IMAGE QUALITY ANALYSIS 4 CHAMBER SECTIONS OF CARDIAC MRI WITH AND WITHOUT UTILIZING SHIM VOLUME IN THE STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSION SEQUENCES by Clinton Johan Ade Wicaksono, Susy Suswaty, Nursama Heru Apriantoro, Ary Sasongko

“…The effect of the use of volume shim on moving organs, such as the heart is relatively unknown and noticed by radiographers and cardiologists. …”
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34th Malaysian Association of Clinical Biochemists Annual Conference in collaboration with 2nd Malaysian Biomedical Science Association Symposium 2024 by Wan Amir Nizam Wan Ahmad, Seri Narti Edayu Sarchio, Nur Najmi Mohamad Anuar, Nor Fadilah Rajab, Suvik Assaw, Rhun Yian Koh, Chooi Ling Lim, Nur Aishah Sharudin, Norlida Harun, Nurulamin Abu Bakar, Mohd Arifin Kaderi

“… The Malaysian Association of Clinical Biochemists (MACB) and the Malaysian Biomedical Science Association (MyBiomed) successfully organized the 34th MACB Conference in conjunction with the 2nd MyBiomed Symposium 2024. …”
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Klebsiella pneumoniae employs a type VI secretion system to overcome microbiota-mediated colonization resistance by Andrew S. Bray, Christopher A. Broberg, Andrew W. Hudson, Weisheng Wu, Ravinder K. Nagpal, Maidul Islam, Juan D. Valencia-Bacca, Fawaz Shahid, Giovanna E. Hernandez, Noah A. Nutter, Kimberly A. Walker, Emma F. Bennett, Taylor M. Young, Andrew J. Barnes, David A. Ornelles, Virginia L. Miller, M. Ammar Zafar

“…By enabling K. pneumoniae to thrive in the gut, the T6SS indirectly contributes to the pathogenic potential of this organism. These observations advance our molecular understanding of how K. pneumoniae successfully colonizes the GI tract.…”
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Reprogramming of Adult Retinal Müller Glial Cells into Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells as an Efficient Source of Retinal Cells by Amélie Slembrouck-Brec, Amélie Rodrigues, Oriane Rabesandratana, Giuliana Gagliardi, Céline Nanteau, Stéphane Fouquet, Gilles Thuret, Sacha Reichman, Gael Orieux, Olivier Goureau

“…The generation of self-organized retinal structures from these iPSCs offers the opportunity to study retinal development and model-specific retinal disease with patient-specific iPSCs and provides the basis for cell replacement strategies. …”
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Distance learning as an unavoidable component of higher education during the pandemic by Yulia D. Ermakova, Liubov V. Kapustina, Egor K. Ermakov

“…The usual system of organizing the educational process (tests/exams) which is typical for full-time education is changing now. …”
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Surveyed Factors Affecting Lake Tourism Of The Development In Iran (Case Study: Lakes Fars province) by ALiakbar Anabestani, Mahdi Masoumi

“…For binary comparison and a final weight criteria and options, of AHP fuzzy, ANP and GRA techniques in the form of questionnaires and 20 teachers and experts from organizations linked to tourism have been used. The results confirms that: Based on the results of the paired comparison of factors affecting lake tourism of the development using multiple fuzzy AHP and ANP in terms of tourism experts, Criteria attractions by weight of 0.247 in fuzzy AHP and 0.246  in the ANP model and The criteria infrastructural factors weighing 0.229 in fuzzy AHP and 0.234 in the ANP model Has the greatest impact on the lake tourism of development. …”
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Complete mitochondrial genomes of Culicoides brevitarsis and Culicoides imicola biting midge vectors of Bluetongue Virus by Khandaker Asif Ahmed, Anjana Karawita, Melissa J. Klein, Luana Fiorella Mincarelli, Barbara Secondini, Giuseppe Satta, Massimo Ancora, Cipriano Foxi, Marco Di Domenico, Michela Quaglia, Maria Goffredo, Alessio Lorusso, Cesare Cammà, Leon Court, Rahul V. Rane, Tom K. Walsh, Prasad N. Paradkar, Debbie Eagles, Gunjan Pandey, Christopher M. Hardy

“…The genome sizes are 17,100 bp and 17,031 bp, respectively, all comprising 37 genes, including 13 protein, 22 tRNA, two rRNA coding genes, and one non-coding AT rich control region. The gene organizations and orientations are comparable to other available Culicoides mitogenomes, except for a translocation of ND2 and six tRNA genes in both C. brevitarsis and C. imicola. …”
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The role of stereotactic radiotherapy in the treatment of the local recurrence of colorectal cancer: A case report by Radosavljević Kristina, Ivanov Olivera, Bojović Marko, Ličina Jelena, Protić Mlađan, Prvulović-Bunović Nataša

“…Stereotactic radiotherapy allows the delivery of high, ablative radical radiotherapy doses to target volumes, with a reduced risk to the surrounding organs, making it suitable for irradiating localized disease. …”
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Hepatitis in Disseminated Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Infection by Markus U Göttke, Philip Wong, Channy Muhn, Mansour Jabbari, Suzanne Morin

“…Success rates are high, and serious side effects are infrequent but can affect every organ system. A 79-year-old patient with recently diagnosed TCC who was treated with intravesical BCG for a recurrence after initial surgical treatment is reported. …”
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Empirical and methodological foundations on the impact of climate-smart agriculture on food security studies: Review by Girma Tilahun, Amare Bantider, Desalegn Yayeh

“…As a panacea to the challenge, development institutions, governments, and research organizations are progressively promoting climate-smart agriculture (CSA) to maximize productivity, increase the resilience of livelihoods and farming systems (adaptation), and minimize or stop greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere (mitigation). …”
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Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Secreting Pheochromocytoma Underlying Glucocorticoid Induced Pheochromocytoma Crisis by Gil A. Geva, David J. Gross, Haggi Mazeh, Karine Atlan, Iddo Z. Ben-Dov, Matan Fischer

“…Pheochromocytoma crisis is a life threatening event in which high levels of catecholamines cause a systemic reaction leading to organ failure. Case Description. A 70-year-old man was admitted with acute myocardial ischemia following glucocorticoid administration as part of an endocrine workup for an adrenal mass. …”
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Natural Eutectic Solvent-Based Temperature-Controlled Liquid–Liquid Microextraction and Nano-Liquid Chromatography for the Analysis of Herbal Aqueous Samples by Álvaro Santana-Mayor, Giovanni D’Orazio, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez-Delgado, Bárbara Socas-Rodríguez

“…Different parameters affecting the compatibility of the non-ionic eutectic solvents with water-polar organic solvent mixtures and chromatographic and detection systems were optimized, including injection/dilution solvent, injection mode, mobile phase composition, and step gradient. …”
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Evaluating the Cause of Death in Obese Individuals: A Ten-Year Medical Autopsy Study by Jad Saab, Steven P. Salvatore

“…The primary cause of death in each group was categorized into malignancy, infection, stroke, ischemic and nonischemic heart disease, pulmonary embolism, hemorrhage, and primary nonneoplastic diseases of different organ systems. Results. Of 849 autopsies, 32.3% were obese. …”
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Characterization and Otoprotective Effects of Polysaccharides from <i>Arthrospira platensis</i> by Matteo Banti, Mercedes Garcia-Gil, Lorenzo Guidotti, Graziano Di Giuseppe, Simona Rapposelli, Daniela Monti, Silvia Tampucci, Marinella De Leo, Francesca Gado, Paola Nieri, Clementina Manera

“…On these bases, this study describes the extraction, purification, and characterization of water-soluble polysaccharides from <i>A. platensis</i> (SPPs) and the investigation of their protective role against cisplatin toxicity on House Ear Institute-Organ of Corti (HEI-OC1) cells. The results showed that SPPs (5–80 µg/mL) induced a dose-dependent increase in viability, statistically significant at 40 µg/mL and 80 µg/mL. …”
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Leachate characterization and identification of dominant pollutants using leachate pollution index for an uncontrolled landfill site by S. De, S. Maiti, T. Hazra, A. Debsarkar, A. Dutta

“…The overall LPI, LPI organic (LPIor), LPI inorganic (LPIin) and LPI heavy metals (LPIhm) of both the dumping grounds largely exceeded the LPI and sub-LPI values for treated leachate before disposal to the inland surface water. …”
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A Cyber-ITS Framework for Massive Traffic Data Analysis Using Cyber Infrastructure by Yingjie Xia, Jia Hu, Michael D. Fontaine

“…All these techniques are based on data-driven and application-oriented models and are organized as a component-and-workflow-based model in order to achieve technical interoperability and data reusability. …”
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Daratumumab treatment for kidney-involved light chain deposition disease prevents renal function progression: a case report with 3 years of follow-up and review of the literature by Xueying Chen, Jie Sun, Pingyan Shen, Zijin Chen, Wen Zhang

“…Light chain deposition disease (LCDD) is a clonal plasma cell disorder characterized by the deposition of nonamyloid monoclonal light chains in multiple organs. It can affect various systems throughout the body, mainly the kidneys. …”
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Feasibility of Sharia Oversight on Regulations Outside the Jurisdiction of the Administrative Justice Court by Ali Fattahi Zafarghandi, Hamid Feli, Mohsen Abolhasani

“…It is based on this that the possibility of filing a lawsuit against government regulations for the violation of the Sharia rights of individuals, through inquiries from the jurists of the Guardian Council, is foreseen in Articles 84 and 87 of the Code of Organizations and Procedures of the Court of Administrative Justice. …”
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Toxicological Assessment of Pseudospondias microcarpa (A. Rich.) Engl. Hydroethanolic Leaf Extract in Rats: Haematological, Biochemical, and Histopathological Studies by Donatus Wewura Adongo, Priscilla Kolibea Mante, Kennedy Kwami Edem Kukuia, Charles Kwaku Benneh, Robert Peter Biney, Eric Boakye-Gyasi, Nicholas Akinwale Titiloye, Eric Woode

“…Weight change as well as histological evaluation of the organs indicated no toxicity. The study demonstrates that an ethanolic extract of P. microcarpa given orally to rats is safe.…”
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Clinicopathological Features of Cutaneous Findings of SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Bengu COBANOGLU, Filiz CEBECI, Mustafa SIMSEK, Seyma OZKANLI

“…Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) can affect different organ systems, including the skin. Recently, COVID-19 cases with skin lesions of different clinicopathological features have been published. …”
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