An Objective Study of Anatomic Shifts in Intracranial Hypotension Using Four Anatomic Planes by Shamar J. Young, Ronald G. Quisling, Sharatchandra Bidari, Tina S. Sanghvi

“…Intracranial hypotension (IH) often remains undetected using current MR diagnostic criteria. This project aims to demonstrate that central incisural herniation is highly effective in helping to make this diagnosis. …”
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On the Use of Min-Max Combination of Biomarkers to Maximize the Partial Area under the ROC Curve by Hua Ma, Susan Halabi, Aiyi Liu

“…Background. Evaluation of diagnostic assays and predictive performance of biomarkers based on the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve and the area under the ROC curve (AUC) are vital in diagnostic and targeted medicine. …”
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Pure Laparoscopic Left Hepatectomy for Regrowth of Mucinous Cystic Neoplasm of the Liver after Laparoscopic Deroofing by Hideki Kumagai, Akira Umemura, Hiroyuki Nitta, Hirokatsu Katagiri, Shoji Kanno, Daiki Takeda, Satoshi Amano, Koji Kikuchi, Kiyoharu Takashimizu, Masao Nishiya, Noriyuki Uesugi, Tamotsu Sugai, Akira Sasaki

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Contrast-Enhanced Dynamic MR Imaging of Uterine Fibroids as a Potential Predictor of Patient Eligibility for MR Guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) Treatment for Symptomatic Uterine... by Sang-Wook Yoon, Chan Lee, Kyoung Ah Kim, Sang Heum Kim

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Clinical value of miR-200b in diagnosis and prognosis of childhood pneumonia by Weiwei Qi, Beibei Teng, Fan Zhang, Ying Chen, Jinmei Xu, Jinling Luan

“…ROC curve was adopted to assess the diagnostic ability of miR-200b in children with CP. …”
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Enhancing prostate cancer segmentation in bpMRI: Integrating zonal awareness into attention-guided U-Net by Chao Wei, Zheng Liu, Yibo Zhang, Lianhui Fan

“…Purpose Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most common cancer in males worldwide, requiring improvements in diagnostic imaging to identify and treat it at an early stage. …”
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BUDGET USE AND PERFORMANCE OF MANUFACTURING SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SMEs) IN LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA by Mubaraq Sanni, Oladipo Oluwafolakemi Fasesin

“…However, the use of budget diagnostically and interactively goes a long way to influence the performance of manufacturing SMEs in Lagos State. …”
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Multimodal heterogeneous graph fusion for automated obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome diagnosis by Haoyu Wang, Xihe Qiu, Bin Li, Xiaoyu Tan, Jingjing Huang

“…Abstract Polysomnography is the diagnostic gold standard for obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS), requiring medical professionals to analyze apnea-hypopnea events from multidimensional data throughout the sleep cycle. …”
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Impact of Bone Marrow Aspirate Tregs on the Response Rate of Younger Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients by Mario Delia, Paola Carluccio, Anna Mestice, Claudia Brunetti, Francesco Albano, Giorgina Specchia

“…Particularly in a younger patient, the therapeutic approach depends largely on diagnostic risk stratification, which has an impact on the outcome after therapy. …”
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Identified VCAM1 as prognostic gene in gastric cancer by co-expression network analysis by Wenjuan Li, Hong Gao, Jianjun Liu

“…In conclusion, this study identifies VCAM1 as a promising diagnostic and prognostic factor, suggesting novel avenues for diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in gastric cancer.…”
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College of American Pathologists (CAP)/American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) proficiency testing for urinary glycosaminoglycan analysis: A summary of performance by Kristina Cusmano-Ozog, Dietrich Matern, Thomas Long, Nicola Longo, Sarah Young

“…MPS IV samples posed the greatest diagnostic challenge, whereas the overall false-positive rate was low. …”
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The Overaction of the Inferior Oblique Muscle and Associated Vertical Strabismus: Prevalence, Etiology and Diagnosis by Masoud Khorrami-Nejad, Huda Karim, Wisam Hatem, Mustafa Abdullah, Ali Gheibi, Mohammad Ghasemi Boromand

“…Incorporating the triple-action characteristics of the IO muscle into diagnostic evaluations enables a more accurate understanding of IOOA and its clinical manifestations. …”
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Third-Generation Capsule Endoscopy Outperforms Second-Generation Based on the Detectability of Esophageal Varices by Sayoko Kunihara, Shiro Oka, Shinji Tanaka, Ichiro Otani, Atsushi Igawa, Yuko Nagaoki, Hiroshi Aikata, Kazuaki Chayama

“…However, the diagnostic rates for EV form F1 were 81% using SB3 and 52% using SB2 (P=0.009). …”
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Indication and Usefulness of Bile Juice Cytology for Diagnosis of Gallbladder Cancer by Hiroshi Itsuki, Masahiro Serikawa, Tamito Sasaki, Yasutaka Ishii, Ken Tsushima, Yoshinari Furukawa, Yoshiaki Murakami, Koji Arihiro, Kazuaki Chayama

“…Next, we examined the diagnostic effectiveness of the washed ETGD cytology by using the ETGD. …”
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Investigating Metabolic Phenotypes for Sarcoidosis Diagnosis and Exploring Immunometabolic Profiles to Unravel Disease Mechanisms by Mohammad Mehdi Banoei, Abdulrazagh Hashemi Shahraki, Kayo Santos, Gregory Holt, Mehdi Mirsaeidi

“…<b>Background:</b> Sarcoidosis is a granulomatous disease affecting multiple organ systems and poses a diagnostic challenge due to its diverse clinical manifestations and absence of specific diagnostic tests. …”
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Sleep Laboratory Test Referrals in Canada: Sleep Apnea Rapid Response Survey by Jessica Evans, Robert Skomro, Helen Driver, Brian Graham, Irvin Mayers, Louise McRae, Joseph Reisman, Corneliu Rusu, Teresa To, John Fleetham

“…There are no recent Canadian data regarding access to and predictors of referral for diagnostic testing in these populations.…”
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The search for a blood-based biomarker for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS): from biochemistry to electrophysiology by Krista S. P. Clarke, Caroline C. Kingdon, Michael Pycraft Hughes, Eliana Mattos Lacerda, Rebecca Lewis, Emily J. Kruchek, Robert A. Dorey, Fatima H. Labeed

“…Increasing evidence demonstrates acetylcholine receptor and transient receptor potential ion channel dysfunction in ME/CFS, though how these findings could translate to a diagnostic biomarker are yet to be explored. Conclusion Different biochemical and electrophysiological properties which differentiate ME/CFS have been identified across studies, holding promise as potential blood-based quantitative diagnostic biomarkers for ME/CFS. …”
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Plant-Based Antigen Production Strategy for SARS-CoV-2 Nucleoprotein and RBD and Its Application for Detection of Antibody Responses in COVID-19 Patients by Katerina Takova, Valeria Tonova, Ivan Minkov, Eugenia S. Mardanova, Nikolai V. Ravin, Stanislav Kotsev, Maria Pishmisheva, Gergana Zahmanova

“…Our research validates the commercial potential of using plants as an expression system for recombinant protein production and their application as diagnostic reagents for serological detection of infectious diseases, hence lowering the cost of diagnostic kits.…”
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Iron deposition is associated with motor and non-motor network breakdown in parkinsonism by Fangda Leng, Yue Gao, Fan Li, Luhua Wei, Yunchuang Sun, Fang Liu, Ying Zhu, Jianxing Qiu, Zhaoxia Wang, Yiwei Zhang

“…BackgroundIron deposition has been observed in Parkinsonism and is emerging as a diagnostic marker for movement disorders. Brain functional network disruption has also been detected in parkinsonism, and is believed to be accountable for specific symptoms in parkinsonism. …”
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Nanopore-based random genomic sampling for intraoperative molecular diagnosis by Francesco E. Emiliani, Abdol Aziz Ould Ismail, Edward G. Hughes, Gregory J. Tsongalis, George J. Zanazzi, Chun-Chieh Lin

“…Furthermore, we validated iSCORED’s real-time applicability in 15 diagnostically challenging primary brain tumors, achieving 100% concordance in detecting aberrant CNV detection, including diagnostic chromosomal gains/losses and oncogene amplifications (10/10). …”
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