Applying Focal Therapy to Lesions Detected via Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Delivering Cancer Ablation Beyond the Visibility Phenomenon by Clement Orczyk, Teresa Marsden, Francesco Giganti, Joseph M. Norris, Santosh Waigankar, Louise Dickinson, Shonit Punwani, Alex Kirkham, Alex Freeman, Aiman Haider, Caroline M. Moore, Arnauld Villers, Clare Allen, Mark Emberton

“…The inclusion of imaging as a triage test in diagnostic guidelines for prostate cancer (PC) has introduced a visible target for guiding treatment allocation and disease management. …”
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Pengembangan Automated Image Analysis untuk Menentukan Jumlah Bakteri Tahan Asam (BTA) pada Kasus Tubercolosis by Safri Adam, Puji Astuti, Puspa Amalia, Fadli Sukandiarsyah

“…During the covid19 pandemic, the efficiency of daily diagnostic work including BTA examinations must be increased due to the limited ATLM personnel in the field who are also working to deal with Covid19. …”
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Clinical confocal laser endomicroscopy for imaging of autofluorescence signals of human brain tumors and non-tumor brain by Marlen Reichenbach, Sven Richter, Roberta Galli, Matthias Meinhardt, Katrin Kirsche, Achim Temme, Dimitrios Emmanouilidis, Witold Polanski, Insa Prilop, Dietmar Krex, Stephan B. Sobottka, Tareq A. Juratli, Ilker Y. Eyüpoglu, Ortrud Uckermann

“…Therefore, this approach offers the possibility to obtain intraoperative diagnostic information before resection, importantly independent of any kind of marker or label.…”
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A comparative analysis in monitoring 24-hour urinary copper in wilson disease: sampling on or off treatment? by Isabelle Mohr, Patrick Lamade, Christophe Weber, Viola Leidner, Sebastian Köhrer, Alexander Olkus, Matthias Lang, Andrea Langel, Patrischia Dankert, Melanie Greibich, Silke Wolf, Holger Zimmer, Patrick Michl, Aurélia Poujois, Karl Heinz Weiss, Uta Merle

“…Abstract Background & Aim Twenty-four-hour urinary copper excretion (24 h-UCE) is the standard diagnostic tool for dose adjustments in maintenance therapy in Wilson disease (WD) patients. …”
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Gene content of seawater microbes is a strong predictor of water chemistry across the Great Barrier Reef by Marko Terzin, Steven J. Robbins, Sara C. Bell, Kim-Anh Lê Cao, Renee K. Gruber, Pedro R. Frade, Nicole S. Webster, Yun Kit Yeoh, David G. Bourne, Patrick W. Laffy

“…Using a metagenomics study framework, we establish a functional baseline of seawater microbiomes across offshore Great Barrier Reef (GBR) sites to compare the diagnostic value between taxonomic and functional information in inferring continuous physico-chemical metrics in the surrounding reef. …”
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Malignant Bowel Obstruction in Advanced Gynecologic Cancers: An Updated Review from a Multidisciplinary Perspective by Yeh Chen Lee, Nazlin Jivraj, Catherine O’Brien, Tanya Chawla, Eran Shlomovitz, Sarah Buchanan, Jenny Lau, Jennifer Croke, Johane P. Allard, Preeti Dhar, Stephane Laframboise, Sarah E. Ferguson, Neesha Dhani, Marcus Butler, Pamela Ng, Terri Stuart-McEwan, Pamela Savage, Lisa Tinker, Amit M. Oza, Stephanie Lheureux

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Identification of a novel disulfidptosis-related gene signature in osteoarthritis using bioinformatics analysis and experimental validation by Mingjie Wei, Xiangwen Shi, Wenbao Tang, Qian Lv, Yipeng Wu, Yongqing Xu

“…However, further experimental and clinical studies are required to validate their diagnostic value and therapeutic potential.…”
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Equine piroplasmosis in different geographical areas in France: Prevalence heterogeneity of asymptomatic carriers and low genetic diversity of Theileria equi and Babesia caballi by Maggy Jouglin, Claire Bonsergent, Nathalie de la Cotte, Mickaël Mège, Céline Bizon, Anne Couroucé, Élodie-Anne Lallemand, Agnès Leblond, Louise C Lemonnier, Aurélia Leroux, Ilaria Marano, Alexandre Muzard, Émilie Quéré, Marion Toussaint, Albert Agoulon, Laurence Malandrin

“…These two parasites are genetically variable, with a potential impact on diagnostic accuracy.Our study aimed to evaluate the frequency of asymptomatic carriers of these parasites in France and describe the circulating genotypes. …”
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Association and multimodal model of retinal and blood-based biomarkers for detection of preclinical Alzheimer’s disease by Swetha Ravichandran, Peter J. Snyder, Jessica Alber, Charles F. Murchison, Lauren E. Chaby, Andreas Jeromin, Edmund Arthur

“…Abstract Background The potential diagnostic value of plasma amyloidogenic beta residue 42/40 ratio (Aβ42/Aβ40 ratio), neurofilament light (NfL), tau phosphorylated at threonine-181 (p-tau181), and threonine-217 (p-tau217) has been extensively discussed in the literature. …”
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Secondary aphakic glaucoma in children: a 15-year retrospective study by N.N. Sadovnikova, V.V. Brzheskiy, M.A. Zertsalova, A.Yu. Baranov

“…Thus, to ensure early diagnosis of glaucoma, it is necessary to put tonometry and measurement of the axial length of the eye on the list of diagnostic tools for the outpatient follow-up of patients who underwent congenital cataract surgery. …”
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Exploration of linear and interpretable models for quantification of cell parameters via contactless short-wave infrared hyperspectral sensing by Anjana Hevaganinge, Eva Lowenstein, Anna Filatova, Mihir Modak, Nandi Thales Mogo, Bryana Rowley, Jenny Yarmowsky, Joshua Ehizibolo, Ravidu Hevaganinge, Amy Musser, Abbey Kim, Anthony Neri, Jessica Conway, Yiding Yuan, Maurizio Cattaneo, Sui Seng Tee, Yang Tao

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Exploring the pivotal variables of tongue diagnosis between patients with chronic kidney disease and health participants by Po-Chi Hsu, Po-Chi Hsu, Jia-Ming Chen, Jia-Ming Chen, Chia-Chu Chang, Yu-Jun Chang, Ping-Fang Chiu, John Y. Chiang, John Y. Chiang, Lun-Chien Lo, Lun-Chien Lo

“…This study examines the relationship between tongue characteristics and CKD severity using an automatic tongue diagnosis system (ATDS), which captures tongue images non-invasively to provide objective diagnostic information.MethodsThis cross-sectional, case-control study was conducted from July 1, 2019, to December 31, 2021. …”
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Relationship Between Short‐Term Outcomes and PD‐L1 Expression Based on Combined Positive Score and Tumor Proportion Score in Recurrent or Metastatic Head and Neck Cancers Treated W... by Akihiro Ohara, Taisuke Mori, Mai Itoyama, Kazuki Yokoyama, Shun Yamamoto, Ken Kato, Yoshitaka Honma

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Insights in biomarkers complexity and routine clinical practice for the diagnosis of thyroid nodules and cancer by Maria de Lurdes Godinho de Matos, Mafalda Pinto, Ana Gonçalves, Sule Canberk, Maria João Martins Bugalho, Paula Soares

“…The rising incidence of thyroid neoplasm and the low incidence of aggressive thyroid carcinoma, urges the exploration of strategies to improve the diagnostic accuracy in a pre-surgical phase, particularly for indeterminate nodules, and to prevent unnecessary surgeries. …”
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Insecticidal Activity of Some Traditionally Used Ethiopian Medicinal Plants against Sheep Ked Melophagus ovinus by Negero Gemeda, Walelegn Mokonnen, Hirut Lemma, Ashenif Tadele, Kelbessa Urga, Getachew Addis, Asfaw Debella, Mesaye Getachew, Frehiwot Teka, Kidist Yirsaw, Kissi Mudie, Solomon Gebre

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Frequency of Fibromyalgia in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Its Relationship with Vitamin D Levels and Quality of Life by Havva Talay Calis, Fatma Gul Ulku Demir, Ulas Serkan Topaloglu, Hatice Sayan, Deniz Kamalak Guzel, Emel Guler, Fatma Samli, Caglar Karabas, Serap Tomruk Sutbeyaz, Hatice Kayis Topaloglu

“…Patients were diagnosed with fibromyalgia and arthritis as per the 2010 American College of Rheumatology diagnostic criteria. Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ), Nottingham Health Profile (NHP) and the level of vitamin D were performed in all patients. …”
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Regional patterns and climatic predictors of viruses in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies over time by Alison McAfee, Niloofar Alavi-Shoushtari, Renata Labuschagne, Lan Tran, Julia Common, Heather Higo, Stephen F. Pernal, Pierre Giovenazzo, Shelley E. Hoover, Ernesto Guzman-Novoa, Robert W. Currie, Patricia Wolf Veiga, Sarah K. French, Ida M. Conflitti, Mateus Pepinelli, Daniel Borges, Elizabeth M. Walsh, Christine A. Bishop, Amro Zayed, Jason Duffe, M. Marta Guarna, Leonard J. Foster

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ViTAU: Facial paralysis recognition and analysis based on vision transformer and facial action units by Jia GAO, Wenhao CAI, Junli ZHAO, Fuqing DUAN

“…With the rapid advancement of deep learning and computer vision technologies, automatic recognition of facial paralysis has become feasible, offering a more accurate and objective diagnostic approach. Current research primarily focuses on broad facial changes and often neglects finer facial details, which leads to insufficient analysis of how different areas affect recognition results. …”
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Corneal hysteresis as a predictor of glaucomatous optic neuropathy progression by N.I. Kurysheva, E.O. Shatalova, L.V. Lepeshkina

“…<br> <b>Results</b>: the study determined the diagnostic significance of the parameters as predictors of glaucomatous optic neuropathy progression — AUC (estimation of the area under the characteristic ROC-curve). …”
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Nonlinear Association Between the Liver Fat Content and the Risk of Hyperuricemia in Prediabetic Individuals: Evidence from Cross-Sectional Health Screening Data in China by Liu A, Li X, Zhang X, Chen K, Zou Z, Sun Y, Zhou J, Li Z, Wu X, Lv X, Li H, Guo Z, Li Y

“…Participants were categorized into groups based on diagnostic criteria for hyperuricemia. LFC was assessed using computed tomography. …”
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