LaO modified MnO loaded biomass activated carbon and its enhanced performance for simultaneous abatement of NO and Hg.

A battery of agricultural straw derived biomass activated carbons supported LaO modified MnO (LaMn/BACs) was prepared by a facile impregnation method and then tested for simultaneous abatement of NO and Hg. 15%LaMn/BAC manifested excellent removal efficiency of Hg (100%) and NO (86.7%) at 180 °C, which also exhibited splendid resistance to SO and HO.

Prediction of Pathological Upgrading at Radical Prostatectomy in Prostate Cancer Eligible for Active Surveillance: A Texture Features and Machine Learning-Based Analysis of Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Maps.

Objective: To evaluate a combination of texture features and machine learning-based analysis of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) maps for the prediction of Grade Group (GG) upgrading in Gleason score (GS) ≤6 prostate cancer (PCa) (GG1) and GS 3 + 4 PCa (GG2).

Materials And Methods: Fifty-nine patients who were biopsy-proven to have GG1 or GG2 and underwent MRI examination with the same MRI scanner prior to transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided systemic biopsy were included. All these patients received radical prostatectomy to confirm the final GG.

Value of Intra-Perinodular Textural Transition Features from MRI in Distinguishing Between Benign and Malignant Testicular Lesions.

Purpose: To compare the performance of histogram analysis and intra-perinodular textural transition (Ipris) for distinguishing between benign and malignant testicular lesions.

Patients And Methods: This retrospective study included 76 patients with 80 pathologically confirmed testicular lesions (55 malignant, 25 benign). All patients underwent preoperative T2-weighted imaging (T2WI) on a 3.

Noninvasive Differentiation of Obstructive Azoospermia and Nonobstructive Azoospermia Using Multimodel Diffusion Weighted Imaging.

Rationale And Objectives: To evaluate the diagnostic performance of parameters derived from multimodel diffusion weighted imaging (monoexponential, stretched-exponential diffusion weighted imaging and diffusion kurtosis imaging [DKI]) from noninvasive magnetic resonance imaging in distinguishing obstructive azoospermia (OA) from nonobstructive azoospermia (NOA).

Materials And Methods: Forty-six patients with azoospermia were prospectively enrolled and classified into two groups (21 OA patients and 25 NOA patients). The multimodel parameters of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI; apparent diffusion coefficient [ADC], distributed diffusion coefficient [DDC], diffusion heterogeneity [α], diffusion kurtosis diffusivity [D], and diffusion kurtosis coefficient [K]) were derived.

Discrimination between benign and malignant testicular lesions using volumetric apparent diffusion coefficient histogram analysis.

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the role of volumetric apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) histogram analysis in discriminating between benign and malignant testicular masses.

Methods: In this retrospective study, fifty-nine patients with 61 pathologically confirmed testicular masses were consecutively enrolled, including 18 benign lesions and 43 malignant lesions. All patients conducted preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with diffusion-weighted imaging.