Publications by authors named "P J Lewandowski"

Tree-related Microhabitats (TreMs) are essential for sustaining forest biodiversity. Although TreMs represent ephemeral resources that are spread across the landscape, their spatial distribution within temperate forests remains poorly understood. To address this knowledge gap, we conducted a study on 90 sample plots (0.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF
Article Synopsis
  • - Pediatric diffuse midline gliomas (pDMG) are aggressive childhood cancers characterized by fatal outcomes and linked to specific genetic mutations, particularly K27M in histone H3.
  • - About 20 to 30% of these tumors have alterations in the BMP signaling pathway, specifically involving mutations in the BMP type I receptor ALK2, but the effects of BMP in non-mutated cases are not fully understood.
  • - Recent research reveals that BMP2 and BMP7 are active in both wild-type and mutant tumors, and they work with the K27M mutation to alter cell behavior, indicating that the BMP pathway could be a target for treatment in pDMG.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Background: Radial access is preferred in patients with chronic coronary syndromes (CCSs) treated with ad hoc percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Antithrombotic and antiplatelet treatment before PCI may affect outcomes at vascular access sites. QuikClot Radial is a kaolin-based band that may shorten hemostasis time.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

In recent years, deep neural networks have enabled countless innovations in the field of image classification. Encouraged by success in this field, researchers worldwide have demonstrated how to use Convolutional Neural Network techniques in medical imaging problems. In this article, the results were obtained through the use of the EfficientNet in the task of classifying 14 different diseases based on chest X-ray images coming from the NIH (National Institutes of Health) ChestX-ray14 dataset.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF