Article
Dermatology
Prekshi Bansal, Kabir Sardana, Lokesh Sharma, Umesh Chandra Garga, Gauri Vats
Summary: The study found that adult female acne may be associated with hyperandrogenic features, and routine hormonal tests may not necessarily reveal underlying abnormalities unless it is polycystic ovary syndrome. Therefore, end-organ hypersensitivity to androgens may be the most plausible explanation.
JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGICAL TREATMENT
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Yeqing Gu, Xiaoyue Li, Qing Zhang, Li Liu, Ge Meng, Hongmei Wu, Shunming Zhang, Yawen Wang, Tingjing Zhang, Xuena Wang, Xingqi Cao, Huiping Li, Yunyun Liu, Shaomei Sun, Xing Wang, Qiyu Jia, Kun Song, Zhong Sun, Kaijun Niu
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the association between grip strength and depressive symptoms in the general adult population. The results showed an inverse association between grip strength and depressive symptoms, with a stronger correlation observed in females compared to males. Further prospective studies or randomized trials are needed to clarify these findings.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Gaspard Junot, Marco De Corato, Pietro Tierno
Summary: We observe the emergence of large zigzag bands in a population of actuated magnetic rotors, which behave as active shakers. By combining experimental analysis with simulations, we show that the special flow field created by the shakers is the key ingredient for the observed spatiotemporal pattern.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yuehua Zhao, Jiguang Zhang, Jie Ma, Shibiao Xu
Summary: This paper proposes a model called Spatial-Semantic Incorporation Network (SSI-Net) for real-time large-scale point cloud segmentation. By introducing a Spatial-Semantic Cross-correction (SSC) module, the model can learn high-quality contextual features and achieve state-of-the-art performance on several prevalent datasets.
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Howard H. Yang, Chao Xu, Xijun Wang, Daquan Feng, Tony Q. S. Quek
Summary: The concept of age-of-information (AoI) is investigated in large-scale wireless networks, revealing the impact of different transmission protocols and channel access control on AoI performance; in densely deployed networks, last-come-first-serve with preemption (LCFS-PR) achieves smaller AoI values, whereas in sparsely deployed networks, the universally designed channel access probability of ALOHA is not effective in reducing AoI; in densely rolled out infrastructure, there exists a non-trivial ALOHA channel access probability that minimizes peak and average AoI values.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Kehinde Ajayi, Xin Wei, Martin Gryder, Winston Shields, Jian Wu, Shawn M. Jones, Michal Kucer, Diane Oyen
Summary: Recent advances in CV and natural language processing have been hindered by the limitations of available datasets. Current datasets are insufficient for tasks like image captioning and 3D reconstruction. DeepPatent2 is a large-scale dataset providing over 2.7 million technical drawings that can be used for conceptual captioning and other research areas.
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Xiaoming Deng, Yinda Zhang, Jian Shi, Yuying Zhu, Dachuan Cheng, Dexin Zuo, Zhaopeng Cui, Ping Tan, Liang Chang, Hongan Wang
Summary: Understanding hand poses is crucial in applications like human computer interaction and augmented reality. A lack of high-quality and large-scale dataset has been a barrier for further improvement in hand pose related tasks. This study demonstrates the potential of synthetic datasets in enhancing performance and enabling multi-task learning in hand pose understanding.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON IMAGE PROCESSING
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Kunpeng Zhang, Feng Zhou, Lan Wu, Na Xie, Zhengbing He
Summary: This paper presents the Graph Transformer-based Traffic Data Imputation (GT-TDI) model, which leverages spatiotemporal semantic understanding of road networks to impute missing traffic data. The proposed model utilizes semantic descriptions and Graph Neural Networks to infer comprehensive spatiotemporal relationships in traffic data, and incorporates a Large Language Model and prompt engineering for natural and intuitive interactions with users.
INFORMATION FUSION
(2024)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
N. Pranzini, S. Bertolino, L. Santini
Summary: This study uses population density estimates to predict global population estimates for leopards and tigers. The results show that both species have higher densities in high productivity areas. The study also highlights the impact of environmental and anthropogenic factors on population density.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2023)
Article
Business
Bruno Jacobs, Dennis Fok, Bas Donkers
Summary: This study introduces a new model for retail purchase behavior, which achieves efficient data dimension reduction through the concept of purchase motivations based on customer-level purchase history data. The model considers product, customer, and time dimensions, captures interdependencies between motivations, and improves predictive performance.
Review
Computer Science, Cybernetics
Jitendra Kumar Rout, Kshira Sagar Sahoo, Anmol Dalmia, Sambit Bakshi, Muhammad Bilal, Houbing Song
Summary: In this article, the effects of network scale on network-based review spammer detection models, specifically on the trust model and the SpammerRank model, are studied. The evaluation of two large publicly available review datasets shows that the SpammerRank model provides a better scaling time for applications requiring reviewer indicators, and the trust model distributions are flattening out indicating the presence of spamming. The detailed observations on the scaling effects of these models are reported in the result section.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SYSTEMS
(2023)
Review
Engineering, Biomedical
Lan Luan, Rongkang Yin, Hanlin Zhu, Chong Xie
Summary: Penetrating neural electrodes provide a powerful approach for studying brain circuits by detecting individual action potentials in real time. This capability has greatly contributed to both basic neuroscience research and the development of prosthetic devices for restoring sensations and movements. However, current approaches have limitations in terms of the number of sensing channels and long-term efficacy. This review discusses recent technological advances that have allowed for larger-scale, more detailed, and longer-lasting recordings of neural circuits, and highlights their applications in animal models and humans.
ANNUAL REVIEW OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Biology
Macy J. J. Kailing, Joseph R. R. Hoyt, J. Paul White, Heather M. M. Kaarakka, Jennifer A. A. Redell, Ariel E. E. Leon, Tonie E. E. Rocke, John E. E. DePue, William H. H. Scullon, Katy L. L. Parise, Jeffrey T. T. Foster, A. Marm Kilpatrick, Kate E. E. Langwig
Summary: Demographic factors, such as age and sex, have a significant impact on infectious disease dynamics. In this study, we investigated the sex-biased infections in bats with white-nose syndrome and explored the potential mechanisms underlying the differences in infection between sexes. We found that females were more infected than males, and this may be due to sex-based differences in autumn mating behavior.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Yongxia Zhang, Guo-Qiang Zhang, Diyang Zhang, Xue-Die Liu, Xin-Yu Xu, Wei-Hong Sun, Xia Yu, Xiaoen Zhu, Zhi-Wen Wang, Xiang Zhao, Wen-Ying Zhong, Hongfeng Chen, Wei-Lun Yin, Tengbo Huang, Shan-Ce Niu, Zhong-Jian Liu
Summary: This study reported a chromosome-scale reference genome of Dendrobium chrysotoxum, revealing two whole-genome polyploidization events and the expansion of the sugar transporter (SWEET) gene family, as well as MADS-box genes. These findings may be related to the medicinal compounds and fleshy stems of D. chrysotoxum.
HORTICULTURE RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Jiong Wang, Martin Fleischmann, Alessandro Venerandi, Ombretta Romice, Monika Kuffer, Sergio Porta
Summary: This paper proposes a method for mapping cities using Earth Observation (EO) and morphometrics. By extracting urban elements from satellite imagery and computing metrics of urban form, it identifies urban types that reflect socioeconomic patterns. The method provides a reproducible and interpretable approach for studying urban development, with implications for understanding urbanization dynamics globally.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2023)
Article
Sport Sciences
Gyozo Szolnoky, Henriette Gavaller, Anna Gonczy, Imre Bihari, Lajos Kemeny, Tamas Forster, Attila Nemes
Summary: The application of graduated medical compression stockings with different pressures can significantly reduce aortic pulse wave velocity, indicating a beneficial cardiovascular influence.
JOURNAL OF STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING RESEARCH
(2021)
Review
Dermatology
A. M. Layton, D. Thiboutot, J. Tan
Summary: Acne is a common inflammatory skin disease worldwide, with varying burdens on patients and society. The management and reduction of acne burden are important, but the lack of standardized assessments remains a major challenge in acne research.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Dermatology
A. McDowell, J. McLaughlin, A. M. Layton
Summary: Progressive macular hypomelanosis (PMH) is a skin condition characterized by symmetrically distributed hypopigmented macules on the trunk, possibly linked to the anaerobic skin bacterium Cutibacterium (formerly Propionibacterium) acnes. Recent studies suggest that subspecies elongatum of C. acnes may play a role in the pathophysiology of PMH.
JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Helen Ashwin, Jovana Sadlova, Barbora Vojtkova, Tomas Becvar, Patrick Lypaczewski, Eli Schwartz, Elizabeth Greensted, Katrien Van Bocxlaer, Marion Pasin, Kai S. Lipinski, Vivak Parkash, Greg Matlashewski, Alison M. Layton, Charles J. Lacey, Charles L. Jaffe, Petr Volf, Paul M. Kaye
Summary: Leishmaniasis is considered a vaccine-preventable disease, but costs and uncertainty hinder progress in vaccine development. Controlled human infection models offer a way to speed up vaccine development and gain better understanding of disease pathogenesis.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
Review
Dermatology
B. Stuart, E. Maund, C. Wilcox, K. Sridharan, G. Sivaramakrishnan, C. Regas, D. Newell, I. Soulsby, K. F. Tang, A. Y. Finlay, H. C. Bucher, P. Little, A. M. Layton, M. Santer
Summary: Network meta-analysis found that adapalene in combination with benzoyl peroxide (BPO) may be the most effective treatment for acne, but with a slightly higher incidence of withdrawal. Confidence in the overall evidence was low, indicating a need for further research for validation.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Brima M. Younis, Mohamed Osman, Eltahir A. G. Khalil, Francesco Santoro, Simone Furini, Rebecca Wiggins, Ada Keding, Monica Carraro, Anas E. A. Musa, Mujahid A. A. Abdarahaman, Laura Mandefield, Martin Bland, Toni Aebischer, Rhian Gabe, Alison M. Layton, Charles J. N. Lacey, Paul M. Kaye, Ahmed M. Musa
Summary: Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL) is a chronic skin condition that often occurs after visceral leishmaniasis, with ChAd63-KH vaccine showing potential therapeutic effects in patients with persistent PKDL and inducing strong immune responses. Clinical trial results indicated significant clinical improvement in some patients and ongoing research aims to determine vaccine-related clinical responses and the utility of ChAd63-KH vaccine.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Samantha Hornsey, Beth Stuart, Ingrid Muller, Alison M. Layton, Leanne Morrison, Jamie King, Karen Thomas, Paul Little, Miriam Santer
Summary: Both patient-reported outcome measures showed high internal consistency and reliability in statistical analyses. Skindex-16 and CompAQ demonstrated good evidence of construct validity. Qualitative study revealed diverse views on usability and acceptability, with no PROM showing superior performance.
Article
Dermatology
W. Ghumra, N. Lee, H. Whitehouse, R. Bhutani, D. Lagos, A. M. Layton
Summary: This study aimed to establish a miRNA signature for acne and associated atrophic scarring, and to identify if a pattern of circulating miRNA is evident in patients prone to scarring. The research found that three miRNAs, miR-223, miR-21, and miR-150, were significantly overexpressed in acne lesions, and notably in clinically uninvolved skin of participants prone to scarring.
CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Anesthesiology
M. Bromley, S. Marsh, A. Layton
Article
Dermatology
Jerry Tan, Stefan Beissert, Fran Cook-Bolden, Rajeev Chavda, Julie Harper, Adelaide Hebert, Edward Lain, Alison Layton, Marco Rocha, Jonathan Weiss, Brigitte Dreno
Summary: Acne scars have a significant impact on patients' health-related quality of life, with even mild scars leading to a noticeable decrease in quality of life that increases with the severity of scarring. Individual-reported outcomes offer insight into the physical, functional, and psychological impact of acne scarring from the patient's perspective.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL DERMATOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Immunology
Paul M. Kaye, Sakshi Mohan, Carsten Mantel, Melissa Malhame, Paul Revill, Epke Le Rutte, Vivak Parkash, Alison M. Layton, Charles J. N. Lacey, Stefano Malvolti
Summary: Despite progress, the development of leishmaniasis vaccines is hindered by gaps in understanding throughout the vaccine development pipeline. Increased coordination and a more holistic approach are needed for faster progress in the future.
EXPERT REVIEW OF VACCINES
(2021)
Article
Oncology
Sebastian Podlipnik, Aram Boada, Jose L. Lopez-Estebaranz, Manuel M. Martin-Gonzalez, Pedro Redondo, Brian Martin, Ann P. Quick, Christine N. Bailey, Sarah J. Kurley, Robert W. Cook, Susana Puig
Summary: This study evaluated the predictive ability of the 31-gene expression profile (31-GEP) test for skin cancer relapse in 86 patients. The results showed that the 31-GEP test can accurately predict the risk of cancer relapse and help guide treatment plans for patients with skin cancer.
Article
Anesthesiology
M. Bromley, S. Marsh, A. Layton
Letter
Dermatology
Joseph Griffiths-Acha, Miguel Vela-Ganuza, Claudia Sarro-Fuente, Jose Luis Lopez-Estebaranz
BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY
(2022)
Letter
Dermatology
M. Menendez Sanchez, A. Muniz de Lucas, E. Perez Fernandez, M. Llamas Velasco, D. P. Ruiz Genao, J. L. Lopez Estebaranz
JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY
(2023)