Mifepristone-related foetal cardiac adverse events: findings from the postmarketing safety reports by Ran Liu, Jihong Wang, Qiong Wang, Yi Zhang, Fengjuan Yuan

“…Background This study aimed to analyse the clinical characteristics of mifepristone-associated congenital and foetal cardiac adverse events using data from the U.S. …”
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M-Shaped Conformal Antenna with FSS Backing for Gain Enhancement by Madhavi Devi Lanka, Subbarao Chalasani

“…The designed antenna consists of an M-shaped model on the visible sideways along with a complement split ring resonator and a defective ground structure on the bottom side. Antenna resonating at wideband cover several lower band wireless communication applications like Bluetooth, Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi), Manufacturing Communication and Pharma, Long Term Evolution-LTE, advanced 5G, and Wireless LAN with impedance bandwidth of 65%. …”
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A preclinical assessment of rapidly isolated chondro-progenitor cells from the infrapatellar fat pad for single-stage articular cartilage regeneration by DC Browe, OR Mahon, PJ Díaz-Payno, R Burdis, FE Freeman, JM Nulty, P Pitacco, G Gonnella, A Dunne, CJ Moran, PAJ Brama, CT Buckley, DJ Kelly

“…Cell yields and biochemical characteristics were compared with conventionally isolated control cells. …”
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Analysis of clinical phenotypes and genetic variations in two pedigrees affected with Weiss–Kruszka syndrome by Chunxiao Han, Changshui Chen, Yuxin Zhang, Haibo Li

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Research on Damage Detection Methods for Concrete Beams Based on Ground Penetrating Radar and Convolutional Neural Networks by Ning Liu, Ya Ge, Xin Bai, Zi Zhang, Yuhao Shangguan, Yan Li

“…High-frequency GPR equipment is used for data acquisition, A-scan data corresponding to different defects is extracted as a training set, and appropriate labeling is carried out. …”
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Efficacy and safety of autologous blood transfusion during cesarean section for placenta previa: a single-center retrospective study by Bin Lyu, Xinghui Liu, Meng Chen, Jinhai Gou, Lin Li

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ELECTROMYOGRAPHY AS A METHOD FOR ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ORTHOPEDIC TREATMENT OF PATHOLOGICAL ABRASION OF HARD TISSUES OF TEETH by G.M. Balia, I.M. Tkachenko, D.M. Korol, V.M. Dvornyk

“… The combination of pathological wear of the teeth with defects of the dental rows causes significant changes in the maxillofacial complex, which leads to substantial morphofunctional disorders and creates difficulties in the orthopedic rehabilitation of such patients. …”
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Oral manifestation and root canal therapy of the patient with mucopolysaccharidosis by Ji-Hye Yoon, Hyo-Il Lee, Ji-Hyun Jang, Sung-Hyeon Choi, Hoon-Sang Chang, Yun-Chan Hwang, In-Nam Hwang, Bin-Na Lee, Won-Mann Oh

“…An enlarged head, short neck, and open mouth associated with a large tongue are major characteristics of MPS patients. Dental complications can be severe, including unerupted dentition, dentigerous cyst-like follicles, malocclusions, condylar defects, and gingival hyperplasia. …”
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Infrared Thermography-Based Insulator Fault Classification via Unsupervised Clustering and Semi-Supervised Learning by Usman Shafique, Syed Muhammad Alam, Umar Rashid, Wahab Javed, Haris Anwaar, Malik Shah Zeb, Talha Ahmad, Uzair Imtiaz, Frederic Nzanywayingoma

“…Then, in the supervised learning phase, a Gaussian kernel support vector machine (SVM) algorithm classifies various insulator defects using extracted features. The trained algorithm utilizes the extracted characteristics to effectively identify and classify several fault types in thermal images of insulators. …”
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Human chorionic gonadotrophin indirectly activates peripheral γδT cells to produce interleukin‐10 during early pregnancy by Liman Li, Yuan Liu, Wenjie Zhou, Chuan Yang, Ting Feng, Hong Li

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Structure and Electrocatalytic Properties of Sulfur-Containing Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes on a Titanium Substrate Modified by a Helium Ion Beam by Petr M. Korusenko, Egor V. Knyazev, Alexander S. Vinogradov, Ksenia A. Kharisova, Sofya S. Filippova, Ulyana M. Rodionova, Oleg V. Levin, Elena V. Alekseeva

“…The results indicate that the ion beam treatment of the S-MWCNT system led to an increase in the level of imperfections on the surface structures of the nanotubes due to the formation of point defects on their outer walls and the appearance of oxygen-containing functional groups, including SO_x groups, near these defects. …”
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A De Novo sSMC (22) Characterized by High-Resolution Chromosome Microarray Analysis in a Chinese Boy with Cat-Eye Syndrome by Jinjie Li, Yue Zhang, Yanjun Diao, Rui Li, Liqing Jiang, Lei Zhou, Jiayun Liu, Weixun Duan, Liu Yang

“…What bothered him most were recurrent respiratory infections, retromicrognathia, and heart defects.…”
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Knocking Down Snrnp200 Initiates Demorphogenesis of Rod Photoreceptors in Zebrafish by Yuan Liu, Xue Chen, Bing Qin, Kanxing Zhao, Qingshun Zhao, Jonathan P. Staley, Chen Zhao

“…Only demorphogenesis of rod photoreceptors was detected in the initial stage, mimicking the disease characteristics of RP. Conclusions. We conclude that knocking down Snrnp200 in zebrafish could alter regular splicing and expression of a panel of genes, which may eventually trigger rod defects.…”
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The matrix stiffness is increased in the eutopic endometrium of adenomyosis patients: a study based on atomic force microscopy and histochemistry by Xiaowen Wang, Wenbin Cai, Ting Liang, Hui Li, Yingjie Gu, Xiaojiao Wei, Hong Zhang, Xiaojun Yang

“…AM appears to alter both the mechanical and histological characteristics of the eutopic endometrium. Higher ECM content may significantly impact endometrial mechanical properties, potentially contributing to AM-associated decidualization defects and fertility challenges. …”
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Reconstruction of the distal third of the nose: case series and literature review by Raissa Barakatt de Figueiredo, Eduardo Machado Mariano, Wilson Cintra-Junior, Hélio Kiyoto Maebayashi, An Wan Ching, José Antônio Cezaretti

“…Conclusion: Reconstruction of defects in the distal third of the nose is challenging and involves great technical variability. …”
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Dermal Substitute Integra for the Treatment of Mammalian Bite Injuries of Nose: a New Reconstructive Ladder by Ilaria Mataro, MD, Santolo D’Antonio, MD, Matteo D’Alessio, MD, Carlo Petroccione, MD, Dario D’Angelo, MD, Simone La Padula, MD, Roberto D’Alessio, MD, Stefano Avvedimento, MD

“…Current reconstructive options for nasal defects include full-thickness skin grafts, local or regional flaps, and composite grafts. …”
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Hospitalizations for bronchiolitis among infants before and after the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: an area-based study of the Emilia-Romagna Region, Italy by Elisa Ballardini, Marco Manfrini, Silvia Fattori, Elena Pellacani, Branislava Ćosić, Giancarlo Gargano, Alberto Berardi

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Comparison of Deep Transfer Learning Against Contrastive Learning in Industrial Quality Applications for Heavily Unbalanced Data Scenarios When Data Augmentation Is Limited by Amir Farmanesh, Raúl G. Sanchis, Joaquín Ordieres-Meré

“…AI-oriented quality inspection in manufacturing often faces highly imbalanced data, as defective products are rare, and there are limited possibilities for data augmentation. …”
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Prevalence of Reduced Vision among UK Elderly Drivers: The Bridlington Eye Assessment Project (BEAP)—A Cross-Sectional Study by Craig Wilde, Ali Poostchi, Georgios D. Panos, Jonathan G. Hillman, Hamish K. MacNab, Harminder Dua, Winfried M. Amoaku, Stephen A. Vernon

“…Outcomes were prevalence and characteristics of drivers below VA legal standard and prevalence of bilateral VF defects. …”
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DSC-SeNet: Unilateral Network with Feature Enhancement and Aggregation for Real-Time Segmentation of Carbon Trace in the Oil-Immersed Transformer by Liqing Liu, Hongxin Ji, Junji Feng, Xinghua Liu, Chi Zhang, Chun He

“…Carbon trace is the main visual characteristic of internal insulation defects. The characteristics of carbon traces, such as multiple sizes, diverse morphologies, and irregular edges, pose severe challenges for segmentation accuracy and inference speed. …”
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