Jianwen Duan, Renya Jiang, Hongbo Shen, Xiaofang Xu, Da Sun
{"title":"Analysis of nitrogen metabolism-related gene expression in hepatocellular carcinoma to establish relevant indicators for prediction of prognosis and guidance of immunotherapy.","authors":"Jianwen Duan, Renya Jiang, Hongbo Shen, Xiaofang Xu, Da Sun","doi":"10.1080/10255842.2024.2438922","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10255842.2024.2438922","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The prognosis of cancers is strongly connected with nitrogen metabolism (NM), which plays a critical role in the microenvironment and growth of tumors. It is unsubstantiated, however, how important NM-related genes are for the prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Using publicly available data, we examined potential mechanisms of NM-related genes in HCC, created a predictive model, and assessed immune infiltration and medication sensitivity.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A prognostic model, which included 12 NM genes (COLQ, GNE, ISCU, MSRA, SARS2, SPHK1, CBS, GOT2, CHST1, EXTL2, GCLM, YARS1), was constructed based on regression analysis. The robustness of the model was validated using multiple methods. The high-risk (HR) and low-risk (LR) groups had varying degrees of immune infiltration, according to an immunology-related study. Of these, B cells and Type_II_IFN_Response were greatly infiltrated in the LR group, whereas aCDs, Macrophages, and Treg were heavily infiltrated in the HR group (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Because of higher immunophenoscore, the low-risk group could benefit from immunotherapy more. Drug sensitivity predictions indicated that people with high CBS expression and low GOT2 and ISCU expression may benefit more from treatment with SCH-772984, Pimasertib, Cobimetinib (isomer1), TAK-733, LY-3214996, ARRY-162, Cladribine, Fludarabine, and Hydroxyurea.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This work created a 12-gene signature based on NM, preliminary investigated immune infiltration in two risk categories, and discovered some possible anti-tumor medications. To sum up, our study findings offer fresh perspectives on the roles played by NM-associated genes in HCC development, prognosis, immunological response, and medication screening.</p>","PeriodicalId":50640,"journal":{"name":"Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":"1380-1396"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142824565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xianhao Shen, Lei Ding, Xuewen Li, Ling Gu, Jiazhi Yang
{"title":"Diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease based on particle swarm optimization EEG signal channel selection and gated recurrent unit.","authors":"Xianhao Shen, Lei Ding, Xuewen Li, Ling Gu, Jiazhi Yang","doi":"10.1080/10255842.2026.2661797","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2026.2661797","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Electroencephalogram (EEG) reflect changes in the electrophysiological activity of the brain and can be used in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Each EEG channel provides real-time information about the brain, while different EEG channels contain different information about the brain. Using all EEG channel data for AD diagnosis contains redundancy data, leading to increased computation and reduced data analysis accuracy. In this paper, a diagnostic method for AD based on Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) EEG channel selection and Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU) is proposed. Using EEG energy as the fitness function and PSO to select EEG channels, the redundant information in EEG data is reduced and the accuracy of EEG data analysis is improved. GRU is a special kind of recurrent neural network (RNN) structure. It uses EEG data extracted by the principal component analysis (PCA) feature based on singular value decomposition (SVD) as input to the model. And it has a good advantage in analyzing the time series of EEG. The results show that the classification accuracy of the method in this paper reaches 0.9487, which is higher than the performance of other proposed methods. Compared to the results of using all EEG channel data analysis, the classification accuracy of this method was improved by 0.0757. It shows that the method proposed in this paper can improve the classification accuracy of EEG in AD classification tasks and can be applied to related classification tasks.</p>","PeriodicalId":50640,"journal":{"name":"Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147788053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zizhan Lian, Bin Sun, Qinqin Yang, Xiangfei Kong, Yichen Yan, Jie Yao, Bin Yang, Yubo Fan
{"title":"The impact of early graft viscoelastic degeneration on tibiofemoral joint stress after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: a finite element analysis.","authors":"Zizhan Lian, Bin Sun, Qinqin Yang, Xiangfei Kong, Yichen Yan, Jie Yao, Bin Yang, Yubo Fan","doi":"10.1080/10255842.2026.2662513","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2026.2662513","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Early viscoelastic deterioration of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction grafts impairs knee biomechanics and elevates osteoarthritis risk, with unclear mechanisms. We established a knee viscoelastic finite element model, set graft parameters at postoperative day 0 and 30 from animal data, and calculated joint stress under multiple loadings. By day 30, graft peak axial force dropped by 50%, causing abnormal stress redistribution. This study fills related research gaps and informs clinical rehabilitation and graft preparation.</p>","PeriodicalId":50640,"journal":{"name":"Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":"1-20"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147788112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Application of a machine learning-based PANoptosis-immune-related gene risk score model in prognostic stratification and immunotherapy benefit prediction for glioblastoma.","authors":"Langfei Tian, Minghui Zhao, Yuanbo Hu, Kaiyue Wang, Haiguang Liu, Zetong Bai, Kebin Zheng","doi":"10.1080/10255842.2026.2661799","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2026.2661799","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study developed a risk score model using PANoptosis and immune-related genes to predict glioblastoma (GBM) prognosis. Utilizing TCGA data and 66 PANoptosis regulatory network-related genes, patients were clustered into two subtypes. Machine learning identified 11 core PANoptosis-Immune-Related Genes (PIRGs). Single-cell analysis revealed their dysregulated expression in GBM. External validation confirmed that high-risk patients exhibited poorer survival, a dysfunctional tumor immune microenvironment (TIME), and reduced sensitivity to radiotherapy and temozolomide. This group displayed enriched immune activation pathways, a lower immunophenoscore (IPS), and differential drug sensitivity. High TIDE scores indicated a potential benefit from immune checkpoint inhibitors.</p>","PeriodicalId":50640,"journal":{"name":"Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147788132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Forming prediction of TA2 pedicle screw system connection rod in lumbar interbody fusion: a CPFEM-based multiscale framework.","authors":"Yijie Cai, Xiao Yang, Haiyang Wu, Pengpeng He, Zhongquan Yu, Wenqian Zhang","doi":"10.1080/10255842.2026.2659964","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2026.2659964","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The precision forming of pedicle screw connection rods is vital for spinal fusion safety. This study investigates the anisotropic forming behavior of TA2 titanium to enhance forming accuracy. A multiscale model integrating EBSD-based 3D-RVE and CPFEM was developed and embedded into ABAQUS to simulate springback. Results confirm that this approach significantly improves prediction accuracy. This work provides a scalable strategy for precise medical implant manufacturing.</p>","PeriodicalId":50640,"journal":{"name":"Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147788061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lahcene Ghouari, Takieddine Naili, Charafeddine Benatmane, Hala Messai, Youcef Bouzida
{"title":"Geometrically simplified 3D finite element modeling of a smooth dental implant: materials influence across different bone types.","authors":"Lahcene Ghouari, Takieddine Naili, Charafeddine Benatmane, Hala Messai, Youcef Bouzida","doi":"10.1080/10255842.2026.2659963","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2026.2659963","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study analyzes the biomechanical behavior of a simplified tubular dental implant under linear elastic loading using finite element analysis. Von Mises stresses in cortical bone reached 3.25-10.05 MPa (types I-II), 9-9.15 MPa (type III), and 14.15 MPa (type IV), mainly at specific contact points, while cancellous bone peaked at 3.25 MPa. No mechanical failure occurred under a 70 N load. Material comparison showed PEEK exhibited the highest stress (13.5 MPa) and micromotion (2.5×10<sup>-3</sup> µm), whereas titanium and zirconia showed similar values (9.95-9.75 MPa). These results confirm the predictive value of finite element analysis in implant design.</p>","PeriodicalId":50640,"journal":{"name":"Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147788100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhenmin Fan, Longbing Wu, Fengyan Xu, Haiqiao Zhang, Xia Ye, Zhi Zheng, Jun Zhang
{"title":"Patient-specific CFD evaluation of his angle and stoma caliber in stomach-partitioning gastrojejunostomy.","authors":"Zhenmin Fan, Longbing Wu, Fengyan Xu, Haiqiao Zhang, Xia Ye, Zhi Zheng, Jun Zhang","doi":"10.1080/10255842.2026.2661810","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2026.2661810","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study employs patient-specific computational fluid dynamics coupled with a Lagrangian discrete-phase model to quantify the influence of His angle and anastomotic caliber on intragastric hemodynamics after stomach-partitioning gastrojejunostomy (SPGJ). Three His angles (3°, 7°, 11°) and three stoma widths (narrow, intermediate, wide) were systematically analyzed. Within the physiological range, His angle altered global velocity and pressure by <5%, yet extreme values prolonged mean particle residence up to 1.9-fold, indicating a moderate angle (∼7°) minimizes stasis without elevating pressure loss. Stoma size proved decisive: very narrow or very wide orifices produced low-velocity seepage, high stagnation, and either excessive or moderate pressure drops, whereas an intermediate aperture yielded the lowest Δp and the shortest residence time. The results suggest that optimizing SPGJ requires maintaining a moderate His angle and designing an intermediate-sized anastomosis to maximize emptying efficiency while limiting tumor irritation and reflux risk. Clinically, these findings provide actionable guidance for intraoperative configuration and stoma sizing to balance functional patency with complication avoidance.</p>","PeriodicalId":50640,"journal":{"name":"Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147788097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Multi-modal graph neural networks with cross-view attention and contrastive learning for molecular property prediction.","authors":"Zhaoqi Liu, Shusen Zhou, Tong Liu, Chanjuan Liu, Mujun Zang, Qingjun Wang","doi":"10.1080/10255842.2026.2661853","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2026.2661853","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To address the persistent challenges in integrating multimodal molecular data for property prediction, we propose the Multimodal Graph Neural Network (MMGNN). This novel framework synergistically optimizes molecular representations by coupling dual heterogeneous graph encoders-designed to capture local atomic interactions and global topological semantics-with a bidirectional cross-view attention module. This module dynamically aligns continuous structural latent spaces with discrete fingerprint features, while an adaptive gated fusion mechanism integrates these multiscale representations. Furthermore, contrastive pre-training using normalized temperature-scaled cross-entropy (NT-Xent) loss enforces robust, invariant feature learning. Extensive empirical evaluations demonstrate MMGNN's superior performance in advancing computational drug discovery.</p>","PeriodicalId":50640,"journal":{"name":"Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":"1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147788109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Research on parametric construction and compressive mechanical properties of biomimetic bone trabecular porous scaffold based on Voronoi tessellation.","authors":"Yutao Men, Tonghao Wang, Shaocan Tang, Chunqiu Zhang","doi":"10.1080/10255842.2026.2659966","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2026.2659966","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Aperiodic porous structures have become the preferred choice for bone scaffold design due to the similarity to human bone tissue in structural characteristics. However, their mechanical properties still remain unclear. In this paper, an aperiodic porous structure was constructed using probabilistic ball method based on the Voronoi principle. The effects of modeling parameters (seed number and minimum cross-sectional area) on the porosity, specific surface area and compression mechanical properties of the porous scaffold were studied. The results found that the seed number increased could cause a slight increase in porosity and a significant increase in specific surface area; the minimum cross-sectional area of the pillars had slight influence on the specific surface area and porosity of the model. The porosity of the porous scaffold was decided mainly by ratio coefficient of modeling. The constructed porous scaffolds not only had good energy absorption, but also could match the mechanical parameters of nature bone by adjusting the modeling parameters. It could provide reference data for the design of porous bone implants.</p>","PeriodicalId":50640,"journal":{"name":"Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147788145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Machine learning analysis of electroosmotic multi-hybrid immiscible urine flow in a bioactive channel: clinical perspectives.","authors":"Subhendu Das, Rajat Adhikari, Sanatan Das","doi":"10.1080/10255842.2026.2658754","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2026.2658754","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This research offers an in-depth analysis of electro-osmotically induced, immiscible bio-convective flow of urine incorporated with five different nanoparticles (NPs) and actively motile microorganisms within a bio-reactive microchannel, subjected to electromagnetic field effects. The model accounts for critical multiphysical effects including Joule heating, electromagnetic radiation, Hall and ion-slip currents, and interfacial nanolayer (NL) interactions. The results reveal that an increase in interfacial NL thickness amplifies the urine velocity. An artificial neural network (ANN)-based model is further implemented to predict SFC with remarkable precision, achieving a minimal error of 0.01% and demonstrating excellent agreement with analytical outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":50640,"journal":{"name":"Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering","volume":" ","pages":"1-25"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147788067","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}