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5. Physics-informed deep generative learning for quantitative assessment of the retina

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Emmeline E. Brown, Andrew A. Guy, Natalie A. Holroyd, Paul W. Sweeney, Lucie Gourmet, Hannah Coleman, Claire Walsh, Athina E. Markaki, Rebecca Shipley, Ranjan Rajendram, and Simon Walker-Samuel

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Science
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Abstract Disruption of retinal vasculature is linked to various diseases, including diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration, leading to vision loss. We present here a novel algorithmic approach that generates highly realistic digital models of human retinal blood vessels, based on established biophysical principles, including fully-connected arterial and venous trees with a single inlet and outlet. This approach, using physics-informed generative adversarial networks (PI-GAN), enables the segmentation and reconstruction of blood vessel networks with no human input and which out-performs human labelling. Segmentation of DRIVE and STARE retina photograph datasets provided near state-of-the-art vessel segmentation, with training on only a small (n = 100) simulated dataset. Our findings highlight the potential of PI-GAN for accurate retinal vasculature characterization, with implications for improving early disease detection, monitoring disease progression, and improving patient care.

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2024
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9. Enhancing Decision Support Systems for the Energy Sector with Sustainable Artificial Intelligence Solutions

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Mouzakitis, Spiros, Markaki, Ourania, Papapostolou, Katerina, Karakolis, Evangelos, Pelekis, Sotiris, Psarras, John, Kacprzyk, Janusz, Series Editor, Gomide, Fernando, Advisory Editor, Kaynak, Okyay, Advisory Editor, Liu, Derong, Advisory Editor, Pedrycz, Witold, Advisory Editor, Polycarpou, Marios M., Advisory Editor, Rudas, Imre J., Advisory Editor, Wang, Jun, Advisory Editor, and Arai, Kohei, editor

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2024
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13. Filial piety and older adult caregiving among Chinese and Chinese-American families in the United States: a concept analysis

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Chunhong Xiao, Patricia A. Patrician, Aoyjai P. Montgomery, Youhua Wang, Rita Jablonski, and Adelais Markaki

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Filial Piety, Chinese and Chinese-American, Older adults, Aging, Caregiving, Nursing, RT1-120
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Abstract Background The culturally sensitive nursing practice has not embedded filial piety as a cultural value and stance pertaining to caregiving among aging Chinese and Chinese-American (CCA) families in the United States, yet it is critical for healthy aging among CCAs. Purpose To understand filial piety when caring for aging CCAs and conceptualize an operational definition and framework. Methods A systematic search was conducted in CINAHL, PubMed, Scopus, and PsycINFO databases. Analysis of the concept of filial piety among CCAs used Walker and Avant’s methods. Twenty-six studies were selected in the final full-text analysis. Findings Synthesis of evidence identified four antecedents: (a) filial obligation as a ‘cultural gene’, (b) sense of altruism, (c) familial solidarity, and (d) societal expectation of ‘birth right’. Attributes included familial material and emotional support, obedience, pious reverence, and societal norms. Consequences were related to caregiver burden, psychological and physical well-being, quality of life, and health equity. Conclusion Filial piety is an intrinsic desire to support aging parents and an extrinsic desire to adhere to Chinese societal moral tenets. The proposed operational framework “Caregiving for aging CCAs in the United States” merits further study.

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2024
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15. Engraved complementary toroidal metasurfaces for potential energy harvesting applications in microwave band.

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Fanourakis, G., Markaki, P., Theodosi, A., Tsilipakos, O., Viskadourakis, Z., and Kenanakis, G.

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*ENERGY harvesting, *POTENTIAL energy, *ELECTROMAGNETIC waves, *ELECTRIC power, *ENERGY consumption
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In the current study, complementary metasurface units with toroidal geometry were fabricated, using the computer numerical control engraving method. The metasurfaces were engraved in copper-coated, FR-4 plates. The produced metasurfaces were electromagnetically characterized in the microwave regime. Furthermore, they were studied regarding their energy harvesting capability, in the microwave range, where they absorb electromagnetic energy. It was found that toroidal structures harvest energy from the incident microwaves and transform it to electric power, through a simple rectification circuit. Moreover, their energy harvesting efficiency was found to be comparable or even superior to those of others reported so far. Therefore, the hereby obtained experimental results evidently show that engraved toroidal metasurfaces could potentially be used as energy harvesters in the microwave regime. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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16. General and abdominal adiposity and hypertension in eight world regions: a pooled analysis of 837 population-based studies with 7·5 million participants

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Zhou, Bin, Bennett, James E, Wickham, Aidan P, Singleton, Rosie K, Mishra, Anu, Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M, Ikeda, Nayu, Jain, Lakshya, Barradas-Pires, Ana, Heap, Rachel A, Lhoste, Victor PF, Sheffer, Kate E, Phelps, Nowell H, Rayner, Archie W, Gregg, Edward W, Woodward, Mark, Stevens, Gretchen A, Iurilli, Maria LC, Danaei, Goodarz, Di Cesare, Mariachiara, Aguilar-Salinas, Carlos A, Ahmad, Noor Ani, Bovet, Pascal, Chen, Zhengming, Damasceno, Albertino, Filippi, Sarah L, Janszky, Imre, Kengne, Andre P, Khang, Young-Ho, Khunti, Kamlesh, Laxmaiah, Avula, Lim, Lee-Ling, Lissner, Lauren, Margozzini, Paula, Mbanya, Jean Claude N, McGarvey, Stephen T, Shaw, Jonathan E, Söderberg, Stefan, Soto-Mota, Luis Adrián, Wang, Junyang, Zaccardi, Francesco, Abarca-Gómez, Leandra, Abbasi-Kangevari, Mohsen, Abdrakhmanova, Shynar, Abdul Ghaffar, Suhaila, Abdul Rahim, Hanan F, Abdurrahmonova, Zulfiya, Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M, Acosta-Cazares, Benjamin, Adam, Ishag, Adamczyk, Marzena, Aekplakorn, Wichai, Agdeppa, Imelda A, Aghazadeh-Attari, Javad, Agyemang, Charles, Ahmad, Mohamad Hasnan, Ahmadi, Ali, Ahmadi, Naser, Ahmadi, Nastaran, Ahmed, Soheir H, Ahrens, Wolfgang, Aitmurzaeva, Gulmira, Ajlouni, Kamel, Al-Hazzaa, Hazzaa M, Al-Hinai, Halima, Al-Lawati, Jawad A, Al-Raddadi, Rajaa, Al Asfoor, Deena, Al Hourani, Huda M, Alarouj, Monira, AlBuhairan, Fadia, AlDhukair, Shahla, Ali, Mohamed M, Alieva, Anna V, Alkandari, Abdullah, Alkhatib, Buthaina M, Aly, Eman, Amarapurkar, Deepak N, Amiano Etxezarreta, Pilar, Amougou, Norbert, Andersen, Lars Bo, Anderssen, Sigmund A, Androutsos, Odysseas, Anjana, Ranjit Mohan, Ansari-Moghaddam, Alireza, Anufrieva, Elena, Aounallah-Skhiri, Hajer, Aris, Tahir, Arku, Raphael E, Arlappa, Nimmathota, Aryal, Krishna K, Assah, Felix K, Assembekov, Batyrbek, Assunção, Maria Cecília F, Auvinen, Juha, Avdičová, Mária, Azad, Kishwar, Azevedo, Ana, Azimi-Nezhad, Mohsen, Azizi, Fereidoun, Bacopoulou, Flora, Bahijri, Suhad, Bajramovic, Izet, Balakrishna, Nagalla, Bamoshmoosh, Mohamed, Banach, Maciej, Bandosz, Piotr, Banegas, José R, Baran, Rafał, Barbagallo, Carlo M, Barbosa Filho, Valter, Barceló, Alberto, Baretić, Maja, Barnoya, Joaquin, Barrera, Lena, Barros, Aluisio JD, Barros, Mauro Virgílio Gomes, Basit, Abdul, Bastos, Joao Luiz, Batieha, Anwar M, Batista, Aline P, Batista, Rosangela L, Battakova, Zhamilya, Baur, Louise A, Bayauli, Pascal M, Bel-Serrat, Silvia, Belavendra, Antonisamy, Ben Romdhane, Habiba, Benedek, Theodora, Benedics, Judith, Benet, Mikhail, Benitez Rolandi, Gilda Estela, Benzeval, Michaela, Bere, Elling, Berger, Nicolas, Bergh, Ingunn Holden, Berkinbayev, Salim, Bernabe-Ortiz, Antonio, Bettiol, Heloísa, Beybey, Augustin F, Bezerra, Jorge, Bhagyalaxmi, Aroor, Bhargava, Santosh K, Bika Lele, Elysée Claude, Bikbov, Mukharram M, Bista, Bihungum, Bjelica, Dusko J, Bjerregaard, Peter, Bjertness, Espen, Bjertness, Marius B, Björkelund, Cecilia, Bloch, Katia V, Blokstra, Anneke, Bo, Simona, Bobak, Martin, Boddy, Lynne M, Boehm, Bernhard O, Boggia, Jose G, Bogova, Elena, Bonaccio, Marialaura, Bonilla-Vargas, Alice, Borghs, Herman, Botomba, Steve, Bourne, Rupert, Boymatova, Khadichamo, Braeckman, Lutgart, Braithwaite, Tasanee, Brajkovich, Imperia, Branca, Francesco, Brenner, Hermann, Brewster, Lizzy M, Briceño, Yajaira, Brinduse, Lacramioara, Bringolf-Isler, Bettina, Brito, Miguel, Brug, Johannes, Bugge, Anna, Buntinx, Frank, Buoncristiano, Marta, Burns, Con, Cabrera de León, Antonio, Caixeta, Roberta B, Cama, Tilema, Can, Günay, Cândido, Ana Paula C, Cañete, Felicia, Capanzana, Mario V, Čapková, Naděžda, Capuano, Eduardo, Capuano, Rocco, Capuano, Vincenzo, Cardoso, Viviane C, Carlsson, Axel C, Casanueva, Felipe F, Casas, Maribel, Censi, Laura, Cervantes‐Loaiza, Marvin, Chamnan, Parinya, Chamukuttan, Snehalatha, Chan, Queenie, Chaturvedi, Nish, Chen, Fangfang, Chen, Huashuai, Chen, Long-Sheng, Cheng, Yiling J, Cheraghian, Bahman, Chetrit, Angela, Chikova-Iscener, Ekaterina, Chinapaw, Mai JM, Chinnock, Anne, Chiolero, Arnaud, Chirita-Emandi, Adela, Chirlaque, María-Dolores, Chong, Chean Lin, Christofaro, Diego G, Chudek, Jerzy, Cifkova, Renata, Cirillo, Massimo, Claessens, Frank, Clare, Philip, Cohen, Emmanuel, Confortin, Susana C, Coppinger, Tara C, Cortés, Lilia Yadira, Cosmin, Cojocaru R, Costanzo, Simona, Cowan, Melanie J, Cowell, Chris, Crampin, Amelia C, Cross, Amanda J, Crujeiras, Ana B, Cruz, Juan J, Cucu, Alexandra M, Cureau, Felipe V, Cuschieri, Sarah, D'Arrigo, Graziella, d'Orsi, Eleonora, da Silva-Ferreira, Haroldo, Dahm, Christina C, Dallongeville, Jean, Dankner, Rachel, Davletov, Kairat, de Assis Guedes de Vasconcelos, Francisco, de Assis, Maria Alice Altenburg, De Bacquer, Dirk, De Bacquer, Jaco, de Bont, Jeroen, De Curtis, Amalia, de Fragas Hinnig, Patrícia, de Gaetano, Giovanni, De Henauw, Stefaan, De Miguel-Etayo, Pilar, de Oliveira, Paula Duarte, de Paiva, Karina Mary, De Ridder, Karin, de Valois Correia Júnior, Marco Aurélio, Deepa, Mohan, DeGennaro, Vincent Jr, Demarest, Stefaan, Dennison, Elaine, Deschamps, Valérie, Dhimal, Meghnath, Díez Ripollés, María Pilar, Dika, Zivka, Djalalinia, Shirin, Dominguez, Liria, Donati, Maria Benedetta, Donfrancesco, Chiara, Dong, Guanghui, Donoso, Silvana P, Dorobantu, Maria, Dörr, Marcus, Dragano, Nico, Drygas, Wojciech, Du, Shufa, Duante, Charmaine A, Duboz, Priscilla, Duda, Rosemary B, Duleva, Vesselka L, Dushpanova, Anar, Dyussupova, Azhar, Dziankowska-Zaborszczyk, Elzbieta, Ebrahimi, Narges, Echeverría, Guadalupe, Eddie, Ricky, Eftekhar, Ebrahim, Efthymiou, Vasiliki, Egbagbe, Eruke E, Eghtesad, Sareh, Ekelund, Ulf, El-Khateeb, Mohammad, El Ati, Jalila, Elosua, Roberto, Enang, Ofem, Erasmus, Rajiv T, Erem, Cihangir, Ergor, Gul, Eriksen, Louise, Eriksson, Johan G, Escobedo-de la Peña, Jorge, Esmaeili, Ali, Evans, Roger G, Fakhradiyev, Ildar, Fakhretdinova, Albina A, Fall, Caroline H, Faramarzi, Elnaz, Farjam, Mojtaba, Farzadfar, Farshad, Farzi, Yosef, Fattahi, Mohammad Reza, Fawwad, Asher, Felix-Redondo, Francisco J, Ferguson, Trevor S, Fernandes, Romulo A, Fernández-Bergés, Daniel, Fernando, Desha R, Ferrante, Daniel, Ferrari, Gerson, Ferrari, Marika, Ferreccio, Catterina, Ferrer, Eldridge, Figueiró, Thamara Hubler, Fijalkowska, Anna, Fink, Günther, Fisberg, Mauro, Forsner, Maria, Fottrell, Edward F, Fouad, Heba M, Francis, Damian K, Frontera, Guillermo, Fuchs, Flavio D, Fuchs, Sandra C, Furdela, Viktoriya, Furusawa, Takuro, Gabriela, Stefan Adela, Gaciong, Zbigniew, Galán Cuesta, Manuel, Galbarczyk, Andrzej, Galcheva, Sonya V, Galfo, Myriam, Garcia-de-la-Hera, Manoli, Garcia, Pablo, Garnett, Sarah P, Gasull, Magda, Gazzinelli, Andrea, Gehring, Ulrike, Gerdts, Eva, Ghaderi, Ebrahim, Ghamari, Seyyed-Hadi, Ghanbari, Ali, Ghasemi, Erfan, Gheorghe-Fronea, Oana-Florentina, Ghimire, Anup, Gialluisi, Alessandro, Giampaoli, Simona, Gianfagna, Francesco, Gironella, Glen, Giwercman, Aleksander, Gkiouras, Konstantinos, Glushkova, Natalya, Godara, Ramesh, Godos, Justyna, Goldberg, Marcel, Gómez, Georgina, Gómez Gómez, Jesús Humberto, Gomez, Luis F, Gómez, Santiago F, Gomula, Aleksandra, Gonçalves Cordeiro da Silva, Bruna, Gonçalves, Helen, Gonçalves, Mauer, González-Alvarez, Ana D, Gonzalez-Chica, David A, González-Gil, Esther M, Gonzalez-Gross, Marcela, González-Rivas, Juan P, Gonzalez, Angel R, Gottrand, Frederic, Grafnetter, Dušan, Grajda, Aneta, Grammatikopoulou, Maria G, Grodzicki, Tomasz, Grøholt, Else Karin, Grøntved, Anders, Guajardo, Viviana, Guallar-Castillón, Pilar, Guerchet, Maëlenn, Guerrero, Ramiro, Guimaraes, Andre L, Gujral, Unjali P, Gulliford, Martin C, Gunter, Marc J, Gupta, Rajeev, Gureje, Oye, Gurinović, Mirjana A, Gurzkowska, Beata, Gutierrez, Laura, Gwee, Xinyi, Haghshenas, Rosa, Hakimi, Hamid, Halkjær, Jytte, Hambleton, Ian R, Hamzeh, Behrooz, Hanekom, Willem A, Hange, Dominique, Hanif, Abu AM, Hantunen, Sari, Hao, Jie, Hardman, Carla Menêses, Hardy, Louise, Hari Kumar, Rachakulla, Harooni, Javad, Hashemi-Shahri, Seyed Mohammad, Hassapidou, Maria, Hata, Jun, Haugsgjerd, Teresa, Heinen, Mirjam, Hendriks, Marleen Elisabeth, Henrique, Rafael dos Santos, Henriques, Ana, Hernandez Cadena, Leticia, Herrala, Sauli, Herrera-Cuenca, Marianella, Herrera, Victor M, Herter-Aeberli, Isabelle, Herzig, Karl-Heinz, Heshmat, Ramin, Hill, Allan G, Ho, Sai Yin, Holdsworth, Michelle, Homayounfar, Reza, Homs, Clara, Hoogendijk, Emiel O, Horimoto, Andrea RVR, Hormiga, Claudia M, Horta, Bernardo L, Houti, Leila, Howitt, Christina, Htay, Thein Thein, Htet, Aung Soe, Htike, Maung Maung Than, Huerta, José María, Huhtaniemi, Ilpo Tapani, Huiart, Laetitia, Huidumac Petrescu, Constanta, Huisman, Martijn, Husseini, Abdullatif, Huybrechts, Inge, Hwalla, Nahla, Iacoviello, Licia, Iakupova, Ellina M, Iannone, Anna G, Igland, Jannicke, Ijoma, Chinwuba, Iotova, Violeta, Irazola, Vilma E, Ishida, Takafumi, Isiguzo, Godsent C, Islam, Muhammad, Islam, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful, Islek, Duygu, Ittermann, Till, Ivanova-Pandourska, Ivaila Y, Iwasaki, Masanori, Jääskeläinen, Tuija, Jackson, Rod T, Jaddou, Hashem Y, Jadoul, Michel, Jafar, Tazeen, Jan, Nataša, Janus, Edward, Jarani, Juel, Jarnig, Gerald, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Jasienska, Grazyna, Jelaković, Ana, Jelaković, Bojan, Jha, Anjani Kumar, Jimenez, Ramon O, Jöckel, Karl-Heinz, Joffres, Michel, Jokelainen, Jari J, Jonas, Jost B, Joshi, Pradeep, Joshi, Rohina, Josipović, Josipa, Joukar, Farahnaz, Jóźwiak, Jacek J, Juolevi, Anne, Juresa, Vesna, Jureša, Vesna, Kaaks, Rudolf, Kaducu, Felix O, Kadvan, Agnes L, Kafatos, Anthony, Kajantie, Eero O, Kakutia, Natia, Kállayová, Daniela, Kalmatayeva, Zhanna, Kalter-Leibovici, Ofra, Kannan, Srinivasan, Kapantais, Efthymios, Karaglani, Eva, Karakosta, Argyro, Karki, Khem B, Kassi Anicet, Adoubi, Katibeh, Marzieh, Katulanda, Prasad, Katzmarzyk, Peter T, Kauhanen, Jussi, Kazakbaeva, Gyulli M, Kaze, François F, Ke, Calvin, Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka, Kelishadi, Roya, Kelleher, Cecily, Kemper, Han CG, Keramati, Maryam, Kersting, Mathilde, Khader, Yousef Saleh, Khaledifar, Arsalan, Khalili, Davood, Kheiri, Bahareh, Kheradmand, Motahareh, Khosravi, Alireza, Kiechl-Kohlendorfer, Ursula, Kiechl, Sophia J, Kiechl, Stefan, Kim, Hyeon Chang, Klakk, Heidi, Klanarong, Suntara, Klanova, Jana, Klimek, Magdalena, Knoflach, Michael, Kobel, Susanne, Koirala, Bhawesh, Kolle, Elin, Kolsteren, Patrick, König, Jürgen, Korpelainen, Raija, Korrovits, Paul, Korzycka, Magdalena, Kos, Jelena, Koskinen, Seppo, Koussoh Simone, Malik, Kovács, Éva, Kovalskys, Irina, Kowlessur, Sudhir, Koziel, Slawomir, Kratenova, Jana, Kratzer, Wolfgang, Kriemler, Susi, Kristensen, Peter Lund, Krizan, Helena, Kroker-Lobos, Maria F, Krokstad, Steinar, Kruger, Herculina S, Kruger, Ruan, Kryst, Łukasz, Kubinova, Ruzena, Kujala, Urho M, Kujundzic, Enisa, Kulaga, Zbigniew, Kulimbet, Mukhtar, Kumari, Meena, Kunešová, Marie, Kurjata, Pawel, Kyobutungi, Catherine, La, Quang Ngoc, Labadarios, Demetre, Lachat, Carl, Lai, Daphne, Laid, Youcef, Lall, Lachmie, Landaeta Jimenez, Maritza, Landais, Edwige, Lankila, Tiina, Lanska, Vera, Lappas, Georg, Larijani, Bagher, Lateva, Mina P, Latt, Tint Swe, Laurenzi, Martino, Lazo-Porras, Maria, Le Coroller, Gwenaëlle, Le Nguyen Bao, Khanh, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lemogoum, Daniel, Leong, Elvynna, Leszczak, Justyna, Leung, Gabriel M, Li, Yanping, Liivak, Merike, Lim, Charlie, Lim, Wei-Yen, Lima-Costa, M Fernanda, Lin, Hsien-Ho, Lind, Lars, Litwin, Mieczyslaw, Liu, Liping, Liu, Xiaotian, Longo Abril, Guadalupe, Lopes, Oscar, Lopez-Garcia, Esther, López-Gil, José Francisco, Lopez, Tania, Lozano, José Eugenio, Lukrafka, Janice L, Luksiene, Dalia, Lundqvist, Annamari, Lunet, Nuno, Lunogelo, Charles, Lustigová, Michala, M'Buyamba-Kabangu, Jean-René, Machado-Coelho, George LL, Machado-Rodrigues, Aristides M, Macia, Enguerran, Madar, Ahmed A, Maestre, Gladys E, Maggi, Stefania, Magliano, Dianna J, Magnacca, Sara, Magriplis, Emmanuella, Mahasampath, Gowri, Maire, Bernard, Makdisse, Marcia, Malekpour, Mohammad-Reza, Malekzadeh, Fatemeh, Malekzadeh, Reza, Mallikharjuna Rao, Kodavanti, Malyutina, Sofia, Maniego, Lynell V, Manios, Yannis, Mann, Jim I, Mansour-Ghanaei, Fariborz, Manzato, Enzo, Mapatano, Mala Ali, Maria-Magdalena, Rosu, Mariño, Joany, Markaki, Anastasia, Marques, Larissa Pruner, Marrugat, Jaume, Martorell, Reynaldo, Maruszczak, Katharina, Masala, Giovanna, Mascarenhas, Luis P, Masimango Imani, Mannix, Masinaei, Masoud, Mathiesen, Ellisiv B, Matijasevich, Alicia, Matłosz, Piotr, Matsha, Tandi E, Matsudo, Victor, Matteo, Giletta, Maulik, Pallab K, Mavrogianni, Christina, Mc Donald Posso, Anselmo J, McFarlane, Shelly R, McLean, Rachael M, Mediene Benchekor, Sounnia, Mehlig, Kirsten, Mehrparvar, Amir Houshang, Melgarejo, Jesus D, Méndez, Fabián, Mendivil, Carlos O, Mendoza Montano, Carlos, Menezes, Ana Maria B, Mensink, Gert BM, Mereke, Alibek, Meshram, Indrapal I, Meto, Diane T, Meyer, Haakon E, Mi, Jie, Miłkowska, Karolina, Miller, Jody C, Milushkina, Olga, Minderico, Cláudia S, Mini, GK, Miquel, Juan Francisco, Miranda, J Jaime, Mirjalili, Mohammad Reza, Mišigoj-Duraković, Marjeta, Mistretta, Antonio, Mocanu, Veronica, Modesti, Pietro A, Moghaddam, Sahar Saeedi, Mohammad, Kazem, Mohammadi, Mohammad Reza, Mohammadi, Zahra, Mohammadifard, Noushin, Mohammadpourhodki, Reza, Mohan, Viswanathan, Mohd Yusoff, Muhammad Fadhli, Mohebbi, Iraj, Møller, Niels C, Molnár, Dénes, Momenan, Amirabbas, Mondo, Charles K, Monroy-Valle, Michele M, Montenegro Mendoza, Roger A, Monterrubio-Flores, Eric, Monyeki, Kotsedi Daniel K, Moon, Jin Soo, Moosazadeh, Mahmood, Moradpour, Farhad, Moreira, Leila B, Morejon, Alain, Moreno, Luis A, Morgan, Karen, Moschonis, George, Moslem, Alireza, Mosquera, Mildrey, Mossakowska, Malgorzata, Mostafa, Aya, Mostafavi, Seyed-Ali, Motlagh, Mohammad Esmaeel, Motta, Jorge, Moura-dos-Santos, Marcos André, Mridha, Malay K, Msyamboza, Kelias P, Mu, Thet Thet, Muca, Florian, Mugoša, Boban, Munroe, Patricia B, Mursu, Jaakko, Musa, Kamarul Imran, Musić Milanović, Sanja, Musil, Vera, 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Marjolein, Viswanathan, Bharathi, Vladulescu, Mihaela, Völzke, Henry, Voutilainen, Ari, Vrijheid, Martine, Wade, Alisha N, Wan Bebakar, Wan Mohamad, Wan Mohamud, Wan Nazaimoon, Wanderley Júnior, Rildo de Souza, Wang, Chongjian, Wang, Huijun, Wang, Ningli, Wang, Qian, Wang, Xiangjun, Wang, Ya Xing, Wang, Ying-Wei, Wannamethee, S Goya, Wareham, Nicholas, Wartha, Olivia, Weber, Adelheid, Webster-Kerr, Karen, Wedderkopp, Niels, Weghuber, Daniel, Wei, Wenbin, Westbury, Leo, Whincup, Peter H, Wickramasinghe, Kremlin, Widhalm, Kurt, Widyahening, Indah S, Więcek, Andrzej, Wilks, Rainford J, Willeit, Karin, Willeit, Peter, Williams, Julianne, Wilsgaard, Tom, Wojtyniak, Bogdan, Wong-McClure, Roy A, Wong, Andrew, Wong, Emily B, Wu, Frederick C, Wyszyńska, Justyna, Xu, Haiquan, Xu, Liang, Yaacob, Nor Azwany, Yan, Li, Yan, Weili, Yang, Yang, Yépez García, Martha, Yoosefi, Moein, Yoshihara, Akihiro, Younger-Coleman, Novie O, Yu, Yu-Ling, Yu, Yunjiang, Yusoff, Ahmad Faudzi, Zafiropulos, Vassilis, Zainuddin, Ahmad A, Zamani, Farhad, Zambon, Sabina, Zampelas, Antonis, Zapata, Maria Elisa, Zaw, Ko Ko, Zdrojewski, Tomasz, Żegleń, Magdalena, Zejglicova, Kristyna, Zeljkovic Vrkic, Tajana, Zhang, Bing, Zhang, Zhen-Yu, Zhecheva, Yanitsa V, Zholdin, Bekbolat, Zimmet, Paul, Zins, Marie, Zuñiga Cisneros, Julio, Zuziak, Monika, and Ezzati, Majid

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19. Improving Lung Cancer Screening Selection: The HUNT Lung Cancer Risk Model for Ever-Smokers Versus the NELSON and 2021 United States Preventive Services Task Force Criteria in the Cohort of Norway: A Population-Based Prospective Study

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Olav Toai Duc Nguyen, MD, Ioannis Fotopoulos, MS, Maria Markaki, PhD, Ioannis Tsamardinos, PhD, Vincenzo Lagani, PhD, and Oluf Dimitri Røe, PhD

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Lung cancer screening, Screenee selection, Risk prediction models, CONOR, HUNT, Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282
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Background: Improving the method for selecting participants for lung cancer (LC) screening is an urgent need. Here, we compared the performance of the Helseundersøkelsen i Nord-Trøndelag (HUNT) Lung Cancer Model (HUNT LCM) versus the Dutch-Belgian lung cancer screening trial (Nederlands-Leuvens Longkanker Screenings Onderzoek (NELSON)) and 2021 United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) criteria regarding LC risk prediction and efficiency. Methods: We used linked data from 10 Norwegian prospective population-based cohorts, Cohort of Norway. The study included 44,831 ever-smokers, of which 686 (1.5%) patients developed LC; the median follow-up time was 11.6 years (0.01–20.8 years). Results: Within 6 years, 222 (0.5%) individuals developed LC. The NELSON and 2021 USPSTF criteria predicted 37.4% and 59.5% of the LC cases, respectively. By considering the same number of individuals as the NELSON and 2021 USPSTF criteria selected, the HUNT LCM increased the LC prediction rate by 41.0% and 12.1%, respectively. The HUNT LCM significantly increased sensitivity (p < 0.001 and p = 0.028), and reduced the number needed to predict one LC case (29 versus 40, p < 0.001 and 36 versus 40, p = 0.02), respectively. Applying the HUNT LCM 6-year 0.98% risk score as a cutoff (14.0% of ever-smokers) predicted 70.7% of all LC, increasing LC prediction rate with 89.2% and 18.9% versus the NELSON and 2021 USPSTF, respectively (both p < 0.001). Conclusions: The HUNT LCM was significantly more efficient than the NELSON and 2021 USPSTF criteria, improving the prediction of LC diagnosis, and may be used as a validated clinical tool for screening selection.

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2024
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21. Oral Molnupiravir and Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir for the Treatment of COVID-19: A Literature Review with a Focus on Real-World Evidence

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Ioannis Karniadakis, Nikolaos Mazonakis, Constantinos Tsioutis, Michail Papadakis, Ioulia Markaki, and Nikolaos Spernovasilis

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COVID-19, pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, oral antivirals, Paxlovid, ritonavir, Other systems of medicine, RZ201-999
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Vaccines remain the cornerstone of medical prevention and are highly effective in reducing the risk of severe disease and death due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In the context of expanding the therapeutic armamentarium against COVID-19, molnupiravir (Lagevrio) and ritonavir-boosted nirmatrelvir (Paxlovid) were developed, constituting the first effective oral treatments against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In this narrative review, we retrospectively inquired into the clinical trials and real-world studies investigating the efficacy of these agents. Overall, clinical trials and real-world studies have demonstrated the efficacy of both agents in reducing hospitalization and death rates in COVID-19 patients. As per current recommendations, their use is suggested in patients with mild to moderate symptoms who are at high risk of developing severe disease. Nevertheless, limited data exist regarding their efficacy in specific subpopulations, such as immunocompromised patients, those with severe kidney disease, pregnant women, and children.

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2023
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22. Large-scale proximity extension assay reveals CSF midkine and DOPA decarboxylase as supportive diagnostic biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease

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Wojciech Paslawski, Shervin Khosousi, Ellen Hertz, Ioanna Markaki, Adam Boxer, and Per Svenningsson

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Atypical Parkinsonian disorders, Biomarker, Cerebrospinal fluid, Corticobasal syndrome, DOPA decarboxylase, Midkine, Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, RC346-429
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Abstract Background There is a need for biomarkers to support an accurate diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease (PD). Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) has been a successful biofluid for finding neurodegenerative biomarkers, and modern highly sensitive multiplexing methods offer the possibility to perform discovery studies. Using a large-scale multiplex proximity extension assay (PEA) approach, we aimed to discover novel diagnostic protein biomarkers allowing accurate discrimination of PD from both controls and atypical Parkinsonian disorders (APD). Methods CSF from patients with PD, corticobasal syndrome (CBS), progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), multiple system atrophy and controls, were analysed with Olink PEA panels. Three cohorts were used in this study, comprising 192, 88 and 36 cases, respectively. All samples were run on the Cardiovascular II, Oncology II and Metabolism PEA panels. Results Our analysis revealed that 26 and 39 proteins were differentially expressed in the CSF of test and validation PD cohorts, respectively, compared to controls. Among them, 6 proteins were changed in both cohorts. Midkine (MK) was increased in PD with the strongest effect size and results were validated with ELISA. Another most increased protein in PD, DOPA decarboxylase (DDC), which catalyses the decarboxylation of DOPA (L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine) to dopamine, was strongly correlated with dopaminergic treatment. Moreover, Kallikrein 10 was specifically changed in APD compared with both PD and controls, but unchanged between PD and controls. Wnt inhibitory factor 1 was consistently downregulated in CBS and PSP patients in two independent cohorts. Conclusions Using the large-scale PEA approach, we have identified potential novel PD diagnostic biomarkers, most notably MK and DDC, in the CSF of PD patients.

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2023
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24. Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults

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Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M, Abubakar Garba, Jamila, Acosta-Cazares, Benjamin, Adam, Ishag, Adamczyk, Marzena, Adams, Robert J, Adu-Afarwuah, Seth, Aekplakorn, Wichai, Afsana, Kaosar, Afzal, Shoaib, Agbor, Valirie N, Agdeppa, Imelda A, Aghazadeh-Attari, Javad, Ågren, Åsa, Aguenaou, Hassan, Agyemang, Charles, Ahmad, Mohamad Hasnan, Ahmad, Noor Ani, Ahmadi, Ali, Ahmadi, Naser, Ahmadi, Nastaran, Ahmed, Imran, Ahmed, Soheir H, Ahrens, Wolfgang, Aitmurzaeva, Gulmira, Ajlouni, Kamel, Al-Hazzaa, Hazzaa M, Al-Hinai, Halima, Al-Lahou, Badreya, Al-Lawati, Jawad A, Al-Raddadi, Rajaa, Al Asfoor, Deena, Al Hourani, Huda M, Al Qaoud, Nawal M, Alarouj, Monira, AlBuhairan, Fadia, AlDhukair, Shahla, Aldwairji, Maryam A, Alexius, Sylvia, Ali, Mohamed M, Alieva, Anna V, Alkandari, Abdullah, Alkerwi, Ala'a, Alkhatib, Buthaina M, Allin, Kristine, Alomary, Shaker A, Alomirah, Husam F, Alshangiti, Arwa M, Alvarez-Pedrerol, Mar, Aly, Eman, Amarapurkar, Deepak N, Amiano Etxezarreta, Pilar, Amoah, John, Amougou, 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Alireza, Safarpour, Ali Reza, Safi, Sare, Safiri, Saeid, Saghi, Mohammad Hossien, Saidi, Olfa, Saieva, Calogero, Sakata, Satoko, Saki, Nader, Šalaj, Sanja, Salanave, Benoit, Salazar Martinez, Eduardo, Salhanova, Akkumis, Salmerón, Diego, Salomaa, Veikko, Salonen, Jukka T, Salvetti, Massimo, Samoutian, Margarita, Sánchez-Abanto, Jose, Sánchez Rodríguez, Inés, Sandjaja, Sans, Susana, Santa-Marina, Loreto, Santacruz, Ethel, Santos, Diana A, Santos, Ina S, Santos, Lèlita C, Santos, Maria Paula, Santos, Osvaldo, Santos, Rute, Santos, Tamara R, Saramies, Jouko L, Sardinha, Luis B, Sarrafzadegan, Nizal, Sathish, Thirunavukkarasu, Saum, Kai-Uwe, Savva, Savvas, Savy, Mathilde, Sawada, Norie, Sbaraini, Mariana, Scazufca, Marcia, Schaan, Beatriz D, Schaffrath Rosario, Angelika, Schargrodsky, Herman, Schienkiewitz, Anja, Schindler, Karin, Schipf, Sabine, Schmidt, Börge, Schmidt, Carsten O, Schmidt, Ida Maria, Schneider, Andrea, Schnohr, Peter, Schöttker, Ben, Schramm, Sara, Schramm, Stine, Schröder, Helmut, Schultsz, Constance, Schultz, Gry, Schulze, Matthias B, Schutte, Aletta E, Sebert, Sylvain, Sedaghattalab, Moslem, Selamat, Rusidah, Sember, Vedrana, Sen, Abhijit, Senbanjo, Idowu O, Sepanlou, Sadaf G, Sequera, Guillermo, Serra-Majem, Luis, Servais, Jennifer, Ševčíková, Ľudmila, Sewpaul, Ronel, Shalnova, Svetlana, Shamah-Levy, Teresa, Shamshirgaran, Seyed Morteza, Shanthirani, Coimbatore Subramaniam, Sharafkhah, Maryam, Sharma, Sanjib K, Sharman, Almaz, Shaw, Jonathan E, Shayanrad, Amaneh, Shayesteh, Ali Akbar, Shengelia, Lela, Shi, Zumin, Shibuya, Kenji, Shimizu-Furusawa, Hana, Shimony, Tal, Shiri, Rahman, Shrestha, Namuna, Si-Ramlee, Khairil, Siani, Alfonso, Siantar, Rosalynn, Sibai, Abla M, Sidossis, Labros S, Silitrari, Natalia, Silva, Antonio M, Silva, Caroline Ramos de Moura, Silva, Diego Augusto Santos, Silva, Kelly Samara, Sim, Xueling, Simon, Mary, Simons, Judith, Simons, Leon A, Sjöberg, Agneta, Sjöström, Michael, Skoblina, Elena V, Skoblina, Natalia A, Slazhnyova, Tatyana, Slowikowska-Hilczer, Jolanta, Slusarczyk, Przemysław, Smeeth, Liam, So, Hung-Kwan, Soares, Fernanda Cunha, Sobek, Grzegorz, Sobngwi, Eugène, Sodemann, Morten, Söderberg, Stefan, Soekatri, Moesijanti YE, Soemantri, Agustinus, Sofat, Reecha, Solfrizzi, Vincenzo, Solovieva, Yuliya V, Somi, Mohammad Hossein, Sonestedt, Emily, Song, Yi, Soofi, Sajid, Sørensen, Thorkild IA, Sørgjerd, Elin P, Sossa Jérome, Charles, Soto-Rojas, Victoria E, Soumaré, Aïcha, Sousa-Poza, Alfonso, Sovic, Slavica, Sparboe-Nilsen, Bente, Sparrenberger, Karen, Spencer, Phoebe R, Spinelli, Angela, Spiroski, Igor, Staessen, Jan A, Stamm, Hanspeter, Stang, Andreas, Starc, Gregor, Staub, Kaspar, Stavreski, Bill, Steene-Johannessen, Jostein, Stehle, Peter, Stein, Aryeh D, Steinsbekk, Silje, Stergiou, George S, Stessman, Jochanan, Stevanović, Ranko, Stieber, Jutta, Stöckl, Doris, Stokwiszewski, Jakub, Stoyanova, Ekaterina, Stratton, Gareth, Stronks, Karien, Strufaldi, Maria Wany, Sturua, Lela, Suárez-Medina, Ramón, Suarez-Ortegón, Milton F, Suebsamran, Phalakorn, Sugiyama, Mindy, Suka, Machi, Sulo, Gerhard, Sun, Chien-An, Sun, Liang, Sund, Malin, Sundström, Johan, Sung, Yn-Tz, Sunyer, Jordi, Suriyawongpaisal, Paibul, Sweis, Nabil William G, Swinburn, Boyd A, Sy, Rody G, Sylva, René Charles, Szponar, Lucjan, Tabone, Lorraine, Tai, E Shyong, Takuro, Furusawa, Tambalis, Konstantinos D, Tammesoo, Mari-Liis, Tamosiunas, Abdonas, Tan, Eng Joo, Tang, Xun, Tanrygulyyeva, Maya, Tanser, Frank, Tao, Yong, Tarawneh, Mohammed Rasoul, Tarp, Jakob, Tarqui-Mamani, Carolina B, Taxová Braunerová, Radka, Taylor, Anne, Taylor, Julie, Tchibindat, Félicité, Te Velde, Saskia, Tebar, William R, Tell, Grethe S, Tello, Tania, Tessema, Masresha, Tham, Yih Chung, Thankappan, KR, Theobald, Holger, Theodoridis, Xenophon, Thomas, Nihal, Thorand, Barbara, Thrift, Amanda G, Tichá, Ľubica, Timmermans, Erik J, Tjandrarini, Dwi Hapsari, Tjonneland, Anne, Tolonen, Hanna K, Tolstrup, Janne S, Tomaszewski, Maciej, Topbas, Murat, Topór-Mądry, Roman, Torheim, Liv Elin, Tornaritis, Michael J, Torrent, Maties, Torres-Collado, Laura, Toselli, Stefania, Touloumi, Giota, Traissac, Pierre, Tran, Thi Tuyet-Hanh, Tremblay, Mark S, Triantafyllou, Areti, Trichopoulos, Dimitrios, Trichopoulou, Antonia, Trinh, Oanh TH, Trivedi, Atul, Tshepo, Lechaba, Tsigga, Maria, Tsintavis, Panagiotis, Tsugane, Shoichiro, Tuitele, John, Tuliakova, Azaliia M, Tulloch-Reid, Marshall K, Tullu, Fikru, Tuomainen, Tomi-Pekka, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Twig, Gilad, Tynelius, Per, Tzala, Evangelia, Tzotzas, Themistoklis, Tzourio, Christophe, Udoji, Nwannedimma, Ueda, Peter, Ugel, Eunice, Ukoli, Flora AM, Ulmer, Hanno, Unal, Belgin, Usupova, Zhamyila, Uusitalo, Hannu MT, Uysal, Nalan, Vaitkeviciute, Justina, Valdivia, Gonzalo, Vale, Susana, Valvi, Damaskini, van Dam, Rob M, van den Born, Bert-Jan, Van der Heyden, Johan, van der Schouw, Yvonne T, Van Herck, Koen, Van Lippevelde, Wendy, Van Minh, Hoang, Van Schoor, Natasja M, van Valkengoed, Irene GM, Vanderschueren, Dirk, Vanuzzo, Diego, Varbo, Anette, Varela-Moreiras, Gregorio, Vargas, Luz Nayibe, Varona-Pérez, Patricia, Vasan, Senthil K, Vasques, Daniel G, Vatasescu, Radu, Vega, Tomas, Veidebaum, Toomas, Velasquez-Melendez, Gustavo, Velika, Biruta, Verloigne, Maïté, Veronesi, Giovanni, Verschuren, WM Monique, Victora, Cesar G, Viegi, Giovanni, Viet, Lucie, Vik, Frøydis N, Vilar, Monica, Villalpando, Salvador, Vioque, Jesus, Viriyautsahakul, Napaphan, Virtanen, Jyrki K, Visser, Marjolein, Visvikis-Siest, Sophie, Viswanathan, Bharathi, Vladulescu, Mihaela, Vlasoff, Tiina, Vocanec, Dorja, Vollenweider, Peter, Völzke, Henry, Vourli, Georgia, Voutilainen, Ari, Vrijheid, Martine, Vrijkotte, Tanja GM, Vuletić, Silvije, Wade, Alisha N, Waldhör, Thomas, Walton, Janette, Wambiya, Elvis OA, Wan Bebakar, Wan Mohamad, Wan Mohamud, Wan Nazaimoon, Wanderley Júnior, Rildo de Souza, Wang, Chongjian, Wang, Huijun, Wang, Ming-Dong, Wang, Ningli, Wang, Qian, Wang, Xiangjun, Wang, Ya Xing, Wang, Ying-Wei, Wannamethee, S Goya, Wareham, Nicholas, Wartha, Olivia, Weber, Adelheid, Wedderkopp, Niels, Weghuber, Daniel, Wei, Wenbin, Weres, Aneta, Werner, Bo, Westbury, Leo D, Whincup, Peter H, Wichstrøm, Lars, Wickramasinghe, Kremlin, Widhalm, Kurt, Widyahening, Indah S, Więcek, Andrzej, Wild, Philipp S, Wilks, Rainford J, Willeit, Johann, Willeit, Peter, Williams, Julianne, Wilsgaard, Tom, Wirth, James P, Wojtyniak, Bogdan, Woldeyohannes, Meseret, Wolf, Kathrin, Wong-McClure, Roy A, Wong, Andrew, Wong, Emily B, Wong, Jyh Eiin, Wong, Tien Yin, Woo, Jean, Woodward, Mark, Wu, Frederick C, Wu, Hon-Yen, Wu, Jianfeng, Wu, Li Juan, Wu, Shouling, Wyszyńska, Justyna, Xu, Haiquan, Xu, Liang, Yaacob, Nor Azwany, Yamborisut, Uruwan, Yan, Li, Yan, Weili, Yang, Ling, Yang, Xiaoguang, Yang, Yang, Yardim, Nazan, Yasuharu, Tabara, Yépez García, Martha, Yiallouros, Panayiotis K, Yngve, Agneta, Yoosefi, Moein, Yoshihara, Akihiro, Yotov, Yoto, You, Qi Sheng, You, San-Lin, Younger-Coleman, Novie O, Yu, Yu-Ling, Yu, Yunjiang, Yusof, Safiah Md, Yusoff, Ahmad Faudzi, Zaccagni, Luciana, Zafiropulos, Vassilis, Zainuddin, Ahmad A, Zakavi, Seyed Rasoul, Zamani, Farhad, Zambon, Sabina, Zampelas, Antonis, Zamrazilová, Hana, Zapata, Maria Elisa, Zargar, Abdul Hamid, Zaw, Ko Ko, Zayed, Ayman A, Zdrojewski, Tomasz, Żegleń, Magdalena, Zejglicova, Kristyna, Zeljkovic Vrkic, Tajana, Zeng, Yi, Zentai, Andrea, Zhang, Bing, Zhang, Luxia, Zhang, Zhen-Yu, Zhao, Dong, Zhao, Ming-Hui, Zhao, Wenhua, Zhecheva, Yanitsa V, Zhen, Shiqi, Zheng, Wei, Zheng, Yingfeng, Zholdin, Bekbolat, Zhou, Maigeng, Zhu, Dan, Zimmet, Paul, Zins, Marie, Zitt, Emanuel, Zocalo, Yanina, Zoghlami, Nada, Zuñiga Cisneros, Julio, Zuziak, Monika, and Ezzati, Majid

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2024
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26. Xist nucleates local protein gradients to propagate silencing across the X chromosome

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Markaki, Yolanda, Gan Chong, Johnny, Wang, Yuying, Jacobson, Elsie C, Luong, Christy, Tan, Shawn YX, Jachowicz, Joanna W, Strehle, Mackenzie, Maestrini, Davide, Banerjee, Abhik K, Mistry, Bhaven A, Dror, Iris, Dossin, Francois, Schöneberg, Johannes, Heard, Edith, Guttman, Mitchell, Chou, Tom, and Plath, Kathrin

Subjects
Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Biological Sciences, Genetics, Underpinning research, 1.1 Normal biological development and functioning, Generic health relevance, Animals, Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins, Cell Line, Embryonic Stem Cells, Fibroblasts, Gene Silencing, Humans, Mice, Mitochondrial Proteins, Protein Binding, RNA, Long Noncoding, X Chromosome, X Chromosome Inactivation, RNA-binding proteins, X chromosome inactivation, Xist RNA, biomolecular condensates, chromatin organization, heterochromatin, macromolecular dynamics, quantitative imaging, super-resolution microscopy, supramolecular complexes, Medical and Health Sciences, Developmental Biology, Biological sciences, Biomedical and clinical sciences
Abstract

The lncRNA Xist forms ∼50 diffraction-limited foci to transcriptionally silence one X chromosome. How this small number of RNA foci and interacting proteins regulate a much larger number of X-linked genes is unknown. We show that Xist foci are locally confined, contain ∼2 RNA molecules, and nucleate supramolecular complexes (SMACs) that include many copies of the critical silencing protein SPEN. Aggregation and exchange of SMAC proteins generate local protein gradients that regulate broad, proximal chromatin regions. Partitioning of numerous SPEN molecules into SMACs is mediated by their intrinsically disordered regions and essential for transcriptional repression. Polycomb deposition via SMACs induces chromatin compaction and the increase in SMACs density around genes, which propagates silencing across the X chromosome. Our findings introduce a mechanism for functional nuclear compartmentalization whereby crowding of transcriptional and architectural regulators enables the silencing of many target genes by few RNA molecules.

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2021

32. RNA promotes the formation of spatial compartments in the nucleus

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Quinodoz, Sofia A, Jachowicz, Joanna W, Bhat, Prashant, Ollikainen, Noah, Banerjee, Abhik K, Goronzy, Isabel N, Blanco, Mario R, Chovanec, Peter, Chow, Amy, Markaki, Yolanda, Thai, Jasmine, Plath, Kathrin, and Guttman, Mitchell

Subjects
Genetics, Underpinning research, 1.1 Normal biological development and functioning, Generic health relevance, Animals, Cell Nucleus, Chromobox Protein Homolog 5, Chromosomes, DNA, DNA, Satellite, DNA-Binding Proteins, Dactinomycin, Female, Genome, HEK293 Cells, Heterochromatin, Humans, Mice, Models, Biological, Multigene Family, RNA, RNA Polymerase II, RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional, RNA Splicing, RNA, Long Noncoding, RNA, Messenger, RNA, Ribosomal, RNA-Binding Proteins, Transcription, Genetic, RNA processing, cajal bodies, chromocenters, histone locus bodies, lncRNAs, ncRNAs, nuclear bodies, nuclear structure, Biological Sciences, Medical and Health Sciences, Developmental Biology
Abstract

RNA, DNA, and protein molecules are highly organized within three-dimensional (3D) structures in the nucleus. Although RNA has been proposed to play a role in nuclear organization, exploring this has been challenging because existing methods cannot measure higher-order RNA and DNA contacts within 3D structures. To address this, we developed RNA & DNA SPRITE (RD-SPRITE) to comprehensively map the spatial organization of RNA and DNA. These maps reveal higher-order RNA-chromatin structures associated with three major classes of nuclear function: RNA processing, heterochromatin assembly, and gene regulation. These data demonstrate that hundreds of ncRNAs form high-concentration territories throughout the nucleus, that specific RNAs are required to recruit various regulators into these territories, and that these RNAs can shape long-range DNA contacts, heterochromatin assembly, and gene expression. These results demonstrate a mechanism where RNAs form high-concentration territories, bind to diffusible regulators, and guide them into compartments to regulate essential nuclear functions.

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2021

34. Content-Based Recommender Systems Taxonomy

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Papadakis Harris, Papagrigoriou Antonis, Kosmas Eleftherios, Panagiotakis Costas, Markaki Smaragda, and Fragopoulou Paraskevi

Subjects
content-based systems, recommendation systems, survey, taxonomy, Electronic computers. Computer science, QA75.5-76.95
Abstract

In the era of internet access, recommender systems try to alleviate the difficulty consumers face while trying to find items (e.g. services, products, or information) that better match their needs. To do so, a recommender system selects and proposes (possibly unknown) items that may be of interest to some candidate consumer, by predicting her/his preference for this item. Given the diversity of needs between consumers and the enormous variety of items to be recommended, a large set of approaches have been proposed by the research community. This paper provides a review of the approaches proposed in the entire research area of content-based recommender systems, and not only in one part of it. To facilitate understanding, we provide a categorization of each approach based on the tools and techniques employed, which results to the main contribution of this paper, a content-based recommender systems taxonomy. This way, the reader acquires a quick and complete understanding of this research area. Finally, we provide a comparison of content-based recommender systems according to their ability to efficiently handle well-known drawbacks.

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2023
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35. Potent induction of trained immunity by Saccharomyces cerevisiae β-glucans

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Patricia Vuscan, Brenda Kischkel, Aikaterini Hatzioannou, Efrosyni Markaki, Andrei Sarlea, Maria Tintoré, Jordi Cuñé, Panayotis Verginis, Carlos de Lecea, Triantafyllos Chavakis, Leo A.B. Joosten, and Mihai G. Netea

Subjects
innate immunity, probiotics, melanoma, bladder cell carcinoma, immunotherapy, Immunologic diseases. Allergy, RC581-607
Abstract

Candida albicans cell wall component β-glucan has been extensively studied for its ability to induce epigenetic and functional reprogramming of innate immune cells, a process termed trained immunity. We show that a high-complexity blend of two individual β-glucans from Saccharomyces cerevisiae possesses strong bioactivity, resulting in an enhanced trained innate immune response by human primary monocytes. The training required the Dectin-1/CR3, TLR4, and MMR receptors, as well as the Raf-1, Syk, and PI3K downstream signaling molecules. By activating multiple receptors and downstream signaling pathways, the components of this β-glucan preparation are able to act synergistically, causing a robust secondary response upon an unrelated challenge. In in-vivo murine models of melanoma and bladder cell carcinoma, pre-treatment of mice with the β-glucan preparation led to a significant reduction in tumor growth. These insights may aid in the development of future therapies based on β-glucan structures that induce an effective trained immunity response.

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2024
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36. Adaptation and psychometric testing of the end-of-life professional caregiver survey in Jamaica

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Rebecca L. Edwards, Marie Bakitas, Peng Li, Dingle Spence, Eulalia Kahwa, Mark Stoltenberg, Nataliya V. Ivankova, Kaesha Thomas, Kammar Segree, Syed Matthew Kodilinye, and Adelais Markaki

Subjects
Palliative care, Hospice, End-of-life, Interprofessional, Education, Psychometrics, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270
Abstract

Abstract Background Using a validated instrument to measure palliative care (PC) educational needs of health professionals is an important step in understanding how best to educate a well-versed PC workforce within a national health system. The End-of-life Professional Caregiver Survey (EPCS) was developed to measure U.S. interprofessional PC educational needs and has been validated for use in Brazil and China. As part of a larger research project, this study aimed to culturally adapt and psychometrically test the EPCS among physicians, nurses, and social workers practicing in Jamaica. Methods Face validation involved expert review of the EPCS with recommendations for linguistic item modifications. Content validation was carried out by six Jamaica-based experts who completed a formal content validity index (CVI) for each EPCS item to ascertain relevancy. Health professionals practicing in Jamaica (n = 180) were recruited using convenience and snowball sampling to complete the updated 25-item EPCS (EPCS-J). Internal consistency reliability was assessed using Cronbach’s $$\alpha$$ coefficient and McDonald’s $$\phi$$ . Construct validity was examined through confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and exploratory factor analysis (EFA). Results Content validation led to elimination of three EPCS items based on a CVI 0.30 suggesting good reliability. The CFA demonstrated a three-factor model with acceptable fit indices (RMSEA = 0.08, CFI = 0.88, SRMR = 0.06). The EFA determined a three-factor model had the best model fit, with four items moved into the effective patient care subscale from the other two EPCS-J subscales based on factor loading. Conclusions The psychometric properties of the EPCS-J resulted in acceptable levels of reliability and validity indicating that this instrument is suitable for use in measuring interprofessional PC educational needs in Jamaica.

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2023
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38. Climate Change Risks for the Mediterranean Agri-Food Sector: The Case of Greece

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Elena Georgopoulou, Nikos Gakis, Dimitris Kapetanakis, Dimitris Voloudakis, Maria Markaki, Yannis Sarafidis, Dimitris P. Lalas, George P. Laliotis, Konstantina Akamati, Iosif Bizelis, Markos Daskalakis, Sevastianos Mirasgedis, and Iordanis Tzamtzis

Subjects
agriculture, climate change, impacts, risks, agri-food sector, socio-economic, Agriculture (General), S1-972
Abstract

The study assesses the direct effects of climate change by 2060, including extreme events, on the productivity of regional crop farming and livestock in Greece, and the broader socio-economic effects on the agri-food and other sectors. Different approaches (i.e., agronomic models, statistical regression models, and equations linking thermal stress to livestock output) were combined to estimate the effects on productivity from changes in the average values of climatic parameters, and subsequently the direct economic effects from this long-term climate change. Recorded damages from extreme events together with climatic thresholds per event and crop were combined to estimate the direct economic effects of these extremes. The broader socio-economic effects were then estimated through input–output analysis. Under average levels of future extreme events, the total direct economic losses for Greek agriculture due to climate change will be significant, from EUR 437 million/year to EUR 1 billion/year. These losses approximately double when indirect effects on other sectors using agricultural products as inputs (e.g., food and beverage, hotels, and restaurants) are considered, and escalate further under a tenfold impact of extreme events. Losses in the GDP and employment are moderate at the national level, but significant in regions where the contribution of agriculture is high.

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2024
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39. The inverse conductivity problem via the calculus of functions of bounded variation

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Charalambopoulos, Antonios, Markaki, Vanessa, and Kourounis, Drosos

Subjects
Mathematics - Analysis of PDEs, 35J25, 35R30, 35R05, 26B30, 65N21, 35B27
Abstract

In this work, a novel approach for the solution of the inverse conductivity problem from one and multiple boundary measurements has been developed on the basis of the implication of the framework of BV - functions. The space of the functions of bounded variation is here recommended as the most appropriate functional space hosting the conductivity profile under reconstruction. For the numerical solution, we propose and implement a suitable minimization scheme of an enriched - constructed herein - functional, by exploiting the inner structure of BV - space. Finally, we validate and illustrate our theoretical results with numerical experiments., Comment: 37 pages, 13 figures

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2019
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41. A protein assembly mediates Xist localization and gene silencing

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Pandya-Jones, Amy, Markaki, Yolanda, Serizay, Jacques, Chitiashvili, Tsotne, Mancia Leon, Walter R, Damianov, Andrey, Chronis, Constantinos, Papp, Bernadett, Chen, Chun-Kan, McKee, Robin, Wang, Xiao-Jun, Chau, Anthony, Sabri, Shan, Leonhardt, Heinrich, Zheng, Sika, Guttman, Mitchell, Black, Douglas L, and Plath, Kathrin

Subjects
Genetics, 1.1 Normal biological development and functioning, Underpinning research, Generic health relevance, Animals, CELF1 Protein, Cell Line, DNA-Binding Proteins, Female, Gene Silencing, Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins, Humans, In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence, Male, Mice, Nuclear Matrix-Associated Proteins, Polypyrimidine Tract-Binding Protein, RNA, Long Noncoding, RNA-Binding Proteins, X Chromosome Inactivation, General Science & Technology
Abstract

Nuclear compartments have diverse roles in regulating gene expression, yet the molecular forces and components that drive compartment formation remain largely unclear1. The long non-coding RNA Xist establishes an intra-chromosomal compartment by localizing at a high concentration in a territory spatially close to its transcription locus2 and binding diverse proteins3-5 to achieve X-chromosome inactivation (XCI)6,7. The XCI process therefore serves as a paradigm for understanding how RNA-mediated recruitment of various proteins induces a functional compartment. The properties of the inactive X (Xi)-compartment are known to change over time, because after initial Xist spreading and transcriptional shutoff a state is reached in which gene silencing remains stable even if Xist is turned off8. Here we show that the Xist RNA-binding proteins PTBP19, MATR310, TDP-4311 and CELF112 assemble on the multivalent E-repeat element of Xist7 and, via self-aggregation and heterotypic protein-protein interactions, form a condensate1 in the Xi. This condensate is required for gene silencing and for the anchoring of Xist to the Xi territory, and can be sustained in the absence of Xist. Notably, these E-repeat-binding proteins become essential coincident with transition to the Xist-independent XCI phase8, indicating that the condensate seeded by the E-repeat underlies the developmental switch from Xist-dependence to Xist-independence. Taken together, our data show that Xist forms the Xi compartment by seeding a heteromeric condensate that consists of ubiquitous RNA-binding proteins, revealing an unanticipated mechanism for heritable gene silencing.

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2020

42. Increased levels of microRNA‐320 in blood serum and plasma is associated with imminent and advanced lung cancer

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Therese Haugdahl Nøst, Anne Heidi Skogholt, Ilona Urbarova, Robin Mjelle, Erna‐Elise Paulsen, Tom Dønnem, Sigve Andersen, Maria Markaki, Oluf Dimitri Røe, Mikael Johansson, Mattias Johansson, Bjørn Henning Grønberg, Torkjel Manning Sandanger, and Pål Sætrom

Subjects
diagnostic markers, lung cancer, MiRNA, peripheral blood, pre‐diagnostic markers, Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282
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Lung cancer (LC) incidence is increasing globally and altered levels of microRNAs (miRNAs) in blood may contribute to identification of individuals with LC. We identified miRNAs differentially expressed in peripheral blood at LC diagnosis and evaluated, in pre‐diagnostic blood specimens, how long before diagnosis expression changes in such candidate miRNAs could be detected. We identified upregulated candidate miRNAs in plasma specimens from a hospital‐based study sample of 128 patients with confirmed LC and 62 individuals with suspected but confirmed negative LC (FalsePos). We then evaluated the expression of candidate miRNAs in pre‐diagnostic plasma or serum specimens of 360 future LC cases and 375 matched controls. There were 1663 miRNAs detected in diagnostic specimens, nine of which met our criteria for candidate miRNAs. Higher expression of three candidates, miR‐320b, 320c, and 320d, was associated with poor survival, independent of LC stage and subtype. Moreover, miR‐320c and miR‐320d expression was higher in pre‐diagnostic specimens collected within 2 years of LC diagnosis. Our results indicated that elevated levels of miR‐320c and miR‐320d may be early indications of imminent and advanced LC.

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2023
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43. Kentos: Socio-ecologies of care

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Metaxia Markaki

Subjects
Socio-ecology, Care, Extended urbanisation, Web of life, Anthropocene, Urban political ecology, Architecture, NA1-9428
Abstract

What is the relation of humanity to the ‘rest of nature’? Situated in the epoch of the Anthropocene and as concerns about climate emergency dramatically rise, the paper looks beyond the human/nature ontological separation and narratives of domination, in order to investigate the possibility of alternative worldviews and practices, instrumental for socio-ecological repair. Kentos, deriving from the greek verb kentaw (embroider or sting), describes the harvest practice of mastiha tree, which grows solely on Chios island. In the precision of the manual labour and the rituality of Kentos, one can read beyond pure production, a relationship of mutuality and a socio-ecological bond unfolding between human bodies, trees and their environment. The paper revisits the mastiha landscapes of Chios island, at North Aegean in Greece and narrates the story of relations that have occurred between humans and a tree native to the island, the Pistacia lentiscus var. Chia. It unpacks this socio-ecological bond and its various social, political and economic extensions, investigating how this interspecies relation has operated in history as a productive force and how it has survived in the present time, entangled in capitalist flows, climatic and urban pressures. The aim is to explore knowledge latent in interspecies relations that occurre in territories entangled in capitalist processes of extended urbanisation. Gathering this knowledge aims at informing alternative concepts and strategies for dealing with the contemporary socio-ecological challenges. The paper employs a methodology of relational thinking: it problematises and retracts strict ontological boundaries between human and ‘the rest of Nature’. By doing so it reveals a whole new space of relations between species and sets for an exploration of the relations that we encounter there. This space is examined and conceptualised through qualitative ethnographic work, analysis of documentary sources, oral history and secondary sources that have captured intentionally or unintentionally facets of the socio-ecological bond. Concluding, the paper identifies a socio-ecology of care nested in interspecies relations. It reveales care as a latent interspecies practice, as situated knowledge, as a more-than-human collective, and as an intrinsic value of reciprocity between forms of life, within and beyond capitalism, generating alternative socio-political formations and alternative vision. The paper ends with a proposition: care is a choice, a valid alternative option for design space, strategy and practice to re-engage productively with the ‘rest of nature’, material and living world.

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2022
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49. Pupil light reflex dynamics in Parkinson’s disease

Author

Panagiota Tsitsi, Mattias Nilsson, Josefine Waldthaler, Gustaf Öqvist Seimyr, Olof Larsson, Per Svenningsson, and Ioanna Markaki

Subjects
pupil reflex, Parkinson’s disease, eye movements, eye tracking, dysautonomia, Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry, RC321-571, Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, RC346-429
Abstract

IntroductionVisual disturbance is common symptom in Parkinson’s disease (PD), and defective pupil light reflex (PLR) is an anticipated contributing factor that may be associated to the presence of autonomic dysfunction, which is a common non-motor feature of PD. Studies investigating the intercorrelation between PLR and dysautonomia in PD are limited.MethodsThe aim of this study was to investigate differences of PLR parameters, measured by eye-tracker, between patients with PD, with and without signs of dysautonomia, and healthy controls (HC). In total, 43 HC and 50 patients with PD were recruited and PLR parameters were measured with Tobii Pro Spectrum, during a long (1,000 ms) and a short (100 ms) light stimulus. Presence of orthostatic hypotension (OH) was used as proxy marker of dysautonomia. Linear mixed-effects model and non-parametric comparative statistics were applied to investigate differences among groups.ResultsPeak constriction velocity was slower in PD compared with HC, after adjustment for age and sex in the mixed model, and the difference was greater in the subgroup of PD with OH (unadjusted). Dilation amplitude and velocity were also gradually slower in HC vs. PD without OH vs. PD with OH (unadjusted for confounders). In the mixed model, age was significant predictor of dilation response.DiscussionOur results support previous observations on defective PLR in PD, evaluated with eye-tracker, and show a possible association with autonomic dysfunction. Further studies with more patients and rigorous evaluation of autonomic dysfunction are needed to validate these findings.

Published
2023
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