An Incidental Finding of Appendiceal Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor with Abundant Skeinoid Fibers: A Rare Case Report with Insights from a Comprehensive Literature Review

Background and Clinical Significance: Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract but are exceedingly rare in the appendix, with only 20 cases reported in the literature.Due to their rarity, clinical behavior, histopathologic features, and management of appendiceal GISTs remain poorly

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Development of Decision-Making Factors to Determine EMP Protection Level: A Case Study of a Brigade-Level EMP Protection Facility

This study developed decision-making factors to classify electromagnetic pulse (EMP) protection levels and determine various protection measures.We proposed three EMP protection levels of 80, 60, and 40 dB by considering the characteristics of military equipment and factors that determine EMP protection level, based on a Delphi study.We modeled EMP

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Isolation and phylogenetic characterization of arboviruses circulating among phlebotomine sandflies in parts of North Rift, Kenya

BackgroundUntil recently, arbovirus surveillance is mainly focused on mosquito and tick vectors, resulting in the discovery of Play Gyms several mosquito- and tick-borne arboviruses.However, the role of sandflies in arbovirus transmission and disease has remained largely unexplored.This study sought to isolate and characterize arboviruses from phle

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