Transfer of Maternal Immunity to Newborns of Diabetic Mothers by Eduardo Luzía França, Iracema de Mattos Paranhos Calderon, Elisa Lima Vieira, Glilciane Morceli, Adenilda Cristina Honorio-França

“…This study was carried out with hyperglycemic pregnant women to investigate the transfer of antibody classes to newborns across the placenta or by colostrum and the functional activity of phagocytes in maternal blood, cord blood, and colostrum from diabetes mothers. …”
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Scaling-Stimulated Salivary Antioxidant Changes and Oral-Health Behavior in an Evaluation of Periodontal Treatment Outcomes by Po-Sheng Yang, Wei-Chen Huang, Shyuan-Yow Chen, Chien-Hsun Chen, Chang-Yu Lee, Che-Tong Lin, Yung-Kai Huang

“…After scaling, the TAOC was significantly higher in patients who had regular dental visits than in patients who had irregular dental visits (3.52 versus 0.70 mmole/g protein, P<0.01). …”
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Glossopharyngeal and Hypoglossal Nerve Paralysis Secondary to Prevertebral Phlegmon by Ryunosuke Fukushi, Izaya Ogon, Yoshinori Terashima, Hiroyuki Takashima, Tsutomu Oshigiri, Noriyuki Iesato, Mitsunori Yoshimoto, Makoto Emori, Atsushi Teramoto, Toshihiko Yamashita

“…One day postadmission, the patient’s temperature had risen to 39.1°C and his SpO2 had fallen. His neck pain had also worsened, and emergency surgery was decided. …”
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CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF N-TERMINAL FRAGMENT OF NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS WHO DO NOT RECEIVE PATHOGENETIC THERAPY by T. A. Panafidina, M. A. Sokhova, T. V. Popkova, D. S. Novikova, E. N. Aleksandrova, Yu. O. Korsakova, A. V. Volkov

“…The patients were divided into two groups: 1) 18 (64%) patients had a NT-proBNP concentration of &gt; 125.0 pg/ml; 2) 10 (36%) patients had no more than this level. …”
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Static and temporal dynamic changes of intrinsic brain activity in early-onset and adult-onset schizophrenia: a fMRI study of interaction effects by Jingli Chen, Jingli Chen, Jingli Chen, Yarui Wei, Yarui Wei, Kangkang Xue, Kangkang Xue, Xinyu Gao, Xinyu Gao, Mengzhe Zhang, Mengzhe Zhang, Shaoqiang Han, Shaoqiang Han, Baohong Wen, Baohong Wen, Guangyu Wu, Jingliang Cheng, Jingliang Cheng

“…Evidence has revealed that this inconsistency could be due to mixed effects of age of onset.MethodsWe enrolled 66/84 drug-naïve first-episode patients with early-onset/adult-onset schizophrenia (EOS/AOS) and matched normal controls (NCs) (46 adolescents, 73 adults), undergoing resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. Two-way ANOVA was used to determine the amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation (ALFF) and dynamic ALFF (dALFF) among the four groups.ResultCompared to NCs, EOS had a higher ALFF in inferior frontal gyrus bilateral triangular part (IFG-tri), left opercular part (IFG-oper), left orbital part (IFG-orb), and left middle frontal gyrus (MFG). …”
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Immunological parameters in patients with chronic opisthorchiasis coupled to mutant genes associated with predisposition to arterial hypertension development by Svetlana A. Grigorieva, K. B. Stepanova, T. F. Stepanova, A. N. Ozerova, I. V. Bakshtanovskaya, G. A. Kalgina, L. V. Kurlaeva

“…To identify the features of immune system functioning in patients with chronic opisthorchiasis coupled to mutant gene loci associated with arterial hypertension predisposition, comprehensive studies on innate and adaptive immunity were conducted. …”
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Franciscan Convent of the Virgin Mary in Solivar – its History and Book Culture / Františkánsky konvent Panny Márie v Solivare – jeho história a knižná kultúra by BALOGA, Martin, Miroslav Huťka

“…Another interesting fact is that the town of Prešov had its own Mendicant monastery, which belonged to the Carmelite Order. …”
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Assessing the association between diet, health-related quality of life, and anthropometric status in paediatric HIV by Oluwafunke Akinbule, Olajumoke M. Aoofolaju, Adedotun A. Sultan

“…The physical health summary score of the control group was significantly higher compared to the case group for the children’s report (p < 0.05). BMI-for-age had a significant relationship with the physical health (p = 0.01), social (p = 0.00) and school functioning (p = 0.00) domains of the HRQoL, but only for respondents living with HIV. …”
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Effects of the Computer Desk Level on the Musculoskeletal Discomfort of Neck and Upper Extremities and EMG Activities in Patients with Spinal Cord Injuries by Bo-Ra Kang, Jin-Gang Her, Ju-Sang Lee, Tae-Sung Ko, Young-Youl You

“…Postanalysis revealed the C6 group had decreased RPE as the level of computer desk increased, whereas the subjects in the T2-T6 group had decreased RPE values in accordance with the decreasing level of computer desk (p<.05). …”
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Safety and Efficacy of Acute Clopidogrel Load in Patients with Moderate and Severe Ischemic Strokes by Amir Shaban, Dominique J. Monlezun, Natalia Rincon, Jonathan Tiu, Melisa Valmoria, Sheryl Martin-Schild

“…Patients with clopidogrel loading had lower baseline NIHSS than patients who were not loaded (8 versus 9, p=0.005). …”
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Preparing Gluten-free Cookies for Children From Quinoa and Papaya Powder by Hanan, A. Hussien, Mohammad, F.M. Abdulla

“…Papaya powder had significantly higher fiber and ash content (12.92 and 4.59 g/100g, respectively) compared to both rice flour and quinoa flour. …”
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Quality of life experienced by South Sudanese lower limb prosthetic users after rehabilitation by Lotto Charles Paul Dominsiano, Surona Visagie

“…Background: Prosthetic rehabilitation modifies functional limitations and psychological challenges caused by amputations, as it helps to restore mobility and body image. …”
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Robustness of viral load over CD4 cell count in measuring the quality of life of people with HIV at second line regimen in Amhara region by Awoke Seyoum Tegegne

“…Among the predictors for quality of life, age of patients, level of CD4 cell count while transferring to second-line regimen, sex of patients, social discrimination, level of education of patients, functional status, adherence level, disclosure status of the disease, mental depression, existence of opportunistic infections and residence area had significant effect on the variable of interest (quality of life). …”
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Not on the same wavelength? How autistic traits influence cooperation: evidence from fNIRS hyperscanning by Kaiyun Li, Bang Du, Xue Guan, Liu Chen, Mingxue Wang, Gongxiang Chen, Fanlu Jia, Xiaoqing Jiang

“…Whether individuals with high autistic traits exhibit less cooperation remains debated.MethodsThis study employed the prisoner’s dilemma game (PDG) to measure cooperation in 56 dyads, including 27 with high-low (HL) autistic traits and 29 with low-low (LL) autistic traits, using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) hyperscanning technique. …”
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Biological and technological evaluation of sidr (Ziziphus spina Christi L.) based on high fat diet as antihyperlipidemic effects by Heba, A. Barakat, Dina, M. Sabri, Akram, M. M. Elanany, Amany, A. Salem

“…Crackers sidr formula had better sensory properties scores than cake sidr formula. …”
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Digit-sparing surgery for hand bone tumors: results of en-bloc bone resection and repla cement with osteoarticular allografts by Lorenzo Andreani, Martina Cordoni, Elena Bechini, Fabrizia Gentili, Andrea De Blasi, Antonio D'Arienzo, Edoardo Ipponi, Paolo Domenico Parchi

“…The patient with GSD (middle phalanx) had a local recurrence and underwent ray amputation. …”
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The clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis of diabetic nephropathy in Tibetan area by HE Yan, WANG Yan, CIREN Luobu, ZHANG Lei, A Yong, LI Guo-liang, SUOLANG Quzhen, DANG Zong-hui

“…Objective To analyze and summarize the clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis of diabetic nephropathy(DN)in Tibetan area.Methods Patients with biopsy-confirmed DN at Tibet Autonomous Region People’s Hospital from April 2016 to December 2019 were recruited in this study.Their clinical,pathological and follow-up data were retrospectively analyzed.All the patients were divided into 4 groups based on the pathological types of DN to compare between groups.In addition,they were divided into 2 groups based on occurrence of outcome event to analyze,where the outcome event was defined as need for renal replacement treatment or death.Results A total of 48 patients were enrolled,including 37 males(77.08%),with an average age of(53.60±10.22) years.In time of renal puncture biopsy,the mean 24-hour urinary protein was(4.59±2.19)g and the mean serum creatinine was(167.87±110.79)μmol/L.There were 7 cases with pathological type IIa,6 cases with pathological type IIb,30 cases with type III,and 5 cases with type IV in terms of DN pathological typing.Patients with type III had higher urinary protein levels,and patients with type IV had higher serum uric acid levels.Mean follow-up duration was(10.70±8.64) months.During the follow-up period,6 patients received renal replacement therapy(RRT)and 12 patients died.The median event-free survival time was 15 months;the 1-year and 2-year event-free cumulative survival rate were 67.8% and 33.1%,respectively.The patients with outcome events had an older age,a lower serum albumin level and lower renal functions in time of renal puncture biopsy.Conclusions DN patients in Tibet have an early onset age,late timing of kidney biopsy,and poor prognosis.Local physicians should conduct renal biopsy for those patients,and enhance education and management of patients,so as to improve the prognosis.…”
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Prognostic Factors of Developmental Outcome in Neonatal Seizures in Term Infants by Yin-Hsuan Lai, Che-Sheng Ho, Nan-Chang Chiu, Chih-Fan Tseng, Yuan-Ling Huang

“…Results: Among the 232 enrolled infants, 125 had a normal outcome and 14 had mild functional disability (59.9%), and 55 (23.7%) survived with one or more neurodevelopmental impairments (7 with cerebral palsy, 48 with global developmental delay), and 38 (16.4%) died. …”
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The Stockholm Spinal Cord Uro Study: Changing patterns of urological surgery in a regional prevalence group through 50 years – Outcomes and lessons learned by Elisabeth Farrelly, Lena Lindbo, Åke Seiger

“…Results: A total of 137 patients had undergone 262 urological surgical interventions. …”
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Long-term outcomes and predictors of biologic treatment in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis in a single-center experience in Thailand by Sirisucha Soponkanaporn, Suphaneewan Jaovisidha, Soamarat Vilaiyuk

“…Nine patients (14%) achieved complete remission, while 12 (18.8%) had persistent active disease and 3 patients died; 2 of them had macrophage activation syndrome, while the other had a severe infection. …”
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