Level V Metastases in Node-Positive Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Beyond Level IIA and III.

Introduction: Surgical management of level V in clinically node positive (cN+) oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCCs) is controversial. The objectives of the study were to identify predictors of level V metastases in cN+ OSCC.

Methods: This retrospective study is based on institutional data of operated cN+ OSCC between April 2018 and December 2022.

In situ bioaccumulation of metals by Prosopis juliflora and its detoxification potential at the metal contaminated sites.

Heavy metals emanate from diverse anthropogenic activities and the top soil in the vicinity of these activities acts as an immediate sink and facilitates diffusion of heavy metals into the food chain. In the semi-arid plains of India, Prosopis juliflora is the most common and dominant weed along the motorways and barren lands including industrial environs. This investigation hypothesizes the adaptive nature of Prosopis juliflora in the metal enriched soils and attempts to understand its hyper-accumulating potential of metals besides bioconversion/detoxification capability.

Cross-Sectional Analysis of Videonystagmography (VNG) Findings in Balance Disorders.

Objective: To understand the videonystagmography (VNG) findings in various balance disorders in 67 patients who presented to the outpatient department of an otorhinolaryngology clinic.

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the outpatient department of the otorhinolaryngology clinic of a tertiary care center. A total of 67 patients between the age group of 18 and 70 years with balance disorders were included in the study.

On mitigation of earthquake and landslide hazards in the eastern Himalayan region.

Mitigation of geological hazards through science and engineering applications is one of the most effective ways to reduce their impact on human life and local infrastructure. It involves precise mapping of hazards, assessment of their potential, monitoring, early warning, geotechnical treatment, design of vital infrastructural facilities and creating awareness at local levels. Several such initiatives have been taken at government level to deal with the earthquakes and landslides in the eastern Himalayan region.

Collective intelligence and knowledge exploration: an introduction.

Collective intelligence and Knowledge Exploration (CI and KE) have been adopted to solve many problems. They are particularly used by companies as a support for innovation to efficiently obtain usable results. CI is usually defined as a group ability to perform consistently well across a wide variety of tasks, and it has to be combined with KD to ensure processes optimization, efficient management process, participative management, leadership, continuous teamwork, and so on.