Polymicrobial Pituitary Abscess Predominately Involving Escherichia coli in the Setting of an Apoplectic Pituitary Prolactinoma by Norman Beatty, Luis Medina-Garcia, Mayar Al Mohajer, Tirdad T. Zangeneh

“…We present an interesting case of an immunocompetent male with a history of hypogonadism presenting with worsening headache and acute right eye vision loss. He was found to have a polymicrobial pituitary abscess predominantly involving E.   …”
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Effect of Time-of-Flight and Regularized Reconstructions on Quantitative Measurements and Qualitative Assessments in Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer With F-Fluorocholine Dual Time... by Spencer C. Behr MD, Brett J. Mollard MD, Jaewon Yang PhD, Robert R. Flavell MD, PhD, Randall A. Hawkins MD, PhD, Youngho Seo PhD

“…Image quality was assessed via visual acuity scoring (VAS). We found that incorporation of TOF or RIR increased lesion SUVs. …”
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Autofluorescence-Guided Surgery in the Management of Osteonecrosis of the Jaw: Correlation Between Bone Autofluorescence and Histopathological Findings in 56 Samples by Ilaria Giovannacci, Aurora Andrea Venuti, Luigi Corcione, Samir Nammour, Paolo Vescovi

“…After bone exposure, VELscope system was used to induce and visualize bone AF. Areas exhibiting absent or pale AF were identified as necrotic and removed; additional samples were collected from adjacent hyperfluorescent regions. (3) Results: Histopathologic evaluation of 56 specimens were conducted; 35 hypofluorescent samples were found to be necrotic bone tissue; in the 21 hyperfluorescent samples, 86% demonstrated normal, vital bone. …”
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Assessment of the prevalence and spatial distribution of the posterior superior alveolar artery within the maxillary sinus wall utilizing CBCT imaging by Maha Maqbool, Ahmad Danyal, Zubair Ahmad Khan, Muhammad Haseeb, Usman Manzoor, Nuvaira Ijaz

“…The PSAA was visualized in 84.1 % of the sinuses. Further analysis revealed that in 54.1% of cases (n = 92), the artery was located intraosseously; in 21.2% (n = 36), it was situated below the sinus membrane; and in 8.8% (n = 15), it was found on the outer surface of the lateral wall of the maxillary sinus. …”
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Management of fracture and displacement of a previously successful bilateral transconjunctival ab-externo XEN gel stent: a case report by Qi Zhang, Chengshou Zhang, Xin Liu, Min Chen, Kaijun Wang

“…To reduce this risk, employing a transconjunctival ab-externo approach with conjunctival dissection and securing the XGS with sutures was found to decrease complications, indicating a more effective surgical strategy for XGS implantation.…”
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Nonlinear multi-head cross-attention network and programmable gradient information for gaze estimation by Yujie Li, Yuhang Hong, Ziwen Wang, Jiahui Chen, Rongjie Liu, Shuxue Ding, Benying Tan

“…The implementation code can be found at https://github.com/Yuhang-Hong/MCA-PGI .…”
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The Role of Color in User Experience: A Systematic Literature Study of User Preferences for Dark and Light Mode by M. Rifqi Atsani, Iif Alfiatul Mukaromah, M. Haikal Citra Anugerah

“…The qualitative thematic analysis approach found 6 main themes, namely Readability and Accessibility, Cognitive and Emotional Responses, Usage Behavior and Preferences, Task Performance and Efficiency, Health and Environmental Impacts, and Interface Design and Satisfaction. …”
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Evaluating student satisfaction of terminological apparatus with natural and mathematical textbooks in Kazakhstani schools by Saniya Nurgaliyeva, Aziya Zhumabayeva, Tulebike Kulgildinova, Saltanat Abildina, Bakhtikhon Kurbonova, Akerke Umirbekova, Aidos Bolatov

“…Key findings indicate that 84.7% of students found textbook terms clear, with males reporting significantly higher clarity than females (p < 0.001). …”
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Nanofluid induced non-Fourier thermal and non-Fickian solutal transport in viscoelastic nanomaterial with variable characteristics by M. Waqas, Muhammad Bilal Riaz, Rasan Sarbast Faisal, Zainab Abbas Abd Alhassan, Dakhil N. Taha

“…The analytical outcomes are authenticated with a previously available limiting case and found exceptional agreement, confirming the precision and consistency of deployed analytic scheme. …”
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Simplified polyp-canal system of stony coral Seriatopora hystrix protects its branching areas in the flow field by Yixin Li, Yixin Li, Zuhong Lu, Yunpeng Zhao, Chunpeng He

“…We used micro-computed tomography to visualize the polyp-canal system of S. hystrix, quantify its growth parameters, and simulate the dynamic processes of polyp budding and movement. …”
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Quantitative Analysis of the Effect of Fluorescent Labels on DNA Strand Displacement Reaction by Masato Toyonari, Kaori Aso, Takashi Nakakuki

“…Recently, fluorophore dyes and quenchers were found to significantly impact the dynamics of irreversible TMSDRs, altering them by nearly two orders of magnitude. …”
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Bone marrow MRI after autologous transplantation and the effect of residual tumor on progression-free survival of multiple myeloma patients by M. V. Solovev, L. P. Mendeleeva, G. A. Yatsyk, N. S. Lutsik, M. V. Firsova, E. G. Gemdzhian, V. G. Savchenko

“…Focal bone marrow changes were found in 47 of them – from 1 to 56 lesions (mean 6 ± 9). …”
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Decreased Expression of the EAAT5 Glutamate Transporter at Photoreceptor Synapses in Early, Pre-Clinical Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis, a Mouse Model of Multiple Sclero... by Ali El Samad, Julia Jaffal, Dalia R. Ibrahim, Karin Schwarz, Frank Schmitz

“…Background: Multiple sclerosis is a frequent neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system that includes alterations in the white and gray matter of the brain. The visual system is frequently affected in multiple sclerosis. …”
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Cytomegalovirus Retinitis in an ALL Child during Maintenance Therapy Treated Successfully with Intravenous Ganciclovir by Hande Celiker, Ayse Karaaslan, Eda Kepenekli Kadayifci, Serkan Atici, Ahmet Soysal, Haluk Kazokoglu, Ahmet Koc

“…At presentation, his best corrected visual acuity was 20/20 in the right eye and 20/20 in the left eye. …”
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PubPlant – a continuously updated online resource for sequenced and published plant genomes by Rainer Schwacke, Marie E. Bolger, Björn Usadel, Björn Usadel

“…As a use case for PubPlant, we evaluated the status of sequenced food crops. We found that the five plant families featuring the most food crops were those containing the most sequenced plant species.…”
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Mediterranean farmers’ understandings of ‘good soil management’ and ‘good farmer’ identity in the context of conservation agriculture by Emmeline Topp, Ana Stephan, Elsa Varela, Harun Cicek, Tobias Plieninger

“…We found that crop rotation is a prominent concept cognitively tied to fertilizer application, bridging conventional and reduced tillage practices. …”
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Understanding the cognitive factors which contribute to individual differences in financial capacity in aging by Hsiang-Yu Chen, Bailey C. Gold, Claire J. Ciampa, Jennifer L. Crawford, Alex A. Adornato, Jordyn L. Cowan, Katherine E. O’Malley, Hannah R. Snyder, Anne S. Berry

“…Applying a partial least squares correlation approach, we found significant associations between financial capacity, as assessed by the Financial Capacity-Short Form, and a battery of neuropsychological and self-report measures in normal aging (r = .56, p < .001). …”
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Retinal Phosphenes Induced by Transorbital Electrical Stimulation: Influence of Light Adaptation, Electrode Montage, and View Direction by Alexander Hunold, Daniela Ortega, Stefanie Freitag, Dietmar Link, Andrea Antal, Sascha Klee, Jens Haueisen

“…Under consistent light adaptation, we found changes in electrode montage generated stronger changes in the phosphenes’ morphology and distribution. …”
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Multisensory integration enhances audiovisual responses in the Mauthner cell by Santiago Otero-Coronel, Thomas Preuss, Violeta Medan

“…Our results show that stimulus modality, intensity, temporal structure, and interstimulus delay affect input summation. Mechanistically, we found that the distinct decay dynamics of FFI triggered by auditory and visual stimuli can account for certain aspects of input integration. …”
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Topical Instillation of N-Acetylcysteine and N-Acetylcysteine Amide Impedes Age-Related Lens Opacity in Mice by Hidetoshi Ishida, Yu Sasaki, Teppei Shibata, Hiroshi Sasaki, Bhavana Chhunchha, Dhirendra P. Singh, Eri Kubo

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