Lactate/albumin ratio as a prognostic biomarker for in-hospital mortality in pediatric patients with necrotizing enterocolitis by Ban Li, Yuanzhi Chen, Zhen Yang, Xianglun Sun, Cheng Tian, Jingsi Liu, Lihua Yuan, Kanglin Dai

“…Patients diagnosed with NEC were categorized into a discharge group and a death group based on in-hospital outcomes. …”
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Amrubicin Monotherapy for Patients with Platinum-Refractory Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Carcinoma by Takayuki Ando, Ayumu Hosokawa, Hiroki Yoshita, Akira Ueda, Shinya Kajiura, Hiroshi Mihara, Sohachi Nanjo, Haruka Fujinami, Jun Nishikawa, Kohei Ogawa, Takahiko Nakajima, Johji Imura, Toshiro Sugiyama

“…This study aimed to analyze the efficacy and safety of amrubicin monotherapy in patients with platinum-refractory gastroenteropancreatic NEC. Methods. Among 22 patients with advanced gastroenteropancreatic NEC, 10 received amrubicin monotherapy between September 2007 and May 2014 after failure of platinum-based chemotherapy. …”
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Echogenic Technology Improves Cannula Visibility during Ultrasound-Guided Internal Jugular Vein Catheterization via a Transverse Approach by Konstantinos Stefanidis, Nicos Pentilas, Stavros Dimopoulos, Serafim Nanas, Richard H. Savel, Ariel L. Shiloh, John Poularas, Michel Slama, Dimitrios Karakitsos

“…The EC group exhibited increased visibility as compared to the NEC group (88%  ± 8% versus 20%  ± 15%, resp. P<0.01). …”
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Neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis complicated by glutaric acidemia type II: a case report by Yuli Zhang, Yuli Zhang, Longfei Chen, Miao Duan

“…Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) represents a severe inflammatory condition affecting premature neonates. …”
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Optimization of Cannula Visibility during Ultrasound-Guided Subclavian Vein Catheterization, via a Longitudinal Approach, by Implementing Echogenic Technology by Konstantinos Stefanidis, Mariantina Fragou, Nicos Pentilas, Gregorios Kouraklis, Serafim Nanas, Richard H. Savel, Ariel L. Shiloh, Michel Slama, Dimitrios Karakitsos

“…The EC group exhibited increased cannula visibility as compared to the NEC group (92%±3% versus 85±7%, resp., P<0.01). …”
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Spectrum of Gastroenteropancreatic NENs in Routine Histological Examinations of Bioptic and Surgical Specimen: A Study of 161 Cases Collected from 17 Departments of Pathology in th... by Václav Mandys, Tomáš Jirásek

“…Out of 28 gastric NENs, there were 22 NETs, G1, 5 NETs, G2, and 1 NEC. Ten duodenal NENs were NETs, G1. Among 27 NENs of jejunum and ileum, 23 were NETs, G1, 2 NETs, G2, and 1 NEC and 1 mixed adenoneuroendocrine carcinoma (MANEC). …”
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Effects of Fish Oil (SMOFlipid^®) and Olive Oil Lipid (ClinOleic^®) on Neonatal Morbidities in Preterm Infants by Fatih KILICBAY, Aslı KESKIN, Ayla GUNLEMEZ

“…Conclusions: The rates of BPD and NEC were lower in the fish oil group. In this situation, fish oil therapy may provide protection against the development of BPD and NEC. …”
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Primary Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of Ocular Adnexa by Daisuke Yamanouchi, Toshiyuki Oshitari, Yosuke Nakamura, Jiro Yotsukura, Kaoru Asanagi, Takayuki Baba, Tomohiro Nizawa, Takashi Kishimoto, Yoko Yonemori, Satoshi Ota, Shuichi Yamamoto

“…We present our findings in a case of primary neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC) of the lacrimal gland and a case of primary Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) of the eyelid. …”
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Supraglottic Neuroendocrine Carcinoma: A Case Report and Literature Review by Renda Alhabib, Chaker Zaidi, Abdulrahman Alfryyan, Hanan Albenayyan, Ibrahim Alotain

“…To date, nearly 700 cases of laryngeal neuroendocrine carcinoma (NEC) have been reported in the literature, with an estimated incidence as low as 0.23%. …”
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Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Meropenem in Neonate with Necrotizing Enterocolitis: A Challenge by Steven De Keukeleire, Daniëlle Borrey, Wim Decaluwe, Marijke Reynders

“…Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) continues to be a major cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. …”
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Adaptation of Diverse Maize Germplasm to Spring Season Conditions in Northeast China by Yi Li, Zhiyuan Yang, Yong Shao, Zhenguo Jin, Li Gao, Yang Yu, Fengyi Zhang, Yuxing Zhang, Yuantao Nan, Mingshun Li, Degui Zhang, Zhuanfang Hao, Jianfeng Weng, Xinhai Li, Hongjun Yong

“…Northeast China (NEC) is a major spring maize (<i>Zea mays</i> L.) growing belt, and the outputs substantially influence national grain production. …”
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Investigating the role of endocytosis in the uptake of photoassimilates in Gracilariopsis lemaneiformis (Rhodophyta) by Haihong Chen, Ziyan Shi, Hongxin Ji, Shengqi Ye, Xiaoqian Zhou, Zhijie dan, Xin Shen

“…NEC is capable of internalizing a greater amount of extracellular carbohydrates, such as sucrose, via endocytosis compared to EC. …”
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Mechanical and Thermal Characteristics of Bio-Nanocomposites Consisting of Poly-L-lactic Acid and Self-Assembling Siloxane Nanoparticles with Three Phases by Masatoshi Iji, Naoki Morishita

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An Approach to Refining MODIS LAI Data Using a Fitting Scale Factor Time Series by Junxian Tang, Peijuan Wang, Rui Feng, Yang Li, Qing Li

“…To improve the applicability and inversion accuracy of MODIS LAI products in the Northeast China (NEC) region, this study upscaled the 500-m resolution MODIS LAI product to a 5-km resolution by initially calculating the mean value. …”
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L-Citrulline in Neonates: From Bench to Bed Side by Dwayne Mascarenhas, Atefeh Mohammadi, Randa Higazy, Julijana Ivanovska, Estelle Gauda, Bonny Jasani

“…Endothelial dysfunction, characterized by deficient nitric oxide synthesis, is implicated in the pathogenesis of various neonatal conditions such as necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) associated pulmonary hypertension (PH). …”
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Dueling Network Architecture for GNN in the Deep Reinforcement Learning for the Automated ICT System Design by Tianchen Zhou, Yutaka Yakuwa, Natsuki Okamura, Hiroyuki Hochigai, Takayuki Kuroda, Ikuko Eguchi Yairi

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Exploring the expression of DLL3 in gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms and its potential diagnostic value by L. Yin, R. Wang, X. Ma, K. Jiang, Y. Hu, X. Zhao, L. Zhang, Z. Wang, T. Long, M. Lu, J. Li, Y. Sun

“…DLL3 expression in gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NECs) is poorly understood, complicating the distinction between well-differentiated neuroendocrine tumors G3 (NET G3) and poorly differentiated NEC. …”
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Breast cancers with neuroendocrine differentiation: Retrospective case studies series from a single institution based on the 2019 WHO classification by Youngkyung Jeon, Ji-Yeon Kim, Jin Seok Ahn, Young-Hyuck Im, Kyuehee Choi, Sun Young Jeong, Yeji Jung, Jaeyeon Jang, Dae-Ho Choi, Joohyun Hong, Hyo Jung Kim, Soo Youn Cho, Yeon Hee Park

“…Among them, primary breast NEC was associated with poor overall survival. Novel treatments are thus required to improve the prognosis of primary breast NEC.…”
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Characteristics of compound heat and drought events during the spring maize growing season in Northeast China Based on a novel daily-scale analysis framework by Jianhua Yang, Jianjun Wu, Lei Zhou, Hongkui Zhou, Zhenqing Zhang, Ruilin Zhang

“…Study Region: The Northeast China (NEC) is located in the northeastern part of China (117.78°E-135.08°E, 38.71°N-53.55°N). …”
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Warp drives and Martel–Poisson charts by Abhishek Chowdhury

“…We analyse the expansion/contraction of space and the (NEC) violations associated with these warp drives and find interesting scalings due to the global imprints of the conical defects. …”
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