Therapeutic Advances in Bladder Preservation for BCG-Unresponsive Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer.

Purpose: Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) has long been the standard treatment for preventing recurrence and progression following resection of high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). Unfortunately, recurrence or progression despite BCG induction and maintenance treatment have significant prevalence-a persistent issue in urologic oncology. Notable advancements in the development of alternative therapeutic options have become available and are in the pipeline.

How adaptive social robots influence cognitive, emotional, and self-regulated learning.

As educational environments become more diverse, adaptive technologies like social robots hold promise for providing individual support to learners. This study investigated the role of adaptive teaching of a robot on students' learning outcomes, emotions, and self-regulated learning (SRL). A total of 120 participants (aged 18-60 years, M = 30.

Portable ultra-low-field magnetic resonance imaging enables postictal seizure imaging.

The detection of transient peri-ictal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) abnormalities has been variable after epileptic seizures. The most common reason for this variability is that abnormalities may disappear if the interval between seizure and scan acquisition is prolonged using conventional high-field systems. Here, we deployed a portable ultra-low-field MRI system in the presurgical evaluation at the bedside of individuals with epilepsy.

Complex Self-Organization in -Alkylammonium Sulfobetaine Zwitterions with High Thermal Stabilities and High Expansion Coefficients.

Sulfobetaine zwitterions made from -alkyl dimethylamines and butanesultone yield a series of -alkylammonium sulfobetaine zwitterions with complex self-organization behavior. The compounds are thermally quite stable and the length of the alkyl chain directly affects all phase transition temperatures of the compounds: the longer the alkyl chain, the higher the transition temperature. All compounds exhibit lamellar order and the different phases are characterized by a lower temperature orthorhombic and a higher temperature hexagonal in-plane order.

Rare Site of an Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor at the Epididymis: A Case Report.

Background: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMT) are uncommon with an estimated 150-200 people being diagnosed in the US annually. We describe a healthy adult male who presented with an enlarging, painless scrotal mass. Based on current literature, only nine epididymal inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors have been reported and in this case report we describe the tenth.