001). By quantifying the impact velocities and locations associated with concussive impacts in professional American football, this study provides information that may be used to improve upon current helmet testing methodologies.Brain’s micro-structure plays a critical role in its macro-structure material properties. Since the structural…[Read more]

Incident liver dysfunction (LD) after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation has been previously associated with adverse outcomes, yet data on perioperative risk markers are sparse.

We retrospectively reviewed consecutive patients undergoing continuous-flow LVAD implant between 2007 and 2017 at a single institution.…[Read more]

child development, clinicians should be aware of the impact of epilepsy on maternal psychosocial outcomes and family life of women with epilepsy. BACKGROUND Many evidence-based prevention and intervention approaches for youth mental health exist, but most are time-consuming and expensive to deliver. Innovative approaches are needed to develop and…[Read more]

002) higher in SSc patients with LGE than in SSc patients without LGE (0.68 [0.65-0.73] vs. 0.64 [0.63-0.65]). The median S/D ratio was significantly (p = 0.02) higher in SSc patients with LGE than in SSc patients without LGE (3.12 [2.83-3.76] vs. 2.78 [2.64-2.84]). CONCLUSIONS Our study, although performed on a small SSc population, showed RRI…[Read more]

Employing these alternative approaches alone or in combination shows promising advantages for addressing the growing clinical embarrassment of antibiotics in fighting drug-resistant bacteria.

In Mali, the non-governmental association (NGO) ARCAD Santé PLUS launched the CovidPrev program in response to the COVID-19 outbreak to ensure…[Read more]

In Burkina Faso, despite several efforts to improve contraceptive uptake, contraceptive prevalence remains low. Studies suggest that the low levels of family planning (FP) practices can be partially attributed to the low participation of men in reproductive health programmes. Involving men in FP programmes in Burkina Faso is thus imperative, but…[Read more]

38-4.20, P≤0.004). Excluding patients who died within 90 days after LT, the risk of death after AIH-LT was superior compared to ALC-LT (HR=0.84, P=0.004), worse compared to PBC-LT (HR=1.38, P less then 0.001) and similar compared to PSC-LT (P=0.93). AIH patients with living donor LT (LDLT) showed reduced survival compared to patients receiving d…[Read more]

Aedes aegypti is an efficient vector of several arboviruses of public health importance, including Zika and dengue. Currently vector management is the only available avenue for disease control. Development of efficient vector control strategies requires a thorough understanding of vector ecology. In this study, we identified households that are…[Read more]

Aedes aegypti is an efficient vector of several arboviruses of public health importance, including Zika and dengue. Currently vector management is the only available avenue for disease control. Development of efficient vector control strategies requires a thorough understanding of vector ecology. In this study, we identified households that are…[Read more]

ost patients responded well to treatment. The integrality and accuracy of the notifiable epidemiological case questionnaire needs to be improved in order to provide more factual and objective information for both the physicians and policy-makers. © 2020 Liu et al.Acinetobacter baumannii is a nosocomial pathogen and gram-negative coccobacillus…[Read more]

Experiments have suggested that bacterial mechanosensitive channels separate into 2D clusters, the role of which is unclear. By developing a coarse-grained computer model we find that clustering promotes the channel closure, which is highly dependent on the channel concentration and membrane stress. This behaviour yields a tightly regulated gating…[Read more]