A Prospective Pilot Study for Prognosis of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Super-Response Using Electrical and Mechanical Dyssynchrony Assessment in Patients with Heart Failure a... by Tariel Atabekov, Andrey Smorgon, Anna Mishkina, Sergey Krivolapov, Svetlana Sazonova, Mikhail Khlynin, Roman Batalov, Sergey Popov

“…Based on collected data, we developed a prognostic model regarding the CRT super-response. …”
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Superhydrophobic sand mulch and date palm biochar boost growth of Moringa oleifera in sandy soils via enhanced irrigation and nutrient use efficiency by Kennedy Odokonyero, Kennedy Odokonyero, Kennedy Odokonyero, Bob Vernooij, Bob Vernooij, Bob Vernooij, Batool Albar, Batool Albar, Batool Albar, Lisa Oki Exposito, Lisa Oki Exposito, Lisa Oki Exposito, Aishah Alsamdani, Aishah Alsamdani, Aishah Alsamdani, Amin Akhtar Ghulam Haider, Amin Akhtar Ghulam Haider, Amin Akhtar Ghulam Haider, Nayara Vivian Huve Musskopf, Nayara Vivian Huve Musskopf, Nayara Vivian Huve Musskopf, Najeh Kharbatia, Adair Gallo, Himanshu Mishra, Himanshu Mishra, Himanshu Mishra

“…IntroductionIt is desirable to rehabilitate desert ecosystems with a selection of native plant species that render ecosystem services and yield natural products for creating a high-value industry, e.g., pharmaceuticals or cosmetics. …”
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Brachial Plexopathy in Head and Neck Cancer Potentially Related to LET-Dependent RBE by Abanob Hanna, Anthony Casper, Roi Dagan, Hardev S. Grewal, Jiyeon Park, Eric D. Brooks, Erik Traneus, Lars Glimelius, Perry B. Johnson, Mohammad Saki, Yawei Zhang, Twyla R. Willoughby, Julie A. Bradley, Jackson Browne, Mark E. Artz

“…Four years post-treatment, the patient developed progressive right upper extremity paresthesia, weakness, and dysesthesia. …”
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Personalised, GIS-based counselling to promote habitual walking in mobility-limited and chronically ill older adults: protocol of the MOBITEC-Routes randomised controlled trial by Timo Hinrichs, René Schilling, Alexandros Sofios, Denis Infanger, Luisa Prechtl, Nora Stauffer, Viviane Eichenberger, Eleftheria Giannouli, Taina Rantanen, Erja Portegijs, Corina Schuster-Amft, Anna Mai, Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss, Christina Röcke, Robert Weibel

“…Opportunities to increase leisure as well as utilitarian walking are identified by using interactive digital maps, personalised walking routes are co-created by the exercise professional and the participant, and a personalised activity plan is developed. …”
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Leveraging milk mid-infrared spectroscopy to authenticate animal welfare, farming practices, and dairy systems of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese by Marco Aurelio Ramirez Mauricio, Marco Berton, Nicolò Amalfitano, Diana Giannuzzi, Sara Pegolo, Salvatore Raniolo, Marco Nocetti, Riccardo Negrini, Mauro Coppa, Bruno Martin, Stefano Schiavon, Luigi Gallo, Enrico Sturaro, Alessio Cecchinato

“…Animal welfare data were collected by trained veterinarians using the assessment protocol developed by the Italian National Reference Center for Animal Welfare (CReNBA), and bulk milk test-day data were obtained from the laboratory of the Breeders Association of the Emilia Romagna Region. …”
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Rapid test for Mycobacterium leprae infection: a practical tool for leprosy by Louise Pierneef, Anouk van Hooij, Danielle de Jong, Gaby Wassenaar, Els Verhard, Elisa Tjon Kon Fat, Nadine Engel, Marufa Khatun, Santosh Soren, Abu Sufian Chowdhury, Colette van Hees, Paul Corstjens, Annemieke Geluk

“…In previous studies, we developed and field-tested a lateral flow assay (LFA) quantitatively detecting human IgM against M. leprae-specific phenolic glycolipid I (anti-PGL-I), a marker for both active and past infection. …”
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Establishment and optimization of a system for the detection of Candida albicans based on enzymatic recombinase amplification and CRISPR/Cas12a system by Xiaotong Zeng, Qiuyang Jiang, Fo Yang, Qianlin Wu, Tingyao lyu, Qi Zhang, Jin Wang, Feng Li, Dayong Xu

“…Furthermore, a one-step method was developed based on the two-step method, creating a one-step system for the detection of Candida albicans. …”
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MRI-based intra-tumoral ecological diversity features and temporal characteristics for predicting microvascular invasion in hepatocellular carcinoma by Yuli Zeng, Huiqin Wu, Yanqiu Zhu, Chao Li, Dongyang Du, Yang Song, Sulian Su, Jie Qin, Guihua Jiang, Guihua Jiang, Guihua Jiang

“…Radiomics models were developed using iTED features from the arterial phase (AP), portal venous phase (PVP), and hepatobiliary phase (HBP), referred to as MiTED-AP, MiTED-PVP, and MiTED-HBP, respectively. …”
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Strategies for implementing long‐acting cabotegravir for PrEP in US clinics serving Black women: interim healthcare provider findings from the EBONI study by Katherine L. Nelson, Tammeka Evans Cooper, Yolanda Lawson, Dylan Baker, Satish Mocherla, Megan Dieterich, Theo Hodge, Alftan Dyson, Denise Sutherland‐Philips, Heidi Swygard, Lisa Petty, Peter Jeffery, Kenneth Sutton, Courtney Peasant Bonner, Sara M. Andrews, Samantha Chang, Piotr Budnik, Kimberly Smith, Annemiek deRuiter, Maggie Czarnogorski, Nanlesta Pilgrim

“…HCPs across clinic types developed innovative approaches to support CAB LA implementation, with few HCPs (< 10%) reporting concerns about practice preparation. …”
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Postpartum depression and associated factors among childbearing women from the recent Demographic and Health Survey data of Mozambique: Multilevel analysis by Mamaru Melkam, Bezawit Melak Fente, Yohannes Mekuria Negussie, Zufan Alamrie Asmare, Hiwot Altaye Asebe, Beminate Lemma Seifu, Alemayehu Kasu Gebrehana, Sintayehu Simie Tsega, Meklit Melaku Bezie, Angwach Abrham Asnake

“…Conclusion: Nearly three women out of ten women who give birth develop postpartum depression. Low education status, widowed/divorced, and no occupation were the associated factors with postpartum depression. …”
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Effector T cells under hypoxia have an altered transcriptome similar to tumor-stressed T cells found in non-responsive melanoma patients by Ahmad A Tarhini, Zhihua Chen, Dongliang Du, Joshua Davis, Justin C Boucher, Katarzyna A Rejniak, Jose A Guevara-Patino, Timothy I Shaw, Alyssa Obermayer, Mate Z Nagy, Lourdes B Plaza-Rojas, Elena Kostenko, Anna L Austin, Awino Maureiq E Ojwang'

“…Moreover, hypoxic T cells develop a distinct hypoxic gene signature prevalent in resting, non-activated T cells and TSTR that was also associated with poorer outcomes, particularly pronounced among non-responders to ICIs.…”
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Machine learning models for discriminating clinically significant from clinically insignificant prostate cancer using bi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging by Hakan Ayyıldız, Okan İnce, Esin Korkut, Merve Gülbiz Dağoğlu Kartal, Atadan Tunacı, Şükrü Mehmet Ertürk

“…CONCLUSION: Machine learning models developed with radiomics can provide a decision support system to complement pathology results and help avoid invasive procedures such as re-biopsies or follow-up biopsies that are sometimes necessary today. …”
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Establishing a novel model to assess exercise capacity in chronic heart failure based on stress echocardiography by Huan Cen, Sinan Chen, Shen Feng, Xiankun Chen, Huiying Zhu, Wei Jiang, Han Zhang, Hongmei Liu, Bo Liu, Weihui Lu, Pengtao Sun

“…Abstract Aims The aim of this study was to develop a simple, fast and efficient clinical diagnostic model, composed of exercise stress echocardiography (ESE) indicators, of the exercise capacity of patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) by comparing the effectiveness of different classifiers. …”
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Characterizing extravascular lung water—A dual-contrast agent extracellular volume approach by cardiovascular magnetic resonance by Felicia Seemann, Rim N. Halaby, Andrea Jaimes, Kendall O’Brien, Peter Kellman, Daniel A. Herzka, Robert J. Lederman, Adrienne E. Campbell-Washburn

“…CMR can measure total lung water density, but cannot distinguish between intravascular and extravascular fluid, and thus is not diagnostic. Therefore, we develop and evaluate a novel method to measure extravascular lung water by distinguishing intravascular from extracellular fluid compartments using two different contrast agents, extracellular gadolinium chelates and iron-based intravascular ferumoxytol. …”
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Biomechanical Comparison of a Novel Facet Joint Fusion Fixation Device With Conventional Pedicle Screw Fixation Device: A Finite Element Analysis by Feilong Sun, Haiyang Qiu, Yufei Ji, Longchao Wang, Wei Lei, Yang Zhang

“…Methods A comprehensive three‐dimensional finite element model of the L3‐S1 lumbar spine was developed and validated. Based on this model, three surgical groups were created: OLIF combined with the bilateral facet joint fusion fixation (BFJFF + OLIF), unilateral pedicle screw fixation (UPSF + OLIF), and bilateral pedicle screw fixation (BPSF + OLIF), focusing on the L4‐L5 level. …”
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Evaluation of Multimerization of Aptamers against SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant VLP as A Refinement Strategy in The Detection of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus by Dr Siti Farah Nawi, Mr Amir Muhaimin Akmal Shukri, Assoc Prof Dr Wang Seok Mui, Assoc Prof Dr Chia Suet Lin, Dr Citartan Marimuthu

“…Background/Introduction: The havoc wrought by COVID-19 pandemic across the globe has pushed the frontiers in science, creating many opportunities and advancements in the diagnostic and therapeutic. …”
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Introducing Novel Methods to Identify Fraudulent Responses (Sampling With Sisyphus): Web-Based LGBTQ2S+ Mixed-Methods Study by Kinnon Ross MacKinnon, Naail Khan, Katherine M Newman, Wren Ariel Gould, Gin Marshall, Travis Salway, Annie Pullen Sansfaçon, Hannah Kia, June SH Lam

“…A systematic protocol was developed to identify scam, nonsense, and ineligible responses and to conduct web-based Zoom video platform screening with select participants. …”
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Investigation, Optimization of Energy Consumption and Yield Modeling of Two Paddy Cultivars with Genetic-Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm by S. Sharifi, N. Hafezi, M. H. Aghkhani

“…Through this optimization, energy consumption in the Hashemi and Jamshidi cultivars was reduced by 53.96% and 39.41%, respectively.ConclusionGiven its impressive performance and potential for minimizing energy consumption, the ABC-GA algorithm offers an opportunity for policymakers in energy resource management and rice industry managers to develop innovative strategies for significantly reducing energy usage in rice production. …”
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Mecanismos de enfrentamento desencadeados por pacientes em situações estressoras: cirurgia ambulatorial [Coping mecanism by surgical patients in stress situations: ambulatory surge... by Carlos Eduardo Peres Sampaio, Thays Macedo Nascimento Costa, Dayane de Araújo, Deyse Conceição Santoro

“…Therefore, an strategy must be created to give the nursing orientation of the pré-operatory.   …”
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Establishment of a patient-derived 3D in vitro meningioma model in xeno-free hydrogel for clinical applications by Mikkel Schou Andersen, Aaraby Yoheswaran Nielsen, Martin Wirenfeldt, Jeanette Krogh Petersen, Morten Winkler Møller, Christopher L. Powell, Anavaleria Castro, Grayson Herrgott, Tiit Mathiesen, Charlotte Aaberg Poulsen, Birgitte Brinkmann Olsen, Henning Bünsow Boldt, Christian Bonde Pedersen, Bo Halle, Frantz Rom Poulsen

“…Here, we aimed to establish a 3D cell model in a solid xeno-free medium using patient-derived tumors, thus creating a bench-to-clinic pathway for personalized pharmaceutical testing. …”
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