Improving the diagnostic accuracy of referrals for papilloedema (DIPP) study: protocol for a mixed-methods study by Luke Bennetto, Beth Stuart, Jonathan Benger, Matthew J Ridd, Helen Bolton, William Hollingworth, Michael Bowen, Amar Shah, Samuel William David Merriel, Alyson Huntley, Victoria Wilson, Maria Theresa Redaniel, Paul Roy, Denize Atan, Frank Moore, Olivia Skrobot, Mary-Ann Sherratt, Marcia Lucraft, Christina Stokes

“…Introduction Papilloedema can be the first sign of life-threatening disease, for example, brain tumours. Due to the potential seriousness of this clinical sign, the detection of papilloedema would normally prompt urgent hospital referral for further investigation. …”
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Segmentation of Dynamic Total-Body [18F]-FDG PET Images Using Unsupervised Clustering by Maria K. Jaakkola, Maria Rantala, Anna Jalo, Teemu Saari, Jaakko Hentilä, Jatta S. Helin, Tuuli A. Nissinen, Olli Eskola, Johan Rajander, Kirsi A. Virtanen, Jarna C. Hannukainen, Francisco López-Picón, Riku Klén

“…Clustering time activity curves of PET images have been used to separate clinically relevant areas of the brain or tumours. However, PET image segmentation in multiorgan level is much less studied due to the available total-body data being limited to animal studies. …”
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Biological arrow of time: emergence of tangled information hierarchies and self-modelling dynamics by Mikhail Prokopenko, Paul C W Davies, Michael Harré, Marcus G Heisler, Zdenka Kuncic, Geraint F Lewis, Ori Livson, Joseph T Lizier, Fernando E Rosas

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A double dissociation between semantic and spatial cognition in visual to default network pathways by Tirso RJ Gonzalez Alam, Katya Krieger-Redwood, Dominika Varga, Zhiyao Gao, Aidan J Horner, Tom Hartley, Michel Thiebaut de Schotten, Magdalena Sliwinska, David Pitcher, Daniel S Margulies, Jonathan Smallwood, Elizabeth Jefferies

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Effects of Ciprofol and Propofol General Anesthesia on Postoperative Recovery Quality in Patients Undergoing Ureteroscopy: A Randomized, Controlled, Double-Blind Clinical Trial by Shi S, Wu J, Wu Y, Han X, Dai H, Chen X, Sun Z, Wang F

“…Shuqi Shi,1,2,* Jimin Wu,1,* Yini Wu,1 Xin Han,1 Hong Dai,1 Xuedong Chen,3 Zhangnan Sun,4 Faxing Wang1,2 1Department of Anesthesiology, Lishui People’s Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University Lishui Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Lishui University, Lishui, People’s Republic of China; 2Oujiang Laboratory (Zhejiang Lab for Regenerative Medicine, Vision and Brain Health), Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Urology, Lishui People’s Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University Lishui Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Lishui University, Lishui, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Faxing Wang, Department of Anesthesiology, Lishui People’s Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University Lishui Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Lishui University, No. 15, Dazhong Street, Lishui, Zhejiang Province, 323000, People’s Republic of China, Email wfx2023@wmu.edu.cn Zhangnan Sun, Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050000, People’s Republic of China, Email 28703077@hebmu.edu.cnObjective: This study compares postoperative recovery quality between Ciprofol and Propofol, providing a reference for the clinical application of anesthetics.Methods: We randomized 112 patients undergoing ureteroscopic surgery into two groups: the Ciprofol group (Group C), with an induction dose of 0.4 mg/kg and a maintenance dose of 0.8– 1.5 mg/(kg·h), and the Propofol group (Group P), with an induction dose of 2 mg/kg and a maintenance dose of 4– 10 mg/(kg·h). …”
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Sustainability of healthcare system improvements, programmes and interventions in acute care settings: protocol for a mixed methods systematic review by Franz E Babl, Sandy Middleton, Julie Cowie, Catherine Wilson, Peter Wilson, Pauline Campbell, Emma Tavender, Lisa Kuhn, Nicola Straiton, Victoria Ramsden, Elizabeth McInnes

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Assessing the neuroprotective potential of Eucalyptus globulus essential oil in a 6-hydroxydopamine rat model of Parkinson's disease by Aracely Janneth Naranjo-Viteri, Matías Jávega Cometto, Matías Caverzan, Leandro Gabriel Champarini, María Paula Zunino, Rogelio E. Abburra, Claudia B. Hereñú, Rosana Crespo

“…We evaluated tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and dopamine transporter (DAT) expression in the brain caudate-putamen unit; inflammatory cytokine (TNF-α, IL-6) expression in the hippocampus; liver, kidney, and gut histology; serum parameters; and hepatic lipid content. …”
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Extracellular vesicles from fifth-stage larval Angiostrongylus cantonensis upregulate cholesterol biosynthesis and suppress NLRP2-associated inflammatory responses in mouse astrocy... by Chien-Ju Cheng, Lian-Chen Wang, Lichieh Julie Chu, Kuang-Yao Chen, Ching-Yun Huang, Kuo-Lun Lan, Kuo-Yang Huang

“…Based on the transcriptomic data, we observed a downregulated trend of NOD-like receptors (NLRs) protein 2 (NLRP2), a key regulator of brain inflammation, in mouse astrocytes treated with L5 EVs. …”
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Asiaticoside Attenuates Chronic Restraint Stress-Induced Hippocampal CA1 Neuronal Ferroptosis via Activating BDNF/Nrf2/GPX4 Signaling Pathway by Zhou A, Feng HY, Fan CN, Wang J, Yuan ZY, Xu GH, Li CF, Huang WF, Yi LT

“…At the molecular level, asiaticoside enhanced the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), phosphorylated tropomyosin receptor kinase B (pTrkB), phosphorylated nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (pNrf2), glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4), and solute carrier family 7 member 11 (SLC7A11), indicating its neuroprotective and antioxidative effects. …”
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Assessment of awareness of keratoconus and its relation to eye rubbing among Saudi Arabia population by Nuwayyir Abdullah Alqasimi, Lujain Hatim Aljohani, Renato Ambrósio, Renato Ambrósio, Renato Ambrósio, Renato Ambrósio, Renato Ambrósio, Bader Saad AlQahtani, Bader Saad AlQahtani, Nasser Saleh Al Haydar, Bdour Raja Alanazi, Danah Tariq Alfurayhan, Lina Sami Hussain Saber, Fatemah Saleh Alsalem, Nawaf Abdullah Alqahtani, Jose Manuel Vargas

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Sugarcane: an unexpected habitat for black yeasts in Chaetothyriales by Flávia de F. Costa, Rafael S. C. de Souza, Morgana F. Voidaleski, Renata R. Gomes, Guilherme F. Reis, Bruna J. F. de S. Lima, Giovanna Z. Candido, Marlon R. Geraldo, Jade M. B. Soares, Gabriela X. Schneider, Edvaldo da S. Trindade, Israel H. Bini, Leandro F. Moreno, Amanda Bombassaro, Flávio Queiroz-Telles, Roberto T. Raittz, Yu Quan, Paulo Arruda, Derlene Attili-Angelis, Sybren de Hoog, Vania A. Vicente

“…The first environmental isolation of Cladophialophora bantiana is particularly noteworthy, because this species up to now is exclusively known from the human host where it mostly causes fatal brain disease in otherwise healthy patients.…”
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Clinical efficacy of a virtual reality tool for the treatment of obesity: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial by Dimitra Anastasiadou, Jose Antonio Ramos-Quiroga, Mel Slater, Bernhard Spanlang, Desiderio Cano Porras, Marta Comas, Andreea Ciudin, Gemma Parramon Puig, Julia Vázquez-De Sebastián, Pilar Lusilla-Palacios

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Difficultés diagnostiques de la tuberculose cérébrale by Chahrazed Benrabah

“…Cerebral computed tomography revealed multiple brain locations with active hydrocephalus. The extension assessment was without anomaly.The patient underwent a surgical intervention, the operative consequences were favorable. …”
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Difficultés diagnostiques de la tuberculose cérébrale by Chahrazed Benrabah

“…Cerebral computed tomography revealed multiple brain locations with active hydrocephalus. The extension assessment was without anomaly.The patient underwent a surgical intervention, the operative consequences were favorable. …”
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In vivo pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic study and cutoff of florfenicol against Riemerella anatipestifer in ducks by Hui-Lin Zhang, Fa-Lei Li, Hui-Yang Chen, Ding-Mei Qin, Shu-Jun Sun, Meng-Meng Zhang, Huan-Zhong Ding, Yong Liu

“…Bactericidal effects in tissues (including those of the heart, liver, spleen, lung, kidney, and brain) were achieved at doses of ≥20 mg/kg following 2 i.m. injections of FF within 24 h. …”
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Comparison of sialic acid content in bovine and buffalo milk and meat by Michela Contò, Simona Rinaldi, Sebastiana Failla

“…Neu5Ac is the major form of SIAs in all mammalian tissues, and it is an essential nutrient for the development and function of the brain. Neu5Ac differs from Neu5Gc by a single oxygen atom, but humans cannot synthesize the Neu5Gc due to a genetic mutation. …”
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Radiogenomics and machine learning predict oncogenic signaling pathways in glioblastoma by Abdul Basit Ahanger, Syed Wajid Aalam, Tariq Ahmad Masoodi, Asma Shah, Meraj Alam Khan, Ajaz A. Bhat, Assif Assad, Muzafar Ahmad Macha, Muzafar Rasool Bhat

“…Abstract Background Glioblastoma (GBM) is a highly aggressive brain tumor associated with a poor patient prognosis. …”
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Clinical Recommendations of the Northwest Society for Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition, Interregional Association for Emergency Surgery, Russian Gastroenterological Association, Un... by Yu. V. Averyanova, E. M. Batyrshin, A. E. Demko, G. E. Ivanova, V. T. Ivashkin, L. N. Kostyuchenko, A. V. Lapitsky, I. N. Leiderman, V. M. Luft, I. V. Maev, I. G. Nikitin, M. S. Novruzbekov, Е. A. Poluektova, A. L. Potapov, A. V. Sytov, A. S. Trukhmanov

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High p16INK4A expression in glioblastoma is associated with senescence phenotype and better prognosis by Soon Sang Park, Tae Hoon Roh, Yoshiaki Tanaka, Young Hwa Kim, So Hyun Park, Tae-Gyu Kim, So Yeong Eom, Tae Jun Park, In-Hyun Park, Se-Hyuk Kim, Jang-Hee Kim

“…Glioblastoma, isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH)-wildtype (GBM), is the most malignant brain tumor in adults, with limited therapeutic intervention. …”
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Acute therapeutic effects and pathophysiology of eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis neuropathy by Fumitaka Shimizu, Mariko Oishi, Toshihiko Maeda, Yukio Takeshita, Hideaki Nishihara, Ryota Sato, Takashi Kanda, Masayuki Nakamori, Michiaki Koga, Miwako Fujisawa, Yuki Mizumoto, Nanami Yamanaka, Takashi Nawata, Tatsuya Okafuji, Susumu Fujikawa, Kinya Matsuo, Joe Nemoto, Masaya Honda

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