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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38456473/patient-screening-for-self-expanding-percutaneous-pulmonary-valves-using-virtual-reality
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Jenny E Zablah, Jeannie Than, Lorna P Browne, Salvador Rodriguez, Gareth J Morgan
BACKGROUND: In recent years, self-expanding technology to treat pulmonary regurgitation in the native right ventricular outflow tract became Food and Drug Administration approved in the United States and is now routinely used. The current practice for selection of patients who are candidates for these devices includes screening for "anatomic fit," performed by each of the manufacturing companies. Our study aims to validate the use of virtual reality (VR) as a tool for local physician-led screening of patients...
March 8, 2024: Journal of the American Heart Association
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38455508/revolutionizing-patient-care-the-harmonious-blend-of-artificial-intelligence-and-surgical-tradition
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Michael Stark, Ospan Mynbaev, Antonio Malvasi, Andrea Tinelli
Surgery has undergone remarkable evolution over the past decades, propelled by unprecedented technological advancement. Despite these changes, the role of surgeons and their irreplaceable qualities remains pivotal. This article delves into the intersection of surgery and artificial intelligence (AI), underscoring the enduring significance of human expertise and values. The potential of AI to learn and improve over time holds great promise for enhancing various facets of surgery, including diagnostics, personalized treatment, preoperative planning, real-time support in the operating room, and comprehensive postoperative analytics of the outcome...
2024: International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38454670/an-ensemble-acute-lymphoblastic-leukemia-model-for-acute-lymphoblastic-leukemia-image-classification
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mei-Ling Huang, Zong-Bin Huang
The timely diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is of paramount importance for enhancing the treatment efficacy and the survival rates of patients. In this study, we seek to introduce an ensemble-ALL model for the image classification of ALL, with the goal of enhancing early diagnostic capabilities and streamlining the diagnostic and treatment processes for medical practitioners. In this study, a publicly available dataset is partitioned into training, validation, and test sets. A diverse set of convolutional neural networks, including InceptionV3, EfficientNetB4, ResNet50, CONV_POOL-CNN, ALL-CNN, Network in Network, and AlexNet, are employed for training...
January 5, 2024: Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering: MBE
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38451164/a-healable-quasi-solid-polymer-electrolyte-with-balanced-toughness-and-ionic-conductivity
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Li Ding, Yu Tan, Guiliang Li, Kaiqiang Zhang, Xu Wang
Solid polymer electrolytes (SPEs) have garnered extensive attention as potential alternatives to traditional liquid electrolytes, primarily due to their prowess in curbing lithium dendrite formation and preventing electrolyte leaks. The quest for SPEs that are both mechanically robust and exhibit superior ionic conductivity has been vigorous. However, achieving a harmonious balance between these two attributes remains a significant challenge. In this study, we introduce a novel quasi-solid electrolyte, ingeniously crafted from a poly(urethane-urea) network, enriched with lithium salts and plasticizers...
March 7, 2024: Chemistry: a European Journal
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38448601/f-chin-feminizing-the-chin-a-genioplasty-technique-with-virtual-planning-for-male-to-female-transgender-patients
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
David Sanz, David Faustino Ângelo, Rute Marques, Francesco Maffia, Henrique José Cardoso
The chin is an essential structure in facial harmony and an important gender marker. Advancing a receding chin is fundamental to improve the facial appearance, particularly in male-to-female transgender patients. However, in patients with microgenia and/or retrognathia, desiring a more feminine appearance, a chin advancement can result in a wider, square shape; an undesirable effect. Genioplasty is a versatile procedure used in facial feminization surgery that allows modifying the natural anatomy of the chin in all three spatial dimensions...
March 6, 2024: Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38448407/wood-inspired-metamaterial-catalyst-for-robust-and-high-throughput-water-purification
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Lei Zhang, Hanwen Liu, Bo Song, Jialun Gu, Lanxi Li, Wenhui Shi, Gan Li, Shiyu Zhong, Hui Liu, Xiaobo Wang, Junxiang Fan, Zhi Zhang, Pengfei Wang, Yonggang Yao, Yusheng Shi, Jian Lu
Continuous industrialization and other human activities have led to severe water quality deterioration by harmful pollutants. Achieving robust and high-throughput water purification is challenging due to the coupling between mechanical strength, mass transportation and catalytic efficiency. Here, a structure-function integrated system is developed by Douglas fir wood-inspired metamaterial catalysts featuring overlapping microlattices with bimodal pores to decouple the mechanical, transport and catalytic performances...
March 6, 2024: Nature Communications
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38448337/comparison-between-one-jaw-and-two-jaw-designs-in-virtual-surgery-planning-for-patients-with-class-iii-malocclusion
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Yoshitsugu Hattori, Betty Chien-Jung Pai, Chi-Chin Lo, Pang-Yun Chou, Lun-Jou Lo
Orthognathic surgery is highly effective for treating maxillomandibular discrepancies in patients with class III malocclusion. However, whether one- or two-jaw surgery should be selected remains controversial. Our study aimed to evaluate quantitative differences between one-jaw and two-jaw surgical designs. In total, 100 consecutive patients with skeletal class III malocclusion who underwent orthognathic surgery with preoperative three-dimensional simulation between August 2016 and November 2021 were recruited...
February 16, 2024: Journal of Cranio-maxillo-facial Surgery
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38445094/effect-of-different-forms-of-tobacco-on-the-oral-microbiome-in-healthy-adults-a-systematic-review
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Nikitha Lalindri Mareena Senaratne, Cheng Yung On, Naresh Yedthare Shetty, Divya Gopinath
OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to evaluate the impact of tobacco use on the composition and functions of the oral microbiome in healthy adult humans. METHODS: We conducted a systematic search on PubMed, Web of Science, and Cinhal databases for literature published until 15 December 2023, to identify studies that have evaluated the oral microbiome with culture-independent next-generation techniques comparing the oral microbiome of tobacco users and non-users. The search followed the PECO format...
2024: Front Oral Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38444602/generative-artificial-intelligence-human-creativity-and-art
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Eric Zhou, Dokyun Lee
Recent artificial intelligence (AI) tools have demonstrated the ability to produce outputs traditionally considered creative. One such system is text-to-image generative AI (e.g. Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, DALL-E), which automates humans' artistic execution to generate digital artworks. Utilizing a dataset of over 4 million artworks from more than 50,000 unique users, our research shows that over time, text-to-image AI significantly enhances human creative productivity by 25% and increases the value as measured by the likelihood of receiving a favorite per view by 50%...
March 2024: PNAS Nexus
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38444434/current-scenario-and-challenges-of-clinical-pharmacists-to-implement-pharmaceutical-care-in-drg-dip-payment-hospitals-in-china-a-qualitative-interview-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Suyu Gao, Xuanxuan Wang, Yun Lu, Yunkun Liu, Qiaoli Jiang, Jiajia Feng, Weihua Kong, Likai Lin, Hong Cheng
PURPOSE: The Diagnosis-Related Group (DRG) or Diagnosis-Intervention Packet (DIP) payment system, now introduced in China, intends to streamline healthcare billing practices. However, its implications for clinical pharmacists, pivotal stakeholders in the healthcare system, remain inadequately explored. This study sought to assess the perceptions, challenges, and roles of clinical pharmacists in China following the introduction of the DRG or DIP payment system. METHODS: Qualitative interviews were conducted among a sample of clinical pharmacists...
2024: Frontiers in Public Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38441571/enhanced-upregulation-of-sirt1-via-pioglitazone-and-ligustrazine-confers-protection-against-ethanol-induced-gastric-ulcer-in-rats
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Sara A Mahmoud, Abeer Elkhoely, Elsayed K El-Sayed, Amany A E Ahmed
Gastric ulcer is a disturbing disease that impacts many people worldwide. Pioglitazone (Piog), a thiazolidinedione, and ligustrazine (Ligu), a natural component of Ligusticum chuanxiong possess gastroprotective properties. However, the underlying mechanism is not well elucidated. The present study aimed to investigate the gastroprotective effects of Piog (15 mg/kg, p.o.), Ligu (15 mg/kg, p.o.), and their combination against ethanol-induced gastric ulcer in rats. Omeprazole (10 mg/kg) was used as a standard...
March 5, 2024: Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38440107/social-participation-and-health-in-middle-aged-and-older-empty-nesters-a-study-on-gender-differences
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Yan Gao, Lu Chen, Zhihao Jia, Liangyu Zhao, Yuke Yang, Chenchen Liu
BACKGROUND: The growing population of middle-aged and older empty nesters is characterized by poorer health, and social participation (SP) has been shown to improve this situation. However, few studies have investigated specific performance and gender differences between SP and health. The present study aims to address these issues. METHODS: A total of 1207 middle-aged and older empty nesters over 45 years old were selected from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS, 2011-2018)...
March 2024: SSM—Population Health
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38439225/leifr-net-light-estimation-for-implicit-face-relight-network
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Zhiru Li, Chenchu Rong, Yuanqing Wang
Relighting facial images based on estimated lighting distribution and intensity from image backgrounds and environments can lead to more natural and convincing effects across diverse settings. In this paper, we introduce the Light Estimation for Implicit Face Relight Network (LEIFR-Net), which we believe to be a novel approach that significantly improves upon current methodologies. Initially, we present a method to estimate global illumination from a single image. We then detail our approach for structurally disentangled relighting of faces using pixel-aligned implicit functions...
February 12, 2024: Optics Express
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38438880/evaluation-of-aphid-resistance-on-different-rose-cultivars-and-transcriptome-analysis-in-response-to-aphid-infestation
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Wenqi Dong, Lei Sun, Bo Jiao, Pu Zhao, Chunhong Ma, Junping Gao, Shuo Zhou
BACKGROUND: The rose is one of the most important ornamental flowers in the world for its aesthetic beauty but can be attacked by many pests such as aphids. Aphid infestation causes tremendous damage on plant tissues leading to harmed petals and leaves. Rose cultivars express different levels of resistance to aphid infestation yet the information remains unclear. Not only that, studies about the transcriptional analysis on defending mechanisms against aphids in rose are limited so far...
March 4, 2024: BMC Genomics
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38436740/analysis-of-forest-cover-change-and-its-driving-factors-in-senan-district-amhara-region-ethiopia
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Anteneh Bongasie, Thakur Dhakal, Alemu Ayalew, Tae-Su Kim, Yohan Lee, Gab-Sue Jang
Forests are pivotal in upholding and stabilizing ecosystem functions and services globally. Assessing changes in forest cover serves as a crucial indicator to comprehend the scope, scale, and dynamics of land use and land cover alterations on regional and global scales. This study evaluates the forest cover changes between 2005 and 2021, pinpointing the key drivers of forest land changes within the Senan district in Ethiopia's Amhara region. The analysis incorporated Landsat satellite images from 2005, 2011, and 2021, supplemented by field surveys using questionnaire data...
March 4, 2024: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38436288/the-starting-small-effect-in-phonology-evidence-from-biased-learning-of-opaque-and-transparent-vowel-harmony
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Tsung-Ying Chen
The starting-small effect is a cognitive advantage in language acquisition when learners begin by generalizing on regularities from structurally simple and shorter tokens in a skewed input distribution. Our study explored this effect as a potential explanation for the biased learning of opaque and transparent vowel harmony. In opaque vowel harmony, feature agreement occurs strictly between adjacent vowels, and an intervening "neutral vowel" blocks long-distance vowel harmony. Thus, opaque vowel harmony could be acquired even if learners start with structurally simpler and more frequent disyllabic tokens...
March 4, 2024: Language and Speech
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38435598/a-model-for-new-media-data-mining-and-analysis-in-online-english-teaching-using-long-short-term-memory-lstm-network
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Chen Chen, Muhammad Aleem
To maintain a harmonious teacher-student relationship and enable educators to gain a more insightful understanding of students' learning progress, this study collects data from learners utilizing the software through a network platform. These data are mainly formed by the user's learning characteristics, combined with the screen lighting time, built-in inertial sensor attitude, signal strength, network strength and other multi-dimensional characteristics to form the learning observation value, so as to analyze the corresponding learning state, so that teachers can carry out targeted teaching improvement...
2024: PeerJ. Computer Science
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38434274/lay-understanding-and-experience-of-sexual-intercourse-among-couples-with-infertility-undergoing-an-assisted-reproduction-technology-program-a-qualitative-study
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Cennikon Pakpahan, Agustinus Agustinus, Ashon Sa'adi, Thi Tu An Nguyen, Pranee Liamputtong, Christantie Effendy, Aucky Hinting
AIM: To explore the perception and lay understanding of sexual intercourse and sexual life experiences among infertile couples before, during, and after undergoing an assisted reproduction technology (ART) program. METHOD: The participants of this descriptive qualitative study were Indonesian couples with infertility who underwent an ART program. Semi-structured interviews were conducted between September and December 2022, and the participants' responses were recorded...
March 15, 2024: Heliyon
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38434148/tailoring-therapeutics-via-a-systematic-beneficial-elements-comparison-between-photosynthetic-bacteria-derived-omvs-and-extruded-nanovesicles
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JOURNAL ARTICLE
Tingshan Xiao, Yichuan Ma, Ziyang Zhang, Yixin Zhang, Yu Zhao, Xiaohan Zhou, Xueyi Wang, Kun Ge, Junshu Guo, Jinchao Zhang, Zhenhua Li, Huifang Liu
Photosynthetic bacteria (PSB) has shown significant potential as a drug or drug delivery system owing to their photothermal capabilities and antioxidant properties. Nevertheless, the actualization of their potential is impeded by inherent constraints, including their considerable size, heightened immunogenicity and compromised biosafety. Conquering these obstacles and pursuing more effective solutions remains a top priority. Similar to extracellular vesicles, bacterial outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) have demonstrated a great potential in biomedical applications...
June 2024: Bioactive Materials
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38433942/clicking-in-harmony-exploring-the-bio-orthogonal-overlap-in-click-chemistry
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REVIEW
Mehak, Gurleen Singh, Riddima Singh, Gurjaspreet Singh, Jigmat Stanzin, Harminder Singh, Gurpreet Kaur, Jandeep Singh
In the quest to scrutinize and modify biological systems, the global research community has continued to explore bio-orthogonal click reactions, a set of reactions exclusively targeting non-native molecules within biological systems. These methodologies have brought about a paradigm shift, demonstrating the feasibility of artificial chemical reactions occurring on cellular surfaces, in the cell cytosol, or within the body - an accomplishment challenging to achieve with the majority of conventional chemical reactions...
February 29, 2024: RSC Advances
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