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J Biomed Opt 2018 Dec;23(12):1-6

Technical University of Denmark, Department of Photonics Engineering, Roskilde, Denmark.

While there exist many Monte Carlo (MC) programs for solving the radiative transfer equation (RTE) in biological tissues, we have identified a need for an open-source MC program that is sufficiently user-friendly for use in an education environment, in which detailed knowledge of compiling or UNIX command-line cannot be assumed. Therefore, we introduce MCmatlab, an open-source codebase thus far consisting of (a) a fast three-dimensional MC RTE solver and (b) a finite-element heat diffusion and Arrhenius-based thermal tissue damage simulator, both run in MATLAB. The kernel for both of these solvers is written in parallelized C and implemented as MATLAB MEX functions, combining the speed of C with the familiarity and versatility of MATLAB. Read More

J Biomed Opt 2018 Dec;23(12):1-8

International University-Vietnam National University HCMC, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Ho, Vietnam.

Skin cancer is one of the most common cancers, including melanoma and nonmelanoma cancer. Melanoma can be easily detected by the observation of abnormal moles, but nonmelanoma signs and symptoms are not apparent in the early stages. We use the Stokes-Mueller matrix decomposition method to detect nonmelanoma at the early stage by decomposing the characteristics of polarized light interacting with normal and cancerous tissues. Read More

J Biomed Opt 2018 Dec;23(12):1-7

University of British Columbia, School of Biomedical Engineering, Vancouver, Canada.

Determining the optical polarization properties of a skin lesion is a proposed method to differentiate melanoma from other skin lesions. We developed an in vivo Stokes polarimetry probe that fires a laser of known polarization at the skin and measures the Stokes parameters of the backscattered light in one shot. From these measured Stokes parameters, we can calculate the degree of polarization (DOP). Read More

Yonsei Med J 2019 Jan;60(1):106-114

Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Purpose: Previous studies have shown that neurologic symptoms are dominant in patients with mitochondrial diseases, and most of these patients have seizure-related disorders. The epileptic classification of these patients as Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is as high as 25%. This study aimed to investigate the clinical manifestations, diagnoses, treatments, and epilepsy in LGS, which is associated with mitochondrial disease. Read More

Yonsei Med J 2019 Jan;60(1):98-105

Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Purpose: The disease entity mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) is characterized by an early onset of stroke-like episodes. MELAS is the most dominant subtype of mitochondrial disease. Molecular genetic testing is important in the diagnosis of MELAS. Read More

Yonsei Med J 2019 Jan;60(1):88-97

Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.

Purpose: Sodium chloride (NaCl) has been proposed as a driving factor in autoimmune diseases through the induction of pathogenic CD4 T helper cells that produce interleukin-17 (Th17 cells). This study investigated the effects of NaCl on inflammatory arthritis in mice and humans.

Materials And Methods: Collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) mice were fed a normal or high-salt diet , and clinical and histologic features of arthritis were evaluated. Read More

Yonsei Med J 2019 Jan;60(1):79-87

Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.

Purpose: This study aimed to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of the anti-pancreatic fibrosis effects of matrine in rats.

Materials And Methods: Trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid was administrated to rats to establish a pancreatic fibrosis model. Rats were divided into four groups: Control, Sham, Model, and Matrine (n=8). Read More

Yonsei Med J 2019 Jan;60(1):73-78

Center for Colorectal Cancer, Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea.

Purpose: Prior abdomino-pelvic (AP) surgery makes colonoscopy difficult and can affect bowel preparation quality. However, bowel preparation quality has been found to vary according to prior AP surgery type. We examined the relationship of prior AP surgery type with bowel preparation quality in a large-scale retrospective cohort. Read More

Yonsei Med J 2019 Jan;60(1):65-72

Division of Cardiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Purpose: Antithrombotic therapy could be related with nuisance bleeding. This study investigated whether vitreous hemorrhage (VH) is associated with specific types of antithrombotic medication in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF).

Materials And Methods: In the Korean National Health Insurance Service National Sample Cohort, we identified 9352 antiplatelet/anticoagulant-treated AF patients. Read More

Yonsei Med J 2019 Jan;60(1):56-64

Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Purpose: Details on the hemodynamic differences among Fontan operations remain unclear according to respiratory and cardiac cycles. This study was undertaken to investigate hemodynamic characteristics in different types of Fontan circulation by quantification of blood flow with the combined influence of cardiac and respiratory cycles.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-five patients [10 atriopulmonary connections (APC), 13 lateral tunnels (LT), and 12 extracardiac conduits (ECC)] were evaluated, and parameters were measured in the superior vena cava, inferior vena cava (IVC), hepatic vein (HV), baffles, conduits, and left and right pulmonary artery. Read More

Yonsei Med J 2019 Jan;60(1):48-55

Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Purpose: This study aimed to elucidate which echocardiographic criteria at three time points, for cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) response, are accurate in discriminating the hierarchical clinical composite end point (HCCEP).

Materials And Methods: We included 120 patients (age, 66.1±12. Read More

Yonsei Med J 2019 Jan;60(1):38-47

Department of Gastrointestinal Tumor, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China.

Purpose: -infected gastric cancer (GC) is known to be a fatal malignant tumor, but the molecular mechanisms underlying its proliferation, invasion, and migration remain far from being completely understood. Our aim in this study was to explore miR-1915 expression and its molecular mechanisms in regulating proliferation, invasion, and migration of -infected GC cells.

Materials And Methods: Quantitative real-time PCR and western blot analysis were performed to determine miR-1915 and receptor for advanced glycation end product (RAGE) expression in -infected GC tissues and gastritis tissues, as well as human gastric mucosal cell line GES-1 and human GC cell lines SGC-7901 and MKN45. Read More

Yonsei Med J 2019 Jan;60(1):30-37

Department of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, The Central Hospital of Wuhan, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

Purpose: The present study aimed to investigate correlations between uridine glucuronosyltransferase 2B7 (UGT2B7) -161 single nucleotide polymorphism C to T (C>T) and the occurrence of cardiotoxicity in Chinese breast cancer (BC) patients undergoing epirubicin/cyclophosphamide-docetaxel (EC-D) adjuvant chemotherapy.

Materials And Methods: 427 BC patients who had underwent surgery were consecutively enrolled in this prospective cohort study. All patients were scheduled to receive EC-D adjuvant chemotherapy regimen, and they were divided into UGT2B7 -161 CC (n=141), UGT2B7 -161 CT (n=196), and UGT2B7 -161 TT (n=90) groups according to their genotypes. Read More

Yonsei Med J 2019 Jan;60(1):22-29

Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China.

Purpose: It is well documented that natural killer (NK) cytotoxicity against hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells is impaired in HCC, which might account for the failure of anti-tumor immune response. miRNAs are considered as important regulators for the development and functions of NK cells. However, the entire role of miR-506 in NK cells remains far from being addressed. Read More

Yonsei Med J 2019 Jan;60(1):10-21

Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, and Institute for Immunology and Immunological Diseases, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a group of systemic necrotising vasculitides, which often involve small vessels, and which lead to few or no immune deposits in affected organs. According to clinical manifestations and pathological features, AAV is classified into three variants: microscopic polyangiitis, granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), and eosinophilic GPA. The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria contributed to the classification of AAV, although currently the algorithm suggested by the European Medicines Agency in 2007 and the Chapel Hill Consensus Conference Nomenclature of Vasculitides proposed in 2012 have encouraged physicians to classify AAV patients properly. Read More

Yonsei Med J 2019 Jan;60(1):1-9

Department of Interdisciplinary Program in Biomedical Science, Graduate School, Soonchunhyang University, Bucheon, Korea.

For the past three decades, a large number of genetic studies have been performed to examine genetic variants associated with asthma and its subtypes in hopes of gaining better understanding of the mechanisms underlying disease pathology and to identify genetic biomarkers predictive of disease outcomes. Various methods have been used to achieve these objectives, including linkage analysis, candidate gene polymorphism analysis, and genome-wide association studies (GWAS); however, the degree to which genetic variants contribute to asthma pathogenesis has proven to be much less significant than originally expected. Subsequent application of GWAS to well-defined phenotypes, such as occupational asthma and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugexacerbated respiratory diseases, has overcome some of these limitations, although with only partial success. Read More

J Tissue Eng Regen Med 2018 Dec 16. Epub 2018 Dec 16.

Kearney Lab, Department of Anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Dublin 2, Ireland.

Collagen-glycosaminoglycan (CG) scaffolds have been widely developed for a range of regenerative medicine applications. To enhance their efficacy, CG scaffolds have previously been pre-vascularised in vitro using human endothelial cells and mesenchymal stromal cells (hMSC); however, at later time-points, a regression of vascularisation is observed. This is undesirable for longer pre-culture periods (e. Read More

J Tissue Eng Regen Med 2018 Dec 16. Epub 2018 Dec 16.

Department of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery and Burn Centre, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH University Hospital, Aachen, Germany.

During the last three decades, tissue engineering and reconstructive surgery have become standard therapeutic options in the world of medicine. Several biomaterials, either alone, or in combination with cultured cellular products, have been introduced to compensate for the scarcity of autologous donor tissue or to improve healing in a variety of surgical specialties e.g. Read More

Top Cogn Sci 2018 Dec 15. Epub 2018 Dec 15.

Department of Psychology, University of Arizona.

Artificial grammar learning (AGL) paradigms have proven to be productive and useful to investigate how young infants break into the grammar of their native language(s). The question of when infants first show the ability to learn abstract grammatical rules has been central to theoretical debates about the innate vs. learned nature of grammar. Read More

Mol Ecol Resour 2018 Dec 16. Epub 2018 Dec 16.

Museum of Southwestern Biology and Department of Biology, MSC03 2020, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131-0001, USA.

Avian malaria and related haemosporidians (Plasmodium, [Para]Haemoproteus, and Leucocytoozoon) represent an exciting multi-host, multi-parasite system in ecology and evolution. Global research in this field accelerated after 1) the publication in 2000 of PCR protocols to sequence a haemosporidian mitochondrial (mtDNA) barcode, and 2) the development in 2009 of an open-access database to document the geographic and host ranges of parasite mtDNA haplotypes. Isolating haemosporidian nuclear DNA from bird hosts, however, has been technically challenging, slowing the transition to genomic-scale sequencing techniques. Read More

Dev Sci 2018 Dec 16:e12790. Epub 2018 Dec 16.

Boston College, Psychology, Boston.

Across two experiments, we investigated how verbal labels impact the way young children attend to proportional information, well before the introduction of formal fraction education. Five- to seven-year-old children were introduced to equivalent non-symbolic proportions labeled in one of three ways: (1) a single, categorical label for multiple fractions (both 3/4 and 6/8 referred to as "blick"), (2) labels that focused on the numerator (e.g. Read More

Transbound Emerg Dis 2018 Dec 16. Epub 2018 Dec 16.

College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, Sichuan, 611130, China.

Elizabethkingia miricola is a Gram-negative rod which has been incriminated in severe infections in humans. Recently, a serious infectious disease was identified in Chinese spiny frogs (Quasipaa spinosa), in the Sichuan Province of China; the disease was characterized by corneal opacity, the presence of ascites, and neurologic symptoms. A Gram-negative bacillus was isolated from the liver, spleen, and kidney of the diseased frogs. Read More

Liver Int 2018 Dec 16. Epub 2018 Dec 16.

Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

Background: Projections on liver diseases mortality can provide a basis for evaluating the World Health Organization's "25 by 25" goal and can help health care systems design appropriate control strategies. This study evaluated whether the 25 by 25 goal can be achieved in Taiwan and discussed possible future control strategies.

Methods: Age-period-cohort models are used to estimate the mortality trends of liver diseases from 1981 to 2016 and project these trends to 2035. Read More

Transbound Emerg Dis 2018 Dec 16. Epub 2018 Dec 16.

Department of Microbiology, Western College of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Many viruses that cause serious and often fatal disease in humans have spilled over from bats. Recent evidence suggests that stress may enhance virus shedding by bats increasing the possibility of transmission to other species. To understand the reasons for spillover it is therefore important to determine the molecular pathways that link stress to virus reactivation and shedding in bats. Read More

BJOG 2018 Dec 16. Epub 2018 Dec 16.

Thomas Jefferson University, 130 S 9th St, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, USA.

Objective: To describe the association of maternal anaemia with maternal, foetal and neonatal outcomes.

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Setting: Rural India and Pakistan. Read More

Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2018 Dec 16:e13241. Epub 2018 Dec 16.

Department of Biology, Animal Physiology, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudtstr. 5, 91058, Erlangen, Germany.

Aim: A key feature of the mammalian retina is the segregation of visual information in parallel pathways, starting at the photoreceptor terminals. Cone photoreceptors establish synaptic contacts with On bipolar and horizontal cells at invaginating, ribbon-containing synaptic sites, whereas Off bipolar cells form flat, non-ribbon-containing contacts. The cytomatrix protein Bassoon anchors ribbons at the active zone, and its absence induces detachment of ribbons from the active zone. Read More

Anim Sci J 2018 Dec 16. Epub 2018 Dec 16.

College of Agriculture, Food and Environment Sciences, Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan.

The present study examined the effects of substituting kraft pulp (KP) with corn silage (CS) on dry matter intake (DMI), ruminal mat and rumen fermentation characteristics, and rumination. Four non-lactating, rumen-cannulated Holstein cows were fed a CS diet comprising 36% grass silage (GS) and 64% CS or a KP diet comprising 36% GS, 57% KP, and 7% soybean meal. DMI was significantly lower in cows fed the KP diet than in those fed the CS diet (p < 0. Read More

Nutr Diet 2018 Dec 16. Epub 2018 Dec 16.

School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology Australia, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia.

Aim: Low-dietary intake is a common problem and cause of malnutrition during hospitalisation. This study aims to determine the current dietary intake and food sources of hospitalised adults in Ho Chi Minh City.

Methods: Participants were adult patients from six general public hospitals in a multi-site survey undertaken in 2016. Read More

Transbound Emerg Dis 2018 Dec 16. Epub 2018 Dec 16.

National Veterinary Institute, Uppsala, Sweden.

African swine fever (ASF) is a devastating disease of pigs. Without a vaccine, early detection and rapid diagnosis of ASF is a crucial step towards effective disease control. In many countries where ASF is endemic, laboratory infrastructure including sampling and sample shipment is inadequate, and a rapid laboratory confirmation would require that the diagnosis is performed at regional laboratories close to the pig farms of concern, or even at the farm-side. Read More

Liver Int 2018 Dec 16. Epub 2018 Dec 16.

Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital; Shanghai Clinical Center for Diabetes; Shanghai Key Clinical Center for Metabolic Disease, Shanghai Diabetes Institute, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus, Shanghai, 200233, China.

Background & Aims: Serum adipocyte fatty acid-binding protein (A-FABP) is closely correlated to metabolic disorders such as obesity and insulin resistance (IR). Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a typical feature of IR in the liver. The aim of this study was to explore the relationship between serum A-FABP levels and NAFLD. Read More

Dev Sci 2018 Dec 16:e12789. Epub 2018 Dec 16.

Laboratory of Neuromotor Control and Learning, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518060, P.R. China.

We examined the developmental differences in motor control and learning of a two-segment movement. One hundred and five participants (53 female) were divided into three age groups (7 to 8 years, 9 to 10 years and 19 to 27 years). They performed a two-segment movement task in four conditions (full vision, fully disturbed vision, disturbed vision in the first movement segment and disturbed vision in the second movement segment). Read More

Liver Int 2018 Dec 16. Epub 2018 Dec 16.

Departments of Hepatology, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, India.

Background: Parkinsonism like features can be seen in cirrhotics, possibly related to alterations in brain dopamine metabolism, transport and receptor integrity at basal ganglia. Hepatic parkinsonism [HP] is often not suspected and only ammonia reducing therapies are given to such patients. We investigated the efficacy and safety of bromocriptine, a dopaminergic agent, in patients with HP. Read More

J Appl Microbiol 2018 Dec 16. Epub 2018 Dec 16.

Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular (IABIMO), Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA), Consejo Nacional de investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas (CONICET). Los Reseros y Nicolas Repetto (1686), Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Aims: Lignocellulosic biomass deconstruction is a bottleneck for obtaining biofuels and value-added products. Our main goal was to characterize the secretome of a novel isolate, Cellulomonas sp. B6, when grown on residual biomass for the formulation of cost-efficient enzymatic cocktails. Read More

Pain Pract 2018 Dec 16. Epub 2018 Dec 16.

Intensive Care and Department of Pediatric surgery, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Background: The Rotterdam Elderly Pain Observation Scale (REPOS) has been proven useful to assess pain in non-communicative and cognitively impaired nursing home residents. We evaluated whether the REPOS is also reliable and valid for pain assessment in the hospital setting.

Methods: In this prospective multicenter observational study, surgical patients were observed perioperatively at bedside and internal medicine patients were filmed during a possible painful moment and in rest. Read More

Pain Pract 2018 Dec 16. Epub 2018 Dec 16.

Pain Management Center, Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland, Ospedale Regionale di Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland.

We read with interest the review article of Van Boxem et al. entitled "Safe Use of Epidural Corticosteroid Injections: Recommendations of the WIP Benelux Work Group" published in The Pain Practice Journal. The authors have reviewed the literature involving neurological complications after epidural corticosteroid injections and possible safety measures to prevent major neurologic injuries. Read More

Glob Chang Biol 2018 Dec 16. Epub 2018 Dec 16.

Chair of Soil Science, Technical University Munich (TUM), Emil-Ramann-Str. 2, D-85354, Freising, Germany.

Rising atmospheric CO concentrations have increased interest in the potential for forest ecosystems and soils to act as carbon (C) sinks. While soil organic C contents often vary with tree species identity, little is known about if, and how, tree species influence the stability of C in soil. Using a 40-year-old common garden experiment with replicated plots of eleven temperate tree species, we investigated relationships between soil organic matter (SOM) stability in mineral soils and 17 ecological factors (including tree tissue chemistry, magnitude of organic matter inputs and their turnover, microbial community descriptors, and soil physico-chemical properties). Read More

J Appl Microbiol 2018 Dec 16. Epub 2018 Dec 16.

Department of Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA.

Aims: Hydrogen peroxide (H O ) disinfection applications are limited by its rapid inactivation. The aims of this study were to 1) microencapsulate H O in silica hydrogels to obtain controlled release up to 72 hours, 2) test hydrogel antimicrobial activity against four common pathogens, and 3) assess H O release kinetics and antimicrobial activity in 35 - 65% relative humidity and 37°C to approximate bandaged wound conditions.

Methods And Results: Hydrogels were characterized using scanning electron microscopy, nitrogen sorption porosimetry, Brunauer Emmet Teller analysis, and the Barret - Joyner - Halenda method. Read More

Liver Int 2018 Dec 16. Epub 2018 Dec 16.

Laboratory for the identification of prognostic factors of response to the treatment against infectious diseases, University of Campania, Naples, Italy.

Aim: The aim of the present study was to identify, among the patients with failure to DAA regimen, those with a late relapse (after the achievement of a sustained virological response at week 12) and to characterize the clinical, epidemiological and virological features of these patients.

Material And Methods: 129 HCV patients with non-response to an IFN-free regimen were enrolled. Sanger sequencing of NS3, NS5A and NS5B was performed at failure by home-made protocols. Read More

J Clin Nurs 2018 Dec 16. Epub 2018 Dec 16.

University of Canberra, 3. Stephen Neville.

Aim: To synthesise international research conducted on dementia-friendly community initiatives.

Background: The number of people living with dementia is increasing as a result of population ageing. Impairments related to neurological changes, together with environmental challenges result in disability for people who have dementia. Read More

Head Neck 2018 Dec 15. Epub 2018 Dec 15.

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.

Background: Gnathodiaphyseal dysplasia (GDD) is a rare skeletal disorder that has not been well studied.

Methods: Sanger sequencing, whole-genome sequencing (WGS), and bioinformatics and structural modeling analyses were performed.

Results: A family with patients with fibro-osseous lesions of the jawbones were initially diagnosed with cherubism. Read More

Exp Dermatol 2018 Dec 15. Epub 2018 Dec 15.

Institute of Immunology/Molecular Pathogenesis, Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany.

Orf virus (Parapoxvirus ovis, ORFV) is a dermatotropic virus causing pustular dermatitis in small ruminants and humans. We analyzed isolated human primary keratinocytes (KC) and dermal fibroblasts (FB) for cell death and virus replication by infection with a patient-derived ORFV isolate. ORFV infection was associated with rapid induction of cell death in KC allowing for considerable virus removal. Read More

Head Neck 2018 Dec 15. Epub 2018 Dec 15.

Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing TongRen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.

Background: We aimed to assess the recurrence risk of sinonasal inverted papillomas (SNIPs), based on a staging system developed according to the originating site of SNIP.

Methods: A total of 200 patients with SNIP were enrolled, and a staging system was developed based on the originating sites and corresponding recurrence rates of tumor in the patients. In the verification phase, 675 patients with SNIPs were enrolled as above, and the originating sites of the SNIPs were confirmed by an endoscopic sinus surgery. Read More

Anat Sci Educ 2018 Dec 15. Epub 2018 Dec 15.

Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.

New technological developments have frequently had major consequences for anatomy education, and have raised ethical queries for anatomy educators. The advent of three-dimensional (3D) printing of human material is showing considerable promise as an educational tool that fits alongside cadaveric dissection, plastination, computer simulation, and anatomical models and images. At first glance its ethical implications appear minimal, and yet the more extensive ethical implications around clinical bioprinting suggest that a cautious approach to 3D printing in the dissecting room is in order. Read More

Head Neck 2018 Dec 15. Epub 2018 Dec 15.

Department of Radiation Oncology, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Background: We investigated the quality of life (QOL) impact of post-radiation therapy (RT) superselective/selective neck dissection after de-intensified chemoradiation for human papillomavirus-associated oropharynx cancer.

Methods: A total of 147 patients received 60 Gy and weekly low-dose cisplatin on two phase 2 trials with planned post-RT neck dissection or surveillance positron emission tomography with neck dissection reserved for salvage. UW-QOL Shoulder Score, EORTC H&N-35, and EAT-10 were assessed. Read More

J Clin Nurs 2018 Dec 16. Epub 2018 Dec 16.

College of Nursing, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Aims And Objectives: The purpose of this study was to analyze the operation, anesthesia, and recovery related factors affecting the occurrence of delirium in the intensive care unit.

Background: The occurrence rate of postoperative delirium is high in surgical patients. Postoperative delirium most frequently occurs usually within 3 days after an operation. Read More

Anim Sci J 2018 Dec 16. Epub 2018 Dec 16.

Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, NARO, Tsukuba, Japan.

The effect of wood kraft pulp (KP) feed on dietary digestibility, ruminal fluid pH, rumen fermentation characteristics, and milk production performance in lactating dairy cows was examined. Four lactating dairy cows were used for the feeding experiment by the cross-over design. The control group and KP group were set up as treatments. Read More

Head Neck 2018 Dec 15. Epub 2018 Dec 15.

Department of Surgery, Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.

Background: Recommendations for perioperative therapy in head and neck cancer are not explicit and recurrence occurs frequently. Circulating tumor DNA is an emerging cancer biomarker, but has not been extensively explored for detection of recurrence in head and neck cancer.

Methods: Patients diagnosed with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma were recruited into the study protocol. Read More

Cytopathology 2018 Dec 16. Epub 2018 Dec 16.

Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center.

48-year-old male History of multiple myeloma, clinically stable Now presenting with subcutaneous nodule near the left lateral epicondyle which had been present for "years" but had recently enlarged. The patient noted a possible remote minor trauma to the area. This article is protected by copyright. Read More

Eur J Neurosci 2018 Dec 16. Epub 2018 Dec 16.

Siena Brain Investigation & Neuromodulation Lab (Si-BIN Lab), Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology Section, University of Siena, Italy.

Cross-sectional data suggest videogaming as promoting modifications in perceptual and cognitive skills of players, as well as inducing structural brain changes. However, whether such changes are both possible after a systematic gaming exposure, and last beyond the training period, is not known. Here we originally quantified immediate and long-lasting cognitive and morphometric impact of a systematic gaming experience on a first-person shooter (FPS) game. Read More

Eur J Neurosci 2018 Dec 16. Epub 2018 Dec 16.

Department of Pharmacology and Systems Physiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

Expression of the ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) receptor essential ligand binding subunit, CNTF receptor α (CNTFRα), is induced in motor neurons and skeletal muscle following peripheral nerve lesion. We previously found muscle CNTFRα promotes motor neuron axon regeneration post-lesion. Both nerve lesion and CNTF administration activate motor neuron signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3), a transcription factor implicated in axon growth, suggesting CNTF receptors may contribute to the lesion-induced STAT3 activation. Read More