bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Aspectos reproductivos de la raya látigo Hypanus longus (Garman, 1880) de los desembarques de la pesca artesanal en el Pacífico de Guatemala
Authors: Morales-Aguilar Jorge A. , Ortíz-Aldana José R.
Published: June 2022

La raya látigo Hypanus longus, ha pasado de ser una especie de captura incidental a una especie objetivo en la pesca artesanal del Pacífico de Guatemala. Esta actividad es realizada sin considerar criterios biológicos esenciales para su aprovechamiento sostenible. Aunado a ello, H. longus es una especie sensible, presentando características biológicas como: madurez sexual tardía, ciclos reproductivos largos y baja fecundidad. El presente estudio contribuye al conocimiento de la biología reproductiva de la raya látigo. Durante mayo de 2019 a marzo de 2020 se realizaron 11 muestreos de los desembarques de la pesca artesanal en la comunidad de Sipacate, Escuintla, en cada muestreo se registró el ancho de disco (AD), el peso, sexo y estado de maduración sexual de H. longus. En total se registraron 336 organismos, que presentaron una proporción sexual de 1:1, un AD para hembras de M = 82.33 cm, DS = 22.24 y de M = 76.91 cm, DS = 11.86 para machos. A partir de las evaluaciones externas e internas de los aparatos reproductores se determinó la talla de madurez sexual (L50), siendo de 88.2 y 79.3 cm AD para hembras y machos respectivamente. Finalmente, este estudio evidencio que el 65.68% de hembras y el 52.10% de machos son capturados por debajo de la L50, por lo cual se recomienda elaborar e implementar estrategias o medidas tendientes a la regulación de las prácticas pesqueras o artes de pesca que permitan la captura de organismos mayores a 95 cm de AD.
Percepção da avifauna de entremarés por moradores e turistas locais da Ilha Do Mel, litoral do Paraná
Authors: Lindstron de Oliveira Isabel , Rechetelo Juliana , Macedo Mestre Luiz
Published: June 2022

A Ilha do Mel é um importante ponto turístico do Paraná e também um local de descanso e forrageamento para aves migratórias e residentes do entremarés. Partindo da ideia de que a interação humano e natureza deve ser conciliatória, compreender como o público percebe a avifauna permite melhor desenvolver estratégias para gerenciar conflitos socioambientais. Este estudo visou averiguar a familiaridade de moradores e turistas com as aves do entremarés na Ilha do Mel, PR. Para isso foram aplicados dois questionários anônimos e semiestruturados nas vilas de Brasília e Encantadas entre dezembro/ 2017 e janeiro/2018. O primeiro, para registrar a familiaridade dos entrevistados com essas espécies e seus ciclos de vida. O segundo, para coletar informações sobre o conhecimento destas pessoas com os ambientes e as aves de entremarés da ilha. Foram feitas 60 entrevistas, 37 com turistas; e 23 com moradores. Os moradores antigos relataram que observam mais aves (quatro aves em média) seguidos pelos moradores novos (três), turistas frequentes (duas) e ocasionais (1,4). Observamos apenas 36 de 420 tentativas de nomeá-las - Vanellus chilensis e Larus dominicanus sendo as mais observadas e identificadas. Quando questionados sobre problemas que as aves sofrem na Ilha, 36,6% citaram o lixo, enquanto 25% afirmaram não existir ameaças. Dos 60 entrevistados, 32 não sabiam que a ilha é ponto de parada de aves migratórias. Este estudo indica que frequentadores da Ilha tem pouca familiaridade com a avifauna de entremarés local e mostra a necessidade e carência de investimentos em sensibilização ambiental na Ilha do Mel.
A Case Report of Constrictive Pericarditis: Step by Step Surgical Treatment of the Disease, Complications and Long-Term Outcomes
Authors: Shepetko-Dombrovska Olga
Published: June 2022

Constrictive pericarditis (CP) is a chronic inflammation often characterized by chronic fibrosis, scaring, pericardial calcification, and associated with diastolic dysfunction, decreased cardiac output, and chronic heart failure. Early diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis is difficult due to absence of typical cardiopulmonary signs. In this case report, we present, a 20-years-old male. His initial disease and complains began with an increased size of the abdomen. Ultrasound showed a severe ascites with unknown cause for a long time. Only after a chest computed tomography and echocardiography was diagnosed constrictive pericarditis. Echocardiography confirmed the diagnosis of constrictive pericarditis, pericardial thickening and hyperechogenicity with abnormal myocardial wall motion, severe tricuspid valve insufficiency and moderate mitral valve insufficiency.MRI findings: irregular pericardial thickening with a maximum thickness of 4mm mostly effecting the right ventricle. Considering liver failure and, as a consequence, the presence of coagulopathy, it was decided to perform pericardectomy without the use of a heart-lung machine and without correction of valvular pathology. After the intervention, the patient retained severe tricuspid valve insufficiency and moderate mitral valve insufficiency, while the functional parameters of the liver progressively improved. Considering the unfavorable prognosis of the patient with tricuspid valve failure 3 weeks after pericardectomy, it was decided to perform mitral and tricuspid valve repair with the use of heart-lung machine, which was successfully done. The patient was discharged in satisfactory condition. At out-patient visit 42 days after the last surgical procedure the patient showed improvement of symptoms, normal sinus rhythm at examination, echocardiography found no signs of mitral valve failure and a minor residual tricuspid valve failure. Liver tests returned to normal on the 10-15th day.
The Inherent Text Difficulty Consistency of Parallel Translation Tasks in CET-4
Authors:   The Korea English Language Testing Association, Li Jiang
Published: June 2022

College English Test 4 (CET-4) is a high-stakes test in China. Since December 2013, its translation task has been reformed and there are three parallel translation tasks for one test from which only one is randomly assigned to a test taker. Therefore, the text difficulty consistency issue becomes particularly important for CET-4 translation tasks. This paper collected 51 translation task texts from December 2013 to December 2021 and examined their inherent text difficulty with the corpus tool, the Chi-Editor.
The texts were divided into groups randomly, by their text difficulty values, and by the test months. The text difficulty values were then analyzed with a paired and independent t-test through SPSS 23.0. The results showed that there were significant differences in the inherent text difficulty level among the three parallel translation tasks if they were divided based on their text difficulty level indexed by Chi-Editor, but the difficulty differences in parallel translation tasks were not salient if they were grouped randomly or by test months. It was suggested that more carefulness should be exercised with the development of CET-4 parallel translation tasks to secure the inherent text difficulty consistency and thus guarantee fairness for each individual test taker.
Kartagener Syndrome: A Case Report
Authors: Willim Herick Alvenus , Dofi Pebriadi  , Eva Lydia Munthe  , Harie Cipta  , Widi Mujono  , Abdul Muin
Published: June 2022

Kartagener syndrome (KS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by a clinical triad of situs inversus, chronic sinusitis, and bronchiectasis. Impaired ciliary motility due to abnormal ciliary structure or function is the main pathophysiological problem in KS. A 38-year-old woman presented to our outpatient clinic with a productive cough, fever, and shortness of breath for 1 month. She has had recurrent episodes of respiratory tract infections since childhood. Clinical investigations revealed situs inversus, sinusitis, and bronchiectasis. She was diagnosed with KS and treated with antibiotics, mucolytics, bronchodilators, and chest physiotherapy. Patients with KS present with chronic recurrent respiratory tract infections due to ineffective mucociliary clearance. Early diagnosis is important to improve prognosis. The main goals in the management of KS are to prevent the progression of the disease, preserve pulmonary function, and improve quality of life.
Simulation of Room Temperature Vulcanized Gasket Failure at Engine T-Joints
Authors: Ricky Shaji  , N Naveen Kumar
Published: June 2022

As the automobile industry is moving towards robust packaging, it becomes very important to understand all the unexplored sealing systems in the IC Engine, to come up with best vehicle experience for the customer. Typically, there is a configuration where the cam lobes try to push open the cam cover during the engine running condition, and RCM gasket is generally used to seal these joints. On the exhaust side of these engines, there will always be a T-Joint location which is an assembly junction of three or more components, often having dissimilar thermal properties. This location uses RCM gasket on one side of the junction which is closed with RTV seal next to it as a filler. This complex combination of 3-4 dissimilar components with 2 different seals at the T-Joint poses a challenge for effective sealing, to keep the vital fluids - oil / coolant from leaking out of the engine. In this paper, a methodology is discussed to simulate this kind of T-Joint sealing, under the application of thermal loading. CZM technique is used to model the interaction around the RTV seal to capture the right bond characteristic.
Bilateral Facet Dislocations With and Without Head Impact Sustained by Restrained Occupants
Authors: Dr. Chandrashekhar K. Thorbole
Published: June 2022

This paper aims to understand the different injury mechanisms involved with traumatic Bilateral Facet Dislocation (BFD) and fracture of the cervical spine. The intent is to demonstrate and elucidate tensile and compression induced injury mechanisms producing BFD by employing real-world crash investigations in association with all the past laboratory testing and studies done by numerous researchers. The study indicates that in a frontal crash scenario, maintaining the position of the shoulder belt is paramount, and any migration towards the base of the neck allows the fulcrum formation that amplifies distractive moments on the neck producing BFD. Similarly, in a rollover crash scenario, roof intrusion magnitude, and its rate along with roof deformation pattern can impose a rotational constraint on the head and plays a vital role in producing BFD. Roof design must address the formation of pocketing in the roof due to deformations imposing rotational head constraint exposing the neck to buckling and subsequent BFD as the roof intrusion continues.
A Systematic Review on Rhodomyrtus Tomentosa (Aiton) Hassk: A Potential Source of Pharmacological Relevant Bioactive Compounds with Prospects as Alternative Remedies in Varied Medical Conditions
Authors: Forstinus Nwabor Ozioma , Singh Sudarshan
Published: June 2022

Rhodomyrtus tomentosa is a medicinal plant with vast phytochemical diversity. Its major bioactive constituents include acylphloroglucinols, terpenoids, polyphenol, and flavonoids. Phytochemicals form the plant possess a wide range of biological activities and many are prospect as possible alternative compounds for the management of various health disorders. The review presents the antimicrobial mechanism of action of extracts from the plant and its derivative compounds as reported by published research articles. The search showed that 126 documents have been published on the chemical composition and bioactivities of the plant, in addition, 35 documents were published on rhodomyrtone, the major bioactive acylphloroglucinol from the plant. Retrieved data suggested that the plant is rich in bioactive phytochemicals including rhodomyrtone and its derivatives, Myricitrin, Piceatannol, quercetin, dihydromyricetin, kaempferol, and vitexin. Furthermore, antimicrobial assays indicated that the plant is a source of effective antimicrobial compounds with various mechanisms of action. This paper reviews current knowledge the chemical composition, pharmacology, and toxicology of the plant and its principal compound. The review is intended to inform scientists with interested in drug development on the excellent qualities of the plant and to encourage further research aimed at shedding light on its medical relevance, biocompatibility, pharmacology, and pharmacokinetics.
THE EFFECT OF QUALITY DIMENSIONS OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS ON KNOWLEDGE SHARING AND USER SATISFACTION
Authors: Zamir Zahid , Kim DaeRyong
Published: June 2022

As society enters the knowledge-based economy, effective knowledge management is essential for organizations to stay competitive. Sharing knowledge using efficient information systems can contribute to the growth and development of an organization. This study explores the effect of three quality dimensions of information systems:system quality, information quality and service quality delineated by DeLone and McLean (2003) on socialization and exchange subprocesses of knowledge sharing and user satisfaction. 300 Questionnaires were distributed among employees from different management levels in various financial institutions in Bangladesh, and 254 of them have been returned. The partial least squares (PLS) approach using Smart PLS has been used to test the measurement and the structural models. The results of this study indicate that not all the quality dimensions can significantly impact the socialization and exchange sub-processes of knowledge sharing. However, it does suggest that for an organization to have informed and knowledgeable employees, it must focus on quality dimensions that can eventually help improve user satisfaction. While system quality impacts both the socialization and exchange of knowledge significantly, service quality impacts only the exchange of knowledge significantly. This study also finds that the exchange of knowledge rather than the socialization of knowledge significantly affects user satisfaction. The findings of this research illustrate that for the banking industry in Bangladesh, quality dimensions (especially system quality and service quality) play an essential role in knowledge sharing among employees and thereby help improve employee satisfaction. This research contributes further to understanding knowledge sharing and its implementation in an organization.
Integrating Seven Tools and Kaizen Approach in Evaluating Defects on Tofu Production Process
Authors: Wardana Ahmad Dziky , Nina Mahbubah
Published: June 2022

UKM Tofu ADA is a tofu producer that makes an effort to develop the quality standardization of the tofu production process. Managing tofu quality through maintaining the production process is challenging, resulting in no good tofu. Defective products cause economic loss and the inability to fulfill customer orders. This study aims to evaluate defects in the tofu production process using the Seven Tools and Kaizen approach. The results of this study configure three types of product defects. Namely, mushy, cracked, and crushed. The highest percentage of defects is mushy tofu, with 43.8%. The proposed improvement using kaizen analysis is the Kaizen Five-M Checklist.
Sentiment Analysis on Twitter Using Maximum Entropy : a Case Study on Indosat Ooredoo
Authors: Gilang Ryan Fernandes  , Ika Mei Lina
Published: June 2022

The result of the current technological developments makes increasingly tight telecommunication provider competition. Various opinions expressed by customers about telecommunication providers are found in social media. Twitter is widely used by the public to share information and socialize; also, to share opinions, express opinions of a product or service, and provide reviews on communication providers. Many reviews are provided by users on Twitter, making it hard to classify manually. Therefore, to make it easy to classify the tweets, an automation system is needed to determine that a comment is positive or negative. Maximum Entropy can be used for sentiment analysis of Indosat Ooredoo tweets. On these grounds, this study explains how to define tweets into positive and negative classes with applications created using Java. Based on the research and after testing, the Maximum Entropy obtained an accuracy value of 86.21% and an AUC value of 0.968.
Dos destacables iniciativas de mejora en la órbita europea con incidencia en el acceso a la justicia ambiental
Authors: González Granda Piedad , Yugueros Prieto Nerea
Published: June 2022

El presente trabajo aborda dos iniciativas  de naturaleza muy diversa pero con un nexo en común: su incidencia  en la mejora del acceso a la Justicia Ambiental en la órbita de la Unión Europea. Se trata por un lado del impacto del muy reciente Reglamento (UE) 2021/1767, del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo, de 6 de octubre de 2021, por el que se modifica el Reglamento 1367/2006 sobre la aplicación del Convenio de Aarhus, relativo a la aplicación, a las instituciones y a los organismos comunitarios de las disposiciones del Convenio de Aarhus sobre el acceso a la información, la participación del público en la toma de decisiones y el acceso a la justicia en materia de medio ambiente. Por el otro lado, se analiza –desde un interesante análisis prospectivo- los beneficios que la regulación de la figura del alertador puede desplegar en el ámbito concreto de la Justicia Ambiental en nuestro ordenamiento jurídico. Surge el interés con ocasión de la proyectada incorporación de la figura del alertador, como consecuencia de la necesaria transposición al ordenamiento interno de los objetivos de la Directiva 2019/1937, de 23 de octubre, del Parlamento y del Consejo, relativa a la Protección de las personas que informen sobre infracciones del Derecho de la Unión.
 Resulta destacable el análisis de ambas iniciativas,  si se tiene en cuenta especialmente que el acceso a la Justicia Ambiental es el menos desarrollado legalmente de los tres pilares que constituyen la denominada democracia ambiental, y ello tanto en el plano comunitario como asimismo en el propiamente interno, y por tanto origen de dificultades varias.
Enseñanza de español para migrantes senegaleses
Authors: Murguía Cruz Nélida Abril , Steeb Brenda , Arellano Nicolás , Brito Olvera Mariana
Published: June 2022

La presencia de la comunidad migrante senegalesa en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires y el Área Metropolitana desencadenó la creación de diversas propuestas educativas. En primer lugar, este artículo presenta brevemente la historia de ELSE para migrantes y refugiados en Argentina y las principales características de este tipo de migración. En segundo lugar, releva las propuestas llevadas adelante específicamente para migrantes senegaleses, poniendo énfasis sobre dos clases específicas llevadas por organizaciones político-sociales con eje en la educación popular. En cada propuesta se aborda el trabajo sobre la nivelación de los estudiantes, el currículo y los materiales, los desafíos docentes que supuso y el abordaje durante la pandemia de COVID-19 en 2020. Este trabajo sienta las bases para futuros programas de enseñanza de lenguas para esta población.
CONFLICTOS DE IDIOMA EN LOS COLECTIVOS INMIGRANTES EN LA ATENCIÓN SANITARIA DE LA COMUNIDAD DE MADRID
Authors: Alija Garabito Adela María
Published: June 2022

En el presente artículo se analiza la actualidad demográfica de la inmigración en la Comunidad de Madrid teniendo presente la realidad española en la que se inscribe. Los conflictos de idioma en la atención sanitaria son un problema complejo cuyo análisis debe partir de un estudio prospectivo.

Nuestro trabajo revisa el acceso de los inmigrantes y extranjeros al sistema de salud de la Comunidad de Madrid. Tomando como punto de partida los programas y planes oficiales destinados a mejorar la integración de los colectivos de emigrantes, nos hemos centrado en la prestación que la Consejería de Sanidad ofrece a los pacientes que no conocen el idioma. Además de los documentos oficiales, hemos contado con entrevistas personales que nos han permitido analizar de forma retrospectiva la experiencia existente en la Comunidad de Madrid con el sistema de traducción por telefonía implantado desde el año 2009, sus características, el uso que se ha realizado y las potenciales áreas de mejora.
Identificación de vestigios de semen en casos de delitos sexuales y su importancia en la investigación forense en Panamá
Authors: González Fuentes Lizbeth Ruth
Published: June 2022

El objetivo principal de la presente investigación consistió en realizar una valoración de los últimos avances de las técnicas de análisis científico forenses que se han implementado en La Unidad de Análisis Biomolecular, en casos de Delitos Contra El Pudor y la Integridad Sexual, y la importancia que tiene la actuación inmediata del equipo de Criminalística y Medicina Legal para la búsqueda y recolección de indicios y muestras de fluidos biológicos, tanto en el lugar de los hechos como en la propia víctima, y de esta manera el perito experto del Laboratorio forense pueda obtener resultados eficientes y eficaces en su pruebas periciales científicas forenses avaladas por la comunidad de especialistas y que puedan servir como material probatorio que relacionen a la víctima con el agresor sexual y ser un ente auxiliar a la administración de justicia mediante la acreditación del hecho punible. Para los fines de la valoración, se realizó una descripción de las metodologías técnico-científicas forenses que emplea actualmente el Laboratorio para la búsqueda e identificación del semen humano, así como también se destacó la gran importancia que tienen estos peritajes científicos forenses ante un Tribunal de Justicia.
Variability of water temperature and salinity anomalies in August–September on the transect “Kola Section” for the period from 1970 to 2019
Authors:   Murmansk Marine Biological Institute RAS, Maksimovskaya T.M. , Zaporozhtsev I.F. ,   Murmansk Marine Biological Institute RAS
Published: June 2022

The paper considers the interannual variability of temperature and salinity alon g the oceanographic section of the transect “Kola Section” for the period 1970–2019 using field measurements from the World Ocean Database, ICES and the local database of the Murmansk Marine Biological Institute RAS. Updated norms and anomalies of water temperature and salinity were calculated. Using the principal component analysis, the stations of the section were combined according to the scheme of currents of the Barents Sea. The classification of water temperature anomalies in the section according to the type of year was made. The warmest for the period from 1970 to 2017 in August– September was identified from 1970 to 1976. Spectral analysis of series of temperature anomalies, as well as series of external factors influencing it, showed the presence of several significant periodicities.
Features of the biology of the bivalve mollusk Macoma calcarea (Gmelin, 1791) in the fjords of the island of Western Svalbard
Authors:   Murmansk Marine Biological Institute RAS, Noskovich A.E.
Published: June 2022

The features of distribution and biology of the bivalve mollusk Macoma calcarea in the fjords of Western Svalbard in 2015 were established. Due to the high water temperature, the most favorable conditions for the formation of settlements with a diverse size and age structure of Macoma calcarea are characteristic of shallower fjords (for example, the Grenfjord). The least favorable conditions are typical for isolated fjords with negative water temperatures. The settlements of Macoma calcarea in the fjords of Svalbard can be considered unstable due to the abundance of juveniles in their composition. The predominance of females over males is noted everywhere, and reproduction begins at a smaller size than in the east of the Barents Sea.
Food composition similarity analysis of arctic staghorn sculpin Gymnocanthus tricuspis (Reinhardt, 1830) with some non-target fish species in the Kara Sea
Authors:   Murmansk Marine Biological Institute RAS, Chaus S.A.
Published: June 2022

This article provides data on diet composition of arctic staghorn sculpin Gymnocanthus tricuspis (Reinhardt, 1830) in the Kara Sea in the 2012, 2015, 2016. This species is a typical benthivorous fish whose diet in the Kara Sea is based on polychaetas, isopods and cumaceans. The similarity of arctic staghorn sculpin diet with other representatives of non-commercial fish of the Kara Sea was considered. Closest trophic species were identified, such as atlantic hookear sculpin, arctic alligatorfish, spatulate sculpin.
How food references are portrayed in audiovisual entertainment media? A systematic review of content analyses
Authors:   Universidad de Jaén, Villegas-Navas Victoria
Published: June 2022

Review question / Objective: To conduct a systematic review of content analyses that investigate how food references are portrayed in audiovisual entertainment media. Frequency in which food references appear, proportion of low, middle and highly recommended consumption food references, contexts (positive, negative or neutral) in which the different type of food references appear - will be some of the aspects to explore. Condition being studied: In this systematic review, the main domain being studied is the unit of analysis called “food references”. Food references could be defined as any visual, verbal or audiovisual food portrayals embedded in an audiovisual entertainment media (TV programmes, sitcoms, cartoons, movies, etc.).
A Study on Smart Voice Assistants
Authors:   School of Computer Science and Engineering, Galgotias University, Delhi-NCR, India-201310, Thakur Isha , Athina Famida Khanom ,   School of Computer Science and Engineering, Galgotias University, Delhi-NCR, India-201310, S Janarthanan ,   School of Computer Science and Engineering, Galgotias University, Delhi-NCR, India-201310
Published: June 2022

Smart voice assistants are agents or software agents that have the ability to analyse human speech and respond appropriately with a combined voice. In today's world, there are a plethora of smart assistants available, like Google's Assistant, Amazon's Alexa, and a slew of others. They're all highly popular smart voice assistants that come pre-trained or, as we like to call it, inbuilt in our Android phones and also embedded in home speakers, with a plethora of apps. Its operation is pretty simple: users just ask their smart assistants a query, and the assistants begin processing in accordance with the owner's wishes give him with the greatest possible answer to his inquiries. This research paper discusses the progress of fundamental functionality as well as some of the features of smart voice assistants that are now in use. It also talked about the privacy and security concerns that might arise with voice assistants. In addition, a brief research was conducted at the end of this article to determine the customer's degree of satisfaction with this technology. It has also been observed that youngsters who do not know how to write asking inquiries to smart assistants may influence their minds and aid them in resolving their problems, so strengthening their notion. As a result, the right interaction between the user (human) and the computer has been built in terms of voice driven interfaces, which is directly based on natural language processing technologies in this work. Keywords: Speech Recognition, Voice Assistants, Artificial Intelligence Software Agents, Human Computer Interaction, Advance in Security Purpose
Omental cake invading the urinary bladder – a case report and literature review
Authors:   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, Bacalbasa Nicolae ,   Department of Visceral Surgery, Center of Excellence in Translational Medicine, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania, Balescu Irina ,   Department of Visceral Surgery, Ponderas Academic Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, Stoica Claudia ,   Department of Anatomy, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Surgery, Ilfov County Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, Martac Cristina ,   Department of Anesthesiology, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania, Varlas Valentin ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Filantropia Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, Voichitoiu Andrei ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, ”Alessandrescu-Rusescu” National Institute of Mother and Child Care, Bucharest, Romania, Pop Lucian ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, ”Alessandrescu-Rusescu” National Institute of Mother and Child Care, Bucharest, Romania, Petrea Sorin ,   Department of Surgery, “Dr. I. Cantacuzino” Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, Vilcu Mihaela ,   Department of Surgery, “Dr. I. Cantacuzino” Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Surgery, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, Brezean Iulian ,   Department of Surgery, “Dr. I. Cantacuzino” Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Surgery, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
Published: June 2022

Omental cake represents a common finding in advanced stage ovarian cancer and is characterized by the complete omental transformation. Most often it is associated with subjacent invasion of the enteral segments and needs multiple resections in order to achieve radical cytoreductive surgery. Meanwhile, in other cases different visceral invasions are encountered necessitating other visceral resections. The aim of the current paper is to report the case of a 55 year old patient diagnosed with stage IIIC ovarian cancer in whom intraoperatively omental cake transformation invading the urinary bladder was encountered.
Pancreatic metastases from uterine cervix tumors – diagnostic challenge and therapeutic options
Authors:   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, Bacalbasa Nicolae ,   Department of Visceral Surgery, Center of Excellence in Translational Medicine, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania, Balescu Irina ,   Department of Visceral Surgery, Ponderas Academic Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, Varlas Valentin ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Filantropia Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, Martac Cristina ,   Department of Anesthesiology, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania, Pantea Ileana ,   Department of Diabetes and Nutrition, Transilvania University Brasov, Romania, Vilcu Mihaela ,   Department of Surgery, “Dr. I. Cantacuzino” Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Surgery, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, Brezean Iulian ,   Department of Surgery, “Dr. I. Cantacuzino” Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Surgery, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, Ciulcu Alexandru ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Dr. I. Cantacuzino” Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
Published: June 2022

Pancreatic metastases represent rare eventualities, being more frequently encountered in colorectal, ovarian or breast cancer, other primaries being usually reported more often in autopsy studies. When it comes to cervical cancer, it usually is responsible for the development of local recurrences, lymphatic recurrences or hematogenous metastases in lungs. The aim if the current paper is to discuss about the possibility of developing pancreatic metastases from cervical cancer and to analyze the most efficient therapeutic strategies in such cases.
Pathogenic and therapeutic particularities in recurrent ovarian granulosa cell tumors
Authors:   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, Bacalbasa Nicolae ,   Department of Visceral Surgery, Center of Excellence in Translational Medicine, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania, Balescu Irina ,   Department of Visceral Surgery, Ponderas Academic Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, Varlas Valentin ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Filantropia Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, Martac Cristina ,   Department of Anesthesiology, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania, Pantea Ileana ,   Department of Diabetes and Nutrition, Transilvania University Brasov, Romania, Vilcu Mihaela ,   Department of Surgery, “Dr. I. Cantacuzino” Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Surgery, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, Brezean Iulian ,   Department of Surgery, “Dr. I. Cantacuzino” Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Surgery, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, Ciulcu Alexandru ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Dr. I. Cantacuzino” Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
Published: June 2022

Ovarian granulosa cell tumors represent a rare histopathological subtype of ovarian malignancies which are usually diagnosed in early stages of the disease and have a favorable prognosis. However, in certain cases recurrence might occur even if long disease free survival periods are encountered. The aim of the current paper is to discuss the patterns of spread in this histopathological subtype as well as the most important therapeutic strategies in cases diagnosed with ovarian granulosa cell tumors recurrence.
Port site metastases after surgically treated cervical cancer
Authors:   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, Bacalbasa Nicolae ,   Department of Visceral Surgery, Center of Excellence in Translational Medicine, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania, Balescu Irina ,   Department of Visceral Surgery, Ponderas Academic Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, Varlas Valentin ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Filantropia Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, Martac Cristina ,   Department of Anesthesiology, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania, Pantea Ileana ,   Department of Diabetes and Nutrition, Transilvania University Brasov, Romania, Vilcu Mihaela ,   Department of Surgery, “Dr. I. Cantacuzino” Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Surgery, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, Brezean Iulian ,   Department of Surgery, “Dr. I. Cantacuzino” Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Surgery, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, Ciulcu Alexandru ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Dr. I. Cantacuzino” Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
Published: June 2022

Laparoscopic surgery has been widely implemented in the field of surgical oncology due to the numerous benefits such as rapid recovery and low level of traumatism at the level of the abdominal wall. Therefore, oncological patients will be referred to the oncology services and will be submitted to adjuvant therapies after a shorter period of time. However, in certain cases it has been stipulated that the laparoscopic approach might be associated with higher rates of adverse events such as port site metastases especially in cases presenting massive contamination such as peritoneal carcinomatosis from ovarian cancer. The aim of the current paper is to analyze whether in cases with cervical cancer there is a higher risk of port site metastases after laparoscopic approach.
Transverse vaginal septum evaluation
Authors:   “Alessandrescu-Rusescu” National Institute of Mother and Child Care, Bucharest, Romania, Piron Madalina ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, Pop Lucian ,   “Alessandrescu-Rusescu” National Institute of Mother and Child Care, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, Danciu Bianca ,   “Alessandrescu-Rusescu” National Institute of Mother and Child Care, Bucharest, Romania, Bacalbasa Nicolae ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Visceral Surgery, Center of Excellence in Translational Medicine, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania, Balescu Irina ,   Department of Visceral Surgery, Ponderas Academic Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, Suciu Ioan D. ,   Floreasca Emergency Hospital – General Surgery Department, Bucharest, Romania
Published: June 2022

Female genital malformations mostly affect women`s reproductive health. Vaginal septa are rare conditions that occur secondary to defectuous fusion or canalization of the Mullerian ducts. There are longitudinal and transverse septa. Transverse septa can be found in the upper, middle or lower vagina and the main symptom is primary amenorrhea in the presence of cyclic pelvic pain. Imaging discoveries can reveal urological, anorectal and uterine abnormalities that accompany the vaginal abnormalities.
Total pelvic exenteration for recurrent uterine malignancies – a case series
Authors:   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, Bacalbasa Nicolae ,   Department of Visceral Surgery, Center of Excellence in Translational Medicine, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania, Balescu Irina ,   Department of Visceral Surgery, Ponderas Academic Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, Stoica Claudia ,   Department of Anatomy, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Surgery, Ilfov County Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, Martac Cristina ,   Department of Anesthesiology, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania, Varlas Valentin ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Filantropia Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, Voichitoiu Andrei ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Alessandrescu-Rusescu” National Institute of Mother and Child Care, Bucharest, Romania, Pop Lucian ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Alessandrescu-Rusescu” National Institute of Mother and Child Care, Bucharest, Romania, Petrea Sorin ,   Department of Surgery, “Dr. I. Cantacuzino” Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, Vilcu Mihaela ,   Department of Surgery, “Dr. I. Cantacuzino” Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Surgery, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, Brezean Iulian ,   Department of Surgery, “Dr. I. Cantacuzino” Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Surgery, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
Published: June 2022

Pelvic exenteration has been proposed in order to treat locally advanced or relapsed pelvic malignancies with different origins such as digestive, urological or gynecological cancers. However it seems that cases diagnosed with relapsed uterine malignancies are rarely candidates for extended pelvic resections, most cases presenting disseminated lesions at the time of relapse. The aim of the current paper is to report a case series of five patients diagnosed with pelvic recurrences after surgically treated uterine cancer who were submitted to extended pelvic resections with curative intent between August and December 2021. The histopathological studies demonstrated the presence of negative resection margins in two cases. The postoperative outcome was favorable in three cases, one case necessitated prolonged intensive care stay while the last one necessitated reoperation due to the presence of a pelvic abscess. However all patients were discharged within the first three weeks postoperatively. In conclusion, pelvic exenteration can be successfully performed in selected cases diagnosed with pelvic recurrences after surgically treated uterine cancer.
Vascular resections as part of debulking surgery for isolated adenopathies after surgically treated endometrial cancer
Authors:   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, Bacalbasa Nicolae ,   Department of Visceral Surgery, Center of Excellence in Translational Medicine, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania, Balescu Irina ,   Department of Visceral Surgery, Ponderas Academic Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, Stoica Claudia ,   Department of Anatomy, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Surgery, Ilfov County Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, Martac Cristina ,   Department of Anesthesiology, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania, Varlas Valentin ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Filantropia Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, Voichitoiu Andrei ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, ”Alessandrescu-Rusescu” National Institute of Mother and Child Care, Bucharest, Romania, Pop Lucian ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, ”Alessandrescu-Rusescu” National Institute of Mother and Child Care, Bucharest, Romania, Petrea Sorin ,   Department of Surgery, “Dr. I. Cantacuzino” Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, Vilcu Mihaela ,   Department of Surgery, “Dr. I. Cantacuzino” Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Surgery, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, Brezean Iulian ,   Department of Surgery, “Dr. I. Cantacuzino” Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Surgery, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, Grigoriu Corina ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Emergency University Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
Published: June 2022

Endometrial cancer represents one of the most commonly encountered gynecological malignancies affecting women worldwide which is usually treated by surgery followed by adjuvant chemo-radiotherapy. Even if curative intent treatment is performed, in certain cases recurrent disease might develop; in such cases, depending to the extent of the disease different therapeutic strategies might be taken in consideration. As expected, cases diagnosed with solitary, isolated recurrences are rather candidates for surgery, improved outcomes being expected in such patients. When it comes to cases diagnosed with isolated adenopathic masses, complex surgical procedures including vascular resections have been reported in order to achieve negative resection margins. This is a literature review of the most significant papers reporting complex vascular resections for isolated adenopathic masses with endometrial origin.
Breast metastases from uterine cancer – literature review
Authors:   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, Bacalbasa Nicolae ,   Department of Visceral Surgery, Center of Excellence in Translational Medicine, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania, Balescu Irina ,   Department of Visceral Surgery, Ponderas Academic Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, Stoica Claudia ,   Department of Anatomy, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Surgery, Ilfov County Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, Martac Cristina ,   Department of Anesthesiology, Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania, Varlas Valentin ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Filantropia Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, Voichitoiu Andrei ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Alessandrescu-Rusescu” National Institute of Mother and Child Care, Bucharest, Romania, Pop Lucian ,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, “Alessandrescu-Rusescu” National Institute of Mother and Child Care, Bucharest, Romania, Petrea Sorin ,   Department of Surgery, “Dr. I. Cantacuzino” Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania, Vilcu Mihaela ,   Department of Surgery, “Dr. I. Cantacuzino” Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Surgery, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, Brezean Iulian ,   Department of Surgery, “Dr. I. Cantacuzino” Clinical Hospital, Bucharest, Romania,   Department of Surgery, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
Published: June 2022

Uterine cancer represents a common gynecological malignancy affecting women worldwide which can lead to the apparition of distant metastases through different patterns of spread such as direct contiguity, peritoneal, lymphatic or hematogenous route. When it comes to the hematogenous pattern of spread, the most commonly encountered viscera in which metastatic lesions can be found are represented by liver and lung. Meanwhile, breast metastases from uterine cancer represents a very scarce event, only few cases being reported so far. The aim of the current study is to review the case reports published so far on this issue.