Volume contracted state, mortality and functional outcomes in patients with acute ischaemic stroke due to large vessel occlusion by Risheng Xu, Max Wintermark, Gregory W Albers, Jeremy J Heit, Adam A Dmytriw, Adrien Guenego, Yasmin Aziz, Kambiz Nael, Benjamin Pulli, Victor Urrutia, Dhairya A Lakhani, Tobias D Faizy, Argye Hillis, Vivek Yedavalli, Dylan Wolman, Licia P Luna, Elisabeth B Marsh, Hamza Adel Salim, Janet Mei, Vaibhav Vagal, Aakanksha Sriwastwa, Raf Llinas, Hanzhang Lu, Mona N Bahouth

“…Background Acute ischaemic stroke (AIS) is a leading cause of mortality and disability globally, with volume contracted state (VCS), as indicated by an elevated blood urea nitrogen to creatinine (BUN/Cr) ratio, potentially influencing outcomes. …”
Get full text

Fixed Point and Common Fixed Point Theorems for Generalized Weak Contraction Mappings of Integral Type in Modular Spaces by Chirasak Mongkolkeha, Poom Kumam

“…We prove new fixed point and common fixed point theorems for generalized weak contractive mappings of integral type in modular spaces. …”
Get full text

Ultrabright contrast agents with synergistic Raman enhancements for precise intraoperative imaging and photothermal ablation of orthotopic tumor models by Yiqun Ma, Shuchi Xia, Annan Hu, Qianyi Zhang, Zhengzhong Shao, Bo Tian, Qinrui Lin

“…To address this challenge, we developed a novel strategy that integrates two enhancement mechanisms into a single Raman contrast agent. Results This contrast agent exploits the synergistic effects of an anisotropic gold nanorod and a polypyrrole-polydopamine hybrid, resulting in a substantial amplification of Raman signals. …”
Get full text

Elevation of preoperative cystatin C as an early predictor of contrast-induced nephropathy in patients receiving percutaneous coronary intervention by Guoqiang Gu, Ningning Yu, Yaqing Zhou, Wei Cui

Subjects: “…contrast-induced nephropathy…”
Get full text

Construction of nomogram model based on contrast-enhanced ultrasound parameters to predict the degree of pathological differentiation of hepatocellular carcinoma by Shu-Min Lian, Hong-Jing Cheng, Hong-Jing Li, Hui Wang

Subjects: Get full text

Comparison of CT-Guided Microwave Ablation of Liver Malignancies with and Without Intra-Arterial Catheter Placement for Contrast Administration by Anne Bettina Beeskow, Holger Gößmann, Hans-Jonas Meyer, Daniel Seehofer, Thomas Berg, Florian van Bömmel, Aaron Schindler, Manuel Florian Struck, Timm Denecke, Sebastian Ebel

“…A total of 29 patients received contrast-enhanced scans in the PV phase for control of needle positioning after IV application of a standard dose of 80 mL CM. …”
Get full text

Ulam-Hyers Stability and Well-Posedness of Fixed Point Problems for α-λ-Contraction Mapping in Metric Spaces by Marwan Amin Kutbi, Wutiphol Sintunavarat

“…We study Ulam-Hyers stability and the well-posedness of the fixed point problem for new type of generalized contraction mapping, so called α-λ-contraction mapping. …”
Get full text

Elevated plasma levels of endothelin are associated with the severity of sepsis and presence of shock in contrast to the levels of atrial natriuretic peptide by A. Beishuizen, J. M. Götz, L. Kip, C. Haanen, I. Vermes

“…Serial blood sampling, six consecutive days after admission, showed that ETi levels gradually decreased in normotensive patients in contrast to patients with septic shock. ANPi levels did not show systematic changes in time, and no relationship was observed between ETi and ANPi levels. …”
Get full text

Accurate Spatial Heterogeneity Dissection and Gene Regulation Interpretation for Spatial Transcriptomics using Dual Graph Contrastive Learning by Zhuohan Yu, Yuning Yang, Xingjian Chen, Ka‐Chun Wong, Zhaolei Zhang, Yuming Zhao, Xiangtao Li

Subjects: “…dual graph contrastive learning…”
Get full text

Contraction Mapping Theory and Approach to LMI-Based Stability Criteria of T-S Fuzzy Impulsive Time-Delays Integrodifferential Equations by Ruofeng Rao, Shouming Zhong

“…It is worth mentioning that the conditions on the behavior functions are weaker than those of existing results, and the formulated contraction mapping and fixed point technique are different from those of previous literature. …”
Get full text

Comparison and verification of detection accuracy for late deceleration with and without uterine contractions signals using convolutional neural networks by Ikumi Sato, Ikumi Sato, Yuta Hirono, Yuta Hirono, Eiri Shima, Hiroto Yamamoto, Kousuke Yoshihara, Chiharu Kai, Chiharu Kai, Akifumi Yoshida, Fumikage Uchida, Naoki Kodama, Satoshi Kasai

“…IntroductionCardiotocography (CTG) is used to monitor and evaluate fetal health by recording the fetal heart rate (FHR) and uterine contractions (UC) over time. Among these, the detection of late deceleration (LD), the early marker of fetal mild hypoxemia, is important, and the temporal relationship between FHR and UC is an essential factor in deciphering it. …”
Get full text

Protocol for estimating the contrast transfer function and absolute tilt angle offset for cryo-electron tomography using CTFMeasure by Ranhao Zhang, Yuan Shen, Xueming Li

“…Summary: Contrast transfer function (CTF) estimation is essential to the data processing workflow of cryo-electron tomography (cryoET). …”
Get full text

A fixed point theorem for a pair of maps satisfying a general contractive condition of integral type by P. Vijayaraju, B. E. Rhoades, R. Mohanraj

“…We give a general condition which enables one to easily establish fixed point theorems for a pair of maps satisfying a contractive inequality of integral type.…”
Get full text

SAFIRE STRENGTH OPTIMIZATION: EFFECT ON TISSUE CONTRAST AND PATHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF BRAIN MSCT WITH NON-HEMORRHAGE STROKE (SNH) by I Putu Eka Juliantara, Angel Lingkan Martoyo, Made Sayang Pratista

“…Purpose: Analyze the effect of variations in SAFIRE strength values on image contrast and pathological evaluation of CT scan brain with clinical Stroke Non-Hemorrhage (SNH). …”
Get full text

Changes in the Linear Relationship between Muscle Contraction Intensity and Muscle Hardness after Rectus Femoris Muscle Strain by Takayuki Inami, Takuya Shimizu, Tomoaki Osuga, Takaya Narita, Norikazu Hirose, Mitsuyoshi Murayama

“…Rectus femoris muscle hardness, determined during isometric contraction at 10%, 20%, 30%, and 40% of maximum voluntary contraction, was evaluated using ultrasound strain elastography. …”
Get full text

Some Fixed Point Theorems for Boyd and Wong Type Contraction Mapping in Ordered Partial Metric Spaces with an Application by Santosh Kumar, Faustine Nziku

“…This paper establishes and proves a fixed point theorem for Boyd and Wong type contraction in ordered partial metric spaces. In doing so, we have extended several existing results into ordered complete partial metric spaces. …”
Get full text

Cyclic G‐Ω-Weak Contraction-Weak Nonexpansive Mappings and Some Fixed Point Theorems in Metric Spaces by Sahar Mohamed Ali Abou Bakr

“…This paper introduces novel concepts of joint Y,Z cyclic G‐ΩS,T,abef-weak contraction and joint Y,Z cyclic G‐ΩS,T,abef-weak nonexpansive mappings and then proves the existence of a unique common fixed point of such mappings in case of complete and compact metric spaces, respectively, in particular, it proves the existence of a unique fixed point for both cyclic G‐ΩS,abef-weak contraction and cyclic G‐ΩS,abef-weak nonexpansive mappings, and hence, it also proves the existence of a unique fixed point for both cyclic ΩS,abef-weak contraction and cyclic ΩS,abef-weak nonexpansive mappings. …”
Get full text

Optimal design of maintenance service contract considering preventive maintenance, random repair cost and time value of money by Majeed Heydari, Amir Yousefli

Subjects: “…maintenance service contract…”
Get full text

Oscillatory Corticospinal Activity during Static Contraction of Ankle Muscles Is Reduced in Healthy Old versus Young Adults by Meaghan Elizabeth Spedden, Jens Bo Nielsen, Svend Sparre Geertsen

“…Our results demonstrated that beta cortico-, intra-, and intermuscular coherence was reduced in old versus young subjects during static contractions. Old subjects demonstrated significantly greater error than young subjects while matching target forces, but force precision was not related to beta coherence. …”
Get full text

Noninvasive Assessment of Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B or C by Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging by René Hako, Pavol Kristian, Peter Jarčuška, Ivana Haková, Ivana Hockicková, Ivan Schréter, Martin Janičko

“…Prospective cohort of 78 patients, who received Gadoxetate disodium dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI), were divided into three groups. …”
Get full text