Redefining bladder cancer treatment: innovations in overcoming drug resistance and immune evasion by Peng Huang, Jie Wang, Zongze Yu, Jiaan Lu, Zhou Sun, Zhigui Chen

“…Bladder cancer is one of the most common malignancies of the urinary system and has always presented great challenges in treatment due to its intricate biological features and high recurrence rates. …”
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On the Performance of Video Quality Assessment Metrics under Different Compression and Packet Loss Scenarios by Miguel O. Martínez-Rach, Pablo Piñol, Otoniel M. López, Manuel Perez Malumbres, José Oliver, Carlos Tavares Calafate

“…However, PSNR does not always capture the distortion perceived by a human being. …”
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Microstructure and mechanical properties of submerged arc welded medium-thickness Q690qE high-strength steel plate joints by Huang Wen, Qi Kai, Liu Zhigang, Yang Liang, Xue Zheyan, Li Taotao, Zhang Xiaoqiang, Li Ruifeng

“…The tensile test results of the welded joints show that the fracture always occurs in the parent material area, with a tensile strength higher than 864 MPa, and the elongation after fracture decreases as the heat input increases.…”
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Preoperative Predictors for the Presence of Motile Spermatozoa in the Epididymis and Patency of Anastomosis During Microsurgical Vasoepididymal Anastomosis in Patients with Obstruc... by Bhopesh Kadian, Aditya Prakash Sharma, Manish Rohilla, Ujjwal Gorsi, Japleen Kaur, Ravimohan S. Mavuduru

“…Background: Following microsurgical vaso-epididymal anastomosis (VEA), anastomotic patency with sperm returning to the ejaculate is not always present and may even be delayed. The presence of motile spermatozoa is highly suggestive of future patency following surgery. …”
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Characterization of patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease and cognitive impairment. Cienfuegos, 2018 by Beatriz Perdomo Borges, Teresa Rodríguez Rodríguez, Marianela Fonseca Fernández, Isabel Urquiza Pozo, Idalmis Luisa Martínez Serrano, Belkis Rosa Bilaboy Pérez

“…The low educational level may be a factor associated to cognitive impairment after this disease, but depression that does not always manifests deeply.</p>…”
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Notes on psychiatrist liability around the world regarding suicide by Anna Saya, Anna Saya, Giuseppe Albanesi, Diego Cichetti, Matteo Di Molfetta, Yuri Guarino, Cinzia Niolu, Cinzia Niolu, Alberto Siracusano, Alberto Siracusano

“…The psychiatrist liability is not always clearly described in the legislation of different countries.ConclusionsWhat emerges from this study is the gray area of psychiatric patient suicide. …”
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Unexpected Bone Metastases from Thyroid Cancer by Sandra Gibiezaite, Savas Ozdemir, Sania Shuja, Barry McCook, Monica Plazarte, Mae Sheikh-Ali

“…However, metastatic disease should always be considered even if the patient has low risk of distant metastatic disease and correlative images do not support the diagnosis. …”
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Revealing the rural multifunctionality declining and its causes in depopulated regions of Northeast China: a case study of Heilongjiang Province by Dongmei Li, Qing Wen, Yue Qi, Guoming Du

“…In the process of demographic shrinkage, the dominant factors affecting rural multifunctionality in the whole region tended to be diversified, but the population urbanization rate was always the main factor. Among regions with different population sizes, natural factors played important roles in the development of rural multifunction, and depopulation enhanced the impact of economic factors. …”
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Left atrial appendage cannulation for left ventricular unloading in a patient with ventricular thrombus on extracorporeal life support by Anne-Kristin Schaefer, Dominik Wiedemann, Gottfried Heinz, Julia Riebandt, Robert Zilberszac

“…This patient has developed a dreaded and nearly always fatal ECLS complication, which was successfully managed with vent placement via the LAA. …”
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Constitutive Parliament and its speakers by Algis Kasperavičius

“…Discussions in the Constitutive Parliament showed that its members seriously looked at the work of Constitution preparation, though they were not always able to find compromises. They weren't afraid to express their opinion, and they didn't tremble because of the reaction in Warsaw, Paris, Moscow, or London. …”
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Investigating a role for PUB17 and PUB16 in the self‐incompatibility signaling pathway in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana by Paula K. S. Beronilla, Daphne R. Goring

“…Both SCR and SRK are required for this, though the degree of SI pollen rejection varies between A. thaliana accessions, and ARC1 is not always needed to produce a strong SI response. For the A. thaliana C24 accession, only transforming with Arabidopsis lyrata SCR and SRK confers a strong SI trait (SI‐C24), and so here, we investigated if ARC1‐related PUBs were involved in the SI pathway in the transgenic A. thaliana SI‐C24 line. …”
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Sex Differences in the Effect of Type 2 Diabetes on Major Cardiovascular Diseases: Results from a Population-Based Study in Italy by Paola Ballotari, Francesco Venturelli, Marina Greci, Paolo Giorgi Rossi, Valeria Manicardi

“….; P of interaction <0.0001). Women had always a lesser risk than men, but in case of myocardial infarction, the women with type 2 diabetes lost part of advantage gained by women free of diabetes (IRR 0.61, 95% CI 0.53–0.72 and IRR 0.36, 95% CI 0.33–0.39, resp.). …”
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Local Self-Governments in Hungary: Recent Changes through Central European Lenses by Csaba Lentner, Szilard Hegedus

“…In a brief international comparison, debt portfolio developments are analysed through the examples of Slovenia, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic as analogue Central European countries, in order to provide further proof of the atypical financial management of Hungarian local self-governments, i.e. non-compliance with the rules and the not always solid budgetary discipline. The focus of the research underlying this paper is the impact the Hungarian regulation of self-governments had on the financial sustainability of local self-governments’ financial management. …”
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How and when supervisors’ information sharing reduces new employees’ errors by Tesfaye A. Bafa, Mingyu Zhang, Chong Chen

“…Secondly, the study fosters the Conservation of Resources [COR] theory, initially resource gain may not always reveal resource gain in the future as well by looking at the mediating mechanisms between the outcomes of new employees’ error reduction and the supervisor information sharing.…”
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Comparison of Simulation- and Regression-Based Approaches to Estimating Electric Car Power Consumption by Emil Nagy, Árpád Török

“…While numerous regression models have been documented in the literature, their accuracy is not always satisfactory. Consequently, there is a need to develop a sufficiently accurate and comprehensive generalized simulation framework, which is presented in the paper. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards COVID-19 among multiethnic elderly Asian residents in Singapore: a mixed-methods study by Amudha Aravindhan, Alfred Tau Liang Gan, Ester Pei Xuan Lee, Preeti Gupta, Ryan Man, Kam Chun Ho, Sharon Cohan Sung, Ching-Yu Cheng, Moi Lin Ling, Hiang Khoon Tan, Tien Yin Wong, Eva Katie Fenwick, Ecosse Luc Lamoureux

“…A one-point increase in score for knowledge and attitudes regarding preventive measures resulted in higher odds of always practising three of six and two of six measures, respectively. …”
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Risk factors and preventive role of vaccination in adult tetanus fatality: a systematic review of reported cases (1990-2024) and meta-analysis by Selin Kolsuz, Deniz Güllü, Koçer Dilan Karahan, Önder Ergönül

“…The results suggest that while immunity may not always prevent infection, prior vaccination significantly mitigates disease severity. …”
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Linkage of Equatorial Ionization Anomaly With the Day‐To‐Day Occurrence of Postsunset Irregularities and Scintillation in Low‐Latitude Region Around 110°E by Weihua Luo, Heng Li, Chao Xiong, Zhengping Zhu, Xiao Yu, Shanshan Chang

“…Abstract The zonal electric field and meridional wind are two major factors to affect the formation of both equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA) and plasma irregularities in equatorial and low‐latitude regions, the correlation between the EIA characteristics and the occurrence of both irregularities and the sequent scintillation is always concerned. In this study, we investigated the relationship between the day‐to‐day occurrence of scintillation based on ground‐based GPS observations at Sanya (18.3°N, 109.6°E; dip lat.: 12.8°N) and Hongkong (22.4°N, 114.2°E; dip lat.: 16.1°N), China, and day‐to‐day variations of EIA inferred from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment observations in equinoctial months (March‐April and September‐October) during high solar activities (2012–2014). …”
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Study of the Intrinsic Factors Determining the Near-Threshold Fatigue Crack Propagation Behavior of a High-Strength Titanium Alloy by Huan Wang, Yongqing Zhao, Ping Guo, Fei Qiang, Lei Zhang, Zhongli Qiao, Shewei Xin

“…The results revealed that the near-threshold crack growth in the three samples was primarily transgranular. The crack always propagated parallel to the crystal plane, with a high Schmid factor. …”
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How is cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia delivered to adults with comorbid persistent musculoskeletal pain and disordered sleep? A scoping review. by Abigail Browne, Roisin Cahalan, Kieran O' Sullivan

“…TIDieR scores ranged from 7-11/12, with a mean score of 8.8/12. CBT-I always involved two core components-sleep restriction and stimulus control. …”
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