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As an extension of the personal and intellectual conversations that took place in the sister-scholar group consisting of four East Asian international doctoral students from China and South Korea, in this article, we narrate and examine our (counter)stories traversing between different spaces and across time. These narratives center our racial, linguistic, social, and academic experiences and illustrate our processes of awakening, resistance, and collective healing. We used transnationalism and Asian Critical Theory as our theoretical guide, and collaborative autoethnography as our methodology. Through the canvas of (counter)stories, we (a) refuse dominant views and definitions of what it means to be Asian in the United States, (b) resist the simplistic and monolithic ways of understanding our existence and experiences as international students, and (c) challenge the academic community and broader society to develop more complex and critical social praxis regarding race, culture, and relations of power.

Background: The characteristics of self-corrected publications have not been fully evaluated. Purpose: To evaluate the annual number and characteristics of self-corrected publications in the imaging literature within the last 20 years. Material and Methods: We searched MEDLINE (via PubMed) using the following keyword: ("Published Erratum" [Publication Type] OR "Corrected and Republished Article" [Publication Type]) in the imaging literature to identify all self-corrected publications in which initial versions of articles were published during 1999–2018. Extracted data included: date of publication of the original version; date of correction notification; the time interval between initial publication and correction; journal name; journal impact factor (IF); type of articles; number of authors; country of origin; and location of errors. Journals were divided into four quartiles (Q1–Q4) based on their IF. Results: A total of 1071 self-corrected publications were identified, representing 0.30% of all papers published in the imaging literature. Trend analysis showed exponential growth of the number and rate of self-corrected publications during 1999–2018. The median (range) time interval from initial publication to correction was 120 days (0–7755 days). The rate of self-corrected publications in Q4 journals (0.17%) was significantly lower than those in Q1 (0.35%, P <0.0001), Q2 (0.26%, P =0.0007), and Q3 (0.30%, P <0.0001) journals. Additionally, 80.8% of self-corrected publications were original articles, 29.2% were from the USA, and 30.7% were corrected for author information (name, affiliation, and email address). Conclusion: Self-corrected publications in the imaging literature have increased exponentially during 1999–2018 and author information was the most common location of error correction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Making the preoperative diagnosis of soft-tissue lymphoma is important because the treatments for lymphoma and sarcoma are different. Purpose: To determine the reliability and accuracy of single-slice and whole-tumor apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) histogram analysis when differentiating soft-tissue lymphoma from undifferentiated sarcoma. Material and Methods: Patients with confirmed soft-tissue lymphoma or undifferentiated sarcoma who underwent 3-T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), including diffusion-weighted imaging, were included. Single-slice and whole-tumor ADC histogram analyses were performed using software. Mean, standard deviation (SD), 5th and 95th percentiles, skewness, and kurtosis were compared between groups, and a receiver operating characteristic curve with area under the curve (AUC) was obtained. Results: Thirteen patients with soft-tissue lymphoma and 12 patients with undifferentiated sarcoma were included. ADC histogram analysis of single-slice and whole-tumor, mean, SD, and 5th and 95th percentiles was significantly lower in lymphoma than in undifferentiated sarcoma. Whole-tumor analysis kurtosis was significantly higher in lymphoma than in undifferentiated sarcoma. All AUCs were high in single-slice and whole-tumor analysis: 0.987 vs. 1.000 in mean; 0.821 vs. 0.782 in SD; 0.949 vs. 0.949 in 5th percentile; and 1.000 vs. 1.000 in 95th percentile without significant difference. AUC of kurtosis in whole-tumor ADC histogram analysis was 0.750. Conclusion: Single-slice and whole-tumor ADC histogram analysis seems to be reliable and accurate for differentiating soft-tissue lymphoma from undifferentiated sarcoma. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Spinal subarachnoid haemorrhage is a rare clinical condition, and a spinal subarachnoid haemorrhage associated with subdural haematoma is extremely infrequent. Iatrogenic causes such as trauma and lumbar puncture, coagulopathy, arteriovenous malformation, spinal artery aneurysm, vasculitis or neoplasm are known predisposing factors. Minor effort or trauma can be a cause of spontaneous spinal subarachnoid haemorrhage. Herein, we report a rare case of spontaneous spinal subarachnoid haemorrhage and subdural haematoma that occurred when the patient engaged in a kneeling bow on the floor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Contrast-enhanced fat-suppressed T1-weighted sagittal image (Figure 1(d)) reveals an epidural abscess with hypointense foci of air from L4 to S1, resulting in central canal narrowing. Keywords: Emphysematous osteomyelitis; diabetes; Escherichia coli EN Emphysematous osteomyelitis diabetes Escherichia coli 292 293 2 06/20/23 20230601 NES 230601 We report a case of a 53-year-old woman with undiagnosed diabetes mellitus and emphysematous osteomyelitis due to hematogenous spread of I Escherichia coli i . JBR-BTR 2004; 87: 9 - 16. 2 Mahesh B, Upendra B, Vijay S, Arun Kumar G, Reddy S. Emphysematous osteomyelitis-A rare cause of gas in spine - a case report. [Extracted from the article]