anthonyyazdaniml/gliner-biomed-curated-corpus huggingface dataset:
Systems and methods are presented for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) for assisting eye-care professionals in intraocular lens implantation planning in a two-stage process. During the first stage, first biometric data of a patient's eye is obtained. A first set of lens products comprising a first lens product is determined based on the first biometric data. A first grid is provided via the GUI to present the first set of lens products. During the second stage, second biometric data of the eye is obtained after an existing lens of the patient's eye is removed. A second set of lens products comprising a second lens product is determined based on the second biometric data. A second grid is provided via the GUI to present the second set of lens products and a difference between the first and second lens products.
BACKGROUND: Emergency laparotomy is a commonly performed surgical procedure that has higher post-operative morbidity and mortality than elective surgery. Previous research has identified that patients valued postoperative quality of life (QoL) more than the risk of mortality when deciding to undergo emergency surgery. Current pre-operative scoring and risk stratification systems for emergency laparotomy do not account for or provide prediction tools for post-operative QoL. This study aims to systematically review previous literature to determine post-operative QoL in patients who undergo emergency laparotomy.
METHODS: A literature search was undertaken in Medline, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library to identify studies measuring post-operative QoL in patients who have had emergency laparotomy up to 29th April 2023. Mean QoL scores from the studies included were combined to calculate the average effect of emergency laparotomy on QoL. The primary outcome of the review was postoperative QoL after emergency laparotomy when compared with a comparator group. Secondary outcomes included the quality of included studies.
RESULTS: Ten studies in the literature assessing the QoL of patients after emergency laparotomy were identified. Three studies showed that patients had improved QoL and seven showed worse QoL following emergency laparotomy. Length of time for QoL to return to baseline varied ranged from 3 to 12 months post-operatively. Length of hospital stay was identified as an independent risk factor for poorer QoL post-surgery.
CONCLUSIONS: Outcome reporting for patients who undergo emergency laparotomy should be expanded further to include QoL. Further work is required to investigate this and elicit factors that can improve QoL post-operatively.
Episodic alcohol abuse is common among college students. Recently, brief interventions focusing on motivational strategies and behavior skills to reduce heavy drinking and alcohol-related problems have shown beneficial small to medium effects in college drinkers who reported heavy drinking and/or alcohol-related problems. Most interventions have not taken into account psychiatric comorbidity, in particular social anxiety, a frequent problem for college students that has been linked to excessive alcohol use. This project will extend knowledge on brief interventions by integrating cognitive-behavioral therapeutic strategies for social anxiety with an existing alcohol intervention designed for college students.

The efficacy of a new integrated treatment, the Brief Intervention for Socially Anxious Drinkers (BISAD) was developed and tested. All participants reported heavy alcohol use, alcohol-related problems and social anxiety based on standardized measures. Phase I of the study focused on the development of the treatment manuals and measures of therapy integrity for BISAD and an alcohol-focused intervention, a modified treatment-as-usual at the local university. During this phase therapists were trained to administer the manualized interventions to study participants (N=12). Phase II included further refinement of the therapy integrity measures and data collection for the pilot study (N=41). Participants were randomized to either BISAD (n=21) or a modified treatment-as-usual (n=20) condition. The pilot study provide preliminary data on the efficacy of the proposed intervention in reducing heavy drinking, social anxiety, and their negative consequences at 1-month and 4-month follow-ups after treatment termination. These data provide estimated effect sizes for future testing of BISAD in a full-scale clinical trial. Furthermore, the study results contribute to the conceptualization and methodological development of combined interventions for other substance use and psychiatric problems.
The onset and progression of atherosclerosis are closely linked to the involvement of macrophages. While the contribution of NLRP3 inflammasome activation to the creation of a local highly inflammatory microenvironment is well recognized, the precise triggers remain unclear. In this study, we aimed to investigate the regulatory mechanism of NLRP3 inflammasome activation in response to hypoxia-induced glycolysis involving PFKFB3 in the development of atherosclerosis. To develop an atherosclerosis model, we selected ApoE knockout mice treated with a high-fat western diet. We then quantified the expression of HIF-1α, PFKFB3, and NLRP3. In addition, we administered the PFKFB3 inhibitor PFK158 during atherosclerosis modeling. The glycolytic activity was subsequently determined through 18F-FDG micro-PET/CT, ex vivo glucose uptake, and ECAR analysis. Furthermore, we employed lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and TNF-α to induce the differentiation of bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) into M1-like phenotypes under both hypoxic and normoxic conditions. Our histological analyses revealed the accumulation of PFKFB3 in human atherosclerotic plaques, demonstrating colocalization with NLRP3 expression and macrophages. Treatment with PFK158 reduced glycolytic activity and NLRP3 inflammasome activation, thereby mitigating the occurrence of atherosclerosis. Mechanistically, hypoxia promoted glycolytic reprogramming and NLRP3 inflammasome activation in BMDMs. Subsequent blocking of either HIF-1α or PFKFB3 downregulated the NLRP3/Caspase-1/IL-1β pathway in hypoxic BMDMs. Our study demonstrated that the HIF-1α/PFKFB3/NLRP3 axis serves as a crucial mechanism for macrophage inflammation activation in the emergence of atherosclerosis. The therapeutic potential of PFKFB3 inhibition may represent a promising strategy for atheroprotection.
Systems and methods for radioablation treatment planning are disclosed. In some examples, a computing device provides for display a user interface that allows a medical professional to define a target region of a patient for treatment. The user interface may allow the medical professional to select a treatment area using interactive target maps generated for the patient. The computing device also receives image data from an imaging system for the patient, such as image data identifying a 3D volume of the patient's scanned structure. The computing device may generate for display a 3D image of the scanned structure based on the received image data, and may superimpose on the 3D image a target region map that the medical professional can manipulate to define the target region of treatment for the patient. Once defined, the computing device may transmit the defined target region to a treatment system for treating the patient.
Group will consume an isoenergetic, protein void, maltodextrin-based placebo supplement during the same time points for 12 weeks as well. The Placebo contain maltodextrin and pudding powder to mimic the consistency of Greek yogurt.
Enrolled patients with pre-treatment tumor biopsy will receive Cisplatin (60mg/m2 for 2h on day 2) and 5-fluorouracil (500mg/m2 for 5h on days 1-3) through implanted port system. This treatment will be repeated every 4 weeks, up to 6 times.
This method is used in the pharmaceutical industry. It enables the derivation of concentrated and stable water suspensions, practically without any coagulate, with small mean size of the disperse particles (between 60 and 140 nanometres), narrow allocation of the same, as well as co-polymers with larger and regulated molecular mass, whose films are elastic, strong and may be used for medical pills coating. The method entails the continual adding of co-monomeric mixture to the surface substance - nonylphenol polyglycol ether, ethoxylated with 10 moles of ethylene oxide - for 4-6 hours, heated to 75-80 degrees C, and saturated with gaseous nitrogen, also containing the substance dodecylbenzol sulphonic c acid. The addition of the initiator - ammonium per sulphate - is carried out in 5-6 equal portions for 1-1.5 hours, with the inclusion of the monomeric mixture of 2-hydroxy ethyl methacrylate or diethylene glycol methacrylate, or diethylene glycol acrylate, or their mixture. The emulsion's co-polymerisation continues for about 10 hours and is considered complete after the residual monomers become less than 0.3%. The derived suspension may be used as a film-forming material.
Volatile anesthetic guided algorithm. Target anesthetic concentration 0.7 to 1.3 minimum alveolar concentration during anesthesia. Alarms when anesthetic concentration not in this range.
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) consisted of eight weekly 2.5-hr sessions and one 3-hr silent session. First, psycho-education focused on the importance of recognizing personal feelings and the relationship between stress, postpartum blues, mother-infant attachment and breastfeeding symptoms, and stress management, stress, postpartum blues, mother-infant attachment and breastfeeding. Additionally, postpartum mothers' experiences of stress, postpartum blues, mother-infant attachment, and breastfeeding were central during the study and were a recurring topic for the purpose of the study in general. Postpartum mothers were given homework assignments, including audio CDs with formal exercises, and were asked to practice for 30 min per day.
The invention relates to a preparing method of nutrition powder of freeze-drying house fly grub, belonging to the preparation of health products. Imago is cultivated to lay eggs incubated to grubs which would be feed eschenrichia coli solution, gram-negative bacteria solution, and gram-positive bacteria solution each 50 ml when they are 4 days old; five days old grubs induced are selected to be laid for 5-11 hours in 15-25 Deg. C; the grubs are processed in ultrasonic cleaner of 60 kHz and 70 w for 8-15 minutes; the grubs are disinfected and killed in purified water of 50-80 Deg. C added ozone (0.2-0.6 mg/L) and remove the water of grubs in 8-15 minutes; freeze-drying the grubs for 14-22 hours in -35 to -50 Deg. C; disintegrating the grubs to 300 deals powder in -10 to 10 Deg. C which is the nutrition powder of freeze-drying house fly grub. Said inventive nutrition powder iwithout browning and peculiar smell is full in nutrition function and easy at process.
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of mammalian oil Omega 3 FA with Vitamin D3 supplementation on resolution or prevention of Taxanes or Platinum induced peripheral neuropathy compared with placebo. Patients will be allocated to receive the Omega 3 FA \& Vitamin D3 supplements or placebo for 6 months. Approximately 600 patients in total will be enrolled in the 2 study arms. The evaluation of neuropathy will be accomplished by electromyography (EMG), Total neuropathy score(TNS), Brief pain inventory (BFI) and the 11-item FACT/GOG-Ntx, version 4 questionnaire (a subscale validated to assess neuropathy due to chemotherapy). In addition, other validated functional measures such as "Time to button a six hole shirt" and "50 ft walk speed test" will be used to test patients physical limitations imposed by peripheral neuropathy. All our patients will undergo an EMG at their first visit, in 3 months and after 6months. Previously mentioned functional measures will also be completed at the patients' first visit, in 3 months and after 6 months.
The StrokeNet Thrombectomy Endovascular Platform (STEP) is conducted within NIH StrokeNet at 38 comprehensive stroke centers across the US. The primary goal is to optimize all aspects of care of acute ischemic stroke patients with a large or a medium vessel occlusion. The platform trial operates under an overarching Master Protocol in an inferentially integrated framework. The platform trial is designed to support the studies of three broad categories of therapeutics: expansion of endovascular treatment (EVT) indications, innovative EVT devices and concomitant medical therapies, and novel pre- and early-hospital technologies and systems of care. As new interventions are put forth, they will be added to the Master Protocol as a new Domain or part of an existing Domain. STEP utilizes a flexible Bayesian design with frequent adaptive analyses to assess whether a given intervention is superior, inferior, or equivalent either within a Domain or for specific populations within the Domain.
Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS), also known as multiorgan hypersensitivity, has occurred with AUBAGIO. One fatal case of DRESS that occurred in close temporal association (34 days) with the initiation of AUBAGIO treatment has been reported in the postmarketing setting. DRESS typically, although not exclusively, presents with fever, rash, lymphadenopathy and/or facial swelling, in association with other organ system involvement, such as hepatitis, nephritis, hematologic abnormalities, myocarditis, or myositis, sometimes resembling an acute viral infection. Eosinophilia is often present. This disorder is variable in its expression, and other organ systems not noted here may be involved. It is important to note that early manifestations of hypersensitivity (e.g., fever, lymphadenopathy) may be present even though rash is not evident. If such signs or symptoms are present, the patient should be evaluated immediately.

Discontinue AUBAGIO, unless an alternative etiology for the signs or symptoms is established, and begin an accelerated elimination procedure immediately [see Warnings and Precautions (5.3)]. In such cases, patients should not be re-exposed to teriflunomide [see Contraindications (4)].
This arm will allow investigation of total Hcy remethylation and remethylation from serine-derived 1C units, kinetics of serine and the methionine cycle and kinetics of transsulfuration reactions. 14 healthy subjects will be selected and screened. Prior to starting a B6 deficient diet for four weeks an infusion of serine and methionine will commence. Following the first infusion the diet will begin and after four weeks another infusion will be done.
BACKGROUND: The McKeown minimally invasive esophagectomy (McMIE) procedure has various limitations, including surgical contraindications and a high rate of postoperative pulmonary complications. A novel mediastinoscopic esophagectomy procedure was described in this study by using esophageal invagination and a transhiatal and bilateral cervical approach (EITHBC).
METHODS: According to the mode of operation, a total of 259 patients were divided into two groups, among which 106 underwent EITHBC and 153 underwent McMIE. The number of lymph nodes dissected, intraoperative outcomes, and postoperative outcomes were compared between the two groups of patients.
RESULTS: The results revealed that the average number of resected lymph node in the EITHBC group was significantly higher in the recL106 and TbL106 stations (recL106: 1.75 vs. 1.51, p = 0.016, TbL106: 1.53 vs. 1.19, p = 0.016) and significantly lower in the 107 stations (1. 74 vs. 2. 07, p < 0.001) than in the McMIE group. The intraoperative blood loss in the EITHBC group was significantly lower than that in the McMIE group (63.30 vs. 80.45 mL, p < 0.001). The incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications in the EITHBC group was lower than that in the McMIE group (14.15% vs. 27.45%, p = 0.008). The incidence of recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis in the EITHBC group was significantly higher than that in the McMIE group (26.41% vs. 10.46%, p = 0.003).
CONCLUSION: Compared with the McMIE procedure, the EITHBC procedure has advantages in terms of removing the upper mediastinal lymph nodes and reducing postoperative pulmonary complications.
Placebo oral or IV formulation was administered once daily for up to 14 weeks, beginning up to Day 28 post-transplant. The number of placebo tablets was to mimic that for letermovir administration according to the concomitant cyclosporin A status. Intravenous infusion was administered only to participants who are unable to swallow tablets or who have a condition that may interfere with absorption of the tablets.
OBJECTIVES: I. Evaluate the safety of multiple (2-3) administrations of technetium Tc 99m LL2 monoclonal antibody (LymphoScan) in patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma after chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy. II. Describe human antimouse antibody production in these patients. III. Demonstrate that addition of a single LymphoScan study to conventional diagnostic modalities (CDMs) can differentiate between tumor and residual scarring. IV. Determine the diagnostic operating characteristics of LymphoScan to detect residual tumor in patients with radiologically detectable masses. V. Compare patient management plans based on CDMs alone and both CDMs and LymphoScan.

OUTLINE: This is an open label, multicenter study. Patients receive an infusion of technetium Tc 99m LL2 monoclonal antibody (LymphoScan) by IV injection or infused over 20-30 minutes after completion of therapy as part of the response evaluation procedures. Planar images are acquired between 4-8 hours and 18-24 hours following antibody injection, and single photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT) imaging is performed between 4-8 hours following antibody injection. Patients may receive a repeat injection of LymphoScan. Patients are followed for 3 to 6 months.

PROJECTED ACCRUAL: There will be 60 patients accrued into this study.
Percutaneous coronary intervention is currently one of the effective methods for the treatment of ACS. Unfortunately, postoperative in-stent restenosis (ISR) is still inevitable. The incidence of ISR is as high as 10%-20% at 3-6 months after PCI. And its prevention and treatment is very difficult clinical problems. So it is necessary to identify the potential risk factors to provide evidence for the prevention of ISR. Current research shows that anxiety and depression are related to the increased risk of major adverse cardiac events and mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction. But there remains a relative paucity of evidence for the association between anxiety and depression and in-stent restenosis (ISR) .

A retrospective cohort study was conducted in the first hospital of Qinhuangdao in 2015-2020. The patients who underwent coronary angiography 1 year after PCI in our hospital from January 2015 to September 2020 were selected. Patients were divided into ISR and non-ISR groups depending on the follow-up coronary angiography results. Every 3 months until 12 months, the patients were consecutively recruited and followed up. Anxiety and depression were assessed using the Zung self-rating anxiety scale (SAS), self-rating depression scale (SDS) and psychosomatic symptom scale at each follow-up timepoint. Relative clinical information was recorded and analyzed. Logistic regression model was utilized for analyzing the association of depression and anxiety with the in-stent restenosis (ISR) after PCI.
The ketogenic diet (KD) has been shown to be effective in refractory epilepsy after long-term administration. However, its interference with short-term brain metabolism and its involvement in the early process leading to epilepsy remain poorly understood. This study aimed to assess the effect of a short-term ketogenic diet on cerebral glucose metabolic changes, before and after status epilepticus (SE) in rats, by using [18F]-FDG PET. Thirty-nine rats were subjected to a one-week KD (KD-rats, n = 24) or to a standard diet (SD-rats, n = 15) before the induction of a status epilepticus (SE) by lithium-pilocarpine administrations. Brain [18F]-FDG PET scans were performed before and 4 h after this induction. Morphological MRIs were acquired and used to spatially normalize the PET images which were then analyzed voxel-wisely using a statistical parametric-based method. Twenty-six rats were analyzed (KD-rats, n = 15; SD-rats, n = 11). The 7 days of the KD were associated with significant increases in the plasma β-hydroxybutyrate level, but with an unchanged glycemia. The PET images, recorded after the KD and before SE induction, showed an increased metabolism within sites involved in the appetitive behaviors: hypothalamic areas and periaqueductal gray, whereas no area of decreased metabolism was observed. At the 4th hour following the SE induction, large metabolism increases were observed in the KD- and SD-rats in areas known to be involved in the epileptogenesis process late-i.e., the hippocampus, parahippocampic, thalamic and hypothalamic areas, the periaqueductal gray, and the limbic structures (and in the motor cortex for the KD-rats only). However, no statistically significant difference was observed when comparing SD and KD groups at the 4th hour following the SE induction. A one-week ketogenic diet does not prevent the status epilepticus (SE) and associated metabolic brain abnormalities in the lithium-pilocarpine rat model. Further explorations are needed to determine whether a significant prevention could be achieved by more prolonged ketogenic diets and by testing this diet in less severe experimental models, and moreover, to analyze the diet effects on the later and chronic stages leading to epileptogenesis.
PURPOSE:To obtain sufficient physiological effects with strong adsorptivity of water and a small amount of ingestion by containing water-soluble polysaccharides extracted from Auricularia polytricha (Mont.) Sacc. as a principal ingredient. CONSTITUTION:A water-soluble dietary fiber, consisting of water-soluble polysaccharides and obtained by extracting dried Auricularia polytricha (Mont.) Sacc. belonging to the order Auriculariales of the family Auriculariaceae with hot water, as necessary, under acidic or alkaline conditions, concentrating the resultant extract and spray-drying or freeze-drying the concentrate.
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Non-syndromic orofacial clefts (NSOFCs) are complex congenital abnormalities involving both environmental and genetic factors involved in orofacial development. This study aimed to investigate the genetic association of specific genetic variants at different CYRIA gene loci with the development of NSOFCs in Kuwait.
METHODS: Four genetic variants (rs7552, rs3758249, rs3821949, and rs3917201) at four selected gene loci (CYRIA, FOXE1, MSX1, and TGFB3) were genotyped in a total of 240 DNA samples (patients (n = 114) and random controls (n = 126)) employing TaqMan® allele discrimination assay. For each variant and its genotype, the frequencies were determined and tested for Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium. Genotype frequencies was compared between patients and controls using Pearson's test. Logistic regression analyses were employed to test for the associations of the four selected variants with the occurrence of NSOFCSs.
RESULTS: Significant differences in the distribution of genotypes between cases and controls, rs7552, rs3821949, and rs3917201 were found to have a positive association with NSOFCs. After adjusting for gender, the GG genotype of the rs7552 variant, the AG genotype of the rs3821949 variant, and the CC genotype of the rs3917201 variant showed nearly a two-fold increased risk of NSOFC (p < 0.05).
CONCLUSION: This study reports significant findings on the contribution and modest effect of CYRIA rs7552, MSX1 rs3821949, and TGFB3 rs3917201 in the development of NSOFCs. Our findings provide further evidence on the molecular mechanism and the role of the selected genes in NSOFCs.