A Robust Cross-Platform Solution With the Sense2Quit System to Enhance Smoking Gesture Recognition: Model Development and Validation Study by Anarghya Das, Juntao Feng, Maeve Brin, Patricia Cioe, Rebecca Schnall, Ming-Chun Huang, Wenyao Xu

“…MethodsThis study introduces the confounding resilient smoking model, specifically trained to distinguish smoking gestures from similar hand-to-mouth activities used by the Sense2Quit system. …”
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Clinical and Laboratory Characterization of Hemodialysis Patients in Relation to Survival Outcomes at a Tertiary Referral Hospital in Indonesia by Elisabeth Sipayung, I Wayan Nariata, Yassir, Rumaisah Satyawati, Surya Oto Wijaya, Gesang Setia Budi, Anitha, Rivaldiansyah, Siti Maemun, Aninda Dinar Widiantari

“…Severe uremia, marked by elevated BUN levels, and symptomatic complications such as shortness of breath were observed, indicative of advanced disease progression. Earlier detection and optimized management are necessary to mitigate preventable morbidity in high-risk populations.   …”
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Postoperative Myocardial Infarction: A Retrospective Cohort Study on 600 Cardiac Surgery Patients by Saimir Kuci, Marsela Goga, Alfred Ibrahimi, Ervin Bejko, Stavri Llazo, Jonela Burimi, Esmerilda Bulku, Andi Kacani, Ermal Likaj, Ali Refatllari, Selman Dumani, Klodian Krakulli, Arber Aliu, Fjorba Mana, Devis Pellumbi, Aferdita Veseli, Edlira Rruci, Laureta Dibra, Arben Baboci, Edvin Prifti, Altin Veshti

“…The incidence, diagnosis, and management of PMI were evaluated, focusing on diagnostic methods, therapeutic interventions, and the role of intra-aortic balloon pumps (IABPs). …”
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Biological data derived from European weather radars by Peter Desmet, Judy Shamoun-Baranes, Bart Kranstauber, Adriaan M. Dokter, Nadja Weisshaupt, Baptiste Schmid, Silke Bauer, Günther Haase, Bart Hoekstra, Pieter Huybrechts, Hidde Leijnse, Nicolas Noé, Stijn Van Hoey, Berend Wijers, Cecilia Nilsson

“…The datasets were created by processing weather radar data with methods optimized for extracting bird targets, resulting in vertical profiles of biological targets. …”
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Closed-eye intraocular pressure and eye movement monitoring via a stretchable bimodal contact lens by Xingyi Gan, Guang Yao, Cunbo Li, Yufeng Mu, Maowen Xie, Chenzheng Zhou, Peisi Li, Qiwei Dong, Ke Chen, Kangning Zhao, Min Gao, Taisong Pan, Fang Lu, Dezhong Yao, Peng Xu, Yuan Lin

“…Ex vivo and in vivo MEM monitoring, based on composition-optimized magnetic interlayer film, demonstrated exceptional accuracy (≥97.25%) with eyes open and closed, surpassing existing methods. …”
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Machine Learning-Driven Radiomics Analysis for Distinguishing Mucinous and Non-Mucinous Pancreatic Cystic Lesions: A Multicentric Study by Neus Torra-Ferrer, Maria Montserrat Duh, Queralt Grau-Ortega, Daniel Cañadas-Gómez, Juan Moreno-Vedia, Meritxell Riera-Marín, Melanie Aliaga-Lavrijsen, Mateu Serra-Prat, Javier García López, Miguel Ángel González-Ballester, Maria Teresa Fernández-Planas, Júlia Rodríguez-Comas

“…Comparative analysis with existing radiomics-based studies showed that the proposed model either outperforms or performs on par with the current state-of-the-art methods, particularly in external validation scenarios. …”
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Slowing fetal growth velocity from the mid-trimester may signal increased risks of perinatal morbidity and mortality: a retrospective cohort study by Chloe Jamieson-Grigg, Pawel Kalinowski, Stephen Tong, Esther Turner, Sarah A. Banting, Susan P. Walker, Teresa M. MacDonald

“…Abstract Background Undetected fetal growth restriction is a major risk factor for stillbirth. Detecting small babies is a cornerstone of obstetric care, but we fail to detect most uteroplacental insufficiency impairing fetal growth, and most small fetuses. …”
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Diagnostic value of left atrial compliance in determining heart failure with preserved ejection fraction by Nikita E. Shirokov, Elena I. Yaroslavskaya, Dmitry V. Krinochkin, Mikhail D. Kosterin, Natalya A. Musikhina

“…Objective — To study the diagnostic value of left atrial (LA) compliance using transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) at rest in determining of the heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) depending on the result of diastolic stress test (DST). Materials and Methods — We examined 200 patients (46.5% men, 66.0±5.8 years of age). …”
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m6A-Methylated NUTM2B-AS1 Promotes Hepatocellular Carcinoma Stemness Feature via Epigenetically Activating BMPR1A Transcription by Li W, Zeng M, Ning Y, Lu R, Wei Y, Xu Z, Wei H, Pu J

“…However, whether m6A has oncofetal characteristics remains unknown.Methods: Gene expression in HCC tissues and cells was detected using qPCR. …”
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Particularities in differential diagnostics of epileptogenic brain malformations on the low-field MRI-device by V. S. Khalilov, A. A. Kholin, B. R. Bakaeva, M. Yu. Bobylova, Kh. Sh. Gazdieva

“…Disappointing results of visualization of mesial-basal temporal lobe regions aimed to detect small-caliber intracortical formations were observed. …”
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Enhanced mutanome analysis towards the induction of neoepitope-reactive T-cell responses for personalized immunotherapy of pancreatic cancer by Oliver Strobel, Isabel Poschke, Rienk Offringa, Thomas Blankenstein, Claudia Lauenstein, Andreas Trumpp, Gerald Willimsky, Michael Volkmar, Dana Hoser, Janina Rebmann, Agnes Hotz-Wagenblatt, Jan Rieger, Jonas P Becker, Angelika B Riemer, Martin Sprick

“…Moreover, the repertoire of immunogenic neoepitopes in PDAC is limited due to the low mutational load of the majority of these tumors.Methods We developed a workflow involving the combined analysis of next-generation DNA and RNA sequencing data from matched pairs of primary tumor samples and patient-derived xenograft models towards the enhanced detection of driver mutations as well as single nucleotide variants encoding potentially immunogenic T-cell neoepitopes. …”
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Current Trends and Future Directions in Pancreatic Cancer Management: Review by Wojciech Firlej, Michał Nowak, Barbara Ufnalska, Anna Konarska, Anna Machowiak, Artur Fabijański, Mateusz Janik, Justyna Lisiecka, Joanna Rychlewska-Duda, Adriana Dukacz

“…This review underscores the importance of integrating novel therapies with conventional approaches to optimize patient outcomes. …”
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Investigating Motion Data Selections Based on Patient-Specific Respiration Pattern at External Surrogates Radiotherapy Using Cyberknife Synchrony Respiratory Tracking System by Seyed Amirreza Dastyar, Ahmad Esmaili Torshabi

“…Introduction: : In order to personalize motion compensated radiotherapy with external surrogates, an intelligent method is proposed for selecting external surrogates’ motion data on the basis of patient-specific respiration pattern. …”
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Circle-Based Ratio Loss for Person Reidentification by Zhao Yang, Jiehao Liu, Tie Liu, Li Wang, Sai Zhao

“…Comprehensive experiments on three re-id benchmark datasets are carried out to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. Specially, 83.12% mAP on Market-1501, 71.66% mAP on DukeMTMC-reID, and 66.26%/63.24% mAP on CUHK03 labeled/detected are achieved, respectively.…”
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Segmentation of Multitemporal PlanetScope Data to Improve the Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS) by Marco Obialero, Piero Boccardo

“…However, challenges remain in automating parcel matching and integrating alternative methods for accuracy assessment. Further research should focus on refining segmentation parameters and optimizing PlanetScope’s temporal and spectral resolution to strengthen LPIS performance, ultimately fostering more sustainable and data-driven agricultural management.…”
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PSMA PET/CT for prostate cancer diagnosis: current applications and future directions by Zhengang Shen, Zeng Li, Yunlong Li, Xiaodi Tang, Jiayi Lu, Li Chen, Zhu Zhong Cheng, Hong Liao, Shukui Zhou

“…PSMA PET/CT demonstrated exceptional specificity for locoregional staging, ECE, and SVI while reducing unnecessary biopsies and optimizing biopsy strategies. The diagnostic accuracy for pelvic lymph node metastases was higher with PSMA PET/CT than with traditional methods, although sensitivity for micrometastasis detection remained challenging. …”
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Amphotericin B tissue penetration and pharmacokinetics in healthy and Candida albicans-infected rats: insights from microdialysis and population modeling by Valdeene Vieira Santos, Valdeene Vieira Santos, Laiz Campos Pereira, Laiz Campos Pereira, Jackeline Marley Santos de Araújo, Jackeline Marley Santos de Araújo, Matheus Antônio da Hora Borges, Matheus Antônio da Hora Borges, Carolina Magalhães Brandão, Luisa Oliveira Santos, Luisa Oliveira Santos, Cristiane Flora Villarreal, Francine Johansson Azeredo

“…The findings of this study, which show that plasma levels are a good predictor for AmB kidney concentrations and can be used to optimize its dosing regimen, underscore the importance of this research.MethodsMicrodialysis probe recovery rates were determined by dialysis and retrodialysis in vitro, as well as by retrodialysis in vivo. …”
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Comparing viral, bacterial, and coinfections in community-acquired pneumonia, a retrospective cohort study by Frederike Waldeck, Solveig Lemmel, Marcus Panning, Nadja Käding, Andreas Essig, Gernot Rohde, Mathias W. Pletz, Martin Witzenrath, Sebastien Boutin, Jan Rupp

“…Patients were divided into four groups based on the detection of bacterial pathogens, viral pathogens, bacterial/viral coinfection, and no pathogen detected. …”
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Association between post-PCI vessel fractional flow reserve (vFFR) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings: Results from the FAST OCT study by Annemieke C. Ziedses des Plantes, Alessandra Scoccia, Frederik T.W. Groenland, Maria N. Tovar Forero, Mariusz Tomaniak, Janusz Kochman, Wojciech Wojakowski, Pawel Gąsior, Koen Ameloot, Tom Adriaenssens, Wijnand K. den Dekker, Rutger-Jan Nuis, Isabella Kardys, Nicolas M. Van Mieghem, Ernest Spitzer, Joost Daemen

“…In multivariable analysis, post-PCI vFFR was significantly associated with vessel MLA (average decrease of 20.6 % per 0.10 decrease in vFFR (95 % CI −34.6 % to −3.7 %), p = 0.021). The optimal cutoff value of post-PCI vFFR to detect an MLA ≤ 4.5 mm2 was 0.92 (sensitivity 60.5 %, specificity 87.9 %). …”
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Solvent-Driven Enrichment and Multiplex Analysis of Local Anesthetics by Thin-Layer Chromatography Coupled with Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy by Huimin Sui, Miao Li, Yangyang Gao, Jie Luo, Fangyuan Ban, Tao Xu, Shuang Fu, Chao-Yang Zhao, Hailin Wen, Cuiyan Han

“…As a result, linear calibration curves of SERS intensity ratio versus negative logarithm of spotting amounts sampled on TLC plates were obtained, along with the lowest detectable amounts in this study were 1 ng (Pro), 10 pg (Tet), 10 ng (Dib), 50 ng (Mep), 50 ng (Lid), and 0.1 μg (Rop), which were up to 2 × 10⁴ times more sensitive than our previous TLC-Raman method. …”
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