Unique characteristics of tertiary lymphoid structures in kidney clear cell carcinoma: prognostic outcome and comparison with bladder cancer by Tatsuhiko Tsunoda, Kazuhiro Kakimi, Shuji Mikami, Mototsugu Oya, Tsukasa Masuda, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Kimiharu Takamatsu, Kyohei Hakozaki, Ryohei Takahashi, Tadatsugu Anno, Ryohei Kufukihara, Kazunori Shojo, Toshiaki Shinojima, Eriko Aimono, Hiroshi Nishihara, Ryuichi Mizuno

“…The maturity and spatial distribution of TLSs were significantly different between the two cancer types; TLSs were more mature with follicle-like germinal center organization and likely to be observed inside the tumor in bladder cancer. …”
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Delivering a national de-adoption programme: a documentary analysis of local commissioning policy compliance with England's Evidence-based Interventions programme (EBI) by Carmel Conefrey, Nicola Farrar, Maeve Coyle, Mike Bell, Jane Blazeby, Christopher Burton, Jenny Donovan, Andy Gibson, Joel Glynn, Tim Jones, Angus McNair, Josie Morley, Amanda Owen-Smith, Ellen Rule, Gail Thornton, Victoria Tucker, Iestyn Williams, William Hollingworth, Leila Rooshenas

“…This study (which is part of the NIHR OLIVIA study, an evaluation of the EBI programme) assessed local commissioning policy compliance with EBI recommendations and identified funding mechanisms employed locally to promote enforcement. Methods A documentary analysis was conducted on a purposive sample of local commissioning policies for each of the 17 EBI surgical procedures. …”
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Performance of GPT-4 for automated prostate biopsy decision-making based on mpMRI: a multi-center evidence study by Ming-Jun Shi, Zhi-Xiang Wang, Shuang-Kun Wang, Xuan-Hao Li, Yan-Lin Zhang, Ying Yan, Ran An, Li-Ning Dong, Lei Qiu, Tian Tian, Jia-Xin Liu, Hong-Chen Song, Ya-Fan Wang, Che Deng, Zi-Bing Cao, Hong-Yin Wang, Zheng Wang, Wei Wei, Jian Song, Jian Lu, Xuan Wei, Zhen-Chang Wang

“…Additionally, the Chain of Thought method enabled us to better understand the decision-making logic behind GPT-4. …”
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Eco-friendly pest management in integrated rice-fish farming systems using plant-derived biopesticides to promote sustainable agriculture by Wiratno , I.M. Trisawa, I. Taufik, I. Ardi, L. Thesiana, E. Kusrini, D. Susanti, E.W. Minarni, A. Nurawan, A. Jufri, Sukamto , Y. Apriyana, N. Sutrisna, Y. Surdianto, B. Susanto, U. Susanto

“…No insecticide residues were found in fish, soil, or water samples. Fish survival remained high (more than 90 percent), and rice yields increased by 15 percent compared to conventional practices. …”
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Identification of intratumoral bacteria that enhance breast tumor metastasis by Zachary J. Gerbec, Antonio Serapio-Palacios, Avril Metcalfe-Roach, Zakhar Krekhno, Haggai Bar-Yoseph, Sarah E. Woodward, Jorge Pena-Díaz, Oksana Nemirovsky, Shannon Awrey, Sebastian H. Moreno, Sean Beatty, Esther Kong, Nina Radisavljevic, Mihai Cirstea, Shawn Chafe, Paul C. McDonald, Sam Aparicio, B. Brett Finlay, Shoukat Dedhar

“…We tested for the presence of these bacterial genes in patient tumor samples and found they were more likely to be associated with mortality. …”
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Longitudinal Comparison of Three T-Cell Assays and Three Antibody Assays Against SARS-CoV-2 Following Homologous mRNA-1273/mRNA-1273/mRNA-1273 and Heterologous ChAdOx1/ChAdOx1/BNT1... by Hyeyoung Lee, Geon Young Ko, Jihyun Lee, Hyunjoo Bae, Ji Hyeong Ryu, Jin Jung, Hyunhye Kang, Raeseok Lee, Dong-Gun Lee, Eun-Jee Oh

“…Blood samples were collected at five time points. Cellular immunity was assessed using ELISPOT and two commercial interferon-gamma release assays: (IGRA)-QuantiFERON SARS-CoV-2 (QF) and Covi-FERON ELISA (CoVF). …”
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Factors associated with death in patients admitted with Ebola virus disease to Ebola Treatment Units in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia – December 2013 to March 2016 [version 2;... by Ralph W. Jetoh, Ajay M.V. Kumar, Alexandre Delamou, Laura Merson, Prabin Dahal, Gomathi Ramaswamy, Ibrahima Kaba, Benjamin T. Vonhm, Trokon Omarley Yeabah, Anthony D. Harries, Pryanka Relan, Adam C. Levine

“…Conclusions Although laboratory-confirmed patients admitted to ETUs fared worse than clinically-suspected patients, the latter still had a substantial risk of death and more attention needs to be paid to this group in future EVD outbreaks.…”
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Comparison of conventional culture and automated blood culture system for microbiologic diagnosis of pleural infection by Young Ho Lee, Min Seo Kang, Jinyoung Yang, Si-Ho Kim, Jae-Hoon Ko, Sun Young Cho, Tae Yeul Kim, Hee Jae Huh, Nam Yong Lee, Cheol-In Kang, Doo Ryeon Chung, Kyong Ran Peck, Kyungmin Huh

“…Non-duplicate patients whose pleural fluid samples were tested using both conventional culture and ABCS (BACT/ALERT 3D and VIRTUO, bioMerieux) from 2001 through 2021 were included. …”
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Estimating Black Hole Masses in Obscured Active Galactic Nuclei from X-Ray and Optical Emission Line Luminosities by Stephanie LaMassa, Isabella Farrow, C. Megan Urry, Benny Trakhtenbrot, Connor Auge, Michael J. Koss, Alessandro Peca, Dave Sanders, Tracey Jane Turner

“…Since these offsets are within the scatter, more data are needed to assess whether M _BH,[O _iii _]/nH _β is biased high. …”
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Adherence to life’s essential 8 is associated with delayed white matter agingResearch in context by Li Feng, Zhenyao Ye, Yezhi Pan, Rozalina G. McCoy, Braxton D. Mitchell, Peter Kochunov, Paul M. Thompson, Jie Chen, Menglu Liang, Thu T. Nguyen, Edmond Shenassa, Yan Li, Travis Canida, Hongjie Ke, Hwiyoung Lee, Song Liu, L. Elliot Hong, Chixiang Chen, David K.Y. Lei, Shuo Chen, Tianzhou Ma

“…This study investigates the relationship between LE8 and white matter brain ageing and evaluates the moderating effects of the APOE4 allele. Methods: This cross-sectional study utilized data from the UK Biobank, including genetic, neuroimaging, and health-related data from touchscreen questionnaires, physical examinations, and biological samples. …”
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Prospects for Raman spectroscopy in cardiology by V. V. Rafalsky, A. Yu. Zyubin, E. M. Moiseeva, I. G. Samusev

“…Raman spectroscopy (RS) is a promising diagnostic method with high informative value and sensitivity. …”
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Nonlinear Volatility Risk Prediction Algorithm of Financial Data Based on Improved Deep Learning by Wangsong Xie

“…During the whole experiment, the time of the research method was less than 1.5 minutes. And for 1200 test samples, the average error of data risk prediction of the proposed method is 0.0217%. …”
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Challenges of the Tactical Leader in the Context of Multinational Military Operations Process by Robert-Marian Alixandrescu

“…Based on the aspects addressed in the literature review, the questionnaire survey method will be applied to a representative sample of military personnel who had participated in various multinational activities, as tactical leaders. …”
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Enhancing Arabic Vocabulary Mastery Through Communicative Strategies: Evidence from Malaysia by Nur Hanifansyah, Menik Mahmudah

“…In this study, the researcher employed a descriptive qualitative method. As a sample for this research, the researcher selected level 4, equivalent to the second grade of Madrasah Aliyah. …”
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Quantification of HTLV-1 clonality and TCR diversity. by Daniel J Laydon, Anat Melamed, Aaron Sim, Nicolas A Gillet, Kathleen Sim, Sam Darko, J Simon Kroll, Daniel C Douek, David A Price, Charles R M Bangham, Becca Asquith

“…We have developed a novel method that is significantly more accurate than commonly used biodiversity estimators in microbiological and immunological populations.…”
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Study on evolution law of particle breakage after coal adsorption of CO2 under different uniaxial compression stress conditions by Yang DING, Mengdi WANG, Shugang LI, Haifei LIN, Hongchao ZHAO, Junhong TAN, Jingfei ZHANG, Bing ZHU, Yizheng ZHANG, Yan ZHANG

“…After the completion of coal seam mining, a rich fracture space is formed underground, in which there is one or more layers of residual coal, and may even include a complete unminable coal seam. …”
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Evaluation of two Taenia solium cysticercal antigenic preparations (vesicular fluid and a glycoprotein fraction with affinity for lentil lectin) for the immunodiagnosis of neurocys... by Lisandra Akemi Suzuki, Cláudio Lúcio Rossi

“…There was no significant difference in the sensitivity and specificity of the two antigenic preparations used to screen CSF and serum samples. CONCLUSION: Considering the complexity and high cost of obtaining the LLa-Gp fraction, VF could be more suitable for screening specific antibodies by ELISA in CSF and serum samples from patients with neurocysticercosis.…”
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Identification of HLA-B*13:01 allele in leprosy patients with dapsone hypersensitivity syndrome in Ambon, Indonesia by Sri Linuwih Susetyo Wardhani Menaldi, Mufqi Handaru Priyanto, Sandra Widaty, Yunia Irawati, Yulia Ariani Aswin, Dwi Anita Suryandari, Melani Marissa, Iwan Ariawan, Emiliana Kartika, Malika Sabrina Yunifananda, Hok Bing Thio

“…Cases were included if they met two or more Richardus and Smith’s criteria and were recruited from several hospital in Ambon and Tual Cities. …”
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The unintended outcome: a retrospective cross‐sectional study using a urine lateral flow assay to detect ART use reveals non‐disclosure of taking ART in South Africa's public healt... by Nsika Sithole, Indira Govender, Matthew Spinelli, Theresa Smit, Siyabonga Cibane, Mlungisi Zwane, Njabulo Phakathi, Meighan Krows, Busisiwe Nkosi, Janet Seeley, Ruanne V. Barnabas, Mark J. Siedner, Mosa Moshabela, Connie Celum, Alison Grant, Monica Gandhi, Adrienne E. Shapiro

“…If successful, this strategy may reduce duplicative care entries and promote more efficient use of resources.…”
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Gene-environment interactions and colorectal cancer risk: A case-control study on xenobiotic metabolizing enzyme polymorphisms in the Jammu& Kashmir, India population by Gowhar Rashid, Gulzar A. Bhat, Tahseen Bilal Rather, Kulsum Akhter, Ishrat Parveiz, Irfan Maqbool, Syed Nisar Ahmad, Malik Tariq Rasool, Farooq Ahmad Jan, Syed Mudassar

“…The study included 246 histopathologically confirmed colorectal cancer (CRC) cases, and an equal number of matched controls based on age (±5 years), gender, and place of residence. Blood samples were collected for DNA extraction, followed by genotyping of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzyme (XME) genes, including CYP2A13, CYP2A6, and GSTs using standard PCR-RFLP and multiplex PCR methods. …”
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