Prevalence of epilepsy across 25 sub-counties in three districts of northern Uganda.

Introduction: Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological conditions worldwide, with large variation in prevalence across Sub-Saharan Africa countries. Northern Uganda is one of the poorest areas of the country and has seen high density of pigs and prevalence of Taenia solium, a zoonotic tapeworm transmitted which cause neurocysticercosis in humans. The objective of this study was to estimate the population-level prevalence of active epilepsy in 25 sub-counties of northern Uganda.

Is there a relationship between tumour aggressiveness and ovarian stimulation outcomes in adolescent and young adult patients with lymphoma?

Research Question: Does the aggressiveness of Hodgkin lymphoma impact the oocyte cohort after ovarian stimulation for fertility preservation?

Design: A retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data was undertaken. Seventy-seven chemo-naive women with newly diagnosed Hodgkin lymphoma were enrolled prospectively at the Observatory and Fertility Preservation Centre, Lille University Hospital, France between 2012 and 2021. Seventy-eight ovarian stimulation cycles were performed.

Transition to home after very preterm birth: improving outcomes of children and their families-a systematic review protocol.

Introduction: Medical progress has significantly improved the survival rates of very preterm-born infants in recent decades. Nevertheless, these infants are still at increased risk for long-term impairments as compared with term-born infants. While the homecoming of a preterm-born infant is long-awaited and brings relief to families, it also marks the end of intensive monitoring and highly specialised professional care.

Evaluating Medical Image Segmentation Models Using Augmentation.

Background: Medical imagesegmentation is an essential step in both clinical and research applications, and automated segmentation models-such as TotalSegmentator-have become ubiquitous. However, robust methods for validating the accuracy of these models remain limited, and manual inspection is often necessary before the segmentation masks produced by these models can be used.

Methods: To address this gap, we have developed a novel validation framework for segmentation models, leveraging data augmentation to assess model consistency.

Pheromone relay networks in the honeybee: messenger workers distribute the queen's fertility signal throughout the hive.

Background: The harmonious operation of many insect societies depends upon colony-wide dissemination of a non-volatile pheromone produced by a single queen, which informs workers of her presence. This represents a major challenge in large colonies. Honeybee colonies, which can exceed 60,000 bees, are believed to solve this challenge using 'messenger' workers that actively relay the queen pheromone throughout the hive.