Global health in the making: health demonstration areas in Europe, 1950s and 1960s by Esteban Rodríguez-Ocaña

“…This essay focus on the creation of health demonstration areas by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to establish core nodes for integrated state-of-the-art health services. …”
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Salvage thoracoscopic esophagectomy after carbon-ion radiotherapy in a patient with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a case report by Kengo Kuriyama, Makoto Sohda, Hideyuki Saito, Yasunari Ubukata, Nobuhiro Nakazawa, Keigo Hara, Makoto Sakai, Akihiko Sano, Hiroomi Ogawa, Takaaki Sano, Shigeo Yasuda, Hitoshi Ishikawa, Ken Shirabe, Hiroshi Saeki

“…Both tumors were localized in the lamina propria mucosa, and lymph node metastasis was not detected. The tumors were diagnosed as pathological stage IA (pT1aN0M0) according to the TNM criteria. …”
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An Enhanced PSO-Based Clustering Energy Optimization Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Network by C. Vimalarani, R. Subramanian, S. N. Sivanandam

“…Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is a network which formed with a maximum number of sensor nodes which are positioned in an application environment to monitor the physical entities in a target area, for example, temperature monitoring environment, water level, monitoring pressure, and health care, and various military applications. …”
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Leptomeningeal Dissemination in Gall Bladder Carcinoma: Sequelae of Long-Term Survival? by Shikha Goyal, Bidhu Kalyan Mohanti

“…She deteriorated on palliative cranial irradiation and was managed with best supportive care.…”
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The integration of microelectronic and photonic circuits on a single silicon chip for high-speed and low-power optoelectronic technology by Rajeev Gupta, Ajay Kumar, Manoj Kumar, Rajesh Singh, Anita Gehlot, Purnendu Shekhar Pandey, Neha Yadav, Kailash Pandey, Ashish Yadav, Neha Gupta, Ranjeet Brajpuriya, Shalendra Kumar, Ajay Singh Verma, Tanuj Kumar, Yongling Wu, Zheng Hongyu, Abhijit Biswas, Ajay Mittal, Aniruddha Mondal, Romanov Oleksandr Ivanovich

“…A complicated set of factors must be carefully considered to determine which application will have the best chance of success employing silicon-based integrated product solutions. …”
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Contemporary techniques and outcomes of surgery for locally advanced renal cell carcinoma with focus on inferior vena cava thrombectomy: The value of a multidisciplinary team by Riccardo Campi, Paolo Barzaghi, Alessio Pecoraro, Maria Lucia Gallo, Damiano Stracci, Alberto Mariotti, Saverio Giancane, Simone Agostini, Vincenzo Li Marzi, Arcangelo Sebastianelli, Pietro Spatafora, Mauro Gacci, Graziano Vignolini, Francesco Sessa, Paolo Muiesan, Sergio Serni

“…Our experience confirms that provided careful patient selection, surgery in experienced hands can achieve favourable perioperative, oncological, and functional outcomes.…”
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High chromosomal instability is associated with higher 10‐year risks of recurrence for hormone receptor‐positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2‐negative breast cancer pa... by Yu‐Yang Liao, Jianfei Fu, Xiang Lu, Ziliang Qian, Yang Yu, Liang Zhu, Jia‐Ni Pan, Pu‐Chun Li, Qiao‐Yan Zhu, Xiaolin Li, Wenyong Sun, Xiao‐Jia Wang, Wen‐Ming Cao

“…All medical records were carefully reviewed to obtain the disease recurrence information. …”
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An Exceptional Adenocarcinoma in a Girl by Bangaly Traore, Ibrahima Kalil Cisse, Malick Bah, Ahmed Monzomba Keita

“…She underwent a colostomy and palliative care. This exceptional case challenges us on the diversity of forms of anal cancers that require a multidisciplinary approach. …”
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Transvaginal extraction of the specimen after total laparoscopic right hemicolectomy or extended right hemicolectomy for right colon cancer: an analysis of 25 cases by Deng Jianzhong, Zhang Zilang, Lin Yiban, Guo Xiaoxi, Li Zhaoyang, Wang Weichun, Yu Si

“…The mean(SD) specimen’s circumferential diameter is 5.4(1.6) cm. The mean(SD) lymph node yield was 25.4(5.3). Patients received sufentanil for intravenous patient-controlled analgesia for 48 hours with no other analgesics. …”
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THE IMMUNOCOMPETENCE OF THE LYMPHOCYTIC POOL OF PERIPHERAL BLOOD IN ACUTE PURULENT LYMPHADENITIS IN CHILDREN by P.I. Tkachenko, S.O. Bilokon, N.M. Lokhmatova, O.B. Dolenko, K.Yu. Rezvina, Yu.V. Popelo

“… The substantial prevalence of different nosological forms of lymphadenitis in children is due to morpho-functional immaturity and age-related features of the structural components of the lymph node. The lymphatic system in children under 6 years of age is well developed, however, their immune competence is not perfect. …”
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Metastasis of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Larynx to the Right Adrenal Gland—A Case Report by Eliza Działach, Michał Simlot, Karolina Osowiecka, Elżbieta Nowara, Jarosław Markowski, Mateusz Grajek

“…The study contributes to the growing body of literature on the management of uncommon cancer metastases, advocating for individualized patient care and innovation in treatment strategies.…”
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Intussusception Secondary to Adenocarcinoma of the Colon: A Case Report and Literature Review by Amber Duda, Michael L. Caparelli, Timothy S Braverman, John P. Cullen

“…The patient ultimately elected hospice care. In this report, we describe a rare case of sigmoid intussusception in an adult patient, review the relevant literature, and summarize the diagnostic and management approaches suitable for adult intussusception cases.…”
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