Abstract Background Recently, robotic surgery has become more common as a minimally invasive treatment for gastric cancer (GC) and rectal cancer (RC).Herein, we report successful simultaneous robotic gastrectomy and low anterior resection in a patient with advanced GC and RC.Case presentation A 76-year-old woman who presented with bloody stool was
ObjectivesThe existing hybrid energy storage system control strategy finds it difficult to maintain the state of charge (SOC) within a reasonable range while also meeting the advanced charging and discharging needs due to future wind power fluctuations.Therefore, a new advanced fuzzy control strategy for hybrid energy storage systems was proposed,
IntroductionFrom late 2014 through 2015, Scott County, Indiana faced an HIV outbreak triggered by opioid abuse and transition to injection drug use.Investigating the origins, risk factors, and responses related to this outbreak is critical to inform future surveillance, interventions, and policymaking.In response, this retrospective infoveillance s
Mycoplasma genitalium is a sexually transmitted bacterial pathogen that infects men and women.Antigenic variation of MgpB and MgpC, the immunodominant adherence proteins of M.genitalium, is thought to contribute to immune evasion and chronic infection.We investigated the evolution of mgpB and mgpC sequences in men with non-gonococcal urethritis per