Tissue Counter Analysis of Histologic Sections of Melanoma: Influence of Mask Size and Shape, Feature Selection, Statistical Methods and Tissue Preparation by Josef Smolle, Armin Gerger, Wolfgang Weger, Heinz Kutzner, Michael Tronnier

“…Background: Tissue counter analysis is an image analysis tool designed for the detection of structures in complex images at the macroscopic or microscopic scale. …”
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The Global Antimicrobial Resistance Trends of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> and Influencing Factors by Haitao Yuan, Jie Xu, Ying Wang, Yuan Li, Yuqing Hao, Jinzhao Long, Fang Liu, Jingyuan Zhu, Haiyan Yang

“…The Spearman correlation results indicated that the human development index (HDI), antibiotic consumption, and mobile genetic elements (MGEs) were significantly associated with the AMR of <i>S. aureus</i>, and these factors played a crucial role in the emergence and development of <i>S. aureus</i> AMR. The results of structural equation modeling showed that the HDI significantly promoted an increase in antibiotic consumption, thereby indirectly enhancing the AMR of <i>S. aureus</i>. …”
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Investigation of the role of miRNA variants in neurodegenerative brain diseases by Alexandros Frydas, Alexandros Frydas, Rita Cacace, Rita Cacace, Julie van der Zee, Julie van der Zee, Christine Van Broeckhoven, Christine Van Broeckhoven, Eline Wauters, Eline Wauters

“…Here, we report rare miRNA variants in patients with Alzheimer’s dementia (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD).MethodsWe initially used whole exome sequencing data in a subset of FTD patients (n = 209) from Flanders-Belgium. …”
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Organization of nephrological care for patients with terminal chronic kidney disease and concomitant SARS-CоV-2 infection under martial law: a retrospective study (2022–2024) by I.Sh. Jabbarli, D.D. Ivanov, I.V. Krasiuk, L.D. Denova, I.M. Zavalna, Ye.K. Lagodych

“…SARS-CoV-2 may directly affect renal structures via ACE2 receptors expressed in proximal tubules and indirectly through systemic inflammation and hypercoagulability. …”
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Mental Health Literacy and Professional Psychological Help-Seeking Attitudes Among Primary Healthcare Workers: The Mediating Role of Social Support and Mental Illness Stigma by He X, Chen S, Zhang Q, He S, Yang L, Ma J

“…We applied Pearson correlation, multiple linear regression, and structural equation modeling (SEM) for data analysis.Results: Correlation analysis revealed positive associations between mental health literacy and help-seeking attitudes, while stigma negatively impacted these attitudes. …”
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The role of urinary microbiota in primary and recurrent bladder cancer: insights from a propensity score matching study by Zhaoyang Sheng, Jinshan Xu, Maoyu Wang, Xi Xu, Jinpeng Zhu, Shuxiong Zeng, Chuanliang Xu, Zhensheng Zhang

“…All samples underwent 16 S rRNA gene sequencing, and clinical data were collected, including age, sex, body mass index (BMI), smoking history, pathological grade, and other biological characteristics. …”
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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION POLICIES TO DEVELOP AN EFFECTIVE ECOSYSTEM: THE CASE OF UKRAIN by Alisa S. Mahdich, Oleksandr A. Zadoia

“…At the same time, the issue of innovative development of Ukraine has been in the center of attention of the government, a number of donor structures, and the expertscientific environment of Ukraine for the past several years. …”
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Associations of Individual and Neighborhood Factors with Disparities in COVID-19 Incidence and Outcomes by Margaret E. Samuels-Kalow, Rebecca E. Cash, Kori S. Zachrison, Auriole Corel Rodney Fassinou, Norman Harris II, Carlos A. Camargo Jr.

“…This suggests that using existing neighborhood factors in studies examining health equity may be insufficient, and more work is needed to quantify and address structural factors and social determinants of health to improve equity.…”
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The effect of neuroticism on depressive symptoms in Chinese college students: maternal parenting practices as moderators by Bao Zhao, Xiaoyu Wang, Xinyao Jiang, Ruixue Zhuang, Jiaqi Li, Nian Ji, Dengting Boyanton

“…After eliminating entries with incomplete values, the dataset comprised 2,588 complete responses for analysis. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was performed using SPSS 22.0 and the PROCESS macro for data analysis.ResultsThe results indicated that both neuroticism (r = 0.572, p &lt; 0.001) and maternal control factor (r = 0.253, p &lt; 0.001) displayed strong positive correlation with depression; whereas maternal care factor (r = −0.402, p &lt; 0.001) and maternal encouraging autonomy factor (r = −0.345, p &lt; 0.001) are negatively correlated with depression. …”
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Investigating resting-state functional connectivity changes within procedural memory network across neuropsychiatric disorders using fMRI by Mahdi Mohammadkhanloo, Mohammad Pooyan, Hamid Sharini, Mitra Yousefpour

“…Methods This study analyzed resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) data from 40 individuals with ADHD, 49 with BD, 50 with SZ, and 50 healthy controls (HCs). …”
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Early life stress induces decreased expression of CB1R and FAAH and epigenetic changes in the medial prefrontal cortex of male rats by Arijana Demaili, Anna Portugalov, Anna Portugalov, Mouna Maroun, Mouna Maroun, Irit Akirav, Irit Akirav, Katharina Braun, Katharina Braun, Jörg Bock, Jörg Bock, Jörg Bock

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Deep Learning-Assisted Microscopic Polarization Inspection of Micro-Nano Damage Precursors: Automatic, Non-Destructive Metrology for Additive Manufacturing Devices by Dingkang Li, Xing Peng, Zhenfeng Ye, Hongbing Cao, Bo Wang, Xinjie Zhao, Feng Shi

“…Additive Manufacturing (AM), as a revolutionary breakthrough in advanced manufacturing paradigms, leverages its unique layer-by-layer construction advantage to exhibit significant technological superiority in the fabrication of complex structural components for aerospace, biomedical, and other fields. …”
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Genome of the invasive North American Haemaphysalis longicornis tick as a template for bovine anti-tick vaccine discovery by Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed Moustafa, Miranda M. Barnes, Nicole E. Wagner, Deanna Bodine, Kylie Bendele, Pete D. Teel, Perot Saelao, Dana C. Price

“…Gene prediction identified 21,947 high-confidence gene structures containing 96.2% of the core Arthropoda odb10 orthologs. …”
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Alterations in ganglion cell and nerve fiber layer in Leber hereditary optic neuropathy across clinical stages by Michael Oeverhaus, Mareile Knetsch, Ying Chen, Leyla Jabbarli, Carmen Nolden, Anja Eckstein, Nikolaos E. Bechrakis, Philipp Rating

“…As the condition progresses, there is a decline in visual function, accompanied by noticeable structural alterations. This study focused on evaluating the clinical characteristics of patients with differing LHON stages, with a specific emphasis on optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging results. …”
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Transitioning to adult care in youth-onset diabetes: a scoping review of socio-ecological factors in youth-onset type 2 diabetes compared to type 1 diabetes by Assumpta O. Ude, Sydney A. Dixon, Sophia B. Glaros, Sue-Ann Arboine, Nancy L. Terry, Tomás Cabeza De Baca, Stephanie T. Chung

“…Abstract Background Multiple socio-cultural and personal factors influence the transition from pediatric to adult-centered diabetes care in youth-onset type 1 diabetes (Y-T1D), but few data exist in youth-onset type 2 diabetes (Y-T2D). …”
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Habituation, Coercion, Education: Labour in the History of Social Welfare by Gisela Hauss

“…Terms like"the new underclass" (Kronauer 2002, 27-71),"the useless," or the"redundant" (Castel 2008, 19) characterise current economic and social structural change. Since the 1980s, the hitherto relatively balanced working society, securely underpinned by the welfare state, has been said to be entering a period of crisis. …”
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Born Too Soon: Progress and priorities for respectful and rights-based preterm birth care by Mary Kinney, Elena Ateva, Olive Cocoman, Marta Schaaf, Phillip Wanduru, Merette Khalil, Emma R. Sacks, Regina Tames, Denise Suguitani, Marcus Stahlhofer, Jaideep Malhotra, Petra Ten Hoope Bender

“…Implementing respectful, rights-based care relating to preterm birth requires structural and social changes, as well as robust data systems for accountability. …”
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Features of Cell-Mediated Immunity in Children with Congenital Ichthyosis and Their Role in the Pathogenetic Management by Karine O. Avetisyan, Nikolay N. Murashkin, Svetlana G. Makarova, Svetlana S. Petrichuk, Daria G. Kuptsova

“…Typical clinical symptoms of this disease, regardless of the form, are generalized erythroderma, peeling, itching, hyperkeratosis, severe structural and functional disorders of the epidermal barrier, other organs and systems. …”
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Features of functional state restoration among military personnel after traumatic brain injury combined with acubarotrauma by A. V. Shvets, Yu. V. Podolian, M. I. Holinko

“…The prevalence of acubarotrauma characteristics has been determined among the wounded servicemen – participants of ATO (JFO) who had been hospitalized with a concussion to the military mobile hospital, and their structural changes after treatment, characterized by a significant improvement in all the studied data – dysfunction of the auditory analyzer, as well as cognitive and affective disorders, anxiety, depression, somatic, sensory disturbances inherent to individuals with a concussion have been assessed. …”
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Could loneliness accelerate the progression of diabetes among adults with prediabetes: national longitudinal cohort by Weiwei Wang, Feifei Lin, Chen Zhang, Xiaotian Chang, Gang Wang, Lei Feng

“…Interval-censored Cox regression models were used to investigate the associations and generalized structural equations models were used to estimate the mediation effect. …”
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