A Whole-Genome Survey and the Mitochondrial Genome of Provide Insights into Its Phylogenetic Relationships in Priacanthiformes.

, a deep-sea snake fish, is primarily found in the Indo-west Pacific region, including India, Korea, Japan, and the South China Sea. The taxonomic classification of based on morphological characteristics remains inaccurate and unclear. In this study, we utilized next-generation sequencing to generate comprehensive genomic data for .

[Effects of cortical bone thickness and jaw bone density on pain during implant surgery].

Purpose: To investigate the effects of different cortical bone thickness and jaw bone density at implant sites on intraoperative pain during implant surgery.

Methods: One hundred and eighty-seven patients(263 implant sites) who underwent implant placement surgery at the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University from August 2021 to August 2022 were selected to investigate the effects of different cortical bone thickness and jaw bone density HU values at implant sites on the anesthetic effect under local infiltration anesthesia with epinephrine in articaine. SPSS 26.

Association of Internal and External Motion Based on Cine MR Images Acquired During Real-Time Treatment on MRI-Guided Linear Accelerator for Patients With Lung Cancer.

Purpose: With the recent clinical implementation of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided linear accelerators, a large number of real-time planar MR images has been acquired during lung cancer treatment as a standard of care. In this study, associations among lung tumor, diaphragm, and external skin movement were studied based on MR cine imaging during the entire duration of each treatment fraction.

Methods And Materials: This retrospective study used 181,798 planar MRI frames acquired over 55 treatment/imaging sessions of 13 patients with lung cancer treated on 2 MRI-guided linear accelerators.

A case of intramandibular epidermoid cyst and literature analysis.

Epidermoid cysts are generally benign neoplastic lesions, the etiology of which is unclear and is mainly related to epithelial cells left in the tissues during the embryonic period and traumatically implanted in the tissues. The most common intraosseous sites are the phalanges and the skull. Epidermoid cysts occurring in the jaws are clinically rare.

Commissioning, clinical implementation, and initial experience with a new brain tumor treatment package on a low-field MR-linac.

To evaluate the image quality, dosimetric properties, setup reproducibility, and planar cine motion detection of a high-resolution brain coil and integrated stereotactic brain immobilization system that constitute a new brain treatment package (BTP) on a low-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) linear accelerator (MR-linac). Image quality of the high-resolution brain coil was evaluated with the 17 cm diameter spherical phantom and the American College of Radiology (ACR) Large MRI Phantom. Patient imaging studies approved by the institutional review board (IRB) assisted in selecting image acquisition parameters.

[Analysis of clinical effects and risk factors of short implant followed up for 7-9 years].

Purpose: To evaluate the long-term clinical efficacy of short implants and analyze the influencing factors of the survival rate.

Methods: A total of 178 patients who received implant therapy in the Department of Stomatology, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University from January 2010 to December 2014 were selected, including 334 short implants of Bicon (implant length ≤6 mm). The basic condition, restoration design, short implant survival rate and complications were observed and analyzed.

Association Between Internal Organ/Liver Tumor and External Surface Motion From Cine MR Images on an MRI-Linac.

Purposes/objectives: Historically, motion correlation between internal tumor and external surrogates have been based on limited sets of X-ray or magnetic resonance (MR) images. With the recent clinical implementation of MR-guided linear accelerators, a vast quantity of continuous planar real-time MR imaging data is acquired. In this study, information was extracted from MR cine imaging during liver cancer treatments to establish associations between internal tumor/diaphragm and external surface/skin movement.

PlantcircBase 7.0: Full-length transcripts and conservation of plant circRNAs.

Circular RNA (circRNA) is a special type of non-coding RNA that participates in diverse biological processes in both animals and plants. Five years ago, we developed a comprehensive plant circRNA database (PlantcircBase), which has attracted much attention from the plant circRNA community. Here, we report an updated PlantcircBase (v.

Evaluation of Auto-Contouring and Dose Distributions for Online Adaptive Radiation Therapy of Patients With Locally Advanced Lung Cancers.

Purpose: Retrospective studies were performed to evaluate the accuracy of automatically mapped structures and dosimetric consequences of daily online adaptive radiation therapy (ART) for lung cancer treatments.

Methods And Materials: Ten patients with locally advanced lung cancer (prescription = 2 Gy × 30) with 297 fractions of treatment were selected for this retrospective study on a research emulator (Ethos, Varian Medical Systems). All adaptive treatments were simulated twice: automatic-ART (A-ART), automatic contours were used without modification, and supervised-ART (S-ART), automatic contours were modified manually by physicians and physicists.

How does CBCT reconstruction algorithm impact on deformably mapped targets and accumulated dose distributions?

Purpose: We performed quantitative analysis of differences in deformable image registration (DIR) and deformable dose accumulation (DDA) computed on CBCT datasets reconstructed using the standard (Feldkamp-Davis-Kress: FDK_CBCT) and a novel iterative (iterative_CBCT) CBCT reconstruction algorithms.

Methods: Both FDK_CBCT and iterative_CBCT images were reconstructed for 323 fractions of treatment for 10 prostate cancer patients. Planning CT images were deformably registered to each CBCT image data set.

Biofertilizer-induced response to cadmium accumulation in Oryza sativa L. grains involving exogenous organic matter and soil bacterial community structure.

The accumulation of cadmium (Cd) in Oryza sativa L., the world's most significant staple crop, is a health threat to millions of people. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of commercially available biofertilizers (with high (BF2) and low organic matter (OM) content (BF1)) on Cd accumulation in two types of soils and to determine the bacterial community responses by high-throughput sequencing.

Technical Note: Comparison of the internal target volume (ITV) contours and dose calculations on 4DCT, average CBCT, and 4DCBCT imaging for lung stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT).

Purpose: To investigate the differences between internal target volumes (ITVs) contoured on the simulation 4DCT and daily 4DCBCT images for lung cancer patients treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) and determine the dose delivered on 4D planning technique.

Methods: For nine patients, 4DCBCTs were acquired before each fraction to assess tumor motion. An ITV was contoured on each phase of the 4DCBCT and a union of the 10 ITVs was used to create a composite ITV.

Hexachlorocyclohexane exposure alters the microbiome of colostrum in Chinese breastfeeding mothers.

Breast milk, especially colostrum, is not just a source of nutrients and immune factors for the newborn, but also accumulates environmental persistent pollutants and its diverse microbes affect the early colonization of the newborn's gut. Little is known about associations between environmental pollutants and the microbial composition of human colostrum. We assessed the influence of hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), a persistent organic pollutant (POP), in colostrums on the microbial composition of human colostrum samples.

Prevalence and distribution of HPV types in genital warts in Xi'an, China: a prospective study.

Objectives: To characterise the prevalence and distribution of human papillomavirus (HPV) types in genital warts in Xi'an, China.

Methods: This prospective study was conducted in Shaanxi Provincial Institute for Skin Disease and STD Control (SPISSC) between September 2014 and April 2017. Genital wart samples were obtained from 879 patients, including 512 men and 367 women.

Improvements in CBCT Image Quality Using a Novel Iterative Reconstruction Algorithm: A Clinical Evaluation.

Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the clinical utility of a novel iterative cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) reconstruction algorithm for prostate and head and neck (HN) cancer.

Methods And Materials: A total of 10 patients with HN and 10 patients with prostate cancer were analyzed. For each patient, raw CBCT acquisition data were used to reconstruct images with a currently available algorithm (FDK_CBCT) and novel iterative algorithm (Iterative_CBCT).

Evaluation and Clinical Application of a Commercially Available Iterative Reconstruction Algorithm for CBCT-Based IGRT.

Purpose: We have quantitatively evaluated the image quality of a new commercially available iterative cone-beam computed tomography reconstruction algorithm over standard cone-beam computed tomography image reconstruction results.

Methods: This iterative cone-beam computed tomography reconstruction pipeline uses a finite element solver (AcurosCTS)-based scatter correction and a statistical (iterative) reconstruction in addition to a standard kernel-based correction followed by filtered back-projection-based Feldkamp-Davis-Kress cone-beam computed tomography reconstruction. Standard full-fan half-rotation Head, half-fan full-rotation Head, and standard Pelvis cone-beam computed tomography protocols have been investigated to scan a quality assurance phantom via the following image quality metrics: uniformity, HU constancy, spatial resolution, low contrast detection, noise level, and contrast-to-noise ratio.

On the improvement of CBCT image quality for soft tissue-based SRS localization.

Purpose: We explore the optimal cone-beam CT (CBCT) acquisition parameters to improve CBCT image quality to enhance intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) localization and also assess the imaging dose levels associated with each imaging protocol.

Methods: Twenty-six CBCT acquisition protocols were generated on an Edge linear accelerator (Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, CA) with different x-ray tube current and potential settings, gantry rotation trajectories, and gantry rotation speeds. To assess image quality, images of the Catphan 504 phantom were analyzed to evaluate the following image quality metrics: uniformity, HU constancy, spatial resolution, low contrast detection, noise level, and contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR).

Effect of air pollution on the total bacteria and pathogenic bacteria in different sizes of particulate matter.

In recent years, air pollution events have occurred frequently in China during the winter. Most studies have focused on the physical and chemical composition of polluted air. Some studies have examined the bacterial bioaerosols both indoors and outdoors.

Online dosimetric evaluation of larynx SBRT: A pilot study to assess the necessity of adaptive replanning.

Purpose: We have initiated a multi-institutional phase I trial of 5-fraction stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for Stage III-IVa laryngeal cancer. We conducted this pilot dosimetric study to confirm potential utility of online adaptive replanning to preserve treatment quality.

Methods: We evaluated ten cases: five patients enrolled onto the current trial and five patients enrolled onto a separate phase I SBRT trial for early-stage glottic larynx cancer.

Characterization of a disease susceptibility locus for exploring an efficient way to improve rice resistance against bacterial blight.

Bacterial blight caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) is the most harmful bacterial disease of rice worldwide. Previously, we characterized major disease resistance (MR) gene xa25, which confers race-specific resistance to Xoo strain PXO339.

Canny edge-based deformable image registration.

This work focuses on developing a 2D Canny edge-based deformable image registration (Canny DIR) algorithm to register in vivo white light images taken at various time points. This method uses a sparse interpolation deformation algorithm to sparsely register regions of the image with strong edge information. A stability criterion is enforced which removes regions of edges that do not deform in a smooth uniform manner.

Surface Approximation via Asymptotic Optimal Geometric Partition.

In this paper, we present a novel method on surface partition from the perspective of approximation theory. Different from previous shape proxies, the ellipsoidal variance proxy is proposed to penalize the partition results falling into disconnected parts. On its support, the Principle Component Analysis (PCA) based energy is developed for asymptotic cluster aspect ratio and size control.

Identification of chilling-responsive microRNAs and their targets in vegetable soybean (Glycine max L.).

Chilling stress is a major factor limiting the yield and quality of vegetable soybean (Glycine max L.) on a global scale. In the present study, systematic identification and functional analysis of miRNAs under chilling stress were carried out to clarify the molecular mechanism of chilling resistance.