Infectivity in full-term placenta of Zika viruses with different lipid profiles by Eva Mazzetto, Alessio Bortolami, Davide Bovo, Matteo Stocchero, Elisa Mazzacan, Alessandra Napolitan, Valentina Panzarin, Maria Rosa Tran, Gianpiero Zamperin, Adelaide Milani, Andrea Fortin, Michela Bigolaro, Paola Pirillo, Matteo Pagliari, Claudia Zanardello, Giuseppe Giordano, Maria Teresa Gervasi, Eugenio Baraldi, Calogero Terregino, Carlo Giaquinto, Francesco Bonfante

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Low-activity [18F]-somatostatin receptor (SSTR) imaging using [18F]SiTATE on a long axial field-of-view PET/CT scanner by Nils F. Trautwein, Eduardo Calderón, Pia M. Linder, Gerald Reischl, Philippe Driessen, Wenhong Lan, Andreas S. Brendlin, Thorben Groß, Helmut Dittmann, Martina Hinterleitner, Christian la Fougère, Fabian P. Schmidt, Lena S. Kiefer

“…Conclusion Reducing the administered activity of injected [18F]SiTATE by 66% to 1 MBq/kg (HS & UHS) is feasible in a LAFOV PET/CT scanner, maintaining clinically diagnostic image quality without statistically significant deviations in PET uptake parameters and MTV. …”
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Collagen turnover biomarkers to predict outcome of patients with biliary cancer by Leonard Kaps, Muhammed A. Genc, Markus Moehler, Stephan Grabbe, Jörn M. Schattenberg, Detlef Schuppan, Rasmus Sund Pedersen, Morten A. Karsdal, Philipp Mildenberger, Annett Maderer, Nicholas Willumsen

“…PRO-C3 showed the best diagnostic performance to discriminate between patients with BTC and controls. …”
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Assessment of Bowel Preparation Using Low-Volume Sulphate-Based Preparations in Comparison with Macrogols: A Multicenter, Randomized, Comparative Clinical Study of the 3rd Phase by Evgeny D. Fedorov, Viktor V. Veselov, Sergey V. Kashin, Ekaterina V. Tikhomirova, Alexey V. Veselov, Dmitry V. Zavyalov, Anne Kornowski, Tatyana Gorskaya, Magali Volteau, Thierry Ponchon

“…Men and women over the age of 18 scheduled to undergo routine diagnostic colonoscopy were randomly assigned either to the OSS group or to the Macrogol group with a fractional use mode before the colonoscopy. …”
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Optimising Xpert-Ultra and culture testing to reliably measure tuberculosis prevalence in the community: findings from surveys in Zambia and South Africa by Richard Hayes, Sarah Fidler, Sian Floyd, María Rupérez, Helen Ayles, Redwaan Vermaak, Kwame Shanaube, Albertus Schaap, Eveline Klinkenberg, Petra de Haas, Barry Kosloff, Thomas Gachie, Pete J Dodd, Chali Wapamesa, Michael J Burnett, Nico Kalisvaart, Tila Mainga, Linda Mureithi

“…We aimed to design an accurate diagnostic algorithm for TB prevalence surveys (TBPS) that limits the use of culture.Design TBPS in four communities, conducted during 2019.Setting Three Zambian communities and one South-African community included in the TBPS of the Tuberculosis Reduction through Expanded Anti-retroviral Treatment and Screening study.Participants Randomly sampled individuals aged ≥15 years. …”
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Prognostic biomarker soluble ST2 exhibits diurnal variation in chronic heart failure patients by Sandra Crnko, Markella I. Printezi, Tijn P.J. Jansen, Laurynas Leiteris, Manon G. van derMeer, Hilde Schutte, Martijn vanFaassen, Bastiaan C. duPré, Nicolaas deJonge, Folkert W. Asselbergs, Carlo A.J.M. Gaillard, Hans Kemperman, Pieter A. Doevendans, Joost P.G. Sluijter, Linda W. vanLaake

“…This new insight could lead to refinement of its diagnostic and prognostic values through specified and consistent sampling times with repeated measurements. …”
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Acute phase responses in clinically healthy multiparous Holsteins with and without calcium dysregulation during the early postpartum period by J.A. Seminara, C.R. Seely, J.A.A. McArt

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Hospital and physician-based mental healthcare during 12 months of opioid agonist treatment for opioid use disorder: Exploring costs and factors associated with acute care. by Tea Rosic, Glenda Babe, Myanca Rodrigues, Brittany B Dennis, Richard Perez, Claire de Oliveira, Andrew Worster, Lehana Thabane, Zainab Samaan

“…We identified ED visits and hospitalizations for non-substance use-related mental health disorders using ICD-10-CA diagnostic codes. Outpatient mental health visits to primary care providers and psychiatrists were ascertained by examining the diagnostic codes of physician billing claims. …”
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Early warning systems for identifying severe maternal outcomes: findings from the WHO global maternal sepsis studyResearch in context by Yamikani Chimwaza, Alexandra Hunt, Livia Oliveira-Ciabati, Laura Bonnett, Edgardo Abalos, Cristina Cuesta, João Paulo Souza, Mercedes Bonet, Vanessa Brizuela, David Lissauer, Yamikani Chimwaza, Alexandra Hunt, Livia Oliveira-Ciabati, Laura Bonnett, Edgardo Abalos, Cristina Cuesta, João Paulo Souza, Mercedes Bonet, Vanessa Brizuela, David Lissauer, Mohammad Iqbal Aman, Bashir Noormal, Marisa Espinoza, Julia Pasquale, Charlotte Leroy, Kristien Roelens, Griet Vandenberghe, M. Christian Urlyss Agossou, Sourou Goufodji Keke, Christiane Tshabu Aguemon, Patricia Soledad Apaza Peralta, Víctor Conde Altamirano, Rosalinda Hernández Muñoz, José Guilherme Cecatti, Carolina Ribeiro do Valle, Vincent Batiene, Kadari Cisse, Henri Gautier Ouedraogo, Kannitha Cheang, Phirun Lam, Tung Rathavy, Elie Simo, Pierre-Marie Tebeu, Emah Irene Yakana, Javier Carvajal, María Fernanda Escobar, Paula Fernández, Lotte Berdiin Colmorn, Jens Langhoff-Roos, Wilson Mereci, Paola Vélez, Yasser Salah Eldin, Alaa Sultan, Alula M. Teklu, Dawit Worku, Richard Adanu, Philip Govule, Charles Noora Lwanga, William Enrique Arriaga Romero, María Guadalupe Flores Aceituno, Carolina Bustillo, Bredy Lara, Vijay Kumar, Vanita Suri, Sonia Trikha, Irene Cetin, Serena Donati, Carlo Personeni, Guldana Baimussanova, Saule Kabylova, Balgyn Sagyndykova, George Gwako, Alfred Osoti, Zahida Qureshi, Raisa Asylbasheva, Aigul Boobekova, Damira Seksenbaeva, Saad Eddine Itani, Meilė Minkauskienė, Diana Ramašauskaitė, Owen Chikhwaza, Luis Gadama, Eddie Malunga, Haoua Dembele, Hamadoun Sangho, Fanta Eliane Zerbo, Filiberto Dávila Serapio, Nazarea Herrera Maldonado, Juan I. Islas Castañeda, Tatiana Cauaus, Ala Curteanu, Victor Petrov, Yadamsuren Buyanjargal, Seded Khishgee, Bat-Erdene Lkhagvasuren, Amina Essolbi, Rachid Moulki, Zara Jaze, Arlete Mariano, Nafissa Bique Osman, Hla Mya Thway Einda, Thae Maung Maung, Khaing Nwe Tin, Tara Gurung, Amir Babu Shrestha, Sangeeta Shrestha, Kitty Bloemenkamp, Marcus J. Rijken, Thomas Van Den Akker, María Esther Estrada, Néstor J. Pavón Gómez, Olubukola Adesina, Chris Aimakhu, Bukola Fawole, Rizwana Chaudhri, Saima Hamid, M. Adnan Khan, María del Pilar Huatuco Hernández, Nelly M. Zavaleta Pimentel, Maria Lu Andal, Zenaida Dy Recidoro, Carolina Paula Martin, Mihaela Budianu, Lucian Pușcașiu, Léopold Diouf, Dembo Guirassy, Philippe Marc Moreira, Miroslav Borovsky, Ladislav Kovac, Alexandra Kristufkova, Sylvia Cebekhulu, Laura Cornelissen, Priya Soma-Pillay, Vicenç Cararach, Marta López, María José Vidal Benedé, Hemali Jayakody, Kapila Jayaratne, Dhammica Rowel, Wisal Nabag, Sara Omer, Victoria Tsoy, Urunbish Uzakova, Dilrabo Yunusova, Thitiporn Siriwachirachai, Thumwadee Tangsiriwatthana, Catherine Dunlop, Marian Knight, Jhon Roman, Gerardo Vitureira, Dinh Anh Tuan, Luong Ngoc Truong, Nghiem Thi Xuan Hanh, Mugove Madziyire, Thulani Magwali, Stephen Munjanja, Adama Baguiya, Mónica Chamillard, Bukola Fawole, Marian Knight, Seni Kouanda, Pisake Lumbiganon, Ashraf Nabhan, Ruta Nadisauskiene, Linda Bartlett, Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues, Shevin T. Jacob, Sadia Shakoor, Khalid Yunis, Liana Campodónico, Hugo Gamerro, Daniel Giordano, Fernando Althabe, A. Metin Gülmezoglu

“…Machine learning was used to test the diagnostic potential of routine maternal sepsis markers. …”
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Interplay between oxidative stress, neuroinflammatory cytokines and melatonin in Alzheimer's disease: Insights from cerebrospinal fluid analysis by Francisco Artime-Naveda, David Hevia, Rebeca Alonso-Arias, Carmen Martínez, Isabel Quirós-González, Rafael Cernuda-Cernuda, Alejando Alvarez-Artime, Iván Menéndez-Valle, Rosa M. Sainz, Juan C. Mayo

“…Finally, among all the parameters assayed in this study, P-tau in combination with antioxidant capacity, offered the best ROC curve for the diagnostic ability capacity to discriminate between AD and OT, showing an 85 % specificity. …”
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Comparative effectiveness of aripiprazole and olanzapine on neurocognitive profile of patients with schizophrenia by Sanya Sharma, Ajeet Sidana, Shivangi Mehta, Manoj Kumar Bajaj

“…Patients with schizophrenia as per the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), were assessed on Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), and neuropsychological tests at baseline. …”
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Use of Autoantibodies to Detect the Onset of Breast Cancer by Jérôme Lacombe, Alain Mangé, Jérôme Solassol

“…The great potential for molecular tools to improve breast cancer outcomes based on early diagnosis has driven the search for diagnostic biomarkers. Identification of tumor-specific markers capable of eliciting an immune response in the early stages of tumor development seems to provide an effective approach for early diagnosis. …”
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Order in Chaos: Lesser-Conserved and Repeat Structures in Dehydrins by G. Richard Strimbeck

“…In addition to one or more copies of the diagnostic, fifteen-residue K segment, most Dhns can be classified into one of three major groups based on the mutually exclusive presence of three other conserved segments (H, Y, or F), with all three groups typically incorporating multi-serine S segments. …”
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Prognosis of erosions development at gastric metaplasia of esophageal mucosa in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease by Ye. K. Mastykova, M. R. Konorev, M. E. Matveyenko

“…To determine prognostic value of diagnostics of gastric metaplasia of esophageal mucosa in development of erosions in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).Material and methods. …”
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Retinal Damage Induced by Internal Limiting Membrane Removal by Rachel Gelman, William Stevenson, Claudia Prospero Ponce, Daniel Agarwal, John Byron Christoforidis

“…Several authors have investigated the retinal damage induced by ILM peeling and these complications have been manifested across many different diagnostic studies.…”
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Concomitant pheochromocytoma and hyperaldosteronism in a 47-year-old man: a case report by Fatemeh Majidi, Ali Shabbak, Shadi Nazarizadeh, Aryan Madady

“…Abstract Background The coexistence of pheochromocytoma and hyperaldosteronism is a rare and clinically significant finding with diagnostic challenges that need to be considered in the workup of patients with hypertension. …”
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Diagnosis and treatment of incomplete internal rectal fistulas by M. O. Chernozhukova, A. M. Kuzminov, S. A. Frolov, Vyacheslav Yu. Korolik, Sh. T. Minbayev, R. R. Eligulashvili

“…Second, as difficult diagnostic procedures are required (due to the absence of external orifice) preoperative assessment of the structure of fistulous tract is complicated. …”
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Mucocutaneous Manifestations of HIV and the Correlation with WHO Clinical Staging in a Tertiary Hospital in Nigeria by Olumayowa Abimbola Oninla

“…Dermatoses can therefore serve as diagnostic and prognostic markers in resource limited settings to initiate HAART in clinical stages 3 and 4.…”
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Korelasi Status Nutrisi dengan Tingkat Kadar Hemoglobin Darah pada Anak Usia Sekolah Dasar Markidam di Desa Cilame Kabupaten Bandung by Lenny Oktorina, Fadhli Dharmansyach Hakim, Josep Dharmadi Buntoro, Afiat Berbudi, Bayu Ewangga

“…The hemoglobin level was used as a rapid diagnostic test tool with the Easytouch brand type GCHB. …”
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Breast Cancer Suspicion in a Transgender Male-to-Female Patient on Hormone Replacement Therapy Presenting with Right Breast Mass: Breast Cancer Risk Assessment and Presentation of... by Krystina Tongson, Victoria Konovalova, Naveen Dhawan, Steffi Sharma, Jaya Bahl, Mohammad Masri

“…While the number of reported cases of suspicious breast lesions in this population remains scarce, it presents both a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge due to the nature of the treatment course and the lack of research in this recently growing subgroup of patients.…”
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