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A natural anticoagulant pathway that supplies regulation of the blood coagulation system contains protein C, which is the key component. This is accomplished by the specific proteolytic inactivation of FV and FVIII. In this review, the multiple roles of thrombin in the haemostatic response to injury are studied in addition to the cofactors that determine thrombin activity and how thrombin activity is thought to be coordinated.

Despite significant progress, artifact-free visualization of the bone and soft tissues around hip arthroplasty implants remains an unmet clinical need. New-generation low-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems now include slice encoding for metal artifact correction (SEMAC), which may result in smaller metallic artifacts and better image quality than standard-of-care 1.5 T MRI. This study aims to assess the feasibility of SEMAC on a new-generation 0.55 T system, optimize the pulse protocol parameters, and compare the results with those of a standard-of-care 1.5 T MRI.

Titanium (Ti) and cobalt-chromium total hip arthroplasty implants embedded in a tissue-mimicking American Society for Testing and Materials gel phantom were evaluated using turbo spin echo, view angle tilting (VAT), and combined VAT and SEMAC (VAT + SEMAC) pulse sequences. To refine an MRI protocol at 0.55 T, the type of metal artifact reduction techniques and the effect of various pulse sequence parameters on metal artifacts were as8% reduction in signal-to-noise ratio efficiency. B 1 -related artifacts are invariably smaller at 0.55 T than 1.5 T; however, artifacts related to B 0 distortion, although frequently smaller, may appear as signal pileups at 0.55 T.

Our results suggest that new-generation low-field SEMAC MRI reduces metal artifacts around hip arthroplasty implants to better advantage than current 1.5 T MRI standard of care. While the appearance of B 0 -related artifacts changes, reduction in B 1 -related artifacts plays a major role in the overall benefit of 0.55 T.

Our results suggest that new-generation low-field SEMAC MRI reduces metal artifacts around hip arthroplasty implants to better advantage than current 1.5 T MRI standard of care. While the appearance of B 0 -related artifacts changes, reduction in B 1 -related artifacts plays a major role in the overall benefit of 0.55 T.

The aims of this study were to develop a model to estimate drug dose delivered to tumors after transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) with radiopaque drug-eluting beads (DEBs) based on DEB density on cone-beam computed tomography (CT) and to evaluate drug penetration into tissue in a woodchuck hepatoma model.

Transarterial chemoembolization was performed in woodchucks with hepatocellular carcinoma (N = 5) using DEBs (70-150 μm, LC Bead LUMI) loaded with doxorubicin. Livers were resected 45 minutes after embolization, immediately frozen, and cut using liver-specific, 3D-printed sectioning molds. Doxorubicin levels in tumor specimens were measured by high-performance liquid chromatography and correlated with DEB iodine content that was measured using prototype cone-beam CT-based embolization treatment planning software. Doxorubicin penetration into tissue surrounding DEBs was assessed by fluorescence microscopy of tumor sections. Fluorescence intensity was converted into doxorubicin concentration using calipossible using DEB radiopacity on cone-beam CT as a surrogate marker. Doxorubicin penetration was greatest adjacent to vessels containing DEB clusters compared with single DEB. Intraprocedural estimation of the spatial distribution of drug dose within the tumor could enable real-time adjustments to DEB delivery, to maximize treatment coverage or identify regions of tumor at risk for undertreatment.

Estimation of drug dose delivered during transarterial chemoembolization in a woodchuck hepatocellular carcinoma model was possible using DEB radiopacity on cone-beam CT as a surrogate marker. Doxorubicin penetration was greatest adjacent to vessels containing DEB clusters compared with single DEB. Intraprocedural estimation of the spatial distribution of drug dose within the tumor could enable real-time adjustments to DEB delivery, to maximize treatment coverage or identify regions of tumor at risk for undertreatment.

Our study evaluates whether having an alternate developmental behavioral disorder (DBDs) diagnosis before diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is associated with delays in diagnosis in a nationally representative sample.

Data were obtained from the 2011 National Survey of Pathways to Diagnosis and Services, a survey of children aged 6 to 17 years with ASD, developmental delay, or intellectual disability. A total of 1049 children met inclusion criteria for this study. Of these, 799 children were identified as "late" diagnosis if >12 months elapsed between the age parents reported concerns to a provider and age of ASD diagnosis and 250 as "timely" diagnosis if the gap was ≤12 months. Univariate and multivariate logistic regressions were used to look for association between having an alternate DBDs diagnosed before ASD and "timely" versus "late" ASD diagnosis.

The mean time elapsed between the age parents reported concerns to a provider and age of ASD diagnosis was 51 months for children with an alternate DBDs diagnosis before receiving ASD diagnosis and 29 months for those diagnosed with alternate DBDs concurrently with ASD. Having alternate DBDs diagnosis before diagnosis with ASD was associated with "late" ASD diagnosis as follows developmental delay (adjusted odds ratio [aOR,] 3.46; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.86-6.42; p < 0.001), intellectual disability (aOR, 9.75; 95% CI, 3.0-31.60; p = 0.04), attention-deficit disorder (aOR, 11.07; 95% CI, 3.43-35.71; p < 0.001), depression (aOR, 8.05; 95% CI, 1.07-60.03; p = 0.0495), and behavioral conduct disorder (aOR, 9.9; 95% CI, 3.55-27.62; p < 0.001).

These findings highlight the importance of research to improve the early diagnosis of ASD even in the presence of coexisting developmental behavioral disorders.

These findings highlight the importance of research to improve the early diagnosis of ASD even in the presence of coexisting developmental behavioral disorders.

Built on Rosenbaum's self-control theory, this study aimed to examine the mediating role of self-control skills in the relationship between perceived stress and overeating patterns among adolescents from an Asia-Pacific region.

A cross-sectional study was used with a school-based, nonclinical sample of 195 adolescents. Participants completed self-report measures assessing study variables and demographic information such as body mass index (BMI) status for adolescents and their parents. Mediation analyses were conducted with Hayes' PROCESS macro modeling tool to assess self-control skills as the mediator of the relationships between perceived stress and each overeating pattern based on the regression-based bootstrapping method, adjusting for potential covariates.

The prevalence of overweight and obesity was approximately 18% in the current sample of adolescents. While controlling for age, sex, and standardized BMI, self-control skills mediated the effects of stress on emotional and external eating, but not on restrained eating; in addition, self-control skills partially mediated the relationship between perceived stress and an overall overeating tendency.

Consistent with Rosenbaum's self-control theory, self-control skills were found to mediate the relationship between perceived stress and emotional and external eating. This study highlights the importance of prevention treatments developed to impart adolescents with self-control skills, decrease their perceived stress, and consequently, reduce their overeating patterns during this intense developmental period.

Consistent with Rosenbaum's self-control theory, self-control skills were found to mediate the relationship between perceived stress and emotional and external eating. NVP-TNKS656 This study highlights the importance of prevention treatments developed to impart adolescents with self-control skills, decrease their perceived stress, and consequently, reduce their overeating patterns during this intense developmental period.The behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) is a neurodegenerative disease that is diagnosed by progressive neuropsychiatric changes and supportive neuroimaging. Making an accurate diagnosis of bvFTD is a challenging process that can be complicated by the presence of a subset of nonprogressive, or phenocopy, cases whose symptoms remain stable. Our patient, who presented with neuropsychiatric symptoms that are characteristic of bvFTD, improved and stabilized after thorough neuropsychiatric and neuropsychological evaluation and treatment. Our case illustrates that, despite diagnostic uncertainties, appropriate evaluation and treatment can lead to improvement and stabilization of neuropsychiatric symptoms in individuals presumed to have bvFTD.

Hippocampal volumetric data are widely used in research but are rarely examined in clinical populations in regard to aiding diagnosis or correlating with objective memory test scores.

To replicate and expand on the few prior clinical examinations of the utility of hippocampal volumetric data. We evaluated MRI volumetric data to determine (a) the degree of hippocampal loss across diagnostic groups compared with a cognitively intact group, (b) if total or lateralized hippocampal volumes predict diagnostic group membership, and (c) how total and lateralized volumes correlate with memory tests.

We retrospectively examined hippocampal volumetric data and memory test scores for 294 individuals referred to a memory clinic.

Individuals with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer disease had smaller hippocampal volumes compared with cognitively intact individuals. The raw and normalized total and lateralized hippocampal volumes were essentially equal for predicting diagnostic group membership, and notably low lume loss was rare in the cognitively intact group, the sensitivity of these volumetric data suggests a need for supplementation by other tools when making a diagnosis.

Although language impairment is the most salient feature of cognitive impairment in both primary progressive aphasia (PPA) and stroke aphasia (SA), memory can also be impaired in both patient populations.

To identify distinctive features of verbal and nonverbal memory processing in individuals with PPA and those with SA.

We gave individuals with PPA (n = 14), those with SA (n = 8), and healthy controls (HC; n = 13) a comprehensive neuropsychological test battery and the Turkish version of the Three Words Three Shapes Test (3W3S-Turkish). The 3W3S-Turkish Test includes five subtests Copy, Incidental Recall, Acquisition, Delayed Recall, and Recognition. High-resolution brain scans were performed in a subset of individuals with PPA and those with SA. Lesion distribution was limited to the dorsal language areas in the SA group, whereas peak atrophy areas in the PPA group extended beyond the language network, including the medial temporal lobe, precuneus, and posterior/medial portions of the cingulate cortex.

Both the PPA and SA groups showed impairment in incidental recall, and the PPA group showed additional impairment in delayed recall. Greater impairment for verbal stimuli suggestive of material-specific memory impairment was evident in the PPA group's scores on the Incidental Recall and Delayed Recall subtests. Both aphasia groups retained the acquired information regardless of material type.

Although both aphasia groups shared similarities in the involvement of the dorsal prefrontal working memory/attention network, the PPA group showed greater impairment in delayed recall compared with the SA group.

Although both aphasia groups shared similarities in the involvement of the dorsal prefrontal working memory/attention network, the PPA group showed greater impairment in delayed recall compared with the SA group.