Whole‐Blood RNA Sequencing Profiling of Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated With Tofacitinib by Chiara Bellocchi, Ennio Giulio Favalli, Gabriella Maioli, Elena Agape, Marzia Rossato, Matteo Paini, Adriana Severino, Barbara Vigone, Martina Biggioggero, Elena Trombetta, Roberto Caporali, Lorenzo Beretta

“…Methods Thirty‐three patients with active RA were treated with a tofacitinib dose of 5 mg twice a day for 24 weeks and evaluated for EULAR Disease Activity Score in 28 joints using the C‐reactive protein level response. …”
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Porcine Sample Type Characteristics Associated with Sequencing and Isolation of Influenza A Virus by Daniel C. A. Moraes, Onyekachukwu H. Osemeke, Michael A. Zeller, Amy L. Baker, Gustavo S. Silva, Giovani Trevisan, Daniel C. L. Linhares, Phillip C. Gauger

“…The objective of this study was to evaluate the probability of success for IAV hemagglutinin (HA) and neuraminidase (NA) Sanger sequencing and virus isolation in Madin–Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) cells across different porcine sample types submitted to the Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (ISU VDL) from 2018 to 2024. …”
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Application of metagenomics next-generation sequencing of pathogen in patients with pneumonia-induced sepsis by XU Feixiang, YU Feng, WANG Ruilan, SONG Zhenju, TONG Chaoyang, ZHU Changqing

“…Objective·To explore the diagnostic, therapeutic, and prognostic value of metagenomics next-generation sequencing (mNGS) in patients with pneumonia-induced sepsis.Methods·This study consisted of a multicenter, prospective, non-randomized controlled trial and a diagnostic test. …”
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PRCFX-DT: a new graph-based approach for feature selection and classification of genomic sequences by Amin Khodaei, Sania Eskandari, Hadi Sharifi, Behzad Mozaffari-Tazehkand

“…The analysis of viral genomic sequences can be efficacious in evaluating the present and potentially forthcoming condition of viruses. …”
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PAS evaluation by Monique Arkesteijn

“…In this chapter the evaluation of the stakeholders of PAS is discussed. …”
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Primary sclerosing cholangitis–inflammatory bowel disease: Epidemiology, mortality, and impact of diagnostic sequence by Kristel K. Leung, Wenbin Li, Bettina Hansen, Aliya Gulamhusein, Lauren Lapointe-Shaw, Abdel Aziz Shaheen, Amanda Ricciuto, Eric I. Benchimol, Jennifer A. Flemming, Gideon M. Hirschfield

“…We characterized epidemiology trends and outcomes in those with PSC-IBD and IBD, paying particular attention to the impact of PSC-IBD diagnostic sequence on outcomes. Methods: Incidence and prevalence of PSC-IBD and IBD (2002–2018) were evaluated using validated health administrative data-derived cohorts from Ontario, Canada (population ∼15 million). …”
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Hydrological model preselection with a filter sequence for the national flood forecasting system in Kenya by Maureen A. Wanzala, Elisabeth M. Stephens, Hannah L. Cloke, Andrea Ficchi

“…We summarize and tabulate an evaluation of the reviewed models based on the proposed criteria and propose the potential model candidates for flood applications in Kenya. …”
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OPTIMAL LINEAR COMBINED FILTERING OF RANDOM SEQUENCES BASED ON THE RECURSIVE LEAST SQUARES METHOD by V. M. Artemiev, A. O. Naumov, L. L. Kokhan

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Whole-body PET/MRI to detect bone metastases: comparison of the diagnostic performance of the sequences by Ulusoy Onur Levent, Server Sadık, Yesilova Murat, İnan Nagihan

“…Whole-body positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging (WB-PET/MRI) is increasingly used in the initial evaluation of oncology patients. The purpose of this study was to compare the diagnostic performance of WB MRI sequences, attenuation-corrected raw data positron-emission tomography (AC PET), and PET/MRI fused images to detect bone metastases.…”
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High-throughput sequencing as a potential tool in the quality control of infectious bronchitis vaccines by Pasik Katarzyna, Domańska-Blicharz Katarzyna, Iwan Ewelina, Bomba Arkadiusz

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Canine medial retropharyngeal lymph node measurements on T2 spin-echo sequences at 3T by Emily B. DuPont, Elizabeth Boudreau

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The role of 3D volumetric MR sequences in diagnosing intraventricular neurocysticercosis: preliminar results by Francisco Edward Frota Mont'Alverne Filho, Luís dos Ramos Machado, Leandro Tavares Lucato, Claudia Costa Leite

“…OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this paper was to investigate the role of two three-dimensional magnetic resonance (MRI) sequences: enhanced spoiled gradient recalled echo (SPGR), and fast imaging employing steady-state acquisition (FIESTA) in the evaluation of intraventricular neurocysticercosis cysts and scolices. …”
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Sequence Stratigraphic and Petrophysical Analysis of PaleogeneNeogene Deposits of the Dagestan Offshore of the Caspian Sea by A. A. Tchistiakov, K. V. Enson, E. V. Shvalyuk, V. F. Sharafutdinov, M. Yu. Spasennykh, D. V. Sokolov, A. D. Poroshina

“…The Dagestan offshore of the Caspian Sea, surrounded on all sides by oil and gas bearing areas, represents an exceptional interest for the exploration of hydrocarbon fields.The applied sequence stratigraphic analysis allows to stratify the Cenozoic section for the resource’s estimation of the Karagan-Chokrak deposits in new prospective offshore areas. …”
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Efficient k-mer based curation of raw sequence data: application in Drosophila suzukii by Gautier, Mathieu

“…Counting the number of k–mers composing each query sample sequence that matched a discriminating k–mer from the dictionary provided a simple criterion for assignment to target species and evaluation of the entire sample. …”
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Perioperative Chemo/Immunotherapies in Lung Cancer: A Critical Review on the Value of Perioperative Sequences by Thoma’ Dario Clementi, Francesca Colonese, Stefania Canova, Maria Ida Abbate, Luca Sala, Francesco Petrella, Gabriele Giuseppe Pagliari, Diego Luigi Cortinovis

“…Although these perioperative strategies represent a paradigm shift in treatment, promising durable responses are offset by persistent recurrence, emphasizing the necessity for optimized treatment sequencing, duration, and the identification of predictive biomarkers. …”
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Comprehensive comparison of the third-generation sequencing tools for bacterial 6mA profiling by Beifang Lu, Zhihao Guo, Xudong Liu, Ying Ni, Letong Xu, Jiadai Huang, Tianmin Li, Tongtong Feng, Runsheng Li, Xin Deng

“…To date, limited advanced sequencing technologies and analyzing tools are available for bacterial DNA 6mA. …”
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Comparison of Three DNA Isolation Methods and Two Sequencing Techniques for the Study of the Human Microbiota by Julio Plaza-Díaz, Mariana F. Fernández, Federico García, Natalia Chueca, Luis Fontana, Ana I. Álvarez-Mercado

“…As for the three extraction methods evaluated, when sequencing samples other than stool, the trypsin method is the most convenient. …”
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Well log data generation and imputation using sequence based generative adversarial networks by Abdulrahman Al-Fakih, A. Koeshidayatullah, Tapan Mukerji, Sadam Al-Azani, SanLinn I. Kaka

“…The framework integrates two distinct sequence-based GAN models: time series GAN (TSGAN) for generating synthetic well log data and sequence GAN (SeqGAN) for imputing missing data. …”
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Sarcopenia diagnosis using skeleton-based gait sequence and foot-pressure image datasets by Muhammad Tahir Naseem, Na-Hyun Kim, Haneol Seo, JaeMok Lee, Chul-Min Chung, Sunghoon Shin, Chan-Su Lee

“…The skeleton dataset was constructed by extracting 3D skeleton information comprising 25 feature points from the image, whereas the foot-pressure dataset was constructed by exerting pressure on the foot-pressure plates.ResultsAs a baseline evaluation, the accuracies of sarcopenia classification performance from foot-pressure image using Resnet-18 and skeleton sequences using ST-GCN were identified as 77.16 and 78.63%, respectively.DiscussionThe experimental results demonstrated the potential applications of sarcopenia and non-sarcopenia classifications based on foot-pressure images and skeleton sequences.…”
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Considering best practice standards for routine whole-genome sequencing for TB care and control by J.T. Denholm, G. de Vries, R. Anthony, E. Robinson, M. Backx, I.F. Laurenson, A.L. Seagar, H. Modestil, L. Trieu, J.S. Meissner, D.H.L. Ng, J.Y. Tay, H.H. Lin, R. Lee, V. Sintchenko, B.J. Marais, E.J. Donnan

“…TB is a priority pathogen for the application of whole-genome sequencing (WGS) into routine public health practice. …”
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