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J Surg Res 2022 May 17;278:49-56. Epub 2022 May 17.

Department of Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tiqva, Israel; Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Introduction: Accurate early diagnosis of a gastrointestinal anastomotic leak remains a challenge. When an anastomotic leak develops, the electrical properties of the tissue undergoing inflammatory processes change, resulting from the extravasation of inflammatory fluid and cellular infiltration. The method described here intends to provide a novel early anastomotic leak warning system based upon measurable changes in tissue impedance nearby an acute inflammatory process. Read More

Neuroreport 2022 Jun 11;33(9):399-407. Epub 2022 May 11.

School of Nursing, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China.

Background: Increasing data show that structural changes of spastic muscle and hyperexcitability of reticulospinal tract (RST) are involved in the pathogenesis of spasticity after stroke (SAS). Our previous study has indicated that the anti-spastic effect of acupuncture, especially waggle needling (WN, a multiple directional needling method with joint movement), on SAS rats was related to the KCC2-GABAA pathway in cerebral cortex. Furthermore, as a peripheral stimulation to treat upper motor neuron injury-related spasticity, acupuncture's effect on peripheral spastic muscles and inhibitory neurotransmitters in the brainstem, the origin of the RST, should be further clarified. Read More

Scand J Public Health 2022 May 20:14034948221088003. Epub 2022 May 20.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.

Aims: To examine the association between maternal age and maternal obesity across socioeconomic groups and to determine whether socioeconomic status modifies the association between maternal age and maternal obesity with a view to informing public health policies.

Methods: Data for this register-based study were sourced from the Finnish Medical Birth Register and Statistics Finland, using the information of 707,728 women who gave birth in Finland from 2004 to 2015. We used multivariable regression models to assess the association between maternal age and maternal obesity across socioeconomic groups. Read More

J Comp Neurol 2022 May 20. Epub 2022 May 20.

Department of Biology/Animal Physiology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.

The central complex (CX) in the brain of insects is a highly conserved group of midline-spanning neuropils consisting of the upper and lower division of the central body, the protocerebral bridge, and the paired noduli. These neuropils are the substrate for a number of behaviors, most prominently goal-oriented locomotion. Honeybees have been a model organism for sky-compass orientation for more than 70 years, but there is still very limited knowledge about the structure and function of their CX. Read More

Heliyon 2022 May 2;8(5):e09380. Epub 2022 May 2.

School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Science, Mizan-Tepi University, Mizan-Aman, Ethiopia.

Background: Undernutrition in pregnant women, expressed as low mid-upper arm circumference, is responsible for maternal mortality and morbidity, adverse birth outcomes, subsequent childhood malnutrition, and mortality. As a result, the purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of maternal undernutrition and associated factors during pregnancy in public hospitals in the Bench-Sheko and Kaffa zones of southwest Ethiopia.

Methods: A facility-based cross-sectional study design was employed among 566 women who received antenatal care from March-May 2021 at the public hospitals of the Bench-Sheko and Kaffa zones, Southwest Ethiopia. Read More