Impact of gender on self-assessment accuracy among fourth-year French medical students on faculty's online Objective Structured Clinical Examinations.

Background: Historically, women have been shown to underestimate their abilities, while men often assess themselves more accurately or overestimate. This study aims to determine self-assessment accuracy during online Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) according to gender.

Methods: A prospective study was conducted among fourth-year medical students at Paris Cité University during faculty training OSCEs, utilizing Zoom® software for remote participation.

Assessment of microvascular flow in human atherosclerotic carotid plaques using ultrasound localization microscopy.

Background: Neovascularisation of carotid plaques contributes to their vulnerability. Current imaging methods such as contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) usually lack the required spatial resolution and quantification capability for precise neovessels identification. We aimed at quantifying plaque vascularisation with ultrasound localization microscopy (ULM) and compared the results to histological analysis.

Positivity of antiphosphatidylserine/prothrombin antibodies identifies a subgroup of more severe antiphospholipid syndrome patients.

Objectives: Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an autoimmune disease combining the occurrence of thrombotic and/or obstetric events with the persistent presence of antiphospholipid antibodies (i.e. lupus anticoagulant (LA), anti-cardiolipin (aCL) and anti-beta-2-glycoprotein I (aβ2GPI) antibodies).