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Tierarztl Prax Ausg K Kleintiere Heimtiere 2018 Oct 12;46(5):323-329. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
A 2-year-old male neutered mixed breed dog with a body weight of 30 kg was presented for evaluation of a soft subcutaneous mass on the dorsal midline at the level of the caudal thoracic spine. A further clinical sign was intermittent pain on palpation of the area of the subcutaneous mass. The owner also described a prolonged phase of urination with repeated interruption and re-initiation of voiding. Read More
Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Zentrum für Psychiatrie Südwürttemberg, Abteilung Psychosomatische Medizin Ravensburg.
Background: The effectiveness of the inpatient psychosomatic treatment has been documented in various settings. The question of the sustainability of the improvement achieved as well as the prognostic factors is of interest for public health.
Objective: Primary outcome variables reflect the stability or change in the clinical status of patients one year after the discharge from the inpatient psychosomatic treatment. Read More
QJM 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Clinical Sciences Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG), Galway City, Ireland.
Background: Burden of disease (BoD) using disability-adjusted life years (DALY) is a useful summary measure of population health and estimates are provided for Ireland annually. We hypothesised that BoD may be used as a predictor of frailty prevalence.
Aim: To examine the correlation between frailty measured by the accumulation of deficits (frailty index, FI) and Fried Frailty Phenotype (FFP) classifications and BoD, in an Irish context. Read More
J Infect Dis 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Centre for Respiratory Diseases and Meningitis, National Institute for Communicable Diseases of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Background: Differential transmission from HIV-infected compared to HIV-uninfected individuals may impact influenza burden. We estimated the household secondary infection risk (SIR) and serial interval (SI) for influenza transmission from HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected index cases and identified associated factors.
Methods: Index cases were the first symptomatic person in a household with influenza-like illness, testing influenza positive on real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR). Read More
Nephrol Dial Transplant 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Department of Health Sciences, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Background: The longitudinal association between low education and chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its underlying mechanisms is poorly characterized. We therefore examined the association of low education with incident CKD and change in kidney function, and explored potential mediators of this association.
Methods: We analysed data on 6078 participants from the community-based Prevention of Renal and Vascular End-stage Disease study. Read More
Am J Clin Nutr 2018 Dec;108(6):1316-1323
Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Background: Some research suggests that parent or carer feeding practices may influence children's weight patterns, but longitudinal evidence is limited and inconsistent.
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the relation between various parent or carer feeding practices when a child is aged 7-8 y and proxy measurements of child adiposity at age 8-9 y (weight status, waist-to-height ratio, and body fat percentage).
Design: The study was a secondary analysis of data from the West Midlands Active Lifestyle and Healthy Eating in Schoolchildren (WAVES) Study comprising a diverse sample of parents and carers and their children from 54 primary schools in the West Midlands, England [n = 774 parent-child dyads (53% of the WAVES study sample)]. Read More
Fam Pract 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Department of Community Medicine and Primary Healthcare, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University/University Teaching Hospital, Awka, Nigeria.
Background: Given the dearth of government-sponsored programmes, preventive lifestyles and practices are the realistic hopes for millions of women in developing countries against cervical cancer. Early interventions for teenage high school girls have been advocated recently, but evidence-base for sustainable activities at this demographic is lacking. This article reduces this gap by determining the impact of two cervical cancer education techniques. Read More
Pain Med 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
Objective: To determine if intra-articular (IA) injection of corticosteroids is effective in reducing the need for radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in those with dual comparative medial branch block (MBB)-confirmed lumbar z-joint pain.
Design: This was a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled study.
Setting: Two academic medical centers. Read More
Hum Reprod Update 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Priority Research Centre for Reproductive Science, Discipline of Biological Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.
Background: DNA integrity and stability are critical determinants of cell viability. This is especially true in the female germline, wherein DNA integrity underpins successful conception, embryonic development, pregnancy and the production of healthy offspring. However, DNA is not inert; rather, it is subject to assault from various environment factors resulting in chemical modification and/or strand breakage. Read More
Int J Epidemiol 2018 Dec 11. Epub 2018 Dec 11.
Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Background: Accumulating evidence suggests that breastfeeding benefits children's intelligence, possibly due to long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs) present in breast milk. Under a nutritional adequacy hypothesis, an interaction between breastfeeding and genetic variants associated with endogenous LC-PUFAs synthesis might be expected. However, the literature on this topic is controversial. Read More
J Crohns Colitis 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Division of Gastroenterology, Montreal Children's Hospital, Department of Paediatrics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Background: Ustekinumab (UST) is effective in the treatment of adults with moderate to severe Crohn's disease (CD). There is a paucity of data on its use in children.
Aim: To evaluate the response to UST in children with moderate to severe CD. Read More
Dis Esophagus 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Gastroenterology, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
The 4-quadrant forceps biopsy (FB) protocol for identifying Barrett's esophagus (BE) and esophageal dysplasia (ED) suffers from poor sensitivity due to significant sampling error. We investigated the benefit of wide-area transepithelial sampling with 3-dimensional computer-assisted analysis (WATS) used adjunctively to the combination of random and targeted FB in the detection of ED, and as a secondary outcome, BE. In this multicenter prospective trial, community endoscopists at 21 sites utilized WATS as an adjunct to both targeted and random FB in patients undergoing BE screening and surveillance. Read More
Ann Nutr Metab 2018 Dec 12;74(1):35-43. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tokushima University Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan.
Background: There is lack of evidence regarding nutritional management among intensive care unit (ICU) patients in a population with relatively low body mass index. Therefore, we conducted an observational study to assess the nutritional management in Japanese ICUs. Also, we investigated the impact of nutritional management and rehabilitation on physical outcome. Read More
Oncology 2018 Dec 12:1-8. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Department of Oncology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei City,
Objective: We aimed to study the prognostic role of CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP) in patients with different stages of colorectal cancer (CRC).
Material And Methods: We analyzed CIMP in stage I-IV CRC specimens from patients who were diagnosed between 2005 and 2013. CIMP status was determined using a 5-gene MethyLight-based assay. Read More
Int J Surg 2018 Dec 9. Epub 2018 Dec 9.
From the Department of General Surgery, Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, Chiba, 260-0856, Japan.
Background: We have reported that perioperative and preoperative immunonutrition reduced infectious complications in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy; however, it is unclear whether perioperative immunonutrition has additional effects compared with preoperative immunonutrition. The present study evaluated whether perioperative, compared with preoperative, immunonutrition has additional effects on cell-mediated immunity and the infection rate after pancreaticoduodenectomy.
Materials And Methods: This was a prospective, randomized clinical trial conducted in our institution. Read More
Int J Surg 2018 Dec 9. Epub 2018 Dec 9.
Department for General and Visceral Surgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany. Electronic address:
Background: Due to the increasing number of patients after kidney transplantation, elective and emergency surgery of transplanted patients is becoming a relevant challenge in clinical routine. The current data on complication rate of patients after kidney transplantation, which must undergo another elective or emergency abdominal surgery, is inhomogeneous. Therefore, the aim of our study was to evaluate the outcome of renal transplant patients undergoing abdominal and abdominal wall surgery. Read More
Cell Rep 2018 Dec;25(11):3059-3073.e10
Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy; IRCCS, Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy. Electronic address:
Mitochondria are key players in the regulation of T cell biology by dynamically responding to cell needs, but how these dynamics integrate in T cells is still poorly understood. We show here that the mitochondrial pro-fission protein Drp1 fosters migration and expansion of developing thymocytes both in vitro and in vivo. In addition, we find that Drp1 sustains in vitro clonal expansion and cMyc-dependent metabolic reprogramming upon activation, also regulating effector T cell numbers in vivo. Read More
Dentomaxillofac Radiol 2018 Dec 12:20180184. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
1 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Plastic Surgery, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz , Mainz , Germany.
Objective:: CBCT often use a smaller field of view compared to conventional CT scans. This might lead to a wrong field of view with the need for secondary exposure ("retakes"). The purpose of this retrospective study was to assess the frequency of re-exposures in cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) and to identify whether the parameters age, gender and FOV have an influence on the re-exposure of the patient. Read More
Ear Nose Throat J 2018 Dec;97(12):E7-E10
University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., PO Box 245017, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA.
Cystic neck masses in the pediatric population are common but rarely concerning for malignancy. Given this typically benign nature, they are frequently managed conservatively. Here we present an unusual case of a waxing and waning cystic neck mass in a pediatric patient. Read More
Magy Onkol 2018 Dec 19;62(4):230-236. Epub 2018 Oct 19.
II. Sz. Gyermekgyógyászati Klinika, Semmelweis Egyetem, Budapest, Hungary.
The survival of children treated with Ewing sarcoma at Semmelweis University were investigated. Pediatric patients with Ewing sarcoma treated at Semmelweis University from 2001 through 2013 were analyzed in terms of overall survival and clinical factors (age, primary localization and extent of the tumor, time interval from primary complaints to diagnosis). For statistical analysis Kaplan-Meier estimated survival and log rank test were applied. Read More
PLoS One 2018 12;13(12):e0209008. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Stanley Ho Centre for Emerging Infectious Diseases, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Background: While HIV incidence among men who have sex with men (MSM) is increasing in Hong Kong, unprotected sex apparently remains prevalent among those infected but virally non-suppressed. Little is known about how sexual behaviours and sexual connections may change among MSM along their HIV care continuum.
Methods: In this retrospective cross-sectional study, HIV-positive MSM attending the largest HIV specialist clinic in Hong Kong between October and December 2014 were invited to complete a self-administrated structured questionnaire. Read More
PLoS One 2018 12;13(12):e0209034. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Division of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology, Cancer and Blood Disease Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America.
Genetic manipulation of NOD/SCID (NS) mice has yielded numerous sub-strains with specific traits useful for the study of human hematopoietic xenografts, each with unique characteristics. Here, we have compared the engraftment and output of umbilical cord blood (UCB) CD34+ cells in four immune-deficient strains: NS, NS with additional IL2RG knockout (NSG), NS with transgenic expression of human myeloid promoting cytokines SCF, GM-CSF, and IL-3 (NSS), and NS with both IL2RG knockout and transgenic cytokine expression (NSGS). Overall engraftment of human hematopoietic cells was highest in the IL2RG knockout strains (NSG and NSGS), while myeloid cell output was notably enhanced in the two strains with transgenic cytokine expression (NSS and NSGS). Read More
PLoS One 2018 12;13(12):e0208572. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Background: Anastomotic leakage can be classified by free and contained leakage according to clinical manifestations. The risk factors and their comparison between these leakage subtypes are uncertain. This study aims to evaluate anastomotic leakage patterns and to compare clinical features between free and contained leakages after low anterior resection for rectal cancer. Read More
PLoS One 2018 12;13(12):e0208143. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Department of Education, University of Haripur, Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between perceived occupational stress and psychological well-being among secondary school heads in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A sample of 402 secondary school heads (male n = 260, female n = 142) was selected through multistage sampling technique. A descriptive, quantitative and correlative research design was used. Read More
PLoS One 2018 12;13(12):e0208057. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America.
Despite the popular use of hummingbird feeders, there are limited studies evaluating the effects of congregation, sharing food resources and increased contact when hummingbirds visit feeders in urban landscapes. To evaluate behavioral interactions occurring at feeders, we tagged 230 individuals of two species, Anna's and Allen's Hummingbirds, with passive integrated transponder tags and recorded their visits with RFID transceivers at feeders. For detecting the presence of tagged birds, we developed an RFID equipped feeding station using a commercially available antenna and RFID transceiver. Read More
PLoS One 2018 12;13(12):e0207229. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Department of Pharmacy Administration and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.
Introduction: The irrational use of antibiotics is a major driver of antimicrobial resistance. This study aimed to explore how antibiotics were used in secondary and tertiary hospitals in Shaanxi Province, western China from 2013 to 2015.
Method: A retrospective study was conducted with a sample of 16 hospitals in Shaanxi Province (2 tertiary and 14 secondary hospitals; 8 public and 8 private hospitals) using a stratified random sampling method. Read More
PLoS One 2018 12;13(12):e0203514. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Division of Cardiology, Institute for Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America.
Background/objectives: Previous studies have demonstrated that in acute coronary syndrome (ACS), plaque destabilization and vessel inflammation, represented by vessel edema, often occur simultaneously in multiple coronaries, as well as extend to the cerebrovascular system. Our aim was to determine whether the inflammatory vascular processes occurring within the coronaries during ACS extend simultaneously to the descending aorta.
Methods: We prospectively enrolled 111 patients (56 ACS patients and 55 non-ACS patients with known coronary artery disease) to undergo cardiac magnetic resonance of the thoracic aortic wall at presentation and at three-month follow-up. Read More
Rev Gastroenterol Peru 2018 Jul-Sep;38(3):285-288
Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Lima, Perú.
Ischemic Hepatitis is an uncommon entity in daily clinical practice with a prevalence of 0.16 to 0.5% among patients admitted to a critical care unit, associated with an approximate 60% mortality rate. Read More
Rev Gastroenterol Peru 2018 Jul-Sep;38(3):280-284
Facultad de Medicina Humana, Universidad Nacional San Luis Gonzaga. Ica, Perú; Sociedad Científica de Estudiantes de Medicina de Ica (SOCEMI). Ica, Perú.
Gaucher disease is an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder characterized by deficiency of beta-glucosidase that would lead to the accumulation of glucosylceramide mainly in cells of the mononuclear phagocytic system causing systemic effectations. We present a patient of twenty years who is suffering from chronic pain in the left hypochondrium with episodes of bleeding for 3 years and sensation of thermal rise, physical examination revealed jaundice and massive splenomegaly, without neurological involvement. Severe osteoporosis, pancytopenia, and the presence of portal vein thrombosis with cavernomatous transformation complicated by portal biliopathy simulating a klatskin tumor, marrow and enzymatic studies were compatible with Gaucher disease, were shown as unexpected findings. Read More
Rev Gastroenterol Peru 2018 Jul-Sep;38(3):261-264
Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia. Pasto, Nariño, Colombia.
Peritonitis is one of the main complications of abdominal emergencies. Laparoscopy serves both for the diagnostic and therapeutic management of the acute abdomen; in expert hands the morbimortality of this method is minimal.
Objective: The objective is to verify the efficacy of laparoscopy in patients with secondary peritonitis performing a single surgery without the need for reinterventions, ensuring the least damage of the abdominal wall, avoiding laparotomy. Read More
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2018 Dec 11. Epub 2018 Dec 11.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI 48202.
Study Design: A prospective randomized trial of patients enrolled at a university affiliated tertiary medical center between February and December 2017.
Objective: To compare perioperative blood loss in patients undergoing elective posterior thoracolumbar fusion who were treated with IV versus PO TXA.
Summary Of Background Data: The use of antifibrinolytic agents such as tranexamic acid (TXA) to decrease operative blood loss and allogenic blood transfusions is well documented in the literature. Read More
Nurs Res 2019 Jan/Feb;68(1):13-21
Amy Witkoski Stimpfel, PhD, RN, is Assistant Professor, Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University, New York. Mattia J. Gilmartin, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Executive Director, NICHE, Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University, New York. At the time the research was completed, Dr. Gilmartin was a Senior Research Scientist at Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University.
Background: Registered nurses are often underprepared with the knowledge and skills to care for hospitalized older adult patients. One strategy to bridge this gap is for hospitals to adopt the Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE) program: A nurse-led interdisciplinary organizational intervention to improve care of hospitalized older adults.
Objectives: This study aimed to identify the market, organizational and managerial, and sociotechnical factors associated with the adoption of NICHE among U. Read More
Dis Colon Rectum 2018 Nov 28. Epub 2018 Nov 28.
Background: Anal acoustic reflectometry investigates the opening and closing function of the anal canal using reflected sound waves to measure a cross-sectional area at different pressures. Anal acoustic reflectometry is reliable and repeatable, distinguishes between continence and incontinence and between subgroups of incontinence, correlates with symptom severity, and does not distort the anal canal during investigation.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to validate anal acoustic reflectometry methodology by asking 2 questions: can anal acoustic reflectometry be used alongside manometry (order study) and can anal acoustic reflectometry be performed faster (filling study). Read More
J Pediatr Orthop 2019 Jan;39(1):e12-e17
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.
Introduction: The insertion of 2 elastic stable intramedullary nails (ESINs) is a common treatment for pediatric femur fractures. However, the use of this technique in length-unstable or metadiaphyseal fractures has historically been associated with higher complication rates. To improve stability, the addition of a third ESIN has been assessed biomechanically and clinically, but the addition of a fourth nail has only been evaluated biomechanically. Read More
J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) 2018 Dec 11. Epub 2018 Dec 11.
Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, SWBH and UHB NHS Trusts, Birmingham, UK.
Aim: Edoxaban, a nonvitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant, is an oral factor Xa inhibitor approved for the prevention of stroke and systemic embolism in adult patients with atrial fibrillation and for the treatment and secondary prevention in adult patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE). This study details the design of the Edoxaban Treatment in routiNe clinical prActice for patients with Atrial Fibrillation in Europe (ETNA-AF-Europe) study - a postauthorization observational study, which is part of the postapproval plan for edoxaban agreed with the European Medicines Agency.
Methods: The ETNA-AF-Europe study (Clinicaltrials. Read More
Anesth Analg 2018 Dec 11. Epub 2018 Dec 11.
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland†Division of Medical Psychology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Background: Frailty is a geriatric syndrome thought to identify the most vulnerable older adults, and morbidity and mortality has been reported to be higher for frail patients after cardiac surgery compared to nonfrail patients. However, the cognitive consequences of frailty after cardiac surgery have not been well described. In this study, we examined the hypothesis that baseline frailty would be associated with postoperative delirium and cognitive change at 1 and 12 months after cardiac surgery. Read More
Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol 2018 Dec 11. Epub 2018 Dec 11.
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Düsseldorf University Hospital, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Purpose Of Review: The possibility of tumor dissemination through the blood system has been known for years. Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are detectable in the peripheral blood of patients with early as well as metastatic breast cancer. The prognostic relevance of this biomarker has already been described. Read More
Am J Clin Oncol 2018 Dec 11. Epub 2018 Dec 11.
Division of Functional Neurosurgery, Institute of Psychiatry-IPq, Hospital das Clinicas, FMUSP.
Background: Complete tumor removal by transsphenoidal surgery is usually difficult for large nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs). A validated medical treatment may be useful for their management. This study evaluates the clinical efficacy of the dopaminergic agonist cabergoline for residual NFPA. Read More
Endocr Relat Cancer 2019 Feb;26(2):227-239
Department of Oncology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.
Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) is an established treatment of metastatic neuroendocrine tumors grade 1-2 (G1-G2). However, its possible benefit in high-grade gastroenteropancreatic (GEP) neuroendocrine neoplasms (NEN G3) is largely unknown. We therefore aimed to assess the benefits and side effects of PRRT in patients with GEP NEN G3. Read More
J Neurophysiol 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
University of Southern California, United States.
Procedural skill learning requires iterative comparisons between feedback of self-generated motor output and a goal sensorimotor pattern. In juvenile songbirds, neural representations of both self-generated behaviors (each bird's own immature song) and the goal motor pattern (each bird's adult tutor song) are essential for vocal learning, yet little is known about how these behaviorally relevant stimuli are encoded. We made extracellular recordings during song playback in anesthetized juvenile and adult zebra finches ( Taeniopygia guttata) in adjacent cortical regions RA (robust nucleus of the arcopallium), AId (dorsal intermediate arcopallium), and RA-cup, each of which is well-situated to integrate auditory-vocal information: RA is a motor cortical region that drives vocal output, AId is an adjoining cortical region whose projections converge with basal ganglia loops for song learning in the dorsal thalamus, and RA-cup surrounds RA and receives inputs from primary and secondary auditory cortex. Read More
J Occup Environ Hyg 2018 Dec 12:1-36. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
a School of Engineering and Technology , Savonia University of Applied Sciences , Kuopio , Finland.
The aim of this study was to measure the concentrations of gaseous and particulate contaminants originated from additive manufacturing operations and post-processes in an occupational setting when plastics were used as feedstock materials. Secondary aims were to evaluate the concentration levels based on proposed exposure limits and target values and to propose means to reduce exposure to contaminants released in additive manufacturing processes. Volatile organic compounds were sampled with Tenax® TA adsorption tubes and analyzed with thermo desorption gas chromatography-mass spectrometry instrument. Read More
Inorg Chem 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Natural Functional Molecule Chemistry of the Ministry of Education, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Physico-Inorganic Chemistry, College of Chemistry & Materials Science , Northwest University , Xi'an 710127 , Shaanxi , P. R. China.
Two series of new lanthanide complexes, {[Ln(L)(HO)]·DMA·4HO} (1-Ln, Ln = Tb, Gd, and Dy) and {[La(L)]·4HO} (2-La), were prepared successfully by Ln ions and a N-heterocyclic dicarboxylic (2-pyrimidin-5-yl)terephthalic acid (HL) ligand. The four complexes are three-dimensional (3D) microporous frameworks with different secondary building units (SBUs) and exposed Lewis base active sites. Topology analyses reveal that 1-Ln are the binodal (3,8)-connected tfz-d (4)(4·6·8) nets and 2-La is a binodal (2,12)-connected (4)(4·8·12) net. Read More
JAMA Cardiol 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Stanford Center for Clinical Research, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
Importance: Patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) are at high risk for myocardial infarction (MI).
Objective: To characterize the incidence and types of MI in a PAD population, identify factors associated with MI, and determine the association of MI with cardiovascular mortality and acute limb ischemia.
Design, Setting, And Participants: The Study Comparing Cardiovascular Effects of Ticagrelor and Clopidogrel in Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease (EUCLID) was a double-blind randomized clinical trial conducted at 811 sites in 28 countries that randomized 13 885 patients with symptomatic PAD to monotherapy with ticagrelor or clopidogrel. Read More
JAMA Psychiatry 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.
Importance: Children and youths who are prescribed antipsychotic medications have multiple, potentially fatal, dose-related cardiovascular, metabolic, and other adverse events, but whether or not these medications are associated with an increased risk of death is unknown.
Objective: To compare the risk of unexpected death among children and youths who are beginning treatment with antipsychotic or control medications.
Design, Setting, And Participants: This retrospective cohort study was conducted from 1999 through 2014 and included Medicaid enrollees aged 5 to 24 years in Tennessee who had no diagnosis of severe somatic illness, schizophrenia or related psychoses, or Tourette syndrome or chronic tic disorder. Read More
JAMA Surg 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Department of Medicine, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts.
Importance: Limited data suggest that screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) prior to nonurologic procedures is not useful. However, high-quality evidence to support consensus recommendations and influence clinical practice is lacking.
Objective: To characterize the association between detection and treatment of preoperative ASB and postoperative outcomes. Read More
Chem Commun (Camb) 2018 Dec 12. Epub 2018 Dec 12.
Instituto de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria, Delegación Coyoacán, 04510 Ciudad de México, Mexico.
We used our recently proposed acidity-basicity interplay (ABI) model (Chem. Sci., 2018, 9, 4402) and the Jorgensen secondary interactions hypothesis (JSIH) to rationalise the experimentally observed trends in the formation constants of doubly and triply H-bonded systems with -NHO[double bond, length as m-dash]C- and -NHN- interactions. Read More
J Strength Cond Res 2018 Nov;32(11):3112-3118
Division of Sport Management, College of Professional Studies, St. John's University, New York, New York.
Hedlund, DP. Performance of future elite players at the NFL scouting combine. J Strength Cond Res 32(11): 3112-3118, 2018-The purpose of this study is to examine players' physical and performance measures taken at the National Football League (NFL) Scouting Combine and compare these with their future performance in the NFL. Read More
Psychiatr Hung 2018 ;33(4):340-346
Debreceni Egyetem, Pszichologiai Intezet, Szemelyiseg- es Klinikai Pszichologia Tanszek, Debrecen, Hungary, E-mail:
Introduction: Distinct structural characteristics of gambling may affect the development of gambling addiction differently. The current study is dealing with the frequency of near-miss outcomes which works like secondary reinforcement and thus may contribute to gambling addiction. Authors of this paper argue that different near miss configurations should specifically alter the experiences of the player and this phenomenon can be proved experimentally Methods: Participants played with a computer-simulated slot machine. Read More
Psychiatr Hung 2018 ;33(4):331-339
Semmelweis Egyetem, Magatartástudomanyi Intezet, Budapest, Hungary, E-mail:
Common gynecological complications of various eating disorders include infertility, unwanted pregnancy, miscarriage, sexual dysfunction and complications in the treatment of gynecological cancers. Women with eating disorders typically see their gynecologists because of menstrual and other endocrine disorders or unexplained gastrointestinal symptoms, and often report on psychological symptoms (anxiety, depression or decreased libido). In spite of anovulation, menstruation may occur and ovulation without menstruation may be possible, which may lead to an increased incidence of unwanted pregnancies in case of prior or current eating disorders. Read More