Search Our Scientific Publications & Authors

Cureus 2022 Apr 20;14(4):e24317. Epub 2022 Apr 20.

Oncology, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, USA.

Background:  The American College of Surgeons Oncology Group (ACOSOG) Z0011 trial demonstrated that sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) alone is adequate for axillary control in patients with one to two positive axillary lymph nodes. However, axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) is required in patients with N1 disease diagnosed with a preoperative needle biopsy. In this report, we determined how many patients could potentially have had SNB alone based on finding only one to two positive nodes in the axilla. Read More

BMC Oral Health 2022 May 23;22(1):197. Epub 2022 May 23.

Stomatological Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, No.426 Songshibei Road, Yubei District, Chongqing, 401147, China.

Background: To examine the influence of mouth breathing on maxillofacial and airway development in children and adolescents with different cervical vertebral maturation stages.

Methods: Lateral cephalometric radiograph of a total of 120 children and adolescents, 64 girls and 56 boys (7-15 years old), diagnosed with mouth breathing were examined. Maxillofacial hard tissue, soft tissue and airway measurements were obtained using both manual and digital techniques. Read More

PLoS One 2022 19;17(5):e0268546. Epub 2022 May 19.

U.S. Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America.

In humid and temperate areas, Septoria nodorum blotch (SNB) is a major fungal disease of common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in which grain yield is reduced when the pathogen, Parastagonospora nodorum, infects leaves and glumes during grain filling. Foliar SNB susceptibility may be associated with sensitivity to P. Read More

Shanghai Kou Qiang Yi Xue 2022 Feb;31(1):62-66

Department of Oral and Craniomaxillofacial Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine; College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University; National Center for Stomatology; National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology. Shanghai 200011, China. E-mail:

Purpose: To evaluate the clinical effect of combined orthodontic and orthognathic treatment with invisible aligner technique without brackets in skeletal Class Ⅲ patients with facial asymmetry.

Methods: A total of 24 skeletal Class Ⅲ patients with facial asymmetry treated with combined orthodontic and orthognathic treatment during the past 4 years were reviewed. Patients in the experimental group(n=12) were treated with invisible aligner technique without brackets, while patients in the control group(n=12) were treated with traditional fixed orthodontic technique for pre- and post-operative orthodontic treatment respectively. Read More

Swiss J Econ Stat 2022 9;158(1):12. Epub 2022 May 9.

EPFL, Swiss Finance Institute and CEPR, Lausanne, Switzerland.

This paper analyzes efficiency and profitability in the Swiss banking sector over the period 1997-2019. We find strong evidence for scale economies: for most banks in the sample, efficiency and profitability increase with bank size. Using an instrumental variables strategy for a subset of geographically restrained banks, we find that the effect of size on efficiency and profitability is likely causal. Read More