Potassium titanyl phosphate laser resection of tongue T1/T2 squamous cell carcinoma - a cross-sectional study of quality of life and nutritional outcomes.

Introduction: Increasing emphasis has been placed on measurement of quality of life (QOL) as a central criterion for assessment of success of any medical treatment. The aim of our study was to assess the nutritional and quality of life of patient-reported outcomes among patients who have undergone laser resection of tongue cancer.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study was undertaken of patients treated with KTP laser resection of T1/T2 tongue squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) between 2011-2019.

Unprecedented toxic blooms of Microcystis spp. in 2019 in the Chowan River, North Carolina.

The Chowan River flows from southern Virginia through northeastern North Carolina and into the Albemarle Sound, a part of the second largest U.S. estuary.

Current Trends in Breast Cancer Treatment in Chinese and Chinese American Women: The Disparity Between Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction.

Background: Breast cancer screening and surgical interventions are often underutilized in the Chinese community. For both Chinese American (CA) and native Chinese (NC) patients, screening rates are well below medical recommendations, which places these patients at risk for late diagnoses and larger tumors. There is also a notable reluctance to breast reconstruction after mastectomy.

ICARUS at the Fermilab Short-Baseline Neutrino program: initial operation.

The ICARUS collaboration employed the 760-ton T600 detector in a successful 3-year physics run at the underground LNGS laboratory, performing a sensitive search for LSND-like anomalous appearance in the CERN Neutrino to Gran Sasso beam, which contributed to the constraints on the allowed neutrino oscillation parameters to a narrow region around 1 eV. After a significant overhaul at CERN, the T600 detector has been installed at Fermilab. In 2020 the cryogenic commissioning began with detector cool down, liquid argon filling and recirculation.

Microplastic distribution and characteristics across a large river basin: Insights from the Neuse River in North Carolina, USA.

While microplastics (MP) have been found in aquatic ecosystems around the world, the understanding of drivers and controls of their occurrence and distribution have yet to be determined. In particular, their fate and transport in river catchments and networks are still poorly understood. We identified MP concentrations in water and streambed sediment at fifteen locations across the Neuse River Basin in North Carolina, USA.