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Exercise, insulin-infusion and low-glucose mixed-nutrient meal ingestion increases muscle microvascular blood flow which in part facilitates glucose delivery and disposal. In contrast, high-glucose ingestion impairs muscle microvascular blood flow which may contribute to impaired postprandial metabolism. We investigated the effects of prior cycling exercise on postprandial muscle microvascular blood flow responses to a high-glucose mixed-nutrient meal ingested 3 and 24h post-exercise. Prior exercise enhanced muscle microvascular blood flow and mitigated microvascular impairments induced by a high-glucose mixed meal ingested 3h post-exercise, and to a lesser extent 24h post-exercise. High-glucose ingestion 3h post-exercise leads to greater postprandial blood glucose, non-esterified fatty acids, and fat oxidation, and a delay in the insulin response to the meal compared to control. Effects of acute exercise on muscle microvascular blood flow persist well after the cessation of exercise which may be beneficialon at 0 min (pre-meal; 74%, P = 0.004), 60 min (112%, P = 0.002) and 120 min (223%, P less then 0.001), and in the 24 h post-exercise condition at 120 min postprandially (132%, P less then 0.001). We also report that in the 3 h post-exercise condition postprandial blood glucose, non-esterified fatty acids (NEFAs), and fat oxidation were substantially elevated, and the insulin response to the meal delayed compared to control. This probably reflects a combination of increased post-exercise exogenous glucose appearance, substrate competition, and NEFA-induced insulin resistance. We conclude that prior cycling exercise elicits long-lasting effects on muscle MBF and partially mitigates MBF impairments induced by high-glucose mixed-nutrient meal ingestion.When engaging with a textbook, students are inclined to highlight key content. Although students believe that highlighting and subsequent review of the highlights will further their educational goals, the psychological literature provides little evidence of benefits. Nonetheless, a student's choice of text for highlighting may serve as a window into her mental state-her level of comprehension, grasp of the key ideas, reading goals, and so on. We explore this hypothesis via an experiment in which 400 participants read three sections from a college-level biology text, briefly reviewed the text, and then took a quiz on the material. During initial reading, participants were able to highlight words, phrases, and sentences, and these highlights were displayed along with the complete text during the subsequent review. Consistent with past research, the amount of highlighted material is unrelated to quiz performance. Nonetheless, highlighting patterns may allow us to infer reader comprehension and interests. Using multiple representations of the highlighting patterns, we built probabilistic models to predict quiz performance and matrix factorization models to predict what content would be highlighted in one passage from highlights in other passages. We find that quiz score prediction accuracy reliably improves with the inclusion of highlighting data (by about 1%-2%), both for held-out students and for held-out student questions (i.e., questions selected randomly for each student), but not for held-out questions. Furthermore, an individual's highlighting pattern is informative of what she highlights elsewhere. Our long-term goal is to design digital textbooks that serve not only as conduits of information into the reader's mind but also allow us to draw inferences about the reader at a point where interventions may increase the effectiveness of the material.The key management of glenohumeral osteoarthritis is shoulder arthroplasty which aims to reduce pain and restore full shoulder function it has increased in recent years. A detailed understanding of the anatomy of the glenoid and humeral head, as well as morphological changes of the glenoid in osteoarthritis, are important factors to consider when deciding on replacement components. This review begins with a brief introduction of the glenohumeral joint itself, and then considers the detailed anatomy of the glenoid fossa and humeral head, both of which are reported to have variable morphology. Several studies have been undertaken to assess various parameters, especially of the glenoid fossa including its shape, height, width, and articular surface area, version and inclination, in an attempt to define a standard classification that can be applied to surgical intervention. Nevertheless, no definitive consensus concerning the classification of these morphologies has been forthcoming, hence the need for this review. Following a consideration of these morphologies, the current state of knowledge regarding glenoid deformity in osteoarthritis, as well as its surgical management, is considered.

This study investigated the incidence, radiographic patterns, and relevance to clinical outcome of everolimus-related pneumonitis (ERP) in patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC).

Data of patients with MBC treated with everolimus who had baseline and at least one follow-up chest computed tomography (CT) were obtained from a medical electronic database system. An independent review of the CT scans of these patients was conducted by two radiologists (NCT03730428). Log-rank and Cox proportional hazard regression analyses were used for time-to-event analyses.

ERP was radiographically detected in 45 of 86 patients (52.3%). In more than 80% of these patients, ERP occurred during the first 4 months of everolimus treatment. Only 14 of the 45 patients with ERP were symptomatic (31.1%). Symptoms included cough, fever, and shortness of breath. Bilateral and lower distribution of the pneumonitis was most common. In most of the cases, ground-glass opacities and reticular opacities were noticed. Elderly patientste treatment for ERP are critical for the preservation of patients' quality of life and achievement of maximal treatment benefits.Controlling and monitoring the residual activity of quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) are critical for maintaining safe yet effective levels of these agents in the environment. This study investigates the utility of bromophenol blue (BPB) as a safe, rapid and user-friendly indicator to detect in situ residual QACs dried on hard, non-porous surfaces, as well a means to assess their antimicrobial efficacy. At pH 7, BPB has a purple colour which turns blue upon its complexation with QACs such as didecyldimethylammonium chloride (DDAC). Selleck LY2780301 BPB itself has no antimicrobial properties up to 400 ppm. Within the range of 0-400 ppm, BPB colour change was tied to specific DDAC antimicrobial performances with a detection threshold of 100 ppm. BPB concentration and application volume could be adjusted such that a colour shift from purple to blue correlated with a set percent reduction (>99·9%) in test bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus and Klebsiella aerogenes). The BPB solutions developed in this study yielded similar colour shifts on polycarbonate and stainless steel surfaces and did not cross-react with chemical ingredients commonly found in sanitizers and disinfectant products. Overall, this study suggests that BPB provides a simple solution to safely monitor the post-application level and biocidal activity of residual dried QACs on surfaces.

In randomized studies, the strategy of pulmonary vein (PV) antral isolation (PVI) plus linear ablation has failed to increase success rates for persistent atrial fibrillation (PeAF) ablation when compared with PVI alone. Peri-mitral reentry related atrial tachycardia due to incomplete linear block is an important cause of clinical failures of a first ablation procedure. Ethanol infusion (EI) into the vein of Marshall (EI-VOM) has been demonstrated to facilitate a durable mitral isthmus linear lesion.

This trial is designed to compare arrhythmia-free survival between PVI and an ablation strategy termed upgraded '2C3L' for ablation of PeAF.

The PROMPT-AF study is a prospective, multicenter, randomized trial involving blinded assessment of outcomes. Patients (n = 276) undergoing their first catheter ablation of PeAF will be randomized to either the upgraded '2C3L' arm or PVI arm in a 11 fashion. The upgraded '2C3L' technique is a fixed ablation approach consisting of EI-VOM, bilateral circumferential PVI and three linear ablation lesion sets across the mitral isthmus, left atrial roof, and cavo-tricuspid isthmus. The follow-up duration is 12 months. The primary endpoint is the rate of documented atrial tachycardia arrhythmias of >30 seconds, without any antiarrhythmic drugs, in 12 months after the index ablation procedure (excluding a blanking period of 3 months).

The PROMPT-AF study will evaluate the efficacy of the fixed '2C3L' approach in conjunction with EI-VOM, compared with PVI alone, in patients with PeAF undergoing de novo ablation. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

The PROMPT-AF study will evaluate the efficacy of the fixed '2C3L' approach in conjunction with EI-VOM, compared with PVI alone, in patients with PeAF undergoing de novo ablation. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.The 20th century has seen tremendous innovation of dielectrophoresis (DEP) technologies, with applications being developed in areas ranging from industrial processing to micro- and nanoscale biotechnology. From 2010 to present day, there have been 981 publications about DEP. Of over 2600 DEP patents held by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 106 were filed in 2019 alone. This review focuses on DEP-based technologies and application developments between 2010 and 2020, with an aim to highlight the progress and to identify potential areas for future research. A major trend over the last 10 years has been the use of DEP techniques for biological and clinical applications. It has been used in various forms on a diverse array of biologically derived molecules and particles to manipulate and study them including proteins, exosomes, bacteria, yeast, stem cells, cancer cells, and blood cells. DEP has also been used to manipulate nano- and micron-sized particles in order to fabricate different structures. The next 10 years are likely to see the increase in DEP-related patent applications begin to result in a greater level of technology commercialization. Also during this time, innovations in DEP technology will likely be leveraged to continue the existing trend to further biological and medical-focused applications as well as applications in microfabrication. As a tool leveraged by engineering and imaginative scientific design, DEP offers unique capabilities to manipulate small particles in precise ways that can help solve problems and enable scientific inquiry that cannot be addressed using conventional methods.

Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is among the most common and distressing side effects of cancer treatment. Different types of interventions, including physical activity (PA), psychosocial and mind-body interventions, have been shown to reduce CRF. We aimed to explore HCPs' practices and barriers to refer patients towards interventions to reduce CRF.

We performed a qualitative study using key informant interviews among a sample of 20 HCPs including medical, surgical and radiation oncologists, pain specialists, nurses, psychologists, psychiatrists and physiotherapists recruited from breast, prostate and colorectal cancer disease groups from a comprehensive cancer centre.

Most interviewees reported not to address CRF spontaneously during consultations. When the topic of CRF was brought up by patients, all interviewees acknowledged to recommend PA, whereas few would recommend psychosocial or mind-body interventions. Barriers to recommend interventions to manage CRF included lack of knowledge about CRF and its treatment, lack of time and complexity of the referral due to their accessibility and cost.