Publication date: Available online 14 August 2019Source: Gait & PostureAuthor(s): T Rantalainen, H Pirkola, L Karavirta, T Rantanen, V LinnamoAbstractBackgroundWearable inertial sensors have been shown to provide valid mean gait characteristics assessments, however, assessment of variability is less convincingly established.Research questionWhat level of concurrent validity, and session-to-session reliability does an ankle-worn inertial measurement unit (IMU)-based gait assessment with a novel...
Publication date: Available online 13 August 2019Source: Gait & PostureAuthor(s): Ida Wiszomirska, Agnieszka Zdrodowska, Grażyna Tacikowska, Magdalena Sosna, Katarzyna Kaczmarczyk, Henryk SkarżyńskiAbstractBackgroundCochlear implantation (CI) procedure carries the potential risk for vestibular system insult or stimulation with resultant dysfunction due to its proximity to the cochlea. The vestibular system plays an essential role in crucial tasks such as postural control, gaze stabilization and...
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Related ArticlesGuide for library design and bias correction for large-scale transcriptome studies using highly multiplexed RNAseq methods. BMC Bioinformatics. 2019 Aug 13;20(1):418 Authors: Katayama S, Skoog T, Söderhäll C, Einarsdottir E, Krjutškov K, Kere J Abstract BACKGROUND: Standard RNAseq methods using bulk RNA and recent single-cell RNAseq methods use DNA barcodes to identify samples and cells, and the barcoded cDNAs are pooled into a library...
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Related ArticlesEstimating statistical significance of local protein profile-profile alignments. BMC Bioinformatics. 2019 Aug 13;20(1):419 Authors: Margelevičius M Abstract BACKGROUND: Alignment of sequence families described by profiles provides a sensitive means for establishing homology between proteins and is important in protein evolutionary, structural, and functional studies. In the context of a steadily growing amount of sequence data, estimating...
Related ArticlesYanagi: Fast and interpretable segment-based alternative splicing and gene expression analysis. BMC Bioinformatics. 2019 Aug 13;20(1):421 Authors: Gunady MK, Mount SM, Corrada Bravo H Abstract BACKGROUND: Ultra-fast pseudo-alignment approaches are the tool of choice in transcript-level RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) analyses. Unfortunately, these methods couple the tasks of pseudo-alignment and transcript quantification. This coupling precludes...
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Publication date: Available online 14 August 2019Source: Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeryAuthor(s): Jop P. Verweij, Kees J.H. van Westerveld, David Anssari Moin, Gertjan Mensink, J.P. Richard van MerkesteynABSTRACTThree-dimensional (3D) autotransplantation is a technique for surgical transposition of a tooth to another site within one patient, using 3D-printed replicas of the donor tooth. In this study, we evaluated intraoperative experiences during 3D autotransplantation of teeth.A multicenter,...
Publication date: Available online 14 August 2019Source: Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeryAuthor(s): Francesco Zuffetti, Luca Testarelli, Pio Bertani, Tiziano Testori, Renzo GuarnieriAbstract:Purposeto retrospectively evaluate the radiographic and clinical the success rate of short implants with laser-microgrooved collar (≤7.5 mm) placed in the posterior areas up to 3-5 years of function and the possible influence of some variables, such as, gender, periodontitis, smoking habits, location,...
Publication date: Available online 14 August 2019Source: Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeryAuthor(s): Corina Din-Lovinescu, Ishan Parikh, Boris PaskhoverABSTRACTPurposeAs bicycling popularity grows in the United States (US), it becomes increasingly important to understand and characterize bicycle-related injuries. In this study, we sought to characterize craniofacial injuries in adult cyclists and to evaluate trends in injuries over the past 10 years.MethodsIn this retrospective cohort study,...
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Publication date: Available online 14 August 2019Source: Behavioural Brain ResearchAuthor(s): Emma M. Millon, Tracey J. ShorsAbstractNeurogenesis in the adult hippocampus was rediscovered in the 1990’s after being reported in the 1960’s. Since then, thousands upon thousands of laboratories have reported on the characteristics and presumed functional significance of new neurons in the adult brain. In 1999, we reported that mental training with effortful learning could extend the survival of these...
Publication date: Available online 13 August 2019Source: Behavioural Brain ResearchAuthor(s): Christy S.S. Weeden, Jeffrey C. Mercurio, Heather A. CameronAbstractNew granule neurons are added to the dentate gyrus region of the hippocampus throughout life. Behavioral effects of slowing or stopping this ongoing neurogenesis are generally observed only in complex cognitive tasks involving high levels of cue or memory interference or in emotional tasks presented after stress exposure. We tested the role...
Publication date: Available online 13 August 2019Source: Behavioural Brain ResearchAuthor(s): Sara Hestehave, Klas SP. Abelson, Tina Brønnum Pedersen, Gordon MunroAbstractChronic pain is associated with altered affective state, stress, anxiety and depression. Conversely, stress, anxiety and depression can all modulate pain perception. The relative link between these behavioural constructs in different inbred and outbred rat strains, known to be variously hypo/hyperresponsive to stress has not been...
Publication date: Available online 13 August 2019Source: Behavioural Brain ResearchAuthor(s): Andrew J. Polis, Paul J. Fitzgerald, Pho J. Hale, Brendon O. WatsonAbstractDiscovering that the anesthetic drug ketamine has rapidly acting antidepressant effects in many individuals with major depression is one of the most important findings in clinical psychopharmacology in recent decades. The initial report of these effects in human subjects was based on a foundation of rodent preclinical studies carried...
Publication date: Available online 13 August 2019Source: Behavioural Brain ResearchAuthor(s): Peta Burns, Joshua Bowditch, James McFadyen, Richard Loiacono, Anthony L. Albiston, Vi Pham, Siew Yeen ChaiAbstractOxytocin, and the closely related neuropeptide, vasopressin, are both known to modulate social behaviours. The pro-social effects of oxytocin are well-documented and have generated much interest into its suitability as a therapeutic for disorders characterised by social dysfunction. This study...
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Publication date: Available online 14 August 2019Source: Journal of ProteomicsAuthor(s): Felix Shih-Hsiang Hsiao, Shyi-Kuen Yang, Jun-Mu Lin, Yi-Wen Chen, Chien-Sheng ChenAbstractPathogens are able to exploit specific glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), especially iduronic acid (IdoA)-containing GAGs, to invade the host. By analyzing Escherichia coli proteome chip data, we identified the interactomes of three IdoA-containing GAGs: heparin, heparin sulfate (HS), and chondroitin sulfate B (CSB). Using non-IdoA-containing...
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Publication date: Available online 14 August 2019Source: CortexAuthor(s): Andrew James Anderson, Ping Ren, Timothy M. Baran, Zhengwu Zhang, Feng LinAbstractCognitive fatigue (CF) impairs ability to perform daily activities, is a common complaint of aging and a symptom of multiple neurological conditions. However, knowledge of the neural basis of CF is limited. This is partially because CF is difficult to systematically modulate in brain imaging experiments. The most common approach has been to scan...
Publication date: Available online 13 August 2019Source: CortexAuthor(s): Kate Harris, Matthew Armstrong, Rachel Swain, Sharon Erzinclioglu, Tilak Das, Neil Burgess, Roger A. Barker, Sarah MasonAbstractBackgroundCognitive disturbances occur early in Huntington’s disease (HD) and place a significant burden on the lives of patients and family members. Whilst these impairments are typically attributed to deterioration of the frontal-striatal pathways, accumulating evidence suggests that hippocampal...
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Abstract Purpose Accumulated evidence has indicated that the gut microbiome affected the pharmacology of anti-diabetic agents, and their metabolic products induced by the agents transformed the structure of gastrointestinal microbiota in return. However, the studies around heredity, ethnicity, or living condition, referring to human microbiome were mostly represented by an occidental pattern partial and rare studies that focused on the...
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Abstract Fusion of multimodal medical images provides complementary information for diagnosis, surgical planning, and clinical outcome evaluation. Although the multiscale decomposition–based fusion methods have attracted much attention among researchers, the challenges of determining the decomposition levels and the loss of contrast hindered their applications. Here, we present a multimodal medical images fusion method combining the sum-modified-Laplacian (SML) with sparse representation...
Abstract We propose a new method for breast X-ray image adaptive enhancement that combines nonsubsampled contourlet transform (NSCT) with the whale optimization algorithm (WOA). First, the mammography X-ray image was processed by histogram equalization to ensure global image contrast. The processed image was then decomposed into three layers in the NSCT domain. Each layer was each decomposed into two, four, and eight directions. A median filter was used to remove noise in the first...
Abstract The study was undertaken to examine separately the potentiation of the first and second phases of the M wave in biceps brachii after conditioning maximal voluntary contractions (MVCs) of different durations. M waves were evoked in the biceps brachii muscle before and after isometric MVCs of 1, 3, 6, 10, 30, and 60 s. The amplitude, duration, and area of the first and second phases of monopolar M waves were measured during the 10-min period following each contraction. Our...
Abstract Fuzzy inference systems have been frequently used in medical diagnosis for managing uncertainty sources in the medical images. In addition, fuzzy systems have high level of interpretability because of using linguistic terms for knowledge representation through the reasoning process. The evolutionary algorithms can be applied for optimization of the systems. This article takes advantages of differential evolutionary algorithm to search the problem space more intelligently...
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Publication date: 1 January 2020Source: Talanta, Volume 206Author(s): Kaewta Danchana, Piyawan Phansi, Cheilane T. de Souza, Sergio L.C. Ferreira, Víctor CerdàAbstractThe development of a simple and economical spectrophotometric system based on the use of a device created by 3D printing and the electronics necessary to control the intensity of the radiation source was described. The measurements are made with a low-cost digital webcam. The entire system is only powered through the USB outputs of...
Publication date: 1 January 2020Source: Talanta, Volume 206Author(s): Nattapong Chantipmanee, Thitaporn Sonsa-ard, Nutnaree Fukana, Kamolchanok Kotakanok, Thitirat Mantim, Prapin Wilairat, Peter C. Hauser, Duangjai NacaprichaAbstractThis work presents a capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detector (C4D) etched out from a printed circuit board (PCB) as potential sensor for paper-based analytical systems. Two lines of any desirable pattern forming 35-μm thick planar copper electrodes were...
Publication date: 1 January 2020Source: Talanta, Volume 206Author(s): Akbar Khanmohammadi, Ali Aghaie, Ensieh Vahedi, Ali Qazvini, Mostafa Ghanei, Abbas Afkhami, Ali Hajian, Hasan BagheriAbstractCancer is one of the most widespread challenges and important diseases, which has the highest mortality rate. Lung cancer is the most common type of cancer, so that about 25% of all cancer deaths are related to the lung cancer. The lung cancer is classified as two different types with different treatment...
Publication date: 1 January 2020Source: Talanta, Volume 206Author(s): Subhadeep Biswas, Anjali PalAbstractA simple spectrophotometric method for the determination of cationic surfactants (CS) is developed using an anionic dye, chrome azurol S (CAS) as an ion-association complex forming agent, and 1-butanol as an extracting solvent. In the aqueous solution CS such as cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) and dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (DTAB) reacts with CAS to...
Publication date: 1 January 2020Source: Talanta, Volume 206Author(s): Nuanlaor Ratanawimarnwong, Montatip Sinpun, Panuwat Chankaw, Nathawut Choengchan, Duangjai NacaprichaAbstractThe effect of solvent composition on the uv–visible spectrum of methyl orange was investigated for application to the quantitative determination of ethanol. At fixed pH, there was a hypsochromic shift of the absorbance band of methyl orange with increasing ethanol concentration. Using acetate buffer at pH 3.40 the change...
Publication date: 1 January 2020Source: Talanta, Volume 206Author(s): Priscila O. Vicentino, Ricardo J. Cassella, Diego Leite, Martín ResanoAbstractThis study reports a simple and efficient method for the simultaneous determination of Cd, Mn, Pb, and Sb at trace levels in gasoline samples by discrete sample introduction in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), employing the extraction induced by microemulsion breaking as a sample preparation method. In this work, a microemulsion...
Publication date: 1 January 2020Source: Talanta, Volume 206Author(s): Rafael Jesús González-Álvarez, Dolores Bellido-Milla, Juan José Pinto, Carlos MorenoAbstractA very simple, sensible and advanced new methodology for the determination of copper species in seawater has been developed. The method consisted of two steps: first a separation/preconcentration of copper species by using liquid phase microextraction-based solvent bars followed by the direct analysis of these solid polymeric micro-samplers...
Publication date: 1 January 2020Source: Talanta, Volume 206Author(s): Hilmiye Deniz Ertuğrul Uygun, Zihni Onur Uygun, Erhan Canbay, Ferhan Gi̇rgi̇n Sağın, Ebru SezerAbstractIn this study, we developed an impedimetric sensor system by using molecularly cortisol imprinted acrylamide polymers on fullerene modified carbon electrode to detect cortisol in real saliva samples. The polymer layer was formed on fullerene modified screen printed carbon electrodes with the ratio of 1:2 (cortisol:acrylamide)...
Publication date: 1 January 2020Source: Talanta, Volume 206Author(s): Victor Bocos-Bintintan, C.L. Paul Thomas, Ileana Andreea RatiuAbstractThe possibility of achieving bacterial discrimination using a miniaturized aspiration ion mobility spectrometer model ChemPro-100i (Environics Oy) has been tested by interrogating the headspace air samples above in vitro bacterial cultures of three species – Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus, respectively. The ChemPro-100i highly integrated...
Publication date: 1 January 2020Source: Talanta, Volume 206Author(s): Paweł Świt, Katarzyna Kamińska, Monika HerianAbstractA new calibration approach based on the adaptation of Integrated Calibration Method (ICM) to consecutive two components analysis in separation science is presented. Consecutive ICM method (C-ICM) was conceptually developed and applied to determination of two excitatory amino acids – glutamate and aspartate in cerebrospinal fluids collected by the use of brain microdialysis from...
Publication date: 1 January 2020Source: Talanta, Volume 206Author(s): Yuanyuan Xia, Faqiong Zhao, Baizhao ZengAbstractA novel L-tryptophan (L-Trp) electrochemical sensor is fabricated, which is based on the molecularly imprinted copolymer (MIP) of dual –functional monomers and ionic liquid (i.e. 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate) functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs@IL). The MWCNTs@IL is prepared via ion exchange, while the MIP is synthesized by using L-Trp as template,...
Publication date: 1 January 2020Source: Talanta, Volume 206Author(s): Fangfang Du, Shaomin Shuang, Zhonghui Guo, Xiaojuan Gong, Chuan Dong, Ming Xian, Zhenhua YangAbstractA facile and rapid synthesis of multifunctional carbon nanodots (CNDs) was developed by using the acid-base neutralization spontaneous heat with glucose as precursor, 1,2-ethylenediamine (EDA) and concentrated nitric acid as dual N-dopants. The CND has a tremendous antioxidant potency, which represents effective inhibitory concentrations...
Publication date: 1 January 2020Source: Talanta, Volume 206Author(s): Qing Lu, Hao Guo, Yuanyuan Zhang, Xiaodong Tang, Weibin Lei, Ruijuan Qi, Junhao Chu, Dezeng Li, Qingbiao ZhaoAbstractGraphene oxide–Fe3O4 (GO–Fe3O4) nanocomposite was synthesized by a facile chemical co-precipitation method. The GO–Fe3O4 was used as magnetic sorbent to extract the eight psychoactive drugs from urine samples. The analytes are morphine (MOR), 6-monoacetylmorphine (6-MAM), amphetamine (AMP), methamphetamine (MAMP),...
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Related ArticlesAssessment of two complementary influenza surveillance systems: sentinel primary care influenza-like illness versus severe hospitalized laboratory-confirmed influenza using the moving epidemic method. BMC Public Health. 2019 Aug 13;19(1):1089 Authors: Torner N, Basile L, Martínez A, Rius C, Godoy P, Jané M, Domínguez Á, Working Group on PIDIRAC Sentinel Surveillance of Catalonia Abstract BACKGROUND: Monitoring seasonal influenza epidemics...
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Publication date: Available online 15 August 2019Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationAuthor(s): Nathan Hogaboom, Denise C. Fyffe, Amanda L. Botticello, Lynn A. Worobey, Michael L. BoningerAbstractObjectivesIn a sample of wheelchair users with spinal cord injury (SCI), the objectives were to investigate which subject characteristics are associated with greater perceived discrimination in the healthcare setting, and how such discrimination relates to health outcomes of pain and...
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure use for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Acute, Traumatic Tetraplegia.
Publication date: Available online 15 August 2019Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationAuthor(s): Marnie Graco, Rachel Schembri, Jacqueline Ross, Sally E. Green, Lauren Booker, Peter A. Cistulli, Najib T. Ayas, David J. Berlowitz, COSAQ investigators, Bonne Lee, Allison Graham, Susan V. Cross, Martin McClelland, Pradeep Thumbikat, Cynthia Bennett, Andrea Townson, Timothy J. Geraghty, Sue Pieri-Davies, Raj Singhal, Karen Marshall, Deborah ShortAbstractObjectiveTo describe continuous...
Publication date: Available online 14 August 2019Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationAuthor(s): Feng-Hang Chang, Pengsheng NiAbstractObjectivesTo examine the responsiveness and predictive validity of the Participation Measure--3 Domains, 4 Dimensions (PM-3D4D) in people receiving outpatient rehabilitation following stroke.DesignProspective cohort observational study.SettingOutpatient rehabilitation settings.ParticipantsVolunteer patients (N=269) with stroke (aged 55.36±12.46 years;...
Publication date: Available online 14 August 2019Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationAuthor(s): Kazuaki Uda, Hiroki Matsui, Kiyohide Fushimi, Hideo YasunagaAbstractObjectivesTo examine the effects of earlier, more frequent, and larger daily amounts of postoperative rehabilitation on activities of daily living (ADL) after hip fracture surgery in patients with dementia.DesignRetrospective cohort study.SettingA total of 1053 acute-care hospitals.ParticipantsPatients aged ≥65 years...
Publication date: Available online 14 August 2019Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationAuthor(s): Karen M. Keptner, Kathleen Smyth, Siran Koroukian, Mark Schluchter, Anthony FurlanAbstractObjectivesTo describe Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries who utilized post-stroke rehabilitation services and identifies the strongest predictors of utilization after the initial stroke care episode.DesignPooled, cross-sectional design using data from 1998-2010 from the Health and Retirement...
Publication date: Available online 14 August 2019Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationAuthor(s): Chung-shan Hung, Keh-chung Lin, Wan-ying Chang, Wen-chih Huang, Ya-Ju Chang, Chia-ling Chen, Kaiping Grace Yao, Ya-yun LeeAbstractObjectiveTo investigate the effects of unilateral hybrid therapy (UHT) and bilateral hybrid therapy (BHT) compared with robot-assisted therapy (RT) alone in patients with chronic stroke.DesignA single-blind, randomized controlled trialSettingFour hospitalsParticipantsForty-four...
Publication date: Available online 14 August 2019Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationAuthor(s): Gale G. Whiteneck, Julie Gassaway, Jessica M. KetchumAbstractObjectiveTo evaluate the use of Participation Assessed with Recombined Tools – Objective (PART-O) in spinal cord injury (SCI) and compare it with the Craig Handicap Assessment and Reporting Technique – Short Form (CHART-SF).DesignFollow-up survey of inception cohort.SettingCommunity.ParticipantsIndividuals with SCI, rehabilitated...
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Related ArticlesAll I Have Learned, I Have Learned from Google: Why Today's Facial Rejuvenation Patients are Prone to Misinformation, and the Steps We can take to Contend with Unreliable Information. Facial Plast Surg. 2019 Aug 14;: Authors: Mehta N, Gupta A, Nissan M Abstract A growing number of patients are seeking answers for their health concerns online. This study assesses the reliability, quality, and readability of online materials patients have...
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Related ArticlesThe impact of treatment package time on locoregional control for HPV+ oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma treated with surgery and postoperative (chemo)radiation. Head Neck. 2019 Aug 14;: Authors: Chao HH, Schonewolf CA, Tan EX, Swisher-McClure S, Ghiam AF, Weinstein GS, O'Malley BW, Chalian AA, Rassekh CH, Newman JG, Cohen RB, Bauml JM, Aggarwal C, Lin A, Lukens JN Abstract BACKGROUND: For patients with head and neck squamous cell...
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