Analysis of Epicardial Adipose Tissue Texture in Relation to Coronary Artery Calcification in PCCT: The EAT Signature!

(1) Background: Epicardial adipose tissue influences cardiac biology in physiological and pathological terms. As it is suspected to be linked to coronary artery calcification, identifying improved methods of diagnostics for these patients is important. The use of radiomics and the new Photon-Counting computed tomography (PCCT) may offer a feasible step toward improved diagnostics in these patients.

Periaortic adipose radiomics texture features associated with increased coronary calcium score-first results on a photon-counting-CT.

Background: Cardiovascular diseases remain the world's primary cause of death. The identification and treatment of patients at risk of cardiovascular events thus are as important as ever. Adipose tissue is a classic risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, has been linked to systemic inflammation, and is suspected to contribute to vascular calcification.

Accuracy of diagnostic tests and a new algorithm for diagnosing cytomegalovirus colitis in inflammatory bowel diseases: a diagnostic study.

Purpose: The optimal method for detecting CMV colitis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has not been established. We wanted to investigate which diagnostic test would be most accurate when defining CMV colitis rather by the further clinical course than by using another diagnostic modality.

Methods: All consecutive patients with moderately or severely active IBD who had been tested for CMV by PCR, histology, or antigenemia assay at the two campuses CBF and CCM of the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin between September 2006 and September 2009 were included in this retrospective study.

Mutational and biochemical findings in adults with persistent hypophosphatasemia.

Unlabelled: A majority of adults with persistently low serum alkaline phosphatase values carry a pathogenic or likely pathogenic variant in the ALPL gene and also have elevated alkaline phosphatase substrate values in serum and urine. These adults may fall within the spectrum of the adult form of hypophosphatasia.

Introduction: The primary objective of this study was to determine what proportion of adults with persistently low serum alkaline phosphatase values (hypophosphatasemia) harbor mutations in the ALPL gene or have elevated alkaline phosphatase (ALP) substrates.

Inverse I-V Injection Characteristics of ZnO Nanoparticle-Based Diodes.

Simple Al/ZnO(NP)/Au diodes produced by spin coating of ZnO nanoparticle dispersions (ZnO(NP)) on Al/Al2O3 and Au substrates and subsequent Au deposition have been investigated to understand electron injection properties of more complex devices, incorporating ZnO(NP) as injection layer. Inverse I-V characteristics have been observed compared to conventional Al/ZnO(SP)/Au diodes produced by reactive ion sputtering of ZnO. SEM micrographs reveal that the void-containing contact of ZnO(NP) with the bottom Al electrode and the rough morphology of the top Au electrode are likely to be responsible for the observed injection and ejection probabilities of electrons.