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7%, p = 0.019). This effect was not observed in male patients (5.4% vs. 1.9%, p = ns). Age > 75years (OR 5.49, 95% CI 1.10-27.43), acute heart failure (OR 3.56, 95% CI 1.03-12.05) and ICU admission (OR 6.1, 95% CI 0.98-37.91) were predictors for in-hospital mortality for female patients, while any malignancy (OR 9.4, 95% CI 1.90-46.54) and ICU admission (OR 7.05, 95% CI 1.44-34.55) were predictors in male patients.

Gender is associated with differences in clinical presentation and complications of influenza A virus infection. Women with acute heart failure or aged > 75years have an increased risk of influenza associated in-hospital mortality, while ICU admission and any malignancy are predictors for male patients. Mortality rates in patients > 75years are 5-10 times higher compared to their non-hospitalized influenza-negative Austrian counterparts.

 75 years are 5-10 times higher compared to their non-hospitalized influenza-negative Austrian counterparts.

With the growing number of the aged population, the number of Parkinson's disease (PD) affected people is also mounting. Unfortunately, due to insufficient resources and awareness in underdeveloped countries, proper and timely PD detection is highly challenged. Besides, all PD patients' symptoms are neither the same nor they all become pronounced at the same stage of the illness. Therefore, this work aims to combine more than one symptom (rest tremor and voice degradation) by collecting data remotely using smartphones and detect PD with the help of a cloud-based machine learning system for telemonitoring the PD patients in the developing countries.

This proposed system receives rest tremor and vowel phonation data acquired by smartphones with built-in accelerometer and voice recorder sensors. The data are primarily collected from diagnosed PD patients and healthy people for building and optimizing machine learning models that exhibit higher performance. After that, data from newly suspected PD patients arion like COVID-19, when in-person monitoring is minimal.Primary care presentations of dry eye disease (DED) are common and pose a diagnostic challenge due to the variety of symptoms and the absence of certainty for family practitioners. While there are many published articles on the topic, the 2017 Tear Film and Ocular Surface Society Dry Eye Workshop was a landmark report in distinguishing multifactorial differences. Redefined terms clarified the DED disorder. The ocular surface-the tear/air interface-is the primary refractive component of the eye, which is why DED is so significant and impacts vision. There is a high prevalence of DED in the community, ranging from 5% to 30% of people across multiple studies. Elderly patients have up to 75% increased risk of DED and receive more intensive treatment than younger age groups. DED is also more common in women than men, occurring in 9.8% of postmenopausal women. The causes of DED span defective lacrimal apparatus and systemic disorders. Despite its prevalence, up to one-half of patients with confirmed DED do not receive proper alleviating treatment. Risk factors on functional and environmental bases follow. Tools to elicit a diagnosis more confidently are outlined using the Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) and the Symptom Assessment in Dry Eye questionnaires (SANDE). Lacritin, lutein, vitamin A, and balanced nutrition are essential contributors to maintaining healthy eyes with appropriate management and treatment. The authors hope that this paper will prompt a more accurate and expedient diagnosis of DED in primary care practice and an earlier recognition of specialist referrals.Although the concentrations of Alzheimer's disease (AD) biomarkers Aβ1-40, Aβ1-42 and tau protein are very low in human plasma, ultrasensitive assays such as immunomagnetic reduction (IMR) are able to precisely quantify them. Review articles have described the detailed working mechanism of IMR and revealed the feasibility of detecting early-stage AD by assaying these plasma biomarkers with IMR. In this review, we aimed to compare the significance of these plasma biomarkers in predicting cognitive decline in patients with Down syndrome, stroke, or amnestic mild cognitive impairment based on findings in the literature. We found that plasma Aβ1-42 might play the predominant role in predicting cognitive decline in these patients.Muscle/bone interaction has been recently noted. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) play a vital role in physiological and pathophysiological processes by transferring microRNA (miRNA) to distant tissues. AZD3514 We previously reported that EVs secreted from C2C12 myoblasts (Myo-EVs) suppress osteoclast differentiation. In the present study, we identified 4 miRNAs in Myo-EVs that suppressed osteoclast-like cell formation in Raw264.7 cells using small RNA sequencing analysis. Among them, miR-196a-5p expression was higher in C2C12 cells compared to mouse osteoblasts and bone marrow cells. Transfection of miR-196a-5p mimic suppressed the mRNA levels of osteoclast-related genes and mitochondrial energy metabolism induced by receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand in Raw264.7 cells. In contrast, miR-196a-5p mimic enhanced osteoblastic differentiation in ST-2 cells and MC3T3-E1 cells. In conclusion, we demonstrated that miR-196-5p suppresses osteoclast-like cell formation and mitochondrial energy metabolism in mouse cells, suggesting that it might be a crucial factor for muscle/bone interaction via EVs.With the advent of next generation sequencing technology there has been a spurt of papers on genetics in epilepsy in children. Genetic testing has now become an essential part of clinical practice in epilepsy. It helps in reaching an etiological diagnosis, providing prognostic information, guiding therapy precisely indicated for the patient and avoiding drugs that may worsen the seizures. Once the pathogenic variant has been found, this enables determining and counseling the risk of recurrence to the patient and other relatives at risk. It also makes available different reproductive options such as prenatal diagnosis or pre-implantation diagnosis. The authors describe the benefits, the clinical situations that require genetic testing, the types of genetic tests that are available, and how to choose the appropriate test and their likely yields. Genetic counseling, both pre- and post-test that should be provided is described briefly. Two useful tables are included that depict the therapy for variants in different epilepsy genes.