Human lymph node microvascular imaging using a fast contrast-free super-resolution ultrasound technique by Mostafa Amin Naji, Nathalie Sarup Panduro, Seyed Mohammad Mahdi Tabatabaei Majd, Lauge Naur Hansen, Iman Taghavi, Amy McDermott, Carsten Gundlach, Borislav Gueorguiev Tomov, Michael Bachmann Nielsen, Charlotte Mehlin Sørensen, Jørgen Arendt Jensen

“…This study investigates the feasibility of using a fast contrast-free SRUS approach based on erythrocytes (SURE) to visualize and quantify the microvasculature in human lymph nodes. The SURE pipeline detects and tracks erythrocyte scatterer peaks to generate high-resolution microvascular images with a resolution of less than half the wavelength in 2 seconds of data acquisition. …”
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Mid-upper-arm circumference: a surrogate measure for BMI for age z-score to identify thinness among adolescent girls in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by Solome Zebene, Gudina Egata, Demewoz Haile

“…Socio-demographic data were collected via interviewer-administered questionnaires. …”
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Ambulatory care management of 69 patients with acute severe ulcerative colitis in comparison to 695 inpatients: insights from a multicentre UK cohort study by Shaji Sebastian, Neeraj Bhala, Nicholas A Kennedy, Sreedhar Subramanian, Shameer Mehta, Matthew J Brookes, Alexandra J Kent, Jonathan P Segal, Christopher A Lamb, Gareth J Walker, Aamir Saifuddin, Thomas Edward Conley, Lucy Hicks, Kamal V Patel, Haidee Aleman Gonzalez

“…We used demographic, disease phenotype, treatment outcomes and 3-month follow-up data. Primary outcome was rate of colectomy during the index ASUC episode. …”
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Simulating Continuum-based Redshift Measurement in the Roman’s High Latitude Spectroscopic Survey by Zhiyuan Guo, Bhavin Joshi, C. W. Walter, M. A. Troxel

“…We investigate the capability of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s (Roman) Wide-Field Instrument G150 slitless grism to detect red, quiescent galaxies based on the current reference survey. …”
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Citrobacter youngae nosocomial bacteremia from postoperative pyogenic spondylodiscitis after a minimally invasive spinal surgery by Nguyen Sy Thau, Do Van Dong, Pham Thi Thanh Nhan, Nguyen Van Tuan, Vu Viet Sang

“…Abstract Citrobacter youngae (C. youngae) was first described in 1993, and data suggesting that human diseases caused by this bacterium remain scarce. …”
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Limits of Flow-Cytometry Histogram Analysis Methods to Assess Bladder Tumour Antigen Expression by Agnès Chabanas, Jean‐Jacques Rambeaud, Hong-Hsu Huo, Daniel Seigneurin, Jean-Jacques Lawrence

“…Tumour‐associated antigens detected in cells obtained from bladder washings or tumours are useful markers in bladder cancer. …”
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Home-monitoring/remote optical coherence tomography in teleophthalmology in patients with eye disorders—a systematic review by Joanna Dolar-Szczasny, Agnieszka Drab, Robert Rejdak

“…Feasibility and patient acceptability data support home OCT for remote monitoring.…”
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Screening for monoclonal gammopathies of undetermined significance: A prospective study by Aissam El Maataoui, Sofia Farhat

“…Aim: This study aimed to seek an association between pesticide exposure and monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) in young pesticide applicators. Setting: The setting for this study was the Souss Massa region of the Kingdom of Morocco. …”
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Validation of postnatal growth and retinopathy of prematurity (G-ROP) screening guidelines in a tertiary care hospital of Pakistan: A report from low-middle income country. by Haroon Tayyab, Adnan Mirza, Roha Ahmed Choudhary, Hassan Jabbar, Mohammad Abbas Motiwala, Sehrish Nizar Ali Momin, Shiraz Hashmi, Khadijah Abid

“…Thus, the G-ROP screening model is highly sensitive in detecting at-risk infants for ROP in a Pakistani tertiary care setting, supporting its use in LMICs where standard screening criteria may not suffice.…”
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Characterizing modifications to the mental health gap action programme (mhGAP) intervention guide during implementation in low- and middle-income countries using the framework for... by Harikeerthan Raghuram, Akanksha Jayant Rajguru, Mythili Menon Pathiyil, Aakrushi Brahmbhatt, Anant Bhan, Jessica Spagnolo, John A. Naslund

“…To address this disparity, the World Health Organization (WHO) introduced the Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP), aiming to integrate mental healthcare into primary and community care settings. Central to this initiative is task-sharing: empowering non-specialist healthcare providers to detect and treat mental disorders. …”
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Ocular abnormalities in patients with chronic renal failure on haemodial-ysis: A study from a rural tertiary care teaching institute. by Inchara N, Narayan M, Praveen Kumar B A

“…Statistical analysis used: Data were analyzed using Microsoft excel and represented using mean, standard deviation, ratio, and percentages. …”
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A real-world pharmacovigilance analysis of potential ototoxicity associated with sacubitril/valsartan based on FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) by Ning Wang, Haijun Wang, Ying Chen, Yanfeng Wang

“…Sacubitril/valsartan-associated ototoxicity is often underreported in clinical studies and real-world settings. This study aimed to systematically characterize ototoxicity profiles using post-marketing data. …”
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Screening for Post-Stroke Cognitive Impairment in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Good IDEA? by Fode Abass Cissé, Yannick Fogoum Fogang, Male Dore, Gilles Naeije

“…Conclusions: The IDEA screen appears to be a feasible and effective tool for detecting PSCI in SSA clinical settings. The 28% prevalence of cognitive impairment aligns with data from high-income countries, supporting the broader use of the IDEA to strengthen cognitive care pathways in SSA stroke populations.…”
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Prospective multicentre randomised controlled trial of the effect of Braun Enteroenterostomy in the Reconstruction after Pancreaticoduodenectomy on delayed gastric emptying (DGE):... by Mehrdad Nikfarjam, Natalie Lott, David Burnett, Saksham Gupta, Kai Brown, Rosemary Carroll

“…The utility of a Braun enteroenterostomy (BE) appears promising to reducing the incidence of DGE, but current research is not definitive.Methods and analysis This project will be designed as a prospective multicentre randomised controlled blinded study to assess how BE effects the rate of DGE after PD in the setting of malignancy, within Australia—with blinding of patients, outcome assessors and data analysts. …”
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A Continuous Correlated Beta Process Model for Genetic Ancestry in Admixed Populations. by Zachariah Gompert

“…Analyses of simulated data sets show that the method is generally accurate such that ancestry frequency estimates exhibited low root-mean-square error and were highly correlated with the true values, particularly when large (±10 or ±20) SNP windows were used. …”
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Mutually Orthogonal Complementary Golay Coded Sequences: An In-vivo Study by Ihor TROTS, Jurij TASINKIEWICZ, Andrzej NOWICKI

“…Fast and high-quality ultrasound imaging allows to increase the effectiveness of detecting tissue changes at the initial stage of disease. …”
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Association between exposure in the cement production industry and non-malignant respiratory effects: a systematic review by Anne Kristin Møller Fell, Karl Christian Nordby

“…Objectives Based on findings from a systematic literature search, we present and discuss the evidence for an association between exposure to cement dust and non-malignant respiratory effects in cement production workers.Design and setting Systematic literature searches (MEDLINE and Embase) were performed. …”
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Association between the Antibiotic Factors and the Development of Bacterial Resistance in Bloodstream Infections in the Critical Care Unit by David Toffler Ong, Ni Made Mertaniasih, Kohar Hari Santoso, Atika, Eko Budi Koendhori, Pepy Dwi Endraswari

“…This research uses the electronic medical record (EMR) data of the inpatients in the Intensive Care Unit and High Care Unit at Dr. …”
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LKB1 dictates sensitivity to immunotherapy through Skp2-mediated ubiquitination of PD-L1 protein in non-small cell lung cancer by Wei Liu, Dong Wang, Qing Miao, Peilin Chen, Hongbing Liu, Jiawen Lv, Jie Yin, Jian Feng, Yong Song, Tangfeng Lv, Mingxiang Ye, Wenjie Yan, Liting Lv, Sutong Zhan

“…In this study, we deciphered how LKB1 regulated sensitivity to anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapy.Methods We investigated the mutational landscape of LKB1 mutant NSCLC in next generation sequencing (NGS) data sets. Expression of LKB1, PD-L1 and S-phase kinase-associated protein 2 (Skp2) in NSCLC samples were assessed by immunohistochemistry (IHC). …”
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Soil eDNA-based droplet digital PCR assay as a new monitoring tool for terrestrial mammals by Marko Đokić, Vida Jojić, Pavle Lukić, Lucija Markulin, Vanja Bugarski-Stanojević

“…Species-specific primer/probe sets were designed based on the cytochrome b (cytb) gene. …”
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