Correlation Between Sagittal and Transverse Plane Fetal Nuchal Translucency Measurement by Pananya Jomphansa, Suthasinee Metaneedol, Sinart Prommas, Buppa Smanchat, Kornkarn Bhamarapravatana, Komsun Suwannarurk

“…The cut off point of NT by transverse and sagittal approach were 2.9 mm and 3.0 mm, respectively that giving comparable diagnostic value. Conclusion: NT measurement cut off by transverse approach at 2.9 mm had comparable to 3.0 mm of sagittal approach. …”
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Atmospheric Polychlorinated Naphthalenes in a Tropical Megalopolis of Vietnam: Concentrations, Potential Sources, and Health Risk by Ngo Thi Thuan, Nguyen Duy Dat, Nguyen Minh Ngoc, Nhung Thi-Tuyet Hoang, To Thi Hien, Moo Been Chang

“…Cluster analysis and diagnostic ratios of typical PCNs indicated that PCNs in each sample might be contributed by different sources with varying magnitudes. …”
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Primary Care Health Checks at Assessing Cardiovascular Risks among Ethnic Minorities in the UK: A Systematic Review by Aleesha Karia, Reza Zamani, Tanimola Martins, Abdal Zafar, Ava Zamani

“…Methods: Seven studies identified patient demographics of NHSHC attendees using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic And Meta Analysis-Diagnostic Test Accuracy (PRISMA-DTA) guidelines and accessing Ovid (MEDLINE), PubMed and Web of Science databases. …”
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The significance of focal pattern in hypsarrhythmia by Anna Wiedemann, Birgit Stark, Gudrun Gröppel

“…Given the heterogeneity of IESS, individualized diagnostic approaches remain essential. While the hypsarrhythmia score enhances the comparability of EEG patterns, its utility in determining the underlying etiology appears to be limited.…”
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Iron oxide nanoparticles coated with bioactive materials: a viable theragnostic strategy to improve osteosarcoma treatment by Amy Sarah Benjamin, Sunita Nayak

“…Iron oxide nanoparticles stand out in both therapeutic and diagnostic applications, offering a versatile platform for targeted drug delivery, hyperthermia, magneto-thermal therapy, and combinational therapy using modulation of ferroptosis pathways. …”
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Prevalence of mixed features in patients with first-episode depression: An exploratory multicentric study by Sandeep Grover, Swapnajeet Sahoo, Kshirod K. Mishra, Raman Deep, Naresh Nebhinani, Ranjan Bhattacharya, Jitender Aneja, Roy A. Kalivayalil, Seshadri S. Chaterjee, Vikas Menon, Alka A. Subramanyam, Varghese P. Punnoose, Avinash Desouza, Aseem Mehra, BN Subodh, Ajit Avasthi

“…Materials and Methods: Patients with first-episode depression were evaluated for the presence of mixed features as per the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM)-5 criteria. …”
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Didactic strategy to contribute to the development of communicative competence in Health Psychology students by Ana María Molina Gómez, Angelina Roméu Escobar, Miriam Gutiérrez Escobar, María Elinor Dulzaides Iglesias

“…Methods used: analytic and synthetic; logical and historical; inductive and deductive; systemic, structural and modeling; as well as a desk study, surveys, diagnostic testing and consulting experts.<strong> Results:</strong> the methodologies for teaching grammar in previous educational levels do not enhance the development of communicative competence. …”
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Assessing the Ecological Risk of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Sediments at Langkawi Island, Malaysia by Essam Nasher, Lee Yook Heng, Zuriati Zakaria, Salmijah Surif

“…The results indicated that PAHs may not cause acute biological damage. Diagnostic ratios and principal component analysis suggested that the PAHs were likely to originate from pyrogenic and petrogenic sources. …”
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Rare Case of an Epithelial Cyst in an Intrapancreatic Accessory Spleen Treated by Robot-Assisted Spleen Preserving Distal Pancreatectomy by Willemijn P. M. van Dijck, Vincent P. Groot, Lodewijk A. A. Brosens, Jeroen Hagendoorn, Inne H. M. Borel Rinkes, Maarten S. van Leeuwen, I. Quintus Molenaar

“…Comprehensive clinical and diagnostic features remain to be clarified. We present a case of ECIPAS in a 21-year-old Philippine woman who was admitted with right upper quadrant abdominal pain. …”
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Detection and Analysis of Autoantigens Targeted by Autoantibodies in Immunorelated Pancytopenia by Hui Liu, Rong Fu, Yihao Wang, Hong Liu, Lijuan Li, Honglei Wang, Jin Chen, Hong Yu, Zonghong Shao

“…Previously, we described a group of patients with hemocytopenia who did not conform to diagnostic criteria of known hematological and nonhematological diseases. …”
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Effect of antithrombotic therapies on small bowel bleeding: an European multicenter retrospective study by Lucia Scaramella, Stefania Chetcuti Zammit, Reena Sidhu, Maurizio Vecchi, Gian Eugenio Tontini, Nicoletta Nandi, Matilde Topa, Luca Elli

“…Background/Aims Small bowel bleeding (SBB) is the main indication for videocapsule endoscopy (VCE); the diagnostic yield (DY) could be influenced by antithrombotic therapies. …”
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Multimodal Screening for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Systemic Scleroderma: Current Methods and Future Directions by Ioan Teodor Dragoi, Ciprian Rezus, Alexandra Maria Burlui, Ioana Bratoiu, Elena Rezus

“…Currently, well-known serum biomarkers (NT-proBNP, uric acid) are used in screening; however, in recent years, researchers have highlighted new biomarkers that can enhance diagnostic accuracy for SSc patients. Pulmonary involvement can also be assessed through pulmonary function tests, which, using established thresholds, can provide additional information and help select patients requiring RHC. …”
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Monitoring of the Deposition of PAHs and Metals Produced by a Steel Plant in Taranto (Italy) by M. Amodio, G. de Gennaro, A. Di Gilio, M. Tutino

“…The impact of the industrial area was also confirmed by IP/(IP + BgP), IP/BgP, and BaP/BgP diagnostic ratios.…”
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Reduced Expression of VAMP8 in Lacrimal Gland Affected by Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease by Masaki Fukui, Yoko Ogawa, Shin Mukai, Mizuka Kamoi, Teru Asato, Yutaka Kawakami, Kazuo Tsubota

“…Firstly, the chronic GVHD (cGVHD) and Sjögren’s syndrome (SS)-impaired lacrimal gland (LG) tissue sections from humans for diagnostic purpose were evaluated for VAMP8 expression by histopathology and immunohistochemistry. …”
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Value of C-Reactive Protein as a Risk Factor for Acute Coronary Syndrome: A Comparison with Apolipoprotein Concentrations and Lipid Profile by Magdalena Krintus, Marek Kozinski, Anna Stefanska, Marcin Sawicki, Karolina Obonska, Tomasz Fabiszak, Jacek Kubica, Grazyna Sypniewska

“…Similarly, we demonstrated the highest diagnostic accuracy for CRP among all investigated markers (area under the curve 0.80; 95% CI 0.75–0.85). …”
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Isolated Pauci-Immune Pulmonary Capillaritis Associated with Hydrocarbon Inhalation and Marijuana Smoking: An Unusual Case of Severe Hypoxemia by Jason S. Oh, Uni Wong, Divyansh Bajaj, Stella E. Hines

“…His hypoxemia made little improvement after conventional ventilator support and broad-spectrum antibacterial therapy and he was considered too unstable to tolerate diagnostic bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage. …”
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Diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease by eliciting trait-specific eye movements in multi-visual tasks by Maosong Jiang, Yanzhi Liu, Yanlu Cao, Shufeng Xia, Fei Teng, Wenzhi Zhao, Yongzhong Lin, Wenlong Liu

“…After the tasks, eye movement features were extracted from the behaviors of fixations, saccades, and smooth pursuit to establish a PD diagnostic model. Results The performance of the models was evaluated through cross-validation, revealing a recall of 97.65%, an accuracy of 92.73%, and a receiver operator characteristic area under the curve (ROC-AUC) of 97.08% for the proposed model. …”
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Advances in Pure Drug Self-Assembled Nanosystems: A Novel Strategy for Combined Cancer Therapy by Runyan Niu, Xuexue Liu, Xian Yang, Xiao Du, Siliang Wang, Xiaolong Ma, Shaoping Yin, Lihua Shao, Jinping Zhang

“…Subsequently, the review addresses the therapeutic potential of PDANSs in combination treatment modalities, encompassing diagnostic and therapeutic applications. These include combinations of chemotherapeutic agents, phototherapeutic approaches, the integration of chemotherapy with phototherapy, and the synergistic use of immunotherapy with other treatment methods. …”
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Rapid Identification of Clinically Relevant <i>Candida</i> spp. by I-dOne Software Using Attenuated Total Reflectance Fourier Transform Infrared (ATR-FTIR) Spectroscopy by Iacopo Franconi, Roberta Fais, Cesira Giordano, Benedetta Tuvo, Chiaramaria Stani, Arianna Tavanti, Simona Barnini, Antonella Lupetti

“…The present study highlights the potential diagnostic performance of the I-dOne software with ATR-FTIR spectroscopic technique referral spectral database as a real alternative for routine identification of the most frequently isolated <i>Candida</i> spp.…”
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Role of exhaled hydrogen sulfide in the diagnosis of colorectal cancer by Jian Chen, Yujen Tseng, Peizhun Du, Pengcheng Liu, Huilu Zhang, Guangjian Huang, Cheng’en Hu

“…Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were analysed and area under the curves (AUCs) were calculated to assess the diagnostic value of exhaled H2S. Meanwhile, the clinicopathological features, including gender, lesion location and tumour staging of patients with CRC, were also collected and analysed.Results The amount of exhaled H2S from patients with CRC was significantly higher than that of those with normal colonoscopy results. …”
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