An endoscopic ultrasound-based interpretable deep learning model and nomogram for distinguishing pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors from pancreatic cancer by Nan Yi, Shuangyang Mo, Yan Zhang, Qi Jiang, Yingwei Wang, Cheng Huang, Shanyu Qin, Haixing Jiang

“…Following confirmation via pathological examination, a retrospective analysis was performed on a cohort of 266 patients, comprising 115 individuals diagnosed with PNETs and 151 with pancreatic cancer. …”
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Comparative analysis of microsurgical clipping versus endovascular coiling for middle cerebral artery aneurysms: a prospective study at Ain Shams University hospitals by Mohamed Khamis, Hamdy Ibrahim, Ahmed M.Elsayed, Sameh R. Tawadros, Mohamed Helmy Abdelshafouk Mohamed, K. El-Bahy

“…A balanced approach, tailored to individual patient characteristics and institutional expertise, is essential to optimize treatment outcomes and minimize the risk of recurrence and re-rupture in this challenging patient population.…”
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Abnormalities in Blood Parameters in Athletes Taking Anabolic Androgenic Steroidal Agents; an Observational Clinical Study by Mubarak GS, Bamagous GA, Alsanosi SM, Alhindi YZ, Alqashqari HS, Albar HT, Siddiqi AM, Ayoub N, Falemban AH

“…Analysis was conducted using frequency distributions and percentages of responses across various variables.Results: Thirty-one individuals completed the online questionnaire, 18 of whom continued to stage 2, where blood samples were taken to trace any changes in blood parameters. …”
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Predictive value of dendritic cell-related genes for prognosis and immunotherapy response in lung adenocarcinoma by Zihao Sun, Mengfei Hu, Xiaoning Huang, Minghan Song, Xiujing Chen, Jiaxin Bei, Yiguang Lin, Size Chen

“…Furthermore, the findings of this study could provide an important reference for individualized clinical treatment and prognostic prediction of patients with LUAD.…”
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Functional Evaluation of Open Carpal Tunnel Release in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Patients by Swagat Mahapatra, Devta Singh, Prakhar Mishra, Jaydeep Patel, Madhusudan Mishra, Animesh Gupta

“…Carpal tunnel syndrome is a musculoskeletal disorder related to work activity in affected individuals that is caused by strain and repetitive activity, making it a very common problem across manual laborers. …”
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Metabolic Performance of Mealworms and Black Soldier Fly Larvae Reared on Food and Agricultural Waste and By-Products by Frederik Kjær Nielsen, Rasmus Juhl Hansen, Asmus Toftkær Muurmann, Simon Bahrndorff, Niels Thomas Eriksen

“…In contrast to the BSF larvae, the specific maintenance rate was weight dependent in the mealworms and lowest in the largest individuals. The combined outcome of these metabolic rates resulted in an average carbon net growth efficiency, NGE*_avg of 0.16–0.40 in mealworms and 0.33–0.56 in BSF larvae across their life span. …”
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Sex-biased prevalence in infections with heterosexual, direct, and vector-mediated transmission: a theoretical analysis by Andrea Pugliese, Abba B. Gumel, Fabio A. Milner, Jorge X. Velasco-Hernandez

“…The study is focused on understanding whether and how this bias in transmission reflects in sex differences in final attack ratios (i.e. the fraction of individuals of each sex that eventually gets infected). …”
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Genome-wide association study identifies four pan-ancestry loci for suicidal ideation in the Million Veteran Program. by Allison E Ashley-Koch, Nathan A Kimbrel, Xue J Qin, Jennifer H Lindquist, Melanie E Garrett, Michelle F Dennis, Lauren P Hair, Jennifer E Huffman, Daniel A Jacobson, Ravi K Madduri, Hilary Coon, Anna R Docherty, Jooeun Kang, Niamh Mullins, Douglas M Ruderfer, VA Million Veteran Program (MVP), MVP Suicide Exemplar Workgroup, International Suicide Genetics Consortium, Philip D Harvey, Benjamin H McMahon, David W Oslin, Elizabeth R Hauser, Michael A Hauser, Jean C Beckham

“…No other ancestry-specific GWS results were identified, underscoring the need to increase representation of diverse individuals. The genetic correlation of SI and SA within MVP was high (rG = 0.87; p = 1.09e-50), as well as with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD; rG = 0.78; p = 1.98e-95) and major depressive disorder (MDD; rG = 0.78; p = 8.33e-83). …”
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No easy way out: towards a framework concept of long-term governance by Dirk Scheer, Sandra Venghaus, Stefania Sardo, Sascha Stark, Sophie Kuppler, Michael W. Schmidt, Carsten Hoyer-Klick

“…Conclusions The framework does not describe specific processes or individual cases in detail. Instead, it should be understood as an illustration of long-term governance characteristics at a more general level. …”
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Lost microbes of COVID-19: Bifidobacterium, Faecalibacterium depletion and decreased microbiome diversity associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection severity by Eamonn MM Quigley, Thomas J Borody, Sabine Hazan, Neil Stollman, Huseyin S Bozkurt, Sonya Dave, Andreas J Papoutsis, Jordan Daniels, Brad D Barrows

“…Exposed controls were individuals with prolonged or repeated close contact with patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection or their samples, for example, household members of patients or frontline healthcare workers. …”
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Ultrasonic and Microwave-assisted Solid-Liquid Extraction of Ginkgo biloba Phenolics: Study about Mass Transfer and PID Control by Chi XU, Hebin XU, Rui ZHU, Jing LI, Dandan LI, Yongbin HAN, Yi ZHENG, Yang TAO

“…Furthermore, fuzzy-PID controllers optimized by genetic algorithms or particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithms outperformed traditional PID controller and individual fuzzy-PID controller to control the extraction process, achieving faster convergence with minimal overshoot. …”
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Existe solução justa para o caso do Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro? by Armando Miranda Filho

“…Passaremos em revista a argumentação delineada em uma ação judicial possessória individual -o caso Gracinda - que deu origem a uma auditoria realizada pelo Tribunal de Contas da União, que culminou em decisão proferida pela Corte de Contas, em setembro de 2012, a qual também será objeto de nossa análise. …”
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Inter-session Reliability of Magnetic Nerve Stimulation and Within-Session comparison to Electrical Nerve Stimulation in Evaluating Neuromuscular Function of Knee Extensor Muscles by Romina Ledergerber, Martin Keller

“…The use of a positioning arm in our methodology likely enhanced precision within sessions. However, individual twitch measurements varied between methods and sessions, warranting caution when interpreting absolute values. …”
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A comparison of new and existing rootstocks to reduce canker of apple trees caused by Neonectria ditissima (Nectriaceae, Hypocreales) by Lucas A. Shuttleworth, Sonia Newman, Ioannis Korkos

“…An interplay of factors are likely involved in the development of canker including location and environmental effects—rainfall, relative humidity, temperature, wind, soil type, topography, aspect, and other seasonal infection processes including pathogen inoculum load, and rainsplash of inoculum between trees and within individual trees, the genetics and physiology of each scion/rootstock combination, water and nutritional status of trees, hormonal and molecular signalling, and orchard management including pruning and removal of cankers.…”
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Virulence factor discovery identifies associations between the Fic gene family and Fap2+ fusobacteria in colorectal cancer microbiomes by Geicho Nakatsu, Duhyun Ko, Monia Michaud, Eric A. Franzosa, Xochitl C. Morgan, Curtis Huttenhower, Wendy S. Garrett

“…Using a global data set of CRC shotgun metagenomes, we show that fusobacterial Fic and Fap2 genes frequently co-occur in the fecal microbiomes of individuals with late-stage CRC. We further characterize specific Fic gene families harbored by Fap2+ Fusobacterium animalis genomes and detect recombination events and elements of horizontal gene transfer via synteny analysis of Fic gene loci. …”
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“Unmasking the Uncommon”: A case series of multi-drug resistant Elizabethkingia meningoseptica causing late-onset sepsis and meningitis in preterm neonates [version 2; peer review:... by Anisha Maria Fernandes, Sinchana Bhat, Suchitra Shenoy M., Prajnha U.P.

“…Elizabethkingia meningoseptica is an uncommon nosocomial pathogen that causes meningitis, pneumonia, and sepsis in neonates and in immunocompromised individuals. It exhibits resistance to many commonly employed first-line antibiotics used to treat gram-negative pathogens. …”
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Correlation between depressive symptoms and cognitive function in middle-aged and elderly population in China: an analysis of CHARLS baseline data by Yuchao SUN, Jing FENG, Zihui LEI, Ge QU, Xinyan LI, Yong GAN

“…MethodsData on 17 705, 2 834, and 574 individuals aged ≥ 45 years were extracted from the 2011, 2013, and 2015 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) enrollment surveys, which used the 10-item Center for the Epidemiological Studies of Depression Short Form (CES-D-10) to identify participants′ depression symptoms. …”
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Different expression of circulating microRNA profile in tibetan OSAHS with metabolic syndrome patients by Xue-feng Shi, Xiang He, Ze-rui Sun, Jie Duo, Hao Yang

“…Additionally, the target genes of differentially expressed miRNAs between Tibetan OSAHS patients with MetS and healthy individuals are regulated by transcription factors such as NR2C1, STAT3, STAT5a, HIF1a, ETV4, NANOG, RELA, SP1, E2F1, NFKB1, AR, and MYC. …”
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Association between sleep disorders and subsequent heart failure by Jamschid Sedighi, Mark Luedde, Julia Gaensbacher-Kunzendorf, Hans-Joerg Hippe, Pascal Bauer, Birgit Assmus, Samuel Sossalla, Karel Kostev

“…Data were available for 9,345,246 individuals, of which 406,265 had a history of HF. Results: The study analyzed data from 123,516 patients with HF and an equal number of matched controls. …”
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Public acceptance of microbiome management strategy in dairy calves: a European survey on colostrum, probiotic provision and prolonged cow-calf contact by A. Ait Sidhoum, A. Stygar, F. Bedoin, J.K. Niemi

“…Attitudinal and socio-economic variables were found to have a differential effect across the studied management strategies. For instance, individuals with greater familiarity with farming systems and microbiomes were more inclined to accept all four interventions, while women, compared to men, showed higher acceptance of prolonged cow-calf contact. …”
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