From sexualized torture and gender-based torture to genderized torture: The urgent need for a conceptual evolution by Pau Pérez-Sales, Maggie Zraly

“…Classical perspectives on sexualized torture are being increasingly challenged by contemporary debates informed by emerging claims (Mendez, 2016; Sáez, 2016; Sifris, 2014). Gender-based analysis based on feminist and other theoretical approaches is needed to adequately address these. …”
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Cystic neutrophilic granulomatous mastitis: a study on association between dominant bacterial infection and histological characteristics by WANG Ziyuan, CHEN Yongqi, FANG Zhen, WU Lili

“…Objective To observe the bacterial types in cystic neutrophilic granulomatous mastitis (CNGM) samples and analyze the association between the dominant bacterial infections and the histological features in CNGM. Methods Using 16S rRNA gene sequencing and bioinformatics technology, bacterial identification and analysis were conducted on 12 CNGM samples (experimental group) and 5 breast fibroadenoma samples (control group). …”
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Monitoring and early warning of ovarian cancer using high-dimensional non-parametric EWMA control chart based on sliding window by Bin Wu, Wen Zhong, Yixing Ren, Zhongli Zhou, Liu Liu

“…Traditional approaches use dimensionality reduction techniques, like principal component analysis and deep learning, to select relevant features, followed by univariate or multivariate control charts for monitoring. …”
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Clinical and molecular characterizations of HNSCC patients with occult lymph node metastasis by Yicun Li, Yun Wu, Xiaolian Li, Yuntao Lin, Yuling Chen, Hongyu Yang, Yuehong Shen

“…We conducted a comparative analysis of the clinical features, genomic alterations, gene expression and methylation, tumor microenvironment and cellular states between the clinically N0 and pathologically N0 (cN0-pN0) patients and occult lymph node metastatic patients. …”
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Advancing Emotionally Aware Child–Robot Interaction with Biophysical Data and Insight-Driven Affective Computing by Diego Resende Faria, Amie Louise Godkin, Pedro Paulo da Silva Ayrosa

“…Through a real-world CRI pilot study involving the NAO robot, this research demonstrates how facial expression analysis and speech emotion recognition can be employed to detect and address negative emotions in real time, fostering positive emotional engagement. …”
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Hiatal hernia types and their radiological diagnostics in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease by A. O. Nykonenko, Ye. I. Haidarzhi, T. V. Letkeman

“…Type I hernias – in 94 (78.3 %) patients, type II hernias – in 3 (2.5 %), type III hernias – in 15 (12.5 %), type IV was detected in 8 (6.7 %) patients. The features of radiological diagnostic of hiatal hernia types were analyzed in detail, and steps to improve it were proposed. …”
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Histological and Molecular Characterization of Grape Early Ripening Bud Mutant by Da-Long Guo, Yi-He Yu, Fei-Fei Xi, Yan-Yan Shi, Guo-Hai Zhang

“…The genetic background of bud mutant revealed by SSR analysis is highly uniform to its parent; just the variations from VVS2 SSR marker were detected in MT. …”
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Can Broadening the Kidney Biopsy Criteria Reduce Misleading Diagnoses in Young Patients with End-Stage Renal Diseases? A Survey on the Sicilian Registry of Nephrology, Dialysis, an... by Vincenzo Calabrese, Giovanni Conti, Giulio Geraci, Ligia J. Dominguez, Valeria Cernaro, Maria Teresa Zicarelli, Guido Gembillo, Elisa Longhitano, Domenico Santoro

“…Logistic regression analysis detected the association between the variables and the unknown diagnosis, and variables with a <i>p</i>-value < 0.2 were added to the multivariate model. …”
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Expression and Prognostic Value of PIK3CA, VEGF, IL-8, IL-10, and RIP2 in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma by Na Shen, Yanfang Yu, Ruiying Zhang, Ying Guo, Mei Liu, Mengtian Tan, Jianxia Liu, Jing Bai, Li Li, Keyu Liu, Ran Wang, Jinglan He

“…A total of 68 DLBCL patients admitted to the Affiliated Hospital of Hebei Engineering University from January 2017 to June 2021 were included in this retrospective analysis. Serum VEGF was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, serum IL-8 and IL-10 were detected by chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay, and expression of PIK3CA and RIP2 in tumors was detected by immunohistochemistry. …”
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The Spanish Dubbese: A Case of (Un)idiomatic Friends by Pablo Romero Fresco

“…The article offers both a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the corpus under study. Finally, it provides a description of the unidiomatic features detected in the dubbed text as well as a tentative explanation of their origin.…”
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Geodynamic and hydrodynamic conditions of the Urna and Ust‐Tegus oil fields by A. R. Kurchikov, A. G. Plavnik, D. A. Kurchikov

“…In our study, we have proposed and tested a method based on the analysis of morphotectonic features detectable in the depth maps of reference surfaces. …”
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First record of mermithid parasitism in adult biting midges, Culicoides huffi (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), collected from Southern Thailand, with ultrastructural and molecular chara... by Chulaluk Promrangsee, Vivornpun Sanprasert, Arunrat Thepparat, Sakone Sunantaraporn, Rinnara Ampol, Rungfar Boonserm, Padet Siriyasatien, Kanok Preativatanyou

“…The SEM analysis revealed key morphological features consistent with parasitic nematode larvae of the Mermithidae family, including a long, slender body, a stylet, cephalic papillae, amphids, and a trophosome. …”
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Overexpressed PTOV1 associates with tumorigenesis and progression of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by Rong Li, Ai-min Leng, Xiao-ming Liu, Ting-zi Hu, Lin-fang Zhang, Ming Li, Xiao-xia Jiang, Yan-wu Zhou, Can-xia Xu

“…Moreover, we have analyzed the relationship between PTOV1 expression and clinicopathological features of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Survival analysis and Cox regression analysis were used to assess its prognostic significance. …”
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Metapneumovirus infection in children in modern conditions: clinical and immunological parallels by O. P. Popova, S. V. Trushakova, I. M. Fedorova, S. I. Koteleva, S. V. Bunin, Ju. V. Shvetsova, R. V. Vartyanyan, I. G. Lyubeznova

“…An analysis of 22 patients with mono-metapneumovirus infection is presented. …”
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Different rs-fMRI Data Processing Methods in the Study of Vascular Cognitive Impairment by Ying GUAN, Luwen ZHU, Feng WANG, Danna CAO, Xiaoling LI, Qiang TANG

“…Different data processing methods have different meanings, advantages and disadvantages, and application value, and different data processing and analysis methods have some differences in the results, such as ALFF and ReHo, which belong to the analysis method of local functional activity characteristics; functional connectivity and brain network belong to linear correlation analysis method. …”
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Growth dynamics of splenic artery aneurysms: morphology, comorbidities, and vascular anatomical factors by Ahmet Tanyeri, Aygün Katmerlikaya, Rıdvan Akbulut, Mehmet Burak Çildağ

“…Abstract Background Splenic artery aneurysms (SAAs) are the most common visceral artery aneurysms, often detected incidentally due to the widespread use of cross-sectional imaging. …”
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Geochemical characterization and protolith restoration of Permo-Triassic graphite-bearing schists at Band-e-Cherk district, Kuh-e-Dom metamorphic zone by Majid Ghasemi Siani, Hamed Ebrahimi Fard, Amirhosein Heidari Bafruie, Behrouz Karimi Shahraki, Shahriar mahmoudi

“…However, the microscopic characteristics, geochemistry, ore genesis, carbon source, and other features of graphite-bearing schists in the district have not been thoroughly explored. …”
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Radiomics Signature of Aging Myocardium in Cardiac Photon-Counting Computed Tomography by Alexander Hertel, Mustafa Kuru, Johann S. Rink, Florian Haag, Abhinay Vellala, Theano Papavassiliu, Matthias F. Froelich, Stefan O. Schoenberg, Isabelle Ayx

“…Photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT) offers improved spatial and temporal resolution and better signal-to-noise ratio, enabling texture analysis in clinical routines. Detecting structural changes in aging left-ventricular myocardium may help predict cardiovascular risk. …”
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Comparative study of representatives of different populations of <i>Sedum roseum</i> (L.) Scop growing in conditions of field crop rotation by O. M. Savchenko, N. S. Tsybulko, T. E. Samatadze

“…Chromosomal analysis using C/DAPI‐differential staining showed that no chromosomal abnormalities were detected in the karyotypes, which indicates their stability.Conclusion. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF THE GENERAL MACROECONOMIC BALANCE MODEL OF THE EXPORTORIENTED ECONOMIES (ON THE BASIS OF KAZAKHSTANI AND RUSSIA ECONOMIES) by D. B. Kunasheva, V. N. Sidorenko, Y. V. Bayeva

“…The connection between net financial account and interest rate changes is not detected. As a result of the analysis, it is identified that the direct and portfolio investments dynamics is determined by the leading industries’ profitability and exchange rates.These identified features of interconnection impose significant (almost overwhelming) restrictions on applying the IS-LM model in open economy to implement the macroeconomic regulation and forecasting in export oriented countries.…”
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