Worldwide variations in the knowledge and use of fluoroscopy during percutaneous nephrolithotomy—should we do better? A survey by the European Association of Urology Section for Ur... by Otaš Durutovic, Guohua Zeng, Bhaskar Somani, Simon Choong, Giorgio Mazzon, Di Gu, Zeeshan Hameed, TP Rajeev, Bogomir Milojevic, Davide Brusa, Tiago Ribeiro Oliveira, Sergio Pereira, Nariman Gadzhiev, Ali Serdar Gozen, Evangelos Liatsikos, Panagiotis Kallidonis, Uros Bumbasirevic, Andreas Skolarikos

“…Precautions to reduce exposure appeared poorly followed as up to 25.4% of respondents used regularly continuous fluoroscopy, and up to 20.5% used regularly high-frequency setting and this trend was more obvious among senior specialists (6.2% of trainees used high-frequency settings vs. 21.3% of consultants, p<0.05). Additionally, only 24.9% of respondents would provide X-ray protection to patients too. …”
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A Review of the Health Impact of Nicotine Pouches by Radosław Chmiel, Daria Michałka, Natalie Papachristoforou, Zuzanna Gałuszka, Monika Makar, Tomasz Bartuś, Natalia Tekiela, Emilia Bąk, Justyna Głowacka, Aleksandra Kocjan

“…Snus has been associated with a modest increase in cardiovascular disease risk, although the risks are lower than smoking. Additionally, smokeless tobacco use is linked to an increased risk of oral squamous cell carcinoma, especially in women. …”
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Assessment of clinical prognosis in autoimmune encephalitis: Girona score by Gary Álvarez Bravo, Giuseppe Guglielmini, Ana Quiroga Varela, Almudena Boix Lago, Ariadna Gifreu Fraixinó, Daniele Urso, Daniele Urso, Daniele Urso, Daniele Urso, Giancarlo Logroscino, Giancarlo Logroscino, Giancarlo Logroscino, Giancarlo Logroscino, Lluís Ramió-Torrentà

“…We identified that the mean initial score was significantly higher in the group of patients who had higher mRS at 3 months compared to that in the group of patients who had a mild to moderate disability level (mRS ≤ 2) at 3 months (p = 0.023). In addition, autonomic symptoms and mental status impairment demonstrated to be independent risk factors to predict disability (p &lt; 0.05).ConclusionsThe ACPE-Gi score seems to be a reliable scale for comprehensively evaluating the severity of AE in the acute phase and predicting the risk of disability at 3 months. …”
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Spatial and Temporal Evolution of Different‐Scale Ionospheric Irregularities in Central and East Siberia During the 27–28 May 2017 Geomagnetic Storm by V. B. Ovodenko, M. V. Klimenko, I. E. Zakharenkova, A. V. Oinats, D. S. Kotova, A. V. Nikolaev, I. V. Tyutin, D. D. Rogov, K. G. Ratovsky, D. V. Chugunin, P. A. Budnikov, J. C. Coxon, B. J. Anderson, A. A. Chernyshov

“…From high‐frequency (HF) and ultrahigh‐frequency (UHF) radar data, we observed an intense auroral backscatter developed right after the initial phase of the geomagnetic storm. Additionally, we examined variations of Global Positioning System (GPS)‐based ROT (rate of TEC changes, where TEC is total electron content) for available GPS receivers in the region. …”
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Atlas of Fshr expression from novel reporter mice by Hongqian Chen, Hui-Qing Fang, Jin-Tao Liu, Shi-Yu Chang, Li-Ben Cheng, Ming-Xin Sun, Jian-Rui Feng, Ze-Min Liu, Yong-Hong Zhang, Clifford J Rosen, Peng Liu

“…Reporter animals were also subjected to additional analyses,to define the accurate expression profile of FSHR in gonadal and extragonadal organs/tissues. …”
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The C825T Polymorphism of the G-Protein β3 Gene as a Risk Factor for Functional Dyspepsia: A Meta-Analysis by Yi-Zuo Song, He-Yi You, Zhe-Hui Zhu, Zheng-De Wen, Hui-Ying Xu, Bi-Cheng Chen, Zong-Jing Chen, Qing-Ke Huang

“…The association was assessed by the odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI). …”
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Modified iris system: initial experience with a new technology for safety in hiatal surgery in pediatric patients by Joel Cazares, Eduardo De la Rosa-Bustamante, Jorge Colín-Garnica, Arturo Guillen-Cárdenas, Marbella Sepulveda-Valenzuela, Miguel Torres-Salas, Jorge Alberto Cantú-Reyes

“…All NF procedures, with or without additional interventions like gastrostomy and pyloroplasty, were completed safely. …”
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Unsupervised Visual-to-Geometric Feature Reconstruction for Vision-Based Industrial Anomaly Detection by Dinh-Cuong Hoang, Phan Xuan Tan, Anh-Nhat Nguyen, Duc-Thanh Tran, Van-Hiep Duong, Anh-Truong Mai, Duc-Long Pham, Khanh-Toan Phan, Minh-Quang Do, Ta Huu Anh Duong, Tuan-Minh Huynh, Son-Anh Bui, Duc-Manh Nguyen, Viet-Anh Trinh, Khanh-Duong Tran, Thu-Uyen Nguyen

“…Evaluated on the MVTec 3D-AD dataset, our method achieves state-of-the-art performance with an average image-level AUROC score of 0.968, surpassing previous approaches. Additionally, it provides fast inference at 8.2 frames per second with a memory footprint of only 1045 MB, making it highly efficient for industrial applications.…”
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Effects of different fertilization treatments on ground-dwelling arthropods and their functional groups in agricultural landscapes by Ziqi Bian, Ziqi Bian, Lyuyi Liu, Lyuyi Liu, Yan Li, Yan Li, Yanli Li, Yanli Li, Shengyan Ding, Shengyan Ding

“…Interestingly, when chemical and organic fertilizers were combined, soil total nitrogen, pH, and available phosphorus were identified as the principal drivers. Additionally, our findings highlighted that the dominant group of ground-dwelling arthropods was particularly sensitive to changes in biomass, available nitrogen, and available potassium.…”
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Clinical characteristics and mortality risk factors among trauma patients by age groups at a single center in Korea over 7 years: a retrospective study by Jonghee Han, Su Young Yoon, Junepill Seok, Jin Young Lee, Jin Suk Lee, Jin Bong Ye, Younghoon Sul, Seheon Kim, Hong Rye Kim

“…Conclusions For patients with trauma, the mechanism, injured body region, and severity of injury differed among the age groups. …”
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Effect of the gut core microbiota Cetobacterium on the growth, physiology, and nutritional metabolism of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) by Miao Wang, Chenglin Tang, Ziyue Zhang, Zijian Fan, Lijin Jiang, Zhigang Liu, Jianmeng Cao, Zhang Wang, Maixin Lu, Mengmeng Yi, Xiaoli Ke

“…Analysis of growth indices, serum insulin, glucose and triglyceride (TG) levels, carbohydrate content in the gut, and amino acid levels in the serum were conducted. Additionally, we examined the transcriptome of the liver and the metabolome of the serum in tilapia. …”
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Determination of Cenozoic Sedimentary Structures Using Integrated Geophysical Surveys: A Case Study in the Hebei Plain, China by Yi Yang, Jie Zhang, Junjie Wu, Pei Li, Xingchun Wang, Qingquan Zhi, Guojiang Hao, Jianhua Li, Xiaohong Deng

“…The covering layer in the plain area was several kilometers thick. In addition to expensive drilling, it is difficult to obtain deep geological information through traditional geological exploration. …”
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Collapsing Pattern Class-IV Lupus Nephritis Presenting as Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome and Cardiac Tamponade: A Rare COVID-19 Sequelae by K Harshitha Reddy, Pranjal Kashiv, Sunil Kumar, Sourya Acharya, Kapil Navin Sejpal

“…Further investigation and kidney biopsy revealed she had lupus nephritis Stage-IV Diffuse Proliferative Glomerulonephritis (DPGN) but with the collapsing variety, which is a rare finding. Additionally, the patient tested positive for COVID-19, which may have contributed to the development of the collapsing type of DPGN.…”
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Structural dynamics of RAF1-HSP90-CDC37 and HSP90 complexes reveal asymmetric client interactions and key structural elements by Lorenzo I. Finci, Mayukh Chakrabarti, Gulcin Gulten, Joseph Finney, Carissa Grose, Tara Fox, Renbin Yang, Dwight V. Nissley, Frank McCormick, Dominic Esposito, Trent E. Balius, Dhirendra K. Simanshu

“…Our quantitative analysis reveals that CDC37 bridges the HSP90-RAF1 interaction, RAF1 binds HSP90 asymmetrically, and that HSP90 structural elements engage RAF1’s unfolded region. Additionally, N- and C-terminal interactions stabilize HSP90 dimers, and molecular interactions in HSP90 dimers rearrange between the closed and semi-open states. …”
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A multi-modal multi-branch framework for retinal vessel segmentation using ultra-widefield fundus photographs by Qihang Xie, Qihang Xie, Xuefei Li, Yuanyuan Li, Yuanyuan Li, Jiayi Lu, Jiayi Lu, Shaodong Ma, Yitian Zhao, Yitian Zhao, Jiong Zhang, Jiong Zhang

“…Specifically, M3B-Net tackles the low segmentation accuracy caused by the inherently low contrast of UWF fundus images. Additionally, we propose an enhanced UWF-based segmentation network in M3B-Net, specifically designed to improve the segmentation of fine retinal vessels. …”
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Antibacterial activity and impact on keratinocyte cell growth of Cutibacterium acnes bacteriophages in a Cutibacterium acnes IA1- colonized keratinocyte model by Juan C Farfán-Esquivel, María Victoria Gutiérrez, Alejandro Ondo-Méndez, John M González, Martha J Vives-Flórez

“…Phage treatment in general reduced IA1-caused cytotoxicity, with differences in efficacy among phages. In addition, phage purification was necessary to restore metabolic activity and growth of HEKa. …”
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Mixed-methods process evaluation of a proactive approach to healthcare in Parkinson’s disease—ParkProReakt: a protocol of a hybrid efficacy-implementation study by Xinyu Huang, Max Geraedts, Elke Kalbe, Carsten Eggers, David José Pedrosa, Ann-Kristin Folkerts, Marcin Grzegorzek, Marlena van Munster, Johanne Stümpel, Natalie Altschuck, Ingmar Wellach, Hannes Boebinger, Anna Pedrosa, Kati Niemand, Dirk Becker, Nicole Pohlschmidt, Isabel Doblinger, Kristina Schmidt, Daniel Wolferts, Marius Nisslmueller, Gennet Beer, Mohammad Osman Ashraf, Florian Eberhardt, Rebecca Wichartz, Birgit Samans, Volker Gross, Keywan Sohrabi, Linda Kerkemeyer, Uemran Seven, Paulina Olgemoeller, Artur Piet, Mona Irsfeld, Marlena van Munster

“…Results will be communicated to the funding body and disseminated through scientific publications.Trial registration This study was registered with the German Registry for Clinical Studies (DRKS)—number: DRKS00031092.…”
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Spatiotemporal variation and influencing factors of phosphorus in Asia’s longest river based on receptor model and machine learning by Gege Cai, Jiamei Zhang, Wanlu Li, Jiejun Zhang, Yun Liu, Shanshan Xi, Guolian Li, Haibin Li, Xing Chen, Fanhao Song, Fazhi Xie

“…In present study, the spatiotemporal variations of phosphorus were analyzed at wet and dry seasons in the Yangtze River during 2020–2023. …”
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Case report: The case of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia treated with chemotherapy followed by anti-CD7 CAR-T cells using retroviral vector by Huanhuan Zhou, Wenxiang Zhu, Qihong Ma, Ning Liu, Mengdi Jin, Yaru Feng, Lijun Zhao, Rui Sun, Rongyou Li, Huaxiu Li, Yuanyuan Shi, Jianxun Wang, Liqiong Liu, Zhi Guo, Zhi Guo, Zhi Guo

“…Cytokine release syndrome (CRS) 1 was experienced while no immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome (ICANS) was found. In addition, CAR copy number peaked at 350, 758 copies/μg on day 6. …”
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Integrating artificial Intelligence-Based metaheuristic optimization with Machine learning to enhance Nanomaterial-Containing latent heat thermal energy storage systems by Ali Basem, Hanaa Kadhim Abdulaali, As’ad Alizadeh, Pradeep Kumar Singh, Komal Parashar, Ali E. Anqi, Husam Rajab, Pancham Cajla, H. Maleki

“…The proposed strategy combines machine learning algorithms, including multilayer perceptron neural network (MLPNN), generalized additive model (GAM), Gaussian kernel regression (GKR), support vector machine (SVM), and Gaussian process regression (GPR) with artificial intelligence-based metaheuristic optimization algorithms (PSO and GA) to optimize their structural/training parameters. …”
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