Unveiling the enigmatic: Primary progressive apraxia of speech – A case report by Mateusz Bernad, Renata Kowalska-Taczanowska, Karolina Duszyńska- Wąs, Joanna Mączewska, Piotr Alster, Dariusz Koziorowski, Monika Figura

“…In later stages, this disorder may additionally present with symptoms such as oral apraxia, dysarthria, dysphagia, aphasia, and parkinsonian syndromes similar to either progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) or corticobasal syndrome (CBS). 4-repeat tauopathy is the most common pathology associated with PPAOS. …”
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Irreversible Electroporation for the Focal Treatment of Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review by Kai Zhang, Jeremy Teoh, Gang Zhu, Chi-Fai Ng, Michel Suberville, Pilar Laguna, Jean de la Rosette

“…Greater heterogeneity exists considering the change in erectile function. The most common reported complications were urinary tract infection and hematuria. …”

A first report of Biomphalaria pfeifferi in the Lower Shire Valley, Southern Malawi, a major intermediate snail host species for intestinal schistosomiasis by Clinton Nkolokosa, Rex Mbewe, James Chirombo, Michelle C. Stanton, Christopher M. Jones, Peter Makaula, Gladys Namacha, Blessings Chiepa, Patrick Ken Kalonde, Chifuniro Baluwa, Kennedy Zembere, Eggrey Aisha Kambewa, Chikumbusko Chiziwa Kaonga, John Archer, Alexandra Juhász, Lucas J. Cunningham, Julie-Anne Akiko Tangena, J. Russell Stothard

“…Water conductivity, TDS and geographical elevation were most important in predicting abundance of snails with water temperature and pH of slightly less important roles. …”
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Current strategies to diagnose and manage positive surgical margins and local recurrence after partial nephrectomy by Umberto Carbonara, Daniele Amparore, Cosimo Gentile, Riccardo Bertolo, Selcuk Erdem, Alexandre Ingels, Michele Marchioni, Constantijn H.J. Muselaers, Onder Kara, Laura Marandino, Nicola Pavan, Eduard Roussel, Angela Pecoraro, Fabio Crocerossa, Giuseppe Torre, Riccardo Campi, Pasquale Ditonno

“…The research included the most updated articles (about the last 10 years). …”
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Complete chloroplast genome sequence and characteristic analysis of Paeonia suffruticosa from the lower reaches of the Yangtze River basin by Jiaqiang ZHANG, Kaiyuan ZHU, Huichun LIU, Xiao WAN, Wenting XU

“…Bioinformatics analysis showed that a total of 71 simple sequence repeats (SSRs) were searched in the chloroplast genome, of which the numbers of mononucleotide, dinucleotide, trinucleotide and tetranucleotide repeat motifs were 47, 12, 7 and 5, respectively, and no pentanucleotide or hexanucleotide repeat motifs were found. …”
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The 256 kb mitochondrial genome of Clavaria fumosa is the largest among phylum Basidiomycota and is rich in introns and intronic ORFs by Xu Wang, Yajie Wang, Wen Yao, Jinwen Shen, Mingyue Chen, Ming Gao, Jiening Ren, Qiang Li, Na Liu

“…Comparative mitogenomic analysis indicated that the C. fumosa mitogenome contained the most introns and intronic ORFs among all fungal mitogenomes. …”
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The cranium from the Octagon in Ephesos by Gerhard W. Weber, Petra G. Šimková, Daniel M. Fernandes, Olivia Cheronet, Előd Úry, Harald Wilfing, Katarina Matiasek, Alejandro Llano-Lizcano, Pere Gelabert, Immo Trinks, Katerina Douka, Sabine Ladstätter, Tom Higham, Martin Steskal, Ron Pinhasi

“…For the following century, archaeologists have speculated about the identity of this obviously notable person. Repeated claim is that the remains could represent Arsinoë IV, daughter of Ptolemy XII, and younger (half-)sister of Cleopatra VII. …”
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Seeing the unseen in characterizing RNA editome during rice endosperm development by Ming Chen, Lin Xia, Xinyu Tan, Shenghan Gao, Sen Wang, Man Li, Yuansheng Zhang, Tianyi Xu, Yuanyuan Cheng, Yuan Chu, Songnian Hu, Shuangyang Wu, Zhang Zhang

“…Here, we perform systematic analyses to characterize RNA editome during rice endosperm development. We find that most editing sites are C-to-U CDS-recoding in mitochondria, leading to increased hydrophobic amino acids and changed structures of mitochondrial proteins. …”
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Automating the quantification of coastal change using historical aerial photography: A case study along the coastline of county Cork, Ireland by Emma Chalençon, Fiona Cawkwell, Michael O’Shea, Jimmy Murphy

“…., as observed in Ireland, aerial photography is the most valuable source of information. A well-established literature exists for automated vegetation extraction from digital images based on the near infrared reflectance, but there is less research available on spectrally limited colour photography. …”
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Assembly and Comparative Analysis of the Complete Mitochondrial Genome of <i>Hippophae salicifolia</i> by Zhefei Zeng, Chunmin Mao, Zhuo Shang, Ngawang Norbu, Ngawang Bonjor, Xiaoyan Jia, Wei Li, Wenju Zhang, Junwei Wang, La Qiong

“…We identified extensive repetitive elements, including 188 SSRs, 20 tandem repeats, and 455 dispersed repeats, and explored their potential roles in genome evolution. …”
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Brucella melitensis, a latent “travel bacterium,” continual spread and expansion from Northern to Southern China and its relationship to worldwide lineages by Xiong Zhu, Zhongzhi Zhao, Shuyi Ma, Zhiwei Guo, Miao Wang, Zhenjun Li, Zhiguo Liu

“…Brucellosis caused by Brucella melitensis is considered to be one of the most important zoonotic diseases in China. In this study, Conventional bio-typing, MLVA (multiple locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis), and WGS (whole-genome sequencing)-SNP (single nucleotide polymorphism) were used to study the genetic similarity of B. melitensis in northern and southern China and analyze its relationship with worldwide lineages. …”
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Measuring professionals' attitudes toward persistent somatic symptoms: Development, validation, and reliability of the professionals' Attitude to Persistent Somatic Symptoms Questi... by Denise J.C. Hanssen, Charlotte A. Spiertz, Lineke M. Tak, Judith G.M. Rosmalen

“…Subscales of the PAPSS were constructed using repeated factor analyses and reliability analyses. …”
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Informing research design through patient and public involvement; patients and carers with lived experience post-hospital discharge and potential roles for general practice pharmac... by Faiza Yahya, Sam Bartlett, Vibhu Paudyal, Muhammad Abdul Hadi, Hamde Nazar, Ian Maidment

“…Future work with multi-stakeholder engagement involving different professionals across sectors is needed to explore safer integrated transitions of care, as well as the use of ongoing PPI and co-design, considering populations that are most vulnerable.…”
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Structural basis for RNA-guided DNA degradation by Cas5-HNH/Cascade complex by Yanan Liu, Lin Wang, Qian Zhang, Pengyu Fu, Lingling Zhang, Ying Yu, Heng Zhang, Hongtao Zhu

“…Abstract Type I-E CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats)–Cas (CRISPR-associated proteins) system is one of the most extensively studied RNA-guided adaptive immune systems in prokaryotes, providing defense against foreign genetic elements. …”
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A case of idiopathic myointimal hyperplasia of the mesenteric veins presenting with small bowel obstruction by Kohei Yamada, Masatsugu Hiraki, Toshiya Tanaka, Daisuke Mori, Futoshi Tanaka, Tatsuya Manabe, Hitoshi Aibe, Kenji Kitahara, Hirokazu Noshiro

“…Abstract Background Idiopathic myointimal hyperplasia of the mesenteric veins (IMHMV) is a rare ischemic bowel disease with venous occlusion resulting from the proliferation of smooth muscles in the venous intima. In most patients, the disease affects rectosigmoid colon and causes persistent abdominal pain and hematochezia, which is similar to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). …”
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The role of botulinum toxin in the management of nonneurogenic overactive bladder in children: Highlights for clinical practice. A systematic review by José A. Câncio Martins Bissaia Barreto, Maria I. Táboas Simões, Gonçalo Gomes Engenheiro, Joana I. Ferreira Matos, Joana A. Rodrigues Leal

“…Overactive bladder (OAB) is the most common voiding dysfunction in children; however, nonneurogenic or idiopathic OAB remains poorly studied. …”
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Effectiveness of Brandt-Daroff exercises in benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: a systematic review by Meenakshi Bagri, Shabnam Joshi, Vandana Rani, Rekha Chaturvedi, Jyoti Sabharwal

“…Introduction Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) is defined as a disorder of the inner ear characterised by repeated episodes of positional vertigo. BPPV is one of the most prevalent vestibular disorders in the general population, accounting for one-third of all vestibular disorders. …”
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Asymmetric Inter‐Hemisphere Communication Contributes to Speech Acquisition of Toddlers with Cochlear Implants by Xue Zhao, Meiyun Wu, Haotian Liu, Yuyang Wang, Zhikai Zhang, Yuhe Liu, Yu‐Xuan Zhang

“…Here, early auditory development is examined using repeated optical imaging for cochlear implanted (CI) toddlers with congenital deafness from onset of restored hearing to around one year of CI hearing experiences. …”
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THE TACTICS OF SURGICAL TREATMENT FOR GASTRIC BLEEDING TUMORS IN ELDERLY AND SENILE PATIENTS by B. V. Sigua, V. P. Zemlyanoy, I. I. Gubkov, A. M. Danilov, D. S. Sakhno, E. A. Zakharov, A. B. Guslev

“…The results of treatment of 112 patients of elderly and senile age patients with non-metastatic gastric cancer, complicated by bleeding were analyzed. Most often bleedings occurred for stomach cancer stage III−IV. …”
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Combining a deep learning model with clinical data better predicts hepatocellular carcinoma behavior following surgery by Benoit Schmauch, Sarah S. Elsoukkary, Amika Moro, Roma Raj, Chase J. Wehrle, Kazunari Sasaki, Julien Calderaro, Patrick Sin-Chan, Federico Aucejo, Daniel E. Roberts

“…Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is among the most common cancers worldwide, and tumor recurrence following liver resection or transplantation is one of the highest contributors to mortality in HCC patients after surgery. …”
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