Mixed Hepatoblastoma in a Young Male Adult: A Case Report and Literature Review by Valeria Fiaschetti, Roberto Fiori, Eleonora Gaspari, Sonia Crusco, Giovanni Simonetti

“…In our experience, despite the important role of histological sample provided by biopsy in defining the diagnosis, very important was the role of MRI, more than ultrasonography and enhanced CT. …”
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Revealing polymerisation defects and formation mechanisms in aldol condensation for conjugated polymers via high-resolution molecular imaging by Xiaocui Wu, Stefania Moro, Adam Marks, Maryam Alsufyani, Zidi Yu, Luís M. A. Perdigão, Xingxing Chen, Alexander M. T. Luci, Callum Crockford, Simon E. F. Spencer, David J. Fox, Jian Pei, Iain McCulloch, Giovanni Costantini

“…These defects, observed across all polymer samples, indicate alternative side reaction pathways inherent to aldol condensation. …”
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Machine-learning prediction for hospital length of stay using a French medico-administrative database by Franck Jaotombo, Vanessa Pauly, Guillaume Fond, Veronica Orleans, Pascal Auquier, Badih Ghattas, Laurent Boyer

“…The typical clinical profile of these patients (17.5% of the sample) was the elderly patient, admitted in emergency, for a trauma, a neurological or a cardiovascular pathology, more often institutionalized, with more comorbidities notably mental health problems, dementia and hemiplegia.Discussion: The integration of ML, particularly the GB algorithm, may be useful for health-care professionals and bed managers to better identify patients at risk of PLOS. …”
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Assessment of the effect of social media use on medical students’ academic performance: cross-sectional study from Jordan by Hana Taha, Hana Taha, Diana Abu-Surrah, Luna Abu-Awadh, Ameen Mahmoud, Tamara Al-Qadi, Layan Al Hamdan, Moumen Hijazi, Abdulla Al Ani, Vanja Berggren

“…The integration of social media platforms into the life of medical students and their effect on their academic performance has not been studied enough.ObjectiveThis study examines the duration of time spent on social media, the type of content medical students is exposed to, the online engagement in study groups, and the influence of the interaction between students and their professors via social media on students’ academic performance.MethodsA cross-sectional study that used structured self-administered online questionnaire to assess the use of social media by a random sample of 429 medical students in Jordan. …”
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Targeted sequencing of Enterobacterales bacteria using CRISPR-Cas9 enrichment and Oxford Nanopore Technologies by Hugh Cottingham, Louise M. Judd, Jessica A. Wisniewski, Ryan R. Wick, Thomas D. Stanton, Ben Vezina, Nenad Macesic, Anton Y. Peleg, Iruka N. Okeke, Kathryn E. Holt, Jane Hawkey

“…Our technique uses CRISPR-Cas9 to target specific gene sequences in the bacterial pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae and improve recovery from human stool samples. We found our enrichment method to significantly outperform traditional methods, generating far more data originating from our target genes. …”
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Effect of the production of dried fruit and fruit chips on chemical, sensory and bioactive properties by Bahar Kocabıyık, Derya Alkan

“…Conclusions: Based on results, it can be concluded that drying and baking processes had variable effects on the chemical, sensory and bioactive properties of fruit samples. Sensory analysis revealed that A-O chips were more acceptable in terms of sensorial properties compared to K-P chips.…”
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Effects of X-Ray Dose On Rhizosphere Studies Using X-Ray Computed Tomography. by Susan Zappala, Jonathan R Helliwell, Saoirse R Tracy, Stefan Mairhofer, Craig J Sturrock, Tony Pridmore, Malcolm Bennett, Sacha J Mooney

“…Here we aimed to i) highlight the need for more consistent reporting of X-ray CT parameters for dose to sample, ii) to provide an overview of previously reported impacts of X-rays on soil microorganisms and plant roots and iii) present new data investigating the response of plant roots and microbial communities to X-ray exposure. …”
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First genome-wide association study on anxiety-related behaviours in childhood. by Maciej Trzaskowski, Thalia C Eley, Oliver S P Davis, Sophia J Doherty, Ken B Hanscombe, Emma L Meaburn, Claire M A Haworth, Thomas Price, Robert Plomin

“…Affymetrix GeneChip 6.0 DNA arrays were used to genotype nearly 700,000 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), and IMPUTE v2 was used to impute more than 1 million SNPs. Several GWA associations from this discovery sample were followed up in another TEDS sample of 4804 children. …”
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Prevalence of antiphospholipid syndrome among women with recurrent pregnancy loss: a cohort study by Elaine Cristina Fontes de Oliveira, Daniel Dias Ribeiro, Janaína Campos Senra, Fernando Marcos dos Reis

“…Abstract Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) among women experiencing recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL). Methods: A cross-sectional was conducted, reviewing the medical records of 134 women with a history of two or more miscarriages, treated between January 2014 and May 2024 at a tertiary university center in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. …”
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X-linked genes and risk of orofacial clefts: evidence from two population-based studies in Scandinavia. by Astanand Jugessur, Øivind Skare, Rolv T Lie, Allen J Wilcox, Kaare Christensen, Lene Christiansen, Truc Trung Nguyen, Jeffrey C Murray, Håkon K Gjessing

“…More generally, the novel analytic methods presented here are widely applicable to investigations of the role of X-linked genes in complex traits.…”
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Encapsulation of Gallic Acid with Acid-Modified Low Dextrose Equivalent Potato Starch Using Spray-and Freeze-Drying Techniques by Sepelevs Igor, Stepanova Valentina, Galoburda Ruta

“…Meanwhile, freeze-dried samples were shapeless, exposed larger pore volume (from 2.4×10−3 to 9.5×10−3 cm3/g against 1.2×10–3 4.9×10−3 cm3/g; analyzed by Barrett-Joyner-Halenda method) and overall higher surface area (0.632–1.225 m2/g against 0.472–1.296 m2/g; analyzed by Barrett-Joyner-Halenda method). …”
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Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Epidemiology of Vancomycin-Intermediate and Heterogeneous Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus Isolates. by Shanshan Zhang, Xiaoxi Sun, Wenjiao Chang, Yuanyuan Dai, Xiaoling Ma

“…Its incidence is higher in Asia than in Europe/America. hVISA is isolated from blood culture samples more often than from other samples. These strains are highly prevalent in epidemic MRSA strains. …”
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Dynamic UAV data fusion and deep learning for improved maize phenological-stage tracking by Ziheng Feng, Jiliang Zhao, Liunan Suo, Heguang Sun, Huiling Long, Hao Yang, Xiaoyu Song, Haikuan Feng, Bo Xu, Guijun Yang, Chunjiang Zhao

“…These methods are not applicable on the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platform due to the high cost of acquiring time–series UAV images and the shortage of UAV–based phenological monitoring methods. …”
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Preliminary exploration of finite element biomechanical preoperative planning for complex tibial plateau fractures by Zhi Xu, Yuwan Li, Shoujin Tian, Xing Xu, Hao Zhou, Min Yang

“…Biomechanical analysis revealed that the multiplate fixation mode provided a more uniform stress distribution, but this difference was not statistically significant. …”
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Using the Nutri-Score to visualise food reformulation in Germany: the case of breakfast cereals by Corinna Gréa, Anna Dittmann, David Wolff, Hanna Haidar, Silvia Roser, Benedikt Merz, Stefan Storcksdieck genannt Bonsmann

“…This study therefore aimed to evaluate the German breakfast cereal market in terms of reformulation efforts and to what extent these would show in a better Nutri-Score. Methods Using data from the German monitoring of packaged foods, changes in energy and nutrient content and the final nutritional score (FNS) of breakfast cereals, differentiated into children’s and non-children’s products, between 2019 (n = 888) and 2022 (n = 1473) were evaluated (Mann-Whitney test for two independent samples). …”
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Physical activity attenuates the genetic predisposition to obesity in 20,000 men and women from EPIC-Norfolk prospective population study. by Shengxu Li, Jing Hua Zhao, Jian'an Luan, Ulf Ekelund, Robert N Luben, Kay-Tee Khaw, Nicholas J Wareham, Ruth J F Loos

“…We aimed to assess the influence of a physically active lifestyle on the genetic predisposition to obesity in a large population-based study.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>We genotyped 12 SNPs in obesity-susceptibility loci in a population-based sample of 20,430 individuals (aged 39-79 y) from the European Prospective Investigation of Cancer (EPIC)-Norfolk cohort with an average follow-up period of 3.6 y. …”
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A biorelevant test for tablets glycine sublingual in the «simulated saliva» dissolution medium by S. D. Kulikova, М. B. Sokol, Z. M. Kozlova, P. A. Losenkova, P. Ya. Parshinova, A. M. Poluyanov

“…The results of the test in artificial saliva medium were more discriminatory.…”
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Improving Malaria diagnosis through interpretable customized CNNs architectures by Md. Faysal Ahamed, Md Nahiduzzaman, Golam Mahmud, Fariya Bintay Shafi, Mohamed Arselene Ayari, Amith Khandakar, M. Abdullah-Al-Wadud, S. M. Riazul Islam

“…The proposed SPCNN model surpassed all these TL methods in every evaluation measure. The SPCNN model, with 2.207 million parameters and a size of 26 MB, is more complex than PCNN but simpler than SFPCNN. …”
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Sustainability performance, corporate governance, and financial performance: Evidence from Poland and Central European listed companies by Joanna Błach, Elżbieta Bukalska, Bogna Kaźmierska-Jóźwiak, Anita Radman Pesa

“…PURPOSE: Businesses are regarded as the main agents that can help achieve sustainable development. Therefore, more and more firms of various characteristics integrate sustainability issues into their business strategies. …”
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Assessment of Outcomes of the Modified Stoppa Approach in the Treatment of Acetabular Fractures: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Nurgeldi Manap, Nagmet Mursalov, Mukhtar Abilmazhinov

“…The volume of intraoperative blood loss averaged 338±254.5 ml of blood for the total sample. The volume of intraoperative blood loss was 525.0 ±322.5 ml of blood in group B, which is more than twice the estimated blood loss for group A (250 ±157.3 ml). …”
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