Multimodal Imaging of Patients With Gliomas Confirms C-MET PET as a Complementary Marker to MRI for Noninvasive Tumor Grading and Intraindividual Follow-Up After Therapy by Kai R. Laukamp MD, Florian Lindemann PhD, Matthias Weckesser MD, Volker Hesselmann MD, Sandra Ligges PhD, Johannes Wölfer MD, Astrid Jeibmann MD, Bastian Zinnhardt PhD, Thomas Viel PhD, Michael Schäfers MD, Werner Paulus MD, Walter Stummer MD, Otmar Schober PhD, MD, Andreas H. Jacobs MD

“…Binary logistic regression models were developed to differentiate between World Health Organization (WHO) tumor types/grades. Tumor sizes as defined by thresholding based on tumor-to-background ratios were significantly different as determined by MET-PET (21.6 ± 36.8 cm 3 ), T1w-Gd-MRI (3.9 ± 7.8 cm 3 ), and FLAIR/T2-MRI (64.8 ± 60.4 cm 3 ; P < .001). …”
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Weighted Gene Coexpression Network Analysis Identifies TBC1D10C as a New Prognostic Biomarker for Breast Cancer by Huiying Qiao, Rong Lv, Yongkui Pang, Zhibing Yao, Xi Zhou, Wei Zhu, Wenqing Zhou

“…TBC1D10C may be a new biomarker to select patients who may benefit from immunotherapy.…”
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Tolerance and Social Harmonization of The Hindu Islamic Community of The Tengger Tribe in Eid Al-Fitr And Nyepi by ali Hasan Assidiqi, Ahmad Barizi, M. Lutfi Mustofa

“…For example, during the Nyepi celebration, Muslims also participate by limiting all activities including work and going out of the house so that they do not use lights or something shiny like Hindus do during Nyepi. …”
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Preparation, Reliability, and Validity of a Japanese Version of the “Satisfaction of Treatment among Caregivers of Dependent Type 2 Diabetic Patients” Questionnaire by Satoshi Ida, Ryutaro Kaneko, Kanako Imataka, Kaoru Okubo, Yoshitaka Shirakura, Kentaro Azuma, Ryoko Fujiwara, Hiroka Takahashi, Kazuya Murata

“…Exploratory factor analyses were performed to assess construct validity, and Pearson’s correlation coefficients between STCD2-J score and HbA1c as well as the degree of satisfaction with patients’ blood glucose levels, depression, and negative self-assessment of nursing care were calculated to assess criterion-related validity. …”
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Impact of Age on Short- and Long-Term Outcomes after Pancreatoduodenectomy for Periampullary Neoplasms by Mario Gruppo, Francesca Tolin, Boris Franzato, Pierluigi Pilati, Ylenia Camilla Spolverato, Francesca Zingales, Imerio Angriman, Romeo Bardini

“…Patients were divided into two groups: group I (<75 years) and group II (≥75 years). …”
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Novel digital droplet inverse PCR assay shows that natural clearance of hepatitis B infection is associated with fewer viral integrations by Dong Li, Vikki Ho, Chiao-Fang Teng, Hung-Wen Tsai, Yuanyuan Liu, Sarah Bae, Harout Ajoyan, Jochen M. Wettengel, Ulrike Protzer, Brian S. Gloss, Rebecca J. Rockett, Rafid Al Asady, Jane Li, Simon So, Jacob George, Mark W. Douglas, Thomas Tu

Subjects: “…HBV DNA integration…”
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Client perspectives on creating supportive sexual health environments for people with persistent anxiety: a qualitative study by Mark Gilbert, Travis Salway, Stéphanie Black, Sarah Watt, Aidan Ablona, Hsiu-Ju Chang, Heather Nicole Pedersen

“…Objectives We sought to explore sexual health service clients’ perspectives, preferences and suggestions for how to better address or alleviate anxiety among clients of sexual health services (eg, sexually transmitted infection testing) regarding both online and in-person sexual health services among those who experience persistent anxiety.Methods We conducted qualitative interviews with 27 sexual health service clients with persistent experiences of anxiety in British Columbia, Canada. …”
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Help-seeking for depression among Vietnamese migrant workers in Japan and factors related to their intentions to seek help from a psychiatrist: a cross-sectional study by Yui Fukuda, Atsuko Taguchi, Akane Futami, Yusuke Umegaki, Pham Nguyen Quy, Toshihiko Nakajima, Akihito Uezato

“…Among the 53.5% of participants who scored 10 or more on the PHQ-9, 4.4% had sought help from a healthcare professional in Japan. …”
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Questionnaire survey on the clinical application of Hall technique preformed metal crowns in caries of primary molars in China by Junhui Wang, Baize Zhang, Yujiang Chen, Lulu Wang, Yang Du, Xin Ge, Fen Liu, Fen Liu, Jing Gong, Jing Gong, Xiaojing Wang

“…The education background and nature of the workplace had a statistically significant difference in the application of the HT, the number of years of application, the selection of indications, and the choice of treatment methods for children who do not cooperate.ConclusionsThe survey showed that the awareness level and application frequency of the HT were relatively low in China. …”
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D,L‐3‐hydroxybutyrate in the treatment of glucose transporter 1 deficiency syndrome (Glut1DS) by Aya Amer, Kathryn Murrell, Liza Edmonds, Isaac Bernhardt, Rhonda Akroyd, Bryony Ryder, Callum Wilson, Emma Glamuzina

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Occupational Therapy for People with Early Parkinson’s Disease: A Retrospective Program Evaluation by Alan Sadural, Jillian MacDonald, Joelle Johnson, Kavita Gohil, Miriam Rafferty

“…In 2018, 23 individuals used OT out of 77 people with early PD who attended the proactive rehabilitation program. …”
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Radiomics for Predicting the Development of Brain Edema from Normal-Appearing Early Brain-CT After Cardiac Arrest and Return of Spontaneous Circulation by Michael Scheschenja, Eva-Marie Müller-Stüler, Simon Viniol, Joel Wessendorf, Moritz B. Bastian, Jarmila Jedelská, Alexander M. König, Andreas H. Mahnken

“…Radiomics analyses present a promising approach to identifying subtle imaging markers, potentially aiding early HIBI detection. <b>Methods:</b> This study retrospectively assessed post-CA patients between 2016 and 2023 who received immediate brain CTs. …”
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The effect of Shirodhara on essential hypertension: Systematic review and meta-analysis by Meenakshi Khapre, Dhanlika Dhanlika, Sriloy Mohanty, Amrita Mehndiratta

“…The Revised Cochrane Risk of Bias tool for randomized control trials (RoB-2) was used for the quality assessment of randomized control trials. …”
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The Frequency of Clinic Visits Was Not Associated with Medication Adherence or Outcome in Children with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases by Cheryl Kluthe, Jenkin Tsui, Donald Spady, Matthew Carroll, Eytan Wine, Hien Quoc Huynh

“…Medication nonadherence is a challenge in pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Poor adherence can result in disease flare-ups, disease complicationstherapy escalation, and the need for corticosteroids. …”
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Clinical profile and treatment outcome in chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis: Experience from a tertiary care center in Southern India by Sandeep Surendran, Suma Balan

“…Methods: Case records of children who were diagnosed with CRMO between January 2014 and December 2017were reviewed retrospectively. …”
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Clinical Comorbidities and Videourodynamic Characteristics of Dysfunctional Voiding in Women by Cheng-Ling Lee, Yuan-Hong Jiang, Jia-Fong Jhang, Tien-Lin Chang, Jing-Hui Tian, Hann-Chorng Kuo

“…Patients with phasic DO had a high Pdet and BOO, and patients with hypertension or those with Pdet ≥35 cm H₂O who received urethral sphincter treatment had a better treatment outcome.…”
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Evaluation of Overall Survival Predictions In Inoperable Pancreas Ductal Adenocarcinoma by Hasan Önner, Mustafa Erol, İlknur Küçükosmanoğlu

“…Objective: In this study, we aimed to determine the independent predictive parameters of overall survival (OS) ofpatients with inoperable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and to investigate whether these parameterscan be used as potential biomarkers to shape precision medicine practices for PDAC patients.Material and Methods: The clinical and pathological data of patients who were diagnosed with inoperablepancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma between January 2016 and December 2019 and who underwent18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) in our departmentwere retrospectively analyzed. …”
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Area Studies at the Modern University: Experience in Studying International Communication Strategies by O. A. Nesterova, O. L. Solodkova

“…We examine the work of the Russian Indologist, scholar, journalist, publicist and professor Leonid Mitrokhin (1934-2002), winner of the Nehru Award (1985), who worked for over a decade in India and devoted his entire life to studying South and Central Asia. …”
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Evaluation of the digital diabetes prevention programme pilot: uncontrolled mixed-methods study protocol by William Henley, Elizabeth Murray, Kerry Daff, Anthi Lavida, Jenny Irwin, Jonathan Valabhji

“…The primary outcomes are reduction in HbA1c and weight (for people with NDH) and reduction in weight (for people who are overweight or obese) at 12 months. …”
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Efficacy of ultrasound guided erector spinae plane block compared to wound infiltration for postoperative analgesia following laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy: a double-blinde... by Sekar Loganathan, Kamal Kajal, Kashish Garg, Sameer Sethi, Deepesh B Kenwar, Amit Sharma, Ashish Aditya, Varun Mahajan, Naveen B Naik, Rajnikant Kumar

“…Materials and methods This randomized controlled double-blinded trial was conducted in sixty-nine (n = 69) participants who underwent LLDN under general anesthesia. Participants were randomized into Group B (n = 34) and Group C (n = 35). …”
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