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Wing venation geometry can be used to distinguish between these cryptic species mainly based on shaped divergence. This study suggests that geometric morphometrics represent a convenient low-cost method to complement morphological identification, especially concerning damaged specimens, i.e., insects having accidentally lost the anatomical features allowing a reliable morphological identification.

Cryoballoon ablation (CBA) and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) are the most common procedures used to treat refractory atrial fibrillation (AF) and are performed through pulmonary vein isolation (PVI). Studies have shown that CBA can approximately match the therapeutic effects of RFA against AF. However, few studies have investigated the difference between CBA and RFA of the effects on left atrial remodeling for paroxysmal AF.

Atrial remodeling is considered pivotal to the occurrence and development of AF, therefore we sought to assess the influence of atrial remodeling in patients with paroxysmal AF after CBA and RFA in this study.

In this nonrandomized retrospective observational study, we enrolled 328 consecutive patients who underwent CBA or RFA for refractory paroxysmal AF in May 2014 to May 2017 in our hospital. After propensity score matching, 96 patients were included in the CBA group, and 96 were included in the RFA group. Patients were asked to undergo a 12-lead electrocardiogram, a 24-h Holter uctural reverse-remodeling in paroxysmal AF, CBA may outperform RFA for both purposes 6 months after ablation. However, during long-term follow-up, there was no significant intergroup difference.

Although CBA and RFA are both effective in left atrial electrical and structural reverse-remodeling in paroxysmal AF, CBA may outperform RFA for both purposes 6 months after ablation. However, during long-term follow-up, there was no significant intergroup difference.

To introduce a novel robotic system 'Orthbot' that has been developed and tested as a surgical assistant for auto-placement of the K-wire in lumbar fusion.

This is a multi-centre, randomized controlled clinical study that includes 56 patients (robot group, RG 27, free-hand group, FG 29). Following the pre-operative planning and intra-operative fluoroscopic images, the 'Orthbot' automatically completed registration and K-wire placement under the supervision of the surgeon. Deviation distance (DD) and deviation angle (DA) were used as the primary parameters to evaluate the accuracy of the robotic system.

The average DD was 0.95±0.377mm and 4.35±2.01mm, respectively in the RG and FG (p<0.001). The average DA of the K-wire in the coronal plane and the sagittal plane in X-Ray was respectively 6.80±7.79° and 1.27±2.32° in the RG (p<0.001), and 22.22±16.85° and 4.57±3.86° in the FG (p<0.001), which showed a higher accuracy rate in the robotic-assisted cases compared to the free-hand cases.

The novel robotic system could achieve accurate K-wire insertions as indicated by the radiological results.

The novel robotic system could achieve accurate K-wire insertions as indicated by the radiological results.

Detrusor overactivity (DO) of the bladder is a finding on urodynamic studies (UDS) that often correlates with lower urinary tract symptoms and drives management. However, UDS interpretation remains nonstandardized. We sought to develop a mathematical model to reliably identify DO in UDS.

We utilized UDS archive files for studies performed at our institution between 2013 and 2019. Raw tracings of vesical pressure, abdominal pressure, detrusor pressure, infused volume, and all annotations during UDS were obtained. Patients less than 1 year old, studies with calibration issues, or those with significant artifacts were excluded. In the training set, five representative DO patterns were identified. p38 MAPK pathway Candidate Pdet signal segments were matched to representative DO patterns. Manifold learning and dynamic time warping algorithms were used. Five-fold cross validation (CV) was used to evaluate the performance.

A total of 799 UDS studies were included. The median age was 9 years (range, 1-33). There were 1,742 DO events that did not overlap with annotated artifacts (cough, cry, valsalva, movements). The AUC of the training sets from the five-fold CV was 0.84 ± 0.01. The five-fold CV leads to an overall accuracy 81.35%, and sensitivity and specificity of detecting DO events are 76.92% and 81.41%, respectively, in the testing set.

Our predictive model using machine learning algorithms provides promising performance to facilitate automated identification of DO in UDS. This would allow for standardization and potentially more reliable UDS interpretation. Signal processing and machine learning interpretation of the other components of UDS are forthcoming.

Our predictive model using machine learning algorithms provides promising performance to facilitate automated identification of DO in UDS. This would allow for standardization and potentially more reliable UDS interpretation. Signal processing and machine learning interpretation of the other components of UDS are forthcoming.

The objective of this multicenter cross-sectional study was to determine predictors of poor glycaemic control in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), particularly with respect to socioeconomic status (SES).

Our study population consisted of 1154 children who attended T1DM follow-up consultation with a pediatric diabetes specialist. Clinical and demographic data were retrieved retrospectively from patients' records. Individual deprivation was defined by an EPICES (Evaluation of the Deprivation and Inequalities of Health in Healthcare Centers) score ≥ 30. Patients were assigned to quintiles of the European Deprivation Index (EDI) based on their area deprivation scores. We used multivariable linear regression models to detect potential associations between glycaemic control and indicators of low SES.

In total, 33% (n = 376) of patients had an EPICES score ≥ 30 and 23% (n = 268) were in the 5th EDI quintile. Multivariable linear regression analysis showed that poor glycaemic control was associated with both individual (β 0.