Effects of salinity stress on the growth performance, histological characteristics, and expression of genes related to apoptosis and immunity in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus).

Salinity is an important environmental factor affecting fish growth and development. To investigate the effects of salinity stress on the growth performance, tissue structures, and expression of genes related to apoptosis and immune response in large-sized channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) juveniles, an 8-week salinity stress experiment was conducted. Six salinity levels (3, 3.

Global contextual representation via graph-transformer fusion for hepatocellular carcinoma prognosis in whole-slide images.

Current methods of digital pathological images typically employ small image patches to learn local representative features to overcome the issues of computationally heavy and memory limitations. However, the global contextual features are not fully considered in whole-slide images (WSIs). Here, we designed a hybrid model that utilizes Graph Neural Network (GNN) module and Transformer module for the representation of global contextual features, called TransGNN.

Improving hand hygiene compliance among healthcare workers: an intervention study in a Hospital in Guizhou Province, China.

Objective: Hand hygiene (HH) is a critical component for controlling hospital-acquired infection (HAI). The present study was designed to develop an intervention approach to improve compliance with HH among healthcare workers in a hospital setting.

Methods: The HH intervention study was conducted in Guizhou Provincial People's Hospital, Guiyang, China and organized by its Department of HAI Management.