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Disease extent and outcomes in HIV-associated NTM disease: A Retrospective Cohort Study, 2004-2025

This retrospective cohort study of 50 HIV-associated NTM patients in Düsseldorf (2004–2025) reveals that the disease predominantly affects individuals with advanced immunodeficiency, with disseminated forms linked to significantly lower CD4 counts and higher early mortality, underscoring the need for earlier HIV diagnosis and rapid ART initiation.

Johannes L. Zielke, Alexander Killer, Clara de Angelis, Colin R. Mackenzie, Tom Luedde, Björn-Erik Ole Jensen, Smaranda (…)2026-07-25
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National Multi-Specialty Robotic Surgery Training Curriculum and Implementation for UK Surgical Residents: A Delphi Consensus

Through a four-round Delphi consensus process involving 25 UK surgical experts, this study established a standardized, three-tier national curriculum for robotic surgery training that integrates device, basic skills, and procedural components across residency phases while advocating for multi-source funding and formal competency assessment.

Nader Francis, Taner Shakir, Esther McLarty, Fares Haddad, Adam Farquharson, Andrew Garnham, Somiah Siddiq, Aidan Bannon (…)2026-07-25
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nTMS-Determined Cortical Excitability Predicts Overall Survival in Patients with Glioblastoma

This study demonstrates that preoperative navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (nTMS)-derived cortical excitability metrics, specifically the IntraM1 Excitability Score and Cortical Excitability Score, independently predict overall survival in patients with motor-eloquent WHO grade 4 IDH-wildtype glioblastoma, offering a novel, clinically actionable prognostic tool beyond established histomolecular factors.

José Pedro Lavrador, Ana Mirallave-Pescador, Sabina Patel, Qusai Al-Banna, Feras Fayez, Vindhya Prasad, Asfand Baig Mirz (…)2026-07-25
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Early Multi-Class Disease Detection in Chili Plant Leaves Using Convolutional Neural Networks: A Comparative Study

This study proposes a deep learning framework using pre-trained convolutional neural networks to achieve early, automated multi-class detection of chili leaf diseases, demonstrating that MobileNetV2 achieves a 96% accuracy rate on a real-field dataset of 16,392 images from Bangladesh.

Radoanul Arifen, S. M. Meriyan Islam, Rakibul Hasan, Aporba Saha, S. M. Jabbaruzzaman, Anisa Azad, Saifullah Anik2026-07-25✓ Author reviewed
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Socioeconomic and Health-System Indicators and Infant Mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2000-2023: A Fixed-Effects Panel Study

This fixed-effects panel study of 17 Latin American and Caribbean countries from 2000 to 2023 found no robust evidence that within-country changes in poverty, inequality, education, health expenditure, or universal health coverage are significantly associated with infant mortality, a null result attributed to data limitations and measurement constraints.

Anderson Díaz-Pérez, Joseph Javier Sánchez Acuña, Daniela Sofía Bolívar Freyle, Joseph David Arrieta de Avila2026-07-25
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Short-Term Exposure to Ambient PM₂.₅ and PM₁₀ and Acute Respiratory Morbidity in Ghana: A Time-Stratified Case-Crossover Pilot Study

This pilot study in Ghana provides the first evidence linking short-term exposure to ambient PM₂.₅ and PM₁₀ with increased odds of acute upper respiratory infections, particularly among females and during the dry Harmattan season, while also demonstrating the operational feasibility of integrating continuous air quality monitoring with routine electronic health records.

Reginald Quansah2026-07-25