Evaporation Kinetics and Final Particle Morphology of Multicomponent Salt Solution Droplets.

In both nature and industry, aerosol droplets contain complex mixtures of solutes, which in many cases include multiple inorganic components. Understanding the drying kinetics of these droplets and the impact on resultant particle morphology is essential for a variety of applications including improving inhalable drugs, mitigating disease transmission, and developing more accurate climate models. However, the previous literature has only focused on the relationship between drying kinetics and particle morphology for aerosol droplets containing a single nonvolatile component.

The Role of Dynamic Contrast Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Evaluating Prostate Adenocarcinoma: A Partially-Blinded Retrospective Study of a Prostatectomy Patient Cohort With Whole Gland Histopathology Correlation and Application of PI-RADS or TNM Staging.

Background: Dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the current Prostate Imaging-Reporting and Data System version 2.1 (PI-RADS v2.1) is considered optional, with primary scoring based on T2-weighted imaging (T2WI) and diffusion weighted imaging (DWI).

Methodology of cfHPV-DNA Detection in Head and Neck Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Objective: We aim to compare the diagnostic accuracy of the different methodologies used in the detection of cell-free human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA in HPV-associated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma detection using bivariate analysis methods.

Data Sources: Pubmed, Embase, and Scopus were queried using a broad search strategy to search for relevant studies.

Review Methods: Test characteristics were extracted from 33 studies following literature screening, and underwent analyses utilizing a bivariate approach.

Supra-particle formation by evaporation of aerosol droplets containing binary mixtures of colloidal particles: Controlling the final morphology.

Hypothesis: Supra-particle formation by evaporation of an aqueous aerosol droplet containing nano-colloidal particles is challenging to investigate but has significant applications. We hypothesise that the Peclet number, Pe, which compares the effectiveness of evaporation-induced advection to that of colloidal diffusion, is critical in determining supra-particle morphology and can be used to predict the dried morphology for droplet containing polydisperse nanoparticles.

Experiments: Sterically-stabilized diblock copolymer nanoparticles were prepared via polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA).

Dental Rehabilitation in Maxillomandibular Free Flap Reconstruction.

Microvascular free-flaps have changed reconstructive surgery. For patients undergoing maxillomandibular resections, free-flap surgery, especially use of the osseocutaneous fibula free-flap (FFF) has dramatically altered the ability to provide patients with good functional and aesthetic outcomes despite a large resection. The use of endosseous dental implants along with free-flaps has helped patients return to eating and speaking relatively quickly postoperatively.