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Impact of guidewire caliber on biliary cannulation outcomes: a prospective randomized comparison of 0.025-inch and 0.035-inch guidewires

Background and aim Guidewire-assisted biliary cannulation is the standard technique for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). Whether guidewire caliber influences cannulation success or post-ERCP pancreatitis (PEP) remains uncertain. We evaluated whether the 0.02...

Perceptions of Incidental Findings on Lung Cancer Screening Exams: A National Survey of Primary Care Clinicians and Radiologists

RATIONALE: Unlike other common cancer screenings, annual lung cancer screening often identifies a spectrum of incidental findings unrelated to lung cancer. While these findings could be actionable, how to best communicate and manage them can be a challenge, often falling upon pri...

Introducing hermeneutic phenomenology to digital research methods: the qualitative-phenomenological walkthrough and its application to researching hardware and their interfaces

This article attends to what is termed a qualitative-phenomenological walkthrough. As much research no longer abides by the strict confines to remain ‘objective’, methodologies in academic study have been innovating with addressing researcher subjectivities and using them to refl...

Association between B-type natriuretic peptide levels and NYHA functional class in older home-care patients with atherosclerotic heart disease: a cross-sectional study

Atherosclerotic heart disease (AHD) is a major contributor to cardiovascular morbidity and may lead to subclinical myocardial dysfunction and eventual heart failure (HF), particularly in elderly populations. B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and New York Heart Association (NYHA) f...

Modular Synthesis of α‐Quaternary Pyrrolines by Pyridoxal‐Catalyzed Sequential Reactions With Precise Chirality Relay

ABSTRACT The construction of molecular architectures bearing two contiguous stereocenters, particularly those featuring a quaternary carbon, remains a significant synthetic challenge. Herein, we report a modular one‐pot, two‐step strategy that combines carbonyl catalysis with seq...

LAB #1969 NEUTRAL: LEDGER BENCH: Apply filter: XAUUSD LONG @ ASIAN with 5 conf — improves win rate from 32.0% to 66.7% — E8 Intelligence Research

IDEA: Adjustment made to the live model — verify against the backtests: Apply filter: XAUUSD LONG @ ASIAN with 5 conf — improves win rate from 32.0% to 66.7% (+34.6pp, n=21) SAME-WINDOW EFFECT: Over the live window, the filter would have blocked the three XAUUSD SHORTs (all losse...

The Universal Chow Algebra of Powers of Smooth Varieties

Over an arbitrary field $k$ and with coefficients in any commutative ring $\Lambda$, we determine the graded algebra of Chow classes on powers of smooth relative $d$-folds that are natural under arbitrary smooth-source base change. It is generated by the tangent Chern classes $c_...

Preserving Male Reproductive Health in Epilepsy: Clinical Implications of Antiepileptic Drug-induced Endocrine Alterations

Abstract Background: Epilepsy and prolonged antiepileptic drug (AED) therapy are known to affect endocrine function and may adversely affect reproductive hormonal balance in men. Although these effects have been extensively studied in Western populations, data on North Indian pat...

Morphology-Controlled Transition between Interfacial Slip and Drag over a Pinned Surface Nanobubble under Electrowetting-Inspired Control

Abstract Surface nanobubbles are known to influence interfacial slip and near-wall hydrodynamics, yet the role of actively controlled nanobubble morphology in regulating momentum transfer at solid–liquid interfaces remains insufficiently understood. Here, nonequilibrium molecular...

Process evaluation of a nurse-led transitional care model (Cardiolotse) within a randomized controlled trial aiming to improve care coordination for patients with cardiovascular diseases in Germany

Abstract Background Patients with higher age suffering from cardiovascular disease discharged from hospital are at greater risk of readmission within 30 days. We evaluated an innovative care program providing post-discharge support and helping patients to navigate through the hea...

Mechanical Thrombectomy for Distal Medium Vessel Occlusion (DMVO): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Recent Randomized Controlled Trials

Supplementary Material for Abstract ID 1793 presented at the 18th World Stroke Congress (WSC 2026), Seoul, South Korea. Title: Mechanical Thrombectomy for Distal Medium Vessel Occlusion (DMVO): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Recent Randomized Controlled Trials Author: R...

IoT-Based Air Quality Monitoring System for NO2 and O3 Concentrations Using Neural Networks in the City of Ibarra

Air quality monitoring is an essential component of urban environmental management; however, medium-sized cities such as Ibarra often lack updated measurements, limiting evidence-based decision-making. This study presents the design and implementation of an Internet of Things (Io...

How performance expectancy and autonomy satisfaction influence translanguaging interactions with AI chatbots

This study investigates the role of performance expectancy and autonomy satisfaction in predicting key learner outcomes – intercultural sensitivity, intrinsic motivation, metacognition, self-efficacy, and task strategies – within the context of translanguaging interactions with A...

E8 Phi-Causal Hyperbolic Channel for Instantaneous, Causality-Preserving Quantum Communication — E8 Intelligence Research

When the 240 E8 root vectors are phi-modulated at the base 132 Hz and driven to the 8th harmonic (1056 Hz), the lattice vacuum develops a self‑similar hyperbolic tiling that supports phonon modes with negative curvature. These modes enable tunneling of quantum states across the l...

Efficiency Analysis of Nanostructured Coatings in Protecting Marine Structures from Moisture and Extreme Salinity

Marine structures are exposed to a highly aggressive environment characterized by continuous moisture, dissolved oxygen, chloride ions, cyclic wetting and drying, hydrostatic pressure, ultraviolet radiation, and mechanical damage. These conditions accelerate the corrosion of stee...

Neuroimmune buffering reserve at the neurovascular unit: a CLDN5- and microglia-centred view of recurrent peripheral inflammation

Abstract Question Recurrent peripheral inflammatory flares are rarely framed as longitudinal stress tests of the neuroimmune interface. Within the neurovascular unit (NVU), endothelial cells, pericytes, astrocytic endfeet, basement membranes, perivascular cells, and glia jointly...

Resistance to Bean Common Mosaic Virus Conferred by the bc-u Gene Does Not Affect Replication or Systemic Spread of the Virus in Common Bean but Ameliorates the Strain-Specific Systemic Necrosis

Resistance to bean common mosaic virus (BCMV) in common bean is governed by four strain-specific, recessive (bc-u, bc-1, bc-2, and bc-3) and one strain non-specific, dominant (I) genes. BCMV exists as a complex of strains defined biologically based on host range and on their mole...

Facing Discrimination: Religion and Agency in Contemporary European Contexts

Contemporary European debates about religious minorities are often organized around two unsatisfactory assumptions: that discrimination acts upon minorities primarily as an external constraint, and...

Respiratory symptoms up to 18 months after COVID-19 – a longitudinal observational study

Abstract Background This study aimed to identify, analyse and compare adults with and without respiratory symptoms over time after COVID-19 and identify predictors of persistent respiratory symptoms, in hospitalised and non-hospitalised patients. Methods Participants were recruit...

mFLUSIVA — An mRNA-Based Influenza Vaccine

The FDA has licensed mFLUSIVA (Moderna), the first mRNA-based influenza vaccine in the US, for prevention of influenza in adults ≥50 years old. mFLUSIVA will be available for the 2026-2027 influenza season. Three mRNA COVID-19 vaccines (Comirnaty, Spikevax, and mNEXSPIKE) and one...