A deep learning algorithm to generate synthetic computed tomography images for brain treatments from 0.35 T magnetic resonance imaging by Luca Vellini, Flaviovincenzo Quaranta, Sebastiano Menna, Elisa Pilloni, Francesco Catucci, Jacopo Lenkowicz, Claudio Votta, Michele Aquilano, Andrea D’Aviero, Martina Iezzi, Francesco Preziosi, Alessia Re, Althea Boschetti, Danila Piccari, Antonio Piras, Carmela Di Dio, Alessandro Bombini, Gian Carlo Mattiucci, Davide Cusumano

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Study protocol for Adaptive ChemoTherapy for Ovarian cancer (ACTOv): a multicentre phase II randomised controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy of adaptive therapy (AT) with carbo... by Michelle Lockley, Kathy Robinson, Rowan Miller, Charlie Gourley, Nicholas Counsell, Iain Mcneish, Trevor Graham, Uma Anne Mukherjee, Helen Hockings, Apini Patel, Priya Narayanan, Katie Wilkinson, Harjot Dhanda, Alexander R A Anderson

“…ACTOv is the first clinical trial of AT in this disease setting.Methods and analysis 80 patients will be randomised 1:1 to standard therapy (control) or AT (investigational) arms. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of HAPC in Barrett's Esophagus – A Multicenter Italian Prospective Study by Davide Massimi, Roberta Maselli, Silvia Pecere, Cristiano Spada, Gianluca Andrisani, Francesco Maria Di Matteo, Antonella La Terra, Franco Coppola, Antonio Capogreco, Roberto De Sire, Ludovico Alfarone, Maddalena Menini, Marco Spadaccini, Cesare Hassan, Alessandro Repici

“…Only one case of fever and absolute dysphagia was observed, 1/51 (1,96%) AEs. …”
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Risk factors associated with degenerative glenohumeral osteoarthritis by Ravi Prakash, Nitin B Jain, Ziyi Chen, Folefac D Atem, Michael S Khazzam, Rashmi Pathak, Daniel Tai, Ursa BezanPetric, Estefanie Garduno Rapp

“…In multivariate analysis, significant associations remained for age (>40 to ≤50: OR 2.99, 95% CI 2.21 to 4.06; >50 to ≤60: OR 5.48, 95% CI 4.14 to 7.23; >60 to ≤70: OR 11.22, 95% CI 8.44 to 14.88 and >70: OR 16.65, 95% CI 12.45 to 22.17), BMI (≤19: OR 1.49, 95% CI 1.01 to 2.20; >25 to ≤30: OR 1.45, 95% CI 1.20 to 1.77; >30 to ≤35: OR 1.70, 95% CI 1.39 to 2.09 and >35: OR 1.78, 95% CI 1.25 to 2.55) and previous shoulder trauma (OR 0.80; 95% CI 0.68 to 0.94).Conclusion We identified increasing age and higher BMI as factors associated with GH OA. …”
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Optimising Access Surgery in Senior Haemodialysis Patients (OASIS): study protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial by Patrick WHE Vriens, Edith M Willigendael, Maarten A Lijkwan, Friedo W Dekker, Chava L Ramspek, Michiel W de Haan, Çaĝdaş Ünlü, Boudewijn DC Heggen, Koen E A van der Bogt, Marc H Hemmelder, Mickaël J C Hiligsmann, Magda M van Loon, Joris I Rotmans, Jan H M Tordoir, Geert Willem H Schurink, Maarten G J Snoeijs, Marijke J Molegraaf, Philippe WM Cuypers, Denise Nio, Cora H Arts, Jacobien C Verhave, Goos D Laverman, Aron S Bode, Marcel C Weijmer, Bas Govaert, Aaltje Y Adema, Gijs MJM Welten, Michel MPJ Reijnen, Marc JH Groeneveld, Hans S Brink, Jeroen B van der Net, Arno Kuijper, Hilde PE Peters, Roos C van Nieuwenhuizen, Rombout R Kruse, Yvonne C Schrama, Karina A de Groot, Karima Farhat

“…We will enrol 195 patients to have sufficient statistical power to detect an absolute decrease of 0.80 interventions per year.Ethics and dissemination Because of clinical equipoise, we believe it is justified to randomly allocate elderly patients to the different vascular access strategies. …”
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Systematic free energy insights into the enhanced dispersibility of myofibrillar protein in low-salt solutions through ultrasound-assisted enzymatic deamidation by Yating Liu, Zongyun Yang, Zhen Li, Juan Shen, Xia Wang, Ru Li, Ye Tao, Xinglian Xu, Peng Wang

“…Under ultrasound assistance, the MP deamidated for 16 h (MP-U-PG16) showed the highest solubility (80.1 %) in low-salt conditions, which is attributed to its highest absolute zeta potential and smallest particle size. …”
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Three different methods for ZnO-RGO nanocomposite synthesis and its adsorption capacity for methylene blue dye removal in a comparative study by Safaa A. Hussein, Gharib M. Taha, F. A. Adam, Marwa A. Moghazy

“…Desorption experiments revealed that the dye removal percentages varied with the ratio of the ethanol–water mixture used. Absolute ethanol achieved a 90% removal compared with 1:1 and 1:2 aqueous ethanol solutions (87.5% and 80%, respectively).…”
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The analysis of gene co-expression network and immune infiltration revealed biomarkers between triple-negative and non-triple negative breast cancer by Yao Yi, Yao Yi, Yu Zhong, Yu Zhong, Lianhua Xie, Lianhua Xie, Shuxian Lu, Shuxian Lu, Yifeng Zhang, Yifeng Zhang

“…Subsequently, we identified key genes in TNBC by assessing genes with an absolute correlation coefficient greater than 0.80 within the eigengene of the enriched module that were significantly associated with breast cancer subtypes. …”
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THE ORGANIZATION WORKS TO IMPROVE THE CLINICAL AND ECONOMIC OUTCOMES OF CARE FOR PROSTATE CANCER by O. I. Apolikhin, A. V. Sivkov, I. V. Chernishov, M. I. Katibov, O. V. Zolotukhin, I. A. Shaderkin, S. A. Leonov, D. A. Vojtko, M. Y. Prosyannikov

“…They humiliated 140 experts from the region, with 80 of them they studied using remote sensing technology. …”
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Development and Validation of a Diagnostic Model for Stanford Type B Aortic Dissection Based on Proteomic Profiling by Zhao Z, Chen T, Liu Q, Hu J, Ling T, Tong Y, Han Y, Zhu Z, Duan J, Jin Y, Fu D, Wang Y, Pan C, Keyoumu R, Sun L, Li W, Gao X, Shi Y, Dou H, Liu Z

“…The findings were validated using ELISA in other 80 participants. Subsequently, a diagnostic model for TBAD integrating biomarkers with clinical indicators was developed and assessed using machine learning.Results: Six differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) were identified through proteomic profiling and machine learning in discovery and derivation cohorts. …”
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Investigating the contribution of understory to radiative transfer simulations through reconstructing 3-D realistic temperate broadleaf forest scenes based on multi-platform laser... by Xiaohan Lin, Ainong Li, Jinhu Bian, Zhengjian Zhang, Xi Nan, Limin Chen, Yi Bai, Yi Deng, Siyuan Li

“…The understory increases BRF by 80% in shaded regions beneath the overstory in the red and NIR bands, and can increase BRF by 40% in the NIR band for voxel-based and ellipsoid-based forest scenes. …”
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Reconstruction of U.S. Regional-Scale Soybean SIF Based on MODIS Data and BP Neural Network by YAO Jianen, LIU Haiqiu, YANG Man, FENG Jinying, CHEN Xiu, ZHANG Peipei

“…In stark contrast, the correlation coefficient between BPSIF and MODIS Gross Primary Productivity (GPP) rosed significantly to 0.80. The increased correlation suggests that BPSIF could more accurately reflect the dynamic changes in GPP during the soybean growing season, making it more reliable compared to the original SIF data. …”
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LcProt: Proteomics‐based identification of plasma biomarkers for lung cancer multievent, a multicentre study by Hengrui Liang, Runchen Wang, Ran Cheng, Zhiming Ye, Na Zhao, Xiaohong Zhao, Ying Huang, Zhanpeng Jiang, Wangzhong Li, Jianqi Zheng, Hongsheng Deng, Yu Jiang, Yuechun Lin, Yun Yan, Lei Song, Jie Li, Xin Xu, Wenhua Liang, Jun Liu, Jianxing He

“…For task #2, nine proteins panel achieved an AUC of .88 (.80‒.96), integration model showed an increase diagnostic accuracy with AUC of .90 (.85‒.97). …”
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A HUMAN IN THE URBAN SPACE OF THE GLOBALIZED WORLD by I. O. Merylova, K. V. Sokolova

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State of competition: conceptual shoehorning behind priority on calcitonin precursor biosynthesis by Enrique Wulff

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Genealogy of the Arab tribes living in Syria during the Caliphate of Imam Ali (AS)Typology of the Arab Tribes Living in the Levant during the Caliphate of Imam Ali (AS) Typology... by Akram sadat Hoseini, Yahya Mirhoseini

“…Al-Imamah wa'l-Siyasah divided Muawiyah's companions into 6 groups, ranging from 3,000 to 80,000 individuals, while Muruj al-Dhahab put the total number of Muawiyah's companions at 85,000. …”
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International norms for adult handgrip strength: A systematic review of data on 2.4 million adults aged 20 to 100+ years from 69 countries and regions by Grant R. Tomkinson, Justin J. Lang, Lukáš Rubín, Ryan McGrath, Bethany Gower, Terry Boyle, Marilyn G. Klug, Alexandra J. Mayhew, Henry T. Blake, Francisco B. Ortega, Cristina Cadenas-Sanchez, Costan G. Magnussen, Brooklyn J. Fraser, Tetsuhiro Kidokoro, Yang Liu, Kaare Christensen, Darryl P. Leong, Mette Aadahl, Edimansyah Abdin, Julian Alcazar, Aqeel Alenazi, Bader Alqahtani, Cledir De A. Amaral, Thatiana L.M. Amaral, Alex Andrade Fernandes, Peter Axelsson, Jennifer N. Baldwin, Karin Bammann, Aline R. Barbosa, Ameline Bardo, Inosha Bimali, Peter Bjerregaard, Martin Bobak, Colin A. Boreham, Klaus Bös, João Carlos Bouzas Marins, Joshua Burns, Nadezda Capkova, Lilia Castillo-Martínez, Liang-Kung Chen, Siu Ming Choi, Rebecca K.J. Choong, Susana C. Confortin, Cyrus Cooper, Jorge E. Correa-Bautista, Amandine Cournil, Grace Cruz, Eling D. de Bruin, José Antonio De Paz, Bruno De Souza Moreira, Luiz Antonio Dos Anjos, María Cristina Enríquez Reyna, Eduardo Ferriolli, Gillian Forrester, Elena Frolova, Abadi K. Gebre, Atef M. Ghaleb, Tiffany K. Gill, Yasuyuki Gondo, M. Cristina Gonzalez, Citlali Gonzalez Alvarez, Mary K. Hannah, Nicholas C. Harvey, Jean-Yves Hogrel, Marie-Theres Huemer, Toshiko Iidaka, Lewis A. Ingram, Dmitri A. Jdanov, Victoria L. Keevil, Wolfgang Kemmler, Rose Anne Kenny, Dae-Yeon Kim, Tracy L. Kivell, Ingirid G.H. Kjær, Alexander Kluttig, Rumi Kozakai, Danit Langer, Lisbeth A. Larsen, Wei-Ju Lee, David A. Leon, Eric Lichtenstein, Bertis B. Little, Roberto Alves Lourenço, Rahul Malhotra, Robert M. Malina, Kiyoaki Matsumoto, Tal Mazor-Karsenty, Marnee J. McKay, Sinéad McLoughlin, Abhishek L. Mensegere, Mostafa Mohammadian, Virgilio Garcia Moreira, Hiroshi Murayama, Anne Murray, Anita Liberalesso Neri, Claudia Niessner, Gabriel Núñez Othón, Gabriel Olveira, Suzanne G. Orchard, Andrezj Pajak, Chan Woong Park, Julie A. Pasco, Maria E. Peña Reyes, Leani Souza Máximo Pereira, Annette Peters, Eric Tsz-Chun Poon, Margareth C. Portela, Jedd Pratt, Robinson Ramírez-Vélez, Wendy Rodríguez-García, Joanne Ryan, Mauricio A. San-Martín, Francisco José Sánchez-Torralvo, Mahnaz Saremi, Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss, Satoshi Seino, Shamsul Azhar Shah, Marc Sim, Bjørn Heine Strand, Mythily Subramaniam, Charlotte Suetta, Sophia X. Sui, Jonas S. Sundarakumar, Koya Suzuki, Abdonas Tamosiunas, Maw Pin Tan, Yu Taniguchi, Barbara Thorand, Anna Turusheva, Anne Therese Tveter, Jonathan Wagner, Dao Wang, Stuart J. Warden, Julia Wearing, Shiou Liang Wee, Leo D. Westbury, Agnieszka Wiśniowska-Szurlej, Alexander Woll, Noriko Yoshimura, Ruby Yu

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Lighter Ingestion as an Uncommon Cause of Severe Vomiting in a Schizophrenia Patient by Yahya Atayan, Yasir Furkan Cagin, Mehmet Ali Erdogan, Yılmaz Bilgic, Remzi Bestas, Murat Harputluoglu, Yüksel Seckin

“…The majority of ingested foreign bodies (80–90%) leave gastrointestinal tract without creating problems. …”
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Separating and Characterizing Functional Nitrogen Degraders via Magnetic Nanoparticle-Mediated Isolation by Yujiao Sun, Meng Yin, Danyang Zheng, Lei Wang, Xiaohui Zhao, Jie Li

“…Redundancy analysis (RDA) also showed that the functional nitrogen degraders such as Comamonadaceae_unclassified and Thiobacillus absolutely dominated in situ ammonia degradation, and the change in dominant genera had the same trend as the degradation rate of ammonia nitrogen. …”
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The MAJORANA DEMONSTRATOR Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay Experiment by N. Abgrall, E. Aguayo, F. T. Avignone, A. S. Barabash, F. E. Bertrand, M. Boswell, V. Brudanin, M. Busch, A. S. Caldwell, Y.-D. Chan, C. D. Christofferson, D. C. Combs, J. A. Detwiler, P. J. Doe, Yu. Efremenko, V. Egorov, H. Ejiri, S. R. Elliott, J. Esterline, J. E. Fast, P. Finnerty, F. M. Fraenkle, A. Galindo-Uribarri, G. K. Giovanetti, J. Goett, M. P. Green, J. Gruszko, V. E. Guiseppe, K. Gusev, A. L. Hallin, R. Hazama, A. Hegai, R. Henning, E. W. Hoppe, S. Howard, M. A. Howe, K. J. Keeter, M. F. Kidd, A. Knecht, O. Kochetov, S. I. Konovalov, R. T. Kouzes, B. D. LaFerriere, J. Leon, L. E. Leviner, J. C. Loach, P. N. Luke, S. MacMullin, R. D. Martin, S. Mertens, L. Mizouni, M. Nomachi, J. L. Orrell, C. O'Shaughnessy, N. R. Overman, David Phillips, A. W. P. Poon, K. Pushkin, D. C. Radford, K. Rielage, R. G. H. Robertson, M. C. Ronquest, A. G. Schubert, B. Shanks, T. Shima, M. Shirchenko, K. J. Snavely, N. Snyder, D. Steele, J. Strain, A. M. Suriano, J. Thompson, V. Timkin, W. Tornow, R. L. Varner, S. Vasilyev, K. Vetter, K. Vorren, B. R. White, J. F. Wilkerson, T. Williams, W. Xu, E. Yakushev, A. R. Young, C.-H. Yu, V. Yumatov

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