Towards Meaningful Interpretation of Molecular Data: Insights Gained from HMMD Challenges in <i>Salmonella</i> Detection for Future NGS Integration in Clinical Microbiology by Hyunji Kim, Soo Hyun Seo, Jae-Seok Kim, Kwang Jun Lee, Kyoung Un Park

“…<b>Methods:</b> A retrospective review of <i>Salmonella</i>-positive cases detected via the Luminex xTAG GPP was conducted from June 2016 to November 2023. …”
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The potential utility of synovial C-reactive protein, interleukin-6, and presepsin in diagnostics of periprosthetic joint infection by Lyudmila V. Lyubimova, Svetlana I. Pavlova, Nikolay S. Nikolaev, Evgeniy A. Lyubimov, Nadezhda N. Pchelova, Vladimir Y. Emelianov

“…Methods. A prospective cohort single-center blinded study was conducted involving cases of revision arthroplasty for periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) and aseptic prosthetic loosening. …”
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Long-term prognosis of left ventricular re-remodeling after surgery of ischemic cardiomyopathy: the potential of tomographic radionuclide ventriculography by V. V. Shipulin, A. I. Mishkina, M. O. Gulya, Yu. V. Varlamova, S. L. Andreev, A. S. Pryakhin, V. M. Shipulin, K. V. Zavadovsky

“…To assess the potential of stress tomographic radionuclide ventriculography (T-RVG) in long-term prognosis of left ventricular (LV) re-remodeling after surgery of ischemic cardiomyopathy.Material and methods. Thirty patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy, before surgical treatment, underwent resting T-RVG and with increasing doses of dopamine (5/10/15 pg/kg/min (5 min/dose). …”
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Gene variations and sweet taste sensitivity in Zambian adults with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus. by Tuku Mwakyoma, Catherine Anna-Marie Graham, Benson M Hamooya, Lweendo Muchaili, Memory Ngosa, Joreen P Povia, Leta Pilic, Sepiso K Masenga

“…Understanding the genetic basis of taste thresholds and preferences can provide insights into individual differences in dietary behavior and susceptibility to metabolic disorders such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). …”
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Prognostic significance of CD163- and CD68-expressing macrophages in nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma by E. A. Perfilova, M. S. Minaev, D. A. Diakonov, V. A. Rosin, I. V. Paramonov

“…Morphometric counting of CD68-positive cells did not reveal statistically significant intergroup differences. The threshold of CD163-positive cells has been established. …”
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Diagnostic Accuracy of the Optical Coherence Tomography in Assessing Glaucoma Among Filipinos. Part 2: Optic Nerve Head and Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Parameters by Noel de Jesus Atienza, MD, MSc, Joseph Anthony Tumbocon, MD

“…Objective: To determine the accuracy of the optic nerve head (ONH) and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) parameters using the Stratus OCT in the diagnosis of glaucoma and to determine the validity of these measurements. Methods: Glaucoma suspects undergoing glaucoma diagnostic tests were recruited consecutively. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of self-sampling and enhanced strategies for HPV prevention among men who have sex with men in China: a modeling study by Zhen-Hao Wu, Yu-Jing An, Zhen-Xing Chu, Xin-Ru Li, An-Yang Hou, Yong-Jun Jiang, Qing-Hai Hu

“…However, its cost-effectiveness and effective combination with vaccination must be evaluated, particularly in the absence of national HPV vaccination immunization programs among men. Methods We constructed a decision-analytic Markov model to assess the cost-effectiveness of the status quo, HPV self-sampling at different intervals, vaccination alone, and HPV self-sampling–vaccination combination based on the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER), from a healthcare system perspective. …”
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Recurrent Intradialytic Hypotension, Associated Risk Factors, and Outcomes in Northern Tanzania: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Fuad H. Said, Venance P. Maro, Abid M. Sadiq, Faryal M. Raza, Annette A. Marandu, Sarah K. Gharib, Sophia S. Muhali, Norman Jonas, Elichilia R. Shao, Elifuraha W. Mkwizu, Furaha S. Lyamuya, Huda F. Akrabi, Nyasatu G. Chamba, William P. Howlett, Kajiru G. Kilonzo

“…A χ2 test was used to identify associations, and the receiver operating characteristics curve was used to determine the cutoff threshold for different parameters in determining risk factors for recurrent IDH. …”
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A Camera-Embedded Self-Adaptable Finger With Multi-Modal Sensing Capabilities for Robotic Manipulation by Muhammad Usman Khalid, Hafiz Muizz Ahmed Sethi, Nirmal Kumar Ravikumar, Halar Haleem, Alessandro Seitone, Mattia Frascio, Perla Maiolino, Matteo Zoppi

“…We combined two algorithms: an optical flow-based method for reliably detecting slip events and a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) for force, displacement estimation, and position classification. …”
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Associations between thyroid function, thyroid hormone sensitivity indices, and frailty: Insights from a large cross-sectional study by Yusheng Zhang, Daowen Zhang, Chenwen Yuan, Yiming Wang, Hao Zhu, Yu Duan

“…In the middle-aged group, significant nonlinear relationships were also found between frailty and FT4, FT3/FT4, and Thyroid Feedback Quantile-based Index (TFQI(FT4)) (P nonlinear <0.05). Threshold effect analysis revealed consistent inflection points for FT3 (K = 3.5) across age groups, while FT4 and TFQI(FT4) had different inflection points in middle-aged and older individuals. …”
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Evaluation of the performance of Abbott m2000 and Roche COBAS Ampliprep/COBAS Taqman assays for HIV-1 viral load determination using dried blood spots and dried plasma spots in Ken... by Clement Zeh, Kenneth Ndiege, Seth Inzaule, Rebecca Achieng, John Williamson, Joy Chih-Wei Chang, Dennis Ellenberger, John Nkengasong

“…When compared under different clinical relevant thresholds, the accuracy for the Abbott assay was 95% at the 1000cps/ml cut-off with a sensitivity and specificity of 96.6% [95% CI 91.8-98.7] and 90.4% [95% CI 78.2-96.4] respectively. …”
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Treatment Planning Strategies for Interstitial Ultrasound Ablation of Prostate Cancer by Pragya Gupta, Tamas Heffter, Muhammad Zubair, I-Chow Hsu, E. Clif Burdette, Chris J. Diederich

“…This involves the integration with a FDA 510(k) cleared catheter-based ultrasound interstitial applicators and delivery system. Methods: A 3D generalized &#x201C;prostate&#x201D; model was developed to generate temperature and thermal dose profiles for different applicator operating parameters and anticipated perfusion ranges. …”
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A secure end-to-end communication framework for cooperative IoT networks using hybrid blockchain system by Suresh Babu Erukala, Dimitar Tokmakov, Anoosha Perumalla, Rajesh Kaluri, Anna Bekyarova-Tokmakova, Nevena Mileva, Slavi Lubomirov

“…Hence, the proposed framework improves over existing approaches regarding linear computing complexity, increased cryptographic methods, and a more efficient consensus process.…”
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Feasibility of Developing Reed Stems as a Checkerboard Barrier to Stabilize Shifting Sands by Maryam Bagherpour, Salman Zare, Mohammadreza Ekhtesasi, Aliakbar Nazari Samani, Masoumeh Salehi morkani, Ghasem Ghoohestani, Majid Akhshi

“…To control wind erosion and stabilize shifting sands in these areas, a barrier can be used to reduce wind speed to less than the threshold speed of wind erosion. Depending on the purpose, sand barriers can be used in different heights, dimensions, and arrangements. …”
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Non-destructive detection of internal quality of apple based on CT image by HUANG Taotao, SUN Teng, ZHANG Jingping

“…Then a regression model was set up between the CT numbers and the gray level values, which showed a good linear relationship with the R² reaching 0.970 8.In consideration of the results obtained by some image segmentation algorithms, Otsu (maximum between clusters variance method) was put into use. It had different segmentation thresholds by computation, ranging from 71 to 91. …”
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Sliding window based rare partial periodic pattern mining algorithms over temporal data streams by K. Jyothi Upadhya, Ronan Lobo, Mini Shail Chhabra, Aman Paleja, B. Dinesh Rao, Geetha M., Prachi Sisodia, Bolusani Akshita Reddy

“…The findings showed that when a dense dataset Accidents is considered, for different threshold variations R3P-StreamSWBitVectorMiner outperformed R3PStreamSW-Growth by about 93%. …”
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Effect of shear rate on early Shewanella oneidensis adhesion dynamics monitored by deep learning by Lucie Klopffer, Nicolas Louvet, Simon Becker, Jérémy Fix, Cédric Pradalier, Laurence Mathieu

“…Secondly, at the individual scale, by implementing an automated image processing method based on deep learning to track each individual pioneer bacterium on the wall. …”
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Investigation on the influence of structural surface characteristics on stress wave propagation behavior by Pengxu Jing, Pengxu Jing, Wenbo Zheng, Haiying Wang, Yang Wang, Haitao Yang

“…In this paper, using the one-dimensional Hopkinson bar model as an example, a numerical method is employed to analyze the propagation behavior of stress waves through structural planes with different characteristics. …”
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Challenges and advances for huntingtin detection in cerebrospinal fluid: in support of relative quantification by Rachel J. Harding, Yuanyun Xie, Nicholas S. Caron, Hailey Findlay-Black, Caroline Lyu, Nalini Potluri, Renu Chandrasekaran, Michael R. Hayden, Blair R. Leavitt, Douglas R. Langbehn, Amber L. Southwell

“…Further, we recommend that MW1-depletion not be used as a method for quantifying wildtype HTT protein and that detergent be consistently added to samples during testing.…”
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Propagation dynamics for an epidemic patch model with variable incubation period by Zhaoquan Xu, Tianwei Tan, Cheng-Hsiung Hsu

“…Then, applying the truncation method and limiting arguments, we can obtain threshold propagation dynamics of the epidemic model. …”
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