Performance evaluation of the Qiagen BK virus ASR on the NeuMoDx system by Amorce Lima, Luciano Soares, Caroline Simmons, Laura Rowe, Dominic Uy, Deanna Becker, Suzane Silbert

“…Of the 204 samples, only 10 (4.9 %) were discordant (PPA = 92.37 %; NPA = 100 %). Although the Qiagen BKV ASR quantified BKV DNA at an average of 0.48 Log IU/mL lower than the SOC, it showed a strong concordance to the SOC results. …”
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Caregiver alignment with triage acuity levels and drivers for discrepancy between caregiver assessment and triage acuity levels: a cross-sectional questionnaire based study by Noelie Lengeler, Carl Alessandro Starvaggi, Manon Jaboyedoff, Sophie Affentranger, Kristina Keitel

“…Our study sheds light on the association between caregiver assessment and professional triage in two paediatric emergency departments in Switzerland, revealing some of the factors leading to discordance. These factors most probably reflect health illiteracy. …”
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Positive Pneumocystis jirovecii Sputum PCR Results with Negative Bronchoscopic PCR Results in Suspected Pneumocystis Pneumonia by Kelly Pennington, John Wilson, Andrew H. Limper, Patricio Escalante

“…Our results suggest that discordant P. jirovecii-PCR testing results from sputum and bronchoscopic specimens are an infrequent occurrence. …”
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A Retrospective Observational Cohort Analysis of Oncology Patients with Febrile Neutropenia in the Emergency Department of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Oman by Badar Al-Aamri, Aisha AL Breiki, Darpanarayan Hazra, Talib Al-Aamri, Manar Al-Shehi

“…Binary logistic regression revealed that male patients had a 60% lower risk of guideline discordance than female patients (odds ratio [OR]: 0.400, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.180-0.891, P = 0.025), whereas diabetic patients had a 75% lower risk than nondiabetic patients (OR: 0.254, 95% CI: 0.069–0.934, P = 0.039). …”
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Loss of protein C vs protein S results in discrepant thrombotic phenotypes by Chia-Jui Ku, Xinge Yu, Queena Y. Zhao, Steven J. Grzegorski, Jeffrey G. Daniel, Allison C. Ferguson, Jordan A. Shavit

“…Here, we generate proc (zebrafish PROC ortholog) and pros1 knockouts through genome editing in zebrafish and uncover partially discordant phenotypes. proc−/− mutants exhibited ∼70% lethality at 1 year of age, whereas pros1−/− survival was unaffected. …”
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Correlation between axial and coronal common bile duct diameters in computed tomography: a retrospective study of 1064 patients by Adisak Kasemassawachanont, Natinee Chuangsuwanich, Wanicha Lertpipopmetha, Nutthanun Panrong, Kittipott Thusneyapan, Sasima Tongsai, Napakadol Noppakunsomboon, Rathachai Kaewlai

“…When a cutoff value of 7 mm was used to predict an abnormal axial diameter, the agreement between axial and coronal CBD diameters was substantial (Kappa = 0.715) with discordance between the two measurements identified in 6.2% of cases (66/1064) when a) coronal diameter < 7 mm but axial measurement  ≥ 7 mm (39/1064; 3.7%) and b) coronal diameter  ≥ 7 mm but axial measurement < 7 mm (27/1064; 2.5%). …”
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Lack of Anatomical Concordance between Preablation and Postablation CT Images: A Risk Factor Related to Ablation Site Recurrence by Petra G. Kele, Eric J. Van der Jagt, Paul F. M. Krabbe, Koert P. de Jong

“…The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that discordant preablation and postablation imaging is associated with more ablation site recurrences (ASRs). …”
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A Fourfold Bi-Filter and Permuted Bi-Quad-Wrapper Feature Selection Method for Finding Optimal Moments of Multi-Trajectory Transient Records in Transient Analysis by Seyed Alireza Bashiri Mosavi, Omid Khalaf Beigi

“…Hence, designing a polyhedral feature selection scheme (FSS) to fix the TA bottleneck raised by feeding non-discriminative transient records into predictive models is a significant task to avoid discordant TA indices results. Hence, we offer a fourfold bi-filter and permuted bi-quad-wrapper (F2FP2QW) FSS to find optimal transient moments (OTMs) from multi-trajectory transient records (MTTRs). …”
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Introduction. L’actualisation de la mémoire du communisme en Europe by Lisa Tanguay, Hélène Levesque

“…Qu’il s’agisse de mémoires individuelles ou collectives, les Russes, Roumains, Polonais ou Français ont vécu des expériences dissemblables et ils participent à la création d’une mosaïque mémorielle hétéroclite.Ainsi, à l’instar de l’année 2005, ce premier numéro de Conserveries mémorielles permettra d’actualiser la discordance des mémoires devant la singularité d’une expérience commune : celle du communisme. …”
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Historical biogeography and systematics of yellow-bellied toads (Bombina variegata), with the description of a new subspecies from the Balkans by Christophe Dufresnes, Simeon Lukanov, Sven Gippner, Johanna Ambu, Ilias Strachinis, Dragan Arsovski, Benjamin Monod-Broca, Hugo Cayuela, Petros Lymberakis, Daniele Canestrelli, Dan Cogălniceanu, Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Spartak N. Litvinchuk, Tomasz Suchan, Mathieu Denoël, Daniel Jablonski

“…As it reached the Dinarides during the Late Pleistocene, B. v. variegata potentially hybridized with B. v. scabra and captured its mitochondrial DNA, which resulted in a massive cyto-nuclear discordance across all northwestern European populations. …”
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The Impact of Multidisciplinary Discussion (MDD) in the Diagnosis and Management of Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Diseases by Ghofran Ageely, Carolina Souza, Kaissa De Boer, Saly Zahra, Marcio Gomes, Nha Voduc

“…In summary, MDD provided a specific diagnosis discordant with pre-MDD diagnosis in a significant proportion of cases and was particularly valuable in the diagnosis of non-IPF ILD. …”
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Large-scale analysis highlights obesity as a risk factor for chronic, non-communicable inflammatory diseases by Sadegh Mousavi, Katja Bieber, Henner Zirpel, Artem Vorobyev, Henning Olbrich, Cristian Papara, Cristian Papara, David A. De Luca, David A. De Luca, Diamant Thaci, Enno Schmidt, Gabriele Riemekasten, Peter Lamprecht, Matthias Laudes, Khalaf Kridin, Khalaf Kridin, Khalaf Kridin, Ralf J. Ludwig, Ralf J. Ludwig

“…For 12 diseases, increased risks were confirmed to one of the two sensitivity analyses, while for 10 diseases, results were discordant. No increased risk was observed for one disease. …”
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Higher Prostate Weight Is Inversely Associated with Gleason Score Upgrading in Radical Prostatectomy Specimens by Leonardo Oliveira Reis, Emerson Luis Zani, Leandro L. L. Freitas, Fernandes Denardi, Athanase Billis

“…Independent predictors of Gleason upgrading (logistic regression) and disease-free survival (DFS) (Kaplan-Meier, log-rank) were determined. Results. Gleason discordance was 45.7% (37.32% upgrading and 8.45% downgrading). …”
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SMRT sequencing and ddPCR reveal the complexity of developmental trajectories and temporal dynamics of gut bifidobacterial communities in infants by Xu Gao, Tao Zhang, Xiaoye Bai, Qiannan Wen, Dongyu Li, Lai-Yu Kwok, Heping Zhang, Zhihong Sun

“…The results of ddPCR confirmed large variations in quantities of bifidobacteria between infants and suggested discordances in temporal dynamics of bifidobacterial communities during the first half year of infancy. …”
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Piloting an external quality assurance program (QAP) for COVID-19 antigen rapid diagnostic tests (Ag-RDTs): findings and lessons learned from Cambodia by Vonthanak Saphonn, John Kaldor, Deborah Williamson, Sothavireak Bory, Philip Cunningham, Jessica Markby, Kennarey Seang, Jacqueline Prestedge, Chan Leakhena Phoeung, Marilyn Ninan, Kanika Heng, Andrew Valley

“…The Tier 1 laboratory reported 100% concordance with the EQA reference result, while some of Tier 2 laboratories’ results were discordant. While continued capacity building and support with troubleshooting have been key to the successful EQA piloting at the UHS laboratory, the programme experienced delays in the shipping/delivery of EQA and QC panels due to customs and border requirements, which could have hindered implementation and potentially impacted the quality of the QA materials. …”
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Sleep duration, sleep disturbances and skeletal muscle mass change over time: A population-based longitudinal analysis in Peru [version 3; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with... by Enrique S. Nuñez-del-Arco, Renzo A. Agurto-García, Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco, J. Jaime Miranda, Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz

“…Regarding sleep duration, no SMM changes over time were seen in short sleepers, but findings were discordant in long sleepers: a reduction of SMM using bioimpedance, but no change using the formula.…”
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VIBE: an R-package for VIsualization of Bulk RNA Expression data for therapeutic targeting and disease stratification by Indu Khatri, Saskia D. van Asten, Leandro F. Moreno, Brandon W. Higgs, Christiaan Klijn, Christiaan Klijn, Francis Blokzijl, Iris C. R. M. Kolder

“…VIBE integrates statistics in all graphics, enabling data-informed decision-making.ConclusionsVIBE facilitates detailed visualization of individual and cohort-level summaries such as concordant or discordant expression of two genes or pathways. Such analyses can help to prioritize disease indications that are amenable to treatment strategies such as bispecific or monoclonal antibody therapies. …”
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Sleep duration, sleep disturbances and skeletal muscle mass change over time: A population-based longitudinal analysis in Peru [version 4; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with... by Enrique S. Nuñez-del-Arco, Renzo A. Agurto-García, Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco, J. Jaime Miranda, Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz

“…Regarding sleep duration, no SMM changes over time were seen in short sleepers, but findings were discordant in long sleepers: a reduction of SMM using bioimpedance, but no change using the formula.…”
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‘They went for the test together but came back separately’: a constructivist grounded theory perspective on male engagement in antenatal HIV testing in Bamenda, Cameroon by Lily Haritu Foglabenchi, Nancy Manigha Nyahkeh, Heidi Stöckl, Tanya Marchant

“…For some men, HIV testing was a conscious decision to confirm fidelity, for others this was challenged by the fear of sero-discordant results and assumptions that maternal test results were a representation of their sero-status. …”
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Tattoo ink exposure is associated with lymphoma and skin cancers – a Danish study of twins by Signe Bedsted Clemmensen, Jonas Mengel-From, Jaakko Kaprio, Henrik Frederiksen, Jacob von Bornemann Hjelmborg

“…Twin-matched analysis of 14 twin pairs discordant for tattoo ink exposure and skin cancer showed HR = 1.33 (95% CI: 0.46–3.84). …”
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