Serum biochemical profile in case of cardiorenal syndrome in cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by Yu. A. Vatnikov, E. D. Sotnikova, V. I. Kuznetsov, A. A. Razumova, I. V. Shchurov, O. A. Petrukhina, A. A. Rudenko

“…Biochemical indicators such as serum concentrations of creatinine, troponin I, cystatin C, symmetric dimethylarginine and C-reactive protein can be considered reliable diagnostic markers for the presence of cardiorenal syndrome.…”
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Comparison of the performance of three classification criteria for Behçet's Disease in a single centre cohort from South India by Vishnu S Chandran, Suma Balan

“…Performance of the ISG, revised ICBD, and PEDBD 2015 was evaluated in terms of sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), negative predictive value (NPV), negative likelihood ratio (NLR), positive likelihood ratio (PLR), diagnostic odds ratio (DOR), accuracy, and Youden's index (YI). …”
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Severe Tuberculosis Requiring Intensive Care: A Descriptive Analysis by Raquel Pacheco Duro, Paulo Figueiredo Dias, Alcina Azevedo Ferreira, Sandra Margarida Xerinda, Carlos Lima Alves, António Carlos Sarmento, Lurdes Campos dos Santos

“…Most risk factors for mortality were related to organ failure, but others could be attributed to delay in the diagnostic and therapeutic approach, important targets for intervention.…”
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Fault Diagnosis Method for Control Circuit of ZDJ9 Double-machine Traction Speed-up Turnout Electric Switch Machine by TANG Shaojie, TANG Kaize, GUO Lei, CUI Chen

“…［Method］ Three 200W light bulbs are combined to form a bulb diagnostic device, sharing one grounding electrode, and the other polarity is connected to the A, B, and C three-phase power supply. …”
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Comparison of two point-of-care lung ultrasound techniques and their associated outcomes for bronchiolitis in the pediatric emergency department by Jaron A. Smith, Michael C. Cooper, Kenneth Yen, Joan Reisch, Bethsabee S. Stone

“…Point-of-care lung ultrasound (LUS) offers a promising diagnostic and prognostic tool in the emergency department (ED), however, the time to perform LUS is of concern in the emergency setting. …”
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Burden of scrub typhus among patients with acute febrile illness attending tertiary care hospital in Chitwan, Nepal by Sangita Thapa, Pradip Hamal, Navin Kumar Chaudhary, Lokendra Bahadur Sapkota, Jaya Prasad Singh

“…There is utmost need of reliable diagnostic facilities at all levels of healthcare system in Nepal. …”
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Variation in Assessing Renal Allograft Rejection: A National Assessment of Nephrology Practice by John Peabody, Paul Billings, Czarlota Valdenor, Zach Demko, Solomon Moshkevich, David Paculdo, Mary Tran

“…This evidence suggests that better diagnostic tools may be helpful to determine which transplant patients should be biopsied and which should not. …”
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Correlation of ferritin and glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4) level as a marker of ferroptosis process in endometrioma by Rina Nulianti, Hartanto Bayuaji, Mulyanusa Amarullah Ritonga, Tono Djuwantono, Dian Tjahyadi, Anita Rachmawati, Sri Ratna Dwiningsih, Aisyah Shofiatun Nisa, Putri Nadhira Adinda Adriansyah

“…Observational analytic data were gathered between February and July 2023 from female patients diagnosed with endometrioma who underwent either laparoscopic or laparotomy surgery, either for therapeutic or diagnostic reasons. There were 58 patients who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria in this study. …”
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Advancements in Frank’s sign Identification using deep learning on 3D brain MRI by Sungman Jo, Jun Sung Kim, Min Jeong Kwon, Jieun Park, Jeong Lan Kim, Jin Hyeong Jhoo, Eosu Kim, Leonard Sunwoo, Jae Hyoung Kim, Ji Won Han, Ki Woong Kim

“…Abstract Frank’s sign (FS) is a diagnostic marker associated with aging and various health conditions. …”
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Clinical experiences with robotic computed tomography-guided interventions: A comparison with manual technique by Ashwin Kumar A, Sivakumar Kannappan, Geetha G

“…Conclusion: Robotic-assisted CT-guided procedures using the MAXIO system showed improved diagnostic accuracy and safety, with reductions in radiation dose, needle manipulations, and punctures, compared to conventional manual techniques.…”
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Novel Circulating Tumour Cell-Related Risk Model Indicates Prognosis and Immune Infiltration in Lung Adenocarcinoma by Lu Liang, Yueying Liu, Shiyao Jiang, Jingjing Huang, Hua He, Li Shen, Li Cong, Yiqun Jiang

“…Therefore, analysing the risk factors of LUAD from the perspective of CTCs may provide novel insights into the metastatic mechanisms and may help to develop diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. Methods. A total of 447 patients from TCGA dataset were included in the training cohort, and 460 patients from the GEO dataset were included in the validation cohort. …”
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Comparison of Vaccination Regimens on Immune Responses Using PED Replicon Vaccine: A Field Trial in PED-Negative and PED-Positive Thai Swine Farms by Chaitawat Sirisereewan, Thanh Che Nguyen, Nanthiya Iampraphat, Hongyao Lin, Leonardo Ellerma, Pisit Sirithanyakul, Roongtham Kedkovid, Roongroje Thanawongnuwech

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Association between Smoking and Liver Fibrosis among Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Hongjie Ou, Yaojie Fu, Wei Liao, Caixia Zheng, Xiaolu Wu

“…Liver significant fibrosis was diagnosed when the liver stiffness (LS) value was higher than 7.4 kPa. The diagnostic criterion for NAFLD was a controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) value of >238 dB/m. …”
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The Swallowing Clinical Assessment Score in Parkinson’s Disease (SCAS-PD) Is a Valid and Low-Cost Tool for Evaluation of Dysphagia: A Gold-Standard Comparison Study by Larissa L. Branco, Sheila Trentin, Carla Helena Augustin Schwanke, Irenio Gomes, Fernanda Loureiro

“…Considering this, SCAS-PD is highly applicable in clinical settings, since it is a simple and low-cost diagnostic tool for detecting dysphagia in PD patients.…”
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Low KV-low contrast medium dose one-stop dual source CT high pitch integrated coronary-carotid-cerebral-aortic CTA improves image quality and reduces both radiation and contrast me... by Meng Wang, Chao Zheng, Lin Yang, Juan Su, Bo Wang, JieXin Sheng

“…The LD group had higher subjective image quality scores while all scores in the two groups satisfied the diagnostic requirements. Conclusion: Low-kV, low-CM one-stop dual-source high-pitch integrated coronary-carotid-cerebral-aortic CTA can ensure image quality while significantly reducing the doses of contrast medium and radiation…”
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Genetic and molecular mechanisms of hydrocephalus by Xuehai Deng, Xuehai Deng, Yiqian Chen, Yiqian Chen, Qiyue Duan, Qiyue Duan, Jianlin Ding, Jianlin Ding, Zhong Wang, Zhong Wang, Junchi Wang, Xinlong Chen, Liangxue Zhou, Long Zhao

“…Further research on the pathogenesis of hydrocephalus is essential for developing new diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic strategies. …”
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Optimized Liveness Detection for Fast and Accurate Fingerprint Anti-Spoofing With Optical Coherence Tomography by Yilong Zhang, Heyou Yu, Haohao Sun, Yongbo Yao, Haixia Wang, Jian Liu, Yuanjie Dang, Ronghua Liang, Peng Chen

“…The experimental results show that this method can substantially improve the accuracy and real-time performance of anti-spoofing, and applies to various types of OCT systems, has a promising application in fingerprint identification and other medical diagnostic fields.…”
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Immune Dysregulation and Cellular Composition in Lichen Sclerosus Revealed by Integrative Epigenetic Analysis with Cell Type Deconvolution by Wang J, Fan H, Bao Z, Li G, Wang L, Zhang D

“…The CD99-CD99 interaction was the strongest between T cells and fibroblasts.Conclusion: Combining DNAme and scRNA-seq data revealed changes in cellular composition and immune pathways in LS, enhancing understanding of its pathogenesis and highlighting potential therapeutic targets and diagnostic markers.Keywords: lichen sclerosus, DNA methylation, immune, T cells…”
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Noninvasive in vivo assessment of placental insufficiency using pCASL: a prospective case–control study by Ghada Awad, Alaa Mohamed Reda, Rasha Lotfy Younis, Manal Mostafa Hassan, Rania Essam Eldin Mohamed Ali

“…Results Significant relation was found between placental perfusion values and umbilical and middle cerebral artery resistive indices as indicator for placental insufficiency with sensitivity and specificity 77.8%, 80%, respectively, for umbilical artery resistive index and 90%, 83.3%, respectively, for middle cerebral artery resistive index. While the diagnostic value of ASL perfusion was as follows, it had sensitivity = 90%, specificity = 83.3%, PPV = 84.4%, NPV = 89.3% and accuracy = 86.7%. …”
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A machine learning approach for vocal fold segmentation and disorder classification based on ensemble method by S. M. Nuruzzaman Nobel, S. M. Masfequier Rahman Swapno, Md. Rajibul Islam, Mejdl Safran, Sultan Alfarhood, M. F. Mridha

“…Integrating VF segmentation and disease classification into a single system is challenging but important for precise diagnostics. Our study addresses this challenge by combining VF illness categorization and VF segmentation into a single integrated system. …”
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