The Assessment of Selected Bone and Cartilage Biomarkers in Psoriatic Patients from Poland by Joanna Bartosińska, Anna Michalak-Stoma, Maria Juszkiewicz-Borowiec, Małgorzata Kowal, Grażyna Chodorowska

“…Psoriasis is an inflammatory disease in which joints involvement may be insidious and difficult to detect. Bone and cartilage biomarkers may be helpful in screening patients with psoriasis for psoriatic arthritis (PsA). …”
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Intelligent IoT-Based Network Clustering and Camera Distribution Algorithm Using Reinforcement Learning by Islam T. Almalkawi, Rami Halloush, Mohammad F. Al-Hammouri, Alaa Alghazo, Loiy Al-Abed, Mohammad Amra, Ayooub Alsarhan, Sami Aziz Alshammari

“…However, existing surveillance systems are often based on traditional camera distribution and come with additional communication costs and redundancy in the detection range. Thus, we propose a smart and efficient camera distribution system based on machine learning using two Reinforcement Learning (RL) methods: Q-Learning and neural networks. …”
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Prepartum Dietary Supplementation of Potassium Humate Improves Postpartum Lactation Performance, Metabolic Profile of Multiparous Cows, and Immune Response of Their Calves by Cangir Uyarlar, Abdur Rahman, Eyup Eren Gultepe, İbrahim Sadi Cetingul, Muhammad Uzair Akhtar, Ismail Bayram

“…In terms of metabolic health and blood biochemistry, lymphocytes, neutrophils, monocytes, NEFAs, and BHBA were different among the treatment groups. No effects were detected on the blood physiology parameters of the calves. …”
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Convolutional Neural Decoder for Surface Codes by Hyunwoo Jung, Inayat Ali, Jeongseok Ha

“…To perform reliable information processing in quantum computers, quantum error correction (QEC) codes are essential for the detection and correction of errors in the qubits. Among QEC codes, topological QEC codes are designed to interact between the neighboring qubits, which is a promising property for easing the implementation requirements. …”
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Discordance between humoral and cellular immune responses to cytomegalovirus infection in CMV seropositive patients awaiting lung transplantation by Meritxell Boada-Pérez, Meritxell Boada-Pérez, Meritxell Boada-Pérez, Cristina Berastegui, Cristina Berastegui, Cristina Berastegui, Marta Erro, Marta Erro, Piedad Ussetti, Elena Crespo, Elena Crespo, Laura Donadeu, Laura Donadeu, Oriol Bestard, Oriol Bestard, Oriol Bestard, Gabriel Anguera, Amparo Solé, Ricardo Ponz Mir, Brian Molloy, Eva Revilla-López, Eva Revilla-López, Víctor Monforte, Víctor Monforte, Víctor Monforte, Susana Gómez-Ollés, Susana Gómez-Ollés, Susana Gómez-Ollés

“…All seronegative patients did not respond to either antigen.ConclusionsTherefore, over 20% of CMV seropositive LT candidates showed weak CMV-specific cellular immune responses despite detectable serological memory against CMV. This may be important in assessing the risk of developing a CMV infection after transplantation.…”
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Fine tuning enzyme activity assays for monitoring the enzymatic hydrolysis of PET by Krisztina Boros, Blanka Eszter Nagy, Raluca Bianca Tomoiagă, Róbert Tőtős, Monica Ioana Toșa, Csaba Paizs, László Csaba Bencze

“…The provided calibration curves cover a broad concentration range, from µM to low mM scale, facilitating assessment of both lower and higher PETase activities, with a limit of detection positioned below the reported PET-degrading activities. …”
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The WRKY Transcription Factor Genes in Lotus japonicus by Hui Song, Pengfei Wang, Zhibiao Nan, Xingjun Wang

“…Investigations of gene copy number and gene clusters indicate that only one gene duplication event occurred on chromosome 4 and no clustered genes were detected on chromosomes 3 or 6. Researchers previously believed that group II and III WRKY domains were derived from the C-terminal WRKY domain of group I. …”
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Effects of a Pain Catastrophizing Induction on Sensory Testing in Women with Chronic Low Back Pain: A Pilot Study by Chloe J. Taub, John A. Sturgeon, Kevin A. Johnson, Sean C. Mackey, Beth D. Darnall

“…Changes in QST pain were detected for two of the QST tasks administered, weighted pin pain and mechanical allodynia. …”
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The validity of the renal Doppler resistivity index in renal allograft infections by Moataz Fatthy, Karim M. Soliman, Éva Csongrádi, Abd El Rahman Marzouk, Ahmed Fathy, Ahmed Fayed

“…There was a statistically significant difference in RRI in those with allograft infections, with the ROC curve for detection of infection utilizing RRI demonstrated an Area Under Curve 0.634 (p-value 0.015; cutoff value: 0.765; CI:0.527–0.742), with a specificity of 64.4% and a sensitivity of 68.8%.Conclusion Normal renal graft arterial resistivity index values, despite a renal allograft dysfunction, may be indicative of allograft infection, guiding clinicians’ decisions regarding kidney biopsy and facilitating further biopsy interpretations.…”
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Study of Chemical Intermediates by Means of ATR-IR Spectroscopy and Hybrid Hard- and Soft-Modelling Multivariate Curve Resolution-Alternating Least Squares by Junxiu Ma, Juan Qi, Xinyu Gao, Chunhua Yan, Tianlong Zhang, Hongsheng Tang, Hua Li

“…The aim of this study is to investigate the ability of online attenuated total reflection infrared (ATR-IR) spectroscopy combined with the novel approach of hybrid hard- and soft-modelling multivariate curve resolution-alternating least squares (HS-MCR) analysis to monitor and detect changes in structural properties of compound during 3,5-diamino-1,2,4-triazole (DAT) synthesis processes. …”
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Similarities and Differences between ICME-driven Shocks Observed by VEX (∼0.72 au) and WIND (∼1.0 au) by Mengsi Ruan, Pingbing Zuo, Zilu Zhou, Jiayun Wei, Xueshang Feng, Yi Wang, Qi Xu, Xiaojun Xu, Zhengyang Zou, Zhenning Shen

“…Approximately 28.57% of the detected PMS events from VEX observations and 28.84% from WIND observations cover the entire 2 hr intervals downstream of the shocks, which are referred to as full PMS events. …”
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Two Approaches to Cognitive Evaluation: Assessing the Strengths and Limitations of GPCOG and ACE-III by Magdalena Mąka, Dominik Sikora, Piotr Oleksy, Adam Zając, Karol Zieliński, Łukasz Papież, Ewa Góralczyk, Jakub Kamiński, Bartosz Buczkowski, Dagmara Wochnik

“…Combined, they enhance early detection and management of cognitive disorders. …”
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A Case of Significant Response to Olaparib in a Patient with Primary Peritoneal Carcinosarcoma Diagnosed by Laparoscopic Surgery by Satoshi Nagamata, Yukiko Nakasuji, Keitaro Yamanaka, Maho Azumi, Keiichi Washio, Maho Shimizu, Ryosuke Takahashi, Kazuyo Matsumoto, Yuka Murata, Kaho Suzuki, Masashi Deguchi, Hideto Yamada, Yoshito Terai

“…Carinosarcomas contain both carcinomatous and sarcomatous elements and can be mainly detected in the female genital tract. We herein report a case of primary peritoneal carcinosarcoma diagnosed by laparoscopic surgery and treated with olaparib. …”
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Epigenetic Methylation of Parathyroid CaR and VDR Promoters in Experimental Secondary Hyperparathyroidism by Jacob Hofman-Bang, Eva Gravesen, Klaus Olgaard, Ewa Lewin

“…Methylation of promoter regions is often detected during epigenetic downregulation of gene expression. …”
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Albumin Binding Function: The Potential Earliest Indicator for Liver Function Damage by Penglei Ge, Huayu Yang, Jingfen Lu, Wenjun Liao, Shunda Du, Yingli Xu, Haifeng Xu, Haitao Zhao, Xin Lu, Xinting Sang, Shouxian Zhong, Jiefu Huang, Yilei Mao

“…Albumin metal ion binding capacity (Ischemia-modified albumin transformed, IMAT) and fatty acid binding capacity (total binding sites, TBS) were detected. Results. Both IMAT and TBS were significantly decreased in patients with NAFLD and early hepatitis. …”
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A Case of Spontaneous Spinal Subdural Hematoma Complicated by Cranial Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and Spinal Adhesive Arachnoiditis by Taihei Go, Toshiyuki Tsutsui, Yasuaki Iida, Katsunori Fukutake, Ryoichi Fukano, Kosei Ishigaki, Kazuaki Tsuchiya, Hiroshi Takahashi

“…Small subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) was detected on head CT, and strict antihypertensive therapy was started. …”
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Natural History of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease: From Metabolic Syndrome to Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Melchor Alpízar Salazar, Samantha Estefanía Olguín Reyes, Andrea Medina Estévez, Julieta Alejandra Saturno Lobos, Jesús Manuel De Aldecoa Castillo, Juan Carlos Carrera Aguas, Samary Alaniz Monreal, José Antonio Navarro Rodríguez, Dulce María Fernanda Alpízar Sánchez

“…Diagnosing MASLD traditionally involves invasive liver biopsy, but non-invasive methods like ultrasound and transient elastography are preferred due to their safety and availability. These methods detect liver steatosis and fibrosis with reasonable accuracy, offering alternatives to biopsy despite varying sensitivity and specificity. …”
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The Conscious Side of ‘Subliminal’ Linguistic Priming: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis and Reliability Analysis of Visibility Measures by David Hernández-Gutiérrez, Miguel A. Sorrel, David R. Shanks, Miguel A. Vadillo

“…One strategy to establish this automaticity involves detecting significant syntactic priming effects in tasks that limit conscious awareness of the stimuli. …”
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Associated Factors to Seroprevalence of Ehrlichia spp. in Dogs of Quintana Roo, Mexico by Pedro Pablo Martínez-Vega, Manuel Emilio Bolio-Gonzalez, Roger Iván Rodríguez-Vivas, Eduardo Gutierrez-Blanco, Carlos Pérez-Osorio, Sandra Luz Villegas-Perez, Carlos Humberto Sauri-Arceo

“…Serum samples were obtained from 118 dogs and used in an indirect immunofluorescent assay test for the detection of antibodies against Ehrlichia spp. A questionnaire was used to obtain information about possible variables associated with seroprevalence. …”
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INTRAOPERATIVE PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY FOR METASTATIC PERITONEAL TUMORS by E. A. Suleimanov, V. M. Khomyakov, L. G. Serova, L. I. Moskvicheva, E. V. Filonenko, A. D. Kaprin

“…The advantages of this type of treatment of patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis are a selective effect on the peritoneal carcinomatosis and on visually detected tumor tissue, high efficiency in patients with malignant tumors of the abdominal cavity and pelvis combined with surgical cytoreduction, minimal effect on normal organs and tissues of the patient, well tolerated procedure.…”
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