Do Morphological Changes in the Anterior Mandibular Region Interfere with Standard Implant Placement? A Cone Beam Computed Tomographic Cross-Sectional Study by Shaimaa M. Fouda, Passant Ellakany, Marwa Madi, Osama Zakaria, Fahad A. Al-Harbi, Maha El Tantawi

“…The lingual foramen was detected in 90% of patients. In both groups, males had significantly greater mandibular height than females (P=0.02 and 0.005). …”
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Increased DNA Copy Number Variation Mosaicism in Elderly Human Brain by Darine Villela, Claudia K. Suemoto, Renata Leite, Carlos Augusto Pasqualucci, Lea T. Grinberg, Peter Pearson, Carla Rosenberg

“…Nearly all evidence of genome structural variation in human brains comes from studies detecting changes in single cells which were interpreted as derived from independent, isolated mutational events. …”
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Characteristic and Antimicrobial Resistance of Bacillus cereus Group Isolated from Food in Poland by Joanna Kowalska, Elżbieta Maćkiw, Dorota Korsak, Jacek Postupolski

“…The hbl and cytK genes were detected in 53.56% and 44.19% of B. cereus strains, respectively. …”
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Comparison of Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen Expression in Odontogenic Keratocyst and Ameloblastoma: An Immunohistochemical Study by Hiroshi Takahashi, Shuichi Fujita, Shigeru Yamabe, Takeshi Moriishi, Haruo Okabe, Yoshifumi Tajima, Akio Mizuno

“…Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) is a nuclear protein synthesized in the late G1 and S phase of the cell cycle, and immunohistochemical detection of the protein represents a useful marker for the proliferating fraction of cells in tissue specimens. …”
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Narrow Linewidth All-Optical Microwave Oscillator Based on Torsional Radial Acoustic Modes of Single-Mode Fiber by Wen Wang, Wenjun He, Xinyue Fang, Yi Liu, Yajun You, Mingxing Li, Lei Yu, Qing Yan, Yafei Hou, Jian He, Xiujian Chou

“…This solution can be used in various fields, such as high-precision radar detection, long-distance optical communication, and high-performance fiber optic sensing.…”
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Exposure of Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies to imidacloprid impairs larval development, promotes oxidative stress in pupae, and induces changes in the midgut of adult... by Daiani Rodrigues Moreira, Tuan Henrique Smielevski de Souza, Douglas Galhardo, Cinthia Leão Figueira, Samara Calvi Baulli, Breno Gabriel da Silva, Francieli das Chagas, José Washington Santos Oliveira, Jean Samel Rocha, Angélica de Souza Khatlab, Eliane Gasparino, Vagner de Alencar Arnaut de Toledo, Adriana Aparecida Sinópolis Gigliolli, Maria Claudia Colla Ruvolo-Takasusuki

“…Oxidative stress, which was detected at different stages of bee development, may induce lipid, protein, and DNA oxidation, leading to cell death. …”
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Fuzzy Random Characterization of Pore Structure in Frozen Sandstone: Applying Improved Niche Genetic Algorithm by Yao Ya-feng, Lin Jian, Ge Jian, Peng Shi-long, Yin Jian-chao, Ouyang Li-na

“…Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technology provides an innovative method employed in detecting the porous structures in frozen rock and soil masses. …”
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SEAD reference panel with 22,134 haplotypes boosts rare variant imputation and genome-wide association analysis in Asian populations by Meng-Yuan Yang, Jia-Dong Zhong, Xin Li, Geng Tian, Wei-Yang Bai, Yi-Hu Fang, Mo-Chang Qiu, Cheng-Da Yuan, Chun-Fu Yu, Nan Li, Ji-Jian Yang, Yu-Heng Liu, Shi-Hui Yu, Wei-Wei Zhao, Jun-Quan Liu, Yi Sun, Pei-Kuan Cong, Saber Khederzadeh, Pian-Pian Zhao, Yu Qian, Peng-Lin Guan, Jia-Xuan Gu, Si-Rui Gai, Xiang-Jiao Yi, Jian-Guo Tao, Xiang Chen, Mao-Mao Miao, Lan-Xin Lei, Lin Xu, Shu-Yang Xie, Jin-Chen Li, Ji-Feng Guo, David Karasik, Liu Yang, Bei-Sha Tang, Fei Huang, Hou-Feng Zheng

“…This association was not reported previously and can only be detected by using Asian reference panels. Preliminary in vitro experiments for one of the rare variants identified provide evidence that it upregulates SNTG1 expression, which could in turn inhibit the proliferation and differentiation of preosteoblasts.…”
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Chronic cannabis use differentially modulates neural oscillations serving the manipulate versus maintain components of working memory processing by Peihan J. Huang, Jake J. Son, Yasra Arif, Jason A. John, Lucy K. Horne, Mikki Schantell, Seth D. Springer, Maggie P. Rempe, Hannah J. Okelberry, Abraham D. Killanin, Ryan Glesinger, Anna T. Coutant, Thomas W. Ward, Madelyn P. Willett, Hallie J. Johnson, Elizabeth Heinrichs-Graham, Tony W. Wilson

“…Neurobehavioral relationships were also detected in the prefrontal cortices of nonusers, but not cannabis users. …”
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A novel TGFBR2 mutation causes Loeys-Dietz syndrome in a Chinese infant: A case report by Xin Liu, Kaiqing Liu, Lifu Hu, Zixiao Liu, Xinhua Liu, Jiantao Wang

“…The diagnosis of this disease is mainly based on clinical features combined with the detection of pathogenic gene mutations, mainly mutations in the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) signaling pathway. …”
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Prognostic Role of Monocytic Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells in Advanced Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Relation to Different Hematologic Indices by Asmaa M. Zahran, Helal F. Hetta, Zeinab Albadry M. Zahran, Alaa Rashad, Amal Rayan, Dalia O. Mohamed, Zeinab Ahmed Abd Elhameed, Salah M. Khallaf, Gaber El-Saber Batiha, Yasir Waheed, Khalid Muhammad, Hanaa Nafady-Hego

“…We recruited 40 cases of advanced NSCLC, stages III and IV, aged>18–<70 years old, and eligible to receive chemotherapy with or without radiotherapy, along with 20 healthy controls of comparable age and sex; after diagnosis and staging of patients, blood samples were collected for flow cytometric detection of Mo-MDSCs. Results. Significant accumulation of Mo-MDSCs in patients compared to their controls (p<0.0001). …”
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Polymorphisms in immunosuppression-related genes are associated with AML by Mingying Li, Mingying Li, Jingjing Ye, Jingjing Ye, Mengyuan Chang, Mengyuan Chang, Lei Feng, Lei Feng, Tingting Liu, Tingting Liu, Di Zhang, Di Zhang, Yuyan Wu, Yuyan Wu, Yuechan Ma, Yuechan Ma, Guangqiang Meng, Guangqiang Meng, Chunyan Ji, Chunyan Ji, Tao Sun, Tao Sun

“…Multi-omics analyses, such as single-cell transcriptomics, have revealed many potential new targets to improve AML prognosis from an immunological perspective.MethodsDNA from 307 AML patients and 316 healthy individuals were extracted. We detected nine single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in five immunosuppression-related genes (CIITA, CD200, CD163, MRC1 and LILRB4) in these samples. …”
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Working memory and the need for explainable AI – Scenarios from healthcare, social media and insurance by M. Liebherr, E. Gößwein, C. Kannen, A. Babiker, S. Al-Shakhsi, V. Staab, B.J. Li, R. Ali, C. Montag

“…Further, all participants were presented three AI systems scenarios of relatively different degrees of (personal) relevance and, hence, personal investment: skin cancer detection (i), the personalization of social media feeds (ii), and the amount to pay for a car insurance (iii). …”
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Intramural pregnancy after intrauterine insemination in a nulligravid patient without previous uterine trauma, complicated by idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: A case report by Koyo Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi Takiuchi, Kengo Kiso, Saki Ishii, Satoshi Nakagawa, Yasuto Kinose, Michiko Kodama, Yutaka Ueda, Kenjiro Sawada, Takahiro Tsuboyama, Tadashi Kimura

“…Despite its potentially life-threatening nature, the absence of definitive preoperative diagnostic criteria for IMP complicates its early detection and management, especially in patients without known risk factors. …”
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Simultaneous Quantification of Six Bioactive Components in Decoction of Ziziphi spinosae Semen Using Ultrahigh Performance Liquid Chromatography Coupled with Triple-Quadrupole Mass... by Xiao Liu, Xiaochai Zhu, Hui Zhu, Li Xie, Jia Ma, Yinghui Xu, Qigang Zhou, Zejun Wu, Baochang Cai

“…Multiple-reaction monitoring scanning detection was employed for quantification with an electrospray ion source in the negative ion mode. …”
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A multi-stage deep learning network toward multi-classification of polyps in colorectal images by Shilong Chang, Kun Yang, Yucheng Wang, Yufeng Sun, Chaoyi Qi, Wenlong Fan, Ying Zhang, Shuang Liu, Wenshan Gao, Jie Meng, Linyan Xue

“…In convolution, our approach not only demonstrates a significant improvement over existing methods by effectively emulating the step-by-step diagnostic process of endoscopists, but also promises to greatly enhance early detection and treatment strategies for CRC, ultimately improving patient outcomes.…”
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Pixel-wise navigation line extraction of cross-growth-stage seedlings in complex sugarcane fields and extension to corn and rice by Hongwei Li, Hongwei Li, Xindong Lai, Yongmei Mo, Deqiang He, Tao Wu, Tao Wu

“…Then, optimal region detection is applied to identify the fitting area. …”
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Flow Cytometry Evaluation of Blood-Cell-Bound Surface FVIII in Hemophilia A and Thrombosis by Anjud Al-Mohannadi, Reem Mohammed Yahia, Hani Bibawi, Che-Ann Lachica, Watfa Ahmed, Igor Pavlovski, Giusy Gentilcore, Elkhansa Elbukhari Elgaali, Anila Ejaz, Areeg Ahmed, Mohammed Elanbari, Zainab Awada, Mohammed J. Al-Kubaisi, Muhammad Elnaggar, Ayman Saleh, Chiara Cugno, Sara Deola

“…We developed a reliable flow cytometry (FC) method for FVIII detection that can be utilized for assessing surface-bound FVIII on leukocytes in different coagulation/clinical states; we analyzed 49 pediatric subjects, encompassing patients with HA, other coagulopathies, venous thrombosis, and normal coagulation. …”
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Anaerobic metabolism promotes breast cancer survival via Histone-3 Lysine-18 lactylation mediating PPARD axis by Ying Xu, Weiwei Meng, Yingqi Dai, Lin Xu, Ning Ding, Jinqing Zhang, Xuewei Zhuang

“…We utilized chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing with H3K18la antibodies, transcriptomics of clinical BC samples, and proteomics and ATAC-seq analyses of in vivo tumors to identify the genes regulated by H3K18la and the transcription factor PPARD. qPCR and Western blot assays were used to detect expressions of molecules. We discovered that H3K18la levels were higher in BC tissues compared to adjacent non-cancerous tissues. …”
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Extensive Admixture Among Karst‐Obligate Salamanders Reveals Evidence of Recent Divergence and Gene Exchange Through Aquifers by Chris C. Nice, Katherine L. Bell, Zachariah Gompert, Lauren K. Lucas, James R. Ott, Ruben U. Tovar, Paul Crump, Peter H. Diaz

“…These results also highlight the applicability of population genomics data as a powerful lever for investigating connectivity among populations in systems where direct detection of dispersal paths is difficult, as in underground, aquatic systems.…”
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