Joyner

The established norms of Healthy Fitness Measurement Scale (HFMS V1.0) for Chinese urban elderly provide evaluation criteria for Chinese elderly healthy fitness level and facilitate exploration of healthy fitness status and its influencing factors in Chinese urban elderly.

To explore the feasibility of three-dimensional (3D) vessel wall…[Read more]

We predict that the programmable pH-dependent antibodies become powerful tools in therapies of cancer.

As countries move to malaria elimination, detecting and targeting asymptomatic malaria infections might be needed. Here, the epidemiology and detectability of asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax infections were…[Read more]

8% in patients without VTE. Both asymptomatic proximal DVT (mortality, 11.4%; hazard ratio [HR], 2.31; 95% CI, 1.52-3.51; P less then 0.0001) and symptomatic VTE (mortality, 29.2%; HR, 9.42; 95% CI, 4.18-21.20; P less then 0.0001) were independently associated with significant increases in ACM. The analysis was post hoc, and ultrasound results…[Read more]

For reference strains, the sensitivity and specificity of NG-test Carba 5, RESIST-5 O.O.K.N.V., and IMP

-SeT were all 100 and 100%, respectively.

As efficient, rapid, and convenient diagnostic methods, NG-test Carba 5, RESIST-5 O.O.K.N.V., and IMP

-SeT could help to simplify the complex routine workflow for detecting…[Read more]

002). Both AT depots converted circulating E

S to estrone, and estrone to estradiol. Median levels of estrone were five to ten times higher in subcutaneous and visceral AT than in serum (P < 0.001) and the estradiol level in visceral AT was 1.3 times higher than in serum (P < 0.005). The local estrone concentration in visceral AT correla…[Read more]

Significant predictors of ICU admission included having a saturated oxygen level less than 90%, hypertension, dementia, rheumatologic disease, having a respiratory rate greater than 24 breaths per minute. Being of Hispanic ethnicity and immunosuppressant utilization greatly increased the risk of 30-day readmission. Having an oxygen saturation less…[Read more]

This study was designed to investigate mast cell activation and related TLR4-NF-κB/TNF-α pathway variation in 3 and 7 days’ rats intestinal I/R injury, and TXL’s intervention effect. Rat intestine I/R injury was carried out using superior mesenteric artery occlusion model with 30 min ischemia followed 3 or 7 days’ reperfusion. Rats were a…[Read more]

Interpersonal and communication skills (ICS) are important core competencies in medical education and certification. In this study, we identified self- and simulated patient (SP)-reported ratings of US first-year medical students’ ICS and the influence of age and gender on performance appraisal during the Objective-Structured Clinical Examination…[Read more]

Therefore, blocking the inflammatory arm and boosting the interferon production arm of nucleic acid-sensing pathways could facilitate early control of viral replication and dissemination, prevent disease progression, and cytokine storm development. We also discuss the rationale behind therapeutic modalities targeting these sensing pathways and…[Read more]

Objectives. To examine the impact of COVID-19 shutdowns on food insecurity among a predominantly African American cohort residing in low-income racially isolated neighborhoods.Methods. Residents of 2 low-income African American food desert neighborhoods in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, were surveyed from March 23 to May 22, 2020, drawing on a…[Read more]