Same, same, but different: dissimilarities in the hydrothermal germination performance of range-restricted endemics emerge despite microclimatic similarities.

Seed germination responses for most narrow-range endemic species are poorly understood, imperilling their conservation management in the face of warming and drying terrestrial ecosystems. We quantified the realized microclimatic niches and the hydrothermal germination thresholds in four threatened taxa (, subsp. and subsp.

The effect of spatial resolution on deep learning classification of lung cancer histopathology.

Objective: The microscopic analysis of biopsied lung nodules represents the gold-standard for definitive diagnosis of lung cancer. Deep learning has achieved pathologist-level classification of non-small cell lung cancer histopathology images at high resolutions (0.5-2 µm/px), and recent studies have revealed tomography-histology relationships at lower spatial resolutions.

Factors Affecting the Hydrophobic Property of Stearic Acid Self-Assembled on the TiO Substrate.

The self-assembled monolayer (SAM) on inorganic metal oxides is highly applicable in making different kinds of surface phenomena such as superhydrophobicity, functional group-modified surfaces, corrosion resistance, and so on. The formation of stearic acid SAMs on the TiO substrate depends on a few factors, and the cleanability of the substrate surface can be considered as the critical criterion for the formation of the SAM layer. The solvent, concentration of the adsorbate, immersion time, and temperature can be identified as other factors that are crucial for growing a uniform and highly dense monolayer.

Breast cancer risk predictions by birth cohort and ethnicity in a population-based screening mammography program.

Objectives: To examine whether birth cohorts affect the risk of breast cancer for East Asian, First Nations, African, South Asian and Caucasian ethnicities in British Columbia (BC).

Methods: We used Cox PH models adjusted for well-known risk factors, such as age, breast density, mammographic features on false positives, and family history, to examine risk of breast cancer among East Asian, First Nations, African and South Asian ethnicities, relative to Caucasian, across three birth cohorts.

Results: There were 813,280 participants and 11,166 and invasive breast cancer diagnoses.

A Semiautomated Chart Review for Assessing the Development of Radiation Pneumonitis Using Natural Language Processing: Diagnostic Accuracy and Feasibility Study.

Background: Health research frequently requires manual chart reviews to identify patients in a study-specific cohort and examine their clinical outcomes. Manual chart review is a labor-intensive process that requires significant time investment for clinical researchers.

Objective: This study aims to evaluate the feasibility and accuracy of an assisted chart review program, using an in-house rule-based text-extraction program written in Python, to identify patients who developed radiation pneumonitis (RP) after receiving curative radiotherapy.