Development of a population of digital brain phantoms for radionuclide imaging research in Parkinson’s disease by Wenbo Huang, Han Jiang, Guang-Uei Hung, Yonghua Zhao, Ruibing Wang, Greta S. P. Mok

“…Attenuation impacts image quality the most in DAT SPECT, while AC + SC is effective to enhance image quality and quantitative accuracy of DAT SPECT.…”
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Abstract 282: Understanding Current Organizational Strategies to Support Physician Well‐Being in Stroke, Neurocritical Care, and Neurointerventional Practice by Sachin A. Kothari, Alicia Castonguay, Waldo Guerrero, Kaiz S. Asif, Mohammad El‐Ghanem, Ashish Kumar, Michael Abraham, Oana Dumitrascu, Romario Ramos, Dhruvil J. Pandya

“…Using a Random Forest model, the study identified key burnout predictors from questions, which covered organizational leadership, wellness resources, compensation, and workload. The most influential predictors were: adequacy of compensation relative to specialty, workload, and stress (17.7% importance); leadership accountability for workforce wellbeing (9.1%); and establishment of wellness or burnout as a critical metric (7.5%). …”
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Discrepancy between clinical guidelines and real-world management of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction at University Medical Center Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam by Hoang Vu Vu, The Dung Bui, Hai An Do, Dang Duy Quang Pham, Quang Binh Truong

“…Notably, 82% of patients were initiated on three or four drug classes concurrently at the start of treatment, most commonly including RAS inhibitors, MRAs, and beta-blockers, with a preference for ARNI over ACE inhibitors or ARBs. …”
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Antibodies to the receptor-binding domain of the SARS-Cov-2 spike protein: association with age, pneumonia, duration of the period after COVID-19 by E. A. Kolosova, O. N. Shaprova, Yu. A. Nikulina, D. V. Shanshin, V. S. Nesmeyanova, Yu. A. Merkuleva, S. V. Belenkaya, A. A. Isaeva, D. N. Shcherbakov, S. A. Elchaninova, M. A. Nikonorova

“…IgG antibodies to RBD of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein are present in most of the COVID-19 patients. The titer of these antibodies in adults depends on age, complications of pneumonia COVID-19, and probably persists up to 14 months after the first symptoms of infection appear.…”
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Testing the Impact of Intensive, Longitudinal Sampling on Assessments of Statistical Power and Effect Size Within a Heterogeneous Human Population: Natural Experiment Using Change... by Severine Soltani, Varun K Viswanath, Patrick Kasl, Wendy Hartogensis, Stephan Dilchert, Frederick M Hecht, Ashley E Mason, Benjamin L Smarr

“…We compared heart rate on weekends with that on weekdays because weekends predictably change the behavior of most individuals, though not all, and in different ways. …”
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Phenolic profiles and antioxidant activity of Morus alba L. infusions prepared from commercially available products and naturally collected leaves by Michał Adam Janiak, Anna Gryn-Rynko, Katarzyna Sulewska, Ryszard Amarowicz, Kamila Penkacik, Radomir Graczyk, Dorota Olszewska-Słonina, Michał Stanisław Majewski

“…Our analysis revealed the presence of two phenolic acids and six flavonoids. The most abundant compound was chlorogenic acid. The TPC, TEAC, and FRAP results indicated that infusions prepared from naturally collected samples exhibited greater phenolic content (19.7—52.6 vs 18.1—35.2 mg/100 ml) and stronger antioxidant (0.0605—0.1842 vs 0.0453—0.0822 mmol Trolox/100 ml) and reducing (0.244—0.597 vs 0.202—0.371 mmol Fe2+/100 ml) activities than those of commercially available products in the Polish market. …”
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Malicious-Secure Threshold Multi-Party Private Set Intersection for Anonymous Electronic Voting by Xiansong Qian, Lifei Wei, Jinjiao Zhang, Lei Zhang

“…This protocol is crucial for a variety of applications, such as anonymous electronic voting, online ride-sharing, and close-contact tracing programs. However, most existing TMP-PSI schemes are designed based on threshold homomorphic encryption, which faces significant challenges, including low computational efficiency and a high number of communication rounds. …”
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Impact of comprehensive geriatric assessment on treatment decisions in older prostate cancer patients by Maëva Bonneau, Zara Steinmeyer, Mathilde Morisseau, Stéphanie Lozano, Patricia Barbe, Catherine Chauvet, Delphine Brechemier, Loïc Mourey, Laurent Balardy

“…Abstract Background Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men aged above 75 years old. …”
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Detection of Aflatoxin B1 in Maize Silage Based on Hyperspectral Imaging Technology by Lina Guo, Haiqing Tian, Daqian Wan, Yang Yu, Kai Zhao, Xinglu Zheng, Haijun Li, Jianying Sun

“…The results demonstrated that SD preprocessing was the most suitable for AFB1 detection in maize silage, and the Mixup data augmentation method effectively improved model performance. …”
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Community health volunteer support for regular blood pressure monitoring in Indonesia: spatial regression models by Mayumi Mizutani, Sofi Oktaviani, Harumi Bando, Heri Sugiarto, Ritsuko Nishide, Susumu Tanimura

“…However, there is a lack of strong evidence regarding which aspects of CHV support are most effective at encouraging regular blood pressure monitoring. …”
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Measurement of Density and Shape for Single Black Carbon Aerosols in a Heavily Polluted Urban Area by Shurong Wang, Kaili Zhou, Xiaohui Lu, Hong Chen, Fan Yang, Qiang Li, Xin Yang, Xiaofei Wang

“…The morphology of these BC-dominated particles was near-spherical (χ ≈ 1.02), indicating that they had undergone rapid morphology modification from the initial highly irregular morphology to near-spherical shape. Most BC particles with 350 nm or 500 nm Da were BC-mixed particles. …”
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Risk Factors for Hospital Admissions Among Emergency Department Patients: From Triage to Admission by Jemima Koh, Oh Hong Choon, Seah Zeyen, Steven Lim

“…Conclusion: Our study revealed several factors significantly associated with hospital admissions, with patient acuity and age as the most important factors. Moreover, emergency physicians’ decisions to admit patients were clinically consistent and only marginally influenced by the degree of ED crowding. …”
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Peruvian university students’ mental health in crisis: assessing anxiety, depression, fear, and stress during the Russia-Ukraine conflict by Jeel Moya-Salazar, Jeel Moya-Salazar, Eliane A. Goicochea-Palomino, Víctor Rojas-Zumaran, María Jesús Moya-Salazar, María Jesús Moya-Salazar, Gloría Cruz-Gonzales, Hans Contreras-Pulache

“…Women were more affected, with 54.2% reporting high stress and 53.5% reporting high fear (p < 0.001). The most vulnerable group for anxiety and depression were younger students aged 18–20, with 44.3% presenting mild anxiety and 44.3% mild depression (p < 0.001).ConclusionThese findings highlight the urgent need for mental health interventions for university students, particularly women and younger students, who face heightened vulnerability to global crises such as wars and pandemics. …”
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Molecular mechanism underlying cardioprotective effect of dehydroepiandrosterone on endoplasmic reticulum stress induced apoptosis in human vascular smooth muscle cells and human u... by Ye Zhu, Junxiu Wei, Xin Yang, Wei Zhu

“…Notably, the use of the JNK inhibitor SP600125, the PI3K inhibitor LY294002, and the ERK1/2 inhibitor U0126 antagonized the protective effects of DHEA, with SP600125 showing the most significant impact on both HVSMCs and HUVECs.ConclusionOur study has identified a novel mechanism underlying the cardioprotective effects of DHEA. …”
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Children's mental health during the second year of COVID-19 pandemic in Lithuania: Parents’ and children's perspectives by Emilija Milašiūtė, Darius Leskauskas, Martyna Bakutytė, Vilius Jocys

“…Results: Anxiety was the most frequent children's complaint. Girls reported the experience of getting angry more easily, anxiety, stress and tensions, profound tiredness, overall negative changes, and they were more worried about family and friends being infected, while boys were unable to participate in daily activities and were less worried about being infected. …”
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Diseases and conditions associated with obesity and analysis of their treatment effectiveness by M. B. Lyasnikova, M. I. Silkina, N. A. Belyakova, S. S. Rubina

“…However, it is well known that the treatment of obesity is a complex and lengthy process, which necessarily includes a psychotherapeutic approach. Most obese patients are diagnosed with OSAS, but ¼ of patients received treatment for this disorder. …”
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Remodelling of Cellular Protein Homeostasis by Enhanced ER-Mitochondrial Tethering by Elisa Tonelli, Justyna Malecka, Elettra Barberis, Camilla Romano, Emanuela Pessolano, Maria Talmon, Armando A Genazzani, Claudio Casali, Marco Biggiogera, Marcello Manfredi, Laura Tapella, Dmitry Lim, Giulia Dematteis

“…Analysis of highly changed proteins and the most significantly overrepresented gene ontology (GO) terms revealed that ≤5 nm tethering preferentially affected the expression of proteins involved in RNA processing and splicing and proteasomal protein degradation, while ∼10 nm tethering preferentially affected protein translation. …”
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Substrate profiling of marine-derived thermotolerant cysteine protease reveals unique cleavage preferences for industrial applications by Victoria Røyseth, Brianna M. Hurysz, Hasan Arsın, Julia M. Vazquez, Anna-Karina Kaczorowska, Anita-Elin Fedøy, Daria Biernacka, Sebastian Dorawa, Tadeusz Kaczorowski, Runar Stokke, Anthony J. O’Donoghue, Ida Helene Steen

“…Globupain exhibited tolerance to elevated DTT concentrations and retained most of its activity in the presence of Mg2+ or Mn2+ compared to its preferred cation, Ca2+. …”
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PATH PLANNING AND OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE METHODS FOR AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOTS by Ihor Berizka

“…This leads to some complexity in the method but solves typical problems of the classical algorithm, such as local minima, and increases the optimality and smoothness of the path. Most of obstacle detection and avoidance algorithms are working with only one type of sensor, such as ultrasonic distance sensors, LIDAR, or cameras. …”
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Alzheimer's disease and insomnia: a bibliometric study and visualization analysis by Zi-Yue Tian, Bing Jiang, Meng Jin, Xiao-Kun Yu, Qi-Lin Chen, Qi-Lin Chen, Jia-Hui Wang

“…The United States and the Mayo Clinic were identified as leading contributors, producing 704 and 57 publications, respectively. Boeve Bradley F the most prolific author contributed 30 publications. …”
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