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An increase in obesity rates has caused policymakers and marketers to promote a healthy lifestyle by advertising healthy recipes. However, despite the general awareness of the importance of healthy eating, little is known about consumers' responses to healthy recipes. This study tests a common heuristic in the field of healthy foods, namely, the unhealthy-tasty intuition, in the new context of online recipes. An online experiment (representative sample in Austria in terms of age and gender) and a real-world study advertising an online recipe with various labels (healthy, tasty and neutral) confirm the unhealthy-tasty intuition and reveal that healthy recipes have a negative influence on behavioral intentions. Selleck Homoharringtonine Both health and taste inferences serve as underlying mechanisms explaining the influence of healthy recipes on behavioral intentions. The negative effect of a health label can be eliminated when adding a taste label as well. From a practical perspective, marketers are advised to include taste cues that stimulate taste expectations in the healthy recipes that they advertise, thus boosting healthy eating habits among consumers.

Limited data are available regarding echocardiographic predictors for successful weaning from venoarterial (VA) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). We sought to determine whether echocardiographic parameters during ECMO flow study could predict successful weaning from ECMO.

A total of 92 ECMO patients from a multicenter ECMO registry underwent VA-ECMO flow study with transthoracic echocardiography before a weaning trial. During VA-ECMO flow study, flow was decreased by 30%-50% of the initial flow for 15minutes, and echocardiography was performed both at baseline and after flow reduction. Changes of echocardiographic parameters were compared between the successful and failed weaning group.

Sixty-four of the 92 patients were able to be weaned from VA-ECMO successfully. During VA-ECMO flow study, both lateral e' and tricuspid annular S' velocity improved significantly in the successful weaning group, while such findings were not observed in the failed weaning group. From univariable analysis, left tudy may better represent cardiac reserve from a recovering heart than conventional echocardiographic parameters at minimal flow. Assessment of tissue Doppler parameters during ECMO flow study is a simple and feasible method to guide physicians on the optimal time to wean from ECMO.Despite a widespread expression pattern in the central nervous system, the role of the sodium bicarbonate cotransporter NBCn1/Slc4a7 has not been investigated for locomotor activity, emotion and cognition. Here, we addressed the behavioral consequences of NBCn1 knockout and evaluated hearing and vision that are reportedly impaired in an earlier line of NBCn1 knockout mice and may contribute to behavioral changes. In a circular open field, the knockout mice traveled a shorter distance, especially in the periphery of the chamber, than wildtype littermates. The knockout mice also traveled a shorter total distance in a home cage-like open field. Rearing and grooming behaviors were reduced. The knockout and control mice displayed similar time spent and number of open and closed arms in the elevated plus maze test, indicating negligible change in anxiety. In the Morris water maze test, both groups of mice learned the location of an escape platform within comparable time on the training trials and showed similar platform identification on the probe trial. The knockout mice maintained normal visual responses in the optokinetic drum and produced evoked potentials in response to light stimuli. However, these mice failed to produce auditory evoked potentials. qPCR revealed a robust expression of an alternatively transcribed NBCn1 variant in the knockout mouse retina. These results indicate that NBCn1 deletion leads to reduced locomotor activity in mice by affecting their exploratory behaviors or emotionality. The deletion also causes hearing loss, but its effect on vision varies between different lines of knockout mice.The immunohistochemistry (IHC) characterization of pituitary transcription factors (PTFs) PIT1, TPIT, and SF1, which enable the identification of three different adenohypophyseal cell lines, has been incorporated into the latest classification system of the World Health Organization (WHO) for pituitary adenomas. This change overturns the concept of the adenoma as solely a hormone producer and classifies these tumors based on their cell lineage. The aim of the study was to provide a diagnostic algorithm, based on IHC expression of hypophyseal hormones with potential use in diagnostic practice, contributing to an improved classification of pituitary adenomas. Our sample included 146 pituitary adenomas previously classified based on hormonal subtypes by IHC (former 2004 WHO criteria) and re-evaluated after the IHC quantification of PIT1, TPIT, and SF1 expression, under WHO 2017 recommendations. We assessed the correlation between expression of PTFs and the classification as per hormonal IHC and correlated clinics.Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was demonstrated in the placenta; however, the data on the prevalence of placental infection and associated histopathology are limited. To identify the frequency and features of SARS-CoV-2 involvement, we performed a clinicopathologic analysis of 75 placental cases from women infected at the time of delivery and 75 uninfected controls. Placental samples were studied with anti-SARS-CoV-2 immunohistochemistry and/or in situ hybridization. Positive results were confirmed by electron microscopy and quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). During delivery, only one woman had symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019, six women reported previous symptoms, and 68 women were asymptomatic. All neonates tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 as per nasopharyngeal swab PCR results. Obstetric histories were unremarkable in 29 of 75 SARS-CoV-2-positive and 8 of 75 SARS-CoV-2-negative women. Placental examination was normal in 12 of 75 infected and 3 of 75 uninfected subjects, respectively. In the remaining cases, placental pathology correlated with obstetric comorbidities without significant differences between SARS-CoV-2-positive and SARS-CoV-2-negative women. SARS-CoV-2 was identified in one placenta of an infected, but asymptomatic, parturient. Viral staining was predominantly localized to the syncytiotrophoblast (STB) which demonstrated marked damage accompanied by perivillous fibrin deposition and mixed intervillositis. A significant decrease of viral titers was detected in the attached umbilical cord compared with the villous parenchyma as per qRT-PCR. SARS-CoV-2 is seldom identified in placentas of infected women. Placental involvement by the virus is characterized by STB damage disrupting the placental barrier and can be seen in asymptomatic mothers without evidence of vertical transmission.This study aimed to establish an immunohistochemical panel useful for subclassification of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA) into small- and large-duct types. Fifty surgical cases of iCCA consisting of small- (n = 31) and large-duct types (n = 19) were examined. To imitate liver needle biopsies, tissue microarrays were constructed using three tissue cores (2 mm in diameter) obtained from one representative paraffin block of each case. Immunostaining for C-reactive protein (CRP), N-cadherin, tubulin beta-III (TUBB3), neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM), and S100 calcium binding protein P (S100P) was conducted. Most cases of small-duct iCCA were immunoreactive to CRP and N-cadherin, whereas expressions of these markers were markedly less common in large-duct iCCA (CRP, 97% vs. 5%, P less then 0.001; N-cadherin, 87% vs. 16%, P less then 0.001). TUBB3 and NCAM were also more frequently expressed in small-duct iCCA (65% vs. 32%, P = 0.006; 58% vs. 5%, P less then 0.001), but their sensitivities were lower than those of CRP and N-cadherin. S100P was more commonly expressed in large-duct iCCA than in small-duct iCCA (95% vs. 29%, P less then 0.001), and diffuse expressions were observed in 17 of 19 cases of large-duct iCCA (90%). All cases with a CRP+/S100P- immunophenotype were of small-duct type, whereas all but one case with a CRP-/S100P+ immunophenotype were of large-duct type. Of 10 cases with a double-positive or double-negative immunophenotype, 7 were appropriately classified based on immunoreactivity to N-cadherin. In conclusion, CRP, N-cadherin, and S100P form a useful immunohistochemical panel for iCCA subclassification, and correct subclassification was possible in 92% of cases based on a proposed, simple algorithm.

The DaR Global survey was conducted to determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the intentions to fast and the outcomes of fasting in <18years versus ≥18years age groups with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM).

Muslim people with T1DM were surveyed in 13 countries between June and August 2020, shortly after the end of Ramadan (23rd April-23rd May 2020) using a simple questionnaire.

71.1% of muslims with T1DM fasted during Ramadan. Concerns about COVID-19 were higher in individuals ≥18years (p=0.002). The number of participants who decided not to fast plus those who received Ramadan-focused education were significantly higher in the ≥18-year group (p<0.05). Hypoglycemia (60.7%) as well as hyperglycemia (44.8%) was major complications of fasting during Ramadan in both groups irrespective of age.

COVID-19 pandemic had minor impact on the decision to fast Ramadan in T1DM cohort. This was higher in the age group of ≥18years compared to those <18years group. Only regional differences were noted for fasting attitude and behavior among T1DM groups. This survey highlights the need for Ramadan focused diabetes education to improve glucose control and prevent complications during fasting.

COVID-19 pandemic had minor impact on the decision to fast Ramadan in T1DM cohort. This was higher in the age group of ≥18 years compared to those less then 18 years group. Only regional differences were noted for fasting attitude and behavior among T1DM groups. This survey highlights the need for Ramadan focused diabetes education to improve glucose control and prevent complications during fasting.

Limiteddata suggest that hydroxychloroquine may affect risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with lupus erythematosus (LE).

To investigate whether hydroxychloroquine treatment is associated with major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) (myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, or cardiovascular-associated death) in patients with cutaneous LE (CLE) or systemic LE (SLE).

Based on the Danish nationwide registers, an observational cohort study was conducted including patients with first-time diagnosis of CLE or SLE (between 1997 and 2017). Cox regression models calculating the hazard ratio (HR) analyzing the risk of MACE were performed comparing time on and off hydroxychloroquine (including never users). The models were adjusted for age, sex, socioeconomic status, concomitant treatment, and cardiovascular risk factors.

Among 4587 patients with LE, 51% (n= 2343) were treated with hydroxychloroquine during the study period. An inverse association between use of hydroxychloroquine and MACE risk was observed among patients with SLE (adjusted HR, 0.