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Mumps is a contagious viral illness that classically presents with fever, parotid gland swelling, headache, and vomiting in unimmunized children. The complications of mumps most commonly include orchitis, pancreatitis, encephalitis, and meningitis. Optic neuritis, which refers to the inflammation of the optic nerve, in rare cases, can present after mumps meningoencephalitis and causes pain in the eye, and a decrease in visual acuity. We report and discuss a case of bilateral optic neuritis following mumps meningoencephalitis in a child. The patient was managed with short-term steroid therapy.The proverbial "zebras" in neurology are often times missed due to their low prevalence and incidence in the community. The number of misdiagnoses and improper therapeutic interventions that occur are further increased when patients with these rare diseases present with signs and symptoms of more common disorders. One such disease is sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD), a prion disease that causes neuronal derangement and classically presents as a rapidly progressing dementia with extrapyramidal signs, ataxia, behavioural problems, and myoclonus in the advanced stage. It falls into the category of neurodegenerative disease, which also includes Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, and other Parkinson-related diseases. Though these diseases have overlapping symptomologies - such as cognitive impairment and neuromuscular dysfunction - they can be differentiated from one another based on the time course of the illness and the specific constellation of signs and symptoms. Our case report describes a patient who was found to have sCJD after months of treatment for Parkinson's disease and trigeminal neuralgia. Thus, we are highlighting the importance of recognizing rare diseases so that proper management can be initiated in a timely manner. Furthermore, we review the current literature on the diagnosis and management of sCJD.Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome have been associated with sudden cardiac death. A subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD) is an effective device used to reduce the risk of sudden cardiac death in these patients. The most common cause of inappropriate shocks with S-ICD is T-wave oversensing. We present the case of a 19-year-old man with repeated shocks from his S-ICD. This case highlights some of the sensing issues related to the S-ICD that can result in inappropriate shocks. A vector change may have occurred after T-wave remodeling, post accessory pathway ablation, and loss of R-waves due to HCM scar progression, leading to this consequence.Background Closed-loop neuromodulation based on bladder pressure is an effective therapy for lower urinary tract dysfunction. The catheter-based cystometry normally used for bladder pressure measurement is not conducive to patient health because it will bring great mental stress to the patient and increase the risk of infection. Method This paper designs and implements an implantable wireless and batteryless bladder pressure monitor system that monitors bladder storage in real time by implanting a miniature packaged sensor which transmits the feedback signal to the external receiver through BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy). AZ 628 concentration The implanted part is powered by a dedicated magnetic resonance based wireless power transmission system, which means no battery is needed. Results The maximum distance to which power can be transmitted is 7cm. The in vitro experiment proves that the system performance can meet the requirement of bladder pressure monitoring. The animal experiment uses rabbits as a model to verify the effectiveness of the system. After implantation, this system can work for a long time without replacing the battery. Conclusion This system can monitor the pressure of the bladder and provide a basis for Closed-loop neuromodulation in patients with lower urinary tract dysfunction.Aim This study has three broad aims to (a) develop genus-specific primers for High Resolution Melt analysis (HRM) of members of Cyclopia Vent., (b) test the haplotype discrimination of HRM compared to Sanger sequencing, and (c) provide an example of using HRM to detect novel haplotype variation in wild C. subternata Vogel. populations. Location The Cape Floristic Region (CFR), located along the southern Cape of South Africa. Methods Polymorphic loci were detected through a screening process of sequencing 12 non-coding chloroplast DNA segments across 14 Cyclopia species. Twelve genus-specific primer combinations were designed around variable cpDNA loci, four of which failed to amplify under PCR; the eight remaining were applied to test the specificity, sensitivity and accuracy of HRM. The three top performing HRM Primer combinations were then applied to detect novel haplotypes in wild C. subternata populations, and phylogeographic patterns of C. subternata were explored. Results We present a framework for appl Conclusions After screening for regions with high HRM clustering specificity-akin to the screening process associated with most PCR based markers-the technology was found to be a high throughput tool for detecting genetic variation in non-model plants.Breast cancer is a disease with high heterogeneity. Cancer is not usually caused by a single gene, but by multiple genes and their interactions with others and surroundings. Estimating breast cancer-specific gene-gene interaction networks is critical to elucidate the mechanisms of breast cancer from a biological network perspective. In this study, sample-specific gene-gene interaction networks of breast cancer samples were established by using a sample-specific network analysis method based on gene expression profiles. Then, gene-gene interaction networks and pathways related to breast cancer and its subtypes and stages were further identified. The similarity and difference among these subtype-related (and stage-related) networks and pathways were studied, which showed highly specific for subtype Basal-like and Stages IV and V. Finally, gene pairwise interactions associated with breast cancer prognosis were identified by a Cox proportional hazards regression model, and a risk prediction model based on the gene pairs was established, which also performed very well on an independent validation data set.