Comparison of the efficacy of one-stage revision surgery guided by precise pathogen diagnosis and conventional two-stage revision for chronic knee periprosthetic joint infection by Zhengwei Xiao, Jinyuan Zeng, Zeyu Zhang, Baijian Wu, Zihao Hong, Yufeng Guo, Chengguo Huang, Zida Huang, Zhaoyang Wu, Wenming Zhang, Xinyu Fang, Wenbo Li

“…Utilizing our optimized pathogen detection protocol, successful pathogen identification was achieved in all cases across both groups. …”
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Incorporating Non-Coding Annotations into Rare Variant Analysis. by Tom G Richardson, Colin Campbell, Nicholas J Timpson, Tom R Gaunt

“…<h4>Background</h4>The success of collapsing methods which investigate the combined effect of rare variants on complex traits has so far been limited. …”
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Distal radial artery ligation for dialysis access-associated ischemic syndrome by ZHANG Li-hong, ZHAN Shen, YANG Tao, WANG Yu-zhu

“…Objective To summarize the experience of treatment for dialysis access-associated ischemic steal syndrome by ligating distal radial artery of radial cephalic fistulas(RCFs).Methods We enrolled hemodialysis patients who used RCFs with complaint of ipsilateral limb ischemia admitted in our department Anatomical prerequisites(side-to-end anastomosis fistula and retrograde flow in the distal radial artery) were checked by ultrasound,the patency of central artery by angiography,and the function of ulnar artery by Allen test Division and ligation of the juxta-anastomosis distal radial artery were performed under regional anesthesia.Clinical presentation,blood flow during hemodialysis,urea clearance index,urea reduction rate,and fistula patency were observed before and after operation.Results This study included 16 patients(8 males and 8 females,accounting for roughly 1.45%of hospitalizations of patients associated with fistula complications at the corresponding time) who underwent DRAL of RCFs with ischemia,of whom the mean age was(66.2 ± 11.2) years,fistula age was(57.75 ± 88.41) months,and the ischemia was detected(39.62 ± 58.31) months after the construction of fistula.According to clinical presentation,71.40%patients were grade Ⅲ,28.60%were grade Ⅱ,and no patients belonged to grade Ⅳ.The technique success rate was 100%and clinical success rate was 93.7%.Blood flow during hemodialysis before and 7 days,6 months and 12 months after operation was(258.63 + 25.44),(246.61 ± 24.24),(260.42 ± 20.83) and(254.87 ± 22.44) ml/min(P>0.05),and Kt/V was(1.65 ± 0.210),(1.59 +0.24),(1.62±0.28) and(1.58 ±0.39)(P>0.05),respectively.The mean follow-up duration was(19.30 ± 13.15) months and the patency rate was 100%.Conclusions DRAL is a simple,safe,and effective technique for dialysis access-associated ischemic syndrome in RCFs.…”
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The Diversity of Cold Worlds: A Blended-light Binary Straddling the T/Y Transition in Brown Dwarfs by Daniella C. Bardalez Gagliuffi, Jacqueline K. Faherty, Genaro Suárez, Sherelyn Alejandro Merchan, Brianna Lacy, Ben Burningham, Klara Matuszewska, Rocio Kiman, Johanna M. Vos, Austin Rothermich, Jonathan Gagné, Caroline Morley, Melanie J. Rowland, Dan Caselden, Aaron Meisner, Adam C. Schneider, Marc J. Kuchner, Charles A. Beichman, Peter R. Eisenhardt, Christopher R. Gelino, Ehsan Gharib-Nezhad, Eileen C. Gonzales, Federico Marocco, Niall Whiteford, J. Davy Kirkpatrick

“…Carbon disequilibrium chemistry strongly shapes the mid-infrared spectra of these sources, as a complex function of the metallicity and surface gravity. …”
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Identification of miRnas with possible prognostic roles for HAM/TSP by Daniela Raguer Valadão de Souza, Rodrigo Pessôa, Youko Nukui, Juliana Pereira, Rosa Nascimento Marcusso, Augusto César Penalva de Oliveira, Jorge Casseb, Alberto José da Silva Duarte, Patricia Bianca Clissa, Sabri Saeed Sanabani

“…The seven most deregulated miRs target genes have been associated with a variety of biological processes and molecular functions. The reactome pathways relevant to our findings provide a rich source of data and offer the opportunity to better understand sRNA regulation and function in HTLV-1 pathophysiology. …”
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Task-Driven Real-World Super-Resolution of Document Scans by Maciej Zyrek, Tomasz Tarasiewicz, Jakub Sadel, Aleksandra Krzywon, Michal Kawulok

“…We propose to incorporate auxiliary loss functions derived from high-level vision tasks, including text detection using the connectionist text proposal network (CTPN), text recognition via a convolutional recurrent neural network (CRNN), keypoints localization using Key.Net, and hue consistency. …”
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Six-Month Treatment Outcomes of Vital Pulp Therapy in Adults Using Biomaterials: A Prospective Cohort Pilot Study by Melinda Polyák, Eszter Ágnes Szalai, Péter Komora, János Vág

“…Sample size calculations suggested 140 participants would be needed to detect a significant effect of pulp condition. Both materials were effective, though MTA+ showed higher success based on the strict success criteria. …”
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Identification of Intracranial Germ Cell Tumors Based on Facial Photos: Exploratory Study on the Use of Deep Learning for Software Development by Yanong Li, Yixuan He, Yawei Liu, Bingchen Wang, Bo Li, Xiaoguang Qiu

“…Due to their insidious onset and impact on critical functional areas of the brain, these tumors often result in irreversible abnormalities in growth and development, as well as cognitive and motor impairments in affected children. …”
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In Situ Analysis of Jupiter's Broadband Kilometric Auroral Radio Emissions With Juno by B. Collet, L. Lamy, C. K. Louis, V. Hue, T. K. Kim

“…Taking advantage of Juno in situ measurements within the auroral regions, we surveyed the Juno/Waves radio observations over the 60 first orbits to identify 7 bKOM source candidates. These were mostly detected during dawn storm auroral episodes (4/7) and three were found to be colocated with auroral cavities. …”
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Molecular Imaging: A Promising Tool to Monitor Islet Transplantation by Ping Wang, Zdravka Medarova, Anna Moore

“…At present, the lack of an effective approach to islet grafts assessment limits the success of this treatment. The development of molecular imaging techniques has the potential to fulfill the goal of real-time noninvasive monitoring of the functional status and viability of the islet grafts. …”
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Mitigating malicious denial of wallet attack using attribute reduction with deep learning approach for serverless computing on next generation applications by Amal K. Alkhalifa, Mohammed Aljebreen, Rakan Alanazi, Nazir Ahmad, Sultan Alahmari, Othman Alrusaini, Ali Alqazzaz, Hassan Alkhiri

“…Abstract Denial of Wallet (DoW) attacks are one kind of cyberattack whose goal is to develop and expand the financial sources of a group by causing extreme costs in their serverless computing or cloud environments. …”
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Subclinical Aortic Root Pathology in Close Relatives of Patients with Bicuspid Aortic Valve by Ivaniv Y., Lozynska N., Ivaniv I.

“…However, the degree of dilation of the aorta does not correspond to the severity of the valve function disorder. In many studies, it is emphasized that in persons with BAV the elastic properties of the proximal aorta are significantly reduced. …”
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Liposomes as Imaging Agents of Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in Bone Implants by Delia Danila, Patricia S. Pardo, R. Devesh Kumar Misra, Aladin M. Boriek

“…Research is ongoing to improve the design and functionality of liposomes. They can potentially monitor bone implants as non-invasive imaging agents, enabling early detection of complications and timely interventions. …”
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In situ, modeled, and earth observation monitoring of surface water availability in West African rangelands by Kimberly Slinski, Kimberly Slinski, Gabriel B. Senay, Alkhalil Adoum, Shraddhanand Shukla, Amy McNally, James Rowland, Erwann Fillol, Soni Yatheendradas, Soni Yatheendradas, Chris Funk, Andrew Hoell, Michael Jasinski

“…The 12 locations can function as sentinel ponds to monitor local water availability. …”
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Monitoring Dairy Cow Rumination Behavior Based on Upper and Lower Jaw Tracking by Ning Wang, Xincheng Li, Shuqi Shang, Yuliang Yun, Zeyang Liu, Deyang Lyu

“…Finally, the number of rumination chews and the false detection rate were calculated. The system successfully monitored the frequency of the cows’ chewing actions during rumination. …”
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Expression of a humanized viral 2A-mediated lux operon efficiently generates autonomous bioluminescence in human cells. by Tingting Xu, Steven Ripp, Gary S Sayler, Dan M Close

“…While this was disproven when the bacterial luciferase (lux) cassette was demonstrated to function in a human cell, its expression required multiple genetic constructs, was functional in only a single cell type, and generated a significantly reduced signal compared to substrate-requiring systems. …”
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Exploring Image Decolorization: Methods, Implementations, and Performance Assessment by Ivana Žeger, Ivan Šetka, Domagoj Marić, Sonja Grgic

“…The decolorization methods were also examined in the context of object segmentation and edge detection. The results from segmentation and edge detection were aligned with the decolorization results, revealing that certain objective metrics for evaluating decolorization more effectively assessed the properties of the decolorized images, which are crucial for successful object segmentation and edge detection.…”
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Identifying pathogenicity of human variants via paralog-based yeast complementation. by Fan Yang, Song Sun, Guihong Tan, Michael Costanzo, David E Hill, Marc Vidal, Brenda J Andrews, Charles Boone, Frederick P Roth

“…Here we systematically examine the question of whether complementation assays based on paralogy relationships can expand the number of human disease genes with functional variant detection assays. We tested over 1,000 paralogous human-yeast gene pairs for complementation, yielding 34 complementation relationships, of which 33 (97%) were novel. …”
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Evaluation and Management of Urological Complications Following Pediatric Kidney Transplantation: Experience from a Single Tertiary Center by Maria Sangermano, Enrico Montagnani, Serena Vigezzi, Marco Moi, Alessandro Morlacco, Nicola Bertazza Partigiani, Elisa Benetti

“…<i>Conclusions:</i> Regular post-transplant follow-up is crucial, especially for patients with known risk factors, to allow for timely detection and treatment of urological complications, avoiding detrimental effects on graft function and improving transplantation outcomes.…”
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Joint Survey Processing. III. Compact Oddballs in the COSMOS Field—Little Red Dots and Transients by Yu-Heng Lin, Andreas L. Faisst, Ranga-Ram Chary, Anton M. Koekemoer, Joseph Masiero, Daniel Masters, Vihang Mehta, Harry I. Teplitz, Gregory L. Walth, John R. Weaver

“…We draw the upper limit of the AGN luminosity function Φ = 1.1 × 10 ^−7 Mpc ^3 mag ^−1 for M _UV = −21 at redshift of 6. …”
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