Characterization of the 1966 Camp Century subglacial core: a multiscale analysis by C. M. Collins, N. Perdrial, N. Perdrial, P.-H. Blard, P.-H. Blard, N. Keulen, W. C. Mahaney, H. Mastro, J. Souza, D. M. Rizzo, Y. Marrocchi, P. C. Knutz, P. R. Bierman

“…We performed a multiscale analysis including X-ray diffraction (XRD), micro-computed tomography (<span class="inline-formula"><i>μ</i></span>CT), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to delineate stratigraphic units and assign facies based on inferred depositional processes.…”
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NAPAbench 2: A network synthesis algorithm for generating realistic protein-protein interaction (PPI) network families. by Hyun-Myung Woo, Hyundoo Jeong, Byung-Jun Yoon

“…Comparative network analysis provides effective computational means for gaining novel insights into the structural and functional compositions of biological networks. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of risk model-based lung cancer screening in smokers and nonsmokers in China by Tiantian Zhang, Yue Wang, Xuechen Chen, Xueer Yang, Leyao Zhang, Nagham Bazzi, Ling Bai, Aaron Finley, Jie Jiang, Jianxing He, Wenhua Liang

“…While the mortality-reducing benefits of low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) for lung cancer screening are established, the quest for an optimal screening strategy continues, considering the potential adverse effects of LDCT. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Laboratory Markers, Severity Scores, and Outcomes in 179 Patients with Severe Acute Pancreatitis by Tudorel Mihoc, Catalin Pirvu, Amadeus Dobrescu, Dan Brebu, Anca Monica Oprescu Macovei, Stelian Pantea, Claudia Borza, Patrick Dumitrescu, Monica Laura Cara

“…Clinical data were obtained from medical records, including demographic information, comorbidities, laboratory markers (neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR)), and severity scores (Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE), Computed Tomography Severity Index (CTSI), and Ranson). …”
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DeintensiF: Standard versus individualized deintensified follow-up after curative treatment in head and neck cancer: protocol of a randomized pilot study by M. Mueller, M. Visini, S. A. Mueller, T. Stadler, G. P. Rajan, G. B. Morand, S.-L. Hool, D. H. Schanne, P. Balermpas, A. Limacher, S. Chan, S. Trelle, O. Elicin, R. Giger

“…The Experimental Arm A: scheduled clinical exams every 6 months and monthly PRO with evaluation and possibility to alert for open urgent appointments; and the Control Arm B: regular visits every 3 months for the first 2 years and less frequent thereafter plus multiple scheduled imaging appointments for head and neck magnet resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT) with contrast and chest CT scans. …”
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Rehabilitation using virtual gaming for Hospital and hOMe-Based training for the Upper limb in acute and subacute Stroke (RHOMBUS II): results of a feasibility randomised controlle... by Cherry Kilbride, Tom Butcher, Meriel Norris, Nana Anokye, Alyson Warland, Karen Baker, Dimitrios A Athanasiou, Guillem Singla-Buxarrais, Jennifer Ryan, Francesca Gowing, Elmar Kal, Carole Pound, Victoria Stewart, Basaam Aweid, Arul Samiyappan

“…Impairment, activity and participation outcomes were also collected at baseline and 7 weeks to assess their suitability for use in a definitive trial.Randomisation Computer-generated, allocation sequence concealed by opaque, sealed envelopes.Blinding Participants and assessors were not blinded; statistician blinded for data processing and analysis.Results 192 stroke survivors were screened for eligibility, and 24 were recruited and randomised. …”
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An automated pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma lesion segmentation AI-model at whole-body 68Ga- DOTATATE PET/CT by Fahmida Haque, Jorge A. Carrasquillo, Evrim B. Turkbey, Esther Mena, Liza Lindenberg, Philip C. Eclarinal, Naris Nilubol, Peter L. Choyke, Charalampos S. Floudas, Frank I. Lin, Baris Turkbey, Stephanie A. Harmon

“…The model’s detection performance was evaluated at both scan and lesion levels for the PPGL test set and two other clinical cohorts with NET (n = 9) and olfactory neuroblastoma (ONB, n = 5). …”
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Influence of ascending aortic dilation in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement: A multicenter, retrospective studyCentral MessagePerspective by Kang An, MD, Fengwen Zhang, MD, Wenbin Ouyang, MD, Yu Han, MD, Da Zhu, MD, Xiangbin Pan, MD

“…Methods: We identified 601 patients who underwent transfemoral TAVR and had baseline contrast computed tomography available for AA evaluation. Results: Two hundred sixty-nine individuals (44.8%) had baseline AA diameter ≥40 mm. …”
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The salvage therapy utilizing human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of critically ill patients with COVID-19 by Weiqi Yao, Weiqi Yao, Weiqi Yao, Boran Li, Yingan Jiang, Qiaoyu Yuan, Qiaoyu Yuan, Wenjie Wu, Wenjie Wu, Ruizhen Hou, Ruizhen Hou, Qi Qi, Qi Qi, Haibo Dong, Haibo Dong, Yun Zhang, Yun Zhang, Yu Zhang, Yu Zhang, Yu Zhang, Yu Zhang, Yu Zhang

“…In all patients, hUC-MSCs were administered intravenously three times at a dosage of 3 × 107 cells per time, 2 days between each infusion. Safety was evaluated using adverse events. The efficacy was assessed by coagulation function (serum D dimer), inflammatory index (CRP and IL-6) and immune index (lymphocyte count, neutrophil count, CD4, CD19, and CD16 + 56), as well as chest computed tomography (CT) images. …”
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Technical validation of real-world monitoring of gait: a multicentric observational study by Sarah Koch, Clint Hansen, Walter Maetzler, Anne-Elie Carsin, Kristin Taraldsen, Kamiar Aminian, Clemens Becker, Lorenzo Chiari, Anisoara Paraschiv-Ionescu, Jorunn L Helbostad, Beatrix Vereijken, Lynn Rochester, Philip Brown, David Singleton, Basil Sharrack, Brian Caulfield, Ellen Buckley, Claudia Mazza, Nikolaos Chynkiamis, Felix Kluge, M Encarna Micó-Amigo, Francesca Salis, Lars Schwickert, Kirsty Scott, Ioannis Vogiatzis, Alison Yarnall, Alison Keogh, Silvia Del Din, Björn Eskofier, Lisa Alcock, Stefano Bertuletti, Tecla Bonci, Marina Brozgol, Marco Caruso, Andrea Cereatti, Fabio Ciravegna, Jordi Evers, Eran Gazit, Jeffrey M Hausdorff, Hugo Hiden, Emily Hume, Neil Ireson, Cameron Kirk, Arne Küderle, Vitaveska Lanfranchi, Arne Mueller, Isabel Neatrour, Martijn Niessen, Luca Palmerini, Lucas Pluimgraaff, Luca Reggi, Henrik Sillen, Abolfazi Soltani, Martin Ullrich, Linda Van Gelder, Elke Warmerdam

“…Questionnaires and interviews will evaluate the users’ perspective on the deployed technology and relevance of the mobility assessment.Ethics and dissemination The study has been granted ethics approval by the centre’s committees (London—Bloomsbury Research Ethics committee; Helsinki Committee, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre; Medical Faculties of The University of Tübingen and of the University of Kiel). …”
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ASSESSMENT OF THE SENSITIVITY OF NEW CRITERIA FOR SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS IN RUSSIAN PATIENT POPULATION by O. A. Koneva, O. B. Ovsyannikova, M. N. Starovoitova, E. O. Cheremukhina, E. N. Aleksandrova, L. P. Ananyeva

“…Physical examination, nailfold capillaroscopy, chest radiography or computed tomography, echocardiography for the determination of pulmonary artery systolic pressure and SS-specific antibodies evaluation were performed.Results. 273 (90%) patients fulfilled the novel ACR/EULAR 2013 SS criteria. 76 (25%) patients had skin thickening above the metacarpophalangeal (MPC) joints in both hands; 263 (87%) – finger skin thickening [70 (23%) – finger swelling, 192 (64%) – thickening of all fingers distal to the MPC joints], 141 (47%) – digital ischemia [79 (26%) – digital pitting scars, 20 (7%) – digital ulcers, 42 (14%) – digital pitting scars and ulcers], 134 (44%) – telangiectasias, 276 (91%) – capillaroscopic changes, 225 (78%) – pulmonary hypertension (PH) or interstitial lung disease (ILD) [15 (5%) – PH 185 (61%) – ILD, 35 (12%) – ILD and PH], 301 (99%) – Raynaud’s phenomenon, and 185 (61%) – SS autoantibodies [138 (46%) – anti-Scl-70 antibodies (a-Scl-70), 42 (14%) – anti-centromere antibodies (ACA), 5 (1.7%) – ACA and a-Scl-70]. 216 (72%) patients fulfilled 1980 ACR SS criteria, and all of them met the novel criteria. …”
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Experimental dataset of fluid flow and heat transfer in a shallow packed bed at low Reynolds numbersMendeley Data by Anika Weber, Sebastian Schürg, Timo Roeder, Johannes Grobbel, Martina Neises-von Puttkamer, Christian Sattler

“…Here, raw data of the evaluation as well as the respective images can be found in the accompanying data set. …”
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A Convolutional Neural Network Tool for Early Diagnosis and Precision Surgery in Endometriosis-Associated Ovarian Cancer by Christian Macis, Miriam Santoro, Vladislav Zybin, Stella Di Costanzo, Camelia Alexandra Coada, Giulia Dondi, Pierandrea De Iaco, Anna Myriam Perrone, Lidia Strigari

“…<b>Background/Objectives</b>: The aim of this study was the early identification of endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer (EAOC) versus non-endometriosis associated ovarian cancer (NEOC) or non-cancerous tissues using pre-surgery contrast-enhanced-Computed Tomography (CE-CT) images in patients undergoing surgery for suspected ovarian cancer (OC). …”
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Ensemble deep learning and anomaly detection framework for automatic audio classification: Insights into deer vocalizations by Salem Ibrahim Salem, Sakae Shirayama, Sho Shimazaki, Kazuo Oki

“…This segmentation method relies on acoustic anomaly detection and can markedly improve computational efficiency, facilitating deployment in environments with limited resources. …”
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In silico study of biological activity of 2-[5-(furan-2-yl)-4-phenyl-4n-1,2,4-triazol-3-ylthio]-1-(4-chlorophenylethanone) by N. M. Borysenko, I. V. Bushuyeva, V. V. Parchenko, O. P. Shmatenko, А. М. Solomennyi, O. K. Yerenko, O. P. Kileyeva

“…The purpose of the study was to investigate the biological activity of 2-[5-(furan-2-yl)-4-phenyl-4H-1,2,4-triazol-3-ylthio]-1-(4-chlorophenyl)ethanone using computer-based predictive methods. This approach allows to determine the presence of new types of activity, which could expand scientific research pathways and establish a promising direction for further testing of this molecule. …”
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A genome-wide association study identifies genetic determinants of hemoglobin glycation index with implications across sex and ethnicity by John S. House, Joseph H. Breeyear, Farida S. Akhtari, Violet Evans, John B. Buse, James Hempe, Alessandro Doria, Josyf C. Mychaleckyi, Vivian Fonseca, Mengyao Shi, Changwei Li, Shuqian Liu, Tanika N. Kelly, Tanika N. Kelly, Tanika N. Kelly, Daniel Rotroff, Daniel Rotroff, Daniel Rotroff, Alison A. Motsinger-Reif

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Does bibliometric research confer legitimacy to research assessment practice? A sociological study of reputational control, 1972-2016. by Arlette Jappe, David Pithan, Thomas Heinze

“…The use of bibliometric measures in the evaluation of research has increased considerably based on expertise from the growing research field of evaluative citation analysis (ECA). …”
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Comparative-effectiveness research of COVID-19 treatment: a rapid scoping review by Sharon E Straus, Jesmin Antony, Andrea C Tricco, Rachel Warren, Erin Macdonald, Ba Pham, Milan Patel, Fatemeh Yazdi, Amruta Radhakrishnan, Marco Ghassemi, Patricia Rios, Chantal Williams, Naveeta Ramkissoon, Matthew P Muller, Nazia Darvesh, Gordon V Cormack, Maura R Grossman, Melissa Kampman, Reid Robson

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Chinese Massage (Tuina) Attenuates Knee Osteoarthritis by Modulating Autophagy-Related Cytokines: A Multidisciplinary Methodological Investigation by Wang Z, Zhao C, Li M, Zhang L, Diao J, Wu Y, Yang T, Shi M, Lei Y, Wang Y, Li M, Bian Y, Zhou Y, Xu H

“…Cartilage degeneration and autophagic activity were assessed through histological evaluation via safranin O/fast green (SO/FG) staining and ultrastructural analysis via transmission electron microscopy (TEM). …”
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Impact of coal mine dust exposure and cigarette smoking on lung disease in Appalachian coalminers by Rahul G. Sangani, Andrew J Ghio, Vishal Deepak, Javeria Anwar, Vinita Vaidya, Zalak Patel, Amirahwaty Abdullah

“…Methods A retrospective evaluation of coalminers with a high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) of the chest was conducted at West Virginia University Hospital (2015- 2022). …”
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