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: This study aims to present a structured clinical workflow for offline adaptive Biology-guided Radiotherapy (BgRT) using the RefleXion X1 PET-linac system, addressing challenges introduced by inter-treatment anatomical and biological changes. : We propose a decision tree offline adaptation framework based on real-time assessments of Activity Concentration (AC), Normalized Target Signal (NTS), and bounded dose-volume histogram (bDVH%) metrics. Three offline strategies were developed: (1) preemptive adaptation for minor changes, (2) partial re-simulation for moderate changes, and (3) full re-simulation for major anatomical or metabolic alterations. Two clinical cases demonstrating strategies 1 and 2 are presented. : The preemptive adaptation strategy was applied in a case with early tumor shrinkage, maintaining delivery parameters within acceptable limits while updating contours and dose distribution. In the partial re-Simulation case, significant changes in PET signal necessitated a same-day PET functional modeling session and plan re-optimization, effectively restoring safe deliverability. Both cases showed reduced target volumes and improved OAR sparing without additional patient visits or tracer injections. : Offline adaptive workflows for BgRT provide practical solutions to address inter-fractional changes in tumor structure and function. These strategies can help maintain the safety and accuracy of BgRT delivery and support clinical adoption of PET-guided radiotherapy, paving the way for future online adaptive capabilities.
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IEEE Trans Cybern
September 2025
The tracking control problem for strict-feedback systems with unknown dynamics has been extensively studied. However, most existing control approaches require online approximation models and associated a priori assumptions. In order to avoid the necessity of deriving online models, this article proposes a data-driven backstepping control (DBC) approach for a class of strict-feedback systems with unknown dynamics.
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September 2025
Department of Public Health Sciences, Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Epidemiologists have access to various methods to reduce bias and improve statistical efficiency in effect estimation, from standard multivariable regression to state-of-the-art doubly-robust efficient estimators paired with highly flexible, data-adaptive algorithms ("machine learning"). However, due to numerous assumptions and trade-offs, epidemiologists face practical difficulties in recognizing which method, if any, may be suitable for their specific data and hypotheses. Importantly, relative advantages are necessarily context-specific (data structure, algorithms, model misspecification), limiting the utility of universal guidance.
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September 2025
Laboratoire de Psychologie et NeuroCognition, Bâtiment Michel Dubois, 1251 Av. Centrale, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 09, Grenoble, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, 38040, FRANCE.
Objective: Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) combined with electroencephalography (EEG) has become a valuable tool in clinical and cognitive neuroscience. However, TMS-EEG signals often suffer from severe artifacts, particularly in lateral cortical regions where TMS-evoked muscle arti-facts are pronounced, making real-time recovery of TMS-evoked potentials (TEPs) challenging. We developed and validated a real-time, two-step independent component analysis (ICA)-based artifact cleaning method for TMS-EEG signals, facilitating the rapid extraction of clean neural signals for closed-loop neurostimulation applications.
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September 2025
Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland.
This study examines how individuals experience fear of missing out (FoMO) across online and offline contexts and the strategies they use to cope. Sixteen individual in-depth interviews (IDIs) with participants aged 18-35 revealed three categories of FoMO: (1) FoMO related to social media, (2) offline FoMO intensified by social media, and (3) solely offline FoMO. Each category features distinct emotional and behavioral responses, with universal coping strategies like distraction, self-reflection, and support-seeking, alongside social media-specific methods such as limiting information access and engaging in a social media detox.
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August 2025
Polytechnic University of Madrid, Department of Audiovisual and Communications Engineering, Madrid, Spain.
ECG delineation, which involves detecting key waveform features such as P, QRS, and T waves, is essential for accurate cardiac monitoring and diagnosis. In a recent study, the authors introduced the Adaptive Trend Filtering (ATF) algorithm, which effectively identifies local extrema in ECG signals for both denoising and delineation, demonstrating strong performance compared to state-of-the-art methods. However, its implementation using the Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM) resulted in long execution times, limiting its practical application.
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