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  1. Evaluation of e-Lung automated quantitative computed tomography biomarkers in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
    George PM, Rennison-Jones C, Benvenuti G, Sifostratoudaki A, Ottink FA, Bou-Zeid W, et al.
    ERJ Open Res, 2024 Nov;10(6).
    PMID: 39624378 DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00570-2024
    BACKGROUND: In patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) there is a need to identify biomarkers that 1) are associated with increased risk of adverse outcome and 2) can be used to monitor treatment response or identify disease progression over time.

    METHODS: Two consecutive cohorts of patients with IPF were accessed from the Open Source Imaging Consortium database. Automated computed tomography (CT) biomarkers of disease severity incorporating fibrotic and pulmonary vascular features (the reticulovascular score and weighted reticulovascular score (WRVS)) were studied. Relationships between imaging biomarkers, lung function and survival were analysed.

    RESULTS: In separate test and validation cohorts, 168 and 176 patients with IPF respectively (median survival 2.6 years) were studied. A threshold of WRVS ≥15% at baseline CT was most strongly associated with transplant-free survival (HR 3.00, 95% CI 1.47-6.10, p=0.002) when adjusted for baseline forced vital capacity (FVC) and age. In patients with 12-month follow-up CT and lung function tests (n=89) an increase in 3% of WRVS (the minimal clinically important difference) was also significantly associated with reduced survival independent of FVC, and outperformed visual evaluation of progressive fibrosis.

    CONCLUSIONS: WRVS is an automated CT biomarker which can identify patients with IPF at increased risk of progression and is able to reliably capture disease progression over time.

  2. Fulltext Using demographic, psychosocial, behavioural and safety-related factors to assess cyclists' behaviour: A comparative approach across 19 countries
    Useche SA, Alonso F, Boyko A, Buyvol P, Castañeda I, Cendales B, et al.
    Data Brief, 2024 Jun;54:110278.
    PMID: 38962193 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2024.110278
    This Data in Brief (DiB) article presents the differences in cycling behaviors related to violations, errors, and positive behaviors by region. The study data were collected by means of a structured questionnaire applied to a full sample of 7,001 participants from 19 countries, distributed over 5 continents. This paper proposes descriptive statistics, as well as common statistical tests. The aim is to enable authors to make their own analyses, not to provide precise interpretations. For further information about the macro project supporting the collection of these data, it is advised to refer to the paper titled "Cross-culturally approaching the cycling behavior questionnaire (CBQ): Evidence from 19 countries", published in Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behavior.
  3. Fulltext Measurement of the jet mass in highly boosted [Formula: see text] events from pp collisions at [Formula: see text][Formula: see text]
    Sirunyan AM, Tumasyan A, Adam W, Asilar E, Bergauer T, Brandstetter J, et al.
    Eur Phys J C Part Fields, 2017;77(7):467.
    PMID: 28943793 DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5030-3
    The first measurement of the jet mass [Formula: see text] of top quark jets produced in [Formula: see text] events from pp collisions at [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text] is reported for the jet with the largest transverse momentum [Formula: see text] in highly boosted hadronic top quark decays. The data sample, collected with the CMS detector, corresponds to an integrated luminosity of 19.7[Formula: see text]. The measurement is performed in the lepton+jets channel in which the products of the semileptonic decay [Formula: see text] with [Formula: see text] where [Formula: see text] is an electron or muon, are used to select [Formula: see text] events with large Lorentz boosts. The products of the fully hadronic decay [Formula: see text] with [Formula: see text] are reconstructed using a single Cambridge-Aachen jet with distance parameter [Formula: see text], and [Formula: see text] [Formula: see text]. The [Formula: see text] cross section as a function of [Formula: see text] is unfolded at the particle level and is used to test the modelling of highly boosted top quark production. The peak position of the [Formula: see text] distribution is sensitive to the top quark mass [Formula: see text], and the data are used to extract a value of [Formula: see text] to assess this sensitivity.
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