Tuberculous pericarditis due to silicon oxide exposure. A case report with an imaging approach by Andrés Felipe Donado-Moré, Jorge Ignacio Arrieta-Castaño, Lina Fernanda Acevedo-Forero, Jorge Alberto Carrillo-Bayona, Alejandro Vega-Molina, Wilmer Orlando Aponte-Barrios, Oscar Andrés Franco-Tavera

“…Imaging studies showed results suggestive of tuberculous pericarditis, prompting a pericardiocentesis, with microbiological and molecular detection studies in pericardial fluid that were negative for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and fungi. …”
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Fuzzy Delphi and DEMATEL Approaches in Sustainable Wearable Technologies: Prioritizing User-Centric Design Indicators by Chin-Wen Liao, Kai-Chao Yao, Ching-Hsin Wang, Hsi-Huang Hsieh, I-Chi Wang, Wei-Sho Ho, Wei-Lun Huang, Shu-Hua Huang

“…Wearable innovations for health management have introduced novel approaches to physiological monitoring and early disease detection, contributing to an improved quality of life. …”
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Colonic Aging and Colorectal Cancer: An Unignorable Interplay and Its Translational Implications by Qiyan Yin, Fen Qin, Fangliu Gan, Guangxi Zhao, Ronghua Chen, Yue Wen, Xueyang Hua, Fugui Zeng, Yuezheng Zhang, Yuliang Xiao, Wenbing Xie, Yong Tao

“…Key findings synthesized from the literature highlight the critical roles of impaired colonic stem cell function, epithelial barrier disruption (“leaky gut”), persistent low-grade inflammation, and altered microbial communities and their metabolites in promoting CRC initiation and progression. Translating this mechanistic understanding holds significant promise: insights from colon aging research can inform novel biomarkers for improved early detection and risk stratification, guide the development of personalized preventative strategies and therapeutic interventions targeting aging pathways, and underpin public health initiatives focused on healthy colon aging. …”
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Hunting for High-mass X-Ray Binaries in the Galactic Center with NuSTAR by Shifra Mandel, Julian Gerber, Kaya Mori, Ceaser Stringfield, Mabel Peñaherrera, Charles J. Hailey, Alan Du, Jonathan Grindlay, JaeSub Hong, Gabriele Ponti, John A. Tomsick, Maureen van den Berg

“…However, the limited bandpass of Chandra below 8 keV hampered their spectroscopic classification. In 2016, the initial NuSTAR Galactic center (GC) survey detected 77 X-ray sources above 10 keV. …”
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Results of a prospective observational study of imiglucerase biosimilar in adults with type I Gaucher disease by Elena A. Lukina, Rodion V. Ponomarev, Galina N. Salogub, Vadim A. Bezrukikh, Elena V. Saifullina, Igor L. Davydkin, Svetlana A. Volkova, Tatiana V. Shelekhova, Marina V. Kosinova, Evgeniy V. Vasiliev, Elena G. Kirillova, Olesya E. Danilova, Rais K. Khairetdinov, Oksana A. Markova, Evgene V. Zuev, Anton I. Borozinets

“…At the end of the study, ADAs were detected in only 3 (10%) patients. The detected ADAs had a low titer and no neutralizing activity, and they did not affect the treatment effectiveness. …”
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Real-life efficacy and safety of oral propranolol for ocular adnexal infantile hemangiomas: observational cohort study by Stefano Malvindi, Elena Sammarco, Andrea Elefante, Vittoria Lanni, Domenico Cicala, Francesco Esposito, Ciro Picardi, Adriana Iuliano, Dana Cohen, Giuseppe Mariniello, Antonella D’Aponte, Ciro Costagliola, Francesco Briganti, Diego Strianese

“…Propranolol was administered at an initial oral dose of 1 mg/kg and subsequently increased to 2 mg/kg for 1 year. …”
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Intranasal booster induces durable mucosal immunity against SARS-CoV-2 in mice by Reshma Koolaparambil Mukesh, Tom Hill, Franziska Kaiser, Jessica Prado-Smith, Jonathan E. Schulz, Shane Gallogly, Lisa Herbold, Kaitlyn Bauer, Brian J. Smith, Lara Myers, Aaron B. Carmody, Carl Shaia, Vincent J. Munster, Neeltje van Doremalen

“…Mucosal immunization induces immunity at the site of initial infection, the respiratory tract, thereby preventing or mitigating infection. …”
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Adapting Young Adults’ In-Shoe Motion Sensor Gait Models for Knee Evaluation in Older Adults: A Study on Osteoarthritis and Healthy Knees by Chenhui Huang, Kenichiro Fukushi, Haruki Yaguchi, Keita Honda, Yusuke Sekiguchi, Zhenwei Wang, Yoshitaka Nozaki, Kentaro Nakahara, Satoru Ebihara, Shin-Ichi Izumi

“…This study leverages advancements in wearable technology to explore the adaptation of models based on in-shoe motion sensors (IMS), initially trained on young adults, for evaluating knee function in older populations, both healthy and with OA. …”
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Monkeypox virus spreads from cell-to-cell and leads to neuronal death in human neural organoids by Isabel Schultz-Pernice, Amal Fahmi, Francisco Brito, Matthias Liniger, Yen-Chi Chiu, Teodora David, Blandina I. Oliveira Esteves, Antoinette Golomingi, Beatrice Zumkehr, Markus Gerber, Damian Jandrasits, Roland Züst, Selina Steiner, Carlos Wotzkow, Fabian Blank, Olivier B. Engler, Artur Summerfield, Nicolas Ruggli, David Baud, Marco P. Alves

“…Neurological manifestations were reported alongside the detection of MPXV DNA and MPXV-specific antibodies in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients. …”
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GATEKEEPER Platform: Secure Processing Environment for European Health Data Space by Eugenio Gaeta, Muhammad Salman Haleem, Laura Lopez-Perez, Mirko Manea, Maria Fernanda Cabrera Umpierrez, Maria Teresa Arredondo Waldmeyer, Leandro Pecchia, Giuseppe Fico

“…The European Health Data Space (EHDS) is a significant initiative within the European Union aimed at improving healthcare through better use of health data and collaboration. …”
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Differential Distribution of <i>Trypanosoma vivax</i> and <i>Trypanosoma theileri</i> in Cattle from Distinct Agroecological Regions of Central Argentina by Maria Celeste Facelli Fernández, Johann Barolin, Martin Allassia, Javier Hernan Gonzalez, Pablo Martin Beldomenico, Lucas Daniel Monje

“…The results indicate a differential distribution of <i>T. vivax</i> and <i>T. theileri</i> between regions and production systems. Although the study initially focused on <i>T. vivax</i>, the detection of <i>T. theileri</i> highlights the need to consider multiple <i>Trypanosoma</i> species in epidemiological surveys. …”
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Meningitis caused by Streptococcus pyogenes triggered by malignant otitis externa: A case report by Ayako Shirai, Daisuke Ono, Kazuyuki Mimura, Kei Yamamoto, Takayuki Kawamura, Yujin Nozaki, Sunao Tanaka, Masaomi Yamamoto, Hideaki Ohno, Kunihisa Tsukada, Hideaki Oka

“…A previously healthy 58-year-old male initially presented to a healthcare facility with otorrhea in his left ear, accompanied by a scab in both the auricle and ear canal, with a lesion protruding from the left cavity and oozing discharge (day 0). …”
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Health prevention in the pediatric population - challenges and recommendations for the future by Maria Antos-Łyko, Oliwia Regina Wasąg, Karina Aleksandra Koszuta, Przemysław Koszuta, Marcin Tkaczyk, Dawid Pająk, Piotr Czerniak, Julia Buszek, Paulina Laskowska, Adrian Pistelok

“…Secondary prevention focuses on early detection of diseases in their subclinical stages, which allows for faster initiation of treatment and limiting further development of diseases. …”
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Echocardiographic Screening for Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Mitral Valve Repair: Correlation Between Transthoracic and Transesophageal Assessment by Michela Bonanni, Fausto Pizzino, Giovanni Benedetti, Rosangela Capasso, Rachele Manzo, Giuseppe Iuliano, Giancarlo Trimarchi, Andreina D’Agostino, Umberto Paradossi, Alessia Gimelli, Sergio Berti, Massimiliano Mariani

“…While transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is the initial diagnostic tool, transesophageal echocardiography (TOE) provides better anatomical details. …”
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First documented case of a fatal autochthonous Usutu virus infection in an immunocompromised patient in Hungary: a clinical-virological report and implications from the literature by Bálint Gergely Szabó, Anna Nagy, Orsolya Nagy, Anita Koroknai, Nikolett Csonka, Dorina Korózs, Krisztina Jeszenszky, Apor Hardi, Nóra Deézsi-Magyar, János Sztikler, Zoltán Bódi, Dániel Cadar, Gábor Endre Tóth, Liliána Veres, Erzsébet Barcsay, Mária Takács, János Sinkó

“…Virological investigation USUV RNA was detected in CSF, blood, urine, and post-mortem tissues by RT-qPCR, using validated in-house protocols. …”
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Survival of Generic Escherichia coli on In-Field Mature and Immature Gala and Golden Delicious Apples With or Without Overhead Evaporative Cooling Treatment by Claire M Murphy, Kyu Ho Jeong, Lauren Walter, Manoella Mendoza, Tonia Green, Andy Liao, Karen Killinger, Ines Hanrahan, Mei-Jun Zhu

“…Nonlinear models (i.e., biphasic and Weibull) best captured E. coli die-off on apples, showing a rapid initial decrease followed by a slower decline over time. …”
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Aging, HIV infection, and alcohol exert synergist effects on regional thalamic volumes resulting in functional impairment by Adolf Pfefferbaum, Natalie M. Zahr, Stephanie A. Sassoon, Rosemary Fama, Manojkumar Saranathan, Kilian M. Pohl, Edith V. Sullivan

“…Conclusions: Regional thalamic volumetry detected normal aging declines, differential and accelerated volume losses in HIV, relations between age-related nuclear and performance declines, and exacerbation of volume declines in comorbid AUD contributing to functional deficits.…”
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Longitudinal Multimodal Magnetic Resonance Imaging Reveals Improvement in Verbal Fluency Over Time in Moderate-to-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury by Ana Luiza Zaninotto, Fabiola Macruz, Fabricio S. Feltrin, Celi S. Andrade, Claudia C. Leite, Vinicius Monteiro de Paula Guirado, Wellingson S. Paiva, Sylvain Bouix

“…An increase in phonemic VF scores was detected between 6 and 12 months post-traumatic brain injury, but not in semantic VF scores over time. …”
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Dynamic circulating tumor DNA indicates pathological benefits of additional neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy courses for locally advanced non-small-cell lung cancer patients by Dong Lin, Liang Wu, Pei Wang, Xiaolong Li, Xiaolan Wang, Yiran Cai, Kangli Xiong, Xi Chen, Fu Yang, Wei Huang, Xing Wang, Jiang Fan

“…At the start of the study, ctDNA-MRD was detected in 10 out of the 13 patients (77%). The pathologically complete response (pCR) rate was higher in the four-cycle NCI group (3/6, 50%) than in the two-cycle NCI group (1/7, 14.2%). …”
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Unlocking the potential of beta sitosterol: Augmenting the suppression of oral cancer cells through extrinsic and intrinsic signalling mechanisms by Selvaraj Jayaraman, Sathan Raj Natarajan, Bhuvaneswari Ponnusamy, Vishnu Priya Veeraraghavan, Sharmila Jasmine

“…Further investigation using flow cytometric analysis revealed that this cell death was mediated through the initiation of the apoptotic signalling by β-sitosterol. …”
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