Cardiac muscle organization revealed in 3-D by imaging whole-mount mouse hearts using two-photon fluorescence and confocal microscopy by Mayandi Sivaguru, Glenn Fried, Barghav S. Sivaguru, Vignesh A. Sivaguru, Xiaochen Lu, Kyung Hwa Choi, M Taher A Saif, Brian Lin, Sakthivel Sadayappan

“…Using 2-D and 3-D morphometric analysis, we found that the t/t heart had anomalous ventricular shape, volume, and wall thickness, as well as a disrupted sarcomere pattern. …”
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Retinal Vascular Fingerprints as Novel Biomarkers for Primary Angle Closure Disease Progression by Jin Wang, MD, Shumei Han, MD, Dapeng Mou, MD, Xin Tang, MD, Danli Shi, PhD, Mingguang He, MD, Chunyan Guo, Ningli Wang, MD, PhD, Ye Zhang, MD

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Evaluation of Association between Body Dysmorphic Disorder with the Aesthetic Component of the Index of Orthodontic Treatment Need from the Perspective of Patient and Orthodontists by Houriyeh Khatami, Meisam Moradi, Reza Faraji, Manouchehr Rahmati Kamel, Seyedali Seyedmajidi, Mahjoubeh Betyar

“…The aesthetic component of the index of orthodontic treatment need was determined through a visual questionnaire completed by both the patient and the orthodontist. …”
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Personalized Contrast Agent Volumes in Abdominal CT: Bridging Theory with Practice by Walter Coudyzer, Lesley Cockmartin, Bram Miseur, Tim Busselot, Didier Bielen, Dirk Vanbeckevoort, Raymond Oyen, Hilde Bosmans

“…An additional 90 cases were used for visual grading to define the minimal HU required for diagnostic quality, which led to the proposed target HU. …”
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Graph theory analysis reveals functional brain network alterations in HIV-associated asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment in virally suppressed homosexual males by Xire Aili, Shuai Han, Juming Ma, Jiaojiao Liu, Wei Wang, Chuanke Hou, Xingyuan Jiang, Haixia Luo, Fan Xu, Ruili Li, Hongjun Li

“…On a nodal level, brain regions in the frontal and subcortical regions showed significantly decreased nodal measures, while regions in the parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes showed increased nodal measures. Increased FCs were found between brain regions in the visual, frontoparietal, and somatomotor networks. …”
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Optimizing nation-wide locations of dialysis centers: a geographic information system-based approach to improve healthcare accessibility and availability by Hanna Schroeder, Chen Namimi-Halevi, Osnat Luxenburg, Ayelet Grinbaum Arizon, Zach Tagar, Michal Bromberg, Vered H. Eisenberg

“…No significant differences in utilization rates were found between districts (p = 0.38. Conclusions To our knowledge, this is the first study to apply GIS to national patient-based data for assessing dialysis center accessibility and utilization. …”
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An Internal Limiting Membrane Plug and Gas Endotamponade for Recurrent or Persistent Macular Hole by Fabrizio Giansanti, Ruggero Tartaro, Tomaso Caporossi, Daniela Bacherini, Alfonso Savastano, Francesco Barca, Stanislao Rizzo

“…The ILM plug has been found integrated in the MH in all the follow-ups. …”
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Clinical and morphometric features in cervical spine pathology in humans and animals by T.O. Andreeva, O.M. Stoyanov, E.M. Mirdjuraev, G.M. Chebotareva, V.I. Kalashnikov, R.S. Vastyanov, V.I. Dariy

“…The maximum deviations of the studied indicators were found in humans and maximally coincided with those in dogs of large breeds. …”
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Machine Learning in Maritime Safety for Autonomous Shipping: A Bibliometric Review and Future Trends by Jie Xue, Peijie Yang, Qianbing Li, Yuanming Song, P. H. A. J. M. van Gelder, Eleonora Papadimitriou, Hao Hu

“…Through the review, we found that maritime safety machine learning methods are evolving toward a systematic and comprehensive direction, and the integration with AI and human interaction may be the next bellwether. …”
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Distribution and Characteristics of Blackwater Rivers and Streams of the Contiguous United States by Joseph E. Flotemersch, Karen A. Blocksom, Alan T. Herlihy, Philip R. Kaufmann, Richard M. Mitchell, David V. Peck

“…We examined an existing USEPA data set and found that blackwaters existed across the contiguous United States but were most common in the east. …”
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Emotional auditory stimuli influence step initiation in Parkinson’s disease with freezing of gait by Tiziana Lencioni, Mario Meloni, Thomas Bowman, Ilaria Carpinella, Valerio Gower, Susanna Mezzarobba, Carola Cosentino, Gaia Bonassi, Martina Putzolu, Maurizio Ferrarin, Laura Avanzino, Elisa Pelosin

“…No influence of affective stimuli on CoP displacements was found in the other two groups. Multiple regression analysis revealed that the behavioral pattern in PD with FOG, modulated by stimuli with affective valence, was mainly associated with the limbic area (i.e., depression). …”
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Structural alterations in occipital cortices in trigeminal neuralgia: a voxel- and surface-based morphometric MRI study by Francesca Caramia, Antonio Di Renzo, Marco Fiorelli, Gianfranco De Stefano, Giulia Di Stefano, Maddalena Boccia, Maria Giulia Tullo, Gaia Cartocci, Costanza Gianni, Andrea Truini

“…Morphometric differences were not found in classical pain-related regions such as the thalamus, insula, or anterior cingulate cortex. …”
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Effect of Preoperative Zoledronic Acid Administration on Pain Intensity after Percutaneous Vertebroplasty for Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fractures by Weiran Hu, Hongqiang Wang, Xinge Shi, Yuepeng Song, Guangquan Zhang, Shuai Xing, Kai Zhang, Yanzheng Gao

“…No statistically significant differences in age, sex, weight, and body mass index (BMI) were found between the two groups. During the follow-up period, the visual analog scale score and Oswestry dysfunction index score in the ZOL group were lower than those in the control group. …”
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Temporal consistency of behavior trait measurements in guide dogs by Emma K. Hilby, Aaron Rendahl, Jane Russenberger, Jane Russenberger, Madeline Zimmermann, Madeline Zimmermann, James R. Mickelson, Molly E. McCue

“…Guide dog organizations have strict criteria to breed, raise, and select dogs to assist people with visual impairments. In collaboration with Dr. James Serpell, several guide dog training organizations developed a scoring tool called the Behavior Checklist (BCL) to evaluate candidate guide dogs. …”
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Grain Size Effects on Visible and Near-infrared (0.35–2.5 μm) Laboratory Spectra of Rare Meteorite Classes by K. I. Ridenhour, V. Reddy, A. Battle, D. Cantillo, N. C. Pearson, J. A. Sanchez

“…The spectra were analyzed using principal component analysis to detect trends in principal component (PC) space and the impact on asteroid taxonomic classification in the Bus–DeMeo system. We found that the absolute reflectance (visual albedo) at 0.55 μ m (photometric V band) typically decreases with increasing grain size, although there are some variations such as sharp increases for the slabs. …”
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The correlation between Th17/Treg immune dysregulation and the disease severity in chronic spontaneous urticaria patients by Xiaojing Yang, Leigang Chen, Shining Wang, Yuanhui Wu, Xiangzhao Zhou, Zhaoying Meng

“…Conclusions A positive correlation was found between the percentage of peripheral blood Th17 cell in CSU patients and the pruritus level, life quality, and disease severity. …”
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A Reliable Molecular Diagnostic Tool for CA90 (<i>Castanea sativa</i> × <i>Castanea crenata</i>) Hybrid Identification Through SSR by Toufiq Soale Yussif, Nadine Evora da Cruz, Valentim Coelho, Eugénia Gouveia, Altino Branco Choupina

“…The novel locus CP4 could only be found in CA90 hybrids. This tool can aid in identifying and selecting disease-resistant hybrids, thereby contributing to chestnut production and management strategies.…”
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Value of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography in staging of patients with differentiated thyroid cancer after thyroidectomy during... by T. M. Geliashvili, A. V. Vazhenin, T. P. Berezovskaya, E. B. Vasilieva, N. G. Afanasieva, V. V. Krylov, P. I. Garbuzov

“…In 17 (42.5 %) patients additional PET-CT foci were found that negative on 131I-WBS, including 11 (27.5 %) cases of distant metastases. …”
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Gal-3 blocks the binding between PD-1 and pembrolizumab by Henrik Schmidt, Torben Steiniche, Bent Deleuran, Malene Hvid, Morten Aagaard Nielsen, Stinne Ravn Greisen, Mia Bendix, Kathrine Pedersen, Nina Haunstrup Jensen, Jakob Hauge Mikkelsen, Taner Drace, Thomas Boesen

“…In patients with metastatic MM, high levels of Gal-3 in plasma were found in patients with a longer progression-free survival in the study period, whereas high Gal-3 expression in the tumor was seen in patients with disease progression. …”
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Less Pain with Intra-Articular Hyaluronic Acid Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis Compared to Placebo: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials by Filippo Migliorini, Nicola Maffulli, Luise Schäfer, Joshua Kubach, Marcel Betsch, Mario Pasurka

“…The outcomes of interest were the visual analogue scale (VAS) and Western Ontario McMaster Osteo-Arthritis Index (WOMAC) scores. …”
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