Effects of High Salinity and Water Stress on Wetland Grasses from the Spanish Mediterranean Coast.

The impacts of climate change are reaching unprecedented levels, heightening the risk of species loss and ecosystem service degradation. Wetlands, highly threatened ecosystems, serve vital ecological functions by capturing carbon, filtering water, and harbouring diverse wildlife. Coastal wetlands encounter many challenges, such as increased drought periods and escalating salinity levels, severely impacting plant biodiversity.

Influence of different methods for classification of lymph node metastases on the survival of patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma.

Background: Despite the advances in the classification of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) based on its extension by the TNM system, there is still a need for methods to better classify the patients to predict prognosis and indicate adjuvant therapy.

Objectives: To analyze the influence of the number of positive lymph nodes (PN), lymph node ratio (LNR), and log odds of positive lymph nodes (LODDS) in survival of patients with OSCC.

Methods: Clinicopathologic data from patients with OSCC who were treated with curative purposes by surgery and neck dissection (ND) with or without subsequent adjuvant therapies from 1991 to 2015 was retrospectively assessed.

Potential of lymph-node ratio as a prognostic factor for patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma.

Background: To analyze the influence of the lymph node ratio (LNR) in survival of patients with OSCC METHODS: Clinicopathologic data from patients with OSCC who were treated with curative surgery and neck dissection (ND) with or without adjuvant therapies from 1991 to 2015 was retrospectively assessed. The impact of LNR and other variables on overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) was analyzed in univariate and multivariate analyses.

Results: One hundred nineteen patients were included.

Blastoid variant of mantle cell lymphoma in palatine tonsil.

Blastoid variant of mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is an aggressive and extremely rare malignancy. MCL may be diagnosed in lymph nodes and/or extranodal sites exhibiting a poor prognosis. MCL with primary presentation in palatine tonsils has been rarely reported.

In situ melanoma of oral cavity: Diagnosis and treatment of a rare entity.

Oral melanoma is an extremely aggressive and rare tumor. Commonly, oral melanomas are diagnosed as invasive tumors, which considerably reduces the chances of cure. In situ oral melanomas being exceedingly rare, which makes its clinicopathological and prognostic characteristics poorly known.

Responses to Increased Salinity and Severe Drought in the Eastern Iberian Endemic Species (Ranunculaceae), Threatened by Climate Change.

is an endangered, endemic species in East Spain, growing in areas of relatively low salinity in littoral salt marshes. A regression of its populations and the number of individuals has been registered in the last decade. This study aimed at establishing the causes of this reduction using a multidisciplinary approach, including climatic, ecological, physiological and biochemical analyses.

Lip Cancer: A Clinicopathological Study and Treatment Outcomes in a 25-Year Experience.

Purpose: There are few clinical studies focusing on treatment outcomes of lip cancer. This study investigated the clinicopathologic variables of a large sample of patients with lip squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) treated in a reference head and neck cancer center for the past 25 years and analyzed the influence of these variables on treatment outcomes.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective cohort study reviewed the clinical records of patients with LSCC.

Displaced proximal humeral fractures: when is surgery necessary?

Background: Several therapeutic methods have been traditionally used in the treatment of displaced proximal humeral fractures; however, the indication of these treatments is still controversial. The purpose of this study was to compare the medium-term functional results of four methods commonly used in the treatment of proximal humeral fractures [conservative treatment, proximal humeral nails (PHN), percutaneous K-wiring (PKW), and locking-plates (LP)] taking into consideration the type of fracture and the age of the patients.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study on patients with proximal humeral fractures treated with one of the following methods: conservative treatment, PHN, PKW, or LP.

Association of transdermal fentanyl and oral transmucosal fentanyl citrate in the treatment of opioid naive patients with severe chronic noncancer pain.

Background: Chronic noncancer pain is often undertreated.

Aims: To assess the efficacy of fentanyl transdermal therapeutic system (TTS) associated with oral transmucosal fentanyl citrate (OTFC) for breakthrough pain in patients with chronic noncancer pain.

Methods: A total of 215 patients with chronic (> or =6 months), severe (VAS > or = 8) noncancer pain participated in a 6-month prospective study.