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An 80-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for repeated tarry stools and hemorrhage. Divarasib He was taking aspirin and warfarin for atrial fibrillation and obstruction of the central retinal artery. Upper gastrointestinal endoscope revealed a large blood clot at the distal duodenum; however, further insertion was difficult. Insertion of a colonoscope attached with a transparent hood from the mouth enabled the visualization of the third portion of the duodenum. It revealed a large clot, which completely blocked the diverticulum and prevented visualization of the bleeding point. It was extremely difficult to remove the clot through the use of grasping forceps due to poor vision and maneuverability. Finally, the large clot was broken off and removed completely using a snare. The diverticulum was over 20 mm, and a large volume of fresh blood was continuously gushing out from an erosion of the diverticulum. Replacing the tip of the endoscope with a short ST hood and keeping an insulating distance from the bleeding point enabled maneuvering around the steep angles, achieving hemostasis using clips. We report a case of duodenal diverticular bleeding treated endoscopically with great effort in maneuvering to remove a blood clot using snare in a difficult position.Human behavior fluctuates. A growing body of evidence has demonstrated that behavioral performance in perception fluctuates rhythmically, with dynamics closely resembling spectral features of neural oscillations. However, it is unclear whether the behavioral fluctuations in a complex cooperation context can also express similar rhythmic features, and, more importantly, whether these behavioral rhythms are synchronized among co-actors in a neurophysiologically relevant manner. To answer these questions, we applied a time-resolved approach, previously used for probing individual-level behavioral oscillations in perception, in a complex social interaction context, and further probed dyad-level behavioral synchrony. Twenty pairs of male participants completed, in dyad, joint-action tasks with cooperation or competition demand. We extracted behavioral rhythms from ongoing cooperative performance and measured behavioral synchrony by computing the phase coherence of these behavioral rhythms between dyad members. Despite the absence of significant behavioral oscillations in individuals' amplitude spectrum, we observed enhanced theta-band phase coherence between co-actors' behavioral rhythms during cooperation compared to competition conditions. These results indicate that cooperative behaviors of co-actors fluctuated synchronously within the theta band, providing a behavioral counterpart of theta-band interbrain synchrony in cooperation reported in previous hyperscanning studies. Furthermore, the observed behavioral synchrony could be used as a sensitive predictor of cooperation pattern, as evidenced by its significant correlation with leader-follower relationship during cooperation.In his comment on Heck and Erdfelder (2016, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 23, 1440-1465), Starns (2018, Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 25, 2406-2416) focuses on the response time-extended two-high-threshold (2HT-RT) model for yes-no recognition tasks, a specific example for the general class of response time-extended multinomial processing tree models (MPT-RTs) we proposed. He argues that the 2HT-RT model cannot accommodate the speed-accuracy trade-off, a key mechanism in speeded recognition tasks. As a remedy, he proposes a specific discrete-state model for recognition memory that assumes a race mechanism for detection and guessing. In this reply, we clarify our motivation for using the 2HT-RT model as an example and highlight the importance and benefits of MPT-RTs as a flexible class of general-purpose, simple-to-use models. By binning RTs into discrete categories, the MPT-RT approach facilitates the joint modeling of discrete responses and response times in a variety of psychological paradigms. In fact, many paradigms either lack a clear-cut accuracy criterion or show performance levels at ceiling, making corrections for incautious responding redundant. Moreover, we show that some forms of speed-accuracy trade-off can in fact not only be accommodated but also be measured by appropriately designed MPT-RTs.CanA from Pyrodictium abyssi forms a heat-resistant organic hollow-fiber network together with CanB and CanC. An N-terminally truncated construct of CanA (K1-CanA) gave NMR spectra of good quality that could be assigned by three-dimensional NMR methods on 15N and 13C-15N enriched protein. We assigned the chemical shifts of 96% of all backbone 1HN atoms, 98% of all backbone 15N atoms, 100% of all 13Cα atoms, 100% of all 1Hα atoms, 90% of all 13C' atoms, and 100% of the 13Cβ atoms. Two short helices and 10 β-strands are estimated from an analysis of the chemical shifts leading to a secondary structure content of K1-CanA of 6% helices, 44% β-pleated sheets, and 50% coils.Purpose Distal radius fracture often compromises working ability, but clinical implications are less studied in men due to its lower incidence. This study therefore describes sick leave in men with distal radius fracture, specifically exploring the impact of patient- and fracture-related factors. Methods Professionally active men aged 20-65 with distal radius fracture were followed prospectively for 1-year (n = 88). Data included treatment method, radiographic parameters pre/post treatment, complications, health, lifestyle and occupational demand. Patient outcomes were self-reported sick leave; Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) score; pain (5 likert scale); SF-36 Physical Component Scale (PCS) and Mental Component Scale (MCS). Results Median sick leave was 4 weeks (IQR 0; 8); almost a third reported taking no sick leave. Categorizing sick leave into 3 groups (0-6, 7-12 and > 12 weeks), men with the longest sick leave had 22 points higher DASH score (p = 0.001) and 5 points lower PCS (p = 0.02) at 1 week and the difference remained over time; they were also older and more often treated surgically. The strongest predictors of length of sick leave were one-week post-fracture DASH score (rs = 0.4, p  less then  0.001), pain intensity (rs = 0.4, p  less then  0.001) and PCS (rs = - 0.4, p = 0.002). The correlation between sick leave and pain was even stronger analyzing treatment groups separately (closed reduction and cast rs = 0.56, p = 0.007, surgery rs = 0.42, p = 0.04). Conclusions Self-reported disability, pain and global health measurements as early as 1 week post-fracture are the strongest predictors of length of sick leave regardless of treatment; an important finding easily transferrable to clinical management of distal radius fractures.
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