Utility of Artificial Intelligence Plaque Quantification: Results of the DECODE Study.

Background: Artificial Intelligence Plaque Analysis (AI-QCPA, HeartFlow) provides, from a CCTA, quantitative plaque burden information including total plaque and plaque subtype volumes. We sought to evaluate the clinical utility of AI-QCPA in clinical decision making.

Methods: One hundred cases were reviewed by 3 highly experienced practicing cardiologists who are SCCT level 3 CCTA readers.

Prospective deep learning-based quantitative assessment of coronary plaque by computed tomography angiography compared with intravascular ultrasound: the REVEALPLAQUE study.

Aims: Coronary computed tomography angiography provides non-invasive assessment of coronary stenosis severity and flow impairment. Automated artificial intelligence (AI) analysis may assist in precise quantification and characterization of coronary atherosclerosis, enabling patient-specific risk determination and management strategies. This multicentre international study compared an automated deep learning-based method for segmenting coronary atherosclerosis in coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) against the reference standard of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS).

COVID-19 Vaccine Information and Infertility Posts on X: Insights on a Misinformation Pandemic.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate misinformation surrounding infertility and the COVID-19 vaccine on X (formerly known as Twitter) by analyzing the prevalence and content of this misinformation across a sample of posts on X.

Methods: This study is a retrospective review of posts on X (formerly known as tweets) from the COVID-19-TweetIDs dataset from July 2021 and November 2021. Included posts were from crucial time points in the COVID-19 vaccine discourse and contained at least one word related to COVID-19 vaccination and fertility.

Opportunities for cancer prevention at syringe services programs: acceptability of HPV self-sampling and vaccination among people who inject drugs.

Introduction: Despite having a high risk of acquiring sexually transmitted infections, people who inject drugs (PWID) often do not receive recommended HPV screenings due to barriers to healthcare. Guideline-based cervical HPV screening and vaccination can prevent cervical cancer. Low-cost, low-barrier methods for cancer screening and prevention are important for vulnerable communities such as PWID.

Compositional dependence of the fragility in metallic glass forming liquids.

The viscosity and its temperature dependence, the fragility, are key properties of a liquid. A low fragility is believed to promote the formation of metallic glasses. Yet, the fragility remains poorly understood, since experimental data of its compositional dependence are scarce.

Aboveground competition influences density-dependent effects of cordgrass on sediment biogeochemistry.

Interspecific interactions between plants influence plant phenotype, distribution, abundance, and community structure. Each of these can, in turn, impact sediment biogeochemistry. Although the population and community level impacts of these interactions have been extensively studied, less is known about their effect on sediment biogeochemistry.

Population responses of omnivorous arthropods to plant alternative resources suppress prey populations: A meta-analysis.

Omnivory is ubiquitous in ecological communities. Yet, we lack a consensus of how plant alternative resources impact the ability of omnivores to suppress prey populations. Previous work suggests that plant alternative resources can increase, decrease, or have no effect on the magnitude of omnivore-prey interactions.

Evaluation of a pharmacist-driven medication adherence enhancement service.

There are limited data that evaluate how pharmacists who are integrated within primary care clinics influence proportion of days covered (PDC) and Part D star ratings for the 3 adherence measures: diabetes, hypertension (renin-angiotensin-system antagonists), and cholesterol (statin) medications. To assess the difference in percentage of beneficiaries with a prescription with a PDC of 80% or higher in the adherence prioritization group versus control group. A retrospective cohort study was conducted that collected data from 2019 monthly and end-of-year files provided by Humana Medicare Advantage (MA) Part D for patients attributed to a Banner Medical Group (BMG) primary care provider who filled at least 1 prescription for a medication included in any of the medication adherence classes.

Local and regional variation in effects of burrowing crabs on plant community structure.

Burrowing animals can profoundly influence the structure of surrounding communities, as well as the performance of individual species. Changes in the community structure of burrowing animals or plants together with changing abiotic parameters could shift the influence of burrowers on surrounding habitats. For example, prior studies in salt marshes suggest that fiddler crabs stimulate cordgrass production, but leaf-grazing crabs suppress cordgrass production.

Publisher Correction: A planet within the debris disk around the pre-main-sequence star AU Microscopii.

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.

Quantitative Evaluation of the Hierarchical Porosity in Polyimide Aerogels and Corresponding Solvated Gels.

Aerogels are promising materials for many aerospace applications, including high-performance antennae and flexible insulation, because of their inherent low density and high surface areas. Polymer aerogels, especially polyimide aerogels, provide excellent mechanical properties beyond traditional silica aerogels while maintaining the required thermal stability. Polyimide aerogel surface area, porosity, and pore volume are important properties; however, these measurements are traditionally conducted on the aerogel after removal of the solvent.

The effects of predation risk on prey stoichiometry: a meta-analysis.

A decade ago, the general stress paradigm (GSP) aimed to develop a predictive framework linking predator effects to ecosystem function. The GSP was based on the notion that animals, across taxa, exhibit similar physiological responses to predation risk that divert resources from growth and reproduction (which require N-rich biomolecules [i.e.

The interplay of thermodynamics and kinetics: imparting hierarchical control over film formation of self-stratified blends.

Spin casting has become an attractive method to fabricate polymer thin films found in organic electronic devices such as field-effect transistors, and light emitting diodes. Many studies have shown that altering spin casting parameters can improve device performance, which has been directly correlated to the degree of polymer alignment, crystallinity, and morphology of the thin film. To provide a thorough understanding of the balance of thermodynamic and kinetic factors that influence the stratification of polymer blend thin films, we monitor stratified polymer blend thin films developed from poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) and poly(methyl methacrylate) blends at controlled loading ratios, relative molecular weights, and casting speed.

Procedural, clinical, and health status outcomes in chronic total coronary occlusion revascularization: Results from the PERSPECTIVE study.

Background: Limited research has detailed the outcomes of chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with independent core laboratory and event adjudication. This study examined procedural, clinical, and patient-reported health status outcomes among patients undergoing CTO PCI with specific focus on outcomes for those treated with zotarolimus-eluting stents (ZES).

Methods: Among 500 consecutive patients undergoing attempted CTO PCI, procedural and in-hospital clinical outcomes were examined in addition to the 1-year composite endpoint of death, myocardial infarction, and target lesion revascularization (major adverse cardiac events, MACE).

Conspecifics, not pollen, reduce omnivore prey consumption.

Pollen can decrease (via reduced consumption) or increase (via numerical response) an omnivores consumption of animal prey. Although pollen can increase predation pressure through numerical responses of omnivores, pollen may also suppress predation by increasing omnivore interactions with conspecifics. Despite this potential, studies of the impacts of pollen on predation by omnivores often overlook the effect of these tissues on intraspecific interactions between omnivores.

Importance of considering soils in seed transfer zone development: evidence from a study of the native Bromus marginatus.

Seed transfer zones, which define the geographical relationship between adaptive traits and environmental factors, are increasingly used to determine the source populations that can be combined in restoration and revegetation. Climatic variables have been the most commonly used environmental data in transfer zone development, even though soils are also a primary selective force on plants. We assessed the importance of including soils in seed transfer zones using Bromus marginatus, a native grass used for restoration and revegetation in the western United States, as an example.

Coronary computed tomographic imaging in women: An expert consensus statement from the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography.

This expert consensus statement from the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) provides an evidence synthesis on the use of computed tomography (CT) imaging for diagnosis and risk stratification of coronary artery disease in women. From large patient and population cohorts of asymptomatic women, detection of any coronary artery calcium that identifies females with a 10-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk of >7.5% may more effectively triage women who may benefit from pharmacologic therapy.

Density-mediated indirect effects from active predators and narrow habitat domain prey.

The hunting-mode-habitat-domain-range framework suggests that the mechanism driving trophic cascades (i.e., trait-mediated indirect interactions [TMIIs] vs.

TATOOINE'S FUTURE: THE ECCENTRIC RESPONSE OF 'S CIRCUMBINARY PLANETS TO COMMON-ENVELOPE EVOLUTION OF THEIR HOST STARS.

Inspired by the recent discoveries of circumbinary planets orbiting nine close binary stars, we explore the fate of the former as the latter evolve off the main sequence. We combine binary star evolution models with dynamical simulations to study the orbital evolution of these planets as their hosts undergo common-envelope (CE) stages, losing in the process a tremendous amount of mass on dynamical timescales. Five of the systems experience at least one Roche-lobe overflow and CE stage (Kepler-1647 experiences three), and the binary stars either shrink to very short orbits or coalesce; two systems trigger a double-degenerate supernova explosion.

Spectrometer baseline control via spatial filtering.

An absorptive half-moon aperture mask is experimentally explored as a broad-bandwidth means of eliminating spurious spectral features arising from reprocessed radiation in an infrared Fourier transform spectrometer. In the presence of the spatial filter, an order of magnitude improvement in the fidelity of the spectrometer baseline is observed. The method is readily accommodated within the context of commonly employed instrument configurations and leads to a factor of two reduction in optical throughput.