IntroductionThe incidence of laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery has been increasing year on year in the UK. The 2014 NBOCAP showed 45% of all resections were completed laparoscopically with a conversion rate of 9.6% although variation still exists across the country. At our institution, all ...
Undescended testis — known as cryptorchidism — is one of the most common congenital abnormalities observed in boys, and is one of the few known risk factors for testicular cancer. The key factors that contribute to the occurrence of cryptorchidism rema
Gout is a crystal-deposition disease that results from chronic elevation of uric acid levels above the saturation point for monosodium urate (MSU) crystal formation. Initial presentation is mainly severely painful episodes of peripheral joint synovitis (acute self-limiting 'attacks') but joint damage ...
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Effectively assessing and configuring security controls to minimize network risks requires human judgment. Little is known about what factors network professionals perceive to make judgments of network risk. The purpose of this research was to examine fi
Key Laboratory for Biodiversity Science and Ecological Engineering, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100091, China e. College of Wildlife and Protected Area, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, 150006, China f. Institute of Wildlife Conservation,...
RESULTS: Most children (209 [75.5%] of 277) with nonmedical exemptions received at least some vaccines. The most common vaccine not received was varicella (147 [53.1%] of 277 exempt children). The most common reason stated for requesting exemptions (190 [69%] of 277) was concern that ...
There is a potential for transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) within sexual minority women (SMW) in China. However, research specifically focused on STIs among SMW in China is severely limited. This study aims to evaluate the prevalence
In the case of serine/arginine-rich splicing factor 2 (SRSF2), impaired differentiation has been linked to a specific splicing change in a downstream gene (enhancer of zeste homologue 2 (EZH2)). Spliceosomal mutations may affect cellular processes, including epigenetic regulation, the DNA damage ...