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Open AccessBCL3 expression is strongly associated with the occurrence of breast cancer relapse under tamoxifen treatment in a retrospective cohort study
Patients with estrogen receptor positive breast cancer are usually receiving an anti-estrogen therapy by either aromatase inhibitors or selective estrogen receptor mediators such as tamoxifen. Nevertheless, ac...
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Open AccessALK alterations in salivary gland carcinomas
Salivary gland carcinomas represent a heterogeneous group of poorly characterized head and neck tumors. The purpose of this study was to evaluate ALK gene and protein aberrations in a large, well-characterized co...
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Open AccessThe oncogene AAMDC links PI3K-AKT-mTOR signaling with metabolic reprograming in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer
Adipogenesis associated Mth938 domain containing (AAMDC) represents an uncharacterized oncogene amplified in aggressive estrogen receptor-positive breast cancers. We uncover that AAMDC regulates the expression of...
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The “Optimum Volume” of Acrylic Cement Filling for Treating Vertebral Compression Fractures: A Morphometric Study of Thoracolumbar Vertebrae
Percutaneous vertebroplasty is a treatment option in vertebral compression fractures (VCF). The aim of the study was to propose the mathematical calculation of the “optimum volume” of acrylic cement filling of...
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Morphometric Analysis of the Lumbar Vertebrae Concerning the Optimal Screw Selection for Transpedicular Stabilization
Transpedicular stabilization is a frequently used spinal surgery for fractures, degenerative changes, or neoplastic processes. Improper screw fixation may cause substantial vascular or neurological complicatio...
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ERCC1 assessment in upfront treatment with and without cisplatin-based chemotherapy in stage IIIB/IV non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer
Prior studies have demonstrated an association between excision repair cross-complementation group 1 (ERCC1) expression level and outcomes in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated w...
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Open AccessPrognostic value of 5-microRNA based signature in T2-T3N0 colon cancer
The role of adjuvant chemotherapy in stage T2-T3N0 colon cancer (CC) is controversial and there are currently no reliable factors allowing for individual selection of patients with high risk of relapse for suc...
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Finding Similar Clothes Based on Semantic Description for the Purpose of Fashion Recommender System
The fashion domain has been one of the most growing areas of e-commerce, hence the issue of facilitating cloth searching in fashion-related websites becomes an important topic of research. The paper deals with...
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Clothing Similarity Estimation Using Dominant Color Descriptor and SSIM Index
This paper deals with the problem of estimating the similarity of clothing for the purpose of fashion-related e-commerce systems. The images presenting fashion models are segmented and analyzed in order to det...
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Evaluation of KLT method for controlled lossy compression of high-resolution seabed’s DTM
The paper presents Karhunen-Loeve Transform-based compression method, which can be applied to reduce the volume of data describing seabed topography. Developed algorithm allows for variable compression ratio a...
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Clustering-Based Retrieval of Similar Outfits Based on Clothes Visual Characteristics
The fashion domain has been one of the most growing areas of e-commerce, hence the issue of facilitating cloth searching in fashionrelated websites becomes an important topic of research. The paper deals with ...
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Comparing Clothing Styles by Means of Computer Vision Methods
The paper deals with a problem of comparing and retrieving visual data representing various clothing styles. Proposed solution joins several sophisticated computer vision methods, such as face detection using ...
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Similarity Estimation of Textile Materials Based on Image Quality Assessment Methods
In this paper some experimental results obtained by the application of various image quality assessment methods for the estimation of similarity of textile materials are presented. Such approach is considered ...
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Visualisation of Multibeam Echosounder Measurement Data
During a sea survey session performed using a multibeam echosounder millions of measurement points are generated. Sea surveys should be carried out in such a way, that the maximum accuracy of created seabed mo...
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An Application of the Curvature Scale Space Shape Descriptor for Forensic Human Identification Based on Orthopantomograms
This paper is devoted to the problem of forensic human identification based on the application of dental biometrics. For this purpose digital orthopantomogram images are used. The complete scheme of the approa...
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Prognostic Value of TOP2A Gene Amplification and Chromosome 17 Polysomy in Early Breast Cancer
The aim of this study was to analyze the occurrence of TOP2A gene amplification and chromosome 17 polysomy in patients with early breast cancer and to correlate the status of these alterations with the prognostic...
