Distribution pattern of medial group retropharyngeal lymph nodes and its implication in optimizing clinical target volume in nasopharyngeal carcinoma by Dan Zong, Ning Jiang, Cheng Kong, Jing Wen, Li-jun Wang, Ye-song Guo, Lan-fang Zhang, Xia He, Zhen-zhang Chen, Sheng-fu Huang

“…None of the patients with regional recurrence happened in the optimized region.ConclusionDWI possesses superiorities in displaying lymph nodes. …”
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Losing psychiatric or psychological follow-up during the first COVID-19 confinement in Portugal: outcomes in mental health by M. Gomes, P. Silva Moreira, S. Ferreira, B. Couto, M. Machado-Sousa, C. Raposo-Lima, N. Sousa, M. Picó-Pérez, P. Morgado

“…However, anxiety feelings improved at the end of the first confinement, which happened independently of psychiatric/ psychological follow-up. …”
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Adolescent experiences, perceptions, and preferences for the process of HIV status disclosure in Kenya by Cyrus Mugo, Cyrus Mugo, Irene N. Njuguna, Irene N. Njuguna, Kristin Beima-Sofie, Caren W. Mburu, Alvin Onyango, Janet Itindi, Barbra A. Richardson, Barbra A. Richardson, Laura Oyiengo, Grace John-Stewart, Grace John-Stewart, Grace John-Stewart, Grace John-Stewart, Dalton C. Wamalwa

“…Overall, 198 (75%) AYLH reported that they were ready for disclosure when it happened, and 86% were satisfied with the process. …”
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Retrograde type A aortic dissection during or after thoracic endovascular aortic repair: a single center 16-year experience by Guo-quan Wang, Guo-quan Wang, Ya-fei Qin, Ya-fei Qin, Shuai-tao Shi, Shuai-tao Shi, Ke-wei Zhang, Ke-wei Zhang, Shui-ting Zhai, Shui-ting Zhai, Tian-xiao Li, Tian-xiao Li

“…Among them, 13 individuals exhibited hypertension. Ten instances happened within the TEVAR perioperative period, including two cases during the surgery, six cases occurred within three months, two cases occurred after one year, and the longest interval was 72 months following TEVAR. …”
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Integrating Gestational Diabetes Screening and Care and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Prevention After GDM Into Community Based Primary Health Care in South Africa-Mixed Method Study by Jean Claude Mutabazi, Pascal Roland Enok Bonong, Helen Trottier, Lisa Jayne Ware, Shane Norris, Katherine Murphy, Naomi Levitt, Christina Zarowsky

“…Data collection with women diagnosed and treated for GDM happened between March and August 2018. Thematic analysis was the primary analytical method with some content analysis as appropriate. …”
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Monitoring Menstrual Health Knowledge: Awareness of Menstruation at Menarche as an Indicator by Julie Hennegan, Julie Hennegan, Zay Yar Swe, Kyu Kyu Than, Calum Smith, Lidwien Sol, Hilda Alberda, Justine N. Bukenya, Simon P. S. Kibira, Fredrick E. Makumbi, Kellogg J. Schwab, Peter S. Azzopardi, Peter S. Azzopardi

“…In Myanmar, girls aware of menstruation had significantly higher odds of reporting that they felt prepared (2.85 95% CI 1.34–6.08), happy (OR = 3.81 95% CI 1.74–8.37) and knew what was happening at menarche (OR = 2.37 95% CI 1.34–4.19). …”
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Psychosocial and Physical Rehabilitation of Burn Survivors: A large multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial from Pakistan by N. Chaudhry, M. panagioti, A. B. Khoso, T. Kiran, A. Blakemore, K. Lovell, M. M. Bashir, Z. U. Haq, M. Hashmi, Z. H. Suhag, H. Brooks, E. McIntosh, N. Soomro, S. Falder, L. Kynge, J. Miah, O. Eylem, S. Edwards, R. Memon, S. J. Pocock, Z. Zadeh, I. B. Chaudhry, N. Husain

“…Unfortunately, 9 of 10 burn injuries and deaths happen in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) such as Pakistan. …”
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3D-US and CBCT Dual-guided Radiotherapy for Postoperative Uterine Malignancy: A Primary Workflow Set-up by Yang Li MS, Zhen Gong MD, PhD, Mengyu Liu MS, Huixin Li MS, Han Gao MS, Chang Guo MS, Le Yu MD, Chenjing Zhu MD, PhD, Zhihua Sun MD, Li Sun MD, Hanzi Xu MD, PhD, Xia He MD, PhD

“…During treatment, and 0, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after treatment, there was no severe urinary and rectal toxicity happened. Conclusion: A primary workflow of 3D-US and CBCT dual-guided radiotherapy has been established, which showed great therapeutic potential with mild to moderate urinary and rectal toxicity for postoperative uterine malignancy patients. …”
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Long‐term patterns in ecosystem phenology near Palmer Station, Antarctica, from the perspective of the Adélie penguin by Megan A. Cimino, John A. Conroy, Elizabeth Connors, Jeff Bowman, Andrew Corso, Hugh Ducklow, William Fraser, Ari Friedlaender, Heather Hyewon Kim, Gregory D. Larsen, Carlos Moffat, Ross Nichols, Logan Pallin, Donna Patterson‐Fraser, Darren Roberts, Megan Roberts, Deborah K. Steinberg, Patricia Thibodeau, Rebecca Trinh, Oscar Schofield, Sharon Stammerjohn

“…In general, during late sea ice retreat years, events happened later (~5 to >30 days) than mean dates and the variability in timing was low (<20%) compared with early ice retreat years. …”
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Landslide Susceptibility Assessment of a Part of the Western Ghats (India) Employing the AHP and F-AHP Models and Comparison with Existing Susceptibility Maps by Sheela Bhuvanendran Bhagya, Anita Saji Sumi, Sankaran Balaji, Jean Homian Danumah, Romulus Costache, Ambujendran Rajaneesh, Ajayakumar Gokul, Chandini Padmanabhapanicker Chandrasenan, Renata Pacheco Quevedo, Alfred Johny, Kochappi Sathyan Sajinkumar, Sunil Saha, Rajendran Shobha Ajin, Pratheesh Chacko Mammen, Kamal Abdelrahman, Mohammed S. Fnais, Mohamed Abioui

“…Landslides are prevalent in the Western Ghats, and the incidences that happened in 2021 in the Koottickal area of the Kottayam district (Western Ghats) resulted in the loss of 10 lives. …”
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Fabricating Antibacterial and Antioxidant Electrospun Hydrophilic Polyacrylonitrile Nanofibers Loaded with AgNPs by Lignin-Induced In-Situ Method by Md. Kaiser Haider, Azeem Ullah, Muhammad Nauman Sarwar, Takumi Yamaguchi, Qianyu Wang, Sana Ullah, Soyoung Park, Ick Soo Kim

“…SEM observations revealed that the average diameters of the produced nanofibers were slightly increased from ~512 nm to ~673 nm due to several factors like-swellings that happened during the salt treatment process, surface-bound lignin, and the presence of AgNPs. …”
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The continuing decrease of sandy desert and sandy land in northern China in the latest 10 years by Hongyan Zhao, Xiaohui Zhai, Sen Li, Yahui Wang, Jiali Xie, Changzhen Yan

“…Especially, the increased aeolian activity intensified SDSL area has happened on the southern edge of the Gurbantunggut Desert and along both sides of the Tarim River from 2015 to 2020 deserve attention. …”
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An application of advanced oxidation process to photopolish palm oil mill effluent over TIO2 and ZnO photocatalysts by Ng, Kim Hoong

“…For TiO2 photocatalyst, the organic degradation can only happen in bulk solution due to the poor affinity of TiO2 towards organic pollutants. …”
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Development of collision avoidance application using internet of things (loT) technology for vehicle-to-vehicle (v2v) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (v21) communication system by Aidil Redza Khan, Mohamed Amir Khan

“…Even though there was a slight delay with the alerts, with consideration of 1m safe distance and 1.3s LT, driver was able to pull off a safe braking after the alert to slow down SV thus to avoid collision from happening. For BSW application, promising results by having 1 second delay in detecting blinded HV at the constant span of 40km/h speed limit between SV and HV which is an enabler to the safe lane changing operation. …”
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(Bio) Political strategies of the debate on „mixed marriages“ in Ljiljan in 1994. by Sabina VELADŽIĆ

“…Since the debate erupted in the war year 1994, which was preceded by dense period of brutal violence, concentration camps, mass rapes, and the passivity of European diplomacy towards all these horrific happenings, the author believes that all mentioned contributed to the radicalization of discourse in the national media and that, also, suffered violence was misused by the media and new political elite in order to complete the process of homogenization of the Bosniak collective on the basis of the exclusive ideology of „cultural fundamentalism“. …”
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Architectural interventions in the Palace of the Admiral of Aragón in Valencia (early 20th century) by Antonio Gómez Gil

“…For this reason, 3D models of the patio and building have been built to give the most accurate idea of what happened to the building over time. The modelling of the courtyard includes three historical moments: before the intervention of Rieta, after the intervention of Rieta, and after the intervention of Gómez. …”
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A Critical Look at International Law from the Perspective of the Third-World Approaches: Beginning of a Modern Era? by Amin Motamedi

“…Although its initial consistent rise happened between 1998 and 2012, the volume of scientific content production in this approach gradually increased. …”
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Study characteristical and regional influences on postpartum depression before vs. during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Xiaoqian Zhang, Xiaoqian Zhang, Chun Wang, Xiaoli Zuo, Bert Aertgeerts, Frank Buntinx, Tang Li, Mieke Vermandere

“…Within the study characteristics classification, results showed an obvious increase in the prevalence of PPDS during the COVID-19 pandemic if PPDS cutoff was defined as Edinburgh postpartum depression score (EPDS) ≥13 points (OR: 0.72 [0.52, 0.98], P = 0.03, I2 = 67%) and an increased prevalence in follow-ups that happened after 2 weeks (≥ 2 weeks postpartum) (OR: 0.81 [0.68, 0.97], P = 0.02, I2 = 43%). …”
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Gravidade das intoxicações por inseticidas inibidores das colinesterases no noroeste do estado do Paraná, Brasil Gravedad de las intoxicaciones por insecticidas inhibidores de coli... by Magda Lúcia Félix de Oliveira, Aline Aparecida Buriola

“…<br>This article has as objective the discussion of the severity of intoxications by cholinesterase inhibitor insecticides, which happened in the Northwest of Paraná, Brasil, starting from an exploratory descriptive study, with retrospective analysis of epidemiological data sheets of the Intoxications Control Center in the University Hospital of Maringá, Paraná, Brasil, referring to patients intoxicated from January, 1994 to December, 2005. 529 cases were analyzed, 168 (31,7%) for organophosphates and 167 (31,5%) for carbamates. …”
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PEMBELAAN ISLAM TERHADAP PENGHAPUSAN KEKERASAN DALAM RUMAH TANGGA (KDRT) by Masyhud Masyhud

“…The results showed that: (1) Domestic Violence are various forms of action that was done deliberately in order to hurt, injure, make the external and the internal suffering, not to educate as taught by religion or legislation, (2) movement feminists who sued the content of religious teachings of Islam who set the pattern of relationship of husband and wife with the aim of "inciting" the women will not make women's dignity and degree of the more noble and respected, but will make the women as perpetrators of domestic violence as had happened in the Netherlands, (3) the factors that influence the occurrence of domestic violence include: (i) the attitude nushuz of husband or wife, (ii) lack of understanding, especially the practice of the teachings of Islam by individuals, (iii) the ever-expanding "incitement" committed feminists, (iv) attitude is reflected in the culture of greed that precede rights than obligations, (v) cultural values of patriarchy that consider that the position of women is lower than men, (vi) the weak of legal order, (vii) systemic factors, especially the application of the capitalist system, which separates religion and secular life, and (viii) the factors associated with individual disability in solving problems such as less able to communicate, control emotions, and find solutions, and (4) efforts offered by the doctrine of Islam to prevent the occurrence of domestic violence include: (i) for the husband as the leader or the wife as a follower able to see and appreciate the good side which is owned by a partner, (ii) provide advice and warnings to the couple who lovingly nushuz appropriate affection taught by religion, (iii) exert obligation of the husband and wife with the best, and (iv) communicate well.   …”
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