Recommendations for clinicians include prioritizing the couple subsystem as an avenue for building resilience against minority stress.

Critical thinking is an essential skill for the dentist, yet little has surfaced to define the outcome, guide learning, and assess performance. On June 16, 2020, the American Dental Education Association (ADEA)…[Read more]

The enzymatic efficiency (Kcat/Km) is highest for Ang V and Ang III followed by Ang IV and is lowest for Ang II. As a gluzincin metallopeptidase, ACE2 requires a zinc molecule at its active site for catalysis. This report also documents inhibition of ACE2 activity by concentrations of zinc exceeding 10 μM. These observations extend the functional…[Read more]

Instead, MesD requires an uncharacterized protein family (DUF1852) and oxygen for activity.The aim of this study is to analyze patient movement patterns between hospital departments to derive the underlying intra-hospital movement network, and to assess if movement patterns differ between patients at high or low risk of colonization. For that…[Read more]

Caffeic acid O-methyltransferases (COMTs) play an important role in the diversification of natural products, especially in the phenylalanine metabolic pathway of plant. The content of COMT genes in blueberry and relationship between their expression patterns and the lignin content during fruit development have not clearly investigated by…[Read more]

COVID-19 has impacted the primary management of cardiac conditions, decreasing the number of interventions of coronary diseases. Elective coronary treatments and imaging have been largely cancelled across the world to make way for increased resources for COVID-19 patients. The impact on these cardiac patients during these times may be drastic. The…[Read more]

Normal pregnancy is essential for human reproduction. However, environmental BaP (benzo(a)pyrene) and its metabolite BPDE (benzo(a)pyrene-7,8-dihydrodiol-9,10-epoxide) induce dysfunctions of human trophoblastic cells, which could further result in miscarriage. Yet, the molecular mechanisms remain poorly understood. In this work, a novel lnc-HZ03…[Read more]

47(P<0.02 95%CI 1.40-2.31) while one study with the poor functional outcome at discharge was OR=2.49.

In patients with acute ischemic stroke, elevated neutrophil-to-lymphocyte correlates with poorer functional outcome and increased chances of developing symptomatic Intracranial Hemorrhage. Baseline neutrophil-to-lymphocyte can be an…[Read more]

Electrophoretic deposition (EPD) is an excellent surface coating approach widely investigated for applications ranging from solar cells, batteries, electrochemical capacitors, solid oxide fuel cells, sensors, molecular sieves, corrosion-resistant coatings, and biomedical materials. On the other hand, superhydrophobic (SHPC) surfaces have enticed…[Read more]

Plant health had significant effects on root-associated fungal communities, whereas only the highly resistant cultivar had significant effects only on the rhizosphere fungal communities. Co-occurrence networks revealed a higher complexity of fungal communities in the symptom-free roots compared to diseased roots. In addition, networks from roots…[Read more]

5 vs. 50.0 years,

< 0.001; 41.7% vs. 6.1%,

= 0.010; and 33.3% vs. 2.5%,

= 0.003, respectively). ATDs were challenged in 14 cases. The ATD associated most often with SCAR cases was rifampin (81.8%), followed by isoniazid (66.7%), ethambutol (50.0%), pyrazinamide (33.3%). Six patients (42.9%) had hypersensitivity reactions to 2 or…[Read more]

We present a unique case of chronic deltoid ligament disruption in a 34-year-old high-level military operator with a 12-month history of acute-onset medial ankle pain. Magnetic resonance imaging showed an isolated chronic disruption of the superficial and deep deltoid ligament. The patient was managed operatively with a semitendinosus allograft.…[Read more]

In women with a cervical length less then 25 mm, vaginal progesterone has been demonstrated to reduce the risk of preterm birth. Conclusion Strategies including cervical length screening, vaginal progesterone administration, cervical cerclage placement, and, potentially, 17-P administration may help reduce rates of preterm birth when used in the…[Read more]

Low birth weight is an important risk factor for many co-morbidities both in early life as well as in adulthood. Numerous studies report associations between prenatal exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution and low birth weight. Previous systematic reviews and meta-analyses report varying effect sizes and significant heterogeneity…[Read more]