Emotion dysregulation and loneliness as predictors of food addiction by Eirini Tatsi, Atiya Kamal, Alistar Turvill, Regina Holler

“…Results: 79% of the sample endorsed a persistent desire or repeated unsuccessful attempts to cut down or control their use of highly processed foods, while 21% met diagnostic criteria for food addiction. Poisson regression analysis demonstrated that the model predicts food addiction (P <0.001). …”
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Peak Occurrence of Retinal Detachment following Cataract Surgery: A Systematic Review and Pooled Analysis with Internal Validation by Rabea Kassem, Yoel Greenwald, Asaf Achiron, Idan Hecht, Vitaly Man, Liron Ben haim, Amir Bukelman

“…Timing of retinal detachment (RD) following cataract surgery is of importance for both diagnostic and prognostic factors. However, results on RD onset-time following cataract surgery have been conflicting. …”
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That “darned Dorsiceratus case” (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Cletodidae T. Scott)—an attempt of a systematic approach, including the description of three new species by Kai Horst George, Lukas Tönjes, Songül Yurtdaş

“…It needs to be supplemented by molecular analyses. A diagnostic key to species is provided.…”
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Pancreatic Cancer: Molecular, Biochemical, Chemopreventive, and Therapeutic Aspects by Juan Iovanna, José Luis Neira

“…Combination therapies, together with improved diagnostic tools and predictive markers, are ultimately desired in order to improve the bleak outlook for patients diagnosed with PC.…”
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Polysomnographic features of children with obesity: body mass index predict severe obstructive sleep apnea in obese children? by Rungrat Sukharom, Prakarn Tovichien, Kanokporn Udomittipong, Pinyapach Tiamduangtawan, Wattanachai Chotinaiwattarakul

“…Methods This cross-sectional study recruited obese children who underwent diagnostic polysomnography between January 2019 and March 2022. …”
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Primary amenorrhoea - cytogenetic study in 40 Indian women by Byapti Banerjee, Atreyee Dutta, Sanchita Roy, Ajanta Halder

“…Cytogenetic analysis is an indispensable diagnostic tool to determine the abnormality of the chromosome. …”
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Does Proteinuria Measured by Dipstick Method Reflect Reality in Patients with Preeclampsia? by Cenk Soysal, Mehmet Murat Işıkalan

“…Consequently, according to our investigation, we posit that the dipstick urine test can be employed as a routine and dependable diagnostic tool for preeclampsia due to its rapid results and cost-effectiveness.…”
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Tuberculous Otitis Media: A Mysterious Ailment by Saravana Selvan Velmurugan, Vivek Mariappan, Mohamed Siddique Samsudeen, Suresh Kumar Narayanan, Rhea Mathai, Tany James Maria

“…This case series aims to highlight the clinical presentation, effective diagnostic modalities and treatment of tuberculous otitis media and stresses the importance of awareness among otorhinolaryngologists regarding TOM and its timely management. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Prognosis of Adult Orbital Cellulitis in a Tertiary General Hospital by Bangtao Yao, Yuhua Ding, Xiaogui Zhao, Bei Wang, Gang Liu, Fei Wang

“…For each group, age, gender, eye type, combined systemic diseases, clinical presentation, leukocyte count, blood culture, diagnostic imaging, therapeutic methods, length of stay, time of postoperation, and patient prognosis were analyzed in detail. …”
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Distinct relative abundances in pathogens detected in mechanically ventilated patients with suspected pneumonia in the intensive care unit at King Abdulaziz University Hospital by Haifa Algethamy, Diyaa H. Bokhary, Ibrahim Abushoshah, Abdulrahman A. Alalyani, Maan K. Baamer, Dalya M. Attallah, Ruba M. Alotaibi, Shehla N. Amin, Shaza A. Mass, Nisreen R. Tashkandy

“…Of 32 patients on ventilation without pneumonia, the pathogens identified through sequencing matched the conventional diagnostics results in only two patients (6.25%) but differed in 25 patients (78.13%). …”
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Estimation of TP53 mutations for endometrial cancer based on diffusion-weighted imaging deep learning and radiomics features by Lei Shen, Bo Dai, Shewei Dou, Fengshan Yan, Tianyun Yang, Yaping Wu

“…Results Compared to the DL (AUCtraining = 0.830, AUCtest = 0.779, and AUCvalidation = 0.711), radiomics (AUCtraining = 0.810, AUCtest = 0.710, and AUCvalidation = 0.839), and clinical (AUCtraining = 0.780, AUCtest = 0.685, and AUCvalidation = 0.695) models, the combined model based on the GP algorithm, which consisted of four DL features, five radiomics features, and two clinical variables, not only demonstrated the highest diagnostic efficacy (AUCtraining = 0.949, AUCtest = 0.877, and AUCvalidation = 0.914) but also led to an improvement in risk reclassification of the TP53 mutation (NIRtraining = 66.38%, 56.98%, and 83.48%, NIRtest = 50.72%, 80.43%, and 89.49%, and NIRvalidation = 64.58%, 87.50%, and 120.83%, respectively). …”
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Identification of Plasma Proteins Associated with Alzheimer's Disease Using Feature Selection Techniques and Machine Learning Algorithms by Zakaria Mokadem, Mohamed Djerioui, Bilal Attallah, Youcef Brik

“…This non-invasive and affordable diagnostic method has the potential to make Alzheimer’s screening accessible to a broader population. …”
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Challenges in Diagnosing Intrahepatic Cholangiolithiasis in a 39-Year-Old Patient by A. K. Guseva, O. N. Sergeyeva, T. P. Nekrasova, O. T. Imaraliev, A. V. Okhlobystin, Y. N. Shirokova, A. S. Ostrovskaya, M. S. Zharkova, A. S. Cherenda, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Despite the wide range of modern methods of radiological and endoscopic diagnostics, there are still difficulties in differential diagnostics of bile duct diseases. …”
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Epidemiology, clinical manifestation, diagnosis,and treatment of bursitis iliopectinea: A systematic review by Malgorzata Lea Jonczy, Lorenz Büchler, Yadusha Mahenthiran, Fabrice Helfenstein, Christian Apenzeller-Herzog, Andrej Isaak

“…Methods: We systematically analyzed 217 studies with 502 cases of BI and extracted information about the terminology, risk factors, diagnostic and treatment strategies, association with neurovascular compression syndromes, treatment outcomes, and recurrence rates. …”
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Rapid Identification of the Chemical Components of Ilex rotunda Thunb Using UPLC-Q-TOF-MS/MS by Xinxin Chen, Junmao Li, Renyikun Yuan, Youqiong Zhuo, Yangling Chen, Chenwei Zhang, Ming Chen, Hong-Wei Gao, Zhenjie Liu, Yulin Feng, Zheng-Tao Wang, Shilin Yang

“…Using a two-step strategy, the neutral loss, diagnostic ions, and characteristic fragments were studied to screen diverse skeletons and substitutions, and the possible compounds were identified by comparison with databases. …”
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Prehospital video triage of suspected stroke patients in Greater Manchester: pilot project report by Christopher Ashton, Adrian R Parry-Jones, Lisa Brunton, Ibrahim Alghamdi, David A Jenkins

“…A prehospital video triage (PHVT) system was piloted in Greater Manchester to improve prehospital diagnostic accuracy and appropriate conveyance decisions.Method A service evaluation of a PHVT pilot was conducted to assess PHVT efficacy and identify facilitators and barriers. …”
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Predictors of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma recurrence after surgical treatment by E. V. Kondratyev, A. D. Smirnova, G. G. Karmazanovsky, A. S. Tyan, N. N. Britskaya, M. G. Efanov, B. N. Gurmikov

“…We analyzed databases and diagnostic images of Vishnevsky National Medical Research Center of Surgery and Loginov Moscow Clinical Research Center for the period from April 2016 to January 2022 using the key queries «intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma», «liver», «hepatocellular carcinoma», «metastases», «radio genomics». 142 patients with liver neoplasms were identified, including 90 cases of ICC, 31 cases of hepatocellular carcinoma and 21 cases of metastatic liver lesions, all morphologically verified (histologic and immunohistochemical analysis of biopsy material).Results. …”
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Secondary Syphilis Presenting as Glossodynia, Plaques en Prairie Fauchée, and a Split Papule at the Oral Commissure: Case Report and Review by Walter de Araujo Eyer-Silva, Maria Alessandra Leite Freire, Cecília Angelina Horta-Araujo, Guilherme Almeida Rosa da Silva, Jorge Francisco da Cunha Pinto, Fernando Raphael de Almeida Ferry

“…Such patients will pose unique diagnostic challenges. We report the case of a 45-year-old HIV-infected male patient in whom secondary syphilis presented with burning mouth and dysgeusia that progressed to glossodynia and odynophagia. …”
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Identification of blood plasma protein ratios for distinguishing Alzheimer's disease from healthy controls using machine learning by Ali Safi, Elisa Giunti, Omar Melikechi, Weiming Xia, Noureddine Melikechi

“…Developing sensitive and specific noninvasive diagnostic tools is crucial for improving clinical outcomes and advancing our understanding of this condition. …”
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Salivary IL-17A, IL-17F, and TNF-α Are Associated with Disease Advancement in Patients with Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer by Kinga Zielińska, Bożenna Karczmarek-Borowska, Konrad Kwaśniak, Justyna Czarnik-Kwaśniak, Aleksandra Ludwin, Bogumił Lewandowski, Jacek Tabarkiewicz

“…Despite progress in systemic therapy and radiotherapy, there has only been a slight improvement in the five-year survival rate. A non-invasive diagnostic method that consists of an assessment of specific proteins in saliva samples may significantly facilitate assessment of treatment results in patients diagnosed with oral and oropharyngeal cancer. …”
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