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Plasma Phosphorylated Tau 217 Percentage by Race and Ethnicity in Preclinical Alzheimer Disease
Importance In trials targeting preclinical Alzheimer disease (AD), defined as amyloid pathology without cognitive symptoms, racial and ethnic differences in plasma phosphorylated tau 217 percentage (%p-tau217) may influence screening eligibility. Objective To characterize racial...
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Background: Population-level patterns in the real-world use of initial treatment combinations for glioblastoma (GBM) remain poorly characterized. Materials and Methods: We assessed temporal trends in treatment and survival among patients with GBM in the SEER registry. Guideline-c...
- BiologyOpen access
OccPepSeg-YOLO for Instance Segmentation of Occluded Peppers in Field Images
Agricultural operations such as pepper harvesting, fruit counting, and field phenotyping rely on accurate visual recognition and instance segmentation algorithms. However, pepper fruits in complex field environments often exhibit slender and curved shapes, partial occlusion, ambi...
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Lifestyle habits, cognitive reserve, and affective reserve (secure attachment, extraversion, psychological resilience) predict resilience in the oldest-old, though the underlying biological mechanisms remain unclear. This study explored relationships between these protective fact...