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OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of gonadal status on ultrasonographic renal parenchymal dimensions in healthy cats. METHODS Forty healthy cats (10 intact males, 10 intact females, 10 castrated males and 10 spayed females) presented to the Division of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproduction, and the Diagnostic Imaging Unit at The Small Animal Teaching Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Chulalongkorn University. They were ultrasonographically examined to assess renal length, aortic luminal diameter, cortical thickness and medullary thickness. RESULTS Regardless of gonadal status, the renal length, aortic luminal diameter, cortical thickness and medulla thickness of males were greater than those of females (P less then 0.05). In general, neutered cats had thicker medullae (0.36 ± 0.08 cm) and higher mean renal lengthaortic luminal diameter ratio (12.15 ± 1.48) than intact cats (0.32 ± 0.08 cm and 11.22 ± 1.37 cm, respectively) (P less then 0.05), but no differences were observed in renal length, cortical thickness or aortic luminal diameter. Interestingly, when comparing between genders with relatively equal body weight, only gender had an impact on renal length. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Gonadal status has an effect on medullary thickness and mean renal lengthaortic luminal diameter ratio.BACKGROUND Sri Lanka is a South-Asian nation with a multi-ethnic population. A 26-year-old armed conflict ended in 2009 and the relative stability over the last decade was unexpectedly disrupted by the Easter Sunday Bombings of Catholic Churches and luxury hotels in 2019. More than 250 were killed and most of the deaths were reported from the St. Sebastian's Church in Negombo in the District of Gampaha. signaling pathway This article describes how mental health services of the District of Gampaha, with a population of 2.3 million and only one child and adolescent psychiatrist responded to the psychological trauma in children. ACTIVITIES The child and adolescent psychiatry response to the mass trauma was a collaboration between health, educational and voluntary organisations. The psychological support was provided at affected villages, schools and hospital settings. Medical and non-medical personnel were able to refer affected children directly to the child and adolescent psychiatrist. Children who had developed psychological consequences of trauma were provided with evidence-based psychotherapies and psychopharmacology where necessary. In addition, health staff members and teachers were trained to provide psychological support and a booklet was prepared in the local language based on trauma-focused cognitive behaviour therapy. Psychoeducation about the psychological response to trauma was provided through electronic, printed and social media. The limited number of trained psychotherapists and experts in child mental health were a major barrier to implement effective management strategies. CONCLUSION Due to the severe shortage of child mental health experts, practical low-cost methodologies were employed to provide an early response to trauma. Traditional ways of mental health service provision were modified to be implemented via non-experts.The majority of facilities in Japan that offer artificial insemination as part of assisted reproduction programs currently perform semen collection in the early morning. The total motile sperm count of the semen used in intrauterine insemination is an important factor in achieving successful fertilization and subsequent childbirth. The present study was initiated to determine whether semen parameters varied with the time of day at which the semen sample was collected. The study subjects were 20 fertile males and 20 infertile males with abnormal seminograms who attended our Reproduction Center. Semen was collected early in the morning (morning collection group) and in the evening (evening collection group) from the same subjects, and total motile sperm count was assessed as the primary outcome measure. As secondary outcome measures, semen volume, sperm concentration, sperm motility and total sperm count were assessed. A sexual abstinence period of 3 days was set for all participants. The semen samples were anacount; TMSC total motile sperm count.Recent evidence on resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) suggests that healthy human brains have a temporal organization represented in a widely complex time-delay structure. This structure seems to underlie brain communication flow, integration/propagation of brain activity, as well as information processing. Therefore, it is probably linked to the emergence of highly coordinated complex brain phenomena, such as consciousness. Nevertheless, possible changes in this structure during an altered state of consciousness remain poorly investigated. In this work, we hypothesized that due to a disruption in high-order functions and alterations of the brain communication flow, patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC) might exhibit changes in their time-delay structure of spontaneous brain activity. We explored this hypothesis by comparing the time-delay projections from fMRI resting-state data acquired in resting state from 48 patients with DOC and 27 healthy controls (HC) subjects. Results suggest that time-delay structure modifies for patients with DOC conditions when compared with HC. Specifically, the average value and the directionality of latency inside the midcingulate cortex (mCC) shift with the level of consciousness. In particular, positive values of latency inside the mCC relate to preserved states of consciousness, whereas negative values change proportionally with the level of consciousness in patients with DOC. These results suggest that the mCC may play a critical role as an integrator of brain activity in HC subjects, but this role vanishes in an altered state of consciousness.OBJECTIVES To describe risk factors for acquired infection during neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and to examine the predictive value of inflammatory markers in the diagnosis of infection. METHODS A retrospective study was conducted with data for patients under 30 days supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation from 2003 to April 2016, in a neonatal intensive care unit. RESULTS Our study included 160 neonatal patients, the average age of connection was 8.5 days and the duration of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support was 9.7 days. The incidence of confirmed infection was 23%. Patients with confirmed infection present more frequently vaginal delivery, lower birth weight, female sex, diagnosis of congenital diaphragmatic hernia, and longer duration of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. When comparing the group of patients with confirmed infection and suspicion of infection, there were no significant differences in the inflammatory markers. When calculating the slope for each one, the difference in white blood cell count slope 72 h before the infection is significant; in patients with confirmed infection, the count of white blood cell increases (slope 0.25), versus the group of patients with suspected infection in whom the count decreases (slope -0.39). No differences were found in other variables. CONCLUSION Our study describes that the factors that increase the risk of infection are lower birth weight, vaginal birth, duration of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, and a positive trend of white blood cell 72 h prior to infection/suspicion. Further studies are necessary to include or definitively rule out the use of these factors and the biomarkers as predictors of infection in neonatal patients supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.BACKGROUND Glycemic variability is an important factor to consider in diabetes management. It can be assessed with multiple glycemic variability metrics and quality of control indices based on Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) recordings. For this, robust, repeatable calculation is important. A widely used tool for automated assessment is the EasyGV software. The aim of this work is to implement new methods of glycemic variability assessment in EasyGV and to validate implementation of each glucose metric in EasyGV against a reference implementation of the calculations. METHODS Validation data used came from the JDRF CGM study. Validation of the implementation of metrics that are available in EasyGV software v9 was carried out and the following new methods were added and validated PGS (personal Glycemic State), IGC (Index of Glycemic Control), times in ranges, and GVP (glycemic variability percentage). Reference values considered as gold standard calculations were derived from Matlab implementation of each metric. RESULTS The Pearson correlation coefficient was above 0.98 for all metrics, except for Mean Amplitude of Glycemic Excursion (MAGE, r=0.87) as EasyGV implements a fuzzy logic approach to assessment of variability. Bland-Altman plots demonstrated validation of the new software. CONCLUSIONS The new freely available EasyGV software v10 (https//www.phc.ox.ac.uk/research/technology-outputs/easygv) is a validated, robust tool for analysing different glycemic variability and control metrics.Introduction Although checkpoint inhibitors have provided a breakthrough in how melanoma is treated, about half of patients still do not respond due to primary or acquired resistance. New strategies are, therefore, required to increase the number of patients benefiting from immunotherapy. This systematic review investigates novel combinations that may overcome immune resistance in patients with melanoma.Areas covered We provide an overview of immune-related resistance mechanisms and the various therapeutic strategies that can be considered in attempting to overcome these barriers, including combined immunotherapy approaches and combinations with chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and targeted therapy.Expert opinion The immune response is a dynamic process in which the tumor microenvironment and immune cells interact in a variety of ways. New treatment approaches aim to enrich the tumor microenvironment with immune-infiltrate and increase response to immune checkpoint inhibitors.Purpose This article critically examines user-involvement in the service delivery process for assistive activity technology.Methodology Data were collected in semi-structured interviews with 44 end users of assistive activity technology and in focus group interviews with 11 professionals at Norway's Assistive Technology Centre. Data was analysed according to a stepwise deductive-inductive approach.Findings Flawed organisational principles like division of responsibility, unclear regulations, and a lack of competence with assistive activity technology among service professionals have hindered user involvement in the service delivery process.Conclusion A missing knowledge of assistive activity technology among professionals and the current organisation of services creates barriers for a positive collaboration with users in the service delivery process of assistive activity technology.IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATIONThe spread of information among users and courses for professionals should be expanded to ensure the necessary competence with assistive activity technology within the service delivery process.
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