anthonyyazdaniml/gliner-biomed-curated-corpus huggingface dataset:
Sevoflurane postconditioning has been shown to provide neuroprotection against cerebral hypoxia-ischemia injury, but the mechanisms remain elusive. Microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2) is implicated in early neuronal hypoxia-ischemia injury. This study aimed to investigate whether the neuroprotective effects of sevoflurane postconditioning are related to the Akt/GSK-3β pathway and its downstream target MAP2 in zebrafish hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) model. Sevoflurane postconditioning or GSK-3β inhibitor TDZD-8 were used to treat H/R zebrafish. The cerebral infarction, neuronal apoptosis, and mitochondrial changes were evaluated using TTC staining, TUNEL staining, and transmission electron microscopy, respectively. The distribution of MAP2 in the brain was determined by immunofluorescence imaging. The levels of Akt, p-Akt, GSK-3β, p-GSK-3β, and MAP2 proteins were evaluated by Western blotting. The neurobehavioral recovery of zebrafish was assessed based on optokinetic response behavior. Our results indicated that sevoflurane postconditioning and TDZD-8 significantly reduced the cerebral infarction area, suppressed cell apoptosis, and improved mitochondrial integrity in zebrafish subjected to H/R. Furthermore, sevoflurane postconditioning and TDZD-8 elevated the ratios of p-Akt/Akt and p-GSK-3β/GSK-3β. However, the neuroprotective effect of sevoflurane postconditioning was effectively abolished upon suppression of MAP2 expression. In conclusion, sevoflurane postconditioning ameliorated cerebral H/R injury and facilitated the restoration of neurobehavioral function through the activation of Akt/GSK-3β pathway and promotion of MAP2 expression.
Background: Although women are twice as likely to suffer from major depressive disorder (MDD) than men, there are still over 100 million men affected by this condition worldwide. Unfortunately, men suffering from MDD seek mental health services about 30% less than women, leaving a large portion of men with unresolved mental health needs. This is reflected in 2-fold higher rates of alcohol use disorder and 4-fold higher rates of completed suicide amongst men, while MDD is considered a prime risk factor for both. A case is made for male-typical MDD phenotypes with differing symptom presentation often unrecognized by clinicians. Although cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) represents an effective treatment for MDD, conformity to traditional masculinity norms based on stoicism, self-reliance, and restrictive emotionality often hinder men from engaging in psychotherapy. Therefore, a need to address this diagnostic and treatment gap emerges, while recent studies have identified a lack of male-specific psychotherapeutic programs (MSPP) that could persuade more men to take on psychotherapy based on a male-tailored nature, focusing on male-specific topics and being introduced in male-typical environments.

Method and study procedures: In total, 144 depressed men aged between 25 and 50 will be recruited. After Screening procedures, included participants are stratified by testosterone status (hypogoadal vs. eugonadal) and randomized to one of the conditions: MSPP, CBT, Waitlist. This results in six intervention groups (MSPP, CBT, Waitlist, MSPP+TT, CBT+TT, Waitlist+TT). Hypogonadal men will receive testosterone treatment administered at the Andrology-Urology Center (Uroviva). MSPP and CBT intervention groups will receive weekly therapy sessions for MDD over 18 weeks. All participants will be invited to a total of five examination appointments (weeks 0, 6, 15, 24, 36) at the psychological institute of the university of Zurich. In addition, a separate healthy control group will be examined, which will undergo only baseline assessments.

Expected results: Compared to the waitlist control groups, the treatment groups are expected to be more effective and efficacious (depression score reduction of ≥50%) at week 24 and at follow-up week 36. The MSPP, compared to CBT, is expected to show higher effectiveness and efficacy for depression symptoms, higher acceptability and a greater reduction of gender role conflict. In addition, it is expected that the initially hypogonadal men will have increased symptom improvement due to TT as compared to the eugonadal men in the parallel groups and that TT receiving men show an adjunct effect of added psychotherapy as compared to men in the waitlist.
Patients will receive 54 to 60 Gy of Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) with concurrent weekly intravenous cisplatin (30 mg/m2). Diagnostic imaging (CT and/or MRI) will be obtained 4 to 8 weeks after completion of CRT to assess response. All patients will have surgical resection of any clinically apparent residual primary tumor or biopsy of the primary site if there is no evidence of residual tumor and will undergo a limited neck dissection to encompass at least those nodal level(s) that were positive pre-treatment, 4 to 14 weeks after CRT.
The invention provides a Chinese herbal compound for treating chronic bronchitis. Main materials of the Chinese herbal compound comprise momordica grosvenori, ephedra, herba tripterospermi, herba houttuyniae, Lespedeza cuneata G. Don, Calamus palustris, Rhizoma Dioscoreae Nipponicae, laggera pterodonta, marsdenia tenacissima, Cassytha filiformis L., cortex phellodendri and liquorice; and an auxiliary material is water. The Chinese herbal compound is decocted with water and then orally taken. A decocting method comprises the following steps: placing traditional Chinese medicines in a buckpot; adding a proper amount of water and boiling for 15 minutes; pouring out first medicinal soup; then adding a proper amount of water in medicinal residues and boiling for 15 minutes; and uniformly merging the two-time medicinal soup. A patient orally takes the medicinal soup after meal in the morning and afternoon respectively. The chronic bronchitis is a long-suffering disease of the patient and is difficult to treat. The Chinese herbal compound for treating chronic bronchitis has an effective and remarkable effect on treatment of the chronic bronchitis, is safe, does not have toxic or side effects, and is a wonderful drug which is quite stable and accurate.
PURPOSE:To obtain a member for external use having improved uniformity and releasability of a chemical without depositing a water-soluble chemical, by coating the surface of a support material with a mixture containing an aqueous or alcoholic solution of the water-soluble chemical dissolved in a solution of a specific adhesive high polymer. CONSTITUTION:An aqueous and/or alcoholic solution of a water-soluble chemical, e.g. ''Clonidine hydrochloride'' or quinidine hydrochloride, is incorporated with and dissolved uniformly in a solution of an adhesive high polymer consisting essentially of an alkyl acrylate or methacrylate, preferably having <=10wt/ wt%/24hr water absorption at 25 deg.C, and the resultant mixture is then applied onto the surface of a support material, e.g. a plastic film, nonwoven fabric or cloth. 0.5-20wt%, expressed in terms of solid, chemical is suitably added to the high polymer solution. A functional monomer, e.g. acrylic or methacylic acid, is copolymerized with the above-mentioned adhesive high polymer to impart more cohesiveness, and a hydrophilic alkoxyalkyl acrylate is copolymerized therewith to improve the compatibility with the chemical.
Participants receiving 500µg of granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), administered subcutaneously. Prior to randomization to a study arm, eligible participants will be trained to perform subcutaneous injections and instructed to walk at least three times a day until they develop claudication or symptomatic limitation for 4 weeks.
SCD is an inherited blood disorder. Symptoms include anemia, infections, organ damage, and intense episodes of pain, which are called "sickle cell crises." In the past, SCD was considered a fatal disease, and many people with SCD died at a young age. Due to advances in medical care, people with SCD are now living longer lives; however, they often experience a deterioration in quality of life due to progressive organ failure. Past research has suggested that children with SCD commonly have frontal lobe dysfunction syndrome, which is a brain disorder that can affect cognitive functioning in areas such as attention, concentration, information processing, and decision making. Often times, however, neurocognitive and brain disorders are not diagnosed or treated in people with SCD. In preliminary brain imaging studies, at least half of adult participants with SCD had visible cognitive dysfunction, while participants without SCD rarely had visible changes in the brain. Brain dysfunction may be one of the most important and least-studied problems affecting adults with SCD.

Most people with SCD have anemia, or low levels of red blood cells, which are the cells that carry oxygen to the body's tissues, especially the brain. Research has shown that in people with anemia who do not have SCD, memory and attention problems have decreased after receiving treatment for anemia. The purpose of this study is to determine whether people with SCD who receive monthly blood transfusions to treat their anemia experience greater cognitive functioning than adults with SCD who receive usual care.

The first phase of this study was an observational study that enrolled adults with SCD and a control group of healthy adults who did not have SCD. Study procedures included questionnaires, neuropsychological testing, and MRI testing. At the end of the first phase, participants were asked if they were willing to take part in a second phase of the overall study in the future. Enrollment into the first phase ended in February 2008.

This current pilot study is the second phase of the overall study. In this study, participants will begin by completing questionnaires, a medical history review, a physical exam, a neurological exam, and a blood collection. Women will provide a urine sample for a pregnancy test. An MRI and neuropsychological testing will also occur. Participants will then be randomly assigned to receive either blood transfusions or usual care for 6 months. Participants assigned to blood transfusions will receive the transfusions every 3 to 4 weeks for 6 months. Before each transfusion, participants will undergo blood collection and a review of medical history and medication history. Participants assigned to usual care will receive a telephone call from study researchers at Months 1, 2, 4, and 5, at which time medical and medication history will be reviewed. At study visits at Months 3 and 6, these participants will also undergo a blood collection. At Month 6, all participants will complete health and quality of life questionnaires, neuropsychological testing, and an MRI.
PURPOSE:To provide a composite containing a physiologically active substance, and having high hardness and long releasing time, by heating a system composed of a polypeptide and the physiologically active substance to melt the peptide,  and forming the mixture. CONSTITUTION:A composite containing a physiologically active substance can be manufactured by heating a mixture of one or more polypeptides and one or more physiologically active substances to effect the melting of the peptide, and forming the mixture to a desired shape at the temperature. The temperature for melting the polypeptide is preferably 50-400 deg.C. The slow-releasing property can be further improved by irradiating the molten polypeptide composite containing the physiologically active substance with light or ionizing radiation at room temperature --100 deg.C. The amount of the physiologically active substance 0.5-100pts.wt. per 10pts.wt. of the polypeptide.
After randomisation patients will be devided in the group who will take the non-estrogenic pollen extract PCC-100 or the group who will receive placebo. The patients will take the drug or placebo for 12 weeks. During these 12 weeks the patients need to register the number and severity of the hot flashes. The patient will have 2 study visits during those 12 weeks.
It is recognized that pregnant women who had gestational diabetes (DG) multiplied by 7 subsequent risk of developing type 2 diabetes and this during 25 years. There is at present no formal recommendation of the High Authority for Health (HAS) as an organization of a long term screening for those women. However the recommendations of CNGOF (French Council of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians) and SFD (French society of diabetes) recommend screening for type 2 diabetes after a gestational diabetes in the postnatal consultation. But today how many women views due to a gestational diabetes have realized their screening? It is likely that the rate of occurrence of type 2 diabetes after gestational diabetes is underestimated today. Otherwise it is possible that the occurrence of type 2 diabetes is associated with some risk factors such as high BMI, insulin therapy during pregnancy. Another interrogation is the role of the doctor to reduce the number of women who do not realize their screening at 3 months postpartum. Better awareness of the importance of long term monitoring would reduce the proportion of women who do not realize their screening.
A composition ( e.g. , phytochemical composition) including sesamin, the composition exhibiting anti-inflammatory, anti-cytokine storm, connective tissue preservation, anti-viral, and/or other properties in biological tissue. The phytochemical composition therapeutically affects a pro-inflammatory cytokine condition, for instance facilitating or effectuating decrease in a quantity of a pro- inflammatory cytokine, for example, interleukin-1 and tumor necrosis-alpha. The phytochemical composition facilitates or effectuates an increase in quantity of an anti-inflammatory cytokines. The phytochemical composition can additionally facilitate a connective tissue extracellular matrix (ECM) preservation effect. The phytochemical composition can also inhibit an action of a viral neuraminidase, for example, the influenza A virus neuraminidase. Uses of sesamin for the manufacture of phytochemical compositions having predetermined concentrations of sesamin include one or more of facilitating a decrease in quantity of pro-inflammatory cytokines, an increase in anti- inflammatory cytokines, a connective tissue anti-degenerative effect, and/or an inhibition of viral neuraminidase within the living organism. Manufacturing processes for the phytochemical compositions are also described.
The cooker hob includes a heater element comprising a thick-film electrically resistive track (13) printed on an electrically insulating substrate and maintained in heat-transmitting relationship with the underside of the hob plate (19). The latter is in combination with one or more quartz halogen heater lamps (15) located below the hob plate. Increasing lengths of the track can be energised in order to increase the temp. of the hob plate. The track can be a nickel and glass frit mixture. The resistive track is applied by a screen printing technique.
The invention pertains to an encapsulation system; in particular a 3- phase system comprising an inner, second and outer phase wherein the second phase is gaseous, and wherein the 3-phase system has a lifetime of at least 3 min and the second phase has a diameter of less than 1 mm. An example of such a system is a stable, small antibubble. Also, the invention pertains to methods of making such 3-phase systems, and to use and methods of use thereof. In particular, 3-phase systems according to the invention are stabilized by surface active particles or molecules, such as for instance colloidal particles. The 3-phase systems of the invention can include a variety of other compounds, and can among others be used in pharmaceutical- or food-based applications. In particular, a 3-phase system according to the invention, such as for example an antibubble, may deliver pharmaceutical compounds.
OBJECTIVES: Technical graft loss, usually thrombotic in nature, accounts for most of the pancreas grafts that are removed early after transplant. Although arterial and venous thrombosis can occur, the vein is predominantly affected, with estimated overall rate of thrombosis of 6% to 33%. In late diagnosis, the graft will need to be removed because thrombectomy will not restore its functionality. However, in early diagnosis, a salvage procedure should be attempted.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: We conducted a retrospective, descriptive analysis of a prospective database of patients who underwent pancreas transplant from April 2008 to June 2020 at a single center. We evaluated post-transplant clinical glucose levels, imaging, treatment, and outcomes. We also performed a systematic review of publications for endovascular treatment of vascular graft thrombosis in pancreas transplant.
RESULTS: In 67 pancreas transplants analyzed, 13 (19%) were diagnosed with venous thrombus. In 7 of 13 patients (54%), systemic anticoagulation was prescribed because of a non-occlusive thromboses, resulting in complete resolution for all 7 patients. Six patients (46%) required endovascular thrombectomy because of the presence of complete occlusive thrombosis; 4 of these patients (67%) needed a second procedure because of recurrence of the thrombosis. One of the 6 patients (17%) required a surgical approach, resulting in successful removal of the recurrent clot. Twelve of the 13 grafts (92%) were rescued. Graft survival at 1 year was 84%; graft survival at 3, 5, and 10 years remained at 70%.
CONCLUSIONS: Pancreas vein thrombosis represents a frequent surgical complication and remains as a challenging problem. In our experience, early diagnoses and an endovascular approach combined with aggressive medical treatment and follow-up can be used for successful treatment and reduce graft loss.
BACKGROUND: The IASLC TNM proposal suggests that pure ground glass nodules less than 30 mm should be classified as cTis corresponding to pathologic adenocarcinoma in situ implying no invasive malignancy potential. We sought to ascertain the proportion of pure ground glass nodules that harbour tissue confirmed minimally invasive or invasive adenocarcinoma.
METHODS: We analyzed data from 3874 individuals with pure ground glass nodules less than 30 mm, reported in 28 observational studies identified through a systematic search of electronic databases. The primary outcome was the prevalence of invasive malignancy by random effects meta-analysis, and we used meta-regression to determine the impact of baseline risk, size, and country of investigation on overall effect size. The study was registered with PROSPERO (CRD42021286261).
RESULTS: All published studies were retrospective (n = 28) and the majority conducted in Asia (n = 25). Baseline patient cohorts were mainly from published surgical series (n = 22) or lung cancer screening programs (n = 6). The proportion of minimally invasive and invasive cancer ranged from 0.9 % to 100 % with a pooled prevalence of 42.4 % [95 % CI: 0.28, 0.57]. Considerable heterogeneity was observed (I2 =99 %) and patient selection was the most significant contribution, accounting for 73 % of the observed heterogeneity (p < 0.0001). Meta-regression based on size selection and country of investigation revealed no significant contribution to effect size effect or heterogeneity.
CONCLUSIONS: Pure ground glass nodules less than 30 mm harbour a high proportion of invasive malignancy, contrary to the IASLC staging proposals and opinions from numerous guidelines across the world.
Patients receive ibrutinib PO on days 8-28 of course 1 and on days 1-28 on subsequent courses and selinexor PO BID weekly on day 1 or bi-weekly on days 1 and 3. Courses repeat every 28 days in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: method involves applying combined therapy using 3 preparations diuretic one, sedative one and biogenic stimulation agent administered at permissible therapeutic doses. The diuretic preparation like Triampur is administered at a dose of 1 tablet daily during the first 3 days with following dose reduction to 0.5 tablet daily till the end of 30 days course. The sedative preparation like Relanium is administered at a dose of 0.005 g increasing or reducing the dose in cycle during 30 days within some known limits depending on individual reactivity of the nerve system. The biogenic stimulation agent like for example aloes tincture is administered intravenously at a dose of 2 ml during 155 days. The mentioned combined therapy course is repeated in 6 months. EFFECT: removed pain syndrome.
PCT No. PCT/US91/06771 Sec. 371 Date Mar. 19, 1993 Sec. 102(e) Date Mar. 19, 1993 PCT Filed Sep. 25, 1991 PCT Pub. No. WO92/06115 PCT Pub. Date Apr. 16, 1992.Novel synthetic polypeptides having amino acid sequences corresponding to the sequence of one or more specific regions of human gamma interferon are provided by this invention. These polypeptides specifically inhibit the binding of human gamma interferon to cellular receptors and the biological activity of such interferon. Antibody antagonists of the binding of human gamma interferon to cellular receptors based Upon the use of the polypeptides as antigens are also provided. Some of these antagonists bind to specific regions of gamma interferon which are believed to be involved in interactions between the intefferon and its receptors. Other antibody antagonists are anti-idiotypic antibodies which appear to compete directly with gamma interferon for binding to the cellular receptors. Also provided are methods for the use of the polypeptides and antibodies as inhibitors of the binding of gamma interferon to its cellular receptors.
Background: Chronic neck and low back pain are very common and have detrimental effects for people and society. In this study, we explore the experiences of individuals with neck and/or back pain using a written narrative methodology. Materials & methods: A total of 92 individuals explained their pain experience using written narratives. Narratives were analyzed through thematic analysis and text data mining. Results: Participants wrote about their experience in terms of pain characteristics, diagnosis process, pain consequences, coping strategies, pain triggers, well-being and future expectations. Text data mining allowed us to identify concurrent networks that were basically related with pain characteristics, management and triggers. Conclusion: Written narratives are useful to understand individuals' experiences from their point of view.
When the donor cornea is removed from the person who died, it is prepared for transplantation by an eye bank. The donor cornea is placed into a liquid that helps preserve the cornea until it is transplanted. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved storage of the cornea in this liquid for up to 14 days before the transplant. The purpose of this study is to see if the length of time the donor cornea is kept in the preservation liquid before the transplant affects the likelihood of the transplant being successful. We will follow participants for 3 years after transplant to see if there are any differences in transplant success or in the number of transplanted endothelial cells (the layer of cells that line the undersurface of the cornea) on the corneas that were preserved for 7 days or less compared to those preserved between 8 and 14 days. We have no reason to believe that there is any greater risk for transplant failure with either preservation time group.
Provided is a server device which utilizes biological information while considering personal information about a person to be authenticated.　The server device comprises a reception unit and a registration unit. The reception unit receives image data. The reception unit receives image data. The registration unit registers, to a database, biological information about an imaged person imaged in the image data. The registration unit determines, on the basis of the information about the imaged person, a holding period during which the database holds the biological information about the imaged person.