MFBTFF-Net: A Novel Multi-Frequency Brightness Temperature Feature Fusion Network for Global Lunar Surface Oxides Abundance Estimation With Chang'e-2 Lunar Microwave Sounder... by Yu Li, Zifeng Yuan, Sarah Mazhar, Zhiguo Meng, Yuanzhi Zhang, Jinsong Ping, Ferdinando Nunziata

“…First, the majority of these studies rely on spectral data and used in situ (drilled) ground truth samples collected by satellite missions. The detection depth of spectral sensors and the drilled depths of the returned samples are not consistent, lowering the reliability of the results. …”
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Cystatin C as a Predictor of Mortality and Cardiovascular Events in a Population with Chronic Kidney Disease by Ana Vigil, Emilia Condés, Luis Vigil, Paloma Gallar, Aniana Oliet, Olimpia Ortega, Isabel Rodriguez, Milagros Ortiz, Juan Carlos Herrero, Carmen Mon, Gabriela Cobo, Juana Jimenez

“…Cystatin C may be an alternative to creatinine for detecting a high risk of death and cardiovascular events in a population with CKD.…”
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Effects of ambient air pollutants on cardiovascular disease hospitalization admission by L. Salvaraji, R. Avoi, M.S. Jeffree, S. Saupin, H.R. Toha, S.B. Shamsudin

“…The nitrogen dioxide (<0.04 ppm), carbon monoxide (<9 ppm), ozone (<0.05 ppm) and PM10 (<100 µg/m3) gases detected are below the national standard limit levels. …”
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Doctors taking bribes from pharmaceutical companies is common and not substantially reduced by an educational intervention: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial in Pakistan by Afifah Rahman-Shepherd, Johanna Hanefeld, Mishal Khan, Charles Opondo, Sameen Siddiqi, Virginia Wiseman, Iqbal Azam, Wafa Aftab, Sadia Shakoor, Amna Rehana Siddiqui, Rumina Hasan, Zafar Mirza, Muhammad Naveed Noor, Sabeen Sharif Khan, Nina van der Mark, Afshan Khurshid Isani, Ahson Q Siddiqi, Faisal Ziauddin, Faiza Bhutto, Natasha Ali, Robyna Irshad Khan, Syed Ahmed Raza Kazmi, Zainab Hasan

“…The primary outcome was assessed in 130 (96%) and 124 (94%) of intervention and control participants, respectively. No participants detected the covert data collectors. 52 control group doctors (41.9%) agreed to accept incentives as compared with 42 intervention group doctors (32.3%). …”
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Genomic interrogation of invasive group A Streptococcus (iGAS) epidemiology and COVID-19 impacts in Victoria, Australia: a 6-year retrospective studyResearch in context by Jacqueline M. Morris, Jake A. Lacey, Kerrie Stevens, Lamali Sadeesh Kumar, Mathilda Wilmot, Janet Strachan, Marion Easton, Daneeta Hennessy, Tony M. Korman, Andrew J. Daley, Katherine B. Gibney, Adam W.J. Jenney, Steven Y.C. Tong, Benjamin P. Howden, Norelle L. Sherry

“…Phylogenetic analysis identified a previously undescribed emm1 sub-lineage, designated M1Aus, detected in Australia (Victoria and Queensland), Belgium and the United Kingdom. …”
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2-Hydroxyisobutyric acid targeted binding to MT-ND3 boosts mitochondrial respiratory chain homeostasis in hippocampus to rescue diabetic cognitive impairment by Minzhen Xie, Siqi Gu, Yan Liu, Haolin Yang, Yuqi Wang, Wei Yin, Yang Hong, Wanying Lu, Chengbing He, Lin Li, Limin Zhao, Jianjia Zhang, Heng Liu, Tian Lan, Shuijie Li, Qi Wang

“…The nanoLC-Obitrap-MS technology was utilized to detect the content of selected small molecules with differential metabolic activity in the hippocampus and mitochondria of mice to evaluate their permeability through the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and outer mitochondrial membrane. …”
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Effects of temporal, spatial, and environmental factors on ciliates community in northeastern South China Sea, with notes on co-occurrence patterns of environment, phytoplankton, a... by Weiwei Liu, Zijun Cheng, Shaowei Wen, Gang Li, Zhixin Ke, Daning Li, Yehui Tan

“…For spatial dimension, the alpha diversity significantly decreased from neritic water to deep, and the variations of community composition were only detected between upper and deep water. The determinants of community varied depending on the research scale. …”
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Adipose tissue may not be a major player in the inflammatory pathogenesis of Autism Spectrum Disorder by Baojiang Wang, Yueyuan Qin, Yong Chen, Xiujie Zheng, Yanjuan Chen, Juan Zhao, Feng Zhang, Shan Duan

“…However, markedly elevated levels of IL-6, IL-8, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α) were detected in children with ASD, suggesting that the inflammatory state is independent of adipokines. …”
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Taxonomic composition and biodiversity of the gut microbiome from patients with irritable bowel syndrome, ulcerative colitis, and asthma by A. Y. Tikunov, A. N. Shvalov, V. V. Morozov, I. V. Babkin, G. V. Seledtsova, I. O. Voloshina, I. P. Ivanova, A. V. Bardasheva, V. V. Morozova, V. V. Vlasov, N. V. Tikunova

“…In the gut microbiota of adults with BA, a decrease in the proportion of Roseburia, Lachnospira, Veillonella sequences was detected, but the share of Faecalibacterium and Lactobacillus sequences was the same as in healthy individuals. …”
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Host-Induced Gene Silencing of the <i>Aspergillus flavus O</i>-Methyl Transferase Gene Enhanced Maize Aflatoxin Resistance by Olanike Omolehin, Yenjit Raruang, Dongfang Hu, Zhu-Qiang Han, Surassawadee Promyou, Robert L. Brown, Qijian Wei, Kanniah Rajasekaran, Jeffrey W. Cary, Kan Wang, Dan Jeffers, Zhi-Yuan Chen

“…In addition, high levels of <i>omtA</i>-specific small RNAs were only detected in the transgenic kernel and leaf tissues. …”
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Protocol for Rhapsody: a longitudinal observational study examining the feasibility of speech phenotyping for remote assessment of neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders by Allan H Young, Rebecca Strawbridge, Ammar Al-Chalabi, Dag Aarsland, Aleksandra Podlewska, Ray Chaudhuri, Elliot Hampsey, Marton Meszaros, Caroline Skirrow, Rosie H Taylor, Lazarus Chok, Jack Weston, Emil Fristed, Olabisi Awogbemila

“…New, remotely delivered diagnostic assessments that can detect early stage NPDs by profiling speech could enable earlier intervention and fewer missed diagnoses. …”
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Novel digital droplet inverse PCR assay shows that natural clearance of hepatitis B infection is associated with fewer viral integrations by Dong Li, Vikki Ho, Chiao-Fang Teng, Hung-Wen Tsai, Yuanyuan Liu, Sarah Bae, Harout Ajoyan, Jochen M. Wettengel, Ulrike Protzer, Brian S. Gloss, Rebecca J. Rockett, Rafid Al Asady, Jane Li, Simon So, Jacob George, Mark W. Douglas, Thomas Tu

“…Using defined in vitro samples for assay establishment, we showed that dd-qinvPCR could detect integrations within an input of <80 cells. …”
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An improved statistical bias correction method for Global Climate Model (GCM) precipitation projection: A case study on the CMCC-CM2-SR5 model projection in China’s Huaihe River Ba... by Yuning Luo, Ke Zhang, Wen Wang, Xinyu Chen, Jin Feng, Haijun Wang, Wei Liu, Cheng Guo, Cuiying Chen, Xiaozhong Wang

“…The Expert Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices (ETCCDI) extreme precipitation indices and spatial patterns of extreme precipitation in July 2020 in the observations and bias-corrected data were then compared to evaluate the effectiveness of these methods on capturing precipitation extremes.New hydrological insights for the region: Results show that the LS-EDCDF method outperforms the other three methods in correcting monthly CDFs, reducing biases, and preserving extreme precipitation. …”
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NORDIC denoising on VASO data by Lasse Knudsen, Lasse Knudsen, Luca Vizioli, Federico De Martino, Lonike K. Faes, Daniel A. Handwerker, Steen Moeller, Peter A. Bandettini, Peter A. Bandettini, Laurentius Huber

“…However, VASO comes along with another reduction in detection sensitivity. NOise Reduction with DIstribution Corrected (NORDIC) PCA (principal component analysis) is a denoising technique specifically aimed at suppressing thermal noise, which has proven useful for increasing the SNR of high-resolution functional data. …”
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Diagnostic investigation, intervention, and outcome for post-subtotal gastrectomy patients who present with jaundice by Duan Wang, Duan Wang, Liang Zhu, Fanyi Kong, Fanyi Kong, Yingyu Pan, Yingyu Pan, Wei Liu, Xuan Wang, Weidong Pan, Jian Cao, Qiang Xu, Dong Wu, Dong Wu, Dong Wu

“…The three imaging modalities had similar performance in lesion localization and characterization, whereas PET/CT showed higher accuracy compared to MR and CT in detecting extensive disease (92.8% vs. 83.3% vs. 60.0%). …”
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Impact of Nasal Anatomical Variation Subtype on Surgical Outcomes for Rhinogenic Contact Point Headache by Salvatore Lavalle, Annalisa Pace, Giuseppe Magliulo, Mario Lentini, Jerome Rene Lechien, Christian Calvo-Henriquez, Federica Maria Parisi, Giannicola Iannella, Antonino Maniaci, Daniela Messineo

“…This study aimed to clarify the correlation with nasal anatomical variation detected by CT and RCPH treatment outcomes. <b>Methods:</b> A prospective cohort study was conducted on 90 RCPH patients undergoing surgery or medical therapy. …”
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Anti-phenolic glycolipid antibodies in Mycobacterium bovis infected cattle by Zijie Zhou, Anouk van Hooij, J. Hessel M. van Dijk, Nina Musch, Louise Pierneef, Hamza Khalid, Kees Franken, Thomas Holder, Neil Watt, Anita L. Michel, Jeroen D.C. Codée, Martin Vordermeier, Paul L.A.M. Corstjens, Elisabeth M.D.L. van der Heijden, Jayne C. Hope, Annemieke Geluk

“…This study shows for the first time that anti M. bovis PGL antibodies can be detected in infected cattle: anti-M. bovis PGL IgM is a highly specific, but moderately sensitive biomarker for M. bovis infection in cattle, showing potential for differentiate infected from vaccinated animals (DIVA). …”
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Genomic and resistome analysis of Salmonella enterica isolates from retail markets in Yichun city, China by Xiaowu Jiang, Abubakar Siddique, Li Chen, Lexin Zhu, Haiyang Zhou, Li Na, Chenghao Jia, Yan Li, Min Yue

“…Moreover, key virulence genes such as cdtB, lpf and sef were also detected, in addition to Salmonella pathogenicity islands SPI-1 and SPI-2. …”
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Radiomics for Predicting the Development of Brain Edema from Normal-Appearing Early Brain-CT After Cardiac Arrest and Return of Spontaneous Circulation by Michael Scheschenja, Eva-Marie Müller-Stüler, Simon Viniol, Joel Wessendorf, Moritz B. Bastian, Jarmila Jedelská, Alexander M. König, Andreas H. Mahnken

“…Radiomics analyses present a promising approach to identifying subtle imaging markers, potentially aiding early HIBI detection. <b>Methods:</b> This study retrospectively assessed post-CA patients between 2016 and 2023 who received immediate brain CTs. …”
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Aloe Emodin Reduces Cardiac Inflammation Induced by a High-Fat Diet through the TLR4 Signaling Pathway by Yingfu Chen, Burong Feng, Ye Yuan, Juan Hu, Wei Zhao, Huiwei Jiang, Wen Li, Ziyi Fan, Zhimin Du

“…Inflammatory markers were detected by qRT-PCR, WB, and immunofluorescence. Results. …”
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