Porto Alegre Line predicts lenticulostriate arteries encasement and extent of resection in insular gliomas. A preliminary study by Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Gustavo Rassier Isolan, Samir Ale Bark, Samir Ale Bark, Jander Moreira Monteiro, Jander Moreira Monteiro, Tobias A. Mattei, Kaan Yağmurlu, Rafaela Fernandes Gonçalves, Rafaela Fernandes Gonçalves, Osvaldo Malafaia, Rafael Roesler, Rafael Roesler, Rafael Roesler, Jurandir Marcondes Ribas Filho

“…In cases in which there were direct intraoperative LSTa encasement visualization, Porto Alegre Line was employed as an MRI preoperative landmark for prediction of LSTa involvement in those patients with Sensitivity, Specificity, Positive Predictive Values of 1, 0.975 and 0.923, respectively.ConclusionWe have found that LSTa encasement is a limiting factor to reach a satisfactory extent of resection and that Porto Alegre Line can predict it.…”
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[18F]FB(ePEG12)12-exendin-4 noninvasive imaging of insulinoma negative for insulin immunostaining on specimen from endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspiration: a case... by Daisuke Otani, Takaaki Murakami, Saeko Murakami, Ikuko Hanaoka, Hiroyuki Fujimoto, Yoichi Shimizu, Kanae Kawai Miyake, Kentaro Sakaki, Yohei Ueda, Daisuke Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Ohno, Hironori Shimizu, Naoki Uyama, Norishige Iizuka, Daisuke Yabe, Yuji Nakamoto, Nobuya Inagaki

“…Somatostatin receptor-targeted imaging is another option for detecting pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms but has low sensitivity and is not specific for insulinoma. The clinical application of other localizing approaches such as selective arterial calcium stimulation and endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) is limited by their being invasive and/or technically complex. …”
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Design of an integrated model with temporal graph attention and transformer-augmented RNNs for enhanced anomaly detection by Sai Babu Veesam, Aravapalli Rama Satish, Sreenivasulu Tupakula, Yuvaraju Chinnam, Krishna Prakash, Shonak Bansal, Mohammad Rashed Iqbal Faruque

“…We employ a Multimodal Variational Autoencoder-MVAE that fuses video, audio, and motion sensor information in a manner resistant to noise and missing samples. …”
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Growth differentiation factor-15 as a biomarker for intensive care unit-acquired weakness: a meta-analysis by Bing-Han Wang, Meng-Ying Qi, Zheng Yang, Gui-Lan He, Si-Ya Meng

“…The data were combined with fixed-effects model, and the summary receiver operating characteristic curve was drawn to evaluate the overall diagnostic accuracy of GDF-15.ResultsWe identified 6 eligible studies comprising 401 patients with ICU-AW. The sensitivity, specificity, diagnostic odds ratio (DOR), and area under the curve (AUC) for the discriminative performance of GDF-15 as a diagnostic biomarker were 0.82 (95% confidence interval (CI):0.78–0.86), 0.83 (95% CI: 0.61–0.88), 21.39 (95% CI: 13.36–34.24), and 0.88 (95% CI: 0.85–0.91), respectively.ConclusionGDF-15 is a candidate biomarker in diagnosing of ICU-AW from non-ICU-AW.…”
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Effects of Heat Treatment on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Selective Laser Melting 316L Stainless Steel by Jingfa Lei, Yongsheng Ge, Tao Liu, Zhan Wei

“…The experimental results showed that the three-state samples exhibited strain rate sensitivity in the dynamic mechanical tests and that solution treatment could alter their mechanical properties significantly. …”
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Droplet distribution and mitigation of occupational exposure risk in eucalyptus sprout eradication using a remotely piloted aircraft by Luis Felipe Oliveira Ribeiro, Luis Felipe Oliveira Ribeiro, Luis Felipe Oliveira Ribeiro, Edney Leandro da Vitória, Edney Leandro da Vitória, Halisson Pereira Bastos, Jacimar Vieira Zanelato, José de Assis Martins Júnior, Alexandre de Vicente Ferraz, Thales Gomes dos Santos, Francisco de Assis Ferreira, João Victor Oliveira Ribeiro, Samuel de Assis Silva, Pengchao Chen

“…The spray solution was composed of water, brilliant blue dye, and adjuvant. Water-sensitive paper cards and flexible polyvinyl chloride cards were positioned on different eucalyptus sprout canopy layers (ESCL) (upper, middle, and lower) to evaluate droplet distribution and deposition. …”
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Impact of varying accelerometer epoch length on physical activity patterns in adults: Considerations for public health. by Rayane Haddadj, Charlotte Verdot, Benoît Salanave, Valérie Deschamps, Jérémy Vanhelst

“…<h4>Background</h4>To process wearables sensors data, end-users face a wide variety of choices influencing physical activity (PA) patterns estimation. …”
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Cadophora species from marine glaciers in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: an example of unsuspected hidden biodiversity by Bingqian Zhang, Xiaoguang Li, Guojie Li, Qi-Ming Wang, Manman Wang

“…Abstract Large numbers of marine glaciers in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are especially sensitive to changes of climate and surface conditions. …”
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Dengue Virus NS1 Protein as a Diagnostic Marker: Commercially Available ELISA and Comparison to qRT-PCR and Serological Diagnostic Assays Currently Used by the State of Florida by Jason H. Ambrose, Shamala Devi Sekaran, Azliyati Azizan

“…Compared to qRT-PCR, the NS1 assay had a sensitivity of 64.3%, specificity 100%, PPV of 100%, and NPV of 58.3%. …”
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Financial Innovation and Sustainable Development in Selected Countries in West Africa by Folorunsho M. Ajide

“…That is, the growth effect of financial innovation is sensitive to the choice of proxy. A reduction in demand for money caused by financial innovations could deter economic growth and development. …”
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Extreme precipitation associated with atmospheric rivers over West Antarctic ice shelves: insights from kilometre-scale regional climate modelling by E. Gilbert, D. Pishniak, J. A. Torres, A. Orr, M. Maclennan, M. Maclennan, N. Wever, K. Verro, K. Verro

“…Our work highlights that kilometre-scale models are useful tools to investigate the total precipitation amount and its partitioning into rain and snow over this globally important and climatically sensitive region, and it highlights the critical need for in situ observations of rainfall.…”
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Molecular Detection of Staphylococcal Enterotoxins and mecA Genes Products in Selected Food Samples Collected from Different Areas in Khartoum State by Mohammed Yahya Ahmed, Hashim Abdalbagi Ali, Babbiker Mohammed Taher Gorish, Sara Omer Ali, Eman Saif Aldein Abdalrhim, Mawada Hamza Mergani, Asmaa Abass Abd Elgadir, Somaya Khalid Mohammed, Salma Omer Ahmed, Naglaa Alsaeid Musa, Alaa Saeed Ahmed, Wafaa Mohammed Abdalla, Yousif Fadlallah Hamedelnil, Ahmed Ibrahim Hashim, Hisham N. Altayb

“…Eighty-four of the 137 S. aureus isolates were randomly selected and tested for the presence of mecA and enterotoxin genes. The oxacillin sensitivity test showed that 15 (11%) of 137 S. aureus isolates were oxacillin resistant. …”
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A Study on Histomorphological Spectrum in Abnormal Uterine Bleeding at a Tertiary Care Center by Santharam M, Preethi Sekar, Karthikeyan TM, Sharanya Kandaswamy

“…Ultrasonography was effective in detecting fibroids but showed limited sensitivity in diagnosing adenomyosis, which was better confirmed through histopathology. …”
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Oxidative stress-driven enhanced iron production and scavenging through Ferroportin reorientation worsens anemia in antimony-resistant Leishmania donovani infection. by Souradeepa Ghosh, Krishna Vamshi Chigicherla, Shirin Dasgupta, Yasuyuki Goto, Budhaditya Mukherjee

“…This antimony-unresponsiveness points towards a genetic adaptation that underpins LD-R's evolutionary persistence and dominance over sensitive counterparts (LD-S). This study highlights how LD evolutionarily tackled antimony exposure and gained increased potential of scavenging host-iron within its parasitophorous vacuoles (PV) to support its aggressive proliferation. …”
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Amelioration Effect of <i>Lactobacillus kefiranofaciens</i> ZW3 on Ovalbumin-Induced Allergic Symptoms in BALB/c Mice by Hanxue Xu, Xiaowei Duan, Yanping Wang, Weitao Geng

“…BALB/c mice were intraperitoneally injected with OVA/complete Freund’s adjuvant (CFA) for allergy sensitization. Probiotics were administered orally once every two days in the probiotic-treated groups. …”
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Genetic Insights Into the Role of Cathepsins in Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Evidence From Mendelian Randomization Study by Yanhong Jiang, Wenhui Fan, Yaxin Li, Hua Xue

“…The results were further validated using sensitivity analysis. Results The forward MR analysis results indicate that elevated cathepsin H levels increase the risk of AD (p = 0.005, odds ratio [OR] = 1.040, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.011–1.069), elevated cathepsin B levels decrease the risk of PD (p < 0.001, OR = 0.890, 95% CI = 0.831–0.954), and no significant association was found between cathepsin levels and ALS. …”
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Hopping backward to move forward: Single-leg backward hopping can better detect decreased quadriceps strength induced by a fatigue protocol compared to forward and vertical hopping by Yu Song, Lauren Salsgiver, Kaden Van Valkenburg, Natalie Christofferson, Yessica Lo, Zhichen Feng, Brenna McGuinness, Boyi Dai

“…Conclusion: The greater sensitivity of the backward hopping to detect quadriceps fatigue suggests it may act as a better or at least an additional metric to evaluate quadriceps strength deficits. …”
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Position for Site-Specific Attachment of a DOTA Chelator to Synthetic Affibody Molecules Has a Different Influence on the Targeting Properties of Ga-Compared to In-Labeled Conjugat... by Hadis Honarvar, Joanna Strand, Anna Perols, Anna Orlova, Ram Kumar Selvaraju, Amelie Eriksson Karlström, Vladimir Tolmachev

“…Radiolabeling of Affibody molecules with the positron-emitting nuclide 68 Ga would permit the use of positron emission tomography (PET), providing better resolution, sensitivity, and quantification accuracy than single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). …”
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Effect of Biowaste on the High- and Low-Temperature Rheological Properties of Asphalt Binders by Xuancang Wang, Yuchen Guo, Guanyu Ji, Yi Zhang, Jing Zhao, Hao Su

“…And, it can improve the viscosity, thermal stability, and temperature-sensitive properties of the material. It significantly improved the high-temperature rheological performance, rutting coefficient, and recovery elasticity of the material. …”
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Preclinical Positron Emission Tomographic Imaging of Acute Hyperoxia Therapy of Chronic Hypoxia during Pregnancy by Alexander Zheleznyak, Joel R. Garbow, Michal Neeman, Suzanne E. Lapi

“…Herein we report first-in-mouse PET imaging of fetuses employing both tracers [ 18 F]FDG (metabolism) and 64 Cu-ATSM (hypoxia). [ 18 F]FDG PET/CT imaging allowed clear visualization of placental-fetal structures and supported quantification of tracer uptake, making this a sensitive tool for monitoring placental function in preclinical rodent models. …”
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