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complications in that population. Invasive electrocorticography informs management in very young children with refractory, localization-related epilepsy and should therefore be used when clinically indicated.

While overall complication rates were higher in the younger cohort, subdural grid placement was not associated with an increased risk of surgical complications in that population. Invasive electrocorticography informs management in very young children with refractory, localization-related epilepsy and should therefore be used when clinically indicated.

Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) are effective in curbing the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. All US states have adopted NPI policies, but the compliance to these measures and influence of sociopolitical factors on NPI adherence is unknown. NPI adherence may be approximated by personal mobility in a population that is tracked by anonymous mobile phone data.

This is a cross-sectional study of state-level mobility changes across the US.

State-level mobility was based on anonymous mobile phone data from multiple participating carriers collected by the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (http//www.healthdata.org). Pearson's correlation coefficient was used to examine the strength and direction of the relationship between political affiliations and mobility restriction across states. Multivariable linear regression analyses were used to assess other factors that may impact personal travel.

All states experienced a decline in personal mob risk perception, which may contribute to the unwillingness of some individuals to perceive the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic as a risk and to comply with NPIs. Our results highlight the importance of sociopolitical factors in disease control and emphasize the importance of bipartisan efforts in fighting the pandemic. These results may have implications for the development, dissemination, and communication of public health policies.Three hundred and two stool samples were collected from municipal shelters and owned dogs in different geographical locations in Israel from December 2016 to September 2017 and examined for Giardia and assemblage type by PCR targeting the 18S rRNA and β-giardin genes. Overall Giardia prevalence was 24.5 % (74/30). Giardia prevalence was 1.9-fold higher in dogs ≤ 6 months old compared to > 6 ≤ 12 months old and older dogs [25/61 (41 %), 18/73 (24.6 %) and 31/166 (18.7 %), respectively, (p = 0.001)], 2.3-fold higher in winter [32/90 (35.5 %)] compared to its prevalence during autumn [15/60 (25 %)], spring [10/62 (16.1 %)] and summer [17/89 (19.1 %), p = 0.003)], and 2.7-fold more frequent among diarrheic dogs [23/43 (53.4 %)] compared to those with formed stools [51/253 (20.1 %)], (p = 0.001)]. The Giardia sp. assemblages detected were C and D. Higher infection rates in young, diarrheic dogs, sampled during winter, and housed in municipal shelters, indicates the need for targeted preventive measures.

The aim of this study was to analyze the possible contributions of seizure burden, sleep quality, and social integration to depression among people with epilepsy (PWE) in Bhutan.

Bhutan is a lower-middle-income country in Southeast Asia with a public healthcare system without neurologists. People with epilepsy were prospectively recruited from psychiatrist-run epilepsy clinics at the National Referral Hospital in the capital city of Thimphu. Adult participants with epilepsy were interviewed for clinical history, sleep quality using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, social networks using the Berkman-Syme Social Network Index, and depressive symptoms using the Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 (PHQ-9). A multivariable regression model was built to assess the relationship between depression as an outcome and the possible contributors of sleep quality, sex, and seizure in the prior month.

Out of 80 participants (39 women, mean age 29.4 years old, range 18-56 years, 58 [73%] with a seizure in the previous medications and psychiatrists but not expert epilepsy services or human resources. Further investigation into the interrelationships among social isolation, poor sleep quality, depression, and seizure burden could identify preventable and remediable constituents of this burden.

Our exploratory study disentangles the multilayered psychosocial burden of disease experienced by PWE in Bhutan, a lower-middle-income country with access to antiseizure medications and psychiatrists but not expert epilepsy services or human resources. Further investigation into the interrelationships among social isolation, poor sleep quality, depression, and seizure burden could identify preventable and remediable constituents of this burden.Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder, and psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) is an important differential diagnosis. Psychiatric comorbidities are prevalent among people with epilepsy (PWE). Additionally, lower quality of life (QoL) in people with PNES compared with PWE was reported with higher rates of general psychiatric comorbidity. Although there are previous studies evaluating the QoL in patients with epilepsy, this study is unique and compelling because it represents a study comparing PNES and PWE on QoL, depression, and anxiety in a Spanish-speaking group of Argentine patients. The aim of this study was to analyze self-reported anxiety and depression in PWE and PNES and to establish the impact on QoL.

This is a cross-sectional study; QoL was measured using the Quality of Life in Epilepsy Inventory (QOLIE-31). To study anxiety and depression, the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) was administered. Clinical and complementary data were recorded.

Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures scored significantly higher in anxiety and depression and with lower levels of QoL compared with PWE. Anxiety and depression had a negative correlation with QoL.

Nonepileptic seizures have an even greater impact on QoL than epileptic seizures, and this could be influenced by psychiatric comorbidities. These findings corroborate what other studies in English-speaking nations that have found regarding the impact of psychopathology on QoL in those with PNES and further support the importance of assessing for psychiatric comorbidities to tailor treatment.

Nonepileptic seizures have an even greater impact on QoL than epileptic seizures, and this could be influenced by psychiatric comorbidities. These findings corroborate what other studies in English-speaking nations that have found regarding the impact of psychopathology on QoL in those with PNES and further support the importance of assessing for psychiatric comorbidities to tailor treatment.The construct of body acceptance by others (i.e., the degree to which an individual perceives acceptance for their appearance by others) is central to conceptual models of positive body image and adaptive eating styles. It is typically measured using the 10-item Body Acceptance by Others Scale (BAOS; Avalos & Tylka, 2006), but emerging research has suggested that a unidimensional model of BAOS scores may be unstable. Here, we examined the factor structure of BAOS scores in a sample of adults from the United Kingdom (N = 1148). Exploratory factor analyses indicated that BAOS scores reduced to two dimensions in women, of which only a primary 6-item factor was stable. In men, all 10 items loaded onto a primary factor. However, the results of confirmatory factor analyses indicated that both models of BAOS scores had poor fit. Although both the unidimensional 10-item and 6-item models had adequate internal consistency, our results are suggestive of factor structure instability. We conclude by suggesting ways in which future research could revise the BAOS to improve its factorial stability and validity.

Among breast cancer survivors, elevated inflammation has been linked to greater recurrence risk. Psychological processes, such as cancer-related distress, can pose threats to a survivor's longevity and wellbeing. Although distress can heighten inflammation, little is known about how fluctuations in distress during and after treatment impact a woman's own inflammation - the primary question of this study.

Breast cancer survivors (n = 165, stages 0-III) completed a baseline visit before treatment and two follow-up visits 6 and 18 months after. At each visit, women completed the Impact of Events Scale to assess cancer-related distress, and a blood sample was collected to measure proinflammatory cytokines IL-6, TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-8. This longitudinal study related fluctuations in survivor's own cancer-related distress (i.e., within-person effects), as well as average effects of cancer-related distress between survivors (i.e., between-person effects) to inflammatory changes across visits.

Women had elevated inflammation at visits where they expressed more cancer-related distress than what was typical. In contrast, the average cancer-related distress was not associated with inflammation.

Larger increases in a women's cancer-related distress was linked with higher inflammation across visits. Comparing a survivor's own cancer-related distress to her average levels may prove useful in identifying links between distress and inflammation.

Larger increases in a women's cancer-related distress was linked with higher inflammation across visits. Comparing a survivor's own cancer-related distress to her average levels may prove useful in identifying links between distress and inflammation.Hypericum perforatum L is a remarkable source of high-value secondary metabolites with increasing applications in pharmaceutical industry. However, improvement in the production of secondary metabolites through genetic engineering is a demanding task, as H. perforatum is not amenable to Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation. In this study, we identified a Polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein (PGIP) gene from a subtractive cDNA library of A. tumefaciens-treated H. perforatum suspension cells. The role of HpPGIP in defense against A. tumefaciens was analyzed in transgenic Nicotiana tabacum overexpressing HpPGIP alone or fused at the N-terminus to Phenolic oxidative coupling protein (Hyp-1), a gene that positively modulates resistance to A. tumefaciens. Furthermore, virus-induced gene silencing was employed to knock down the expression of the PGIP homologous in N. benthamiana. Results showed that Agrobacterium-mediated expression efficiency greatly decreased in both HpPGIP and Hyp-1-PGIP transgenic plants, as assessed by GUS staining assays. However, silencing of PGIP in N. benthamiana increased the resistance to A. tumefaciens rather than susceptibility, which correlated with induction of pathogenesis-related proteins (PRs). The expression of core genes involved in several defense pathways was also analyzed in transgenic tobacco plants. Overexpression of HpPGIP led to up-regulation of key genes involved in hormone signaling, microRNA-based gene silencing, homeostasis of reactive oxygen species, and the phenylpropanoid pathway. Overexpression of Hyp-1-PGIP seemed to enhance the effect of PGIP on the expression of most genes analyzed. Moreover, HpPGIP was detected in the cytoplasm, nucleus and the plasma membrane or cell wall by confocal microscopy. Overall, our findings suggest HpPGIP modulates recalcitrance to A. tumefaciens-mediated transformation in H. perforatum.