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End-stage renal disease is associated with chronic stress that in turn may result in endocrine changes, affect cognitive, and physical capacities and increase the risk for cardiovascular events. The objective of this study was to evaluate and characterize possible stress parameters and compare cognitive function in those patients. Physiological and biochemical stress parameters as well as cognitive function were assessed in 17 hemodialysis and 18 renal transplant patients and both groups were compared. Serum cortisol and interleukin-6 levels were elevated in both groups but showed no significant difference. Cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein levels were significantly higher in patients following renal transplantation. While heart rate variability was comparable in both groups, most cognitive tests showed better results in renal transplant patients. We showed that (1) cognitive function may improve following renal transplantation; (2) standard biochemical stress parameters are not useful to discriminate stress in patients with chronic kidney disease; and (3) heart rate variability is unaltered in this setting.
Individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF) may develop muscle abnormalities, although little is known on its clinical and functional impact. This study aimed to evaluate the association of peripheral muscle strength with aerobic fitness, habitual physical activity, lung function and the use of antibiotics (ATB) in patients with CF.
A cross-sectional study where individuals aged ≥6years underwent peripheral muscle strength evaluation (biceps, quadriceps and hamstrings) and performed a cardiopulmonary exercise test. Demographic, anthropometric, genetic, lung function and total days of ATB use within 1year of tests were also collected.
Correlation was found for biceps (r=.45; P=.002) strength with the peak oxygen consumption (VO
peak). Muscle strength (biceps and quadriceps) also correlated with the ventilatory equivalent for oxygen consumption (V
/VO
) at anaerobic threshold (AT) and with the ventilatory equivalent for carbon dioxide production (V
/VCO
) both at AT and peak exercise. Negative correlations were found for quadriceps (r=-.39) and hamstrings (r=-.42) with the total days of ATB use in the following year. Patients needing to use ATB presented lower biceps strength (P=.05) and individuals with VO
peak lower than 37mL·kg
·min
presented lower muscle strength for both biceps (P=.01) and quadriceps (P=.02).
The results have shown that peripheral muscle strength is associated with aerobic fitness and the use of antibiotics in patients with CF.
The results have shown that peripheral muscle strength is associated with aerobic fitness and the use of antibiotics in patients with CF.
Field experiments were conducted across three sites in Mississippi in 2018 to evaluate carrier volume and spray quality effects on glyphosate-resistant soybean response to dicamba. Treatments consisted of dicamba (5.6 g a.e. ha
) plus glyphosate (8.7 g a.e. ha
) applied to soybean at R1 using 140, 105, 70, 35, 14, or 7 L ha
. Each carrier volume was applied with TT11002 and XR110015 nozzles which resulted in Fine and Coarse spray qualities, respectively. A colorimetric dye was included in spray solutions to quantify spray coverage of each treatment.
Spray coverage decreased with carrier volume and ranged from 21% to 3%. Conversely, soybean injury increased as carrier volume decreased. Soybean height 14 days after treatment (DAT) was reduced 34% to 37% from carrier volumes of 70 to 140 L ha
; however, carrier volumes of 14 and 7 L ha
resulted in 45% height reductions. By 28 DAT soybean height was similar among volumes of 35 to 140 L ha
(39% to 42% reduction); however, volumes of 14 and 7 L ha
resulted in 46% and 51% reductions, respectively. Grain yield was reduced 14% from treatment at 140 L ha
and reductions increased with decreased carrier volume to 41% loss at 7 L ha
. Averaged across carrier volumes, Fine and Coarse sprays caused 30% and 26% yield loss, respectively.
These data suggest that carrier volume profoundly affects soybean response to dicamba. Therefore, soybean response to sublethal dicamba doses applied at a constant carrier volume may not reflect physical drift exposure. © 2021 Society of Chemical Industry.
These data suggest that carrier volume profoundly affects soybean response to dicamba. Therefore, soybean response to sublethal dicamba doses applied at a constant carrier volume may not reflect physical drift exposure. © 2021 Society of Chemical Industry.The recovery time is defined as the time required to recover from the feelings of lassitude and fatigue. The daily activities of patients are affected by dialysis sessions, requiring significant time for patients to return to their routines. This situation implies a lower quality of life for HD patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of biochemical parameters and intradialytic symptoms on post-dialysis recovery time in maintenance HD patients. This study was conducted at a private dialysis center during June and August 2019. Data were collected using the "Descriptive Characteristics Form" and the "Dialysis Symptom Index." "STROBE check-list" was used for the report of the study. The study was completed with 86 participants. The median post-dialysis recovery time was 240 min (interquartile range, 120-360 min), and female patients exhibit significantly higher recovery time than male patients. POMHEX clinical trial The median BMI was statistically significantly higher in patients whose post-dialysis recovery time was ≥240 min. Additional findings show that the post-dialysis recovery time was shortened by 0.230 times for male patients, while intradialytic hypotension (IDH) prolonged the median post-dialysis recovery time by 3.141 times. Factors underlying the IDH should be determined in order to eradicate the issue. The study was registered in ClinicalTrials.gov with the number NCT04274556.
To assess anti-cytosolic 5'-nucleotidase 1A (anti-cN-1A) autoantibodies in children with juvenile dermatomyositis (DM) and healthy controls, using 3 different methods of antibody detection, as well as verification of the results in an independent cohort.
Anti-cN-1A reactivity was assessed in 34 Dutch juvenile DM patients and 20 healthy juvenile controls using the following methods a commercially available full-length cN-1A enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), a synthetic peptide ELISA, and immunoblotting with a lysate from cN-1A-expressing HEK 293 cells. Sera from juvenile DM patients with active disease and those with disease in remission were analyzed. An independent British cohort of 110 juvenile DM patients and 43 healthy juvenile controls was assessed using an in-house full-length cN-1A ELISA.
Anti-cN-1A reactivity was not present in sera from juvenile DM patients or healthy controls when tested with the commercially available full-length cN-1A ELISA or by immunoblotting, in either active disease or disease in remission.
