anthonyyazdaniml/gliner-biomed-curated-corpus huggingface dataset:
MRB II is a two arm 50-week study that will recruit Veteran DM2 patients already on a stable dose of a GLP-1 agonist +/- DM2 agents. The investigators will recruit 50 patients and assign 25 subjects to the control arm and 25 subjects to the experimental arm. The control and experimental arm (n=25) will have in-person visits with the study PI, certified diabetes educator (CDE) and behavioral psychologist (Psych) at baseline, week 12, week 24 and week 48 to optimize glycemic control. Visits with the PI will be one-on-one but visits with CDE/Psych will be shared-medical appointments. Furthermore, the experimental arm (n=25) will also be enrolled in the Optifast medical weight loss program starting with a 2-week run-in phase to determine if they are able to tolerate Isocaloric Optifast (7 meal replacements/day) while also minimizing significant weight loss prior to the start of the study. The patients in the experimental arm successfully completing the run-in phase will then continue and enter the 50-week study.
Web-based opinion survey method, apparatus, and computer-readable media operable to cause propositional function responses to be provided to a survey server from a client device. The propositional functions are P(x), where P and x are the predicate and subject. Each P(x) is evaluated in the client device for subjects, each with a different x. Preferably, the client device displays the subjects within a Web Single Page Application (SPA) running on the client device. Preferably, the SPA displays a nonnumerical scale, the granularity of which is directly proportional to the number of pixels spanned by the scale. For each P(x), the client device displays labeled markers along the scale, to provide an indication of a level of agreement with the expressed P(x). For each P(x) subject, the client expresses an opinion on a position on the scale, whereby a pixel position corresponds to a rating for the selected subject.
The invention provides a dendrimer prodrug and a nano assembly thereof, belonging to the technical field of antitumor drugs. The invention uses boric acid ester bond bridgeThe dendrimer prodrug Epi-DBP shown in the formula I is constructed by connecting PEG and the dendrimer Epi conjugate. IDO inhibitor NLG919 is entrapped in the hydrophobic cavity of Epi-DBP, forming a nano-assembly NLG919@Epi-DBP. The nano-assembly NLG919@Epi-DBP has a stable nano-structure and can be enriched at tumor tissues. In the tumor cell acidic environment, hydrazone bonds are broken, causing release of Epi and NLG 919. Experimental results show that NLG919 in NLG919@Epi-DBP has excellent synergistic anti-tumor effect with Epi-DBP. The invention builds a nano platform for IDO inhibition combined chemotherapy based on dendrimer, realizes tumor immunity micro-environment remodeling and cooperates with chemotherapy to enhance anti-tumor curative effect, and has wide application prospect.
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an oral or parenteral medicinal composition, capable of delaying exacerbation of symptom of pre-aged type Alzheimer's disease, namely early stage Alzheimer's disease by using acetyl L-carnitine or its salt. SOLUTION: This medicinal composition contains acetyl L-carnitine or its salt and a vehicle. The composition contains preferably 200-500mg acetyl L- carnitine or its salt of equimolar amount. Acetyl L-carnitine is preferably administered in a daily does of 3g. The salt of acetyl L-carnitine includes preferably chloride, orotate, lactate, glucophosphate, etc. Concretely, the composition is preferably used for selectively treating patients whose symptoms coincide with definition of the early stage patients by evaluation standard specified by revised edition IV(DSM-IV-R) of diagnosis and statistic handbook of mental diseases published by the United State Mental Disease Society.
PURPOSE:To know a curing effect and a degree of affection on each organ by inputting a contour of an organ from a CT image, drawing a dose distribution figure after the dose is calculated, calculating these intersections and distances between intersections on the contour of the organ, calculating and summing areas at the same dose level between slices and obtaining a hystogram. CONSTITUTION:As input and output of the contour of an organ, on every one CT image based on a CT image extracting means, a contour information on each organ is input. A dose calculating means 3 performs a dose calculation at an intersection of a calculation matrix of each CT slice face and a dose distribution figure drawing means 4 draws a dose distribution figure as an index from a dose value at each point. In addition, an intersection of the distribution figure and the contour of the organ is calculated from an intersection calculating means 5 and a calculating means 6 for distance between intersections calculates the length of the contour of the organ existing in the same dose distribution. An area calculating means 7 calculates the dose value on the surface of the organ at the same dose level between CT slices. A hystogram obtaining means 8 repeats a functional flow 7 on all the slices and obtains the area of the same dose distribution level of the same organ to obtain a hystogram of the area value of every dose distribution level on every organ.
Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent inflammatory gynecological disease whose pathogenesis is unclear. C-C motif chemokine ligand 18 (CCL18), a chemokine, is involved in several inflammatory diseases. In this study, we aimed to investigate the role of CCL18 in endometriosis and its underlying mechanisms. Human endometrium and peritoneal fluid were obtained from women with and without endometriosis for molecular studies. The expression level of CCL18 in each tissue sample was examined by RNA sequencing analysis, quantitative PCR analysis and immunohistochemistry staining. The effects of CCL18 on cell migration, tube formation and neurite growth were investigated in vitro using primary endometrial cells, human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons, respectively. Moreover, the development of endometriosis in mice was studied in vivo by blocking CCL18. CCL18 was shown to be overexpressed in endometrial foci and peritoneal fluid in women with endometriosis and was positively correlated with endometriosis pain. In vitro, CCL18 promoted the migration of ectopic endometrial cells, tube formation of HUVECs, and nerve outgrowth of DRG neurons. More importantly, inhibition of CCL18 significantly suppressed lesion development, angiogenesis, and nerve infiltration in a mouse model of endometriosis. In conclusion, CCL18 may play a role in the progression of endometriosis by increasing endometrial cell migration and promoting neuroangiogenesis.
A biomedical device assembly, such as a stent, for the targeted treatment of a tissue, such as the inhibition of restentosis. The stent is coated with an antigen, which is an example of a lock. The antigen can be bound by a labelled antibody, which is an example of a key and an effector. The antibody is preferably labelled with a radioactive source. According to one method of preparing the biomedical device assembly, after the stent has been placed in the blood vessel of the subject, the antibody is injected. The antibody then binds to the antigen on the stent, thereby localizing the radioactive source to the area to be treated, for example for restenosis. Other biomedical devices, such as a coil, an artificial valve or a vascular graft, could also be used in the place of the stent. The biomedical device could be placed in another biological passageway, such as the gastrointestinal tract, an airway or the genitourinary tract.
Patients in the experimental group were able to install and set up mobile application on android phones via Bluetooth and were informed about the sick android application. Patients were reminded and guided by subcutaneous anti-TNF drug treatments from mobile application. Both groups of patients were then assessed using face-to-face interviews for 6 months, 6 weeks after using the Subcutaneous Anti-TNF Treatment Questionnaire , BASDAI, ASQoL, BASFI scales.
Patients naïve to IVIg who have active disease responding to corticosteroids or are corticosteroid-dependent, will be also included. Before these patients enter the study, they will receive 3 monthly infusions of IVIg starting with the standard dose of 2gram/kg/month and followed with monthly maintenance of 1 or 2gram/kg according to their response.
In the PLAC I 6 study, the effect of pravastatin therapy on coronary atherosclerosis was assessed by coronary angiography in patients with coronary disease and moderate hypercholesterolemia (baseline LDL-C range: 130 to 190 mg/dL). In this double-blind, multicenter, controlled clinical trial, angiograms were evaluated at baseline and at 3 years in 264 patients. Although the difference between pravastatin and placebo for the primary endpoint (per-patient change in mean coronary artery diameter) and 1 of 2 secondary endpoints (change in percent lumen diameter stenosis) did not reach statistical significance, for the secondary endpoint of change in minimum lumen diameter, statistically significant slowing of disease was seen in the pravastatin treatment group (p=0.02). 

In the REGRESS 7 study, the effect of pravastatin on coronary atherosclerosis was assessed by coronary angiography in 885 patients with angina pectoris, angiographically documented coronary artery disease, and hypercholesterolemia (baseline total cholesterol range: 160 to 310 mg/dL). In this double-blind, multicenter, controlled clinical trial, angiograms were evaluated at baseline and at 2 years in 653 patients (323 treated with pravastatin). Progression of coronary atherosclerosis was significantly slowed in the pravastatin group as assessed by changes in mean segment diameter (p=0.037) and minimum obstruction diameter (p=0.001). 

Analysis of pooled events from PLAC I, PLAC II 8, REGRESS, and KAPS 9 studies (combined N=1891) showed that treatment with pravastatin was associated with a statistically significant reduction in the composite event rate of fatal and nonfatal MI (46 events or 6.4% for placebo versus 21 events or 2.4% for pravastatin, p=0.001). The predominant effect of pravastatin was to reduce the rate of nonfatal MI.
Vertebroplasty is considered one of the alternatives for the treating of spine compression fracture associated with pain especially for those patients with osteoporosis. However, after vertebroplasty, the compliance of the bone becomes stronger than the adjacent vertebrae that is not treated. So there is always a consideration of future fracture of the adjacent vertebral bodies after vertebroplasty done on certain body. In this study, we try to follow the patients (5 years) to see if the adjacent vertebral bodies are prone to have fracture than the others away from the site of vertebroplasty.Then we try to find out the image biomarkers to predict the future fracture in the vertebral bodies. The should be done with CT scan raw data, analysis with different algorithms.

Inclusion criteria; patients with osteoporosis and receiving vertebroplasty and with secondary fracture occurring in other spine exclusion criteria: No second vertebral body fracture occurred. Primary measurement: the time and location of the 2nd fracture secondary measurement: the imaging biomarkers from CT scan.
A total of 330 patients are randomized to either hybrid sirolimus-eluting stent or everolimus-eluting stent after successful recanalization of TCO. Clinical follow-up at 1, 6, 12 months, 2, 3, 4, 5 year with angiographic follow-up at 9 months. In 60 patients a optical coherence tomography is performed during the 9 months follow-up angiography. Quantitative coronary and optical coherence tomography analysis is performed by two independent core laboratory. The primary end point is in-segment late luminal loss at 9 month angiographic follow-up. Secondary angiographic end points include the following; in-stent luminal loss, acute recoil, acute gain, net luminal gain, late loss index, minimal lumen diameter, percentage of diameter stenosis, in-stent and in-segment binary restenosis and reocclusions at 9 months angiographic follow-up. Secondary clinical endpoints include a composite of major adverse cardiac events (death, MI and clinically driven target lesion revascularization); clinically driven target vessel revascularisation (TVR), target vessel failure (cardiac death, MI, clinically driven TVR) and stent thrombosis up to 5 year clinical follow-up. Tertiary optical coherence tomography end points at 9 months follow-up are the following: Percentage of uncovered stent struts, percentage of malapposed stent struts, tissue strut thickness, absolute and percentage of intimal hyperplasia.
A prophylactic antibiotic in the form of a third-generation cephalosporin was administered 2 hours before the operation. The operation was performed with the patient in the supine position under general anesthesia with endotracheal intubation. A Kocher incision, was made at the lower neck crease two finger above suprasternal notch. In the conventional group, mono- and bipolar coagulation, as well as ligatures, were allowed.
Parkinson's disease (PD) unfolds with pathological processes and neurodegeneration well before the emergence of noticeable motor symptoms, providing a window for early identification. The extended prodromal phase allows the use of risk stratification measures and prodromal markers to pinpoint individuals likely to develop PD. Importantly, a growing body of evidence emphasizes the heterogeneity within prodromal and clinically diagnosed PD. The disease likely comprises distinct subtypes exhibiting diverse clinical manifestations, pathophysiological mechanisms, and patterns of α-synuclein progression in the central and peripheral nervous systems. There is a pressing need to refine the definition and early identification of these prodromal subtypes. This requires a comprehensive strategy that integrates genetic, pathological, imaging, and multi-omics markers, alongside careful observation of subtle motor and non-motor symptoms. Such multi-dimensional classification of early PD subtypes will improve our understanding of underlying disease pathophysiology, improve predictions of clinical endpoints, progression trajectory and medication response, contribute to drug discovery and personalized medicine by identifying subtype-specific disease mechanisms, and facilitate drug trials by reducing confounding effects of heterogeneity. Here we explore different subtyping methodologies in prodromal and clinical PD, focusing on clinical, imaging, genetic and molecular subtyping approaches. We also emphasize the need for refined, theoretical a priori disease models. These will be prerequisite to understanding the biological underpinnings of biological subtypes, which have been defined by large scale data-driven approaches and multi-omics fingerprints.
BACKGROUND: Submucosal fibrosis is associated with adverse events of endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD). The present study mainly aimed to establish a predictive model for submucosal fibrosis in patients with early gastric cancer (EGC) undergoing ESD.
METHODS: Eligible patients with EGC, identified at Qilu Hospital of Shandong University from April 2013 to December 2023, were retrospectively included and randomly split into a training set and a validation set in a 7:3 ratio. Logistic regression analyses were used to pinpoint the risk factors for submucosal fibrosis. A nomogram was developed and confirmed using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves, calibration plots, Hosmer-Lemeshow (H-L) tests, and decision curve analysis (DCA) curves. Besides, a predictive model for severe submucosal fibrosis was further conducted and tested.
RESULTS: A total of 516 cases in the training group and 220 cases in the validation group were recruited. The nomogram for submucosal fibrosis contained the following items: tumour location (long axis), tumour location (short axis), ulceration, and biopsy pathology. ROC curves showed high efficiency with an area under the ROC of 0.819 in the training group, and 0.812 in the validation group. Calibration curves and H-L tests indicated good consistency. DCA proved the nomogram to be clinically beneficial. Furthermore, the four items were also applicable for a nomogram predicting severe fibrosis, and the model performed well.
CONCLUSION: The predictive models, initially constructed in this study, were validated as convenient and feasible for endoscopists to predict submucosal fibrosis and severe fibrosis in patients with EGC undergoing ESD.
Each subject will have his/her lower puncta of each eye inserted with a Travoprost Evolute®. Each study subject will be instructed to return to the investigator's office the next day, 7, 28, 60 and 90-days after the insertion of their plugs for follow-up examinations.
The invention relates to a cortisone-RGD polypeptide conjugate shown in a general formula i, and a preparation method and application thereof. In the general formula i, RGDX is tetrapeptide Arg-Gly-Asp-X, and X is any one of three amino acids of Val, Phe and Ser. Experiments prove that the compound provided by the invention has excellent immunological suppression effect and anti-inflammatory effect and the side effect of osteoporosis is reduced. The compound can be clinically used as an immunological suppressant and anti-inflammatory agent having low side effect of osteoporosis. Meanwhile, the cortisone-RGD polypeptide conjugate can form nano spheres having a stable particle diameter of 200-700 nm through self assembly in a water solution. Thus, the cortisone-RGD polypeptide conjugate can be prepared into an immunological suppression pharmacosome, microemulsion or liposome targeted medicament.
Despite progressive improvements in the survival rate of pediatric B-cell lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL), chemoresistance-induced disease progression and recurrence still occur with poor prognosis, thus highlighting the urgent need to eradicate drug resistance in B-ALL. The 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP) is the backbone of ALL combination chemotherapy, and resistance to it is crucially related to relapse. The present study couples chemoresistance in pediatric B-ALL with histidine metabolism deficiency. Evidence was provided that histidine supplementation significantly shifts the 6-MP dose-response in 6-MP-resistant B-ALL. It is revealed that increased tetrahydrofolate consumption via histidine catabolism partially explains the re-sensitization ability of histidine. More importantly, this work provides fresh insights into that desuccinylation mediated by SIRT5 is an indispensable and synergistic requirement for histidine combination therapy against 6-MP resistance, which is undisclosed previously and demonstrates a rational strategy to ameliorate chemoresistance and protect pediatric patients with B-ALL from disease progression or relapse.
FIELD: medicine, narcology, homeopathy. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to development of complex homeopathic agents used for treatment of alcoholic dependency. Invention proposes agent that has Acidum sulfuricum C6, Strychnos nux vomica C6, Asarum europaeum C3, Artemisia absinthium C6, Cinchona officinalis C3, Passiflora incarnata C6 and components are taken in equal parts. Agent can be made as sugar granules. Treatment with proposed agent results to improvement of the general state and state of health, headache and convulsing tremors in limbs ceasing, recovery of heart rhythm contractility, disappearance of vertigo, nausea, vomiting, partial normalization of liver function, normalization of psychoemotional sphere and complete ceasing alcohol intake in part of patients. Symptoms of general intoxication are disappeared in all patients, working capacity is increased, sleep and appetite are normalized. Proposed agent can be used for both treatment and prophylaxis of alcoholic dependency and retains possibility of alcohol intake in reasonable limits and eliminates the development of alcoholic dependency. EFFECT: enhanced effectiveness of drug. 2 cl
Participants 3 mos to \< 6 yrs old and ≥6 yrs to 17 yrs old received a 10-14 day course of either vancomycin 10 to 15 mg/kg/dose, not to exceed a 4000 mg total daily dose; or oxacillin 30 mg/kg/dose, infused over 60 (± 10) mins every 6 (± 1) hrs; or flucloxacillin 50 mg/kg/dose, infused over 60 (± 10) mins every 6 (± 1) hrs, not to exceed a 2000 mg total daily dose. Vancomycin was to be taken for methicillin-resistant Gram-positive infections. Based on local practice patterns/approvals for clinical use in the pediatric population, oxacillin or flucloxacillin were supplied as an IV comparator. At investigator's discretion, after 72 hrs of IV therapy, those on oxacillin or flucloxacillin could switch to oral cefadroxil (dose for infants/children: 15 mg/kg/dose every 12 hrs, max 2 g/day; dose for adolescents: 500-1000 mg every 12 hrs), and if infection with methicillin-resistant S. aureus was confirmed, those on vancomycin were allowed to switch to oral clindamycin 10 mg/kg every 8 hrs.
AIMS: Atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter (AF/AFL) remains a significant public health concern on a global scale, with metabolic risks playing an increasingly prominent role. This study aimed to investigate comprehensive epidemiological data and trends concerning the metabolic risks related-AF/AFL burden based on the data from the Global Burden of Disease study in 2019.
METHODS AND RESULTS: The analysis of disease burden focused on numbers, age-standardized rates of deaths, disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), and estimated annual percentage change, while considering factors of age, sex, sociodemographic index (SDI), and locations. In 2019, there was a culmination of 137 179 deaths and 4 099 146 DALYs caused by metabolic risks related-AF/AFL worldwide, with an increase of 162.95% and 120.30%, respectively from 1990. High and high-middle SDI regions predominantly carried the burden of AF/AFL associated with metabolic risks, while a shift towards lower SDI regions had been occurring. Montenegro had the highest recorded death rate (7.6 per 100 000) and DALYs rate (146.3 per 100 000). An asymmetrically inverted V-shaped correlation was found between SDI and deaths/DALYs rates. Moreover, females and the elderly exhibited higher AF/AFL burdens, and young adults (over 40 years old) also experienced an annual increase.
CONCLUSION: The global AF/AFL burden related to metabolic risks has significantly increased over the past three decades, with considerable spatiotemporal, gender-based, and age-related heterogeneity. These findings shed valuable light on the trends in the burden of metabolic risks related-AF/AFL and offered insights into corresponding strategies.
We have previously demonstrated that treatment with cannabidiol (CBD) ameliorates mitochondrial dysfunction and attenuates neuronal injury in rats following cerebral ischemia. However, the role of CBD in the progression of ischemic stroke-induced inflammation and the molecules involved remain unclear. Here, we found that CBD suppressed the production of interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), reduced the activation of microglia, ameliorated mitochondrial deficits, and decreased the phosphorylation of nuclear factor κ-B (NF-κB) in BV-2 cells subjected to oxygen-glucose deprivation/reoxygenation (OGD/R). Cyclin-dependent kinase regulatory subunit 1B (CKS1B) expression was decreased in BV-2 cells following OGD/R and this reduction was blocked by treatment with CBD. Knockdown of CKS1B increased the activation of microglia and enhanced the production of IL-1β and TNF-α in BV-2 cells treated with CBD. Moreover, CKS1B knockdown exacerbated mitochondrial deficits and increased NF-κB phosphorylation. CBD treatment also ameliorated brain injury, reduced neuroinflammation, and enhanced the protein levels of mitochondrial transcription factor A and CKS1B in rats following middle cerebral artery occlusion/reperfusion. These data identify CKS1B as a novel regulator of neuroinflammation; and reveals its involvement in the anti-inflammatory effects of CBD. Interventions targeting CKS1B expression are potentially promising for treating in ischemic stroke.