Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) with Acute Nephritis, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody- (ANCA-) Associated Vasculitis, and Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP): A Rare C... by Sohail Farshad, Christopher Kanaan, Solomiia Savedchuk, Dillon S. Karmo, Alexandra Halalau, Abhishek Swami

“…She had acute severe hypertension, diffuse abdominal tenderness, and petechial rash. Diagnostic work-up revealed active urine sediment with proteinuria and hematuria and elevated creatinine, anemia, and thrombocytopenia. …”
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Relation of Vitamin D levels with positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia – A hospital based cross-sectional comparative study by Soumitra Ghosh, Bikashita Deka

“…The neurohumoral and neuro immunomodulatory functions of Vitamin D might have a role to play in understanding the causation of the disease and thus appear promising in the diagnostic and therapeutic frontiers of the disease. …”
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Long-term storage of C-141 reference strain of melioidosis agent (<i>Burkholderia pseudomallei</i>) by E. A. Artemeva, L. A. Melnikova, A. P. Rodionov

“…Potential possibility of the agent introduction to the Russian Federation as well as the risk of malevolent use of this agent as a tool of bioterrorism dictates the need for storage of this pathogen in the microorganism collections to study its properties, develop and test diagnostic, detection and identification means. Microorganism Collection Laboratory of the FSBSI “FCTRBS-ARRVI” is responsible for storage and preservation of Burkholderia pseudomallei С-141 reference strain, submitted by Federal State Scientific Institution “Russian Research Anti-Plague Institute “Microbe” under the Rospotrebnadzor (Saratov city) for research purposes in 1983 and as a back-upstrain in case of its loss by other collections. …”
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Case report: Therapeutic use of bortezomib in a patient with Schnitzler syndrome by Hua Bai, Dongming Zhou, Jinwen Liu, Jie He, Zhou Min, Wenyong Fan, Bing Chen, Yong Xu

“…Whole exome sequencing (WES) did not reveal any pathological variants associated with monogenic autoinflammatory diseases or the MYD88 L265P mutation. He met the diagnostic criteria for SchS and was treated with bortezomib, leading to a significant improvement in clinical symptoms and a decline in IgMκ monoclonal protein levels. …”
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Prevalence of Osteoporosis in Patients with Distal Radius Fracture from Low-energy Trauma: An Observational Study by Manoj Kandel, Sarik Kumar Shrestha, Krishna Prasad Paudel, Sunil Panta, Deepak Banjade, Ramesh Syangtan, Sushil Thapa

“…Methods: This observational cross-section study evaluated the prevalence of osteoporosis in patients with distal radius fracture from low-energy trauma among patients presenting to tertiary level hospital of Nepal from October 2022 to September 2023.The participants’ demographic data, mechanism of injury, BMD values and T-score values were recorded and diagnosis of osteoporosis and osteopenia was made according to WHO diagnostic criteria. Ethical approval was taken from Institutional Review Committee (Reference Number: 079/80-015). …”
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ZooCNN: A Zero-Order Optimized Convolutional Neural Network for Pneumonia Classification Using Chest Radiographs by Saravana Kumar Ganesan, Parthasarathy Velusamy, Santhosh Rajendran, Ranjithkumar Sakthivel, Manikandan Bose, Baskaran Stephen Inbaraj

“…However, the shortage of radiologists in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) emphasizes the need for automated pneumonia diagnostic systems. This article presents a Deep Learning model, Zero-Order Optimized Convolutional Neural Network (ZooCNN), a Zero-Order Optimization (Zoo)-based CNN model for classifying CXR images into three classes, Normal Lungs (NL), Bacterial Pneumonia (BP), and Viral Pneumonia (VP); this model utilizes the Adaptive Synthetic Sampling (ADASYN) approach to ensure class balance in the Kaggle CXR Images (Pneumonia) dataset. …”
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A Challenging Case of an Ectopic Cushing Syndrome by Joana Menezes Nunes, Elika Pinho, Isabel Camões, João Maciel, Pedro Cabral Bastos, Conceição Souto de Moura, Paulo Bettencourt

“…This was an interesting case because the patient was admitted due to pneumonia that may have been associated with her untreated and chronic hypercortisolism and a challenging case of ectopic ACTH syndrome due to conflicting results on the diagnostic exams.…”
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Emerging roles of extracellular vesicles in oral and maxillofacial areas by Qianting Wang, Jiayu Sun, Haci Jiang, Mengfei Yu

“…Diseases in this region pose significant diagnostic and management challenges; therefore, exploring new strategies for early diagnosis, targeted treatment, and tissue reconstruction is key to improving patient prognosis and quality of life. …”
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Ketamine Use in Hysterosalpingography (the Jimah Procedure): A Follow-Up of Bilateral Tubal Evaluation of 27 Infertile  Women  at a Teaching Hospital, Ghana by Bashiru Babatunde Jimah, Anthony Baffour Appiah, Benjamin Dabo Sarkodie, Dorothea Anim

“…Studies suggest that sedation allows patients to better tolerate diagnostic imaging and image-guided procedures by relieving anxiety, discomfort, and pain. …”
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Application of Skin Electrical Conductance of Acupuncture Meridians for Ureteral Calculus: A Case Report by Wu-Chou Lin, Yung-Hsiang Chen, Jian-Ming Xu, Der-Cherng Chen, Wen-Chi Chen, Chao-Te Lee

“…Our recent study showed that measures of electrical conductance may be used as supplementary diagnostic methods for patients with acute renal colic. …”
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Machine learning techniques for predicting neurodevelopmental impairments in premature infants: a systematic review by Arantxa Ortega-Leon, Daniel Urda, Ignacio J. Turias, Simón P. Lubián-López, Simón P. Lubián-López, Isabel Benavente-Fernández, Isabel Benavente-Fernández, Isabel Benavente-Fernández

“…Furthermore, the inclusion of omics data as a contemporary approach employed, in other diagnostic contexts is proposed.ConclusionsWe identified limitations and emphasized the significance of employing multimodal data models and explored various alternatives to address the limitations identified in the reviewed studies. …”
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IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF GASTRIC CANCER: A 3-YEAR ANALYSIS by Amanda Juliani ARNEIRO, Marina Alessandra PEREIRA, André Roncon DIAS, Ulysses RIBEIRO JUNIOR, Marcus Fernando Kodama Pertille RAMOS

“…We observed an increase in diagnostic surgeries (p=0.026), with an increase in the minimally invasive route (p<0.001). …”
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An empirical study of the post-experiential growth of military personnel – combatants by V. O. Oliinyk, S. O. Larionov

“…The study used theoretical (analysis, synthesis, systematisation, generalisation of information) and diagnostic (S. Blight and K. Norris Post-Experiential Growth Questionnaire; Combat Exposure Scale; author's questionnaire consisting of 5 questions to determine the presence of traumatic events in life and in the workplace). …”
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A qualitative analysis of Arabic language websites about extraction of third molars by Muath Saad Alassaf, Mohannad Mohammed Abu Aof, Osama Ayidh Alharbi, Abdulrahman Turkustani, Moataz Ibrahim Karbouji, Nebras Althagafi, Ahmed Mohammed Almghamsi, Ghayda Yousof Zolaly, Shadia Elsayed

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Generation of Recombinant Porcine Parvovirus Virus-Like Particles in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Development of Virus-Specific Monoclonal Antibodies by Paulius Lukas Tamošiūnas, Rasa Petraitytė-Burneikienė, Rita Lasickienė, Artiomas Akatov, Gabrielis Kundrotas, Vilimas Sereika, Raimundas Lelešius, Aurelija Žvirblienė, Kęstutis Sasnauskas

“…In conclusion, yeast S. cerevisiae represents a promising expression system for generating recombinant PPV VP2 protein VLPs of diagnostic relevance.…”
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The Influence of Clinically Diagnosed Neuropathy on Respiratory Muscle Strength in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Birgit L. M. Van Eetvelde, Dirk Cambier, Karsten Vanden Wyngaert, Bert Celie, Patrick Calders

“…Clinical neurological diagnostic examination consisted of Vibration Perception Threshold and Diabetic Neuropathy Symptom score. …”
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Characteristics of functional constipation and analysis of intestinal microbiota in children aged 0–4 in Zunyi region by Shungang Gong, Zhengbo Yu, Yuan Ding, Yue Wang, Xi Li, Shengli Gu

“…A questionnaire based on Rome IV diagnostic criteria was used. Twenty-nine children with FC were randomly selected as the functional constipation group (FCG), and 26 healthy children, matched for age, sex, and area, were selected as the control group (CG). …”
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Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer&#x2019;s Disease Using Adaptive Neuro K-Means Clustering Technique by Karan Kumar, Shweta Agrawal, Isha Suwalka, Celestine Iwendi, Cresantus N. Biamba

“…Not all MCI cases progress to AD, creating a diagnostic challenge. This study proposes a novel framework for early AD diagnosis using T1-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). …”
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Prediction of Extrathyroidal Extension Using Ultrasonography and Computed Tomography by Doh Young Lee, Tack-Kyun Kwon, Myung-Whun Sung, Kwang Hyun Kim, J. Hun Hah

“…We also evaluated the diagnostic power for several combinations of US and CT findings. …”
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Functional constipation by Yu. O. Shulpekova, A. A. Kurbatova, A. V. Sedova

“…In the section devoted to the bowel diseases the new entity - opioid-induced constipation was defined; besides that diagnostic (mostly - the time-based criteria) of irritable bowel syndrome and functional constipation were modified. …”
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