Novel, noninvasive, extended reality–aided pulmonary tumor marking method for sublobar resection in minimally invasive surgeryCentral MessagePerspective by Ryosuke Izawa, MD, Shinya Tane, MD, PhD, Takefumi Doi, MD, PhD, Hiroyuki Ogawa, MD, PhD, Daisuke Hokka, MD, PhD, Yoshimasa Maniwa, MD, PhD

“…Objective: We developed a novel, noninvasive, extended reality–aided marking procedure for tumor localization and aimed to evaluate its feasibility and safety for sublobar resection in minimally invasive surgery. …”
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Outcomes After Patellofemoral Arthroplasty With the Arthrex iBalance—A Third Generation Implant by Elizabeth C. Bond, MB, ChB, FRACS, Emily K. Reinke, PhD, Christian Zirbes, BS, Emily Poehlein, MB, Cynthia L. Green, PhD, Richard M. Danilkowicz, MD, Annunziato Amendola, MD

“…Lower preoperative Kellgren-Lawrence grade was significantly associated with lower Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Scores in all 5 domains (P < .05 for all). Additional procedures were required in 17 knees (24.3%), in most cases to improve patella tracking. …”
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Preserving patient dignity in critical care units: A qualitative content analysis by Alireza Arman, Shahrzad Ghiyasvandian, Zahra Abbasi Dolatabadi, Meysam Khoshavi, Ali Yavari, Masoumeh Zakerimoghadam

“…Although maintaining patient dignity seemed to be challenging in Critical Care Units due to the complexity of medical procedures and critical condition of patients, a paucity of evidence exists exploring dignity preservation in critical care units as well as its requirements from the patients' perspective. …”
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Surgical Management of Intrathoracic Triton Tumors: Insights into Emerging Molecular and Epigenetic Mechanisms with a Case Series of Three Patients by Alessandro Bonis, Alberto Busetto, Federica Pezzuto, Giulia Pagliarini, Vincenzo Verzeletti, Mario Pezzella, Giorgio Cannone, Eleonora Faccioli, Marco Mammana, Giovanni Maria Comacchio, Alessandro Rebusso, Marco Schiavon, Chiara Giraudo, Fiorella Calabrese, Andrea Dell’Amore, Samuele Nicotra, Angelo Paolo Dei Tos, Federico Rea

“…Current treatment strategies include surgical resection, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and lung-sparing procedures for metastatic disease. Molecular studies of MPNSTs have revealed that NF1 mutations lead to dysregulation of the RAS signalling pathway, while epigenetic alterations (e.g., SUZ12/EED mutations) further contribute to tumor progression. …”
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Two cases of pararenal artery aortic aneurysm treatment after pancreaticoduodenectomy and abdominal aortic aneurysm stent grafting by Kazuhiro Yamazaki, Kenji Minatoya, Kazuhisa Sakamoto, Masafumi Kudo, Ken Fukumitsu, Takashi Kobayashi, Hideaki Okajima

“…Abstract Background Acute pancreatitis caused by surgical procedures may occur less frequently in surgeries for aortic aneurysm involving the abdominal branch. …”
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Stellar Metallicities from DECam u-band Photometry: A Study of Milky Way Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxies by Yue Pan, Anirudh Chiti, Alex Drlica-Wagner, Alexander P. Ji, Ting S. Li, Guilherme Limberg, Douglas L. Tucker, Sahar Allam

“…We then applied a similar procedure to Boo2 and Seg1. Our findings hinted at evidence for tidal features in Boo1 and Seg1, with Boo1 having an elongation consistent with its proper motion and Seg1 showing some distant candidate stars, a few of which are along its elongation and proper motion. …”
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Optimal timing for tracheostomy in severe ischemic stroke patients: early or standard incision? by Chutong Guo, Heng Ye, Xinglin Chen, Yuting Luo, Shaoqing Wu, Xunsha Sun

“…Abstract Background Tracheostomy is frequently performed in severe ischemic stroke patients, yet the ideal timing for this procedure remains undefined. This study seeks to inform clinical decisions by evaluating the impact of early versus standard tracheostomy on clinical outcomes in this patient population. …”
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Retrograde Multilocking Nailing for Infraisthmic Distal Femur Fractures: A Retrospective Study by Muthu S Meignanaguru, Ganesh R Shetty, Yogadeepan Dhakshinamurthi, Deepak Srinivasan

“…In this article, we discuss the techniques of distal femur nailing with five multidirectional interlocking screws, its advantages for infraisthmal femur fractures, and the outcomes of patients who underwent this procedure. Materials and methods: Forty patients were included in our study who were operated on between January 2020 and December 2022. …”
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The SAFEST Study: Survey on Antiplatelets in Flow Diversion for Aneurysm Endovascular Treatment by Sophia Hohenstatt, Dominik F. Vollherbst, Thanh N. Nguyen, Zhongrong Miao, Mai Duy Ton, Hiroshi Yamagami, Adam A. Dmytriw, Gabriele Maliandi, Martin Bendszus, Jessica Jesser, Markus A. Möhlenbruch

“…Conclusion Antiplatelet treatment strategies following flow diversion procedures vary globally, with a growing interest in alternative agents and a willingness to participate in future trials. …”
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Genome-wide association study and enrichment analysis for clinical health traits in Holstein-Friesian cattle by M. Jakimowicz, J. Szyda, W. Jagusiak, P. Topolski, T. Suchocki

“…The single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) effects were estimated using a two-step procedure that involved genomic prediction of breeding values and subsequent estimation of the SNP effect using the back-solve approach. …”
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Flow Diversion in Ruptured Blood Blister Aneurysms: Single Centre Experience by Dilip Kumar, Rahul K. R., Santhosh P., Pankaj Mehta, Mathew Cherian, Dharav Kheradia, Rinoy R. Anand

“…One of the patients died (14.3%) following the procedure secondary to thrombosis of FD. Rest of the patients did well postprocedure with the good clinical outcome (modified Rankin Scale [mRS] of less than or equal to 2 at 1-month follow-up) in 85.7% patients. …”
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Sources of pre-analytical variations in yield of DNA extracted from blood samples: analysis of 50,000 DNA samples in EPIC. by Elodie Caboux, Christophe Lallemand, Gilles Ferro, Bertrand Hémon, Maimuna Mendy, Carine Biessy, Matt Sims, Nick Wareham, Abigail Britten, Anne Boland, Amy Hutchinson, Afshan Siddiq, Paolo Vineis, Elio Riboli, Isabelle Romieu, Sabina Rinaldi, Marc J Gunter, Petra H M Peeters, Yvonne T van der Schouw, Ruth Travis, H Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Federico Canzian, Maria-José Sánchez, Guri Skeie, Karina Standahl Olsen, Eiliv Lund, Roberto Bilbao, Núria Sala, Aurelio Barricarte, Domenico Palli, Carmen Navarro, Salvatore Panico, Maria Luisa Redondo, Silvia Polidoro, Laure Dossus, Marie Christine Boutron-Ruault, Françoise Clavel-Chapelon, Antonia Trichopoulou, Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Pagona Lagiou, Heiner Boeing, Eva Fisher, Rosario Tumino, Claudia Agnoli, Pierre Hainaut

“…Here we have evaluated the pre-analytical factors affecting DNA yield, including anthropometric, epidemiological and technical factors such as center of subject recruitment, age, gender, body-mass index, disease case or control status, tobacco consumption, number of aliquots of buffy coat used for DNA extraction, extraction machine or procedure, DNA quantification method, degree of haemolysis and variations in the timing of sample processing. …”
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Benchmark study of three statistical methods for six intact rock failure criteria constrained by different rock strength data by Peng-fei He, Xin Li, Xu-long Yao, Zhi-gang Tao, Yan-ting Du

“…This study introduces a novel procedure for evaluating the three statistical approaches across six selected rock failure criteria, constrained by various rock strength datasets. …”
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Thermal analysis using Prandtl nanofluid in a non-uniform channel: Computational paradigm focusing on complex cilia waves by Maalee Almheidat, Mohammad Alqudah, Ali Imran, F.M. Allehiany, M.M. Alqarni, M.S. Alqurashi, Emad E. Mahmoud

“…This investigation aims to enrich engineering design procedures by implementing second-order velocity slip and thermal slip conditions. …”
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Cervical Preparation for Hysteroscopy Using Dilapan-S Three Hours before Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Roya Shahriyaripour, Shahla Chaichian, Kobra Tahermanesh, Ladan Haghighi, Roya Derakhshan, Babak Sabet, Samaneh Rokhgireh

“…Complications of the procedure were evaluated and compared in both groups. …”
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Enabling smart parking for smart cities using Internet of Things (IoT) and machine learning by Mofadal Alymani, Lenah Abdulaziz Almoqhem, Dhuha Ahmed Alabdulwahab, Abdulrahman Abdullah Alghamdi, Hussain Alshahrani, Khalid Raza

“…This eliminates the need for security personnel to verify vehicle identities or stickers manually, streamlining access procedures. The second part is a camera in the car parks that distinguishes between vacant and available parking spaces and stores the data collected by the camera in the centralized database, enabling the real-time display of the nearest available parking spots on digital screens at entrance gates, significantly reducing the time and effort spent in locating parking spaces. …”
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Separation of Inorganic Forms of Tellurium Using On-Site SPE Followed by ICP-MS or ICP-OES—The Right Solution for Water Monitoring by Katarzyna Kińska, Barbara Żelazko, Olga Gajewska, Magdalena Borowska, Monika Sadowska, Beata Krasnodębska-Ostręga

“…As both forms differ in mobility and toxicity, Te speciation should be included in water monitoring, but problems with speciation changes occurring during sampling, transport, and sample storage require the use of on-site separation of Te forms. A simple procedure based on solid phase extraction (SPE) with the anionic exchange mechanism (SAX, involving commercially available columns), followed by their quantification with elemental techniques, has a high potential for implementation in routine analysis. …”
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HIV and Non‐HIV Patients Have Similar Rates of Neoplastic Findings on Screening Colonoscopy Within a Predominantly African American Cohort by Pooja Mude, Alexandra E. Thomson, Lavannya Atri, Samantha Newman, Carlos Palacio, John Erikson L. Yap, Christian S. Jackson, Kenneth J. Vega

“…The study group was 78.9% African American, 55.6% male, with a mean age of 59.0 years in HIV patients and 54.9 years in non‐HIV patients. Procedure indication was average risk screening in 91.1% of patients. …”
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Preparation of La2Sn2O7, Mg2SnO4, and MgSn(OH)6 and their antiviral/antibacterial activities by Ryuju Kiribayashi, Kayano Sunada, Yasuhide Mochizuki, Toshihiro Isobe, Keiichi Kobayashi, Takeshi Nagai, Hitoshi Ishiguro, Akira Nakajima

“…After obtaining each sample as a single-phase white powder through hydrothermal or coprecipitation method, their antibacterial and antiviral activities were evaluated with reference to ISO procedures in the dark for bacteria and viruses with different characteristics. …”
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An Automatic Registration System Based on Augmented Reality to Enhance Civil Infrastructure Inspections by Leonardo Binni, Massimo Vaccarini, Francesco Spegni, Leonardo Messi, Berardo Naticchia

“…Manual geometric and semantic alignment of inspection data with existing digital models (field-to-model data registration) and on-site access to relevant information (model-to-field data registration) represent cumbersome procedures that cause significant loss of information and fragmentation, hindering the efficiency of civil infrastructure inspections. …”
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