Accurate and efficient dose calculation is an important prerequisite to ensure the success of radiation therapy. However, all the dose calculation algorithms commonly used in current clinical practice have to compromise between calculation accuracy and efficiency, which may result in unsatisfactory dose accuracy or highly intensive computation…[Read more]

Barrett’s esophagus (BE) is a premalignant condition that raises controversy among general practitioners and specialists, especially regarding its diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up protocols.

This systematic review aims to present the particularities and to clarify controversies related to the diagnosis, treatment and surveillance of…[Read more]

support the use of e/mHealth to enhance physical activity and healthy eating and reduce sedentary behavior. The general lack of precise reporting and comparison of confounding variables in reviews and original research studies as well as the limited number of reviews for each health behavior constrains the generalization and interpretation of…[Read more]

Furthermore, a variety of long- and short-lived gamma-emitting radionuclides were detected in the rainwater samples collected on April 7, 2011. Among them, short-lived radionuclides such as 140La, 110mAg, 95Nb, 125Sb, 113Sn, 129Te, 129mTe, 132Te, 132I, and 136Cs, were observed. The findings of this study provide evidence for the direct effects of…[Read more]

in situ hybridization and Western-blotting were used to detect the expression of P2X4R mRNA and protein in the DRG. These results showed that OECs had good biocompatibility with CS. Compared with the CCI, the MWT and TWL were significantly increased (P＜0.05), the expression levels of P2X4R mRNA and protein in the OECs and OECs+CS group were s…[Read more]

However, learn more of asymptomatic seizures in two of twenty-two patients was higher than previously reported and is therefore of concern.

cEEG monitoring in COVID-19 patients may aid in better understanding an epileptogenic potential of SARS-CoV2 infection. Nevertheless, larger studies utilizing cEEG are required to better examine acute…[Read more]

The recommendation to retire from sport after concussion has evolved with the understanding of concussion. Age, sport, position, level of play, relevant medical and concussion history, severity and duration of symptoms, neuroimaging and neuropsychological testing should all be considered. Susceptibility to injury, persistence of symptoms,…[Read more]

Well-established prophylactic skin care might have spared a proportion of the children from developing hand eczema.

Following the implemented hygiene regimen, a high proportion of young children rapidly developed hand eczema. Well-established prophylactic skin care might have spared a proportion of the children from developing hand eczema.The…[Read more]

Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) is an autoimmune disease characterized by a lymphocytic infiltrate in salivary glands driving to epithelial damage. The pSS patients present heterogenic clinical and serological characteristics. This heterogenicity could be due to the cytokine microenvironment. Cytokine levels have been analyzed and reported…[Read more]