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Clinicians have a responsibility to provide a caring environment in which women feel safe to disclose any problems they are experiencing as a result of their perineal injuries. Little, if any, attention is focused on women's mental health by clinicians or researchers as women struggle with the aftermath of fourth-degree perineal lacerations.

Women need information to prepare for recovery from their severe perineal injuries related to what to expect, how to care for themselves, and what resources are available. Clinicians have a responsibility to provide a caring environment in which women feel safe to disclose any problems they are experiencing as a result of their perineal injuries. Little, if any, attention is focused on women's mental health by clinicians or researchers as women struggle with the aftermath of fourth-degree perineal lacerations.

To measure the increase in rates of skin-to-skin contact (SSC) for at least 15 minutes within the first hour of life in the operating room (OR) after cesarean birth after implementation of an SSC initiative. Our goal was to improve the rate of SSC from 20.3%to 50%for eligible newborns.

Quality improvement initiative with a pre-post-practice implementation design using surveys.

A tertiary academic hospital in the U.S. Midwest with more than 12,500 births annually.

Nursing staff on a labor and delivery unit (N= 40).

We implemented nurse education, included SSC as part of the interdisciplinary team time-out (TTO) before procedures, and developed a new practice guideline to initiate SSC for at least 15 minutes within the first hour of life in the OR after cesarean birth. We measured nurses' knowledge and self-reported SSC practices with preimplementation and postimplementation surveys. We measured nurses' inclusion of SSC in the TTO and actual SSC practices in the OR with an audit tool.

We analyzed a total of 394 audit tool forms from the initiative. Nurses reported more use of SSC after implementation of the SSC initiative. Skin-to-skin contact was verbalized in 75.3%(70/93) of the TTOs after implementation, and SSC for 15 minutes in the OR was completed in 20.3%(16/79) of preimplementation and 24.7%(23/93) of postimplementation phases. Total SSC for any length of time within the first hour in the OR increased from 30.4%(24/79) to 61.3%(57/93) in eligible women and newborns after implementation of the initiative.

SSC in the OR increased after a 4-month initiative to increase SSC through nurse education, inclusion of SSC in the TTO, and a new guideline to initiate SSC in the OR at least 15 minutes within the first hour of life.

SSC in the OR increased after a 4-month initiative to increase SSC through nurse education, inclusion of SSC in the TTO, and a new guideline to initiate SSC in the OR at least 15 minutes within the first hour of life.The nuclear position in eukaryotes is controlled by a nucleo-cytoskeletal network, critical in cell differentiation, division, and movement. Forces are transmitted through conserved Linker of Nucleoskeleton and Cytoskeleton (LINC) complexes that traverse the nuclear envelope and engage on either side of the membrane with diverse binding partners. see more Nesprin-2-giant (Nes2G), a LINC element in the outer nuclear membrane, connects to the actin directly as well as through FHOD1, a formin primarily involved in actin bundling. Here, we report the crystal structure of Nes2G bound to FHOD1 and show that the presumed G-binding domain of FHOD1 is rather a spectrin repeat (SR) binding enhancer for the neighboring FH3 domain. The structure reveals that SR binding by FHOD1 is likely not regulated by the diaphanous-autoregulatory domain helix of FHOD1. Finally, we establish that Nes1G also has one FHOD1 binding SR, indicating that these abundant, giant Nesprins have overlapping functions in actin-bundle recruitment for nuclear movement.Tau is a major driver of neurodegeneration and is implicated in over 20 diseases. Tauopathies are characterized by synaptic loss and neuroinflammation, but it is unclear if these pathological events are causally linked. Tau binds to Synaptogyrin-3 on synaptic vesicles. Here, we interfered with this function to determine the role of pathogenic Tau at pre-synaptic terminals. We show that heterozygous knockout of synaptogyrin-3 is benign in mice but strongly rescues mutant Tau-induced defects in long-term synaptic plasticity and working memory. It also significantly rescues the pre- and post-synaptic loss caused by mutant Tau. However, Tau-induced neuroinflammation remains clearly upregulated when we remove the expression of one allele of synaptogyrin-3. Hence neuroinflammation is not sufficient to cause synaptic loss, and these processes are separately induced in response to mutant Tau. In addition, the pre-synaptic defects caused by mutant Tau are enough to drive defects in cognitive tasks.Fast synaptic transmission relies upon the activation of ionotropic receptors by neurotransmitter release to evoke postsynaptic potentials. Glutamate and GABA play dominant roles in driving highly dynamic activity in synaptically connected neuronal circuits, but ionotropic receptors for other neurotransmitters are also expressed in the neocortex, including nicotinic receptors, which are non-selective cation channels gated by acetylcholine. To study the function of non-glutamatergic excitation in neocortex, we used two-photon microscopy to target whole-cell membrane potential recordings to different types of genetically defined neurons in layer 2/3 of primary somatosensory barrel cortex in awake head-restrained mice combined with pharmacological and optogenetic manipulations. Here, we report a prominent nicotinic input, which selectively depolarizes a subtype of GABAergic neuron expressing vasoactive intestinal peptide leading to disinhibition during active sensorimotor processing. Nicotinic disinhibition of somatosensory cortex during active sensing might contribute importantly to integration of top-down and motor-related signals necessary for tactile perception and learning.

Serologic testing for SARS-CoV-2 is an important element in the fight to slow the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to validate two serologic tests for total (IgM, IgG, IgA) SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, (i) the Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Total Antibody assay for the Vitros 5600 analyzers and (ii) a manual laboratory developed ELISA (FDA EUA pending), for use in parallel orthogonal testing of asymptomatic healthcare workers and affiliates of the University of Maryland Medical System.

Validation and verification of the two tests was performed using samples from hospitalized patients that were found to be PCR positive for SARS-CoV-2, samples pre-COVID-19, and samples from individuals with current/previous infections with other viruses. Healthcare workers and affiliates from across the University of Maryland Health System were provided testing free of charge and their results were reported as reactive or non-reactive if the two tests were concordance, or indeterminate if the results were discordant.