AMIDE PROTON TRANSFER IMAGING VS DIFFUSION KURTOSIS IMAGING FOR PREDICTING HISTOLOGICAL GRADE OF HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA

Amide Proton Transfer Imaging vs Diffusion Kurtosis Imaging for Predicting Histological Grade of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Baolin Wu,1,* Fei Jia,2,* Xuekun Li,2 Meng Zhang,2 Dongming Han,2 Zhiyun Jia1,3 1Huaxi MR Research Center (HMRRC), Functional and Molecular Imaging Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Department of Radiology, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of MR, First Affiliated Hos

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Spatiotemporal variation of net primary productivity and its response to drought in Inner Mongolian desert steppe

The desert steppe in Inner Mongolia is an important part of the temperate grasslands in Central Asia and plays a key role in sustaining the regional pastoral livelihood and securing the ecological environment in northern China.Grassland net primary productivity (NPP) is an important indicator to ecosystem health, and is largely affected by the vari

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Description of novel microsatellite loci in the Neotropical fish Prochilodus argenteus and cross-amplification in P. costatus and P. lineatus

Prochilodus is one of the most important fish resources of South Fleece America, in addition to the important role it plays in nutrient cycling of Neotropical rivers.In the present study, we describe the isolation and characterization of nine novel microsatellite loci in Prochilodus argenteus.The number of alleles per polymorphic locus varied from

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Mechanisms of change in external implementation support: A conceptual model and case examples to guide research and practice

Background External implementation support (EIS) is a well-recognized feature of implementation science and practice, often under related terms such as technical assistance and implementation facilitation.Existing models of EIS have gaps related to addressing practice outcomes at both individual and organizational levels, connecting practice activi

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