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Genetic Partial Shortage of Pericardium in an Seniors Individual.
Postoperative recovery of children with heart disease is encumbered by pulmonary complications like pneumothorax (PNX), pleural effusion (PLE), interstitial oedema and pulmonary consolidation (PC). Recently, lung ultrasound (LUS) has become an important diagnostic tool for evaluation of pulmonary diseases in the paediatric context. LUS is accurate in diagnosing pleural and parenchymal diseases. The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of LUS in the identification of PNX, PLE and PC in a paediatric population of patients with congenital heart disease after heart surgery.

Fifty-three patients aged 0-17years who underwent cardiac surgery were evaluated in the postoperative period by chest X-ray (CXR) and LUS at the same time. The methods where compared for recognition of PNX, PLE and PC.

LUS showed a good agreement for PNX and a moderate agreement for both PLE and PC. LUS also showed a significantly superior relative sensitivity than CXR for PC and PLE and a significantly inferior relative sensitivity for PNX.

This study confirms that LUS has a sufficient agreement rate with the current clinical standard (CXR). Non-inferiority in diagnosis together with the easiness of bedside performance makes LUS a very attractive tool for the paediatric cardiac intensive care unit.
This study confirms that LUS has a sufficient agreement rate with the current clinical standard (CXR). Non-inferiority in diagnosis together with the easiness of bedside performance makes LUS a very attractive tool for the paediatric cardiac intensive care unit.In the aquatic environment, ubiquitous natural factors such as ultraviolet light (UV) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) are likely to influence crude oil toxicity. The present study examined the interactive effects of DOC, UV, and DOC-UV co-exposure on the acute toxicity of Deepwater Horizon crude oil in larval red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus). Although read more did not influence crude oil toxicity, it mildly reduced UV photo-enhanced toxicity. Environ Toxicol Chem 2020;392509-2515. © 2020 SETAC.
Humic acid is a promising natural resource to be utilized as an alternative for increasing soil fertility and crop production. #link# A field experiment was conducted on the loamy sand soil at the Central Coffee Research Institute research farm, Karnataka, India for 2 years to evaluate the influence of humic acid on yield and bean quality of coffee with six treatments. The treatments comprised of recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF), humic acid soil application and foliar spray along with nutrient mixture and growth hormones.

The data of the yield attributes of coffee revealed that the highest total nodes per branch, crop nodes per branch, flower buds, total number of fruits per branch and fruit set percentage of 17.45, 9.4, 208.65, 153.31 and 3.28, respectively, were recorded by T
, which consists of RDF + humic acid granules at 10 kg acre
 + nutrient mixture spray (1 kg urea, 1 kg SSP, 0.75 kg MOP, 1 kg ZnSO
 + 75 mL Planofix 200 L
 + humic acid at 600 mL 200 L
as foliar application 25 days after blossom) during the both years of study. Humic acid application significantly improved the yield in both seasons of research. The same trend was observed in coffee bean quality and tree nutrients status. Postharvest nutrient status in the soil did not show any significance.

The study emphasized that application of humic acid as soil and foliar application improves the yield attributes, yield and quality of coffee apart from the economic profitability. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry.
The study emphasized that application of humic acid as soil and foliar application improves the yield attributes, yield and quality of coffee apart from the economic profitability. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry.
The non-weight-bearing (NWB) Achilles tendon and weight-bearing (WB) heel pad regions are technically challenging to reconstruct with distinct functional and aesthetic considerations that have not been previously considered in the literature. This study is the first to characterize the long-term clinical and patient-reported outcomes of these components to better inform patients about the postreconstruction period.

A retrospective review of medical records and phone-based survey of adult patients who underwent free flap reconstruction of the heel/ankle with 6-month minimum clinical follow-up was performed.

Forty-three patients, with 31 (72.1%) NWB and 12 (27.9%) WB defects, treated from January 1, 2000 to February 28, 2017 were included. Muscle flaps were more common than fasciocutaneous flaps (N = 36 [83.7%] vs. 7 [16.3%]). Flap survival rate was 95.3% and limb salvage rate was 93.0% at median follow-up of 12.0 months (interquartile range [IQR] 6.2, 25.5). Flap ulceration occurred more frequently in the WB region (41.7 vs. 6.5%, p = .0123). The survey response rate was 63.6%. The majority of patients complete daily tasks with no/little impairment (76.2%), walk half a mile or more (85.7%), returned to work (86.6%), and fit shoes "fair" or "well" (71.4%). Most patients were "very satisfied" with heel/ankle function (71.4%) and would "very likely" undergo the same procedure if needed (76.2%).

Free flap reconstruction in both the NWB Achilles tendon and WB heel pad has excellent limb salvage and flap survival rates. Patients were satisfied with heel/ankle function, but additional counseling is recommended for variance in appearance and higher ulceration rates in WB defects.
Free flap reconstruction in both the NWB Achilles tendon and WB heel pad has excellent limb salvage and flap survival rates. Patients were satisfied with heel/ankle function, but additional counseling is recommended for variance in appearance and higher ulceration rates in WB defects.
This study aims to develop a novel time-resolved magnetic resonance fingerprinting (TR-MRF) technique for respiratory motion imaging applications.

The TR-MRF technique consists of repeated MRF acquisitions using an unbalanced steady-state free precession sequence with spiral-in-spiral-out trajectory. Time-resolved magnetic resonance fingerprinting was first tested via computer simulation using a four-dimensional (4D) extended cardiac-torso (XCAT) phantom for both regular and irregular breathing profiles, and was tested in three healthy volunteers. Parametric TR-MRF maps at different respiratory phases were subsequently estimated using our TR-MRF sorting and reconstruction techniques. The resulting TR-MRF maps were evaluated using a set of metrices related to radiotherapy applications, including absolute difference in motion amplitude, error in the amplitude of diaphragm motion (ADM), tumor volume error (TVE), signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and tumor contrast.

TR-MRF maps with regular and irregular breathing were successfully generated in XCAT phantom.
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