Aim: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of IO-SE in comparison to IO-CEUS for the differentiation between malignant and benign liver lesions. Material and Methods: In a retrospective diagnostic study IO-CEUS and SE examinations of 49 liver lesions were evaluated and compared to histopathological examinations. Ultrasound was performed using a multifrequency linear probe (6–9 MHz). The loops of CEUS were evaluated up to 5 min. The qualitative characterization of IO-SE was based on a color coding...

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients who need intensive medical care often require oxygen ventilation, but the number of ventilation machines is limited, and in some parts of the world, they are not available at all. In addition to patients for whom there is no access to ventilation machines there is also a considerable population of patients for whom ventilation is not sufficient for them to survive a critical state. Methods: Here, we propose and...

New SARS-CoV-2 mutants have been continuously indentified with enhanced transmission ever since its outbreak in early 2020. As an RNA virus, SARS-CoV-2 has a high mutation rate due to the low fidelity of RNA polymerase. To study the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) dynamics of SARS-CoV-2, 158 SNPs with high confidence were identified by deep meta-transcriptomic sequencing, and the most common SNP type was C > T. Analyses of intra-host population diversity revealed that intra-host quasispecies’...

We introduce a pair of Shiny web applications that allow users to visualize random forest prediction intervals alongside those produced by linear regression models. The apps are designed to help undergraduate students deepen their understanding of the role that assumptions play in statistical modeling by comparing and contrasting intervals produced by regression models with those produced by more flexible algorithmic techniques. We describe the mechanics of each approach, illustrate the features of the apps, provide...

We introduce a pair of Shiny web applications that allow users to visualize random forest prediction intervals alongside those produced by linear regression models. The apps are designed to help undergraduate students deepen their understanding of the role that assumptions play in statistical modeling by comparing and contrasting intervals produced by regression models with those produced by more flexible algorithmic techniques. We describe the mechanics of each approach, illustrate the features of the apps, provide...

Additional file 2: Appendix 2. Hazard ratios and their 95% confidence limits of Ki67, PR, ER, and age. Figure 1. Hazard ratios and their 95% confidence limits for a series of binary variables of Ki67. Figure 2. Hazard ratios and their 95% confidence limits for a series of binary variables of ER. Figure 3. Hazard ratios and their 95% confidence limits for a series of binary variables of PR. Figure 4. Hazard ratios and their...

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Additional file 23: Table S1. Clinicopathologic Information and Multi-omics Data in PDAC Cohort. Table S1A Multi-omics information of PDAC cohort. Table S1B Clinicopathologic information of the 229 PDAC.

Data underlying the article: "Ultrahigh Dynamic Range and Low Noise Figure Programmable Integrated Microwave Photonic Filter". The data set consists of several different measurement results for the modulation transformer, double injection ring resonator, and microwave photonic filter responses as published in the resource article. All data is stored in files using the CSV-format. The set is structered to give the data per figure (subfigure), where each subfigure has a folder containing a README-file describing the...

Data underlying the article: "Ultrahigh Dynamic Range and Low Noise Figure Programmable Integrated Microwave Photonic Filter". The data set consists of several different measurement results for the modulation transformer, double injection ring resonator, and microwave photonic filter responses as published in the resource article. All data is stored in files using the CSV-format. The set is structured to give the data per figure (subfigure), where each subfigure has a folder containing a README-file describing the...

Additional file 5: Table S4. Non-HhaI amplicons used for cell selection.

Objective: To validate an amended protocol for clinical diagnosis of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (sCJD) including Real-Time Quaking-induced Conversion (RT-QuIC) and to observe its utilization in CJD surveillance. Methods: In the framework of a prospective epidemiological study, all neuropathological confirmed sCJD cases that received CSF RT-QuIC analysis during diagnostic work up (n=65) and a control group of non- CJD cases (n=118) were selected to investigate the accuracy of an amended diagnostic protocol. The patients had been...

Mosquito-transmitted flaviviruses cause widespread disease across the world. To provide better molecular tools for drug screens and pathogenesis studies, we report a new approach to produce stable NanoLuc-tagged flaviviruses, including dengue virus serotypes 1-4, Japanese encephalitis virus, yellow fever virus, West Nile virus, and Zika virus. Since the reporter gene is often engineered at the capsid gene region, the capsid sequence must be duplicated to flank the reporter gene; such capsid duplication is essential for...

Additional file 2: Appendix 2. Hazard ratios and their 95% confidence limits of Ki67, PR, ER, and age. Figure 1. Hazard ratios and their 95% confidence limits for a series of binary variables of Ki67. Figure 2. Hazard ratios and their 95% confidence limits for a series of binary variables of ER. Figure 3. Hazard ratios and their 95% confidence limits for a series of binary variables of PR. Figure 4. Hazard ratios and their...

ABSTRACT Introduction Although the development time of short-track speed skating in China is relatively short, with the joint efforts of many athletes and coaches, the special technical level can be comparable with that of European and American countries. Objective Verify the impacts of physical coordination training on speed in short track speed skating. Methods Athletes from the provincial skating team were randomly selected and distributed into control and experimental groups to apply the training method...

ABSTRACT Introduction Although the development time of short-track speed skating in China is relatively short, with the joint efforts of many athletes and coaches, the special technical level can be comparable with that of European and American countries. Objective Verify the impacts of physical coordination training on speed in short track speed skating. Methods Athletes from the provincial skating team were randomly selected and distributed into control and experimental groups to apply the training method...

ABSTRACT Introduction The peculiar characteristics of short track speed skating should be integrated into the psychology of competitions; it is considered that elite athletes engaged in this particular sport should have a healthy psychic condition. Objective Investigate the explosive power of female speed skaters in short track speed skating. Methods 10 key athletes from the national short track speed skating team were selected, and explosive power was tested by T-test, hexagonal test, and pro sensitivity...

Additional file 2: Dataset S1. The 130 unique cox1 haplotypes of Oncomelania hupensis from this study including two outgroups

A new type of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes bisDOPO-NH2-POSS flame retardant consisting of one polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS), two units of 9,10-dihydro-9-oxa-10-phosphaphenanthrene-10-oxide (DOPO) and reactive –NH2 groups, was synthesized and characterized by FTIR, 1H NMR, and 31P NMR. It was applied to modified conventional environmentally friendly E0 grade urea formaldehyde (UF) resin to prepare flame-retardant plywood. Two other POSS structure flame retardants were used for comparison. The results showed that the addition of bisDOPO-NH2-POSS flame retardant...

Additional file 3: Table S2. Sequencing details per sample and condition.

Additional file 6: Table S5. PCR program for DNA digestion and targeted amplification steps.

Additional file 6: Table S5. PCR program for DNA digestion and targeted amplification steps.

Additional file 26: Table S4. The Effects of Diabetes on the Proteogenomic Characteristics of PDAC. Table S4A Mutations and arm events information in PDAC patients with or without diabetes history. Table S4B Matrix of differential pathway enrichment in patients with or without diabetes history at mRNA level. Table S4C Matrix of differential pathway enrichment in patients with or without diabetes history at protein level.

Tigecycline is one of the last-resort antibiotics to treat severe infections. Recently, tigecycline resistance has sporadically emerged with an increasing trend, and Tet(X) family represents a new resistance mechanism of tigecycline. In this study, a novel chromosome-encoded tigecycline resistance gene, tet(X14), was identified in a tigecycline-resistant and colistin-resistant Empedobacter stercoris strain ES183 recovered from a pig fecal sample in China. Tet(X14) shows 67.14-96.39% sequence identity to the other variants [Tet(X) to Tet(X13)]. Overexpression of Tet(X14)...