Lead Fractures in Deep Brain Stimulation during Long-Term Follow-Up by Fernando Seijo Fernández, Marco Antonio Alvarez Vega, Aida Antuña Ramos, Fernando Fernández González, Beatriz Lozano Aragoneses

“…The purpose was to determine the incidence of lead fracture in patients with DBS over a long period of time. We present a retrospective study of 208 patients who received 387 DBS electrodes. …”
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Hyperprogressive disease induced by PD-1 inhibitor monotherapy in lung adenocarcinoma with HER2 exon 20 insertion: report of two cases and review of literature by Guangjian Yang, Linyan Tian, Yan Wang

“…We speculated that HER2 exon 20 insertion might be viewed as a potential biomarker to avoid single-agent immunotherapy in certain patients with driver mutations, or timely guide proper treatment strategies.…”
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Global stability boundary analysis and verification of aviation pressure servo-controlled actuator system by Zhipeng Huang, Xinjie Li, Zeyu Cao, Chentian Ma, Yunhe Wang, Bin Yu, Guoliang Ma, Xiangdong Kong

“…Based on this, the system stability discrimination method is proposed from the perspectives of frequency domain and time domain, and the stability boundary of key parameters is obtained. …”
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Effect of Fluctuation of Dust Grain Charge on Electrostatic Sheath Formation in Dusty Plasma with Tsallis Electron Distribution by Fatemeh Kashkooei Jahromi, Iman Motie, Ali Bakhshayeshi, Taghi Mirzaye, Babak Haghighi

“…It is indicated that the nature of electrical potential in plasma sheath dependent to the Sagdeev potential and the properties of electrostatic sheath strongly affected by fluctuations of dust grain charge that modified the Bohm criterion condition. For the first time, by solving the Sagdeev potential, a function is obtained which shows that when this function becomes negative, the ions accelerate into the region of the sheath and form an electrostatic sheath. …”
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Sex differences in the relationship between maternal and foetal glucocorticoids in a free-ranging large mammal by Amin, Bawan, Fishman, Ruth, Quinn, Matthew, Matas, Devorah, Palme, Rupert, Koren, Lee, Ciuti, Simone

“…Here we related, for the first time in a free-ranging large mammal, the fallow deer (Dama dama), maternal GC levels with foetal in utero GC levels. …”
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The Conceptualization and Measurement of Comorbidity: A Review of the Interprofessional Discourse by Salimah H. Meghani, Harleah G. Buck, Victoria Vaughan Dickson, Marilyn J. Hammer, Eneida Rejane Rabelo-Silva, Robyn Clark, Mary D. Naylor

“…Because of the rudimentary stage of knowledge development in this area, this approach will require time and significant research investments. In contrast, the epidemiological approach relies on statistical identification of disease entities that cooccur beyond random chance; this approach carries an accompanying risk of diagnostic and treatment proliferation. …”
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Evaluation of Role of Prognostic Factors on Hearing Outcome in Unilateral Idiopathic Sudden Onset Sensorineural Hearing Loss by Namrata Yadav, Priti Lal, Rohit Bharadwaj, Kuldeep Yadav

“…Material and methods: This prospective observational study was conducted with the primary aim of analyzing the role of various possible prognostic factors on the outcome of idiopathic SSNHL including demographic (Age, gender), audio-vestibular (Pre-treatment hearing loss in the affected ear, hearing in the contralateral ear, time elapse between onset of hearing loss and start of treatment, type of hearing loss in term of frequencies affected), presence of tinnitus / vertigo and Comorbidities (Diabetes, Hypothyroidism & Deranged lipid profile/ dyslipidemia). …”
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Desensitization With Imlifidase for HLA-Incompatible Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation: A Delphi International Expert Consensus by Lucrezia Furian, Uwe Heemann, Mats Bengtsson, Oriol Bestard, Isabelle Binet, Georg A. Böhmig, John Boletis, David Briggs, Frans H. J. Claas, Lionel Couzi, Emanuele Cozzi, Marta Crespo, Aiko P. J. De Vries, Fritz Diekmann, Magdalena Durlik, Denis Glotz, Ilkka Helantera, Annette Jackson, Stanley C. Jordan, Dirk Kuypers, Dirk Kuypers, Carmen Lefaucheur, Christophe Legendre, Tomas Lorant, Umberto Maggiore, Nizam Mamode, Smaragdi Marinaki, Annick Massart, Thomas Müller, Rainer Oberbauer, Lutz Renders, Dave Roelen, Jean-Luc Taupin, Ondřej Viklický, Angeliki Vittoraki, Annelies E. de Weerd, Maarten Naesens

“…Highly sensitized (HS) patients in need of kidney transplantation (KTx) typically spend a longer time waiting for compatible kidneys, are unlikely to receive an organ offer, and are at increased risk of antibody-mediated rejection (AMR). …”
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Effect of Maltodextrin on Drying Rate of Avocado ( Persea Americana Mill.) Pulp by Refractance Window Technique, and on Color and Functional Properties of Powder by Thi-Van-Linh Nguyen, Thi-Thuy-Dung Nguyen, Quoc-Trung Huynh, Phuoc-Bao-Duy Nguyen

“…Increasing the maltodextrin addition level significantly decreased the drying rate and prolonged the drying time. The maltodextrin considerably affected the drying rate of pulp when its moisture content was higher than 1.0 g/g dry weight. …”
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Modeling flux linkages of an induction motor in dynamic modes. Comparison of the effectiveness of various control algorithms by V. L. Kodkin, A. S. Anikin, A. A. Baldenkov, Huang Ji Chen

“…Experimental studies carried out over several years have shown that such a connection provides almost complete compensation for load surges in static modes, as well as minimal dynamic processes of parrying these loads (minimum transition time and minimum deviation from the steady-state value). …”
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Multi-level encoding of reward, effort, and choice across the frontal cortex and basal ganglia during cost-benefit decision-making by Oliver Härmson, Isaac Grennan, Brook Perry, Robert Toth, Colin G. McNamara, Timothy Denison, Hayriye Cagnan, Sanjay G. Manohar, Mark E. Walton, Andrew Sharott

“…Coactive cell assemblies, ensembles of neurons that repeatedly coactivated within short time windows (<25 ms), represented the same decision variables despite the members often having diverse individual coding properties. …”
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Conjugation of LasR Quorum-Sensing Inhibitors with Ciprofloxacin Decreases the Antibiotic Tolerance of P. aeruginosa Clinical Strains by Daria Bortolotti, Claudio Trapella, Alessandra Bragonzi, Paolo Marchetti, Vinicio Zanirato, Andrea Alogna, Valentina Gentili, Carlo Cervellati, Giuseppe Valacchi, Mariangela Sicolo, Giulia Turrin, Anna Fantinati, Dario Di Luca, Roberta Rizzo

“…We identified, for the first time, a QSi conjugated with ciprofloxacin (ET37), that is able to reduce the formation of biofilm and the onset of tolerant clones in P. aeruginosa clinical strains. …”
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A systematic scoping review reveals that geographic and taxonomic patterns influence the scientific and societal interest in urban soil microbial diversity by Simon Masson, Matteo Chialva, Davide Bongiovanni, Martino Adamo, Irene Stefanini, Luisa Lanfranco

“…By coupling bibliometrics with statistical modelling we found that soil microbial traits such as biomass and respiration and omics techniques attract the interest of the scientific community while multi-taxa and time-course studies appeal more to the general public.…”
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Development of Novel Continuous and Interval Exercise Programs by Applying the FITT-VP Principle in Dogs by H. S. Lee, S. H. Lee, J. W. Kim, Y. S. Lee, B. C. Lee, H. J. Oh, J. H. Kim

“…The frequency, intensity, time/duration, type, volume, and progression (FITT-VP) are the essential components of exercise training to maintain or improve physical fitness and health. …”
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A BP Neural Network Method for Grade Classification of Loose Damage in Semirigid Pavement Bases by Bei Zhang, Jianyang Liu, Yanhui Zhong, Xiaolong Li, Meimei Hao, Xiao Li, Xu Zhang, Xiaoliang Wang

“…Based on the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method, a backpropagation (BP) neural network identification method for loose damage of a semirigid base is presented. …”
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Preparation of a Specific ssDNA Aptamer for Brevetoxin-2 Using SELEX by Rui-Yun Tian, Chao Lin, Shi-Yu Yu, Sheng Gong, Pan Hu, Yan-Song Li, Zong-Cheng Wu, Yang Gao, Yu Zhou, Zeng-Shan Liu, Hong-Lin Ren, Shi-Ying Lu

“…The existing assays for detecting brevetoxin (BTX) depend on expensive equipment with a professional operator or on an antibody with limited stability, which requires complex processes, a high cost, and a considerable amount of time. The development of an alternative detection probe is another promising research direction. …”
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Reliable Quantum Communications Based on Asymmetry in Distillation and Coding by Lorenzo Valentini, Rene Bodker Christensen, Petar Popovski, Marco Chiani

“…This is challenged by multiple nuisances, such as errors during the transmission over quantum links, but also due to degradation of the entanglement over time due to decoherence. The latter can be seen as a constraint on the latency of the quantum protocol, which brings the problem of quantum protocol design into the context of latency&#x2013;reliability constraints. …”
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X-ray phase contrast imaging and diffraction in the laser-heated diamond anvil cell: A case study on the high-pressure melting of Pt by Emma Ehrenreich-Petersen, Bernhard Massani, Thea Engler, Olivia S. Pardo, Konstantin Glazyrin, Nico Giordano, Johannes Hagemann, Daniel Sneed, Timofey Fedotenko, Daniel J. Campbell, Mario Wendt, Sergej Wenz, Christian G. Schroer, Mathias Trabs, R.Stewart McWilliams, Hanns-Peter Liermann, Zsolt Jenei, Earl F. O’Bannon

“…In this paper, we present a novel approach for melting determination at high pressure where time-resolved synchrotron X-ray phase contrast imaging is used to observe the solid to liquid phase transition in laser heated samples in the diamond anvil cell along with simultaneous X-ray diffraction. …”
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Continuous Use of Combined Hormonal Contraceptive and the Effect on Blood Coagulation Factors in Female Capuchin Monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) by Rosângela C. Rodrigues, Flávia Schechtman Belham, Ana Garcia, Corina Satler, Carlos Tomaz, Maria Clotilde H. Tavares

“…The results showed that the contraceptive use provoked changes in hematological coagulation factors such as an increase in the amount of platelets (p=0.039) and a reduction in both prothrombin (p<0.001) and thromboplastin coagulation time (p<0.001). These results are similar to what has been observed in human patients; thus, it is concluded that S. libidinosus can be successfully used in studies about the physiological impact of hormonal contraceptives.…”
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Microwave-assisted selective leaching behavior of calcium from Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF) slag with ammonium chloride solution by Zhang X., Ma G., Tong Z., Xue Z.

“…In this study, microwave-assisted selective leaching of calcium from BOF slag with ammonium chloride solution has been investigated in order to improve the extraction efficiency of calcium ion, and reduce leaching time and the contents of impurity ions in the leachate. …”
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