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Through the implementation of a range of interventions, hospital ASPs aim to provide high value for patients, with value defined as the health outcomes achieved per dollar spent . This goal unites the interests of all the stakeholders in the system, including patients. If value improves, patients, payers, providers, and suppliers can all benefit while the economic sustainability of the health care system increases. This approach to considering sustainable funding and prioritizing of ASP activity has been used successfully in a range of other disease areas such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, musculoskeletal diseases, etc. .
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Considérations éthiques: une autorisation d´étude a étȅ accordée par les services administratifs du CME/FCB. Les parents/tuteurs des enfants éligibles ont clairement étȅ informés de l´objet de notre étude et leur consentement obtenus en vue de leur inclusion dans notre étude. Les informations recueillies ont étȅ traitées avec la plus grande confidentialitȅ et ne seront utilisées que dans un but scientifique.
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The factors found to be significantly associated with daily tobacco use were sex, age, level of education, marital status, geographical region and Body Mass Index (BMI). The odds of being a daily tobacco user were significantly higher for males compared to females AOR 4.53 [3.21–6.40] (Table 4). Compared with participants aged 18–29 years, those aged 30–49 years were more likely to be daily tobacco users AOR 2.96 [1.93–4.52] as were those aged 50–69 years AOR 3.82 [2.42–6.03]. Compared with participants without any form of education, those with primary education were less likely to be daily tobacco users AOR 0.46 [0.31–0.68], as were those with secondary education AOR 0.21 [0.13–0.32] and those with university level of education AOR 0.21 [0.10–0.42]. Compared with participants in the central region, those in the eastern region were more likely to be daily tobacco users AOR 2.24 [1.40–3.59] as were those in the northern region AOR 4.21 [2.74–6.48] and those in the western region AOR 1.82 [1.14–2.88]. Compared with participants with normal body mass index (BMI), persons who were overweight or obese were less likely to be daily tobacco users AOR 0.64 [0.38–1.08]. Persons who were underweight were more likely to be daily tobacco users compared with people of normal BMI AOR 2.31 [1.57–3.40].Table 4Crude and adjusted odds ratios (ORs) of being a daily tobacco user compared to not being a daily tobacco user-n-Number of daily tobacco users (%)Crude OR [95 % CI]Adjusted ORa [95 % CI]Sex Female2382111 (4.7)1.01.0 Male1601255 (15.9)5.33 [3.66–7.79]5.51 [3.81–7.95]Age 18–29161661 (3.8)1.01.0 30–491678180 (10.7)2.37 [1.43–3.94]2.47 [1.54–3.94] 50–69689125 (18.1)2.90 [1.68–5.01]2.82 [1.68–4.74]Education No formal school652117 (17.9)1.01.0 Primary1625164 (10.1)0.45 [0.30–0.67]0.43 [0.29–0.65] Secondary131765 (4.9)0.19 [0.12–0.31]0.21 [0.14–0.33] University or higher37419 (5.1)0.23 [0.10–0.49]0.23 [0.11–0.48]Employment Employed2600242 (9.3)1.01.0 Unemployed1382124 (9.0)1.33 [0.88–2.02]1.35 [0.91–2.00]Region Central96352 (5.4)1.01.0 Eastern129290 (7.0)2.29 [1.36–3.86]2.14 [1.33–3.45] Northern779131 (16.8)4.54 [2.87–7.16]4.31 [2.79–6.45] Western94993 (9.8)2.20 [1.31–3.68]1.87 [1.18–2.97]Residence Urban108472 (6.6)1.01.0 Rural2899294 (10.1)0.83 [0.55–1.25]0.81 [0.56–1.18]BMI (kg/m2) Normal 18.5–24.92531255 (10.2)1.01.0 Overweight/obese ≥2582844 (7.6)0.71 [0.41–1.24]0.64 [0.38–1.09] Underweight <18.533084 (25.5)2.17 [1.46–3.22]2.19 [1.48–3.24]Blood pressure (mmHg) Normal3617539 (14.9)1.01.0 Raised or medication36657 (15.6)0.87 [0.56–1.36]0.85 [0.56–1.31]FPG (mmol/L) < 6.13562322 (9.0)1.01.0 6.1–6.9825 (6.1)0.52 [0.12–2.29]0.48 [0.11–2.19] > =7 or on DM Rx466 (13.0)1.81 [0.62–5.30]1.89 [0.64–5.58]Marital status Never married62736 (5.7)1.01.0 Currently married2642231 (8.7)1.57 [0.86–2.87]1.31 [0.77–2.26] Other (separated/divorced/widowed)71499 (13.9)2.81 [1.41–5.61]2.54 [1.36–4.72] aAdjusted for sex, age, education, region, marital status and BMI
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One of the assumptions made by this model is the proportionality of risks. We will check if our sets comply with it, having to discard them otherwise. We are based from the beginning on the null hypothesis that proportionality is fulfilled. In case the global p value is less than 0.05, we will have to discard this hypothesis and accept that it is not fulfilled.
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An Instron 3369 dual column tabletop testing system was employed to produce consistent and controllable pull rates. Basic geometries (Fig. 1) were found to have non-constant, non-linear relations between pull rate (v) and both peel front velocity (\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$\dot{x}$$\end{document}x˙) and peel angle (θ) as shown in Fig. 2(a,b). The following presents theory highlighting the nonlinearity of these properties in basic geometries followed by a generalizable theory that enabled the design of a simple, static jig that would linearly scale pull rate to peel rate and maintain a constant peel angle. The tensile test system was equipped with an Omega LCL-010 full bridge load cell to measure the loads. This was intended to provide quantitative measurement of the force required to peel the tape off of a specimen, independent of the type of tape or ambient conditions.Figure 2Variation of peel angle and peel rate for straight peel test. (a) The peel angle (θ)) changes with a nonlinear trend versus vertical movement of extremity of tape. (b) Peel rate has linear change while the extremity goes away in vertical direction. This plots are drawn for a nominal h0 = 100 mm and a constant pull rate v = 1 mm/sec.
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Histopathological analysis of kidney compared with 5/6Nx + PBO group. A: representative micrographs of PASM and Masson staining of kidney sections from each group (×400, scale bar = 50 μm); Label 1: glomerulus; Label 2: renal tubules; Label 3: vascular; arrow: renal interstitial fibrosis. Renal interstitial fibrosis (%; B); perivascular fibrosis index (C); glomerulosclerosis index (D); number of glomerular cells (E); glomerular size (µm2; F). All these indicators were lower in the other groups [Sham + PBO (n = 7), 5/6Nx + TELM (n = 7), 5/6Nx + 3 mg EMPA (n = 9) and 5/6Nx + 15 mg EMPA (n = 11)] than in the 5/6Nx + PBO (n = 9) group. Values displayed are means ± SE. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001; ****P < 0.0001, significantly different from 5/6Nx + PBO. EMPA, empagliflozin; 5/6Nx, 5/6 nephrectomized rat model; PASM, periodic Schiff-methenamine staining; PBO, placebo; Sham, sham operation; TELM, telmisartan.
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To provide further details on the quality of this humoral response, we used ELISA to determine the antibody isotypes produced, testing for IgG1, IgG2a, and IgA isotypes (Fig. 4b). IgG1 and IgG2a are commonly interpreted as correlates of Th2 and Th1 polarization, respectively. Serum IgA antibodies are involved in the inflammatory response and contribute to ADCC and phagocytosis by macrophages thanks to their high binding capacity.48–50 Using NLC to deliver p24 mainly promoted the production of IgG1 antibodies, whereas using NLC+ to vectorize CpG enhanced the production of isotypes IgG2a and IgA. However, the combination of both NLC for the co-delivery of p24 and CpG was the most potent formulation, significantly increasing production of all isotypes (“p24+ CpG” vs “NLC–p24+ NLC+ /CpG”; IgG1 p = 0.003; IgG2a p < 0.001; IgA p = 0.008). Although the IgG2a:IgG1 ratio only exceeded 1 in the case of the double vectorization of p24 and CpG, the difference was not statistically different compared to the other groups (Figure S2). The control with OVA showed a similar trend, with the combination of vectorized OVA and CpG promoting production of all isotypes most effectively (“OVA+ CpG” vs. “NLC–OVA+ NLC+ /CpG”; IgG1 p = 0.014; IgG2a p < 0.001; IgA p = 0.001). Together, these results support the versatility of NLC, capable of inducing humoral responses while also providing efficient antigen presentation and APC activation. These features are associated with intracellular delivery as a result of vectorizing both antigens, and the CpG-mediated immunostimulation. Indeed, the formulation containing vectorized antigens and immunostimulants was the most potent for both Th1 and Th2 polarization (IgG2a and IgG1) as well as IgA production. Isotype switching is known to be a T-helper-dependent mechanism, associated with increasing antigen-binding affinity.
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Nudności i wymioty występujące u pacjentów z zespołem Panayiotopoulosa często początkowo nie są traktowane, jako element napadu padaczkowego, ale sugerują podejrzenie zapalenia żołądka i jelit, choroby lokomocyjnej bądź migreny, alergii pokarmowej, natomiast dołączenie się napadów połowiczych i uogólnionych nasuwa podejrzenie zapalenia mózgu lub procesu rozrostowego w ośrodkowym układzie nerwowym [5, 12].
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Assim, considerando os desafios para garantir o aleitamento materno nos primeiros seis meses de vida, este trabalho reforça a necessidade de que a amamentação na primeira hora de vida seja priorizada e que os profissionais de saúde ajam de modo a estimular que o lactente receba alta em AME. Ademais, é preciso que, no pós-parto, no hospital, a complementação ao AM ocorra somente quando clinicamente justificada.
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The primary endpoint is the skills learning rate—the amount of time (in days) taken to learn a new skill (ie, progress from “started learning the skill” to “have learned the skill”). Patients assess and switch status using a button on the mobile phone app when they consider the skill is of use to them; at this time, the skill is considered learned, which will then be discussed and confirmed with the therapist during the preceding session.
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Material și metode: 66 de pacienți (42 femei, 24 bărbați), cu vârste cuprinse între 68 - 76 de ani au fost evaluați clinic, funcțional și imagistic (radiografie și ultrasonografie). Am folosit scala VAS pentru evaluarea durerii și indicele WOMAC pentru determinarea statusului funcțional. Performanța fizică a fost evaluată cu ajutorul testului de mers 6 minute (SMW) și Testul "Up & Go" cronometrat. Pacienții noștri au efectuat un program complex de reabilitare, 10 ședințe. Am luat în considerare toate comorbiditățile subiecților studiați. Pacienții au fost evaluați la momentul inițial (T1) la 2 (T2) și 12 (T3) săptămâni.
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Le microcarcinome différencié de la thyroïde est un cancer de bon pronostic mais qui pourrait avoir un retentissement sur la qualité de vie des patients et être source d'anxiété et dépression. De nombreuses études ont objectivé une altération de la qualité de vie chez les patients suivis pour cancer différencié de la thyroïde (CDT). Plusieurs facteurs ont été incriminés notamment le stade de la maladie, le type du traitement chirurgical, le traitement par iode radioactif, le traitement substitutif et la durée de suivi . Une bonne relation médecin-patient basée sur la confiance, avec une évaluation psychologique tout au long du suivi permet d'améliorer la qualité de vie des patients. L'objectif de l'étude est d'évaluer la dépression et l'anxiété chez les patients suivis pour microcarcinome différencié de la thyroïde et de les comparer aux autres stades du cancer en utilisant des échelles validées de qualité de vie.
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Otro elemento que se resaltó especialmente en los municipios con bajas coberturas es la carencia de un sistema de información en vacunación. La coordinadora del PAI de Quibdó manifestó que: “es una desventaja no tener un sistema de información único a nivel municipal, es muy dispendioso para una vacunadora buscar por ejemplo un niño que se vacunó en el 2008, hay y empezar a buscar en los registros del 2008 en las sábanas [registro en papel]. A nivel institucional tenemos todavía esa cultura, hay archivos desde el 2005, 2006, 2008 hasta la fecha, y todo eso está en carpeticas, está guardado. Es dispendioso porque nos toca desgastarnos buscando en los archivos, mientras divinamente lo podríamos hacer por el sistema”. Esta situación genera problemas de seguimiento oportuno y preciso a las coberturas de vacunación de los niños y niñas de estas ciudades.
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3D coordinates of norfloxacin, PmB, ceftazidime, gentamicin, Nile red, and α-tocopherol were built in Corina (66) from the SMILES code. The 3D structure of rifampin was extracted from the crystallographic structure PDB accession no. 1LSV. The structures of the seven ligands were protonated at pH 7.0 with Epik (67) and then optimized with MMFFs force field by with MacroModel version 9.9 (Schrödinger, Cambridge, MA). Additionally, the structure of PmB was subjected to 100 ps of MD simulation at 300 K. Ligands were prepared for docking calculations with AutoDockTools by adding Gasteiger charges (68) and setting all rotatable bonds free to move during the docking calculation.
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Se observó una tendencia decreciente en la mejora percibida por los usuarios en los servicios de atención primaria en el conjunto de España (APC = -0,238; IC95% -0,335– -0,121), así como en cinco comunidades (Asturias, Cantabria, Andalucía, Cataluña y Madrid). El porcentaje de usuarios que creen que la atención en consultas especializadas ha mejorado mostró una tendencia decreciente en España (APC = -0,241; IC95% -0,74– -0,109) y cuatro comunidades (País Vasco, Asturias, Andalucía y Cantabria); las demás se mostraron estáticas. Del mismo modo, se observó una tendencia decreciente en los servicios de hospitalización en España (APC = -0,171; IC95% -0,307– -0,036) y en tres comunidades autónomas (Murcia, Asturias y Andalucía). Ninguna comunidad mostró una tendencia creciente en el porcentaje de encuestados que valoraron si la atención en estos tres servicios había mejorado en los últimos cinco años.
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Ahora bien, dados los avances científicos, las nuevas prácticas de investigación y la creciente diversidad de los métodos, han surgido nuevos dilemas éticos al aplicar los principios establecidos que exigen determinar la seguridad, la efectividad, la eficacia, la accesibilidad y la calidad de tales innovaciones 7,8,14-16. Los dilemas éticos pueden entenderse como situaciones en las que se hace presente un aparente conflicto operativo entre dos principios éticos, de tal forma que el cumplimiento de uno de ellos implica la transgresión del otro 17. Algunos dilemas éticos se relacionan con el conflicto inherente entre la atención en salud de la población y la del individuo, la comercialización de la ciencia, el papel del médico como investigador y el del sanador, la deshumanización de la ciencia, y la salvaguarda de la confidencialidad, entre otros 18,19.
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We have reported the meta-analyses of the associated factors. As portrayed in Fig 3, in this meta-analysis, we have included 26 studies, five of which showed a statistically significant association between ART and fertility desire/intention. As a result, the pooled OR indicated that the fertility desire of PLHIV is statistically and significantly associated with ART (OR = 1.11; 95% CI:1.00–1.23; P = 0.043). The testing for heterogeneity did not reveal variability among the included studies (I2 = 44.1%, P = 0.009).
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Although showing some mild similarities to the surface-oriented sharks, shark #13 did not cluster within this behavioral type (Fig. 3). Like surface-oriented sharks, shark #13 displayed a unimodal depth distribution with the highest frequency at <5 m, but only 29% of its time was spent at these shallow depths (Fig. 4) in contrast to the surface-oriented sharks (46–51% of time). The depth use distributions between 5 m and 100 m for shark #13 were fairly uniformly distributed, accounting for 59% of the shark's overall tracked time. In contrast to all but one of the USVI sharks, FFT analysis did not reveal 24-h periodicity, although depth distributions differed between daytime and nighttime (P < 0.001; Fig. 4), with more time spent at the surface during the daytime than at nighttime. Further, distributions of water temperature and temperature standardized to SST differed between daytime and nighttime (all P < 0.025; Fig. 6), with warmer temperatures experienced during the daytime. Overall, shark #13 was not limited to the upper 50 m of the water column to the degree observed in USVI-tagged sharks, and despite making deep dives throughout its track, did not display a clear pattern of deep diving periodicity, with deep dives occurring both during the daytime and nighttime (Fig. 7).
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El seguimiento clínico, luego de revisar la historia clínica física y electrónica de los sujetos del estudio, con el fin de determinar la mortalidad por todas las causas y la ocurrencia de MACE, fue de 48 meses. Se encontró que 25% de los pacientes que tuvieron defecto de perfusión ≥10% de la MVT fallecieron; empero, solo un paciente (4%) de los que tuvieron defecto <10% falleció en el mismo periodo; esta diferencia resultó estadísticamente significativa (p=0,022) en el análisis univariable; sin embargo, no hubo diferencia estadísticamente significativa en la ocurrencia de stroke o de infarto de novo en ambos grupos, a pesar de haber una mayor ocurrencia de estos en el grupo con defecto ≥10%. Al sumar los eventos de mortalidad y MACE (stroke, infarto de novo), estos se presentaron en 41% de los casos del grupo con defecto ≥10% y solo en 8% del otro grupo (p=0,002) (Tabla 4).
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EVD survivors who were receiving ongoing care at ELWA Hospital Survivor Clinic were offered an ophthalmic evaluation during the screening program period at the time of their general medical care evaluation. In addition, EVD survivor associations were engaged by ELWA clinicians regarding the screening effort prior to the eye care program so that they could receive an evaluation, care, or referral as needed. The presence of an eye clinic for screening, treatment, and referral was also directly communicated with existing EVD survivor clinics in Monrovia (e.g. Médecins Sans Frontières) for patient evaluation.
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The relative lack of programs with environmental targets appearing in the peer-reviewed health literature does not necessarily reflect a lack of effort for environmental change, and a review of the grey literature would likely reveal many more such programs. This was beyond the scope and resources of the current work which sought to characterise the nature of health research and evaluation. Within the health research literature, the expertise and priorities of researchers and program evaluators has a strong influence on the nature of information reported, as does the precision of available measurement techniques. For example, it is relatively straightforward to document rates of specific infectious conditions, the medical and epidemiological expertise to do so is readily available in the research community, and the importance of improved clinical outcomes is not disputed. Hence the evaluation of the effects of installing swimming pools in remote communities has focused on this outcome despite the other stated aims of the program that are overtly social in nature . It is also sometimes the case that the outcomes of a program desired by community members differ from those considered a priority by program funders and evaluators. Alcohol management programs are a case in point, where a survey of over 80 Aboriginal Health Workers identified the quality of relationships between program participants and their family and community as being the overwhelming priority, well ahead of the quantity of alcohol which may be consumed . Vickery and colleagues , using oral histories and other sources, identified a number of social determinants of Indigenous health and placed them in the context of colonisation and decolonisation, the latter being the appropriate response for reversing the damaging effects of colonisation on contemporary Indigenous health status. In addition to the social determinants of health identified by the World Health Organisation, these Indigenous authors listed history, racism, place and land, incarceration, family separation and housing as important influences on Indigenous health. Few of these social determinants of health were explicitly described in the majority of published articles reviewed here. Management of land and natural resources is a field of relevance to human ecology and health in which Indigenous researchers and knowledge are integral . Burning, art, ceremony, collecting food and medicine, and protecting Country are the embodiment of culture and connection to land, spirit and ancestors for Aboriginal people. As such they cannot be separated from wellbeing. This is partly reflected in studies of the relationship of clinical and psychosocial wellbeing to involvement in Caring for Country and the appearance of Homelands living as a strategy in several successful health programs. However, most descriptions of Caring for Country programs appear in the natural resource management rather than the health literature which was the focus of this review. The health, environmental and economic effects of involvement in natural resource management have been reviewed elsewhere .
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Yang et al.10 deram o próximo passo para entender a importância da DAC em pacientes tratados com quimioterapia, ao avaliar a gravidade e a complexidade da DAC. Isso destaca a crescente necessidade do campo da cardio-oncologia de investigar os efeitos e desfechos cardiovasculares em pacientes que têm e são tratados por câncer.
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Brain MRI at one month of age. Axial T2-weighted MR image obtained at a ganglionic (a) and supraganglionic (b) level shows an increased signal intensity in the lentiform nuclei and ventrolateral thalami, in the periventricular white matter and within the subcortical U-fibers. Furthermore, the images show an enlargement of the lateral ventricles with irregular margins, fluid collection in the fronto-parietal area and a widening of the Silvian fissure
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Patients completed the survey by paper. In most cases, the survey was administered at hospital discharge while the patient was awaiting his/her discharge letter. Inclusion criteria included at least one day of hospitalization (overnight, inpatient), and being of age 18 years or older.
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了解细胞凋亡途径和与之相关的分子机制尤其是BIM的作用机制,研究提高细胞凋亡敏感性的方法或直接诱导细胞凋亡对于肿瘤的治疗具有重要意义。在探讨BIM能否成为临床NSCLC防治的参考指标的同时更要思考,是否可以通过人工调节bim基因的活性达到对NSCLC的治疗作用。在对bim基因进一步研究的基础上,减少抗肿瘤药物的耐药性和不良反应同时不影响机体正常的组织细胞而达到最佳治疗效果是我们的共同目标。然而,与肿瘤凋亡信号通路相关的小分子靶向药物仍存在着多种局限和不足。肺癌易发肿瘤转移,目前,在恶性肿瘤的化学治疗中,抗肿瘤药物的毒副作用大以及耐药等不足限制了其进一步的发展,而且肿瘤通常会对起初有效的治疗产生耐药性。因此,寻找新的抗肿瘤药物作用靶点并合成抗肿瘤新药成为肿瘤防治的重点之一。另外,未来的NSCLC靶向治疗将强调针对多个途径不同靶点的组合治疗,以期实现最大的药物疗效并且避开单独用药的不良反应和耐药性。
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Gastric acid production serves as a first line of defense against ingested acid-sensitive infectious agents (6). Consequently, PPI-induced increases in gastric pH might also result in gastric bacterial overgrowth and development of enteric infections (7). Indeed, in people, PPI use has been associated with an increased risk of enteric Clostridium difficile infections (8–10) and small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (11). There are few veterinary studies evaluating the effect of PPIs on the microbiome. Evaluating the colonic contents from rats, Kanno et al. showed that oral administration of omeprazole resulted in a dose-dependent increase in all intestinal bacteria, with the exception of Bifidobacterium (12). The effect of omeprazole on the GI microbiota has also recently been evaluated in dogs. Twice-daily administration of omeprazole for 15 days increased fecal Lactobacillus in all study dogs and decreased Faecalibacterium and the Bacteroidetes–Prevotella–Prophyromonas group in male dogs with the most significant effects noted in the stomach and small intestine (13). Decreases in fecal Faecalibacterium also occur in people receiving PPIs (14). Despite the widespread use of PPIs in cats, no studies have investigated their effect on the composition of the feline microbiome.
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Várias alterações fisiopatológicas levam à ocorrência de fibrilação, incluindo fatores hemodinâmicos, eletrofisiológicos, estruturais, autonômicos (moduladores), além de fatores desencadeantes representados pelas extrassístoles e taquicardias atriais ( Figura 1 ). Essas variam desde polimorfismos genéticos a modificações macroscópicas da estrutura do átrio, interferindo na atividade elétrica das células e resultando em desorganização da atividade elétrica atrial.
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The Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank (RCSB PDB, https://www.rcsb.org), the US data center for the global PDB archive, serves thousands of data depositors in the Americas and Oceania and makes available 3D macromolecular structure data free of charge. The RCSB PDB database was used to retrieve and download the PDB ID of the potential target proteins, whereas the structure of active compounds was downloaded in the traditional Chinese medicine systems pharmacology database and analysis platform database as a ∗mol 2 format. The compound ligand and protein were converted to the “PDBQT” format by AutoDock software. Grid Box was set with the appropriate size and location. Finally, AutoDock Vina was performed for molecular docking. Generally, the binding energy ≤−5.0 kj/mol can be considered an excellent binding effect. Pymol software was used to visualize molecular docking results.[37–39]
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To address this gap, we have developed a deep-learning-based system, the Hybrid subCellular Protein Localiser (HCPL), for robust protein localisation with subcellular resolution. Our system uses an ensemble of diverse deep architectures to generate precise annotations of protein localisation patterns in individual cells. We develop and validate our approach using the Human Protein Atlas (HPA)13, which is the largest public dataset (Fig. 1a) and forms an invaluable resource for studying cell biology (Methods). The HPA contains an extensive collection of four-channel images depicting specific protein localisations at a subcellular level, acquired using immunofluorescence staining followed by confocal microscopy imaging14. This resource is vital for understanding human cells and the complex molecular mechanisms underpinning their functions15,16, taking advantage of antibody-based multiplexed protein imaging methods6,17.Fig. 1Overview of the HPA dataset and the proposed solution.a The HPA dataset is the largest collection of images depicting specific protein localisations at a subcellular level, acquired using immunofluorescence staining followed by confocal microscopy imaging. The training dataset consists of 104307 images and corresponding image-level labels. To evaluate the system’s performance, the test set comprises 1776 images of 41,597 single cells. The test set is divided into a public test set (559 images) and a private test set (1217 images). The pie charts illustrate the numerical proportion of images and cells per class in the training and test set. Developing ML models for protein localisation is challenging due to issues from weak labelling, prevalent multi-label classifications, 3D-2D projection ambiguities, and severe class imbalance. b Each HPA image is represented by four channels, the nucleus (blue), the protein of interest (green), microtubules (red), and the endoplasmic reticulum (yellow). Our HCPL system takes 4-channel images as input and outputs segmented cells, protein localisation labels with associated probabilities, and the visual integrity scores for each cell. Experimental evaluation shows that HCPL achieves the classification performance of 57.19% mAP in single-cell analysis.
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Contrary to the meta-analysis by Shaheen and Myers, we used a high recommended cut-off of 2.44 for APRI (CI 1.56-3.32) . This improved the specificity to 83% at the expense of sensitivity decreasing to 40% in our total cohort, similar to the meta-analysis by Lin et al. who used a cut-off of 2.00 for APRI but they calculated a specificity of 91% with a sensitivity of 46% . Thus, APRI underperformed in our cohort of mixed diagnosis. One study noted the underperformance of APRI in late-stage HIV-AIDS due to AIDS-induced thrombocytopenia . However, HIV infection was found in only 6% cases of our cohort.
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To learn the topographic distribution of elevated O-GlcNAcylation in the ischemic brain, we immunostained the frozen brain sections from mice after MCAO with a mixture of two monoclonal antibodies (RL2 and CTD110.6), which both recognize various O-GlcNAcylated proteins. We observed a marked increase in the immunostaining at the ischemic side (Fig. 4G) as compared to the contralateral control side (Fig. 4F) of the brain 1–2 h after MCAO. The fluorescence signal was specific to O-GlcNAc because only background fluorescence was seen when GlcNAc (200 mM) was added into the primary antibody solution (Fig. 4G, insert). The increased O-GlcNAc immunostaining was obvious in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus (Fig. 4G). In the hippocampus, marked increase in O-GlcNAc staining was seen in the pyramidal neurons of all sectors of the cornu Ammonis (CA) and the granular neurons of the dentate gyrus (DG) of the ipsilateral side (Fig. 4G) as compared to the contralateral side (Fig. 4F). High magnification demonstrates clearly both nuclear and cytoplasmic distribution of the neuronal O-GlcNAcylated proteins (Fig. 4H–K).
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It has been published that RRSO uptake is higher in women with a personal medical history of breast cancer [22, 23, 27, 29]. But only two studies could support this with significant results in multivariable analyses [27, 29]. In two other studies, RRSO uptake was even lower in women with a medical history of breast cancer [28, 32].
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Despite the fact that the load parameters in the Hi/Lo and Lo/Hi paths are the same, the sequence of load affects the value of accumulated damage. As a result, we obtain different fatigue lives. Without taking into account block loads in the design, we can affect the safety of the structure if the load path method causes greater damage than that determined from the models ignoring the influence of the load history.
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La désobstruction de la voie biliaire principale (VBP) a été réalisée après ouverture de la VBP chez 64 patients avec des pinces à calcul et des grands lavages avec du sérum salé hypertonique. La VBP a été ensuite drainée par un drain de Kher. Les fistules biliaires intra kystiques ont été repérées grâce à une exploration minutieuse de la cavité kystique restante, aidée au besoin par une épreuve au bleu de méthylène. Le traitement a été réalisé soit par une suture directe simple par des points en x au vicryl, associé à un drainage de la cavité kystique par des drains tubulés ou perforés en simple siphonage chez 36 malades, soit par un drainage bipolaire par un drain de Kher ou Pedinilli et drainage de la cavité résiduelle après suture de l'orifice fistuleux dans 25 cas.
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[Personalmente, per continuare a svolgere il lavoro in classe iniziato nel mese di settembre e concluso agli inizi del mese di marzo, ho creduto opportuno di supportare le lezioni in videoconferenza (con google-meet) cioè sincrone, con lezioni che vado a registrare (con Screencast o matic) cioè asincrone.
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Because of the above mentioned safety considerations, the Scientific Committee is of the opinion that detailed physico‐chemical characterisation of a nanopesticide active substance as well as other co‐formulants in a formulation is an essential prerequisite for risk assessment. The update of the REACH Regulation regarding the consideration of substances in nanoform is applicable to co‐formulants. The ECHA guidance implementing the regulatory requirements should be considered by applicants for identifying and reporting the presence of co‐formulants in nanoform. The parameters listed in Table 1 that are relevant for nanopesticides would therefore need to be measured by methods that are suitable for nanomaterials. It is also important that other technical parameters for dispersions/formulations such as stability, susceptibility, wettability, etc., are also determined for nanopesticides.
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La durée du séjour moyen était de 6 jours (5 à 8 jours), au retrait de la sonde vésicale aucune patiente n'a rapporté de gène fonctionnelle et un calendrier mictionnel a été réalisé le jour du retrait de la sonde vésicale autorisant la patiente a sortir le lendemain vu que tous les résultats étaient satisfaisants, aucune complication à cours terme n'a été signalé avec un recul moyen de trois ans hormis une récidive qui est survenu chez une patiente 2 ans après son intervention et qui a eu un accouchement dystocique 3 mois avant la récidive, une diverticulectomie de novo fut réalisée chez cette patiente avec bonne évolution. L’étude anatomopathologique de la pièce a objectivé la présence de tissue urotéliale avec une métaplasie malpighienne chez 11 patientes et des signes inflammatoires non spécifiques chez 7 patientes.
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Future studies need to assess what effective components are and should assess clinical outcomes that are more sensitive to pharmaceutical care interventions, e.g. drug-related readmissions and adverse drug events. Also, studies need to improve continuity of care after discharge by primary healthcare providers. Future research should first consider the sensitivity of the measured outcome. Decision makers could come to the conclusion that interventions do not work while studies are underpowered and cannot show an effect.
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Signaling networks are the elective choice to model and identify drug Mode of Action, since most of the known effects of small molecules are mediated by kinases and phosphates. Despite the recent progress in fast and effective computational approaches, some of which were here reviewed, the major drawbacks is the experimental effort required to perform comprehensive phosphoproteomic time-course experiments. Increasing precision and decreasing costs of performing genome-wide phosphoproteomic measurements will likely lead to an increased use of signaling network models in the drug discovery.
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The MEM analysis for CO rebinding to MaPgb* + CO and to COMaPgb* gels yields lifetime distributions with bands at ∼10 ns, associated with geminate recombination, and two bands centered at ∼10 µs and ∼200 µs, whose position is dependent on CO concentration (Figure S6), suggesting they are associated with distinct bimolecular processes.
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Aktuell bestehen in Deutschland zwei generelle Möglichkeiten zur ambulanten Implantation von Herzschrittmachern, Defibrillatoren oder CRT-Systemen: Verträge zur besonderen Versorgung nach § 140 a SGB V oder Verträge nach § 115 b SGB V – „Ambulantes Operieren und sonstige stationsersetzende Eingriffe im Krankenhaus“. Alte Verträge zur besonderen ambulanten Versorgung nach § 73 c SGB V werden durch die Neuregelung des § 140 a SGB V abgedeckt und genießen Bestandschutz.
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Current research is focused on the identification and verification of several proposed mechanisms whereby ascorbate could affect tumor progression. These include: (i) the localized generation of cytotoxic quantities of H2O2 as a consequence of ascorbate oxidation (15, 18, 19); (ii) ascorbate-dependent activation of the 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases that down-regulate the hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) (20–22) and that are responsible for the demethylation of DNA and histones (11, 17, 23–25); and (iii) increased oxidative stress induced by dehydroascorbic acid taken up into tumor cells via the glucose transporters (26). These mechanisms all require effective delivery of ascorbate to the tumor.
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En primer lugar, el informe de esta relación únicamente presentó el valor de p asociado con el rechazo de la hipótesis nula cuando, en su lugar, la información del tamaño o de la fuerza de la asociación arrojaría una mejor descripción. En segundo lugar, tal como lo señalan los autores, se puede observar una posible tendencia monotónica ascendente de la prevalencia de las infecciones oportunistas en relación con los grupos de edad. Esta asociación fue aparentemente evaluada mediante la prueba de ji al cuadrado para categorías no ordenadas, la cual tiende a incrementar el error de tipo II cuando las categorías están realmente ordenadas (esto es, los grupos de edad) 2. Para ahondar más, la forma del patrón ascendente parece lineal y en otras este patrón aparentemente no lo es. Sin embargo, estas observaciones son esencialmente subjetivas y deben ser probadas directamente con los datos presentados en el cuadro 3.
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La amplia distribución en el cuerpo humano de los factores de entrada a las células huésped del SARS-CoV-2 indica que el virus puede infectar la mayoría de los órganos y tipos de tejidos. Inicialmente, se percibía que el principal órgano implicado en la patogénesis del COVID-19 era el pulmón; sin embargo, la acumulación de evidencias a lo largo del tiempo ha establecido que el COVID-19 es una enfermedad sistémica con manifestaciones extremadamente diversas (Tabla 1). En muchos casos, los pacientes presentan sobre todo síntomas no-respiratorios que afectan a uno o varios órganos, incluido el cerebro . Una revisión exhaustiva de la bibliografía sugiere que la afectación multisistémica en el COVID-19 puede explicarse en gran medida por la distribución generalizada de los receptores de entrada a las células huésped del SARS-CoV-2, la toxicidad viral directa, la respuesta inmunitaria desregulada del huésped, la participación del SRAA y la respuesta hiperinflamatoria sistémica contra la infección, además de la trombosis macro y microvascular. A continuación se mencionan evidencias empíricas recientes sobre todos estos aspectos, implicados en la fisiopatología del COVID-19 sobre sistemas fisiológicos clave.
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Este estudo teve número consideravelmente elevado de participantes em comparação com os outros estudos aqui citados,7 , 20 , 28 o que fornece maior credibilidade aos dados apontados por esta pesquisa. Além disso, seu desenho parece não ter sido realizado antes com esse mesmo público.
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Rezultate: Studii realizate de AHRQ (Agency for Health care Research and Quality) indică faptul ca tratamentul medicamentos, terapia ocupațională, tratamentul chirurgical pot reduce durerea, menține/îmbunătăți mobilitatea articulară și pot limita dizabilitatea funcțională.
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Como en muchos otros países, el cáncer es hoy uno de los principales retos para la salud en Chile. En 2016, el cáncer era la segunda causa de muerte a nivel nacional, superado solo por enfermedades del sistema circulatorio. Sin embargo, se espera que esta jerarquía se revierta, y para el año 2023 se proyecta que el cáncer será la primera causa de muertes en el país (1). En la actualidad, además, el cáncer representa la principal causa de la carga de enfermedad, medida con años de vida ajustados por discapacidad (2).
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It is worth noting however, that BER via methyl-CpG binding domain 4 (MBD4) and thymine-DNA glycosylase (TDG) is more commonly associated with the repair of 5mC deamination-induced G•T mismatches (14,15). Studies have shown that their impairment can cause increased transition mutations at mCpGs (32–34). In particular, MBD4 has been found to be altered at high rates in MSI colorectal cancers due to MSI-induced mutations in polynucleotide tracts within the coding region of MBD4 (35–37). Indeed, we found that 4/10 of our MSI samples harboured a truncation of MBD4. However, as the mutation–methylation association is no different between MSI samples with and without MBD4 truncation, we find it unlikely that MBD4 inactivation is solely responsible for the increased rate of mutation accumulation that we observe at 5mCs in MSI cancers (see Supplementary Data Note). Alternative explanations are that the samples without MBD4 truncations harbor other defects in BER that we have not detected, or that the loss of MMR also simultaneously leads to the impairment of BER activity. To further elucidate whether MMR plays a direct role in repairing errors at mCpG dinucleotides, or somehow indirectly impacts the correction of errors at mCpG dinucleotides, would require further research.
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After 12 weeks, all rabbits were sacrificed with carbon monoxide and the skin overlying cartilage grafts were removed (Figure 1). All cartilages were harvested, weighted and their volume was recorded. Cartilages were sent to the pathology laboratory in a solution of 10% formaldehyde. After preparing paraffin blocks with 5 µm thick longitudinal serial sections, H & E staining was performed and viability of cartilages was determined by counting the numbers of nucleated lacunae. In each of cartilage samples, the numbers of nucleated lacunae were counted in three separate fields with magnification of ×40 and mean of them was recorded for that sample.
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Epigenetic changes, such as CpG methylation and miRNA, are widespread throughout the genome in IPF-lung tissues and may regulate the expression of important genes [43–46]. Although fibroblasts have been studied mainly at the steady-state RNA level, there is evidence for the abnormal regulation of mRNA translation in the fibroblasts . Furthermore, the surrounding environment influences the gene expression of fibroblasts. Recently, diseased ECM was reported to be the predominant driver of pathological gene expression, and the expression of ECM-sensitive genes is regulated primarily at the translational level . Genes encoding IPF-associated ECM proteins are targets for miR-29, which is downregulated in fibroblasts grown on IPF-derived ECM. Other candidate miRNAs are localized to the chromosome 14q32 microRNA cluster, many of which belong to the miR-154 family . Thus, the differentially expressed genes in our study should be analyzed together with global changes in CpG methylation and miRNA expression in the future.
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Additionally, little is known about the effect of FPE in depression on relative-related outcomes, such as quality of life. Quality of life is an important aspect to investigate since the relatives of patients with depression report considerable distress and are at risk of developing depression themselves . Family psychoeducation may improve emotional distress and care burden experienced by the relatives but further research is needed. Family psychoeducation is also in line with the concept of “positive psychiatry,” a branch within psychiatry that is concerned with interventions promoting wellbeing [23, 24].
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1972年Stanton等经气道吸入方法建立了MPE模型,此后出现了多种MPE模型,宿主的免疫状态、肿瘤细胞的选择、肿瘤细胞导入胸膜腔的位置和途径是这些模型之间的主要区别。侵袭性强并能分泌血管内皮生长因子的肿瘤细胞是构建MPE的前提,近年来多数学者选择经胸腔接种肿瘤细胞直接经胸膜腔接种,虽与肿瘤细胞自发转移到胸膜腔的行为不完全一致,但是可以单纯研究瘤细胞到达胸膜腔的后续行为,包括肿瘤新生血管形成、肿瘤生长、侵袭、转移以及MPE形成等。2005年Stathopoulos经胸膜腔接种成功建立MPE模型。此模型在直视下做皮肤、皮下筋膜和肋间肌肉切口,容易损伤肋间血管,小鼠出血多,同时壁层胸膜薄弱,进针后无明显胸膜突破感,不易掌握针尖位置。将靛蓝染料加入细胞悬液中,多次发现蓝色细胞悬液不在胸膜腔内,而在纵隔内或者肺部。此种方法稳定性不高,成瘤率不能保证,动物消耗多,不适合初学者。本次实验借助显微镜进行操作,镜下清晰可见小鼠心脏搏动、双侧肺随呼吸而上下浮动以及肋间血管,肋间隙进针,方向明确。微量移液器有计量精准、针尖圆盾的优点,相对容易控制进针速度,体式显微镜为实验室常用设备,成本低,操作简便,动物损伤相对小,模型稳定,有很好的重复性,成瘤率和成胸水率高。首次将LLC-EGFP细胞接种到胸膜腔内,动态观察到少量肿瘤细胞形成的瘤细胞团块、肿瘤细胞浸润周围组织以及肿瘤细胞向远处转移等一系列过程,与既往的MPE模型相比,本模型通过观察绿色荧光蛋白的表达,能客观评价LLC细胞在裸鼠胸腔内的生长情况,从而能够发现肉眼无法观察到的微小转移灶和淋巴结转移,在进一步探索肿瘤细胞发生胸膜转移的机制的研究中有重要价值。
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The salivary gland is an exocrine gland that produces and excretes saliva into the oral cavity. It consists of a lobular parenchymal compartment of acini and ducts, and surrounding stroma including myoepithelial and neurovascular bundles. The localization of salivary gland-resident stem or progenitor cells remains unclear; we have previously predicted that multipotent stem cells are located close to the ECM of the parenchymal compartment . Because cell-to-ECM interactions play a crucial role in directing cell behavior and properties, we attempted to modulate our single clonal SGSCs by 3D spheroid culture, which recapitulates cell-to-cell and cell-to-ECM interactions in vivo more effectively than traditional 2D monolayer culture.
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虽然免疫检查点抑制剂在肿瘤治疗中表现出了显著的疗效,但其在增强机体免疫功能的同时,也可能会引起免疫相关的不良反应(immune-related adverse events, irAEs)。例如第一个被发现的免疫检查点细胞毒性T淋巴细胞相关蛋白4(cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4, CTLA-4),其抑制剂Ipilimumab于2011年被美国食品药品监督管理局(Food and Drug Administration, FDA)批准用于黑色素瘤的治疗;但CTLA-4的阻断在激活次级淋巴器官中的T细胞时,会导致irAEs的发生。常见的不良反应如皮疹,发生率在43%-45%;消化系统不良反应如结肠炎、腹泻、肝炎;内分泌不良反应如下垂体炎、甲状腺功能减退等,也有着较高的发生率;而其他irAEs如肺炎、肾炎、神经系统和胰腺的不良反应发生率则相对较低[5, 6]。与之类似,PD-L1抑制剂在阻断PD-1/PD-L1的作用时,主要通过重新激活效应T细胞并促进其产生相应的细胞因子,发挥其抗肿瘤效应[7, 8],因而对正常的免疫系统也有可能产生局部和区域性的负面影响。随着抗PD-1/抗PD-L1抗体在临床上的抗肿瘤应用越来越广泛,其导致的不良反应也有更多报道。Moslehi等分析了世界卫生组织Vigibase数据库,报道了101例患者在应用免疫检查点抑制剂后发生严重心肌炎,且其中46例(46%)患者因之死亡。Al-Kindi等利用FDA药品不良反应报告系统的数据,发现250例患者在应用免疫检查点抑制剂后发生心肌炎,且其中124例(50%)患者因之死亡。和其他抗肿瘤药物相比,免疫检查点抑制剂引起心肌炎的比例明显更高,且一些患者仅使用1剂-2剂的免疫检查点抑制剂即可发生致命性心肌炎[9, 10]。因此,在动物水平研究免疫检查点的心脏毒性及减轻毒性的方法,具有重要的实际意义。免疫检查点抑制剂已被广泛用于肺癌、黑色素瘤、结肠癌、肾癌、卵巢癌、胃癌、胰腺癌、乳腺癌等多种癌症患者的治疗。抗PD-1、抗PD-L1抗体的治疗效果往往与PD-L1表达水平等有关,而其诱发的不良反应在上述所有类型的癌症患者中均有报道。因此,在正常小鼠体内研究抗PD-L1抗体的毒副作用,可能更具代表性。本文以C57BL/6小鼠为动物模型,初步探索了多次尾静脉注射抗PD-1/抗PD-L1抗体后对小鼠心脏功能所能产生的不良反应及救治方法。
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Participants who experienced at least one SP episode during their lifetime had significantly higher levels of personality trait anxiety compared to those who had never experienced it: M = 41.17, Me = 42.0, SD = 11.94 vs. M = 37.29, Me = 36.0, SD = 8.96 (Z = 2.70; p = 0.006).
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Cechą charakterystyczną cholestazy w przebiegu PFIC-3 jest podwyższona aktywność GGTP, która wymaga różnicowania z innymi przyczynami cholestazy zewnątrzwątrobowej – atrezja dróg żółciowych, torbiele i inne wady dróg żółciowych, kamica pęcherzyka i dróg żółciowych, czy wewnątrzwątrobowej – niedobór alfa- 1-antyproteazy, zespół Alagille’a, mukowiscydoza, toksyczne i polekowe uszkodzenie wątroby. Dla cholestazy zewnątrzwątrobowej typowe jest stwierdzenie odbarwionych stolców (także możliwe w niedoborze alfa-1-antyproteazy, zespole Alagille’a, mukowiscydozie czy innych typach PFIC), brak lub mały pęcherzyk żółciowy w badaniu USG jamy brzusznej. Cholangiografia metodą rezonansu magnetycznego pozwala wykluczyć stwardniające zapalenie dróg żółciowych lub inne patologie dróg żółciowych. Prawidłowe stężenie alfa-1-antyproteazy w surowicy oraz fenotyp alfa-1-antyproteazy pozwalają wykluczyć jej deficyt. Prawidłowy wynik badania przesiewowego noworodków w kierunku mukowiscydozy (dostępny we wszystkich województwach w Polsce od czerwca 2009 roku) oraz prawidłowe stężenie chlorków w pocie (w sytuacji braku wyniku badania przesiewowego lub w sytuacjach wątpliwych) pozwalają wykluczyć mukowiscydozę. Nieobecność wady serca, kręgów motylich, prawidłowy wynik badania oftalmologicznego w lampie szczelinowej oraz nieobecność cech dysmorfii twarzy pozwalają oddalić podejrzenie od zespołu Alagille’a .
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Ebenso berichteten Teilnehmende, dass die räumliche Nähe anderer Teams (R 2), Serendipität (zufällige Begegnungen, Q 2). Einige empfanden, dass dies teamübergreifende Zusammenarbeit, Austausch und Beziehungen (K 1–3) förderte:Also ich zumindest habe vorhin nicht über die Gruppen, also über das X‑Team [anonymisiert] hinaus Kooperationen mit anderen gehabt. Das hat sich dann, würde ich meinen auch wegen der veränderten Büroumgebung verändert (Nr. 4).Plötzliches Treffen (…) vermischen sich die Teams cross-funktional und arbeiten an verschiedenen Themen (Nr. 1).Früher (…) die Leute teils gar nicht gekannt hat. Also den Namen gehört und ein Foto dazu und hat die Menschen nicht gekannt (…) jetzt (…) sich begegnet und einfach auch mal darüber spricht: Hey, was machst du gerade und dann merkt man, man hat mega viel Gemeinsamkeiten in Projekten oder auch Privat (Nr. 8)Viele Personen, mit denen man vorher noch nicht so zu tun hatte, trifft man plötzlich. Sei es im Kaffeeraum oder eben auf dem Gang oder so. Es gibt schon eine grössere Durchmischung und das gibt positive Gespräche (Nr. 6).
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The counselling intervention was a structured, manualised eight session brief counselling intervention informed by adapted cognitive behavioural interventions, including problem solving, cognitive restructuring and behavioural activation . An adherence to chronic medication session was added to total nine sessions. Session one focuses on depression psychoeducation and session eight on closure of the intervention. Sessions two to seven focus on addressing triggers and causal influences of depression previously identified through formative work , namely poverty; interpersonal conflict; social isolation; grief and bereavement; and internalised and externalised stigma. Each of these triggers are addressed using a specific cognitive behavioural intervention .
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The rare and scarce occurrence of DMN changes in the analysis of single patients due to the low sensitivity of classical fMRI sequences has been a major challenge for such a study design. The fact that we saw negative BOLD changes in the DMN in all patients suggests that MREG will facilitate this type of investigation and hopefully enable us to answer the question whether focal IED have the potential to interrupt consciousness or cognition.
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Cochlear implant devices are able to measure the e-ECAP thresholds from the auditory nerve. Each electrode directly stimulates the auditory nerve when electrical current necessary to trigger a hearing sensation passes. The amount of electrical current necessary to trigger the hearing sensation is different for each individual and for each stimulation canal . Therefore, each user's speech processor must be individually adjusted together with each stimulation canal in a process that is called programming or mapping.
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Interestingly, both GH and IGF-I increased the iron-induced lipid peroxidation (LPO) in porcine thyroid homogenates . On the other hand, GH and IGF-I may prevent the iron-induced oxidative damage in other tissues . These results suggest that somatotrophic axis may reveal either pro-oxidative or anti-oxidative action, depending on the current redox status. This, in turn, may contribute to the regulation of thyroid growth and function .
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Extraction of plant extract was done by maceration method . A total of 15 g of the dried samples was powdered and dissolved in 150 mL of aqueous methanol 80%. Extraction was done by soaking the mixture on a shaker at room temperature for 72 h. The mixture was filtered through filter paper (GF/A, 110 mm; Whatman, Maidstone, UK). The obtained extract was concentrated in a vacuum rotary evaporator at 50 °C, then dried in a vacuum oven at 450 °C for 3 h. The dried extract was used to measure total phenol, total flavonoids and the antioxidant activity assay .
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Pretested and structured questionnaire was used. The questionnaire used was a modified version of the American Thoracic Society and National Heart and Lung Institute, Division of Lung Disease Respiratory, questionnaire [12, 13]. It contains questions on sociodemographics, respiratory symptoms and behavioral, occupational, and environmental variables. The questionnaire was translated from English to Amharic and back to English.
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O processo de estratificação identificou que 57% do total de pacientes recém-internados apresentaram indicação para uso da quimioprofilaxia já nas primeiras 24 horas de internação, sendo 42% dos clínicos e 81% dos cirúrgicos. Entretanto, os resultados sobre a conformidade da profilaxia adotada corroboram a literatura e revelam subutilização da profilaxia química para o TEV, tanto no paciente clínico como no cirúrgico. Maior destaque ocorreu em relação aos pacientes clínicos de alto risco e cirúrgicos de moderado risco, uma vez que apenas 54% e 4% desses pacientes, respectivamente, receberam quimioprofilaxia apropriada no período analisado. Há necessidade de aprimoramento da segurança do paciente em relação ao TEV já nas primeiras horas de internação.
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There is a recent study by Fujinaga et al. reporting 100% complete remission in children with SRNS receiving RTX . This study is noteworthy because the authors emphasized the significance of timing of RTX initiation in SRNS patients. In the study, the authors investigated long-term outcomes after early application of RTX in six Japanese children who were unresponsive to a combination of CSA and intravenous methylprednisolone pulses . The patients had RTX treatment within 6 months of disease onset (median 11 weeks), followed by retrial of high-dose intravenous methylprednisolone (2 mg/kg/d) and oral prednisolone and then switched to maintenance oral immunosuppressants (MMF or CSA). Using this protocol, all six patients achieved complete remission at a median of 158 days and maintained remission (although there were relapses) for a follow-up period of 5.1 years, without developing renal insufficiency . In the previous open-label RCT in patients with refractory SRNS by Magnasco et al., two standard doses of RTX were not able to induce remission within 3 months after administration . It is important to note that in the study by Fujinaga, most patients (4/6, 67%) achieved remission after 3 months of RTX administration with repeated doses (one patient required eight doses of RTX until complete remission was achieved) . The authors suggested that in case of unresponsiveness, repeated administration over a longer period of time can be effective in SRNS. Evidence supports the concept that serum RTX levels may decrease more rapidly in SRNS due to persistent urinary losses [114, 115]. In that sense, it appears to require more doses in SRNS patients who have uncontrolled proteinuria [41, 116]. Moreover, the time from diagnosis of SRNS to the first RTX infusion was 2.5 years in the RCT by Magnasco et al. and 2.2 years in the study by Topaloglu et al. , while it was 11 months in Fujinaga et al.’s study . It may be speculated that a long-lasting nephrotic state leads to irreversible histologic changes, such as fibrosis and glomerulosclerosis , which results in imperfect response to RTX treatment. This view was supported by an observational study by Kamei et al., in which seven out of ten (70%) SRNS patients responded after repeated doses of RTX followed by intravenous methylprednisolone pulses and an additional oral immunosuppressant . In this study, the seven patients who received RTX within 6 months of disease onset achieved complete remission, while two patients who had a longer duration of disease (61 and 121 months, respectively) progressed to end-stage kidney disease [41, 62].
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To induce SE, 30- to 40-day-old male mice received two intraperitoneal (i.p.) kainate (KA) injections (15 and 5 mg/kg) at an interval of 30 min. Littermate male mice injected with PBS were used as control. The KA injections induced crises scored according to the Racine scale of level 3 (rear into a sitting position with forepaws shaking) to 5 (continuous rearing and falling). Mice, which did not reach level 3 after 1 h received a third injection (5 mg/kg). The multiple injection protocol provided a better control of the crisis and reduced mortality (less than 10 %).
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Original quote in Italian: “Quindi ovviamente la scelta del paziente è essenziale però c’è una varietà di atteggiamento dal punto di vista della tecnologia, microinfusore si, microinfusore no, con tempi diversi della persona, del bambino, della famiglia… a volte c’è una famiglia che lo vuole e il bambino no e viceversa”.
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Após 7 dias da visita inicial, os participantes retornavam ao ambulatório para devolver o acelerômetro e realizar a espirometria para a avaliação da função pulmonar, de acordo com as diretrizes internacionais.( 22 ) Os valores analisados de pacientes e controles foram obtidos sem o uso de broncodilatador.
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In the present study, the selected EOs elicited antennal responses in both males and females of P. spumarius demonstrating the capability of the peripheral olfactory system of both sexes to perceive volatile compounds present in these EOs. Male and female antennae also showed to be sensitive to variations in concentrations of EOs, as shown by the dose dependent EAG responses elicited by increasing concentration of each EO. This result supports the idea that EO volatiles may act as long-distance cues to P. spumarius adults. Moreover, differences in the male and female perception of some concentrations of the three EOs demonstrated the capability of the insects’ olfactory system to perceive them selectively. All these observations further confirm the antennal responsiveness of adult P. spumarius to a wide range of VOCs33. Moreover, in this study, spittlebug adults collected from different herbaceous plants in two different areas gave similar EAG responses to different concentrations of the three EOs thus suggesting a common innate responsiveness to the stimuli tested.
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LNCaP‐derived 3 × 103 cells were seeded in 24‐well dishes at day ‐1. Cells were treated with or without 1 μg/mL tetracycline, and cell viability was assessed at days 0, 2, 4, 6, and 8 by alamarBlue assay (Invitrogen) as described previously 18. Experiments were performed in quadruplicate and repeated three times.
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Z kolei w innym badaniu prospektywnym porównywano LCI z FEV1 z wynikami badań obrazowych- HRCT klatki piersiowej u chorych z łagodną do umiarkowanej PCD. Wartość LCI korelowała z wynikiem HRCT i ze zmianami takimi jak pogrubienie ścian oskrzeli, korki śluzowe i rozstrzenie oskrzeli. W porównaniu z FEV 1 wskaźnk LCI był bardziej czułym parametrem w wykrywaniu nieprawidłowości strukturalnych. Udowodniono, że pomiar LCI u chorych na PCD ma znaczenie kliniczne i jest czulszym wskaźnikiem korelującym z nieprawidłowościami strukturalnymi w HRCT niż FEV1.
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Infarction lesion. The right-hemispheric lesion area and the corresponding contralateral area (a) in diffusion images with regions of interest marked in red. The corresponding lesion is shown in an apparent diffusion coefficient map (b). The high-signal infarction area is situated at the junction of the external capsule and the caudate nucleus.
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A general conclusion for the role of HLA-E in HSCT is not feasible, yet, since only a limited amount of clinical data considering cohort size and differences in patient treatment as well is available, this needs to be completed by comprehensive further studies. However, the fact that HLA-E is also a target for a subset of CD8+ T cells contributes to its posttransplant role. The recognition by HLA-E restricted CD8+ T cells emerges to the spotlight that was shown in HCMV-seropositive transplant patients that restore a subset of HLA-E-reactive CD8+ T cells . These CD8+ T cells developed cytolytic activities when cultured with different HLA-E haplotyped endothelial cell cultures independently of the HLA-E allele. This activation was observed not only for HCMV seropositive but also for seronegative endothelial cells. This indeed suggests the direct recognition of allogeneic HLA-E on graft endothelial cells in solid organ transplantation. However, the activation could be inhibited due to the presence of specific HLA-C haplotypes that are ligands for the classical HLA class I NK receptor KIR2DL2 . This receptor was highly expressed on the HLA-E restricted CD8+ T cell subsets. This data suggests that HCMV-associated HLA-E-restricted T cells could contribute to allograft rejection in the case of HLA-C haplotype/NK receptor mismatch on graft tissue.
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The 1% C. violaceum (OD600, 0.9) was incubated in a 250 mL Erlenmeyer flask containing 20 mL of LB broth supplemented with M. bracteata EO (sub-MICs, 6% v/v), and the culture was mixed at 30 °C with shaking at 150 rpm in a rotatory shaker. The growth of bacteria was determined by UV–Visible spectrophotometry (U-290, Hitachi Company, Tokyo, Japan ) at OD600 from 0 to 72 h.
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The group also found that among seven compounds, individual small molecule of C, 6, F, Z was the most essential ingredient to CiPSC; removal of any one of these compounds from the cocktail might result in failure of CiPSC . While these data are very interesting and clearly showed that CiPSC was generated from mEF, the principle of the CiPSC is not clear. To explore the mechanism of the small molecules based iPSC, the research group reported new findings on mechanisms of the pluripotent stem cell status .
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Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS (V.25, IBM). Categorical data were presented as frequencies and percentage, continuous as mean±SD or median and IQR as per normality. The Student’s t-test was used for parametric data, Mann-Whitney U test for non-parametric and χ2 for categorical variables. Regression analysis was used to determine the factors associated with perfusion in the HCM subjects. The analysis was performed on both a global (subject level) and segmental level (where the effect of wall thickness and LGE on perfusion was assessed on a segment basis). A mixed effects linear regression model was used at the segmental level to control for within-subject dependency (subjects included as the random effect).
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A total of 177 LN patients were included into this study. The prevalence of HUA in the cohort was 40.11%. Demographic, clinical, laboratory and pathological characteristics of LN patients with or without HUA were shown in Table 1 and Table 2. As the two tables showed, there were more hypertension, a higher proportion of urine sediment, higher levels of SUA, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), serum creatinine (Scr), triglycerides, blood glucose, phosphorus, parathyroid hormone (PTH), 24 h urinary albumin, 24 h urinary α1-microglobulin, urine N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidase (NAG) activity, lower levels of eGFR, serum album, complement 3 (C3), 24 h urinary calcium, urinary volume and urinary pH in LN patients with HUA than those without HUA. However, there was no significant difference between the two groups in other laboratory parameters such as cholesterol, low density lipoprotein (LDL), immunoglobulin G/A/E/M (Ig G /A/E/M), complement 4 (C4) and etc. Renal biopsy was performed in 141 patients. In the group with HUA, the patient number of the pathological class I, II, III, IV, V, (II + V), (III + V), (IV + V) were 1, 0, 7, 19, 5, 0, 12, 9 respectively; In the group without HUA, the patient number of class I to (IV + V) were 1, 9, 10, 18, 19, 3, 20, 8 respectively. There was a statistical difference in the constituent ratio of pathological types between the two groups (P < 4.5%). There was more class IV in the group with HUA.
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We observed that variants of rs2296651 were associated with the risk of HBV infection. However, the association was independent of HBV infectivity. Under the recessive, additive and codominant model of inheritance, we observed that rs2296651 was associated with the increased risk of HBV infection. On the other hand, under the dominant genetic inheritance model, we observed that rs2296651 was protective of HBV infection. Several studies have indicated that variants of rs2296651 either increases an individual’s susceptibility to HBV infection and/or its complications, makes resolution/viral clearance of the infection faster or improves the prognostic outcome of cirrhosis and HCC [15, 19–22]. The evidence of the transferability of rs2296651 associated with HBV infection has been demonstrated among the Han population , Taiwanese and Vietnamese . However, unlike our results, rs2296651 [(c.800C > T) (S267F)] has been associated with reduced HBV infection and associated hepatic complications . Among the population of Thailand, the rs2296651 SNP variant was associated with inactive and non-infectious CHB and viral clearance among HBV infected persons . These findings indicate that although variants of rs2296651 are associated with HBV infection, the definition of the risk variant may be dependent on the genetic architecture of the population as well as the environmental agents identified as risk factors for HBV infection.
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• I have some mayor concerns about the selection of patients. Out of approximately 1600 patients, you selected 100 patients for the derivation cohort and 148 patients for the validation cohort (i.e. 1450 patients were not analyzed). In what way were the patients selected? How can you rule out selection bias? I think this is a very important aspect of your manuscript. Why only develop the scoring systems in 100 patients (and not more), and why validate the scores in only 148 patients (and not more)?
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Das Ziel aller am Überleitungsprozess beteiligten Parteien – Krankenhaus, Nachversorger, Hausarzt, Pflegedienst, Versicherer – muss der medizinisch-pflegerisch optimal versorgte, zufriedene Patient sein, der ohne Ängste die stationäre Behandlung verlässt. Darüber hinaus sind langfristig Einsparungen im Gesundheitssystem anzustreben, die durch ein optimales Netzwerk an zeitnahen Überleitungshilfen und Nachversorgern die Sicherheit und Gesundheit der Patienten gewährleisten. Die vorliegende explorative Studie liefert Ergebnisse zum Entlassmanagement in einer deutschen Universitätsklinik für Chirurgie, die unter anderem zeigen, dass die Verweildauer nach der gesetzlich vorgeschriebenen Einführung nicht gesunken ist.
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Espí-López et al.25 encontraron una mejora estadísticamente significativa en la CV de los pacientes con TTH en el seguimiento tras recibir un tratamiento de presión inhibidora suboccipital (SI) en comparación a la CV antes de recibir el tratamiento (diferencia de 0,51 puntos en el SF-12). No se encontraron diferencias significativas en la CV para los pacientes que recibieron el tratamiento de SI. En general, el estudio concluye que, aunque se observaron mejoras en todos los grupos, estas no fueron importantes. Lee et al.22, observaron una mejora en la calidad de vida (medida por el instrumento HIT- 6) de los pacientes cuando disminuye el TTH, especialmente en pacientes que recibieron un tratamiento con terapia (BF), aunque también con los otros tipos de terapia ofrecidos (terapia manual y estiramientos). Otros dos estudios, Manandhar et al. y Rastenytė et al.19, 21, compararon la CV de los participantes que sufren de diferentes tipos de dolores de cabeza, pero no controlan si los pacientes se encontraban o no bajo algún tratamiento. Ambos encontraron una CV (medida con el instrumento WHOQOL-8) pobre (de media 28,2 and 28,4, respectivamente) para los pacientes con TTH, a pesar de que es ligeramente mayor para TTH en comparación con otros dolores de cabeza. Ambos estudios encontraron diferencias entre la CV de los pacientes con TTH en comparación con la CV de pacientes sin dolor de cabeza, a favor de estos últimos. Esta diferencia no fue significativa según los resultados del estudio de Rastenytė et al.21, mientras que sí lo fue en el estudio de Manandhar et al.19. Este último estudio también encontró que los valores de CV en la muestra de pacientes con TTH eran ligeramente superiores a los valores de CV para los pacientes con migraña. Zebenigus et al.20 estudiaron la CV para ofrecer estimaciones de la discapacidad y otro tipo de cargas asociadas al dolor de cabeza, incluyendo TTH y otros tipos, encontrando un valor medio de 29,3 puntos en el WHQOoL para los pacientes con TTH.
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Nous avons autorisé l´appui dans un délai moyen de 8 semaines, en effet l'appui est encouragé le plus tôt possible, partiel à partir de de 6 à 8 semaines post opératoire selon Bastias , il sera par la suite en charge. Cet appui dépendra aussi du type de fracture et de la qualité de l'ostéosynthèse. Nous avons déploré 6 cas d´infection, cette dernière constitue l´une des principales complications postopératoires. Elle peut être sévère, touchant aussi bien les parties molles que le squelette. Le taux d´infection dans les fractures du pilon tibial est variable dans la littérature. Ce taux est semblable aux taux rapportés par les meilleures séries. Ce taux est expliqué par le respect des parties molles soit par le report de la chirurgie à foyer ouvert après amélioration de l´état cutané, soit l´utilisation du fixateur externe, soit l´utilisation des réductions indirectes avec ostéosynthèse à minima. Dans notre série, la moyenne du score de l'AOFAS était de 85,4 points. Ces résultats sont conformes aux résultats retrouvés dans la littérature. Encinas-Ullan a trouvé un score AOFAS moyen de 84,9 points, Bastias a eu un score moyen de 89 Kao aussi a obtenu un score moyen de 87,3.
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Articulația genunchiului are o structură complexă, fiind alcatuită din mai multe compartimente, straturi musculare, tendoane, ligamente și structuri capsulare, motiv pentru care prezintă susceptibilitate mare la leziuni traumatice, afecțiuni legate de vârstă, artrite inflamatorii sau septice. Rolul principal al compartimentului anterior al articulației este cel de mencanism extensor, alcătuit în primul rând din tendonul cvadricipital, patelă și tendonul patelar.
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In comparison with the other methods, the current implementation of our algorithm is computationally intensive. The real computational time can be reduced linearly diminishing kmax and quadratically diminishing the number of probes. Moreover, the computation can be easily parallelized by arm and by chromosome, reducing further the calculation time.
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From the early studies by physics-oriented researchers, it was noticed that brain waves are a blend of potentials that originate from microscopic sources distributed in the volume, a complex mixture of heterogeneous neuron segments that inject current to the extracellular space and set space-varying electric fields that reach far from the sources. As this implies their mixing in the volume (Supplementary Video 1), it was anticipated how difficult the anatomical ascription of mesoscopic FPs would be (Lorente de Nó 1947a, 1947b; Woodbury 1960; Elul 1971; Nunez and Srinivasan 2006).
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On the other hand, several tracks from the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous transition of Europe that lack the diagnostic features of Iguanodontipus have been assigned to this ichnogenus [104, 130–132], probably because of geographical and temporal conventions.
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The PANAS has a two-correlated factor structure, positive and negative affect. We tested this two-factor structure with a confirmatory factor analysis. The model reasonably fitted the observed data: χ2(169) = 1425.31, p < .001, χ2(169) = 8.43, RMSEA = .112 CI [.106–.117], CFI = .917, TLI = .907, SRMR = .076. Fit was adequate according to both the CFI and the SRMR. RMSEA was a little higher than expected. However, and taking into account that the parameter estimates were all statistically significant and very large, we can conclude that the model has an adequate fit. Figure 1 shows the CFA model. As mentioned above, all factor loadings were statistically significant (p < .001) and large. With regard to the first factor (positive affect), all standardized loadings were in the range from .68 to .85. Regarding the second factor (negative affect), again standardized loadings were large, with a minimum of .59 and a maximum of .83. Fig. 1Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) model. Note. Rectangles are measured variables, the large circles are the latent construct, and ellipses are residual variances. Factor loadings are standardized
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The median OS of the 15 patients was 610 days, and the 5-year OS rate was 16.0% (Fig. 1). The median relapse-free survival was 383 days, and the 5-year relapse-free survival was 17.8%. The survival of the 2 patients with R2 resection was of a short duration, at 131 and 205 days, respectively.Fig. 1Overall survival among patients who underwent esophagectomy for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma with recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis at the initial visit
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For regional analysis, correlation between HA values derived from DTI and optical images was calculated using Spearman’s correlation coefficient. For the ischemic model, paired t-test was applied to evaluate differences between peri-infarct areas and remote areas.
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The separation of free and bound cortisol was performed by ultrafiltration of the plasma, as described by37. Briefly, 200 μl of plasma were loaded in centrifugal filter units (Centrifree®-MPS, Micropartition devices, Millipore Corp, USA) and centrifuged at 2,000 g for 30 min at 18 °C. Subsequently, the resulting filtrate with the free cortisol was stored at −20 °C until analyzed. Determination of free cortisol was performed in a subsample (n = 10) consisting of the LR and HR individuals with the lowest and highest sum of Z-scores.
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33 nouveau-nés du groupe I (86,84%) n'ont connu aucune complication néonatale contre 25 (78,12%) et 15 (75%) dans les groupes II et III (p = 0,2782). L'anoxie néonatale est la complication la plus rencontrée et ce de manière presque égale dans les 3 groupes avec des taux respectifs de 13,16%, 15,63% et 15% alors que l'infection néonatale n'a été retrouvée que chez les nouveau-nés des groupes II et III avec des proportions voisines de 6,25% et 5% respectivement. Une élongation du plexus brachial a été enregistrée parmi les nouveau-nés du groupe III. Dans l'ensemble le risque de complications néonatales n'est pas statistiquement différent dans les 3 groupes (p > 0,05). Concernant l'issue néonatale, le taux de déperdition néonatale est de 12% chez les nouveau-nés du groupe I contre respectivement 22,9% et 11,1% dans les groupes II et III. La comparaison de ces différents taux ne donne pas de différence statistiquement significative (p = 0,31). Il en est de même du risque létal néonatal en rapport avec les 3 groupes étudiés. Le séjour hospitalier néonatal a varié entre 1 et 37 jours dans le groupe I avec une moyenne de 3,25 jours (DS = 5,31) contre 2 et 23 jours dans le groupe II et 1 et 8 jours dans le groupe III autour des moyennes respectives de 5,2 jours (DS = 4,74) et 2,6 jours (DS = 2,05). La comparaison des 3 moyennes ne montre pas de différence significative (p = 0,09) mais le risque d'un séjour hospitalier allongé (>3 jours) est statistiquement plus élevé concernant les nouveau-nés du groupe II comparé aux groupes I (OR = 7,24; IC = 1,92-28.91, p = 0,001) et III (OR= 0,20; IC= 0,04 - 0,84, p = 0,023).
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Although FC derivations based on anatomical ROIs have been explored extensively using different parcellation schemes (Craddock et al., 2012; de Reus and van den Heuvel, 2013; Marrelec and Fransson, 2011; Poldrack, 2007; Shirer et al., 2012), researchers have become more aware that functional inhomogeneity for anatomical parcellation may induce biases for network construction and graph analyses.
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Flow redirection and tissue overgrowth are 2 main mechanisms via which PLED works. PLED is able to bridges the aneurysm neck and decrease the blood flow into the aneurysm sac, yet delivering blood to adjacent perforators as well as side branches. Flow stasis as well as formation of a stable aneurysmal thrombus are triggered by decrease in blood circulation within the aneurysm and accelerates necessary aneurysm occlusion. Nevertheless, side branch occlusion, delayed aneurysmal rupture, as well as delayed intraparenchymal hemorrhage are still observed as complications associated with PLED. Also, ISS has been reported as one of the cardinal complications associated with PLED.
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The dried laver was purchased in a market in Korea. The dried laver was cut into 30 × 30 (L × W) mm pieces with sterilized scissors. The surface of the dried laver was disinfected with 70% ethanol to remove natural microorganisms and dried in a biological safety cabinet (CHC Lab Co. Ltd., Daejeon, Korea). Each cut and sterilized piece was used as a sample in this study.
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Tanto las pruebas del método de referencia como el ADA y la RT-PCR sondas de hibridación para M. tuberculosis fueron realizadas en paralelo una vez se hizo el diagnóstico a partir del exudado linfocitario inicialmente en líquido pleural y si estas no eran concluyentes para generar un diagnóstico definitivo se realizaron dichas pruebas de forma paralela en muestra de biopsia pleural. Al inicio del estudio no se tenía el diagnóstico de la etiología de dicho derrame pleural ni tampoco antecedente previo de TB ni cáncer, aunque esto no era un criterio de exclusión.
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En este análisis, la edad materna no fue un factor asociado con BPN, contrario al estudio de Pugh et al. que se describió que las mujeres con hipoglucemia eran más jóvenes y con IMC pregestacional más bajo30. Esta diferencia puede basarse en que esas mujeres tenían, además, enfermedades previas al embarazo que podían modificar el peso al nacimiento, ítem que en la presente investigación fue excluido con la intención de evitar el sesgo de confusión.
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Human bronchial epithelial cells (HBECs) (4 × 104 in 50 mL complete PneumaCult-Ex plus medium) were added to a HTS Transwell-96 permeable support plate (polyester membrane with a 0.4 μm pores) and immersed in receiver plates containing 150 μL of complete PneumaCult-Ex plus medium for 3 days. The medium on confluent monolayers was then replaced with RPMI medium containing neutrophils (4 × 104) in RPMI buffer that were previously treated with 5 μM NA-11, 100 μM apocynin, 5 μM NA-4, or DMSO vehicle and then activated with 100 nM PMA. The transwell plate was cultured in a new receiver plate containing 150 μL Hank’s balanced salt solution (HBSS) for 2 h. 10 μL of DMEM supplemented with 5% FBS and 2 mM L-glutamine were added to each well and the plate was incubated for additional 18 h. To measure the permeability of the epithelial barrier, FITC-dextran (200 μg/mL) and DNase-1 (22 Units/mL) were added to the apical side for 1 h. FITC-dextran in the receiver plate was measured (ex: 494 em: 521).
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Our larger hypothesis is that the key reason that germline and somatic variants tend to fall on the same sites is that some of the same sites are mutation-prone in both the germline and somatic settings. One way we tested this larger hypothesis was through an analysis of the role of nucleotide context in shared germline and somatic variants. This approach was successful because nucleotide context is well-established as a feature associated with mutation rates. We also pursued a completely different approach, in which sites are identified as mutation-prone within the germline not in virtue of the sites’ genomic features but by evidence of mutational recurrence within that setting at the site. Put another way: one sign that a genomic site is mutation-prone in the germline is if it has arisen independently in the germline multiple times.
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Несмотря на обилие работ, посвященных картированию R-генов в геноме картофеля (Ballvora et al., 2002; Van Der Vossen et al., 2003; Park et al., 2005; Restrepo et al., 2005; Bradshaw et al., 2006a, b; Solomon-Blackburn et al., 2007; Brugmans et al., 2008; Tan et al., 2008; Rauscher et al., 2010), следует отметить, что устойчивость к возбудителю фитофтороза сортов картофеля на основании R-генов сохраняется на протяжении 5–10 лет, после чего сорт становится восприимчивым к новым расам P. infestans (Stewart et al., 2003). Распознавание патогена R-геном довольно быстро нивелируется мутациями в соответствующем гене авирулентности P. infestans, что позволяет патогену успешно проникать и колонизировать растение-хозяина при совместимом взаимодействии (Poland et al., 2009).
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O uso de prostanoides em casos de isquemia crítica sem condições de revascularização é descrito na literatura, havendo relatos prévios de bons resultados na melhora da dor e pequeno efeito favorável na cicatrização de feridas. Além disso, há relato de caso de seu uso no contexto da COVID-1918,19. Nos casos apresentados, foi observado melhora das queixas álgicas após a introdução de alprostadil, sem reações adversas.
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