Argon plasma coagulation for successful treatment of bile leakage after subtotal cholecystectomy by Tsukasa Aritake, Kenji Takagi, Natsuki Nagano, Ryutaro Kobayashi, Takashi Maeda, Kiyotaka Kawai, Satoru Kawai, Satoaki Kamiya

“…Case presentation A 74-year-old man was referred to our hospital for abdominal pain and fever. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography of the abdomen showed fluid collection, such as an abscess, surrounding the gallbladder and hepatic flexure colon. …”
Get full text

Towards a more ambitious uricemia target to improve joint and cardiovascular outcomes in gout by Enrique Calvo-Aranda, Fernando Perez-Ruiz

“…However, despite the efficacy of urate-lowering therapies, such as allopurinol and febuxostat, suboptimal management of gout and poor adherence continue to make it difficult to achieve better outcomes. …”
Get full text

Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia complicated by pulmonary embolism following glucocorticoid therapy: a case report by Dong Liu, Luna Zhao, Xinxin Zhang, Ye Liu, Chao Wu

“…Treatment with anticoagulation and continued glucocorticoid therapy resulted in full recovery after 6 months. …”
Get full text

A Treatable Cause of Cerebral Palsy: Brain Abscess Masquerading as Cerebral Palsy by Vykuntaraju K Gowda, Shanti Bhusan Mohanty, KVN Dhananjaya

“…The intravenous antibiotics continued for another 4 weeks. On follow-up, computed tomography (CT) of the brain showed a reduction in the size of brain abscesses with calcification. …”
Get full text

Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy with 5-aminolevulinic acid plus antibiotics: a promising treatment for tibial osteomyelitis caused by drug-resistant bacteria by Ju Zuo, Ju Zuo, Feiyan Kong, Xiyu Wang, Tianyu Wang, Jianxi Zhao, Zhanjuan Zhao

“…Histologically, more strips of lamellar new bone formation and more pronounced periosteal hyperplasia were noted in the PACT + antibiotics group. Micro-computed tomography illustrated that the structural integrity of cortical bone and cancellous bone structure had better continuity and clearer display in the PACT + antibiotics group than in the other groups, and the periosteal reaction in the modeling area was the most obvious. …”
Get full text

Rapid Prediction of Ice Accretion on Swept Wings Based on Proper Orthogonal Decomposition and Surrogate Modelling by J. Du, Q. Guo, Y. Yue, Y. Ma, H. Cheng

“…Numerical simulations of three-dimensional airfoil icing are computationally intensive, with icing complexities on swept wings surpassing those on straight wings. …”
Get full text

A distributed zero-trust scheme for airborne wireless sensor networks using dynamic identity authentication by Kenian Wang, Yuan Hong, Yue Li, Rui Yan, Jingyu Feng

“…Abstract With the continuous development of Airborne Wireless Sensor Networks (AWSN) in airplane monitoring systems, security isolation is facing increasingly serious insider threats. …”
Get full text

Dietary pattern and risk of thyroid cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol by Kleyton Santos Medeiros, Jose Brandao-Neto, Yasmin Guerreiro Nagashima, Aline Alves Soares, Camila Xavier Alves, Marcia Marilia Gomes Dantas Lopes

“…Introduction Until now, the thyroid cancer case number has increased, and it is not entirely possible to attribute this continuous growth to more meticulous thyroid nodule selection and more accurate diagnostic techniques. …”
Get full text

Infantile type I pleuropulmonary blastoma presenting with dyspnea due to compression by pneumothorax and an occupying tumor: a case report by Mitsumasa Okamoto, Shoka Kimura, Machiko Hotta, Yudai Tsuruno, Hiroaki Fukuzawa

“…Since issues such as the pathogenesis and long-term prognosis of ruptured cases remain unclear, continued careful follow-up of this case will be required.…”
Get full text

Controversies in treating nutcracker syndrome by Vitorio Perić, Thomas Ferenc, Tomica Bratić, Jana Bebek, Ivan Antun Mašić, Filip Ferega, Vid Vrčić, Danko Milošević, Helga Sertić Milić, Vinko Vidjak

“…Despite advancements in diagnostic modalities, including Doppler ultrasound, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and invasive techniques like phlebography, there is still no globally accepted diagnostic algorithm, leading to inconsistencies in diagnosis. …”
Get full text

Autonomous obstacle avoidance of underground coal mine transport robots based on intrinsic motivation reinforcement learning algorithm by ZHAO Kebao, LI Lingfeng, CHEN Zhuo, HAN Jun, YIN Rui

“…Meanwhile, it used its own memory mechanism to store knowledge and experience, achieving autonomous obstacle avoidance through continuous learning and training. Autonomous obstacle avoidance experiments for the transport robot were conducted in static environments, dynamic environments, and actual underground coal mine environments. …”
Get full text

Study protocol: the SPInal NAVigation (SPINAV) trial – comparison of augmented reality surgical navigation, conventional image-guided navigation, and free-hand technique for pedicl... by Victor Gabriel El-Hajj, Anastasios Charalampidis, Daniel Fell, Erik Edström, Adrian Elmi-Terander, Paul Gerdhem

“…Start of trial and estimated duration The SPINAV trial started recruiting patients in January 2022 and will continue for approximately 2.5 years. Trial registration The trial is registered at clinicaltrials.gov (NCT05107310) on 2021–11-03.…”
Get full text

Fluorophotometric measurements of aqueous-humor flow in post-YAG laser iridotomy for acute angle closure by Karlo D. Jacob, MD, Ma. Margarita Lat-Luna, MD, Patricia M. Khu, MD, MS

“…Despite the anatomically open angles, they continued to have higher IOPs.…”
Get full text

CAPITAL FORMATION AND HEALTH OUTCOMES IN MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES by Felix Aberu, Kunle Bankole Osinusi, Kareem Abiodun Arikewuyo, Nurudeen Abiodun Lawal

“…Although health systems continue to be labor-intensive, capital has been increasingly important in producing health services in recent decades. …”
Get full text

Dynamic optimization of support parameters and risk prevention and control during tunneling with fractured surrounding rock: a case study of the Gande’er Mountain tunnel project by Gang Wang, Wenpeng Yuan, Feng Jiang, Yujing Jiang, Peng He

“…This approach enables continuous monitoring of changes in the surrounding rock and provides a basis for adjusting excavation methods and optimizing support methods. …”
Get full text

Unveiling the wind energy future of Türkiye with policies technologies and potential by Haci Sogukpinar, Ismail Bozkurt, Saadin Oyucu, Ahmet Aksoz

Get full text

Fixed-Time Stability, Uniform Strong Dissipativity, and Stability of Nonlinear Feedback Systems by Wassim M. Haddad, Kriti Verma, Vijaysekhar Chellaboina

Get full text

Network lifetime improvement in wireless sensor networks using energy-efficient bat-moth flame optimization technique by S. Anslam Sibi, L. Sherly Puspha Annabel

Get full text

Evaluation of a New-Concept Secure File Server Solution by Gábor Arányi, Ágnes Vathy-Fogarassy, Veronika Szücs

Get full text

Fault detection for Li-ion batteries of electric vehicles with segmented regression method by Muaaz Bin Kaleem, Yun Zhou, Fu Jiang, Zhijun Liu, Heng Li

Get full text