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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537201/prospective-evaluation-of-serum-free-thiols-in-inflammatory-bowel-disease-a-candidate-to-replace-c-reactive-protein-for-disease-activity-assessment
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Anuj Bohra, Nicholas Batt, Krishneel Dutt, Pavel Sluka, Olga Niewiadomski, Abhinav Vasudevan, Daniel R Van Langenberg
BACKGROUND: Serum free thiols (SFTs) reflecting oxidative stress appear to correlate with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) activity. We aimed to evaluate the performance of SFTs concentrations vs endoscopic and histological activity, compare SFTs with established biomarkers, and identify clinical and laboratory parameters independently associated with SFT levels in IBD patients. METHODS: Patients with confirmed IBD undergoing routine ileocolonoscopy for activity assessment were prospectively recruited, with serum samples obtained concurrently for SFTs and routine bloods, plus fecal calprotectin and immunochemical tests were collected ±30 days from ileocolonoscopy...
March 27, 2024: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537185/influence-of-body-mass-normalization-on-the-correlations-between-muscle-cross-sectional-area-and-physical-performance-outcomes-in-older-women
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Ty B Palmer, Bailey M Palmer
AIMS: Normalization is a method used to account for body mass in clinical practice and research. It is unclear if this method will improve the correlation between muscle cross-sectional area (CSA) and physical performance. We examined the correlations between quadriceps muscle morphology parameters and physical performance outcomes in older women. Material and methods: Twenty older women participated in this study. Ultrasound imaging was used to measure quadriceps muscle CSA and echo intensity...
January 30, 2024: Medical Ultrasonography
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537176/toward-development-of-a-novel-proprioceptive-trail-making-test-comparing-healthy-dancers-and-non-dancers
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Madison R Card, Anthony J Ryals
There is a pressing need for ecologically valid versions of traditional neuropsychological tests indexing executive function (EF), such as the Trail-Making Task (TMT), that incorporate movement and bodily awareness in healthy participants with varying abilities. We designed a proprioceptive version of the TMT (pTMT) that involved coordinated gross motor movement and proprioceptive awareness to investigate whether this measure of visual attention, task switching, and working memory positively correlated with a computerized version of the TMT (the dTMT)...
March 27, 2024: Perceptual and Motor Skills
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537153/novel-proteomic-signatures-may-indicate-mri-assessed-intrahepatic-fat-state-and-changes-the-direct-plus-clinical-trial
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Dana T Goldberg, Anat Yaskolka Meir, Gal Tsaban, Ehud Rinott, Alon Kaplan, Hila Zelicha, Nora Klöting, Uta Ceglarek, Berend Iserman, Ilan Shelef, Philip Rosen, Matthias Blüher, Michael Stumvoll, Ohad Etzion, Meir J Stampfer, Frank B Hu, Iris Shai
OBJECTIVE: We demonstrated in the randomized 18-month DIRECT PLUS trial (n=294) that a Mediterranean (MED) diet, supplemented with polyphenol-rich Mankai duckweed, green tea, and walnuts and restricted in red/processed meat, caused substantial intrahepatic fat (IHF%) loss compared with two other healthy diets, reducing NAFLD by half, regardless similar weight loss. Here, we investigated the baseline proteomic profile associated with IHF% and the changes in proteomics associated with IHF% changes induced by lifestyle intervention...
March 27, 2024: Hepatology: Official Journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537147/first-report-of-phytophthora-niederhauserii-causing-root-rot-of-carob-tree-ceratonia-siliqua-l-in-spain
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Carolina Francia, Josep Armengol, Paloma Abad-Campos
Carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua L.) is a crop native to the Mediterranean Basin mainly being used as livestock feed, in pharmaceutical industry, and also a valuable source of human food due to the high dietary fibre and sugar contents. In January 2023, one-year-old 'Duraio' carob trees grafted on 'Rojal' rootstock on pots showing dark brown to necrotic lesions on the secondary roots, decline symptoms and leading to the death of some plants, were detected in a nursery located at the Valencian Community region in Spain...
March 27, 2024: Plant Disease
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537142/first-report-of-fusarium-falciforme-causing-root-and-rhizome-rot-of-epimedium-sagittatum-in-china
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Leixia Chu, Diandian Li, Wenchuan Hou, Zhiwei Dan, Xiaojie Wang, Chengming Dong
Epimedium sagittatum (Sieb.et Zucc.) Maxim., a perennial herb, is an important medicinal plant, rich in flavonoids, and widely used in the treatment of sexual dysfunction, rheumatic disease, and cancers (Tan et al. 2016). In July 2022, a disease of root and rhizome was found on E. sagittatum aged 1-8 years in a planting area (266 ha) of Zhumadian City (32°58'12" N, 114°37'48" E), Henan Province, China. The disease incidence per field (660 m2 ) was around 10-15% in six randomly surveyed fields planted with about 10,000 E...
March 27, 2024: Plant Disease
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537137/development-of-a-long-amplicon-pma-qpcr-assay-for-detection-of-viable-xanthomonas-arboricola-pv-pruni-cells-in-peach-trees
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Milan Panth, Enoch Noh, Guido Schnabel, Hehe Wang
Bacterial spot is one of the most serious diseases of peach caused by the pathogen Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni (XAP), leading to early defoliation and unmarketable fruit. The pathogen can overwinter in peach twigs and form spring cankers, which are considered the primary inoculum source for early season leaf and fruitlet infection. The amount of overwintering bacterial inoculum plays a critical role for the bacterial spot development, but no reliable quantification method is available. Thus, we developed a long-amplicon propidium monoazide (PMA)-qPCR assay for specific detection of viable XAP cells...
March 27, 2024: Plant Disease
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537136/effective-consistent-and-rapid-non-contact-application-methods-for-seedling-basal-stem-infection-by-sclerotinia-sclerotiorum
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Viet-Cuong Han, Pippa J Michael, Rachael Crockett, Bec Swift, Sarita J Bennett
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary, an economically devastating soil-borne fungal pathogen known to cause disease across a wide range of plants, produces long-term inoculum called sclerotia that can either germinate carpogenically by ascospores infecting above-ground plant parts or myceliogenically to infect stem base and roots. Typically for research purposes S. sclerotiorum diseases are initiated by direct contact methods, using S. sclerotiorum mycelium agar plugs wrapped around the stem or sclerotia placed directly beneath root mass...
March 27, 2024: Plant Disease
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537135/first-report-of-white-mucus-disease-caused-by-fuligo-gyrosa-on-agrocybe-chaxingu-in-china
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Xutao Chen, Qing Liu, Guoliang Meng, Xinhong Peng, Caihong Dong, Yunhui Wei, Guanghua Huo
Agrocybe chaxingu is an edible and medicinal mushroom widely cultivated in China (Liu et al. 2021). Agrocybe chaxingu is extremely well-liked for the unique flavor and nutritional value. In May 2021, a serious white mucus disease was observed in the farms of A. chaxingu in the Ganxian district of Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, China, with an approximate disease incidence of 20%. In the years of 2022 and 2023, the same white mucus disease on A. chaxingu was observed in the farms in Nanchang City, Jiujiang City and Guangchang County, Jiangxi Province, China...
March 27, 2024: Plant Disease
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537126/developing-accessible-speech-technology-with-users-with-dysarthric-speech
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Elizabeth Howarth, Geena Vabulas, Sean Connolly, Dawn Green, Sara Smolley
The Voiceitt app is designed for people with dysarthric speech, to support vocal communication and access to voice-driven technologies. Sixty-six participants were recruited to test the Voiceitt app and share feedback with developers. Most had physical, sensory, or cognitive impairments in addition to atypical speech. The project team liaised with individuals, their families and local support teams to provide access to the app and associated equipment. Testing was user-led, with participants asked to identify and test use cases most relevant to their daily lives over three months or more...
March 27, 2024: Assistive Technology: the Official Journal of RESNA
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537125/efficacy-of-a-novel-antibiotic-drug-combination-toward-multidrug-resistant-ocular-pathogens
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Lakshminarayanan Gowtham, Rachel A F Wozniak, Paul M Dunman, Esther Sheba, Prashant Garg, Joveeta Joseph
PURPOSE: Antimicrobial resistance is a global health threat, compounded by the reduction in the discovery of new antibiotics. A repurposed drugs-based approach could provide a viable alternative for the treatment of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacterial infections. In this study, we sought to evaluate the in vitro efficacy of a novel drug combination, polymyxin B/trimethoprim (PT) + rifampin on MDR isolates from patients with bacterial keratitis in India. METHODS: Forty-three isolates, which included 20 Staphylococcus aureus, 19 Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 3 Pseudomonas stutzeri, and 1 Acinetobacter baumannii, were evaluated for their antibiotic resistance by minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC)...
March 26, 2024: Cornea
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537123/excitatory-cerebellar-transcranial-direct-current-stimulation-boosts-the-leverage-of-prior-knowledge-for-predicting-actions
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Viola Oldrati, Niccolò Butti, Elisabetta Ferrari, Zaira Cattaneo, Cosimo Urgesi, Alessandra Finisguerra
The cerebellum causally supports social processing by generating internal models of social events based on statistical learning of behavioral regularities. However, whether the cerebellum is only involved in forming or also in using internal models for the prediction of forthcoming actions is still unclear. We used cerebellar transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (ctDCS) to modulate the performance of healthy adults in using previously learned expectations in an action prediction task. In a first learning phase of this task, participants were exposed to different levels of associations between specific actions and contextual elements, to induce the formation of either strongly or moderately informative expectations...
February 28, 2024: Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537108/empowerment-moderates-the-relationship-between-partner-abuse-and-suicidal-ideation-for-immigrant-women
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Sara E Butter, Bushra Sabri, Ginger C Hanson, Jacquelyn C Campbell
PURPOSE: Research shows strong associations between intimate partner violence (IPV) among women and suicidal ideation but this topic is understudied among immigrant women in abusive relationships in the United States. Empowerment may play a significant role in protecting abused immigrant women from suicidal ideation but has not been studied with quantitative data. METHOD: The current study used convenience sampling. Immigrant women who experienced IPV were asked about IPV severity, empowerment, and where they were born...
April 1, 2024: Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537084/personal-versus-therapist-perioperative-music-intervention-a-randomized-controlled-trial
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Fan Jiang, Tingting Wang, Liqiong Hu, Shangui Chen, Lijian Chen, Xuesheng Liu, Yao Lu, Erwei Gu, Luis Ulloa
INTRODUCTION: Music interventions can alleviate patient anxiety and improve post-surgical satisfaction. However, it remains uncertain whether music personal preferences affect efficacy. We tested whether personal music intervention with patient-selected songs played ad libitum is more effective than standard therapist-designed treatment with classical music. METHODS: A prospective, parallel-group, single-blinded, randomized controlled trial with 229 participants (aged 18 to 60 y) previously scheduled for elective surgery...
April 3, 2024: International Journal of Surgery
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537082/khmer-translation-and-cultural-adaptation-of-the-locomotor-capabilities-index-5
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Nerrolyn Ramstrand, Alan Maddock, Thearith Heang, Nil Ean, Sisary Kheng
BACKGROUND: Mobility is a major goal of prosthetic and orthotic rehabilitation, and use of outcome measures to evaluate mobility is necessary for good clinical practice. To support the use of outcome measures worldwide, work is needed to translate relevant instruments and adapt them for use in multiple cultures. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this research was to use a standardized method to translate the Locomotor Capabilities Index-5 (LCI-5) into Khmer, the national language in Cambodia, and to evaluate its cultural integrity by assessing it with a group of prosthesis and orthosis users...
March 22, 2024: Prosthetics and Orthotics International
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537080/contributions-of-cerebral-white-matter-hyperintensities-age-and-pedal-perception-to-postural-sway-in-people-living-with-hiv
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Edith V Sullivan, Natalie M Zahr, Qingyu Zhao, Kilian M Pohl, Stephanie A Sassoon, Adolf Pfefferbaum
OBJECTIVE: With aging, people living with HIV (PLWH) have diminishing postural stability that increases liability for falls. Factors and neuromechanisms contributing to instability are incompletely known. Brain white matter abnormalities seen as hyperintense (WMH) signals have been considered to underlie instability in normal aging and PLWH. We questioned whether sway-WMH relations endured after accounting for potentially relevant demographic, physiological, and HIV-related variables...
March 27, 2024: AIDS
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537068/fear-of-recurrence-among-lung-cancer-survivors-a-theoretical-model-validation
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Qiuhong Chen, Yunqin Weng, Fangfang Wang, Xiaoyan Yang, Wei-Ti Chen, Feifei Huang
BACKGROUND: Fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) significantly impacts the treatment and prognosis of lung cancer survivors. However, the mechanisms and factors contributing to FCR and its related consequences in lung cancer remain poorly understood. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the validity of the Lee-Jones Theoretical Model of FCR in lung cancer survivors. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 257 lung cancer survivors who had undergone surgical treatment 1 year prior...
March 27, 2024: Cancer Nursing
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537059/an-mri-radiomics-approach-to-discriminate-hemorrhage-prone-intracranial-tumors-before-stereotactic-biopsy
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Yupeng Zhang, Tingliang Cao, Haoyu Zhu, Yuqi Song, Changxuan Li, Chuhan Jiang, Chao Ma
PURPOSE: To explore imaging biomarkers predictive of intratumoral hemorrhage for lesions intended for elective stereotactic biopsy. METHOD: This study included a retrospective cohort of 143 patients with 175 intracranial lesions intended for stereotactic biopsy. All the lesions were randomly split into a training dataset (n=121) and a test dataset (n=54) at a ratio of 7:3. 34 lesions were defined as "hemorrhage-prone tumors" as hemorrhage occurred between initial diagnostic MRI acquisition and the scheduled biopsy procedure...
April 3, 2024: International Journal of Surgery
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537056/perioperative-outcomes-and-long-term-survival-of-cryosurgery-on-unresectable-pancreatic-cancer-a-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis
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Kang Xue, Xiaofeng Liu, Xiaolin Xu, Li Wang, Bole Tian
BACKGROUND: Pancreatic cancer (PC) continues to rank as one of the deadliest forms of cancer, with the majority of patients being diagnosed with unresectable disease. The implementation of cryoablation-based comprehensive treatment is expected to lead to a reduction in tumor size and potentially achieve complete resection. However, the availability of systematic and evidence-based treatment guidelines for cryoablation in pancreatic cancer is currently limited. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A computerized search was conducted in the Medline, Embase, Cochrane Library databases, and Clinicaltrials to retrieve studies published from August 1987 to June 2023...
April 3, 2024: International Journal of Surgery
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38537050/deep-anterior-lamellar-keratoplasty-and-penetrating-keratoplasty-in-macular-corneal-dystrophy-comparison-of-visual-and-topographic-outcomes-and-complications
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Ayşe Tüfekçi Balıkçı, Ayşe Burcu, Züleyha Yalnız Akkaya, Evin Singar, Selma Uzman
PURPOSES: This study aims to assess and compare the postoperative visual and topographic outcomes, complications, and graft survival rates following deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty and penetrating keratoplasty in patients with macular corneal dystrophy. METHODS: In this study we enrolled 59 patients (23 male; and 36 female) with macular corneal dystrophy comprising 81 eyes. Out of these, 64 eyes underwent penetrating keratoplasty, while 17 eyes underwent deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty...
2024: Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia
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