A CT-Based Clinical-Radiomics Nomogram for Predicting the Overall Survival to TACE Combined with Camrelizumab and Apatinib in Patients with Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma.

Rationale And Objectives: To construct a computed tomography (CT)-based clinical-radiomics nomogram for estimating overall survival (OS) in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients receiving transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) in combination with camrelizumab and apatinib.

Methods: A retrospective recruitment of 150 patients with clinically or pathologically confirmed HCC was conducted, followed by their division into training cohort (n = 105) and test cohort (n = 45). To generate the radiomics score (Rad-score), a series of analyses were performed, including Pearson correlation analysis, univariate Cox analysis, and least absolute shrinkage and selection operator Cox regression analysis.

Deep-Learning-Based Resource Allocation for Time-Sensitive Device-to-Device Networks.

Ultra-reliable and low-latency communication (URLLC) is considered as one of the major use cases in 5G networks to support the emerging mission-critical applications. One of the possible tools to achieve URLLC is the device-to-device (D2D) network. Due to the physical proximity of communicating devices, D2D networks can significantly improve the latency and reliability performance of wireless communication.

[Preliminary study on transformation of the biological function of the cryopreserved osteoblasts cultured in vitro].

Objective: To culture and amplify the young rabbit's bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) in vitro, and to observe the effect of hypothermia on the cells' growing behavior and biological function.

Methods: BMSCs were acquired from the rabbit' tibia bone marrow and induced to mature osteoblasts in vitro. The cultured cells growing well in vitro were preserved in liquid nitrogen.

[Clinical effect of minocycline as adjunctive therapy to scaling and root planning on treatment of chronic periodontitis].

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of minocycline as an adjunct to scaling and root planning (SRP) in treating chronic periodontitis.

Methods: 64 male smokers with moderate to advanced periodontitis were randomly divided into two groups: SRP alone (SRP) and SRP plus minocycline (SRP+M). All clinical parameters including plaque index (Pll), gingival index (GI), bleeding on probing (BOP), probing depth (PD) and attachment gain were recorded at baseline, 3 and 6 months after treatment.