In vivo 3D photoacoustic and ultrasound analysis of hypopigmented skin lesions: A pilot study by Minseong Kim, Ju Hee Han, Junho Ahn, Esther Kim, Chul Hwan Bang, Chulhong Kim, Ji Hyun Lee, Wonseok Choi

“…Current adjunct diagnostic methods rely mostly on subjective visual inspection. Thus, identification of early or atypical vitiligo lesions among other hypopigmentation disorders may pose challenges. …”
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PyEMILI: A New Generation Computer-aided Spectral Line Identifier by Zhijun Tu, Xuan Fang, Robert Williams, Jifeng Liu

“…As a key step of spectral analysis, identification of emission lines hitherto has mostly been done manually, which is a tedious task, given that each line needs to be carefully checked against huge volumes of atomic transition/spectroscopic data to reach a reliable assignment of identity. …”
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Patients Receiving Integrative Medicine Effectiveness Registry (PRIMIER) of the BraveNet practice-based research network: Results of the chronic pain cohort by Jeffery A. Dusek, Qi Gao, Ryung S. Kim, Donald I. Abrams, Benjamin Kligler, Natalie L. Dyer, Kathryn Hansen, Eric J. Roseen, M. Diane McKee

“…Participants had a mean age of 51.6 years (SD 13.88) and were mostly white (81.8 %), female (78.3 %), educated (≥ college degree: 70.1 %). …”
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Beyond Survival: Assessing Quality of Life, Activity Level, and Ethnic Diversity in Aortic Dissection Survivors by Nora Bacour, Olivia van Erp, Simran Grewal, Aytug U. Tirpan, Susanne Eberl, Kak Khee Yeung, Ron Balm, Germaine C. Verwoert, Antoine H. G. Driessen, Robert J. M. Klautz, Nimrat Grewal

“…Activity levels were mostly low to moderate, and no significant differences in QoL were found based on activity levels. …”
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Seroepidemiology of Toxoplasma gondii infection among patients with beta-thalassemia major: a case-control study in Southeastern Iran by Mehdi Baloochi, Mohammad-Reza Amini Fard, Ramin Ordoni, Atefeh Pendar, Aida Vafae Eslahi, Milad Badri, Asiyeh Dezhkam, Marziyeh Kalkali, Hossein-Ali Rahdar, Mola Mohammadi, Zarineh Sepasi, Moslem Javidan, Ehsan Ahmadpour, Kareem Hatam-Nahavandi

“…The presence of toxoplasmosis in these patients highlights the critical need for appropriate strategies to reduce the risk of infection, as the population appears to be mostly non-immune. It is essential to implement routine screening of blood for specific antibodies against T. gondii before transfusions in these patients to mitigate the risk of infection. …”
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How surgical Trainee Research Collaboratives achieve success: a mixed methods study to develop trainee engagement strategies by Graeme Maclennan, Nick Heywood, Clare Clement, Natalie S Blencowe, Jane Blazeby, Dmitri Nepogodiev, Laura Magill, Alejandro Arenas-Pinto, Tom Pinkney, J Athene Lane, James Glasbey, Victoria Hardy, Karen Coulman, Jonathan Alistair Cook, Claire Snowdon, Richard Bulbulia, Zoe Hilton

“…A 6 min digital story on YouTube disseminated these strategies.Conclusion Trainee surgeons are mostly motivated to engage with trials and TRCs. Trainee engagement in TRCs can be enhanced through building relationships with key stakeholders, maximising multi-disciplinary working and offering training and career development opportunities.…”
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Comparative transcriptomics in B73-teosinte near-isogenic maize lines reveals key defense signaling and phytoalexins in response to Cercospora zeina infection by Xiaomeng Sun, Xiaomeng Sun, Ruiyu Zhang, Ruiyu Zhang, Zongping Wang, Zongping Wang, Haotian Zhang, Haotian Zhang, Hairun Wen, Hairun Wen, Junli Zhang, Naibin Yu, Naibin Yu, Zhe Wang, Zhe Wang, Huanhuan Tai, Huanhuan Tai, Qin Yang, Qin Yang

“…The URGs in Qgls8-R were significantly enriched in metabolic processes, phytohormone signaling, and response to biotic stress, while the URGs in Qgls8-S were mostly involved in plant growth and developmental processes. …”
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The 4–400 GHz Survey for the 32 Class II Disks in the Taurus Molecular Cloud by Chia-Ying Chung, An-Li Tsai, Melvyn Wright, Wenrui Xu, Feng Long, Mark A. Gurwell, Hauyu Baobab Liu

“…In some sources that were not detected at 6.8 GHz or 10 GHz, embedded high-density dust substructures may contribute to a significant fraction of the flux densities at 30–50 GHz, and the spectral indices are mostly consistent with 2.0. Although, at 30–50 GHz, free–free and/or synchrotron emission may be significant, and some sources in our sample have spectral indices <2.0. …”
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The role of transarterial chemoembolization with drug-eluting beads “Sphere-Spectrum” in the treatment of primary and recurrent tumors of the female reproductive system complicated... by E. A. Zvezdkina, A. G. Kedrova, D. P. Lebedev, T. A. Greyan, D. N. Panchenkov, Yu. A. Stepanova, S. E. Krasilnikov, K. S. Budennyy

“…A retrospective analysis of 80 women with primary (group 1) and 20 with recurrent tumors (group 2) of the reproductive system, who underwent 110 TACE with drug-eluting beads “Sphere-Spectrum” (100 primary, 10 repeated), is presented. Mostly used drug-eluting beads “Sphere-Spectrum”. …”
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Effect of Chewing Hardness on Cognitive-Associated Brain Regions Activation by Hansol Lee, Ji-Hye Kim, Seungho Kim, Sung Ho Jang, Yongmin Chang, Youn-Hee Choi

“…Two-sample t-test result indicated that the hard-chewing group had higher activation mostly in the caudate nucleus and frontal brain regions associated with cognitive function compared with the soft-chewing group. …”
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Electroencephalogram pattern predicting neurological outcomes of children with seizures secondary to abusive head trauma by Cheng-Che Chou, Ju-Yin Hou, I-Jun Chou, Shih-Yun Lan, Shu-Sing Kong, Man-Hsu Huang, Yu-Chieh Weng, Yi-Yu Lin, Cheng-Yen Kuo, Meng-Ying Hsieh, Min-Liang Chou, Po-Cheng Hung, Huei-Shyong Wang, Kuang-Lin Lin, Yi-Shan Wang, Jainn-Jim Lin

“…Seizure occurrence reduced mostly at the second day after admission in seizure groups; but children with persistent seizures for 1 week showed poor neurological outcomes. …”
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Genetic Differentiation of Abies alba Outside Its Main Range Under Warm Meso‐ and Sub‐Mediterranean Conditions in Italy and Switzerland by Sevil Coşgun, Jérémy Gauthier, Giuliano Bonanomi, Gabriele Carraro, Paolo Cherubini, Marco Conedera, Erika Gobet, Maria‐Chiara Manetti, Gianluigi Mazza, Christoph Schwörer, Christoph Sperisen, Nadir Alvarez, Felix Gugerli, Willy Tinner

“…ABSTRACT Abies alba is an important European tree species currently mostly found at cool and humid sites in the montane zone. …”
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Fediša Modikologo: breaking the intergenerational cycle of violence against women and children. Theoretical framework and protocol for a prospective cohort study [version 1; peer r... by Leane Ramsoomar, Rachel Jewkes, Samantha Willan, Jani Nothling, Esnat Chirwa, Venice Mbowane, Maureen Phakoe, Shibe Mhlongo, Louis Sibiya, Desiree Pass, Charntel Paile, Ishen Seocharan, Nataly Woollett, Laura Washington, Nwabisa Jama-Shai, Bianca Dekel, Pinky Mahlangu, Mercilene Machisa, Amanda Zembe, Boitumelo Seepamore, Tracy Glass, Nicola Christofides, Stanley Carries, Darshini Govindasamy, Naeemah Abrahams, Asiphe Ketelo

“…The primary cohort will enrol 12,000 women experiencing severe IPV, recruited using non-probabilistic methods (mostly referral from services and community members, and chain-recruitment). …”
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Clinical Outcomes According to Aortic Stenosis Management: Insights From Real‐World Practice by Augustin Coisne, David Montaigne, Samy Aghezzaf, Sandro Ninni, Gilles Lemesle, Arnaud Sudre, Nicolas Lamblin, Thomas Modine, André Vincentelli, Francis Juthier, Martin B. Leon, Juan F. Granada, Christophe Bauters

“…Patients with untreated severe AS experienced high mortality rates, mostly cardiovascular for patients who declined AVR. …”
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Decoding MUC1 and AR axis in a radiation-induced neuroendocrine prostate cancer cell-subpopulation unveils novel therapeutic targets by Catarina Macedo-Silva, Ângela Albuquerque-Castro, Iris Carriço, Joana Lencart, Isa Carneiro, Lucia Altucci, João Lobo, Vera Miranda-Gonçalves, Rui Henrique, Margareta P. Correia, Carmen Jerónimo

“…Abstract Despite the initial efficacy of radiotherapy (RT) in treating prostate adenocarcinoma (PCa), disease progression can lead to the emergence of neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC) - a highly aggressive malignancy for which standard therapies are mostly ineffective. Although oncogenic MUC1-C is a leading driver of NEPC and of PCa lineage plasticity, its putative role in response to RT, including RT-induced neuroendocrine transdifferentiation (tNED), has not been explored. …”
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Paradigm shift of respiratory viruses causing lower respiratory tract infection in children during COVID-19 pandemic in India by Mannat Kang, Subhabrata Sarkar, Suresh Kumar Angurana, Pankaj Singh, Meenakshi Rana, Ishani Bora, Rishi Chetanya, Bharatendu Singh, Jayashree Muralidharan, Radha Kanta Ratho

“… Introduction: Acute lower respiratory tract infections (ALRTIs) are the commonest cause of mortality in children mostly attributed to respiratory viruses. During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the dynamics and transmission of infections changed worldwide due to widespread public health measures. …”
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Differentiating Main-Duct IPMN from Chronic Pancreatitis Using Next-Generation Sequencing of Main Pancreatic Duct Fluid: A Pilot Study by Daniel Schmitz, Stefan Prax, Martin Kliment, Felix Gocke, Daniel Kazdal, Michael Allgäuer, Roland Penzel, Martina Kirchner, Olaf Neumann, Holger Sültmann, Jan Budczies, Peter Schirmacher, Frank Bergmann, Jörg-Peter Ritz, Raoul Hinze, Felix Grassmann, Jochen Rudi, Albrecht Stenzinger, Anna-Lena Volckmar

“…Twenty-two patients (mean MPD diameter of 12.4 (7–31) mm) with a definitive, mostly surgically confirmed diagnosis were included in the analysis. …”
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Disease progression & treatment need in sub-genotype C4 hepatitis B infection: a retrospective cohort study in the Northern Territory, Australia by Genevieve E. Martin, Kelly Hosking, Kelly Banz, Catherine Gargan, Geoff Stewart, Belinda Greenwood-Smith, Penelope Ramsay, Jaclyn Tate-Baker, Christine Connors, Paula Binks, Melita McKinnon, Prashanti Manchikanti, George Garambaka Gurruwiwi, Nicole Allard, Ashleigh Qama, Jessica Michaels, Emily Vintour-Cesar, Robert Batey, Catherine Marshall, Peter Nihill, Tammy-Allyn Fernandes, Karen Fuller, Steven Y. C. Tong, David Boettiger, Benjamin Cowie, Joshua S. Davis, Sarah Mariyalawuy Bukulatjpi, Jane Davies, on behalf of the Hep B PAST Partnership

“…Using the 2024 World Health Organisation guidelines, this increased to 50% due mostly to fibrosis and population prevalence of diabetes. …”
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MUSEQuBES: The Column Density, Covering Fraction, and Mass of O vi-bearing Gas in and Around Low-redshift Galaxies by Sayak Dutta, Sowgat Muzahid, Joop Schaye, Nicolas F. Bouché, Sebastiano Cantalupo, Hsiao-Wen Chen, Sean Johnson

“…Combining 253 star-forming galaxies (mostly more massive) from the literature with 176 star-forming galaxies from MUSEQuBES, we find that both $\left\langle N({\rm{O}}\,{\rm\small{VI}})\right\rangle $ and the average covering fraction peak at ${\mathrm{log}}_{10}({M}_{\star }/{M}_{\odot })$ ≈ 9.5. …”
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Effectiveness of combining psychological prevention interventions with interventions that address the social determinants of mental health in low- and middle-income countries: a sy... by Crick Lund, Katherine Sorsdahl, Marianna Purgato, Corrado Barbui, Nagendra Luitel, Mark Jordans, Emily Garman, Rakesh Singh, Emiliano Albanese, Eleonora Prina, Beatrice Bano, Daniela Trujillo, Maria Cecilia Dedios Sanguineti

“…No data were available on the incidence of anxiety.Conclusions Combined task-shared interventions are effective in mostly short-term prevention of CMHCs in LMICs. Combining strategies targeting social determinants with psychological prevention approaches offers a potential opportunity to reduce the global mental health burden. …”
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