NG2 MOLECULE EXPRESSION IN ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA B CELLS: A FLOW-CYTOMETRIC MARKER FOR THE RAPID IDENTIFICATION OF KMT2A GENE REARRANGEMENTS by Maria Laura Bisegna, Nadia Peragine, Loredana Elia, Mabel Matarazzo, Maria Laura Milani, Stefania Intoppa, Mariangela Di Trani, Francesco Malfona, Maurizio Martelli, Maria Stefania De Propris

“…Considering the correlation between rat neuron glial-antigen 2 (NG2) chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan molecule expression and KMT2A-r, we aimed identifying an optimized cytofluorimetric diagnostic panel to predict the presence of KMT2A-r.                                                                                                                                           Materials and Methods: We evaluated 88 NG2+ B-ALL cases identified with a NG2 positivity threshold >10%, from a cohort of 1382 newly diagnosed B-ALLs referred to the Division of Hematology of ‘Sapienza’ University of Rome.                                                       …”
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Hematological changes in anemic dairy calves treated with a hematinic complex by Roberto González-Garduño, Fleider Leiser Peña-Escalona, Rocío Hernández-Díaz, Carlos Luna-Palomera, Ema de Jesús Maldonado-Siman, Ever del Jesus Flores-Santiago, Alfonso J Chay-Canul

“…Materials and Methods: A total of 22 Holstein × Zebu calves were studied from January to April 2024 in Tabasco, Mexico. …”
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Factors Influencing Prolonged Hospital Stay in Surgically Treated Children and Adolescents with Left-to-Right Shunt Congenital Heart Disease: Evidence From a Hospital in Southern C... by Huang L, Zhang Y, Jiang S

“…Medical records (gender, CHD types, echocardiography, invasive mechanical ventilation, blood transfusion, tracheal intubation, intraoperative blood loss, and length of hospital stay) were collected. The threshold for prolonged hospital stay was defined based on the third quartile (75th percentile) of length of hospital stay in all patients. …”
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Short-term effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on pain sensitivity, emotional and cognitive processes in non-suicidal self-injury: a randomised controlled trial by Runsen Chen, Yiheng Tu, Dennis Chong, Chang Lei, Diyang Qu, Yangyang Yi, Weijian Wu

“…The primary outcome was pain sensitivity, measured by the pressure pain threshold (PPT) and heat pain score (HPS). Secondary and additional outcomes included NSSI urges, NSSI resistance, self-efficacy in resisting NSSI, mood-related variables and exploratory cognitive-affective processes such as rumination, self-criticism and self-perceived pain sensitivity, assessed at baseline, immediately post-intervention, and at 24 hours, 1 week and 2 weeks follow-ups.Results For the primary outcomes, no significant differences between groups were observed for pain sensitivity (PPT, padj=0.812; HPS, padj=0.608). …”
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The effectiveness of aloe vera gel versus 2% chlorhexidine gluconate in preventing phlebitis from peripheral venous catheters: A randomized controlled trial by Mahdiyeh Harati Nassab, Mozhgan Rahnama, Abdolghani Abdollahimohammad, Mahin Naderi Far

“…Statistical analysis of the collected data was performed employing SPSS version 25 statistical software. A significance threshold of α = 0.05 was adopted for all statistical tests, which included Chi-square tests and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). …”
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Indoor/Outdoor particulate matter (respirable dust) and respirable crystalline silica source tracking in households located proximal to gold mine tailings in Johannesburg, South... by Nkateko Rawendar Makhubele, Phoka Rathebe, Thokozani Mbonane, Jeanneth Manganyi, Gabriel Mizan, Masilu Daniel Masekamen

“…The mean indoor and outdoor 24 h RCS concentrations in both seasons were below the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) defined 24 h ambient exposure threshold of 3 µg/m3 . Conclusion: The study found that PM4 concentration was directly proportional to distance from the gold mine tailings. …”
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Effect of pelvic compensation capacity on proximal junctional kyphosis: a stratified analysis of pelvic tilt in adult spinal deformity surgery by Yanjie Xu, Changsheng Fan, Dongyue Li, Yong Qiu, Zhen Liu, Zezhang Zhu

“…Patients who met the exact ± 10-year threshold for age-adjusted targets were assigned to group I (ideal correction). …”
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Push count: a novel and quantitative approach to assessing second-stage labor progress in obese and non-obese patients by Tina M. Bui, Kayla M. Witcik, Kristina A. Roloff, Michael G. Ross, Guillermo J. Valenzuela

“…Patients were grouped by BMI at admission (< 35 kg/m2 vs. ≥ 35 kg/m2) to evaluate differences in pushing effort and delivery outcomes. …”
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Dynapenia and presarcopenia in patients with coronary atherosclerosis: clinical predictors and cardiac structural and functional features by A. G. Neeshpapa, V. N. Karetnikova, K. E. Krivoshapova, E. I. Karpova, A. N. Kokov, O. L. Barbarash

“…All patients underwent computed tomography with skeletal muscle index (SMI, cm2/m2) estimation. The threshold values of SMI, a decrease in which was regarded as a decrease in muscle volume, were 52,4 cm2/m2 for men and 38,5 cm2/m2 for women. …”
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The global burden of enteric fever, 2017–2021: a systematic analysis from the global burden of disease study 2021Research in context by Daniele Piovani, Gisella Figlioli, Georgios K. Nikolopoulos, Stefanos Bonovas

“…There were wide geographical differences, with South Asia contributing the most cases and deaths. …”
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A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Mosunetuzumab vs Tisagenlecleucel for Treatment of Third- or Higher-Line (3L+) Relapsed or Refractory (R/R) Follicular Lymphoma (FL) in Italy by Luminari S, Pinto A, Puccini B, D’Arpino A, Omodeo Salè E, Bellone M, Pradelli L, Sabinot A

“…A matching-adjusted indirect treatment comparison (MAIC) approach was used to account for differences in trial population characteristics on the relative efficacy of mosunetuzumab to tisagenlecleucel. …”
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Evaluation of Perinatal Outcome in Women with Impaired Glucose Homeostasis During Pregnancy by Neha SAHAY, Felice FAIZAL

“…Background: Glucose tolerance testing in pregnancy identifies many women with glycaemic responses that exceed normal range but that do not meet the threshold required to diagnose Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. …”
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Trends and Disparities in Liver Transplantation in the United States: A Nationwide Analysis of Demographic, Clinical, and Socioeconomic Factors (2016–2021) by Vignesh Krishnan Nagesh, Vivek Joseph Varughese, Marina Basta, Emelyn Martinez, Shruthi Badam, Lokaesh Subramani Shobana, Abdifitah Mohamed, Alin J, Simcha Weissman, Adam Atoot

“…One-way ANOVA and Hensel’s test were used to assess variance and distribution homogeneity, with a significance threshold of <i>p</i> < 0.05. Results: A total of 9677 liver transplant admissions were analyzed. …”
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Identification and validation of NEIL2 as a prognostic biomarker and potential therapeutic target in cervical cancer by Yan Li, Jiayuan Du, Lingjia Wei, Tianmeng Tan, Liyi Bao, Jinqiu Su, He Wang

“…CC samples in the TCGA-CESC cohort were divided into high and low-expression groups according to the optimal threshold of NEIL2 expression, and survival analysis was performed. …”
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Pilot project to study the association of troponin I with cardiovascular events in the population of Russian region by S. A. Shalnova, O. M. Drapkina, A. V. Kontsevaya, E. B. Yarovaya, V. A. Kutsenko, V. A. Metelskaya, A. V. Kapustina, Yu. A. Balanova, O. A. Litinskaya, M. S. Pokrovskaya

“…Analysis of the associations between Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE) and cTnI showed a significant difference in risk stratification for these two parameters. …”
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Assessing long-term effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of statin therapy in the UK: a modelling study using individual participant data sets by Borislava Mihaylova, Runguo Wu, Junwen Zhou, Claire Williams, Iryna Schlackow, Jonathan Emberson, Christina Reith, Anthony Keech, John Robson, Richard Parnell, Jane Armitage, Alastair Gray, John Simes, Colin Baigent

“…Standard or higher-intensity statin therapy was certain to be cost effective in the base-case analysis at a threshold of £20,000 per quality-adjusted life-year. …”
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Clinical and cost-effectiveness of percutaneous nephrolithotomy, flexible ureterorenoscopy and extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy for lower pole stones: the PUrE RCTs by Oliver Wiseman, Daron Smith, Kath Starr, Lorna Aucott, Rodolfo Hernández, Ruth Thomas, Steven MacLennan, Charles Terry Clark, Graeme MacLennan, Dawn McRae, Victoria Bell, Seonaidh Cotton, Zara Gall, Ben Turney, Samuel McClinton

“…It is unclear to us why the HRG costs differ that much between FURS and PCNL given the resources used do not substantially differ between the two procedures. …”
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THE SIGNAL APPROACH TO MODELLING THE BALANCE OF PAYMENT CRISIS by O. Chernyak, B. Yakymchuk

“…For mathematical formalization of balance of payment crisis, comparative analysis of the effectiveness of different calculation methods of Exchange Market Pressure Index was performed. …”
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Diagnostic Principles of Peri-Implantitis: a Systematic Review and Guidelines for Peri-Implantitis Diagnosis Proposal by Ausra Ramanauskaite, Gintaras Juodzbalys

“…In all of the papers, different definitions of peri-implantitis or implant success, as well as different thresholds for the above mentioned clinical and radiographical parameters, were used. …”
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Research on Optimized Algorithm for Deep Learning Based Recognition of Sediment Particles in Turbulent Flow by WANG Hao, YANG Feiqi, ZHANG Lei, WU Wei, XIE Haonan, ZHAO Lin

“…Although image processing methods provide efficient means for acquiring and analyzing data on sediment transport characteristics, their accuracy is often compromised by water waves, bubbles, and threshold errors. …”
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