Corrigendum to "RPN (Radius, Position of tumour, iNvasion of renal sinus) Classification and Nephrometry Scoring System: An Internationally Developed Clinical Classification To Describe the Surgical Difficulty for Renal Masses for Which Robotic Partial Nephrectomy Is Planned" [Eur. Urol. Open Sci. 54 (2023) 33-42].

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1016/j.euros.

A High-Performance 3-D Imaging Technique Using Simultaneous Azimuth and Elevation Compounding.

A new technique for 3-D imaging with a row-column array (RCA) configuration has been developed. The technique requires an electrostrictive piezoelectric for the active substrate. While the top set of electrodes is connected to RF transmit and receive channels for conventional diverging wave imaging (DWI), the orthogonal bottom set of electrodes is connected to independently controlled variable dc bias channels.

An information theory-based approach to characterize drivers of upstream salmon migration.

The migration timing of Pacific salmon in the Columbia River basin is subject to multiple influences related to climate, human water resource management, and lagged effects such as oceanic conditions. We apply an information theory-based approach to analyze drivers of adult Chinook salmon migration within the spring and fall spawning seasons and between years based on salmon counts at dams along the Columbia and Snake Rivers. Time-lagged mutual information and information decomposition measures, which characterize lagged and nonlinear dependencies as reductions in uncertainty, are used to detect interactions between salmon counts and lagged streamflows, air and water temperatures, precipitation, snowpack, climate indices and downstream salmon counts.

Consideration of Management Techniques for Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma With Metastasis to the Right Atrium: A Case Report.

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common form of cancer and the most common form of liver cancer. Multiple etiological factors leading to HCC include hepatitis B and C, diabetes, alcoholic fatty liver disease, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Hepatocellular carcinoma in the late stages may present with tumor burden and thrombi that can extend into the right atrium (RA).

A Real-Time Dual-Mode High-Frequency Beamformer for Ultrafast and Focused Imaging.

A firmware-based high-frequency beam- former implementing both conventional transmit focused B-mode imaging and diverging wave ultrafast (UF) imaging for Doppler overlay was developed. The beamformer can generate one transmit focused frame with four transmit focal zones (FZs), and 68 UF frames with 16 diverging waves each at a 10-Hz frame rate. The beamformer firmware stores the beamforming delays as a single bit, enabling efficient compression within the internal memory.

Trying to stomach multiple myeloma: A case report.

We report a case of a 51-year-old male with minimal past medical history who presented to his primary care provider with nausea, vomiting and constipation in the outpatient setting. Concomitantly, he was found to have a renal injury, anemia and lytic lesions which were confirmed to be due to multiple myeloma. After further investigation of the gastrointestinal symptoms, he was diagnosed with gastroparesis.

Ga-PSMA-PET screening and transponder-guided salvage radiotherapy to the prostate bed alone for biochemical recurrence following prostatectomy: interim outcomes of a phase II trial.

Purpose: To evaluate outcomes for men with biochemically recurrent prostate cancer who were selected for transponder-guided salvage radiotherapy (SRT) to the prostate bed alone by Ga-labelled prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography (Ga-PSMA-PET).

Methods: This is a single-arm, prospective study of men with a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level rising to 0.1-2.

A Dual-Frequency Lens-Focused Endoscopic Histotripsy Transducer.

A forward-looking miniature histotripsy transducer has been developed that incorporates an acoustic lens and dual-frequency stacked transducers. An acoustic lens is used to increase the peak negative pressure through focal gain and the dual-frequency transducers are designed to increase peak negative pressure by summing the pressure generated by each transducer individually. Four lens designs, each with an f -number of approximately 1, were evaluated in a PZT5A composite transducer.

Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Individuals with Hepatitis C Viral Infection.

Purpose Of Review: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) are two diseases that affect millions around the globe. Hepatitis C affects more than 70 million individuals globally. ASCVD is commonly encountered and remains the top cause of death worldwide.

Partial Purine Nucleoside Phosphorylase Deficiency Helps Determine Minimal Activity Required for Immune and Neurological Development.

Complete or near complete absence of the purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) enzyme causes a profound T cell immunodeficiency and neurological abnormalities that are often lethal in infancy and early childhood. We hypothesized that patients with partial PNP deficiency, characterized by a late and mild phenotype due to residual PNP enzyme, would provide important information about the minimal PNP activity needed for normal development. Three siblings with a homozygous gene mutation (c.

Accounting for drivers' bicycling frequency and familiarity with bicycle infrastructure treatments when evaluating safety.

Municipalities in the United States often encourage bicycling for the health, economic, and environmental benefits by implementing new and innovative bicycle infrastructure treatments. Unfortunately, many treatments are unfamiliar to or misunderstood by drivers, especially when lacking explicit rules (e.g.

Structural, functional, and behavioral insights of dopamine dysfunction revealed by a deletion in .

The human dopamine (DA) transporter (hDAT) mediates clearance of DA. Genetic variants in hDAT have been associated with DA dysfunction, a complication associated with several brain disorders, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Here, we investigated the structural and behavioral bases of an ASD-associated in-frame deletion in hDAT at N336 (∆N336).

Association of a Proactive Swallowing Rehabilitation Program With Feeding Tube Placement in Patients Treated for Pharyngeal Cancer.

Importance: A proactive speech and language pathology (SLP) program is an important component of the multidisciplinary care of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Swallowing rehabilitation can reduce the rate of feeding tube placement, thereby significantly improving quality of life.

Objective: To evaluate the initiation of a proactive SLP rehabilitation program at a single institution and its association with rates of feeding tube placement and dietary intake in patients with HNSCC.

Laparoscopic lens fogging: solving a common surgical problem in standard and robotic laparoscopes via a scientific model.

Background: Laparoscopic lens fogging (LLF) hampers vision and impedes operative efficiency. Attempts to reduce LLF have led to the development of various anti-fogging fluids and warming devices. Limited literature exists directly comparing these techniques.

Erratum: Quantum State Discrimination Using the Minimum Average Number of Copies [Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 030502 (2017)].

This corrects the article DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.

Quantum State Discrimination Using the Minimum Average Number of Copies.

In the task of discriminating between nonorthogonal quantum states from multiple copies, the key parameters are the error probability and the resources (number of copies) used. Previous studies have considered the task of minimizing the average error probability for fixed resources. Here we introduce a new state discrimination task: minimizing the average resources for a fixed admissible error probability.

Targeting pathways mediating resistance to anti-EGFR therapy in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

Introduction: As epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is overexpressed in approximately 90% of squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck (SCCHN), several therapeutic agents that target EGFR have been evaluated for the treatment of SCCHN. Although patients with SCCHN derive clinical benefit from anti-EGFR agents, most notably the EGFR monoclonal antibody cetuximab, these patients eventually become resistant to EGFR-based therapies; preclinical studies have shown activation of secondary signaling pathways that lead to resistance to EGFR inhibition and, as such, serve as potential therapeutic targets to overcome resistance to EGFR inhibitors.

Areas Covered: This review summarizes the results of recently completed trials of anti-EGFR agents in SCCHN, highlights the various mechanisms that drive resistance to EGFR inhibitors in SCCHN, and focuses on several novel targeted agents that could potentially help overcome resistance to EGFR-based therapies in SCCHN.

The Chicago Thoracic Oncology Database Consortium: A Multisite Database Initiative.

Objective: An increasing amount of clinical data is available to biomedical researchers, but specifically designed database and informatics infrastructures are needed to handle this data effectively. Multiple research groups should be able to pool and share this data in an efficient manner. The Chicago Thoracic Oncology Database Consortium (CTODC) was created to standardize data collection and facilitate the pooling and sharing of data at institutions throughout Chicago and across the world.

Novel nanoporous MnOx (x=∼1.75) sorbent for the removal of SO2 and NH3 made from MnC2O4·2H2O.

In this work, nanoporous manganese oxides (MnOx) were prepared by thermal decomposition of MnC2O4·2H2O at 225°C for 6h in air. The manganese oxalate dihydrate precipitate was made from manganese sulfate and ammonium oxalate during ultrasonication and stirring. The physical properties of the oxalate precursors and the resulting MnOx samples were characterized with SEM, TGA-DSC, FTIR and powder XRD.

Rare autism-associated variants implicate syntaxin 1 (STX1 R26Q) phosphorylation and the dopamine transporter (hDAT R51W) in dopamine neurotransmission and behaviors.

Background: Syntaxin 1 (STX1) is a presynaptic plasma membrane protein that coordinates synaptic vesicle fusion. STX1 also regulates the function of neurotransmitter transporters, including the dopamine (DA) transporter (DAT). The DAT is a membrane protein that controls DA homeostasis through the high-affinity re-uptake of synaptically released DA.