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FOS and FOSB might be important protective transcription factors.
These findings provide novel evidence that the HIF-1α/JMJD1A signaling pathway is involved in inflammation and oxidative stress in HUVECs induced by high glucose and hypoxia. Also, this pathway might act as a novel regulator of oxidative stress and inflammatory-related events in response to diabetic vascular injury and thus contribute to the pathological progression of diabetes and vascular disease.
These findings provide novel evidence that the HIF-1α/JMJD1A signaling pathway is involved in inflammation and oxidative stress in HUVECs induced by high glucose and hypoxia. Erastin2 cell line Also, this pathway might act as a novel regulator of oxidative stress and inflammatory-related events in response to diabetic vascular injury and thus contribute to the pathological progression of diabetes and vascular disease.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has brought new challenges to every specialty and orthodontics is no exception. Currently, there seems no way other than to mitigate the risk and proceed with routine orthodontic treatment. The aim of the present study was to conduct a qualitative inquiry into the coping strategies, perceptions and anticipations of orthodontic patients and the challenges faced by orthodontists.
An in-depth telephone interview of 30 patients and/or their parents and orthodontists belonging to an Academic-based Residency Program and Private Practice was conducted regarding the challenges, opportunities and futuristic ways of coping with COVID-19. Inputs were recorded, transcripts were prepared and anonymised, and a thematic analysis was performed.
Six themes and several sub-themes emerged from the detailed interviews and their transcripts. The initial fearful situation due to COVID-19 has gradually transformed into a certain 'new normal' in the lives of patients and caregivers, explaining why patients started seeking orthodontic treatment as usual or even preferring to begin treatment during this period. Orthodontists in the midst of uncertainty are delivering quality care and expecting future innovations and changes to combat such pandemics.
Humans can adapt to any crisis that runs over a period of time. The new insights obtained will help to plan treatment and set up practice to cope with pandemics and crises that can affect orthodontic treatment in the future.
Humans can adapt to any crisis that runs over a period of time. The new insights obtained will help to plan treatment and set up practice to cope with pandemics and crises that can affect orthodontic treatment in the future.
To analysis survival in onset uremic patients who initiating HD or PD dialysis in our dialysis center.
Between Jan. 2015 and June. 2018, patients with onset uremia and initiating planned-start dialysis were retrospectively enrolled in this study and followed up to January, 2019. The relationships between the types of dialysis modality and patient prognosis were assessed.
A total of 460 patients were included in the final analysis. Of which, 213 patient (46.30%) undergoing PD and 247 patients (53.70%) undergoing HD with arteriovenous fistula. The average follow-up time was 27.9 months. Eighty-seven (18.91%) patients died during the study period. The all-cause mortality was 127 per 1000 person-year. It was 102 per 1000 person-year in the HD group and 171 per 1000 person-year in the PD group (
< 0.01). However, dialysis modality was not an independent predictor for survival. During the first year after dialysis initiation, patient survival was comparable between the PD and HD groups (log-rank
= 0.14). As the dialysis age increased over 1 year, HD patients seemed to have a better survival as compared to that of PD patient (log-rank
< 0.05), especially those older than 65 years and without DN.
Though dialysis modality was not an independent factor for overall survival, HD therapy seemed to be more suitable for patients without DN.
Though dialysis modality was not an independent factor for overall survival, HD therapy seemed to be more suitable for patients without DN.
Palliative care for people with dementia dying in care homes is an important aspect of long-term care. Whilst there is consensus about the principles of palliative care, less is known about how care home staff negotiate and influence decisions around end of life and how organisational context shapes that process.
To explore the views and experiences of care home staff and palliative care specialists on end of life care in care homes and understand how care home settings affected palliative care provision in England and Australia.
Eight focus groups in Australia and England with care home staff and palliative care specialists (
= 49). Reflexive thematic analysis was undertaken.
Australian participants reported collaboration between care home staff, visiting professions and family members though case conferences. English participants discussed resident-focussed involvement from specialists that was less formally organised. Negotiating roles and responsibilities in end of life care; the importance of relationships to overcome deficiencies in formal processes; and the legitimacy and authority of advance care planning at times of crisis were recurring themes. The organisation and embedding of end of life care in processes and practices of care homes differed; this closely linked to care home procedures in Australia but was less apparent in England.
In both countries, partnership working was recognised and valued as key to effective palliative care. Work that enables care home staff to identify challenges with visiting professionals, such as agreeing priorities for care and negotiating their shared responsibilities, may lead to context-sensitive, sustainable solutions.
In both countries, partnership working was recognised and valued as key to effective palliative care. Work that enables care home staff to identify challenges with visiting professionals, such as agreeing priorities for care and negotiating their shared responsibilities, may lead to context-sensitive, sustainable solutions.Real-time detection of possible deforestation of urban landscapes is an essential task for many urban forest monitoring services. Computational methods emerge as a rapid and efficient solution to evaluate bird's-eye-view images taken by satellites, drones, or even street-view photos captured at the ground level of the urban scenery. Identifying unhealthy trees requires detecting the tree itself and its constituent parts to evaluate certain aspects that may indicate unhealthiness, being street-level images a cost-effective and feasible resource to support the fieldwork survey. This paper proposes detecting trees and their specific parts on street-view images through a Convolutional Neural Network model based on the well-known You Only Look Once network with a MobileNet as the backbone for feature extraction. Essentially, from a photo taken from the ground, the proposed method identifies trees, isolates them through their bounding boxes, identifies the crown and stem, and then estimates the height of the trees by using a specific handheld object as a reference in the images. Experiment results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown created new stressors that could potentially attenuate mental wellbeing (MW) in athletes, who are already susceptible to poor MW. This study aims to describe fluctuations to MW during "lockdown" and subsequent "return to sport" protocols, in comparison to the normal "in-season" in professional soccer. Twenty-five English Premier League (EPL) soccer players completed the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS) every two weeks, during the 2019/2020 season, and every week during "lockdown" and "return to training" for 28 weeks. The duration of each physical activity (PA) session completed was recorded. No significant differences were found for MW between time points (In-season, lockdown, return to training and the restart) (51.5 ± 5.6 vs. 50.7 ± 4.8 vs. 50.8 ± 5.7 vs. 50.7 ± 5.6 (p > 0.05)) respectively. Individually, differences were identified; in-season weekly session duration (243 ± 38 min) was higher than during lockdown (180 ± 62 min) (p 250 min per week during lockdown in trained athletes may promote positive mental health.
Mortality rates in patients with acute myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock (AMI-CS) remain persistently high despite advances over the past decade in percutaneous mechanical circulatory support. This systematic review aims to analyse the existing literature to compare mortality outcomes in patients mechanically supported by intra-aortic balloon pump or percutaneous Impella 2.5/CP
for AMI-CS undergoing emergency revascularisation.
The following MeSH terms were applied to the databases Ovid Medline, Ovid Embase, Cochrane and Web of Science 'Intra-aortic balloon pump', 'Impella', 'Cardiogenic shock', 'Myocardial Infarction' and 'Mortality'. This yielded 2643 studies. Using predefined inclusion and exclusion criteria, the studies were initially screened by title and abstract before full text analysis.
Fourteen studies met eligibility criteria two randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and 12 observational studies. Data from a total of 21,006 patients were included across the studies. Notably, one stupared to control despite suggestions that the Impella© offers superior haemodynamic support. Limitations of the studies have been discussed to outline suggestions for future research.
Urinary incontinence is prevalent among patients receiving home hospice and presents multiple care management challenges for nurses and family caregivers.
This study sought to understand how urinary incontinence influences the psychosocial care of patients receiving home hospice and the strategies that nurses employ to maximize patient and family comfort.
Qualitative descriptive study using semi-structured interviews.
Nurses employed at a large not-for-profit hospice agency in New York City.
Analyses of 32 interviews revealed three primary themes. First, nurses considered urinary incontinence to be associated with multiple psychosocial issues including embarrassment for patients and caregiver burden. Second, nurses described urinary incontinence as a threat to patient dignity and took steps to preserve their continence function. Third, nurses assisted patients and their families to cope with urinary incontinence through normalization, reframing incontinence as part of the disease process, mobilizing caregiving assistance, and encouraging use of continence supplies such as diapers and liners.
Urinary incontinence influences the psychosocial care of patients receiving home hospice and nurses employ strategies to maximize patient and family comfort. Additional research is needed to examine the psychosocial benefits of facilitated discussions with patients and family members about incontinence, provision of caregiving support, and distribution of comprehensive incontinence supplies to patients with fewer resources.
Urinary incontinence influences the psychosocial care of patients receiving home hospice and nurses employ strategies to maximize patient and family comfort. Additional research is needed to examine the psychosocial benefits of facilitated discussions with patients and family members about incontinence, provision of caregiving support, and distribution of comprehensive incontinence supplies to patients with fewer resources.
