The Correctness and Completeness of Documentation of Parameters on the Partographs used by Midwives in Primary Healthcare Facilities in Midwestern Uganda: A retrospective Descripti... by Archbald, Bahiz, Clement, Munguiko, Enos Mirembe, Masereka

“…About 38.9%, 24.7%, 99.7%, 22.5% and 16 % of the partographs had no documentation of obstetric risk factors, foetal heart rate, colour of liquor, uterine contractions and cervical dilatation respectively. …”
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Electrocardiogram-gated cardiac computed tomography-based patient- and segment-specific cardiac motion estimation method in stereotactic arrhythmia radioablation for ventricular ta... by Jingyang Xie, Alicia S. Bicu, Melanie Grehn, Mustafa Kuru, Adrian Zaman, Xinyu Lu, Christian Janorschke, Luuk H.G. van der Pol, Martin F. Fast, Jens Fleckenstein, Marcus Both, Stephan Hohmann, Egor Borzov, Peter Winkler, Roland R. Tilz, Dirk Rades, Frank A. Giordano, Daniel Buergy, Boris Rudic, David Duncker, Roland Merten, Tomer Charas, Mahmoud Suleiman, Thomas Brunner, Daniel Scherr, Evgeny Lian, Achim Schweikard, Oliver Blanck, Judit Boda-Heggemann, Lena Kaestner

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Analysis of fatty acid-derived lipids in critically ill patients after cardiac surgery yields novel pathophysiologically relevant mediators with possible relevance for systemic inf... by Holger Neb, Verena Roth, Jessica Roos, Jessica Roos, Tom Bauer, Anja Urbschat, Ulrike Heinicke, Carlo Angioni, Dieter Steinhilber, Dieter Steinhilber, Matthias Piesche, Matthias Piesche, Nerea Ferreirós, Robert Gurke, Robert Gurke, Gerd Geisslinger, Gerd Geisslinger, Edith Utech, Kai Zacharowski, Patrick Meybohm, Patrick Meybohm, Patrick Paulus, Elke Schmitt, Elke Schmitt, Thorsten Jürgen Maier, Thorsten Jürgen Maier

“…Many of these patients develop forms of acute kidney injury, heart or acute liver failure during intensive care. …”
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Risk factors for thromboembolic and bleeding events in anticoagulated patients with atrial fibrillation: the prospective, multicentre observational PREvention oF thromboembolic eve... by Raffaele De Caterina, Kurt Huber, Richard Schilling, Miklos Rohla, Thomas W Weiss, Ladislav Pecen, Giuseppe Patti, Jolanta M Siller-Matula, Renate B Schnabel, Dipak Kotecha, Markus Lucerna, Paulus Kirchhof

“…The incidence of thromboembolic and major bleeding events was 2.34% (95% CI 1.93% to 2.74%) and 2.84% (95% CI 2.41% to 3.33%) after 1-year of follow-up, respectively.Abnormal liver function, prior stroke or transient ischaemic attack, labile international normalised ratio (INR), concomitant therapy with antiplatelet or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, heart failure and older age (≥75 years) were independently associated with both thromboembolic and major bleeding events.With the exception of unstable INR values, these risk factors were validated in patients treated with NOACs (PREFER in AF Prolongation Study, 72±9 years, 40% female, CHA2DS2-VASc 3.3±1.6). …”
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The impact of biofeedback in enhancing chronic pain rehabilitation: A systematic review of mechanisms and outcomes by Andrea Calderone, Vincenza Maura Mazzurco Masi, Rosaria De Luca, Antonio Gangemi, Mirjam Bonanno, Daniela Floridia, Francesco Corallo, Giovanni Morone, Angelo Quartarone, Maria Grazia Maggio, Rocco Salvatore Calabrò

“…Mechanistically, BFB facilitates improved self-regulation by training patients to modulate physiological responses, such as muscle tension and heart rate variability, leading to better pain control and stress reduction. …”
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Absence of Standard Modifiable Risk Factors in Middle Eastern Patients with Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease. The Jordan Absence of Standard Modifiable Risk Factors (SMuRF-Le... by Hammoudeh AJ, Aldalal’ah M, Smadi EA, Alrishoud D, Alomari A, Alkhawaldeh M, Rizik A, Okour MF, Araydah M

“…Multivariate analysis showed that young age, absence of heart failure and utilization of secondary preventive medications were associated with better one year outcome.Conclusion: In this cohort of ME patients with ASCVD, nearly four in 100 were SMuRF-less. …”
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Clinical benefits and risks of remote patient monitoring: an overview and assessment of methodological rigour of systematic reviews for selected patient groups by Constanze Wartenberg, Helen Elden, Malte Frerichs, Lennart L Jivegård, Kajsa Magnusson, Georgios Mourtzinis, Ola Nyström, Kajsa Quitz, Helen Sjöland, Therese Svanberg, Helena Vallo Hult

“…Some patient benefit of remote patient monitoring was reported for five patient groups (asthma, chronic obstructive lung disease, heart failure, hypertension, and elderly patients with multiple diseases). …”
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Sex differences in the associations of water, coffee and tea consumption with cardiovascular diseases: a prospective cohort study by Dandan Ke, Dandan Ke, Yueqing Wang, Yabing Hou, Weihao Shao, Jiawen Ke, Xiaoxuan Zhang, Hongxi Yang, Zhong He, Zuolin Lu

“…CVDs, including coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke and heart failure (HF) were followed till March 1st, 2023. …”
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Persistent Gender and Racial Hierarchies: Marriage Migration and Mixedness in Morocco from the French Protectorate to the Present by Catherine Therrien, Catherine Phipps

“…But emotions are still at the heart of these experiences of intimacy across racial, national and religious borders. …”
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Effects of Local Heating and Whole-Body Hyperthermia on Neuromuscular and Cognitive Function in Young and Old Healthy Adults by Junli Wang

“…In the second study, body surface area, heart rate, muscle temperature, and thermal sensation were measured. …”
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Simulator training in focus assessed transthoracic echocardiography (FATE) for undergraduate medical students: results from the FateSim randomized controlled trial by Johannes Matthias Weimer, Franziska Marietta Sprengart, Thomas Vieth, Sebastian Göbel, Anna Dionysopoulou, Rebecca Krüger, Jan Beer, Andreas Michael Weimer, Holger Buggenhagen, Roman Kloeckner, Lukas Pillong, Johanna Helfrich, Elias Waezsada, Philipp Wand, Julia Weinmann-Menke

“…Abstract Introduction Ultrasound is important in heart diagnostics, yet implementing effective cardiac ultrasound requires training. …”
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Childhood lung function is associated with adolescent-onset and persistent asthma by Hans Jacob L. Koefoed, Anhar Ullah, Jenny Hallberg, Simon Kebede Merid, Maura M. Kere, Lesley Lowe, Angela Simpson, Clare S. Murray, Ulrike Gehring, Roel Vermeulen, Inger Kull, Anna Bergström, Judith M. Vonk, Adnan Custovic, Erik Melén, Gerard H. Koppelman

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Characterisation of clinical response and transcriptional profiling of proliferating CD8 T cells in the blood of cancer patients after PD-1 monotherapy or combination therapy by Peng Li, Haydn Kissick, Rebecca C Obeng, Tahseen H Nasti, Christiane S Eberhardt, Rafi Ahmed, Zhengjia Chen, Warren J Leonard, Suresh S Ramalingam, Andreas Wieland, Annapaola Mariniello, Jeffrey M Switchenko, Kylee Martens, Daniel Y Chang, Donald McGuire, Candace Daugherty, Yuzi Zhang, Rathi Pillai, Alice O Kamphorst

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Meta-Analysis of Daoyin Therapy on Therapeutic Effect and Quality of Life in Patients with Stable Angina Pectoris by QIAO Meng, WANG Zhifei, TAN Chaoren, DAI Jingang

“…ObjectiveTo evaluate the therapeutic effect and quality of life of Daoyin therapy in the treatment of stable angina pectoris of coronary heart disease.MethodsEight databases, including CNKI, VIP, Wanfang, SinoMed, PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, and Web of Science were searched through the computer retrieval system, and the RCTs of Daoyin therapy for stable angina pectoris were screened. …”
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Update on long-term outcomes of a cohort of patients with TCF3::HLF positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia treated with blinatumomab and stem cell transplantation by Aida Zeckanovic, Brice Mouttet, Luciana Vinti, Philip Ancliff, Benoît Brethon, Gunnar Cario, Sarah Elitzur, Volkan Hazar, Joachim Kunz, Anja Möricke, Jerry Stein, Yöntem Yaman, Jochen Buechner, Magnus Aasved Hjort, David O’Connor, Angus Hodder, Jack Bartram, Julia Alten, Draga Barbaric, Gabriele Escherich, Nicolas Boissel, Loïc Vasseur, Emmanuelle Clappier, Laure Farnault, Sarah Bonnet, Katharine Patrick, Martin Schrappe, Sema Anak, André Baruchel, Franco Locatelli, Martin Stanulla, Arend von Stackelberg, Nicole Bodmer, Jean-Pierre Bourquin

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Mesotherapy: From Historical Notes to Scientific Evidence and Future Prospects by Massimo Mammucari, Enrica Maggiori, Domenico Russo, Chiara Giorgio, Gianpaolo Ronconi, Paola E Ferrara, Flora Canzona, Luciano Antonaci, Bartolomeo Violo, Renato Vellucci, Domenico Rocco Mediati, Alberto Migliore, Umberto Massafra, Barbara Bifarini, Fabio Gori, Massimo di Carlo, Stefano Brauneis, Teresa Paolucci, Piergiovanni Rocchi, Anna Cuguttu, Raffaele Di Marzo, Alessandro Bomprezzi, Stefania Santini, Manuela Giardini, Anna Rosa Catizzone, Fiammetta Troili, Dario Dorato, Alessandra Gallo, Costanza Guglielmo, Silvia Natoli

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Deep learning-based aberration compensation improves contrast and resolution in fluorescence microscopy by Min Guo, Yicong Wu, Chad M. Hobson, Yijun Su, Shuhao Qian, Eric Krueger, Ryan Christensen, Grant Kroeschell, Johnny Bui, Matthew Chaw, Lixia Zhang, Jiamin Liu, Xuekai Hou, Xiaofei Han, Zhiye Lu, Xuefei Ma, Alexander Zhovmer, Christian Combs, Mark Moyle, Eviatar Yemini, Huafeng Liu, Zhiyi Liu, Alexandre Benedetto, Patrick La Riviere, Daniel Colón-Ramos, Hari Shroff

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Nomogram to predict 3 month prognosis of acute ischemic stroke among young adults by Qian He, Qian He, Miaoran Wang, Haoyue Zhu, Ying Xiao, Rui Wen, Xiaoqing Liu, Yangdi Shi, Linzhi Zhang, Bing Xu

“…DCA confirmed the clinical applicability of the model.ConclusionThe nomogram comprised of gender, family history of stroke, prior stroke, previous heart disease, toast type, mRS score at admission, adherence to medication, SBP and LDH may predict 3 months adverse outcomes among young adults with AIS.…”
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Role of glucocorticoid receptor expression in Chronic Chagas Cardiomyopathy: implications for inflammation and cardiac hypertrophy by Florencia B. González, Florencia B. González, Antonella Pacini, Araceli Castro, Susana Lioi, Silvina R. Villar, Silvina R. Villar, Luciano D’Attilio, Luciano D’Attilio, Rodolfo D. Leiva, Rodolfo D. Leiva, Liliana Favaloro, Oscar A. Bottasso, Oscar A. Bottasso, Carlos A. Vigliano, Carlos A. Vigliano, Ana Rosa Pérez, Ana Rosa Pérez

“…However, the involvement of glucocorticoid receptors (GR) and their isoforms have been unexplored.Materials and methodsThe expression of GR-α/β isoforms, 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type-1 (11β-HSD1), inflammatory cytokines, and the GC-regulated gene tristetraprolin (TTP) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) as well as GR immunoreactivity in the myocardium from CCC individuals were evaluated by qPCR and immunohistochemistry respectively. Heart control samples with no evidence of structural heart disease and from ischemic cardiomyopathy patients were included. …”
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ECG‐based epileptic seizure prediction: Challenges of current data‐driven models by Sotirios Kalousios, Jens Müller, Hongliu Yang, Matthias Eberlein, Ortrud Uckermann, Gabriele Schackert, Witold H. Polanski, Georg Leonhardt

“…In our work, we evaluated whether variations in heart rate could be used to predict epileptic seizures. …”
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