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Acta Psychol (Amst) 2021 May 5;217:103312. Epub 2021 May 5.

Department of Psychology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.

In humans, voluntary task switching is susceptible to bottom-up influences like a switch of the target stimulus identity (Mayr & Bell, 2006). A recent study with ants (Czaczkes, Koch, Fröber, & Dreisbach, 2018) has shown that even irrelevant cue changes increase switching behavior, but only if they are presented within a high-reward context. To investigate whether a reward context would also increase switching behavior in response to meaningless cue changes in humans, we conducted two voluntary task switching experiments. Read More

Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 2021 Apr 19;258:119855. Epub 2021 Apr 19.

Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Egyptian Russian University, Badr City 11829, Cairo, Egypt. Electronic address:

Cardiovascular disorders are among the foremost causes of death worldwide, especially hypertension, a silent killer syndrome that requires multiple drug therapy for proper management. This work presents novel and green spectrophotometric methods for the concurrent analysis of Amlodipine (AML), Telmisartan (TEL), Hydrochlorothiazide (HCTZ), and Chlorthalidone (CLO) in their pharmaceutical dosage form. The suggested methods were Fourier-self deconvolution, amplitude factor, and first derivative methods developed and validated for the simultaneous determination of a tertiary mixture of AML, TEL, and HCTZ in TELVAS 3D 80 mg tablet and a binary mixture of TEL and CLO in TELMIKIND-CT 40 tablets. Read More

Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 2021 Apr 26;258:119882. Epub 2021 Apr 26.

Shanghai Key Laboratory of Forensic Medicine, Shanghai Forensic Service Platform, Academy of Forensic Science, Ministry of Justice, No. 1347 West Guangfu Rd., Shanghai 200063, China. Electronic address:

Determination of the cause of death for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), a common and fatal acute complication of diabetes mellitus, is a challenging forensic task owing to the lack of characteristic morphological findings at autopsy. In this study, Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) microspectroscopy coupled with chemometrics was employed to characterize biochemical differences in pulmonary edema fluid from different causes of death to supplement conventional methods and provide an efficient postmortem diagnosis of DKA. With this aim, FTIR spectra in three different situations (DKA-caused death, other causes of death with diabetes history, and other causes of death without diabetes history) were measured. Read More

Acta Biomater 2021 May 5. Epub 2021 May 5.

Center for Composite Materials and Structures, Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), P.O. Box 3011, No. 2 Yikuang Street, Harbin 150080, People's Republic of China. Electronic address:

Transcatheter closure has been widely accepted as a highly effective way to treat abnormal blood flows and/or embolization of thrombus in the heart. It allows the closure of four types of congenital heart defects (CHDs) and stroke-associated left atrial appendage (LAA). The four types of CHDs include atrial septal defect (ASD), patent foramen ovale (PFO), patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), and ventricular septal defect (VSD). Read More

Acta Biomater 2021 May 5. Epub 2021 May 5.

State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; Suzhou Origin Medical Technology Co. Ltd., Suzhou, Jiangsu 215513, China. Electronic address:

Gallbladder cancer can be difficult to detect in its early stages and is prone to metastasize, causing bile duct obstruction, which is usually treated by stent implantation in clinic. However, the commonly used biliary stents are non-degradable, which not only prone to secondary blockage, but also need to be removed by secondary surgery. Biodegradable magnesium (Mg) is expected to one of the promising candidates for degradable biliary stents due to its excellent physicochemical property and biocompatibility. Read More

Acta Biomater 2021 May 5. Epub 2021 May 5.

Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Applied Physics Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. Electronic address:

Vascularization is a critical step following implantation of an engineered tissue construct in order to maintain its viability. The ability to spatially pattern or direct vascularization could be therapeutically beneficial for anastomosis and vessel in-growth. However, acellular and cell-based strategies to stimulate vascularization typically do not afford this control. Read More

Acta Biomater 2021 May 5. Epub 2021 May 5.

Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, USA; Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, USA; Department of NanoEngineering, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, USA. Electronic address:

The scales of pine cones undergo reversible deformation due to hydration changes in order to optimize seed dispersal. This improves the survivability of the pine. The reversible flexing of the scales is caused by two tissue layers arranged in a sandwich configuration: a layer composed of sclereid cells and a sclerenchyma layer. Read More

Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2021 May 5:129917. Epub 2021 May 5.

Diabetes Research Group, Ulster University, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK. Electronic address:

Background: Neurotensin receptor activation augments the biosctivity of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP). JMV-449, a C-terminal neurotensin-like fragment with a reduced peptide bond, represents a neurotensin receptor agonist.

Methods: The present study assessed the actions of JMV-449 on pancreatic beta-cells alone, and in combination with GIP and GLP-1. Read More

Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2021 May 5:188562. Epub 2021 May 5.

Breast and Thyroid Surgery, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China. Electronic address:

Reversible phosphorylation of proteins, controlled by kinases and phosphatases, is involved in various cellular processes. Dual-specificity phosphatases (DUSPs) can dephosphorylate phosphorylated serine, threonine and tyrosine residues. This family consists of 61 members, 44 of which have been identified in human, and these 44 members are classified into six subgroups, the phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) protein phosphatases (PTENs), mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatases (MKPs), atypical DUSPs, cell division cycle 14 (CDC14) phosphatases (CDC14s), slingshot protein phosphatases (SSHs), and phosphatases of the regenerating liver (PRLs). Read More

Biochim Biophys Acta Bioenerg 2021 May 5:148446. Epub 2021 May 5.

Department of Chemistry, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York, NY 10016, United States; Department of Physics, City College of New York, New York 10031, United States; Department of Physics, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY 10016, United States. Electronic address:

Photosystem II allows water to be the primary electron source for the photosynthetic electron transfer chain. Water is oxidized to dioxygen at the Oxygen Evolving Complex (OEC), a MnCaO inorganic core embedded on the lumen side of PSII. Water-filled channels surrounding the OEC must bring in substrate water molecules, remove the substrate protons to the lumen, and may transport the product oxygen. Read More

Clin Chim Acta 2021 May 5. Epub 2021 May 5.

Laboratory of Renal Lithiasis Research, University Institute of Health Sciences Research (IUNICS-IdISBa), University of Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca 07122, Spain. Electronic address:

Background And Aims: Uric acid (UA) kidney stones account for 10 to 11% of all kidney stones, and this percentage has increased over time. An accurate, rapid, simple, and low-cost test is needed to distinguish urine that is susceptible and resistant to the formation of UA crystals. The aim of this paper is to develop a test to assess the risk for UA crystallization (RUAC) and to validate its utility in routine clinical practice by analysis of urine samples of UA stone formers and healthy volunteers. Read More

Acta Trop 2021 May 5:105946. Epub 2021 May 5.

Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan. Electronic address:

The apicomplexan parasite Cryptosporidium causes serious diarrheal disease in humans and animals worldwide. The present review summarizes epidemiological and molecular studies as well as the clinical disease burden of natural Cryptosporidium infections in humans and animals from Iraq. Retrieved reports regarding cryptosporidiosis in Iraq indicated that the disease is highly prevalent in humans and animals, but the results extracted from these reports are confusing and mostly employed traditional methodologies for the detection of Cryptosporidium infective stage, the oocysts, in clinical samples. Read More

Acta Vet Hung 2021 May 5. Epub 2021 May 5.

2Companion Animal Cancer Research Unit, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.

Haemangioma (HA) and haemangiosarcoma (HSA) are among the most common splenic neoplasms in dogs. The survival time in splenic HSA is short, probably due to the lack of proper biological markers allowing early detection. We investigated the serum angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) concentrations in 9 healthy dogs and 40 dogs with abnormal splenic masses. Read More

Acta Microbiol Immunol Hung 2021 May 7. Epub 2021 May 7.

3Microbial Physiology and Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

Infection of the urinary tract ranks as one of the most common infections affecting people worldwide and its treatment is made complicated by the rising incidence of antibiotic resistance. This study aimed to detect extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) genes and antibiotic resistance profile of uropathogenic Escherichia coli (E. coli) recovered from patients attending a University Teaching hospital in Nigeria. Read More

Acta Paediatr 2021 May 8. Epub 2021 May 8.

Department of Clinical Medicine K1, University of Bergen, Norway.

Aim: Thrombosis of bridging veins has been suggested to be a marker of bridging vein rupture, and thus AHT, in infants with subdural haematoma.

Methods: This is a non-systematic review based on Pubmed search, secondary reference tracking, and authors' own article collections.

Results: Radiological studies asserting that imaging signs of cortical vein thrombosis were indicative of traumatic bridging vein rupture were unreliable as they lacked pathological verification of either thrombosis or rupture, and paid little regard to medical conditions other than trauma. Read More

Acta Paediatr 2021 May 8. Epub 2021 May 8.

Division of Paediatrics and Neonatal Critical Care, A.Béclère Medical Centre, Paris Saclay University Hospitals, France.

Extremely preterm neonates often need ongoing support for chronic pulmonary insufficiency of prematurity. The simplest support is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). More complex techniques are bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP), non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) and non-invasive high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (NHFOV). Read More

Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2021 May 8. Epub 2021 May 8.

Research Center for Emergency Medicine, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark.

Background: To describe 24-hour fluid administration in emergency department (ED) patients with suspected infection.

Methods: A prospective, multicenter, observational study conducted in three Danish hospitals, January 20-March 2, 2020. We included consecutive adult ED-patients with suspected infection (drawing of blood culture and/or intravenous antibiotic administration within 6 hours of admission). Read More

Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2021 May 8. Epub 2021 May 8.

Herlev Anaesthesia Critical and Emergency Care Science Unit (ACES) Department of Anaesthesiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev-Gentofte, Herlev, Denmark.

Background: Emergency abdominal surgery carries a high mortality, as patients are often frail with significant comorbidity. We aimed to evaluate the association between co-existing ischemic vascular disease (IVD) and long-term mortality in patients undergoing emergency abdominal surgery.

Methods: We included adult emergency abdominal surgical patients operated on 13 Danish hospitals between January 1 2009 and December 31 2010. Read More

Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2021 May 8. Epub 2021 May 8.

Department of Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.

Background: Emerging evidence indicates a relationship between glycemic variability during intensive care unit (ICU) admission and death. We assessed whether mean glucose, hypoglycemia occurrence, or premorbid glycemic control modified this relationship.

Methods: In this retrospective, multicenter cohort study, we included adult patients admitted to five ICUs in Australia and Sweden with available pre-admission glycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and ≥3 glucose readings. Read More

Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2021 May 8. Epub 2021 May 8.

Holbaek Hospital, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Sjaelland, Holbaek, Denmark.

The purpose of this commentary is to help facilitating and improving communication in the ICU with patients and/or families when conducting end-of-life (EOL) conferences or advanced care planning (ACP). Only two papers have provided specific advice for improving communication in the ICU , hence we present a list of 22 hints and advice to help increase patient and family satisfaction and to help prevent that disproportionate care is provided to patients who will not benefit or who does not want it. Read More

Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2021 May 8. Epub 2021 May 8.

Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital & The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

Health service professionals do not have perfect vigilance. There will always be the possibility that a serious untoward incident can occur due to crossover injections of medication being administered via the wrong route. The universality of the Lüer connector made it very easy to connect several medical devices for different therapeutic uses. Read More

Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2021 May 8. Epub 2021 May 8.

Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Background: There is increasing evidence that the individual physician is the main factor influencing variability in end-of-life decision-making in intensive care units. End-of-life decisions are complex and should be adapted to each patient. Physician-related variability is problematic as it may result in unequal assessments that affect patient outcomes. Read More

Acta Neurol Belg 2021 May 8. Epub 2021 May 8.

Department of Radiology, Medical Faculty, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey.

Radiological imaging is important in the diagnosis of the artery of Percheron (AOP) infarction. This study aimed to discuss the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of this abnormal variant of arterial supply. Patients who presented to our hospital with stroke symptoms between 2010 and 2019 and underwent brain MRI were evaluated retrospectively. Read More

Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2021 May 8. Epub 2021 May 8.

Department of Spine Surgery, University Hospital of Basel, Spitalstrasse 21, 4031, Basel, Switzerland.

Background: There is a significant variance in surgical treatment strategies of ventral cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks causing spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH). Posterior approaches might represent a preferable alternative to the more invasive anterior and lateral routes, as long as the spinal cord is not exposed to harmful manipulation. The aim of this technical note is to report and illustrate a new surgical technique using an intradural extraarachnoid sutureless technique via laminoplasty for indirect repair of ventral CSF leaks causing intractable SIH symptoms. Read More

Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai) 2021 May 8. Epub 2021 May 8.

College of Animal Science and Technology, Jilin Provincial Engineering Research Center of Animal Probiotics, Key Laboratory of Animal Production and Product Quality Safety of Ministry of Education, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, China.

The major etiologic agent that causes acute gastroenteritis worldwide in young animals and children is Group A rotavirus. Currently, commercially available vaccines do not often prevent porcine rotavirus (PRV) infection. In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of oral recombinant Lactobacillus vaccine against PRV in a mouse model. Read More

Acta Paediatr 2021 May 7. Epub 2021 May 7.

Department of Education, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.

Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2021 May 8. Epub 2021 May 8.

Department of Emergency Medicine, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, University Hospital Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.

Background: Children with neuromuscular diseases (NMDs) often display respiratory muscle weakness which increases the risk of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPCs) after general anaesthesia. Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) associated with mechanical insufflation-exsufflation (MI-E) can reduce the incidence and severity of PPCs. The aim of this study was to report our experience with a shared peri-operative protocol that consists in using NIV combined with MI-E to improve the postoperative outcome of NMD children (IT-NEUMA-Ped). Read More

Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2021 May 8. Epub 2021 May 8.

Research Group of Surgery, Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical Research Center, Oulu University, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland.

Background: Surgical treatment of ankle fracture is associated with significant pain and high postoperative opioid consumption. The anaesthesia method may affect early postoperative pain. The main objective of the study was to compare postoperative opioid consumption after ankle-fracture surgery between patients treated with spinal anaesthesia and general anaesthesia. Read More

Acta Neurol Belg 2021 May 7. Epub 2021 May 7.

Department of Neurology, University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium.

Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2021 May 7. Epub 2021 May 7.

Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska Academy, Box 430, 405 30, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Background: In patients with vestibular schwannomas (VS), tumor control is often achieved, and life expectancy is relatively good. The main risks of surgical treatment are hearing loss and facial nerve function. The occurrence of mood and sleeping disorders in relation to surgery is an important aspect of health that has rarely been studied. Read More