Visualization of Right Adrenal Vein in Non‐Contrast‐Enhanced MDCT and Its Guiding Role for Right Adrenal Venous Sampling by Hong‐liang Xiong, Li Du, Jiao Yang, Wei‐Tong Hu, Jia‐Bing Huang, Yun‐De Li, Xi Chen, Yi‐Fei Dong

“…The visualization rate of RAV in non‐contrast‐enhanced MDCT was 81.9% (n = 194), with 73.7% (n = 143) clearly displayed and 26.3% (n = 51) generally displayed. In 6.2% (n = 12) of patients who can display RAV, RAV formed a common trunk with the accessory hepatic vein and then merged into the inferior vena cava. …”
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Being a tree crop increases the odds of experiencing yield declines irrespective of pollinator dependence by Aizen, Marcelo A., Gleiser, Gabriela, Kitzberger, Thomas A., Milla, Ruben

“…Because pollinator dependence and plant growth form were partially correlated, we disentangled the effect of each of these two predictors using a series of generalized linear mixed models that evaluated direct and indirect associations. …”
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How Do Changes in Grassland Phenology and Its Responses to Extreme Climatic Events in Central Asia? by Xinwei Wang, Jianhao Li, Jianghua Zheng, Liang Liu, Xiaojing Yu, Ruikang Tian, Mengxiang Xing

“…The direct effects of CDHEs and CMHEs on grassland phenology were generally negative, except for the direct positive effect of CDHEs on LOS. …”
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A Research on the Effect of Heterogeneities on Sandstone Matrix Acidizing Performance by Jianye Mou, Lei Wang, Shicheng Zhang, Xinfang Ma, Boyang Li

“…Conventional acidizing designs generally neglected the effect of heterogeneities of mineral and flow field distributions both in areal and vertical directions and assumed that the acid front propagates with a piston-like style. …”
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Dual-stream disentangled model for microvascular extraction in five datasets from multiple OCTA instruments by Xiaoyang Hu, Xiaoyang Hu, Jinkui Hao, Quanyong Yi, Yitian Zhao, Jiong Zhang

“…In addition, we validated the performance of D2Net on four OCTA datasets (OCTA-500, ROSE-O, ROSE-Z, and ROSE-H) acquired using different instruments, demonstrating its robustness and generalization capabilities in retinal vessel segmentation compared to other state-of-the-art methods.…”
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Battle of the axes: simulation-based assessment of fine needle aspiration biopsies for thyroid nodules by Shireen Samargandy, Justine Philteos, Mirko Manojlovic Kolarski, Jason Xu, Eric Monteiro, Allan Vescan

“…Conclusion Thyroid UGFNA using the long-axis technique may have an increased success rate and is generally favored by trainees for being easier to perform. …”
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Reducing the dietary starch:protein ratios in low-protein diets enhanced the growth performance of goslings from 1 to 28 days of age by Xucheng Zheng, Qian Lu, Chunhui Huang, Usman Nazir, Zhi Yang, Haiming Yang, Zhiyue Wang

“…Moreover, SGLT1 and GLUT2 genes expression were generally down-regulated, and SLC7A5 gene expression was up-regulated in reduced S: P ratio groups. …”
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Inflammation and endothelial gene polymorphism are associated with ischemic stroke by Wanli Chen, Jie Li, Jintao Zhou, Xingyang Yi, Hong Chen

“…Analyze gene–gene interaction through generalized multifactor dimensionality reduction (GMDR).ResultsAnalysis found no statistically significant differences in age, gender, hypertension, BMI, and smoking history between ischemic stroke patients and healthy control group. …”
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Clinically meaningful improvements after gene therapy for aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase deficiency (AADCd) in the Peabody Developmental Motor Scale, Second Edition (PDMS-2) a... by Wuh-Liang Hwu, Hui-Min Lee, John Devin Peipert, Rongrong Zhang, Christian Werner, J. Rafael Sierra, Thomas O’Connell, Jonathan J. Woolley, Marjorie Crowell, Antonia Wang, Ioannis Tomazos

“…Results An MSD of 40 points for Total PDMS-2 score was selected for analysis as it yielded specificity > 0.95 using the ROC approach, and generally aligned with the mean-difference approach. …”
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Ecological and genetic assessment of the consequences of radiation influence on contaminated areas by A. B. Bigaliev, K. Z. Shalabaeva, B. E. Shimshikov, S. S. Kobegenova, L. M. Adilova, A. N. Kozhakhmetova, S. Sharakhmetov, M. N. Burkhanova

“…Indicators of the gamma-survey of the levels of radiation background of the surveyed territories as wellas data on pollution of soil, surface and ground waters, dominant forms of plants, biosubstrates (hair of domestic animals: camel, horse, cow) are given. The generally accepted research methods were used: standard sampling me thods, radiological, atomic adsorption spectrophotometry, cytogenetic (micronucleus) method. …”
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A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Single-group Studies Assessing the Role of Calcium Hydroxylapatite in Aesthetic Enhancements and Satisfaction by Mojgan Amiri, MSc, Renald Meçani, MD, Christa D. Niehot, MSc, Terri L. Phillips, MD, Katherine Goldie, MD, Janina Kolb, MD, Taulant Muka, PhD, Hua Daughtry, PhD

“…Summary measures of patients satisfaction and global aesthetic improvement scores were combined using the generalized linear mixed model. This systematic review adhered to the PRISMA reporting standards. …”
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Violence Detection From Industrial Surveillance Videos Using Deep Learning by Hamza Khan, Xiaohong Yuan, Letu Qingge, Kaushik Roy

“…The modularity of this stage supports adaptability to new datasets, as it can leverage transfer learning to generalize across diverse surveillance contexts. Unlike traditional systems constrained by hand-crafted features, this design dynamically learns from data, reducing reliance on prior domain knowledge and improving generalizability. …”
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Specific Physical Performances of Young Male Basketball Players in Palestine: An Assessment by Maturity Status by Layla Jawabreh, Mohamed Tounsi, Ghazi Racil, Johnny Padulo, Gian Mario Migliaccio, Luca Russo, Yassine Trabelsi

“…Early-maturing players generally demonstrated greater strength and endurance, whereas late-maturing players excelled in agility and speed. …”
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A Neurophysiological Study of Musical Pitch Identification in Mandarin-Speaking Cochlear Implant Users by Jieqing Cai, Yimeng Liu, Minyun Yao, Muqing Xu, Hongzheng Zhang

“…Music perception in cochlear implant (CI) users is far from satisfactory, not only because of the technological limitations of current CI devices but also due to the neurophysiological alterations that generally accompany deafness. Early behavioral studies revealed that similar mechanisms underlie musical and lexical pitch perception in CI-based electric hearing. …”
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Anxiety, Anger and Depression Amongst Low-Income Earners in Southwestern Uganda During the COVID-19 Total Lockdown by Archibong, Victor, Usman, Ibe Michael, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Osamudiamwen, Eric Aigbogun Jr., Josiah, Ifie, Monima, Ann Lemuel, Ssebuufu, Robinson, Chekwech, Gaudencia, Terkimbi, Swase Dominic, Owoisinke, Okon, Mbiydzenyuy, Ngala Elvis, Adeoye, Azeez, Aruwa, oshua Ojodale, Afodun, Adam Moyosore, Odoma, Saidi, Ssempijja, Fred, Ayikobua, Emmanuel Tiyo, Ayuba, John Tabakwot, Nankya, Viola, Onongha, Comfort, Sussan, Henry, Matama, Kevin, Yusuf, Helen, Nalugo, Halima, MacLeod, Ewan, Welburn, Susan Christina

“…Two hundred and fifty-three (n = 253) male and female low-income earners between the ages of 18 and 60 years of age were recruited to the study. Modified generalized anxiety disorder (GAD-7), Spielberger’s State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-2 (STAXI-2), and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) tools as appropriate were used to assess anxiety, anger, and depression respectively among our respondents. …”
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Recommender Systems for Unified Modeling Language and Vice Versa—A Systematic Literature Review by Elaheh Azadi Marand, Amir Sheikhahmadi, Moharram Challenger, Parham Moradi, Alireza Khalilipour

“…On the other hand, to design the components of the proposed approaches (recommender systems), behavioral diagrams are generally used (53% on average), focusing on knowledge-based techniques (28% on average). …”
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A Multi-Branch Convolution and Dynamic Weighting Method for Bearing Fault Diagnosis Based on Acoustic–Vibration Information Fusion by Xianming Sun, Yuhang Yang, Changzheng Chen, Miao Tian, Shengnan Du, Zhengqi Wang

“…Furthermore, its superiority across different data scales, especially in small-sample learning and stability, highlights its strong generalization capability.…”
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Molecular genetic and morphological characteristics of Micractinium thermotolerans and M. inermum (Trebouxiophyceae, Chlorophyta) from pyroclastic deposits of the Kamchatka Peninsu... by R. Z. Sushchenko, V. Yu. Nikulin, V. B. Bagmet, A. Yu. Nikulin

“…The secondary structure patterns of the helices of strain VCA-72 were generally similar to those of M. inermum, but intraspecific variability was noted, mainly due to substitutions in the apical and lateral loops. …”
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Overwintering of Thrips (Thysanoptera) Under the Bark of the Plane Tree (<i>Platanus</i> x <i>hispanica</i> Mill. ex Münchh.) in Southeastern Poland by Halina Kucharczyk, Marek Kucharczyk, Tomasz Olbrycht

“…., the most numerous species, was found in the highest number of sites (22), while six species were only found in one site each. Generalized Linear Model (GLM) and Nonmetric Multidimensional Scaling (NMDS) analysis showed that the species composition was strongly associated with environmental such factors as insolation, the trunk circumference, and the number of trunks where the species overwintered. …”
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Identification and expression analysis of P-type ATPase IIIA subfamily in Puccinia Striiformis f. sp. tritici by Yingjie Sun, Hong Tao, Hong Han, Yiping Zou, Yingyu Xue, Shiwen Chen, Fei Tao

“…Quantitative PCR analysis revealed that the expression of the PMA04 gene was generally higher at 9 °C under various temperature stresses. …”
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