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Open AccessUsefulness of the mini nutritional assessment short-form for evaluating nutritional status in patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease: a prospective cross-sectional study
Although the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA) is recognized as a useful tool for evaluating nutritional status in patients with various diseases, its applicability in patients with nontuberculous mycobacteria...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Changes in heart rate variability over time from symptom onset of transient global amnesia
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Feasibility of UTE-MRI-based radiomics model for prediction of histopathologic subtype of lung adenocarcinoma: in comparison with CT-based radiomics model
To assess the feasibility of the UTE-MRI radiomic model in predicting the micropapillary and/or solid (MP/S) patterns of surgically resected lung adenocarcinoma.
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Open AccessChanges in heart rate variability over time from symptom onset of transient global amnesia
Transient global amnesia (TGA) often involves precipitating events associated with changes in autonomic nervous system (ANS), and heart rate variability (HRV) reflects the ANS state. This study aimed to invest...
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Multigenerational effect of maternal bisphenol A exposure on DNA methylation in F1 sperm
Bisphenol A (BPA), an environmental contaminant, is known as an endocrine disruptor and has developmental, reproductive, and epigenetic toxicity. These toxicities of BPA affect the next generations.
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Open AccessMyosteatosis as a prognostic factor of Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease
Quantitative body composition affects the prognosis of patients with Mycobacterium avium complex pulmonary disease (MAC-PD). However, whether the qualitative body composition obtained indirectly through computed ...
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Open AccessProduction of a 135-residue long N-truncated human keratinocyte growth factor 1 in Escherichia coli
Palifermin (trade name Kepivance®) is an amino-terminally truncated recombinant human keratinocyte growth factor 1 (KGF-1) with 140 residues that has been produced using Escherichia coli to prevent and treat oral...
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Open AccessNew disordered anyon phase of doped graphene zigzag nanoribbon
We investigate interacting disordered zigzag nanoribbons at low do**, using the Hubbard model to treat electron interactions within the density matrix renormalization group and Hartree-Fock method. Extra ele...
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Open AccessAuthor Correction: Early Detection and Serial Monitoring of Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity Using T1-map** Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging: An Animal Study
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Open AccessPrognostic value of coronary artery calcium scores from 1.5 mm slice reconstructions of electrocardiogram-gated computed tomography scans in asymptomatic individuals
It is unknown whether the thinner slice reconstruction has added value relative to 3 mm reconstructions in predicting major adverse cardiac events (MACEs). This retrospective study included 550 asymptomatic in...
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Open AccessUsefulness of cardiac magnetic resonance images for prediction of sudden cardiac arrest in patients with mitral valve prolapse: a multicenter retrospective cohort study
An association has been identified between mitral valve prolapse (MVP) and sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), and ventricular arrhythmias (VA). This study aimed to elucidate predictive factors for SCA or VA in MVP p...
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Comparison of artery-based methods for ordinal grading of coronary artery calcium on low-dose chest computed tomography
To identify the optimal artery-based method for ordinal grading of coronary artery calcium (CAC) on non-electrocardiogram (ECG)-gated low-dose chest computed tomography (LDCT) among three methods.
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Open AccessHistogram-derived modified thresholds for coronary artery calcium scoring with lower tube voltage
We aimed to determine the proper modified thresholds for detecting and weighting CAC scores at 100 kV through histogram matching in comparison with 120 kV as a standard reference. From the training set (680 pa...
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Open AccessSubclinical cardiac perforation by cardiac implantable electronic device leads detected by cardiac computed tomography
The relationship between the characteristics of cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) leads and subclinical cardiac perforations remains unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the incidence of subclinica...
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Open AccessUltrahigh-field cardiovascular magnetic resonance T1 and T2 map** for the assessment of anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity in rat models: validation against histopathologic changes
Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity is a well-recognized adverse effect of chemotherapy. Quantitative T1-map** cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is useful for detecting subclinical myocardial changes i...
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Open AccessSerial T1 map** of right ventricle in pulmonary hypertension: comparison with histology in an animal study
Right ventricular (RV) free wall fibrosis is an important component of adverse remodeling with RV dysfunction in pulmonary hypertension (PH). However, no previous reports have compared cardiovascular magnetic ...
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Open AccessCorrelation between serum carbohydrate antigen 19-9 levels and computed tomography severity score in patients with nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease
There is no validated clinical biomarker for disease severity or treatment response for nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease (NTM-PD). We investigated the correlation between elevated serum carbohydr...
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Open AccessEffective production of human growth factors in Escherichia coli by fusing with small protein 6HFh8
Growth factors (GFs) are signaling proteins that affect cellular processes such as growth, proliferation, and differentiation. GFs are used as cosmeceuticals, exerting anti-wrinkle, anti-aging, and whitening e...
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Open AccessGenetic diversity and different cross-neutralization capability of porcine circovirus type 2 isolates recently circulating in South Korea
Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) is a small single-stranded DNA virus and a primary cause of PCV-associated diseases (PCVAD) that result insubstantial economic loss for swine farms. Between 2016 and 2018, PCV2...
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Public perspectives on reducing the environmental impact of onshore wind farms: a discrete choice experiment in South Korea
Onshore wind farms have the advantage of a lower cost than offshore wind farms, but their negative environmental impact has been pointed out as a problem. If this environmental impact can be lessened, public a...
