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1. A quark core-gluon model for heavy hybrid baryons

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Cimino, Lorenzo, Willemyns, Cintia T., and Semay, Claude

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High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
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Besides the ordinary hadrons, QCD allows the existence of states in which excitations of the gluonic field can play the role of valence particles, either alone in a glueball, or coupled to quarks in a hybrid. So, hybrid baryons, made of three quarks and a gluon, can a priori exist. Till now, there is no experimental evidence for such exotic hadrons but experimental efforts are being made to search for them at CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer. In this work, a hybrid baryon is considered as a two-body system composed of a color octet three-quark core and a gluon, interacting via a QCD-inspired interaction. A semirelativistic potential model is built in which the dominant interaction is a potential simulating the flux tube confinement, and the Casimir scaling is assumed to link interactions between triplet and octet color sources. This picture is similar to the quark-diquark description for baryons. It is chosen in order to take properly into account the helicity of the gluon. Only $cccg$ and $bbbg$ states are considered because the strong mass asymmetry between the quark core and the gluon is expected to favor the formation of the core. As the results for heavy hybrid baryons seem relevant, we consider this paper as a proof of concept which can be extended for the study of light hybrid baryons., Comment: 13 pages, Table V corrected

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2024
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2. Euclid. I. Overview of the Euclid mission

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Euclid Collaboration, Mellier, Y., Abdurro'uf, Barroso, J. A. Acevedo, Achúcarro, A., Adamek, J., Adam, R., Addison, G. E., Aghanim, N., Aguena, M., Ajani, V., Akrami, Y., Al-Bahlawan, A., Alavi, A., Albuquerque, I. S., Alestas, G., Alguero, G., Allaoui, A., Allen, S. W., Allevato, V., Alonso-Tetilla, A. V., Altieri, B., Alvarez-Candal, A., Amara, A., Amendola, L., Amiaux, J., Andika, I. T., Andreon, S., Andrews, A., Angora, G., Angulo, R. E., Annibali, F., Anselmi, A., Anselmi, S., Arcari, S., Archidiacono, M., Aricò, G., Arnaud, M., Arnouts, S., Asgari, M., Asorey, J., Atayde, L., Atek, H., Atrio-Barandela, F., Aubert, M., Aubourg, E., Auphan, T., Auricchio, N., Aussel, B., Aussel, H., Avelino, P. P., Avgoustidis, A., Avila, S., Awan, S., Azzollini, R., Baccigalupi, C., Bachelet, E., Bacon, D., Baes, M., Bagley, M. B., Bahr-Kalus, B., Balaguera-Antolinez, A., Balbinot, E., Balcells, M., Baldi, M., Baldry, I., Balestra, A., Ballardini, M., Ballester, O., Balogh, M., Bañados, E., Barbier, R., Bardelli, S., Barreiro, T., Barriere, J. -C., Barros, B. J., Barthelemy, A., Bartolo, N., Basset, A., Battaglia, P., Battisti, A. J., Baugh, C. M., Baumont, L., Bazzanini, L., Beaulieu, J. -P., Beckmann, V., Belikov, A. N., Bel, J., Bellagamba, F., Bella, M., Bellini, E., Benabed, K., Bender, R., Benevento, G., Bennett, C. L., Benson, K., Bergamini, P., Bermejo-Climent, J. R., Bernardeau, F., Bertacca, D., Berthe, M., Berthier, J., Bethermin, M., Beutler, F., Bevillon, C., Bhargava, S., Bhatawdekar, R., Bisigello, L., Biviano, A., Blake, R. P., Blanchard, A., Blazek, J., Blot, L., Bosco, A., Bodendorf, C., Boenke, T., Böhringer, H., Bolzonella, M., Bonchi, A., Bonici, M., Bonino, D., Bonino, L., Bonvin, C., Bon, W., Booth, J. T., Borgani, S., Borlaff, A. S., Borsato, E., Bose, B., Botticella, M. T., Boucaud, A., Bouche, F., Boucher, J. S., Boutigny, D., Bouvard, T., Bouy, H., Bowler, R. A. A., Bozza, V., Bozzo, E., Branchini, E., Brau-Nogue, S., Brekke, P., Bremer, M. N., Brescia, M., Breton, M. -A., Brinchmann, J., Brinckmann, T., Brockley-Blatt, C., Brodwin, M., Brouard, L., Brown, M. L., Bruton, S., Bucko, J., Buddelmeijer, H., Buenadicha, G., Buitrago, F., Burger, P., Burigana, C., Busillo, V., Busonero, D., Cabanac, R., Cabayol-Garcia, L., Cagliari, M. S., Caillat, A., Caillat, L., Calabrese, M., Calabro, A., Calderone, G., Calura, F., Quevedo, B. Camacho, Camera, S., Campos, L., Canas-Herrera, G., Candini, G. P., Cantiello, M., Capobianco, V., Cappellaro, E., Cappelluti, N., Cappi, A., Caputi, K. I., Cara, C., Carbone, C., Cardone, V. F., Carella, E., Carlberg, R. G., Carle, M., Carminati, L., Caro, F., Carrasco, J. M., Carretero, J., Carrilho, P., Duque, J. Carron, Carry, B., Carvalho, A., Carvalho, C. S., Casas, R., Casas, S., Casenove, P., Casey, C. 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Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies, Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Abstract

The current standard model of cosmology successfully describes a variety of measurements, but the nature of its main ingredients, dark matter and dark energy, remains unknown. Euclid is a medium-class mission in the Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 programme of the European Space Agency (ESA) that will provide high-resolution optical imaging, as well as near-infrared imaging and spectroscopy, over about 14,000 deg^2 of extragalactic sky. In addition to accurate weak lensing and clustering measurements that probe structure formation over half of the age of the Universe, its primary probes for cosmology, these exquisite data will enable a wide range of science. This paper provides a high-level overview of the mission, summarising the survey characteristics, the various data-processing steps, and data products. We also highlight the main science objectives and expected performance., Comment: Paper submitted as part of the A&A special issue`Euclid on Sky'

Published
2024

3. Partially dissociable roles of the Orbitofrontal cortex and dorsal Hippocampus in context-dependent (hierarchical) reward prediction and contextual inference in learning

Author

Peterson, Sophie, Chavira, Jose, Arango, Alex Garcia, Seamans, David, Cimino, Emma, and Keiflin, Ronald

Subjects
Biological Psychology, Psychology, Basic Behavioral and Social Science, Behavioral and Social Science, Brain Disorders
Abstract

Reward cues are often ambiguous; what is good in one context is not necessarily good in another context. To solve this ambiguity, animals form hierarchical associations in which the context acts as a gatekeeper in the retrieval of the appropriate cue-evoked memory, ensuring context-appropriate behavior. These hierarchical associative structures also influence future learning by promoting the formation of new context-dependent associations (leading to the inference of context-dependency for new associations). The orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) and the dorsal hippocampus (DH) are both proposed to encode a “cognitive map” that includes the representation of hierarchical, context-dependent, associations. However the causal role of the OFC and DH in the different functional properties of hierarchical associations remains controversial. Here we used chemogenetic inactivations, in rats, to examine the role of OFC and DH in 1) the contextual regulation of performance, and 2) the contextual learning bias conferred by hierarchical associations. We show that OFC is required for both manifestations of hierarchical associations. In contrast, DH contribution appears limited to the contextual learning bias. This study provides novel insight into the different functional properties of context-dependent hierarchical associations, and establishes the OFC as a critical orchestrator of these different contextual effects.

Published
2024

4. Meningioma transcriptomic landscape demonstrates novel subtypes with regional associated biology and patient outcome.

Author

Thirimanne, H, Almiron-Bonnin, Damian, Nuechterlein, Nicholas, Arora, Sonali, Jensen, Matt, Parada, Carolina, Qiu, Chengxiang, Szulzewsky, Frank, English, Collin, Chen, William, Sievers, Philipp, Nassiri, Farshad, Wang, Justin, Klisch, Tiemo, Aldape, Kenneth, Patel, Akash, Cimino, Patrick, Zadeh, Gelareh, Sahm, Felix, Raleigh, David, Shendure, Jay, Ferreira, Manuel, and Holland, Eric

Subjects
Oncoscape, UMAP, brain tumor, bulk RNA-seq, meningioma, meningioma subtypes, patient prognosis prediction, recurrent, Meningioma, Humans, Transcriptome, Meningeal Neoplasms, Male, Female, Middle Aged, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Algorithms, Gene Expression Profiling
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Meningiomas, although mostly benign, can be recurrent and fatal. World Health Organization (WHO) grading of the tumor does not always identify high-risk meningioma, and better characterizations of their aggressive biology are needed. To approach this problem, we combined 13 bulk RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) datasets to create a dimension-reduced reference landscape of 1,298 meningiomas. The clinical and genomic metadata effectively correlated with landscape regions, which led to the identification of meningioma subtypes with specific biological signatures. The time to recurrence also correlated with the map location. Further, we developed an algorithm that maps new patients onto this landscape, where the nearest neighbors predict outcome. This study highlights the utility of combining bulk transcriptomic datasets to visualize the complexity of tumor populations. Further, we provide an interactive tool for understanding the disease and predicting patient outcomes. This resource is accessible via the online tool Oncoscape, where the scientific community can explore the meningioma landscape.

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2024

5. A machine learning workflow to address credit default prediction

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Rahmani, Rambod, Parola, Marco, and Cimino, Mario G. C. A.

Subjects
Computer Science - Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science, Computer Science - Machine Learning, Quantitative Finance - Risk Management
Abstract

Due to the recent increase in interest in Financial Technology (FinTech), applications like credit default prediction (CDP) are gaining significant industrial and academic attention. In this regard, CDP plays a crucial role in assessing the creditworthiness of individuals and businesses, enabling lenders to make informed decisions regarding loan approvals and risk management. In this paper, we propose a workflow-based approach to improve CDP, which refers to the task of assessing the probability that a borrower will default on his or her credit obligations. The workflow consists of multiple steps, each designed to leverage the strengths of different techniques featured in machine learning pipelines and, thus best solve the CDP task. We employ a comprehensive and systematic approach starting with data preprocessing using Weight of Evidence encoding, a technique that ensures in a single-shot data scaling by removing outliers, handling missing values, and making data uniform for models working with different data types. Next, we train several families of learning models, introducing ensemble techniques to build more robust models and hyperparameter optimization via multi-objective genetic algorithms to consider both predictive accuracy and financial aspects. Our research aims at contributing to the FinTech industry in providing a tool to move toward more accurate and reliable credit risk assessment, benefiting both lenders and borrowers.

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2024

10. Comparison of perioperative and short-terms outcomes of en-bloc Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) and robot-assisted simple prostatectomy: a propensity-score matching analysis

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Grosso, Antonio Andrea, Amparore, Daniele, Di Maida, Fabrizio, de Cillis, Sabrina, Cocci, Andrea, Di Dio, Michele, Russo, Giorgio Ivan, Cimino, Sebastiano, Quarà, Alberto, Salvi, Matteo, Fiori, Cristian, Mari, Andrea, Porpiglia, Francesco, Minervini, Andrea, and Tuccio, Agostino

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2024
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15. Molecular and clinicopathologic characteristics of CNS embryonal tumors with BRD4::LEUTX fusion.

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Andreiuolo, Felipe, Ferrone, Christina, Rajan, Sharika, Guney, Ekin, Cham, Elaine, Giannini, Caterina, Toland, Angus, Willard, Nicholas, de Souza, Andrea, Dazelle, Karen, Chung, Hye-Jung, Singh, Omkar, Conway, Kyle, Coley, Nicholas, Dampier, Christopher, Abdullaev, Zied, Pratt, Drew, Cimino, Patrick, Quezado, Martha, Aldape, Kenneth, and Perry, Arie

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BRD4::LEUTX, Embryonal tumor, Methylation, Humans, Brain Neoplasms, Nuclear Proteins, Transcription Factors, Central Nervous System Neoplasms, Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal, Bromodomain Containing Proteins, Cell Cycle Proteins, Forkhead Transcription Factors, Homeodomain Proteins
Abstract

Central nervous system (CNS) embryonal tumors are a heterogeneous group of high-grade malignancies, and the increasing clinical use of methylation profiling and next-generation sequencing has led to the identification of molecularly distinct subtypes. One proposed tumor type, CNS tumor with BRD4::LEUTX fusion, has been described. As only a few CNS tumors with BRD4::LEUTX fusions have been described, we herein characterize a cohort of 9 such cases (4 new, 5 previously published) to further describe their clinicopathologic and molecular features. We demonstrate that CNS embryonal tumor with BRD4::LEUTX fusion comprises a well-defined methylation class/cluster. We find that patients are young (4 years or younger), with large tumors at variable locations, and frequently with evidence of leptomeningeal/cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) dissemination. Histologically, tumors were highly cellular with high-grade embryonal features. Immunohistochemically, 5/5 cases showed synaptophysin and 4/5 showed OLIG2 expression, thus overlapping with CNS neuroblastoma, FOXR2-activated. DNA copy number profiles were generally flat; however, two tumors had chromosome 1q gains. No recurring genomic changes, besides the presence of the fusion, were found. The LEUTX portion of the fusion transcript was constant in all cases assessed, while the BRD4 portion varied but included a domain with proto-oncogenic activity in all cases. Two patients with clinical follow up available had tumors with excellent response to chemotherapy. Two of our patients were alive without evidence of recurrence or progression after gross total resection and chemotherapy at 16 and 33 months. One patient relapsed, and the last of our four patients died of disease one month after diagnosis. Overall, this case series provides additional evidence for this as a distinct tumor type defined by the presence of a specific fusion as well as a distinct DNA methylation signature. Studies on larger series are required to further characterize these tumors.

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2024

16. Divergent responses of highly migratory species to climate change in the California Current

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Lezama‐Ochoa, Nerea, Brodie, Stephanie, Welch, Heather, Jacox, Michael G, Buil, Mercedes Pozo, Fiechter, Jerome, Cimino, Megan, Muhling, Barbara, Dewar, Heidi, Becker, Elizabeth A, Forney, Karin A, Costa, Daniel, Benson, Scott R, Farchadi, Nima, Braun, Camrin, Lewison, Rebecca, Bograd, Steven, and Hazen, Elliott L

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Environmental Sciences, Biological Sciences, Environmental Management, Life on Land, Climate Action, California Current System, centre of gravity, climate change, downscaled ocean projections, earth system model, habitat suitability index, species distribution model, Ecology, Biological sciences, Environmental sciences
Abstract

Aim: Marine biodiversity faces unprecedented threats from anthropogenic climate change. Ecosystem responses to climate change have exhibited substantial variability in the direction and magnitude of redistribution, posing challenges for developing effective climate-adaptive marine management strategies. Location: The California Current Ecosystem (CCE), USA. Methods: We project suitable habitat for 10 highly migratory species in the California Current System using an ensemble of three high-resolution (~10 km) downscaled ocean projections under the Representative Concentration Pathway 8.5 (RCP8.5). Spanning the period from 1980 to 2100, our analysis focuses on assessing the direction and distance of distributional shifts, as well as changes in core habitat area for each species. Results: Our findings reveal a divergent response among species to climate impacts. Specifically, four species were projected to undergo significant poleward shifts exceeding 100 km, and gain habitat (~7%–60%) in response to climate change. Conversely, six species were projected to shift towards the coast, resulting in a loss of habitat ranging from 10% to 66% by the end of the century. These divergent responses could typically be characterized by the mode of thermoregulation (i.e. ectotherm vs. endotherm) and species' affiliations with cool and productive upwelled waters that are characteristic of the region. Furthermore, our study highlights an increase in niche overlap between protected species and those targeted by fisheries, which may lead to increased human interaction events under climate change. Main Conclusions: By providing valuable species distribution projections, our research contributes to the understanding of climate change effects on marine biodiversity and offers critical insight and support for developing climate-ready management of protected and fished species.

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2024

17. Examining Associations Between Smartphone Use and Clinical Severity in Frontotemporal Dementia: Proof-of-Concept Study

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Paolillo, Emily W, Casaletto, Kaitlin B, Clark, Annie L, Taylor, Jack C, Heuer, Hilary W, Wise, Amy B, Dhanam, Sreya, Sanderson-Cimino, Mark, Saloner, Rowan, Kramer, Joel H, Kornak, John, Kremers, Walter, Forsberg, Leah, Appleby, Brian, Bayram, Ece, Bozoki, Andrea, Brushaber, Danielle, Darby, R Ryan, Day, Gregory S, Dickerson, Bradford C, Domoto-Reilly, Kimiko, Elahi, Fanny, Fields, Julie A, Ghoshal, Nupur, Graff-Radford, Neill, Hall, Matthew GH, Honig, Lawrence S, Huey, Edward D, Lapid, Maria I, Litvan, Irene, Mackenzie, Ian R, Masdeu, Joseph C, Mendez, Mario F, Mester, Carly, Miyagawa, Toji, Naasan, Georges, Pascual, Belen, Pressman, Peter, Ramos, Eliana Marisa, Rankin, Katherine P, Rexach, Jessica, Rojas, Julio C, VandeVrede, Lawren, Wong, Bonnie, Wszolek, Zbigniew K, Boeve, Bradley F, Rosen, Howard J, Boxer, Adam L, Staffaroni, Adam M, and Consortium, ALLFTD

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Health Services and Systems, Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Health Sciences, Neurosciences, Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD), Clinical Research, Alzheimer's Disease, Neurodegenerative, Brain Disorders, Alzheimer's Disease including Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD), Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (ADRD), Behavioral and Social Science, Aging, Mental Health, Dementia, Basic Behavioral and Social Science, Acquired Cognitive Impairment, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, 4.1 Discovery and preclinical testing of markers and technologies, Neurological, Mental health, Humans, Female, Male, Middle Aged, Frontotemporal Dementia, Smartphone, Aged, Severity of Illness Index, Proof of Concept Study, Adult, Longitudinal Studies, Neuropsychological Tests, Mobile Applications, digital, technology, remote, monitoring, cognition, neuropsychology, cognitive impairment, neurodegenerative, screening, clinical trials, mobile phone, ALLFTD Consortium, Clinical sciences, Biomedical engineering, Health services and systems
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BackgroundFrontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is a leading cause of dementia in individuals aged

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2024

18. Dynamic human, oceanographic, and ecological factors mediate transboundary fishery overlap across the Pacific high seas

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Frawley, Timothy H, Muhling, Barbara, Brodie, Stephanie, Blondin, Hannah, Welch, Heather, Arostegui, Martin C, Bograd, Steven J, Braun, Camrin D, Cimino, Megan A, Farchadi, Nima, Hazen, Elliott L, Tommasi, Desiree, and Jacox, Michael

Subjects
Environmental Sciences, Environmental Management, Life Below Water, albacore tuna, dynamic ocean management, fisheries overlap, North Pacific transition zone, pelagic longlines, stock assessment, Ecology, Fisheries Sciences, Fisheries, Fisheries sciences, Environmental management
Abstract

The management and conservation of tuna and other transboundary marine species have to date been limited by an incomplete understanding of the oceanographic, ecological and socioeconomic factors mediating fishery overlap and interactions, and how these factors vary across expansive, open ocean habitats. Despite advances in fisheries monitoring and biologging technology, few attempts have been made to conduct integrated ecological analyses at basin scales relevant to pelagic fisheries and the highly migratory species they target. Here, we use vessel tracking data, archival tags, observer records, and machine learning to examine inter- and intra-annual variability in fisheries overlap (2013–2020) of five pelagic longline fishing fleets with North Pacific albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga, Scombridae). Although progressive declines in catch and biomass have been observed over the past several decades, the North Pacific albacore is one of the only Pacific tuna stocks primarily targeted by pelagic longlines not currently listed as overfished or experiencing overfishing. We find that fishery overlap varies significantly across time and space as mediated by (1) differences in habitat preferences between juvenile and adult albacore; (2) variation of oceanographic features known to aggregate pelagic biomass; and (3) the different spatial niches targeted by shallow-set and deep-set longline fishing gear. These findings may have significant implications for stock assessment in this and other transboundary fishery systems, particularly the reliance on fishery-dependent data to index abundance. Indeed, we argue that additional consideration of how overlap, catchability, and size selectivity parameters vary over time and space may be required to ensure the development of robust, equitable, and climate-resilient harvest control rules.

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2024

19. Tests of the envelope theory for three-body forces

Author

Cimino, Lorenzo, Tourbez, Clara, Chevalier, Cyrille, Lacroix, Gwendolyn, and Semay, Claude

Subjects
Quantum Physics
Abstract

Many-body forces, and specially three-body forces, are sometimes a relevant ingredient in various fields, such as atomic, nuclear or hadronic physics. As their precise structure is generally difficult to uncover or to implement, phenomenological effective forces are often used in practice. A form commonly used for a many-body variable is the square-root of the sum of two-body variables. Even in this case, the problem can be very difficult to treat numerically. But this kind of many-body forces can be handled at the same level of difficulty than two-body forces by the envelope theory. The envelope theory is a very efficient technique to compute approximate, but reliable, solutions of many-body systems, specially for identical particles. The quality of this technique is tested here for various three-body forces with non-relativistic systems composed of three identical particles. The energies, the eigenfunctions, and some observables are compared with the corresponding accurate results computed with a numerical variational method., Comment: 13 pages

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2023
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20. Entinostat, nivolumab and ipilimumab for women with advanced HER2-negative breast cancer: a phase Ib trial

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Roussos Torres, Evanthia.T., Ho, Won J., Danilova, Ludmila, Tandurella, Joseph A., Leatherman, James, Rafie, Christine, Wang, Chenguang, Brufsky, Adam, LoRusso, Patricia, Chung, Vincent, Yuan, Yuan, Downs, Melinda, O’Connor, Ashley, Shin, Sarah M., Hernandez, Alexei, Engle, Elizabeth L., Piekarz, Richard, Streicher, Howard, Talebi, Zahra, Rudek, Michelle A., Zhu, Qingfeng, Anders, Robert A., Cimino-Mathews, Ashley, Fertig, Elana J., Jaffee, Elizabeth M., Stearns, Vered, and Connolly, Roisin M.

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2024
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25. Evaluation of a large set of patients with Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome from a single reference centre in context of different classifications

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Gatta, E., Maltese, V., Cimino, E., Cavadini, M., Anelli, V., Di Lodovico, E., Piovani, E., Zammarchi, I., Gozzoli, G., Agosti, B., Pirola, I., Delbarba, A., Girelli, A., Buoso, C., Bambini, F., Alfieri, D., Bremi, W., Facondo, P., Lupo, R., Bezzi, F., Fredi, M., Mazzola, A. M., Gandossi, E., Saullo, M., Marini, F., Licini, M., Pezzaioli, L. C., Pini, L., Franceschini, F., Ricci, C., and Cappelli, C.

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2024
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29. Comparison of multi-parallel quantitative real-time PCRs targeting different DNA regions and detecting soil-transmitted helminths in stool

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Marina Papaiakovou, Rubén O. Cimino, Nils Pilotte, Julia Dunn, D. Timothy J. Littlewood, Steven A. Williams, Alejandro J. Krolewiecki, and Rojelio Mejia

Subjects
Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216
Abstract

Abstract Background Soil-transmitted helminths infect an estimated 18% of the world’s population, causing a significant health burden. Microscopy has been the primary tool for diagnosing eggs from fecal samples, but its sensitivity drops in low-prevalence settings. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) is slowly increasing in research and clinical settings. However, there is still no consensus on preferred qPCR targets. Methods We aimed to compare soil-transmitted helminth (STH) DNA detection methods by testing naïve stool samples spiked with known quantities of STH eggs and larvae. DNA extracts from spiked samples were tested using independent quantitative realtime PCR (qPCR) assays targeting ribosomal or putative non-protein coding satellite sequences. Results For Trichuris trichiura, there was a strong correlation between egg/larvae counts and qPCR results using either qPCR method (0.86 and 0.87, respectively). Strong correlations also existed for A. lumbricoides (0.60 and 0.63, respectively), but weaker correlations were found for Ancylostoma duodenale (0.41 for both assays) and Strongyloides stercoralis (0.48 and 0.65, respectively). No correlation for Necator americanus was observed when testing with either qPCR assay. Both assays had fair-to-moderate agreement across targets when using field-collected stool samples (0.28–0.45, for all STHs), except for S. stercoralis (0.12) with slight agreement. Conclusions There is a strong correlation between qPCR results and egg/larvae counts. Our study confirms that qPCR is an effective diagnostic tool, even with low-intensity infections, regardless of the DNA-based diagnostic marker used. However, the moderate agreement between the two different qPCR assays when testing field samples highlights the need to understand the role of these targets in the genome so that the parasite burden can be quantified more accurately and consistently by qPCR. Graphical abstract

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2024
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30. Breast calcifications on mammography from systemic amyloidosis: A case report

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Joanna Rossi, MD, MPH, Rebecca Wingfield, MD, and Ashley Cimino-Mathews, MD

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Amyloidosis, Light chain (AL) amyloidosis, Systemic amyloidosis, Breast calcifications, Mammography, Congo red, Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine, R895-920
Abstract

Calcifications on mammography from systemic disease at times meet diagnostic criteria for histologic sampling to exclude malignancy. We present a case of bilateral groups of new calcifications on mammography that yielded amyloidosis on core biopsy. Awareness of our patient's known diagnosis of systemic light chain amyloidosis (AL) prompted use of Congo red staining to confirm the histologic diagnosis. Knowledge of systemic diseases with possible manifestations on mammography can facilitate cogent and clinically relevant radiology-pathology correlation.

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2024
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32. Humans seropositive for Trypanosoma cruzi co-infected with intestinal helminths have higher infectiousness, parasitaemia and Th2-type response in the Argentine Chaco

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Gustavo Fabián Enriquez, Natalia Paula Macchiaverna, Graciela Garbossa, Luz Piedad Quebrada Palacio, Bárbara Leonor Ojeda, Jacqueline Bua, María Sol Gaspe, Rubén Cimino, Ricardo Esteban Gürtler, Miriam Postan, and Marta Victoria Cardinal

Subjects
Gran Chaco, Neglected tropical diseases, Trypanosoma cruzi, Intestinal parasites, Co-infection, Heterogeneity, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216
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Abstract Background The Gran Chaco ecoregion is a well-known hotspot of several neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) including Chagas disease, soil-transmitted helminthiasis and multiparasitic infections. Interspecific interactions between parasite species can modify host susceptibility, pathogenesis and transmissibility through immunomodulation. Our objective was to test the association between human co-infection with intestinal parasites and host parasitaemia, infectiousness to the vector and immunological profiles in Trypanosoma cruzi-seropositive individuals residing in an endemic region of the Argentine Chaco. Methods We conducted a cross-sectional serological survey for T. cruzi infection along with an intestinal parasite survey in two adjacent rural villages. Each participant was tested for T. cruzi and Strongyloides stercoralis infection by serodiagnosis, and by coprological tests for intestinal parasite detection. Trypanosoma cruzi bloodstream parasite load was determined by quantitative PCR (qPCR), host infectiousness by artificial xenodiagnosis and serum human cytokine levels by flow cytometry. Results The seroprevalence for T. cruzi was 16.1% and for S. stercoralis 11.5% (n = 87). We found 25.3% of patients with Enterobius vermicularis. The most frequent protozoan parasites were Blastocystis spp. (39.1%), Giardia lamblia (6.9%) and Cryptosporidium spp. (3.4%). Multiparasitism occurred in 36.8% of the examined patients. Co-infection ranged from 6.9% to 8.1% for T. cruzi-seropositive humans simultaneously infected with at least one protozoan or helminth species, respectively. The relative odds of being positive by qPCR or xenodiagnosis (i.e. infectious) of 28 T. cruzi-seropositive patients was eight times higher in people co-infected with at least one helminth species than in patients with no such co-infection. Trypanosoma cruzi parasite load and host infectiousness were positively associated with helminth co-infection in a multiple regression analysis. Interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) response, measured in relation to interleukin (IL)-4 among humans infected with T. cruzi only, was 1.5-fold higher than for T. cruzi-seropositive patients co-infected with helminths. The median concentration of IL-4 was significantly higher in T. cruzi-seropositive patients with a positive qPCR test than in qPCR-negative patients. Conclusions Our results show a high level of multiparasitism and suggest that co-infection with intestinal helminths increased T. cruzi parasitaemia and upregulated the Th2-type response in the study patients. Graphical Abstract

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2024
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33. Impact on Glycemia Risk Index and other metrics in type 1 adult patients switching to Advanced Hybrid Closed-Loop systems: a one-year real-life experience

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Eugenia Resmini, Emanuela Zarra, Silvia Dotti, Giulia Rotondi, Angelo Vincenzo Cornaghi, Sara Madaschi, Elena Cimino, Giulia Massari, Letizia Chiara Pezzaioli, Caterina Buoso, Marco Sandri, and Angela Girelli

Subjects
Advanced Hybrid Closed-Loop systems, GRI, CGM metrics, Type 1 diabetes mellitus, Medicine
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Abstract Background Advanced Hybrid Closed-Loop system (AHCL) has profoundly changed type 1 diabetes therapy. This study primarily aimed to assess the impact on Glycemia Risk Index (GRI) and other continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) metrics when switching from one of four insulin strategies to AHCL in type 1 adult patients. Methods A single-center, retrospective pre/post observational study; 198 patients (age 44.4 ± 12.7 years, 115 females/83 males, diabetes duration 24.7 ± 11.6 years, HbA1c 7.4 ± 1%), treated with different insulin therapies (MDI, CSII, SAP with PLGS, HCL) were assessed before and after switching to an AHCL (MiniMed 780G, Diabeloop Roche, Tandem Control-IQ) at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months. Mixed-effects multivariable regression models were used to estimate the mean pre/post variations at different time points, adjusted for potential confounders. Results A month after the switch, there was an improvement in CGM metrics and HbA1c for all patients: GRI −10.7, GMI −0.27%, CV −2.1%, TAR>250 −3.7%, TAR180-250 −5.6%, TIR + 9.7%, HbA1c −0.54% (all p 250 at T1 (for all p

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2024
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34. Papillary tumor of the pineal region: analysis of DNA methylation profiles and clinical outcomes in 76 cases

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Zhichao Wu, Karen Dazelle, Zied Abdullaev, Hye-Jung Chung, Sonika Dahiya, Matthew Wood, Han Lee, Calixto-Hope G. Lucas, Qinwen Mao, Lorraina Robinson, Igor Fernandes, Matthew McCord, Peter Pytel, Kyle S. Conway, Rebecca Yoda, Jennifer M. Eschbacher, Ossama M. Maher, Martin Hasselblatt, Bret C. Mobley, Jack M. Raisanen, Kimmo J. Hatanpaa, Joshua Byers, Norman L. Lehman, Patrick J. Cimino, Drew Pratt, Martha Quezado, and Kenneth Aldape

Subjects
Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, RC346-429
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Abstract Papillary tumor of the pineal region (PTPR) is an uncommon tumor of the pineal region with distinctive histopathologic and molecular characteristics. Experience is limited with respect to its molecular heterogeneity and clinical characteristics. Here, we describe 39 new cases and combine these with 37 previously published cases for a cohort of 76 PTPR’s, all confirmed by methylation profiling. As previously reported, two main methylation groups were identified (PTPR-A and PTPR-B). In our analysis we extended the subtyping into three subtypes: PTPR-A, PTPR-B1 and PTPR-B2 supported by DNA methylation profile and genomic copy number variations. Frequent loss of chromosome 3 or 14 was found in PTPR-B1 tumors but not in PTPR-B2. Examination of clinical outcome showed that nearly half (14/30, 47%) of examined patients experienced tumor progression with significant difference among the subtypes (p value = 0.046). Our analysis extends the understanding of this uncommon but distinct neuroepithelial tumor by describing its molecular heterogeneity and clinical outcomes, including its tendency towards tumor recurrence.

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2024
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35. Comparison of 'IN-REC-SUR-E' and LISA in preterm neonates with respiratory distress syndrome: a randomized controlled trial (IN-REC-LISA trial)

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Giovanni Vento, Angela Paladini, C. Aurilia, S. Alkan Ozdemir, V. P. Carnielli, F. Cools, S. Costa, F. Cota, C. Dani, P. G. Davis, S. Fattore, C. Fè, N. Finer, F. P. Fusco, C. Gizzi, E. Herting, M. Jian, A. Lio, G. Lista, F. Mosca, S. Nobile, A. Perri, S. Picone, J. J. Pillow, G. Polglase, T. Pasciuto, R. Pastorino, M. Tana, D. Tingay, C. Tirone, A. H. van Kaam, M. L. Ventura, A. Aceti, M. Agosti, G. Alighieri, G. Ancora, V. Angileri, G. Ausanio, S. Aversa, E. Balestri, E. Baraldi, M. C. Barbini, C. Barone, R. Beghini, C. Bellan, A. Berardi, I. Bernardo, P. Betta, M. Binotti, B. Bizzarri, G. Borgarello, S. Borgione, A. Borrelli, R. Bottino, G. Bracaglia, I. Bresesti, I. Burattini, C. Cacace, F. Calzolari, M. F. Campagnoli, L. Capasso, M. Capozza, M. G. Capretti, J. Caravetta, C. Carbonara, V. Cardilli, M. Carta, F. Castoldi, A. Castronovo, E. Cavalleri, F. Cavigioli, S. Cecchi, V. Chierici, C. Cimino, F. Cocca, C. Cocca, P. Cogo, M. Coma, V. Comito, V. Condò, C. Consigli, R. Conti, M. Corradi, G. Corsello, L. T. Corvaglia, A. Costa, A. Coscia, F. Cresi, F. Crispino, P. D’Amico, L. De Cosmo, C. De Maio, G. Del Campo, S. Di Credico, S. Di Fabio, P. Di Nicola, A. Di Paolo, S. Di Valerio, A. Distilo, V. Duca, A. Falcone, R. Falsaperla, V. A. Fasolato, V. Fatuzzo, F. Favini, M. P. Ferrarello, S. Ferrari, F. Fiori Nastro, C. A. Forcellini, A. Fracchiolla, A. Gabriele, F. Galdo, F. Gallini, A. Gangemi, G. Gargano, D. Gazzolo, M. P. Gentile, S. Ghirardello, F. Giardina, L. Giordano, E. Gitto, M. Giuffrè, L. Grappone, F. Grasso, I. Greco, A. Grison, R. Guglielmino, I. Guidotti, I. Guzzo, N. La Forgia, S. La Placa, G. La Torre, P. Lago, L. Lanciotti, A. Lavizzari, F. Leo, V. Leonardi, D. Lestingi, J. Li, P. Liberatore, D. Lodin, R. Lubrano, M. Lucente, S. Luciani, D. Luvarà, G. Maffei, A. Maggio, L. Maggio, K. Maiolo, L. Malaigia, G. Mangili, A. Manna, E. Maranella, A. Marciano, P. Marcozzi, M. Marletta, L. Marseglia, D. Martinelli, S. Martinelli, S. Massari, L. Massenzi, F. Matina, L. Mattia, G. Mescoli, I. V. Migliore, D. Minghetti, I. Mondello, S. Montano, G. Morandi, N. Mores, S. Morreale, I. Morselli, M. Motta, M. Napolitano, D. Nardo, A. Nicolardi, S. Nider, G. Nigro, M. Nuccio, L. Orfeo, C. Ottaviano, P. Paganin, S. Palamides, S. Palatta, P. Paolillo, M. G. Pappalardo, E. Pasta, L. Patti, G. Paviotti, R. Perniola, G. Perotti, S. Perrone, F. Petrillo, M. S. Piazza, A. Piccirillo, M. Pierro, E. Piga, G. A. Pingitore, S. Pisu, C. Pittini, F. Pontiggia, G. Pontrelli, A. Primavera, A. Proto, L. Quartulli, F. Raimondi, L. Ramenghi, M. Rapsomaniki, A. Ricotti, C. Rigotti, M. Rinaldi, F. M. Risso, E. Roma, E. Romanini, V. Romano, E. Rosati, V. Rosella, I. Rulli, V. Salvo, C. Sanfilippo, A. Sannia, A. Saporito, A. Sauna, E. Scapillati, F. Schettini, A. Scorrano, S. Semeria Mantelli, V. Sepporta, P. Sindico, A. Solinas, E. Sorrentino, E. Spaggiari, A. Staffler, M. Stella, D. Termini, G. Terrin, A. Testa, G. Tina, M. Tirantello, B. Tomasini, F. Tormena, L. Travan, D. Trevisanuto, G. Tuling, V. Tulino, L. Valenzano, S. Vedovato, S. Vendramin, P. E. Villani, S. Viola, V. Viola, G. Vitaliti, M. Vitaliti, P. Wanker, Y. Yang, S. Zanetta, and E. Zannin

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Preterm infants, Lung recruitment, HFOV, INRECSURE, LISA, Surfactant, Medicine (General), R5-920
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Abstract Background Surfactant is a well-established therapy for preterm neonates affected by respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). The goals of different methods of surfactant administration are to reduce the duration of mechanical ventilation and the severity of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD); however, the optimal administration method remains unknown. This study compares the effectiveness of the INtubate-RECruit-SURfactant-Extubate (IN-REC-SUR-E) technique with the less-invasive surfactant administration (LISA) technique, in increasing BPD-free survival of preterm infants. This is an international unblinded multicenter randomized controlled study in which preterm infants will be randomized into two groups to receive IN-REC-SUR-E or LISA surfactant administration. Methods In this study, 382 infants born at 24+0–27+6 weeks’ gestation, not intubated in the delivery room and failing nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) or nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) during the first 24 h of life, will be randomized 1:1 to receive IN-REC-SUR-E or LISA surfactant administration. The primary outcome is a composite outcome of death or BPD at 36 weeks’ postmenstrual age. The secondary outcomes are BPD at 36 weeks’ postmenstrual age; death; pulse oximetry/fraction of inspired oxygen; severe intraventricular hemorrhage; pneumothorax; duration of respiratory support and oxygen therapy; pulmonary hemorrhage; patent ductus arteriosus undergoing treatment; percentage of infants receiving more doses of surfactant; periventricular leukomalacia, severe retinopathy of prematurity, necrotizing enterocolitis, sepsis; total in-hospital stay; systemic postnatal steroids; neurodevelopmental outcomes; and respiratory function testing at 24 months of age. Randomization will be centrally provided using both stratification and permuted blocks with random block sizes and block order. Stratification factors will include center and gestational age (24+0 to 25+6 weeks or 26+0 to 27+6 weeks). Analyses will be conducted in both intention-to-treat and per-protocol populations, utilizing a log-binomial regression model that corrects for stratification factors to estimate the adjusted relative risk (RR). Discussion This trial is designed to provide robust data on the best method of surfactant administration in spontaneously breathing preterm infants born at 24+0–27+6 weeks’ gestation affected by RDS and failing nCPAP or NIPPV during the first 24 h of life, comparing IN-REC-SUR-E to LISA technique, in increasing BPD-free survival at 36 weeks’ postmenstrual age of life. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05711966. Registered on February 3, 2023.

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2024
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36. Effects of Physical Activity on Fertility Parameters: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

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Arturo Lo Giudice, Maria Giovanna Asmundo, Sebastiano Cimino, Giuseppe Morgia, Andrea Cocci, Marco Falcone, Ioannis Sokolakis, Paolo Capogrosso, Afonso Morgado, and Giorgio Ivan Russo

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exercise, fertility, oligospermia, reproductive techniques, semen analysis, Medicine, Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology, RC870-923
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Purpose: Augmented adiposity may negatively impact sexual sphere through its metabolic effects and its detrimental impact on reproductive hormones. Moreover, a dysregulated metabolic pathway may promote apoptosis among spermatogenic cells. Based on these premises, a relation between weights loss and ameliorate semen parameters seems beneficial. To investigate if physical activity may affect semen parameters and fertility rate, a systematic literature search on major dataset has been performed. Materials and Methods: The search terms included: “Assisted reproduction therapies,” “fertility,” “semen parameters,” “sperm parameters,” and “physical activity.” This analysis was conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis guidelines and it was registered on PROSPERO (CRD42023384471). A total of 47 studies have been identified; 1 reference has been eliminated after duplication check. After preliminary screening 32 papers have been excluded. Considering the exclusion criteria, 15 full-text articles were evaluated for eligibility. After a full-text review, six studies published during a span of eight years (2014–2022) have been included in the meta-analysis. Semen parameters, pregnancy and birth rates were investigated. The revised Cochrane risk of bias tool (Rob2) has been used to check the risk of bias. Results: The number of patients enrolled in studies ranges from 17 to 521; in the end, a total of 1,637 patients have been enrolled in the study. Fertility parameters investigated were semen quality parameters and pregnancy rates and live births. A statistically significant relationship between physical exercise and sperm concentration (p=0.02), total sperm motility (p

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2024
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38. Impacts of marine heatwaves on top predator distributions are variable but predictable

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Welch, Heather, Savoca, Matthew S, Brodie, Stephanie, Jacox, Michael G, Muhling, Barbara A, Clay, Thomas A, Cimino, Megan A, Benson, Scott R, Block, Barbara A, Conners, Melinda G, Costa, Daniel P, Jordan, Fredrick D, Leising, Andrew W, Mikles, Chloe S, Palacios, Daniel M, Shaffer, Scott A, Thorne, Lesley H, Watson, Jordan T, Holser, Rachel R, Dewitt, Lynn, Bograd, Steven J, and Hazen, Elliott L

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Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation, Environmental Management, Environmental Sciences, Climate Action, Life Below Water, Climate, Geography
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Marine heatwaves cause widespread environmental, biological, and socio-economic impacts, placing them at the forefront of 21st-century management challenges. However, heatwaves vary in intensity and evolution, and a paucity of information on how this variability impacts marine species limits our ability to proactively manage for these extreme events. Here, we model the effects of four recent heatwaves (2014, 2015, 2019, 2020) in the Northeastern Pacific on the distributions of 14 top predator species of ecological, cultural, and commercial importance. Predicted responses were highly variable across species and heatwaves, ranging from near total loss of habitat to a two-fold increase. Heatwaves rapidly altered political bio-geographies, with up to 10% of predicted habitat across all species shifting jurisdictions during individual heatwaves. The variability in predicted responses across species and heatwaves portends the need for novel management solutions that can rapidly respond to extreme climate events. As proof-of-concept, we developed an operational dynamic ocean management tool that predicts predator distributions and responses to extreme conditions in near real-time.

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2023

45. Morphotectonic Frame of the Mount Cameroon Area, Based on Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques: Preliminary Results

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Perilli, Nicola, Aretouyap, Zakari, Cimino, Mario Giovanni Cosimo, Nenci, Nicola, Pisello, Anna Laura, Editorial Board Member, Hawkes, Dean, Editorial Board Member, Bougdah, Hocine, Editorial Board Member, Rosso, Federica, Editorial Board Member, Abdalla, Hassan, Editorial Board Member, Boemi, Sofia-Natalia, Editorial Board Member, Mohareb, Nabil, Editorial Board Member, Mesbah Elkaffas, Saleh, Editorial Board Member, Bozonnet, Emmanuel, Editorial Board Member, Pignatta, Gloria, Editorial Board Member, Mahgoub, Yasser, Editorial Board Member, De Bonis, Luciano, Editorial Board Member, Kostopoulou, Stella, Editorial Board Member, Pradhan, Biswajeet, Editorial Board Member, Abdul Mannan, Md., Editorial Board Member, Alalouch, Chaham, Editorial Board Member, Gawad, Iman O., Editorial Board Member, Nayyar, Anand, Editorial Board Member, Amer, Mourad, Series Editor, Ksibi, Mohamed, editor, Sousa, Arturo, editor, Hentati, Olfa, editor, Chenchouni, Haroun, editor, Lopes Velho, José, editor, Negm, Abdelazim, editor, Rodrigo-Comino, Jesús, editor, Hadji, Riheb, editor, Chakraborty, Sudip, editor, and Ghorbal, Achraf, editor

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2024
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50. Papillary tumor of the pineal region: analysis of DNA methylation profiles and clinical outcomes in 76 cases

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Wu, Zhichao, Dazelle, Karen, Abdullaev, Zied, Chung, Hye-Jung, Dahiya, Sonika, Wood, Matthew, Lee, Han, Lucas, Calixto-Hope G., Mao, Qinwen, Robinson, Lorraina, Fernandes, Igor, McCord, Matthew, Pytel, Peter, Conway, Kyle S., Yoda, Rebecca, Eschbacher, Jennifer M., Maher, Ossama M., Hasselblatt, Martin, Mobley, Bret C., Raisanen, Jack M., Hatanpaa, Kimmo J., Byers, Joshua, Lehman, Norman L., Cimino, Patrick J., Pratt, Drew, Quezado, Martha, and Aldape, Kenneth

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2024
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