Ultrafast dynamic contrast-enhanced breast MRI with quantitative perfusion parameters in differentiating breast cancer: a study focusing on triple-negative and HER2 positive breast... by Guo Haodong, Zhu Jianguo, Dmytro Pylypenko, Dou Weiqiang, Su Sheng, Xu Jie, Li Haige

“…Each participant underwent a DISCO DCE-MRI with a scan time of approximately 1 minute and 40 seconds. The ROIs were outlined with the GenIQ software, avoiding regions with blood vessels, susceptibility artifacts, hemorrhage, and necrosis. …”
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Regional hyperthermia for soft tissue sarcoma – a survey on current practice, controversies and consensus among 12 European centers by Siyer Roohani, Felix Ehret, Marcus Beck, Danai P. Veltsista, Jacek Nadobny, Sebastian Zschaeck, Sultan Abdel-Rahman, Franziska Eckert, Anne Flörcken, Rolf D. Issels, Stephan Klöck, Robert Krempien, Lars H. Lindner, Markus Notter, Oliver J. Ott, Daniel Pink, Vlatko Potkrajcic, Peter Reichardt, Oliver Riesterer, Mateusz Jacek Spałek, Emanuel Stutz, Rüdiger Wessalowski, Thomas Zilli, Daniel Zips, Pirus Ghadjar, David Kaul

“…Many clinical controversies exist that require a standardized consensus guideline and innovative study ideas. At the same time, our data has shown that existing guidelines and decades of experience with the technique of RHT have mostly standardized procedural aspects.Conclusions The provided results may serve as a basis for future guidelines and inform future clinical trials for RHT in STS patients.…”
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Detection Method of Effective Tillering of Rice in Field Based on Lightweight Ghost-YOLOv8 and Smart Phone by CUI Jiale, ZENG Xiangfeng, REN Zhengwei, SUN Jian, TANG Chen, YANG Wanneng, SONG Peng

“…In order to meet the needs of field work, a mobile phone App for effective tiller detection of rice was developed for real-time detection. GhostNet was used to lighten the YOLOv8 model. …”
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A novel nanomaterial baffle decrease aerosols and microbial aerosols during non-contact tonometry measurements by X. Shen, Y. Guo, X, X. Wang, Y. Ye, Q. Chi, W. Zhou, Y. Chen, C. Li

“…</p> <p> <b>Materials and Methods: </b>the cluster analysis performed by Autof Analyzer software contained in MALDI-TOF MS (Autof MS 600, Autobio, China) based on microbes detected in microbial aerosols samples during NCT measurements, in human conjunctiva samples, in the air and typical strains in the database. Overall, 1594 person-time were included. The participants randomly divided into groups: NCT with a novel antimicrobial aerosol nanocomposite baffle (Group 1), NCT with a plastic baffle (Group 2), NCT without a baffle (Group 3) and participants without NCT measurements (Background investigation). …”
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DON ANTE ADŽIJA – ZABORAVLJENI STARIGRADSKOPAKLENIČKI VELIKAN by MIRJANA TROŠELJ

“…., a jedan dio pisane sakralne građe bačen je u more, čime je oštećen njegov pastoralni i istraživačko-stvaralački životopis, a time i "životopis" starigradskopakleničke povijesti. …”
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Growth of green catfish seed fed on sludge worm and artificial feed combination by Netti Aryani, Niken Ayu Pamungkas, . Adelina

“…Feeding was performed in several variation of time during 40 days of fish rearing. Average body length of juvenile was 12 mm and weight 2.8±0.0 mg, maintained at a density of 30 individuals/aquarium. …”
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Systematic bias between blinded independent central review and local assessment: literature review and analyses of 76 phase III randomised controlled trials in 45 688 patients with... by Jianrong Zhang, Yu Huang, Hengrui Liang, Wenhua Liang, Jianxing He, Yiyin Zhang, Jiaxi He, Jieyu Wu, Long Jiang, Shiyan Tang, Qihua He, Lindsey Tristine Hamblin, Zhiheng Xu, Yaoqi Chen, Difei Chen, Xinyu Wang, Kexin Deng, Shuhan Jiang, Jiaqing Zhou, Jiaxuan Xu, Xuanzuo Chen

“…Additionally, the articles should report objective response rate (ORR), disease control rate (DCR), progression-free survival (PFS) or time to progression (TTP); the treatment effect of these endpoints, OR or HR, should be based on central and local assessments.Results Of 76 included trials involving 45 688 patients, 17 (22%) trials reported their endpoints with statistically inconsistent inferences (p value lower/higher than the probability of type I error) between central and local assessments; among them, 9 (53%) trials had statistically significant inference based on central assessment. …”
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Evaluation of the WRF-Chem performance for the air pollutants over the United Arab Emirates by Y. Yarragunta, D. Francis, R. Fonseca, N. Nelli

“…The model also overestimated incoming shortwave radiation by <span class="inline-formula">∼</span> 30 W m<span class="inline-formula">⁻²</span> in December due to reduced cloud cover. Night-time cold and dry biases were observed due to more substantial wind speeds and cooler air advection. …”
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Radiotherapy-induced Hypothalamic-Pituitary axis dysfunction in adult Brain, head and neck and skull base tumor patients – A systematic review and Meta-Analysis by J.M.J. Paulissen, C.M.L. Zegers, R.M. Houben, D. Hofstede, M. Kars, H.M. van Santen, F.J.P. Hoebers, D.K.M. De Ruysscher, D.B.P. Eekers

“…A significant correlation between any endocrine insufficiency and follow-up time was observed (p = 0.015). A correlation between dose to the pituitary and occurrence of insufficiency on the hormonal axes could not be observed. …”
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Mitochondrial DNA oxidation and content in different metabolic phenotypes of women with polycystic ovary syndrome by Mailén Rojo, Mailén Rojo, Hernán Pérez, Hernán Pérez, Andrea Liliana Millán, Andrea Liliana Millán, María Constanza Pautasso, Alejandra Duarte, Alejandra Duarte, Giselle Adriana Abruzzese, Alicia Beatriz Motta, Alicia Beatriz Motta, Gustavo Daniel Frechtel, Gustavo Daniel Frechtel, Gustavo Daniel Frechtel, Gloria Edith Cerrone, Gloria Edith Cerrone

“…Relative mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) content and its oxidation level (8-oxoguanine, 8-OxoG) were determined in peripheral blood leukocytes by the SYBR Green method real-time PCR.ResultsOur findings showed that patients with PCOS had decreased mtDNA content and increased oxidation damage. …”
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The dilemma of X-linked agammaglobulinemia carriers by Federica Pulvirenti, MD, PhD, Cinzia Milito, MD, PhD, Francesco Cinetto, MD, PhD, Giulia Garzi, MD, Germano Sardella, MD, Giuseppe Spadaro, MD, Francesca Lippi, MD, Valentina Guarnieri, MD, Bianca Laura Cinicola, MD, Maria Carrabba, MD, PhD, Daniele Guadagnolo, MD, Giovanna Fabio, MD, Baldassarre Martire, MD, Caterina Cancrini, MD, PhD, Giulia Lanzoni, MD, Andrea Finocchi, MD, PhD, Gigliola Di Matteo, MD, PhD, Eva Pompilii, MD, Simona Ferrari, BD, PhD, Isabella Quinti, MD, PhD

“…The main reasons for the sisters to decide not to undergo genetic testing were their young age and the willingness to carry on with the pregnancy regardless of the outcome of the genetic test, followed by the willingness to postpone the decision at the time of pregnancy and the decision to not have children. …”
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Estimation of All-Sky Gridded Diurnal Near-Surface Air Temperatures at Regional Scale From FY-4B Measurements by Ronghan Xu, Xin Wang, Yonghong Hu, Lin Chen, Suling Ren, Guangzhen Cao, Di Xian, Eston Ranson Mogha

“…The estimation of <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">${{T}_{air}}$</tex-math></inline-formula> by satellite land surface temperature (LST) is challenging due to the variable magnitude of the difference between <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">${{T}_{air}}$</tex-math></inline-formula> and LST in both space and time, as well as the restriction of estimated <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">${{T}_{air}}$</tex-math></inline-formula> to clear-sky conditions because of the penetration of infrared wavelengths. …”
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Functional Improvement Trajectories After Surgery (FIT After Surgery) study: protocol for a multicentre prospective cohort study to evaluate significant new disability after major... by E Jacobsohn, Duminda N Wijeysundera, Gerald Lebovic, M Davis, Martine T E Puts, Shabbir M H Alibhai, Karim S Ladha, C Wong, Daniel I McIsaac, C Hanley, T Barnes, G Lorello, N Siddiqui, P Serrano, Tyler R Chesney, S Choi, J Van Vlymen, D Sussman, D Macdonald, P Jüni, Emily Hladkowicz, C David Mazer, M Bosch, CD Mazer, A Jerath, J Pazmino-Canizares, E Kennedy, R Spence, V Lyon, Alice C Wei, Julian F Daza, Sahar Ehtesham, Janet M van Vlymen, DN Wijeysundera, KS Ladha, JF Daza, G Mattina, E Hladkowicz, M Tessier, S Ehtesham, S Nnorom, SMH Alibhai, M Puts, G Lebovic, TR Chesney, AC Wei, S Drozdz, M Louridas, RH Breau, M Lalu, S Abdellatif, S Gagne, E Duceppe, K Zarnke, D Dumerton, M Karizhenskaia, H El Beheiry, F Bonazza, A Zahavich, M Thorleifson, S L Russell, H Bagry, SY MacDonell, J Dale-Gandar, L Kaustov, A Fleet, E Al Azazi, M Parotto, S A McCluskey, H Poonawala, D Dillane, Di McIsaac, S Avramescu, S Shabeen

“…We will use multivariable logistic regression models to determine the association of preoperative characteristics and surgery type with outcomes, joint modelling to characterise longitudinal time trends in WHODAS scores over 12 months after surgery, and longitudinal latent class mixture models to identify clusters following similar trajectories of disability.Ethics and dissemination The FIT After Surgery study has received research ethics board approval at all sites. …”
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High-resolution 4D electrical resistivity tomography and below-ground point sensor monitoring of High Arctic deglaciated sediments capture zero-curtain effects, freeze–thaw transit... by M. O. Cimpoiasu, O. Kuras, H. Harrison, P. B. Wilkinson, P. Meldrum, J. E. Chambers, D. Liljestrand, C. Oroza, S. K. Schmidt, P. Sommers, L. Vimercati, T. P. Irons, Z. Lyu, A. Solon, J. A. Bradley, J. A. Bradley

“…Geoelectrical monitoring using electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) has proven to be an effective method to capture soil moisture distribution in time and space. ERT instrumentation has been adapted for year-round operation in high-latitude weather conditions. …”
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Clinicogenetic characterization and response to disease-modifying therapies in spinal muscular atrophy: real-world experience from a reference center in Southern Brazil by Ana Letícia Amorim de Albuquerque, Júlia Kersting Chadanowicz, Isabela Possebon Bevilacqua, Ana Lucia Portella Staub, Pablo Brea Winckler, Patricia Zambone da Silva, Simone Chaves Fagondes, Renata Salatti Ferrari, Claudia Denise de Oliveira Trojahn, Viviane Zechlinski Sacharuk, Thayne Woycinck Kowalski, Karina Carvalho Donis, Michele Michelin Becker, Jonas Alex Morales Saute

“…Of the remaining 74 patients, 5.4 % were classified as pre-symptomatic, 24.3 % with SMA type 1, 28.4 % with type 2, 36.5 % with type 3, and 5.4 % with type 4. The mean follow-up time ranged from 1.8 years for pre-symptomatic cases to 8.7 years for SMA types 2 and 3. …”
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Alimenter la ville de Lyon en eau : les galeries de captage antiques sous les collines de Fourvière et de la Croix-Rousse by Emmanuel Bernot

“…The start of another gallery, also in open ground, was observed from this last section: this time its base is formed of a plank-lined wooden invert. …”
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Preindustrial-to-present-day changes in atmospheric carbon monoxide: agreement and gaps between ice archives and global model reconstructions by X. Faïn, S. Szopa, V. Naïk, P. Martinerie, D. M. Etheridge, D. M. Etheridge, R. H. Rhodes, C. M. Trudinger, C. M. Trudinger, V. V. Petrenko, K. Fourteau, P. Place, P. Place

“…Evaluating these models under past conditions and constraining historical sources and sinks necessitate reliable records of atmospheric mixing ratios spanning preindustrial times. Such precious records were recently obtained for carbon monoxide (CO), documenting for the first time the evolution of this reactive compound over the industrial era. …”
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Extended depth-of-field microscopic imaging for intact histological samples via self-calibrated diplane network by Yuezhi He, Xu Yang, Shiwei Ye, Zonghua Wen, Peng Liu, Hui Li, Feng Xiang, Jiuling Liao, Yizhou Tan, Haoyong Ning, Junjie Zou, Guilu He, Long Zeng, Yanwu Guo, Hui Li, Ying Gu, Bo Wang, Wei Zheng

“…The overall DOF of the system is enhanced over eight-folds, and the image acquisition speed is increased by more than seven times. By incorporating the diplane network into a custom-made vacuum compression device, intact and unprocessed mouse brain and human glioma samples are imaged. …”
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Attentional dysfunction arises from right frontocentral and occipital network connectivity in Parkinson's disease by Isobel Timothea French, Kuo-Hsuan Chang, Wei-Kuang Liang, Wen-Sheng Chang, Yen-Shi Lo, Yi-Ru Wang, Mei-Ling Cheng, Norden E. Huang, Hsiu-Chuan Wu, Siew-Na Lim, Chiung-Mei Chen, Chi-Hung Juan

“…While electroencephalography (EEG) may reveal abnormalities of these circuits in PD, dynamic brain oscillations critical for interareal communications cannot be deciphered with conventional time-frequency analyses. Objective: To utilize the novel Holo-Hilbert Spectral Analysis (HHSA) to reveal dynamic EEG features of the Flanker task in PD patients and healthy normal controls for differentiating and elucidating attentional network deficits in patients. …”
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Fixed-dose combination treatment regimen to control intraocular pressure in glaucoma by V.N. Alekseev, I.R. Gazizova, A.M. Gadzhiev

“…&nbsp;Interviewing on medication adherence has demonstrated that the average percentage of eye drops taken in time was 63.4% from the required that is lower by 12.7% and 12.2% than in group I and group II, respectively.…”
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