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ciative memory, respectively. Brain substructure-informed RT planning may mitigate neurocognitive impairment.Melatonin is a hormonal product of the pineal gland, a fact that is often forgotten. Instead it is promoted as a dietary supplement that will overcome insomnia, as an antioxidant and as a prescription only drug in most countries outside the United States of America and Canada. The aim of this review is to step back and highlight what we know about melatonin following its discovery 60 years ago. What is the role of endogenous melatonin; what does melatonin do to sleep, body temperature, circadian rhythms, the cardiovascular system, reproductive system, endocrine system and metabolism when administered to healthy subjects? When used as a drug/dietary supplement, what safety studies have been conducted? Can we really say melatonin is safe when it has not been systematically studied and many studies show interactions with a wide range of physiological processes? Finally the results of studies investigating the efficacy of melatonin as a drug to alleviate insomnia are critically evaluated. In summary, melatonin is an endogenous pineal gland hormone with specific physiological functions in animals and humans, with its primary role in humans to maintain synchrony of sleep with the day/night cycle. When administered as a drug it affects a wide range of physiological systems and has clinically important drug interactions. With respect to efficacy for treating sleep disorders, melatonin can advance the time of sleep onset but the effect is modest and variable. In children with neurodevelopmental disabilities melatonin appears to have the greatest impact on sleep onset but little effect on sleep efficiency.
The COVID-19 pandemic led to rapid shifts in cancer survivorship care, including the widespread use of telehealth. Given the swift transition and limited data on preferences and experiences around telehealth, we surveyed oncology providers and post-treatment survivors to better understand experiences with the transition to telehealth.

We distributed provider (MD, PA or NP, nurse, navigator, and social worker) and survivor surveys through the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer in mid-October 2020. Survivor surveys were also disseminated through patient advocacy organizations. We included questions on demographics, experiences with telehealth, and preferences for future telehealth utilization.

Among N = 607 providers and N = 539 cancer survivors, there was overwhelmingly more support from providers than from survivors for delivery of various types of survivorship care via telehealth and greater comfort with telehealth technologies. The only types of appointments deemed appropriate for surviivorship care services via telehealth, particularly from the patient perspective. Still, offering telehealth services, where endorsed by providers and if available and acceptable to cancer survivors, may provide more efficient and accessible care following the COVID-19 pandemic.Does retirement lead to an existential crisis or present an opportunity to experience a renewed sense of purpose in life? Prior research has documented a negative association between retirement and sense of purpose in life, suggesting that retirement could lead people to feel aimless and lost. We revisited these findings using a quasiexperimental approach and identified the causal impact of retirement on purpose in life. In a nationally representative panel of American adults (N = 8,113), we applied an instrumental-variable analysis to assess how Social Security retirement incentives in the United States drove differences in the likelihood of retirement. Results showed a sizable increase in purpose in life as an outcome of retirement. These improvements were driven by individuals with lower socioeconomic status who retired from dissatisfying jobs. The findings suggest that retirement may provide an opportunity to experience a renewed sense of purpose, especially among socioeconomically disadvantaged populations.Purpose Speech understanding in noise and horizontal sound localization is poor in most cochlear implant (CI) users with a hearing aid (bimodal stimulation). This study investigated the effect of static and less-extreme adaptive frequency compression in hearing aids on spatial hearing. By means of frequency compression, we aimed to restore high-frequency audibility, and thus improve sound localization and spatial speech recognition. Method Sound-detection thresholds, sound localization, and spatial speech recognition were measured in eight bimodal CI users, with and without frequency compression. We tested two compression algorithms a static algorithm, which compressed frequencies beyond the compression knee point (160 or 480 Hz), and an adaptive algorithm, which aimed to compress only consonants leaving vowels unaffected (adaptive knee-point frequencies from 736 to 2946 Hz). Erastin Results Compression yielded a strong audibility benefit (high-frequency thresholds improved by 40 and 24 dB for static and adaptive com23641/asha.16869485.
The automotive industry's shift toward automated vehicles allows the occupants to assume postures different from the standard upright seated position. Injury criteria assessments are needed under these nonstandard postures to advance safety. The objective of this study is to develop a new device that can position the human cadaver head-neck structures in different nonstandard pre-postures using custom devices and apply external loading anticipated in modern and future automotive and military scenarios.

An isolated head to T1 human cadaver specimen was attached to a load cell at T1. The load cell was fixed to the top of a six-degree-of-freedom custom spinal positioning device to orient the specimen such that the occipital condyle joint was in line with the torque axis of a custom angular displacement test device. The angular device converted the linear motion of a vertically oriented electro-hydraulic piston to a torque about the occipital condyle joint of the specimen. The head was pre-rotated in the axia of the spine increased by approximately three times due to asymmetries in posture and loading. The present system of custom spinal positioning and angular displacement test devices and loading methodologies can be used in conjunction with a conventional piston testing apparatus to conduct additional experiments to delineate the injury patterns and mechanisms and develop injury criteria applicable to modern and future vehicle environments.
The stiffness of the spine increased by approximately three times due to asymmetries in posture and loading. The present system of custom spinal positioning and angular displacement test devices and loading methodologies can be used in conjunction with a conventional piston testing apparatus to conduct additional experiments to delineate the injury patterns and mechanisms and develop injury criteria applicable to modern and future vehicle environments.Many governments have introduced sugary-drink excise taxes to reduce purchasing and consumption of such drinks; however, they do not typically stipulate how such taxes should be communicated at the point of purchase. Historical, field, and experimental data consisting of more than 225,000 purchase decisions indicated that introducing a $0.01-per-ounce sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax-without making it salient on price tags-had no significant effect on purchasing (-1.26%, p = .28). However, when the phrase "includes sugary drink tax" was added to tax-inclusive price tags, SSB purchasing was lower than (a) in the pretax period (-9.78%, p less then .001), (b) in a posttax period when drinks did not bear price tags (-5.04%, p less then .001), and (c) in a posttax period when drinks bore tax-inclusive price tags that did not mention the tax (-3.83%, p = .002). Making the tax's beneficiary (student programs) salient on price tags had no added effect. Two follow-up studies suggested that tax salience was effective partly because consumers overestimated the tax amount, leading to reduced purchase intentions.
The injection of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) mitigates fat accumulation in released rotator cuff muscle after tendon repair in rodents.

To investigate whether the injection of autologous MSCs halts muscle-to-fat conversion after tendon repair in a large animal model for rotator cuff tendon release via regional effects on extracellular fat tissue and muscle fiber regeneration.

Controlled laboratory study.

Infraspinatus (ISP) muscles of the right shoulder of Swiss Alpine sheep (n = 14) were released by osteotomy and reattached 16 weeks later without (group T; n = 6) or with (group T-MSC; n = 8) electropulse-assisted injection of 0.9 Mio fluorescently labeled MSCs as microtissues with media in demarcated regions; animals were allowed 6 weeks of recovery. ISP volume and composition were documented with computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. Area percentages of muscle fiber types, fat, extracellular ground substance, and fluorescence-positive tissue; mean cross-sectional area (MCSA) of musclth media injection.

In a sheep model, injection of autologous MSCs in degenerated rotator cuff muscle halted muscle-to-fat conversion during recovery from tendon repair by preserving fat-free mass in association with extracellular reactions and stopping adjuvant-induced muscle fiber hypertrophy.

A relatively small dose of MSCs is therapeutically effective to halt fatty atrophy in a large animal model.
A relatively small dose of MSCs is therapeutically effective to halt fatty atrophy in a large animal model.
Recent improvements in clinical skills, technology, and hardware have resulted in improved success rates with chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We performed a study level pooled analysis from the five largest registries of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of CTO.

We conducted pooled analysis of 9500 patients in registries and data on procedural characteristics, technical success, and MACCE was collected.

A total of 9500 patients were included in the analysis. link2 Mean age was 65.4years with previous CABG in 24.8%, reattempt procedure in 24.8% and mean JCTO score was 2.2. Final wiring strategy in hybrid algorithm-based registries was AWE in 40.8-58%, Retrograde in 24-35%, ADR in 16-25% and in Expert JCTO and EURO CTO was AWE in 72-75% and retrograde in 25-28%. Technical success was achieved in 87.8%. In hospital MACCE was 2.5% (95% CI 1.8- 3.4%), mortality 0.44% (95% CI 0.23-0.84%), stroke 0.2% (95% CI 0.1-0.3%); myocardial infraction 1.6% (95% CI 1.1-2.2%); and cardiac tamponade 0.8% (95% CI 0.5 to 1.3%).

CTO PCI is currently performed with high technical success rates and low complication rates in experienced hands utilizing various techniques.
CTO PCI is currently performed with high technical success rates and low complication rates in experienced hands utilizing various techniques.
Previous cadaveric kinematic studies on acromioclavicular injuries described mainly rotational differences during humerothoracic movements. Although isolated scapulothoracic movements are also often performed during activities of daily life and can be painful after acromioclavicular injuries, they have not been extensively studied. Further, the analysis of joint translations in kinematic studies has received little attention compared with biomechanical studies.

A kinematic analysis of joint motions in the intact shoulder versus a shoulder with Rockwood V injury would demonstrate a different pattern of kinematic alterations during humerothoracic and scapulothoracic movements.

Descriptive laboratory study.

A kinematic analysis was performed in 14 cadaveric shoulders during 3 humerothoracic passive movements (coronal and sagittal plane elevation and horizontal adduction) and 3 scapulothoracic passive movements (protraction, retraction, and shrug). link3 An optical navigation system registered rotational motions in the sternoclavicular, scapulothoracic, and acromioclavicular joints in the intact and Rockwood V conditions.
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