39% and the second threshold value 5.47%, the magnitude of the impacts of PM2.5 pollution on U5MR significantly decreased accordingly. When the percentage of population with access to improved sanitation facilities in a country was over 41.3%, the health damaging effects were reduced by more than half. This paper fills the current gap of PM2.5…[Read more]

To determine if hyposmia in isolated REM sleep behavior disorder (IRBD) predicts short-term conversion to any α-synucleinopathy and declines with time.

Olfaction was tested using the University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT-40) in 140 consecutive patients with polysomnography-confirmed IRBD and in 77 matched controls. sel…[Read more]

Oral mucositis is a debilitating consequence of radiotherapy in patients with head and neck cancers. Radiation-induced oral mucositis (RIOM) can cause pain and weight loss, reduce quality of life and affect treatment outcomes.

A systematic review was undertaken to identify and examine the efficacy of low-cost interventions to mitigate RIOM…[Read more]

Unveiling the contributions of electroosmotic flow (EOF) in the electrokinetic transport through structurally-defined nanoscale pores and channels is challenging but fundamentally significant because of the broad relevance of charge transport in energy conversion, desalination and analyte mixing, micro and nano-fluidics, single entity analysis,…[Read more]

The brain’s capacity to process unexpected events is key to cognitive flexibility. The most well-known effect of unexpected events is the interruption of attentional engagement (distraction). We tested whether unexpected events interrupt attentional representations by activating a neural mechanism for inhibitory control. This mechanism is most…[Read more]

Previous research suggests that individual differences in pathogen disgust sensitivity and social anxiety predict avoidance behavior, especially of pathogen cues, and reduced tolerance for social ambiguity. Conversely, generalized social trust is associated with approach behavior and a greater tolerance for social ambiguity. see more We conducted…[Read more]

A double aortic arch (DAA) with atresia is an uncommon cause of a symptomatic vascular ring resulting in trachea-esophageal compression. An atretic double aortic arch can resemble the right aortic arch with a mirror image branching pattern or the right arch with an aberrant left subclavian artery depending upon the level of atresia. The double…[Read more]

At 6 months follow-up, the patient was content with the external genitalia’s appearance, and the urination and erectile function were normal.

Pseudodiphallia is a rare kind of diphallia, and this is the first report on pseudodiphallia with a bilateral extrarenal pelvis. CT urography can be used to assess the associated internal anomalies…[Read more]

OBJECTIVES The study was designed to evaluate the effect of low-dose intracoronary prourokinase administration immediately after thrombus aspiration in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) presenting with a serious thrombus burden. METHODS Consecutive STEMI patients with high thrombus burden received thrombus aspiration…[Read more]

Renal ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) is a major cause of acute kidney injury (AKI) and even induces remote organ damage. Accumulating proofs demonstrates that the endocannabinoid system (ECS) may provide a promising access for treatment strategy of renal IRI associated AKI. In the current study, using the established renal IRI model of rat, we…[Read more]

These plastic responses highlight the importance of proximate weather contributions to broad patterns of montane ontogeny and parental care.AbstractAnimals initiate, interrupt, or invest resources in reproduction in light of their physiology and the environment. The energetic risks entailed in an individual’s reproductive strategy can influence…[Read more]

65 lambs born per ewe), LSRAB (0.80), body weight (88.8 ± 10.8 kg), and body condition score (2.8 ± 0.6) of ewes, or birth weight and crown-rump length of lambs. The GI (BW/CRL1.5) was affected by sex of lamb (P = 0.008), parity of ewe (P = 0.002), litter size (P = 0.0001), and lamb status (P = 0.003). Of 229 lambs born, 32 were dead and 16 died b…[Read more]

Vigilance for secondary fungal infections will be needed to reduce adverse outcomes in critically ill patients with COVID-19.

Vigilance for secondary fungal infections will be needed to reduce adverse outcomes in critically ill patients with COVID-19.Research has documented the challenges faced by foster care leavers in their transition to…[Read more]

35 for women aware of having a non-dense breast; aOR, 4.17 for women aware of having a dense breast) and women with a good level of breast density knowledge (aOR, 1.65) were more likely to undergo future breast cancer screening.

Breast density awareness and knowledge showed positive associations with psychological factors and breast cancer…[Read more]

Future research should investigate differential effects of EPA and DHA and consider their baseline levels, other nutritional components and interactions with gene variations as potential predictors of response. The retinoid family members, including vitamin A and derivatives like 13-cis-retinoic acid (ITT) and all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA), are…[Read more]

CoCHS expression was also evaluated in the in vitro-raised plantlets under the abiotic stress (dark, cold, UV-B, wounding, salinity). mRNA transcript expression of CHS gene was found to be positively enhanced and regulated by the different stress types. A correlation between the CoCHS transcript expression with flavonoid and anthocyanin contents…[Read more]