89 (95% CI 0.79-0.99), and the corresponding sensitivity and specificity were 0.71 (95% CI 0.51-0.91) and 0.93 (95% CI 0.87-0.96), respectively. Conclusions The results showed that CT scan can accurately classify and predict critical and non-critical COVID-19 cases.The COVID-19 pandemic is causing global disturbances and creating many questions in…[Read more]

89 (95% CI 0.79-0.99), and the corresponding sensitivity and specificity were 0.71 (95% CI 0.51-0.91) and 0.93 (95% CI 0.87-0.96), respectively. Conclusions The results showed that CT scan can accurately classify and predict critical and non-critical COVID-19 cases.The COVID-19 pandemic is causing global disturbances and creating many questions in…[Read more]

Imposing significant challenges for both street-level implementation and policy (re)design, crises alter the environment for street-level policy entrepreneurship (SLPE), wherein street-level bureaucrats engage in policy formulation processes to secure future policy outcomes. Nevertheless, like street-level implementation in general, SLPE is…[Read more]

rates that SEEG-guided surgery can still achieve high rates of seizure freedom. Seizure semiology and the number of seizures recorded during SEEG are important factors in the identification of a putative SOZ, and the indication for SEEG is an important factor in postoperative outcomes.Enteral nutrition (EN) is the preferred route of nutrition…[Read more]

Reciprocal compensation is corroborated by a dynamical systems model of the underlying physics. This coordinated activity of the system appears to derive from the system’s intrinsic end-directed behavior to maximize the rate of entropy production. The paper includes three primary components (1) empirical data on emergent coordinated phenomena in a…[Read more]

Nerve guidance channels (NGCs) promote cell-extracellular matrix (ECM) interactions occurring within the nanoscale. However, studies focusing on the effects of nanophase topography on neural cell functions are limited, and mostly concentrated on the sub-micron level (>100 nm) surface topography. Therefore, the aim of this study was to fabricate l…[Read more]

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Our results suggested that intensity-modulated radiotherapy is more effective than two-dimensional/three-dimensional radiotherapy in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma, especially in locoregional control.

Although an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment (TME) is key for tumor progression, the molecular characteristics…[Read more]

Sprouting of surviving axons is one of the major reorganization mechanisms of the injured brain contributing to a partial restoration of function. Of note, sprouting is maturation as well as age-dependent and strong in juvenile brains, moderate in adult and weak in aged brains. We have established a model system of complex organotypic tissue…[Read more]

Mechanosensitive osteocytes are central regulators of bone resorption and formation. However, during the formation of bone metastases, which arise as consequences of breast and prostate cancer and skew homeostatic bone remodeling to favor osteolytic, osteosclerotic or mixed lesions, only a paucity of data exists on tumor-associated osteocyte…[Read more]

Mucin 1 (MUC1) is a membrane‑bound, highly glycosylated protein that is overexpressed in all stages of malignant transformation. Overexpression of MUC1 together with loss of polarization and hypoglycosylation are associated with resistance to apoptosis, which is the process that results in efficient removal of damaged cells. Selleckchem B…[Read more]