Machine learning analysis of pathological images to predict 1-year progression-free survival of immunotherapy in patients with small-cell lung cancer by Hirotaka Matsumoto, Hiroaki Akamatsu, Nobuyuki Yamamoto, Yuki Sato, Daichi Fujimoto, Yoshihiko Taniguchi, Motohiro Tamiya, Yasuhiro Koh, Junya Fukuoka, Hisashi Tanaka, Naoki Furuya, Ryota Shibaki, Tsukasa Nozawa, Akira Sano, Yuka Kitamura, Takashi Kijima, Toshihide Yokoyama, Satoru Miura, Akito Hata, Jun Sugisaka

“…Background In small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), the tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) could be a promising biomarker for immunotherapy, but objectively evaluating TIME remains challenging. …”
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Discontinuation of immune checkpoint inhibitors for reasons other than disease progression and the impact on relapse and survival of advanced melanoma patients. A systematic review... by Konstantinos Lallas, Eftychia Chatziioannou, Derya Durak, Georg Frey, Lina Maria Serna-Higuita, Marie-Lena Rasch, Athanassios Kyrgidis, Eleni Timotheadou, Zoe Apalla, Ulrike Leiter, Lukas Flatz, Lukas Flatz, Aimilios Lallas, Teresa Amaral, Teresa Amaral

“…Relapse rates (RRs) post cessation, time to PD, rechallenge and disease control rate (DCR) after 2nd course were the main outcomes. …”
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Protocolized approach saves the limb in peripheral arterial injury: A decade experience by Pratyusha Priyadarshini, Supreet Kaur, Komal Gupta, Abhinav Kumar, Junaid Alam, Dinesh Bagaria, Narender Choudhary, Amit Gupta, Sushma Sagar, Biplab Mishra, Subodh Kumar

“…Purpose: Outcomes of peripheral arterial injury (PAI) depend on various factors, such as warm ischemia time and concomitant injuries. Suboptimal prehospital care may lead to delayed presentation, and a lack of dedicated trauma system may lead to poorer outcome. …”
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Analysis of postoperative atrial fibrillation and its associated factors in Morrow procedures with cardiopulmonary bypass by Zhibin Hu, Wenshuai Mao, Lijun Guo, Zhiwei Liu, Xujie Hu, Yong Cui

“…Additionally, the increased value of SII was independently associated with CPB weaning time (t = 2.493, p = 0.014) and age(t=-2.270, p = 0.025). …”
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Factors Associated with the Technical Success of Bilateral Endoscopic Metallic Stenting with Partial Stent-In-Stent Placement in Patients with Malignant Hilar Biliary Obstruction by Toshihiro Fujita, Shinichi Hashimoto, Shiroh Tanoue, Kengo Tsuneyoshi, Yoshitaka Nakamura, Makoto Hinokuchi, Hiromichi Iwaya, Shiho Arima, Yuji Iwashita, Fumisato Sasaki, Hiroki Taguchi, Shuji Kanmura, Akio Ido

“…Using a propensity score-matched analysis, we compared the procedure time, clinical response, complications, stent patency, and survival time in 17 matched patients treated with bilateral SEMS placement using a SEMS delivery system of <6.0 or ≥6.0 Fr. …”
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Components of stakeholder participation to create value in the banking industry in East Azerbaijan Agricultural Bank by Alireza Tagavi, Alireza Bafandeh Zendeh, Samad Aali

“…Theoretical Framework Stakeholder The word "stakeholder" was used for the first time by the Stanford Research Institute. After the emergence of stakeholder thinking in this institution, for the first time in a report presented on planning in 1963 (Slinger, 1997), the Stanford Research Institute defines stakeholders as "people without whose support the organization would cease to exist." …”
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A Novel Model of Conforming Delaunay Triangulation for Sensor Network Configuration by Yan Ma, Yan-ling Hao, Feng-min Tian

“…As compared with the original fractional node refinement algorithms, the proposed algorithm can get well refinement stability with least time cost. Simulations are performed under five aspects including refinement stability, the number of additional nodes, time cost, mesh quality after intruding additional nodes, and the aspect ratio improved by single additional node. …”
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Development and analysis of physical and mathematical models of combustion of single drops of coal-water fuel in furnaces of boiler plants by E. S. Flek

“…The formula for calculating the time of burnout of a single drop of CWF on the basis of the Sreznevsky equation is obtained. …”
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Consensus Formation Control for a Class of Networked Multiple Mobile Robot Systems by Long Sheng, Ya-Jun Pan, Xiang Gong

“…A novel distributed control algorithm is designed based on the Lyapunov method and linear matrix inequality (LMI) technique for time delay systems. A multiple Lyapunov Krasovskii functional candidate is proposed for investigating the sufficient conditions to linear control gain design for the system with constant time delays. …”
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Deadline Aware Retransmission Threshold Setting Protocol in Cyber-Physical Systems by Ran Bi, Jianzhong Li, Hong Gao, Quan Chen

“…Many time-sensitive applications impose high requirement on real-time response. …”
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A Mellin space approach to cosmological correlators by Charlotte Sleight

“…Abstract We propose a Mellin space approach to the evaluation of late-time momentum-space correlation functions of quantum fields in (d + 1)-dimensional de Sitter space. …”
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A Case of Symptomatic Intraluminal Internal Carotid Artery Thrombus in a Patient with Essential Thrombocythemia Surgically Treated by CEA by Satoshi Takahashi, Masahiro Katsumata, Hirotsugu Nogawa, Kento Takahara, Jin Nakahara, Masahiro Toda

“…It is a reasonable option to precede medical treatment, including anticoagulant therapy, by setting the time limit for surgical intervention in such a disease state.…”
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¿Donde esta el pollo? Cuba, sovranità alimentare e ontologia della scarsezza by Elena Zapponi

“…The analysis focuses on changes rooted in the long-lasting crisis that followed the 1990s and on an 'ontology of scarcity', a consequence of the pandemic, the exacerbated economic crisis, and the recent reorganisation of the monetary system; a time marked by an increased sense of daily lucha on the part of citizens who experience supply difficulties, urban peregrinations in search of food, and an unprecedented migratory exodus. …”
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Modelling and Metaheuristic for Gantry Crane Scheduling and Storage Space Allocation Problem in Railway Container Terminals by Ming Zeng, Wenming Cheng, Peng Guo

“…The results show that the proposed algorithm can gain the near-optimal solutions within a reasonable computation time.…”
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Advances in the photodynamic treatment of solar keratosis by SHEN Haojia, TIAN Boxin, WU Hui, HE Zezhi, LI Runxiang, ZHU Huilan

“…However, PDT has a longer single treatment time, possibly causing adverse reactions such as local erythema and itching. …”
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Cross-Layer Control with Worst Case Delay Guarantees in Multihop Wireless Networks by Shu Fan, Honglin Zhao

“…The delay guarantee is a challenge to meet different real-time requirements in applications of backpressure-based wireless multihop networks, and therefore, researchers are interested in the possibility of providing bounded end-to-end delay. …”
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Swallowable Wireless Capsule Endoscopy: Progress and Technical Challenges by Guobing Pan, Litong Wang

“…However, compared with wired endoscopies, the limited working time, the low frame rate, and the low image resolution limit the wider application. …”
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Tablet PC Enabled Body Sensor System for Rural Telehealth Applications by Nitha V. Panicker, A. Sukesh Kumar

“…Abnormal conditions are automatically identified and alert messages are given to the medical officer in real time. Clinical validation is performed in a real environment and found to be successful. …”
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A Summary of N, P, and K Research with Tomato in Florida by George Hochmuth, Ed Hanlon

“…More than 60 years’ worth of tomato fertilization research has been conducted in Florida. During this time, many changes have occurred in tomato production practices, including changes in cultivars and the introduction of new cultural systems, such as polyethylene mulch and drip irrigation. …”
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Melting of Nanoprticle-Enhanced Phase Change Material inside Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger by Seiyed Mohammad Javad Hosseini, Ali Akbar Ranjbar, Kourosh Sedighi, Masoumeh Rahimi

“…In this study, the effects of nanoparticles dispersion (, 0.03, and 0.05) on melting time, liquid fraction, and penetration length are investigated. …”
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