anthonyyazdaniml/gliner-biomed-curated-corpus huggingface dataset:
Stepped-dose, targeted infusion of remifentanil with measurement of miosis, respiratory rate, end-expired CO2, and thermal analgesia and plasma drug concentrations. Remifentanil dose will be based on ideal body weight.
An electrospun nanofibrous silk fibroin mat infused with a reactive oxygen species (ROS) detection reagent is presented herein. The ROS detection agent may be Amplex red. A method of real time detection of ROS in a wound site to determine the need for a dressing change is also presented. The method includes applying an electrospun nanofibrous silk fibroin mat infused with Amplex red to a wound site of a patient and detecting a change in color of the mat. A color change indicates a higher than normal level of ROS in the wound site. Depending on the degree of color change, a therapeutic agent may be administered to the wound site and a new mat applied to measure ROS in the wound site after therapy is administered.
BACKGROUND: Early identification and treatment of chronic disease is associated with better clinical outcomes, lower costs, and reduced hospitalisation. Primary care is ideally placed to identify patients at risk of, or in the early stages of, chronic disease and to implement prevention and early intervention measures. This paper evaluates the implementation of a technological intervention called Future Health Today that integrates with general practice EMRs to (1) identify patients at-risk of, or with undiagnosed or untreated, chronic kidney disease (CKD), and (2) provide guideline concordant recommendations for patient care. The evaluation aimed to identify the barriers and facilitators to successful implementation.
METHODS: Future Health Today was implemented in 12 general practices in Victoria, Australia. Fifty-two interviews with 30 practice staff were undertaken between July 2020 and April 2021. Practice characteristics were collected directly from practices via survey. Data were analysed using inductive and deductive qualitative analysis strategies, using Clinical Performance - Feedback Intervention Theory (CP-FIT) for theoretical guidance.
RESULTS: Future Health Today was acceptable, user friendly and useful to general practice staff, and supported clinical performance improvement in the identification and management of chronic kidney disease. CP-FIT variables supporting use of FHT included the simplicity of design and delivery of actionable feedback via FHT, good fit within existing workflow, strong engagement with practices and positive attitudes toward FHT. Context variables provided the main barriers to use and were largely situated in the external context of practices (including pressures arising from the COVID-19 pandemic) and technical glitches impacting installation and early use. Participants primarily utilised the point of care prompt rather than the patient management dashboard due to its continued presence, and immediacy and relevance of the recommendations on the prompt, suggesting mechanisms of compatibility, complexity, actionability and credibility influenced use. Most practices continued using FHT after the evaluation phase was complete.
CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates that FHT is a useful and acceptable software platform that provides direct support to general practice in identifying and managing patients with CKD. Further research is underway to explore the effectiveness of FHT, and to expand the conditions on the platform.
An edible energy tablet containing at least 80 weight % carbohydrates for consumption during exercise, is fabricated by a process including providing tablet material free of hydrophobic and/or PEG lubricants and free of CO 2  sources. The tablet material includes a sucrose and dextrose mixture of 77-95 wt. %, maltodextrin of 2-13 wt. %, an edible soluble oil of 0.2-2.0 wt. %, and an edible acid of 1-4 wt. %. The tablet material is introduced to a tablet press that alternately moves first and second punches towards and away from one another to compress the tablet material to form and release a tablet. A punch cleaner engaged with the first and second punches removes tablet material from the punches after tablet release. The tablet has a diameter of 1.2 to 3.8 cm, a thickness of 0.6 cm to 2.3 cm, and a resistance to breakage forces of 8.5 to 30 kilopounds.
Patients randomized to the transcranial direct current stimulation will be applied for transcranial direct current stimulation 5 session/week at 2mA, 20min plus on-going olanzapine. The anodal electrode will be placed over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.
Neurodegenerative disorders (NDs) have become increasingly common during the past three decades. Approximately 15% of the total population of the world is affected by some form of NDs, resulting in physical and cognitive disability. The most common NDs include Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and Huntington's disease. Although NDs are caused by a complex interaction of genetic, environmental, and lifestyle variables, neuroinflammation is known to be associated with all NDs, often leading to permanent damage to neurons of the central nervous system. Furthermore, numerous emerging pieces of evidence have demonstrated that inflammation not only supports the progression of NDs but can also serve as an initiator. Hence, various medicines capable of preventing or reducing neuroinflammation have been investigated as ND treatments. While anti-inflammatory medicine has shown promising benefits in several preclinical models, clinical outcomes are often questionable. In this review, we discuss various NDs with their current treatment strategies, the role of neuroinflammation in the pathophysiology of NDs, and the use of anti-inflammatory agents as a potential therapeutic option.
PURPOSE: A composition containing ginseng fruit extract for preventing alopecia is provided to regenerate skin cells and to ensure less irritation. CONSTITUTION: A composition for preventing alopecia and promoting hair growth contains ginseng fruit extract as an active ingredient. The extract contains 1-70 wt% of ginsenoside Re. The extract is isolated from ginseng fruits flowers, stems, or leaves using water, alcohol of C1-C4, n-hexane, ethyl acetate, or mixture solvent thereof at 40-120°C for 0.5-4 hours. The composition is manufactured in the form of powder, granules, tablets, capsules, suspension, syrup, aerosol for oral formulation, external use formulation or sterilized injection solution. The extract is contained in 0.001-50 wt% based on total weight.
Cohort IV (N = 6). A single 1200 mg oral dose followed by 200 mg daily for 9 days.
PATH and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) are committed to developing a malaria vaccine to help reduce the burden of malaria disease in children and contribute to malaria elimination. GSK has developed a candidate vaccine against malaria caused by P. falciparum called RTS,S/AS01E. The vaccine has been shown to be safe in multiple trials and efficacy data in pediatric populations has led to a pilot implementation program in three African countries including Kenya. The RTS,S/AS01E vaccine mechanism of action is presumed to work on the initial sporozoite and liver stages of P. falciparum infection through neutralization of the circumsporozoite (CS) antigen on parasites invading after a mosquito bite in individuals immunized with the RTS,S/AS01E vaccine. In order to inform whether a vaccine such as RTS,S/AS01E may have a future role in malaria elimination, it will be important to establish vaccine efficacy in adults in Sub-Saharan Africa who are reservoirs of parasites and who contribute to ongoing malaria transmission. However, in previous trials, the vaccine has been less effective in adults who have had malaria before. There are probably multiple reasons for this, but one possible reason that is probably very important is that prior infection with malaria or an infection with malaria for long periods, even without symptoms of the disease, can prevent the vaccine from working properly.

This study postulates that treatment of infection prior to immunization can reset the immune response leading to an improved vaccine efficacy. To evaluate this hypothesis, the study will recruit 5 groups. Groups 1 and 4 will have asymptomatic infection with P. falciparum as measured by a highly sensitive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay and will be treated with antimalarial medications prior to immunization with RTS,S/AS01E or the comparator rabies vaccine, respectively, with the primary objective of evaluating the vaccine efficacy of RTS,S/AS01E relative to the rabies vaccine in this context. Groups 2 and 5 will be negative for asymptomatic infection with P. falciparum as measured by a highly sensitive PCR assay and will be treated with antimalarial medications prior to immunization with RTS,S/AS01E or the comparator rabies vaccine, respectively, with the secondary objective of evaluating the vaccine efficacy of RTS,S/AS01 relative to the rabies vaccine in this context. Group 3 will have asymptomatic infection with P. falciparum as measured by a highly sensitive PCR assay but will not be treated with antimalarial medications prior to immunization with the RTS,S/AS01E vaccine; the immunological profile of this group and groups 1 and 2 will be evaluated as part of secondary and exploratory objectives. Other secondary objectives include safety assessments.

The study will include an initial immunization period (vaccine given on 0, 1, and 7 month schedule with the final dose being 1/5 of the dose of the first two immunizations) followed by 6-12 months of follow-up (varying based on the number of events),
Fetal microchimerism (FMc) arises when fetal cells enter maternal circulation, potentially persisting for decades. Increased FMc is associated with fetal growth restriction, preeclampsia, and anti-angiogenic shift in placenta-associated proteins in diabetic and normotensive term pregnancies. The two-stage model of preeclampsia postulates that placental dysfunction causes such shift in placental growth factor (PlGF) and soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1 (sFLt-1), triggering maternal vascular inflammation and endothelial dysfunction. We investigated whether anti-angiogenic shift, fetal sex, fetal growth restriction, and severe maternal hypertension correlate with FMc in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy with new-onset features (n = 125). Maternal blood was drawn pre-delivery at > 25 weeks' gestation. FMc was detected by quantitative polymerase chain reaction targeting paternally inherited unique fetal alleles. PlGF and sFlt-1 were measured by immunoassay. We estimated odds ratios (ORs) by logistic regression and detection rate ratios (DRRs) by negative binomial regression. PlGF correlated negatively with FMc quantity (DRR = 0.2, p = 0.005) and female fetal sex correlated positively with FMc prevalence (OR = 5.0, p < 0.001) and quantity (DRR = 4.5, p < 0.001). Fetal growth restriction no longer correlated with increased FMc quantity after adjustment for correlates of placental dysfunction (DRR = 1.5, p = 0.272), whereas severe hypertension remained correlated with both FMc measures (OR = 5.5, p = 0.006; DRR = 6.3, p = 0.001). Our findings suggest that increased FMc is independently associated with both stages of the two-stage preeclampsia model. The association with female fetal sex has implications for microchimerism detection methodology. Future studies should target both male and female-origin FMc and focus on clarifying which placental mechanisms impact fetal cell transfer and how FMc impacts the maternal vasculature.
Subjects with metastatic colorectal cancer with KRAS-wildtype will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive a 2nd line treatment regimen of panitumumab plus oxaliplatin and capecitabine (XELOX) or XELOX alone. Before randomization tumour of all subjects will be analyzed to detect the KRAS mutational status. Subjects will only be randomized into these two arms if the tumour shows KRAS wild-type. Subjects with KRAS mutant colorectal tumours will receive XELOX alone. Subjects will receive treatment cycles every three weeks. Treatment will continue until subjects are diagnosed with disease progression or intolerable toxicity, at which time the subjects will be withdrawn from the treatment phase. If a subject withdraws from chemotherapy due to toxicity the subjects will be allowed to continue with panitumumab monotherapy with or without one of the chemotherapy components until disease progression. After withdrawing panitumumab and XELOX treatment, all subjects will end the treatment phase and will enter a follow-up phase until 6 months after the last patient stopped treatment (with a safety follow-up visit after 56 days ± 3 days and long term follow-up visits every 12 weeks). During the treatment phase subjects will be evaluated for tumour response every 9 weeks (± one week) through to week 45, and every 12 weeks (± two weeks) thereafter, until disease progression. Subjects with symptoms suggestive of disease progression should be evaluated for tumour response at the time symptoms occur.
For topical use only. Not for ophthalmic, oral, or intravaginal use.

Tretinoin Gel Microsphere should be applied once a day, in the evening, to the skin where acne lesions appear, using enough to cover the entire affected area in a thin layer. Areas to be treated should be cleansed thoroughly before the medication is applied. If medication is applied excessively, no more rapid or better results will be obtained and marked redness, peeling, or discomfort may occur. A transitory feeling of warmth or slight stinging may be noted on application. In cases where it has been necessary to temporarily discontinue therapy or to reduce the frequency of application, therapy may be resumed or the frequency of application increased as the patient becomes able to tolerate the treatment. Frequency of application should be closely monitored by careful observation of the clinical therapeutic response and skin tolerance. Efficacy has not been established for less than once daily dosing frequencies.

During the early weeks of therapy, an apparent exacerbation of inflammatory lesions may occur. If tolerated, this should not be considered a reason to discontinue therapy [see Adverse Reactions (6.1)] . 

Therapeutic results may be noticed after two weeks, but more than seven weeks of therapy are required before consistent beneficial effects are observed.

Tretinoin Gel Microsphere should be kept away from the eyes, the mouth, paranasal creases of the nose, and mucous membranes.

Patients treated with Tretinoin Gel Microsphere may use cosmetics.

Concomitant topical medication, medicated or abrasive soaps and cleansers, products that have a strong drying effect, products with high concentrations of alcohol, astringents, or spices should be used with caution because of possible interaction with tretinoin. Avoid contact with the peel of limes. Particular caution should be exercised with the concomitant use of topical over-the-counter acne preparations containing benzoyl peroxide, sulfur, resorcinol, or salicylic acid with Tretinoin Gel Microsphere. It also is advisable to allow the effects of such preparations to subside before use of Tretinoin Gel Microsphere is begun.
The invention discloses a group of low-toxicity broad-spectrum antibacterial peptides with different charge arrangement modes and different charge types and application thereof. The low-toxicity broad-spectrum antibacterial peptide is the antibacterial peptide L 1 GA 5 K is obtained by carrying out charge arrangement and/or charged amino acid modification on the peptide chain. Antibacterial activity experiments show that the antibacterial peptide synthesized by the invention has broad-spectrum antibacterial activity and can effectively resist gram-negative bacteria and gram-positive bacteria, wherein the activity of K-1 is stronger than that of L 1 GA 5 K. Hemolytic activity and cytotoxicity experiments show that K-1 and K-2 with charges accumulated at the N-terminal of the peptide chain have lower toxicity than L with charges dispersed 1 GA 5 K and K-R. In addition, the results of the enzymolysis stability experiments show that the stability of K-1 in chymotrypsin and L 1 GA 5 K phase ratio ofUnchanged, but K-1 is more stable than L in trypsin 1 GA 5 K is increased by 10 times. The induced drug resistance experiment shows that the antibacterial peptide has the characteristic of low drug resistance. Therefore, the antibacterial peptide has good application prospect in the aspect of preparing clinical antibacterial drugs.
Participants maintained on a stable methadone regimen (20 to 200 mg once daily) for ≥14 days prior to Day 1 will continue to receive methadone maintenance once per day on Days 1 to 7. From Day 2 to 6, participants will also receive doravirine 100 mg once daily.
BACKGROUND: The respiratory microbiome has been associated with the etiology and disease course of asthma.
OBJECTIVE: We sought to assess the nasopharyngeal microbiota in children with a severe asthma exacerbation and their associations with medication, air quality, and viral infection.
METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed among children aged 2 to 18 years admitted to the medium care unit (MCU; n = 84) or intensive care unit (ICU; n = 78) with an asthma exacerbation. For case-control analyses, we matched all cases aged 2 to 6 years (n = 87) to controls in a 1:2 ratio. Controls were participants of either a prospective case-control study or a longitudinal birth cohort (n = 182). The nasopharyngeal microbiota was characterized by 16S-rRNA-gene sequencing.
RESULTS: Cases showed higher Shannon diversity index (ICU and MCU combined; P = .002) and a distinct microbial community composition when compared with controls (permutational multivariate ANOVA R2 = 1.9%; P < .001). We observed significantly higher abundance of Staphylococcus and "oral" taxa, including Neisseria, Veillonella, and Streptococcus spp. and a lower abundance of Dolosigranulum pigrum, Corynebacterium, and Moraxella spp. (MaAsLin2; q < 0.25) in cases versus controls. Furthermore, Neisseria abundance was associated with more severe disease (ICU vs MCU MaAslin2, P = .03; q = 0.30). Neisseria spp. abundance was also related with fine particulate matter exposure, whereas Haemophilus and Streptococcus abundances were related with recent inhaled corticosteroid use. We observed no correlations with viral infection.
CONCLUSIONS: Our results demonstrate that children admitted with asthma exacerbations harbor a microbiome characterized by overgrowth of Staphylococcus and "oral" microbes and an underrepresentation of beneficial niche-appropriate commensals. Several of these associations may be explained by (environmental or medical) exposures, although cause-consequence relationships remain unclear and require further investigations.
Arm is named by the intervention the group receives. Continuous Femoral Block - Low Dose. The Block/catheter is placed about 5cm below groin at ultrasonographic apex of femoral triangle. Rate of 2ml/hr of bupivacaine 0.0625% until morning of POD#2.
The ultimate goal is for participants to complete 75 minutes/week of structured aerobic training per week at 55% to 100% of the individually determined exercise capacity (VO2peak) determined from the (CPETs performed at baseline, midpoint, and Study Follow-Up. The 75 min/wk will be achieved via 3 individual supervised aerobic training sessions at approximately 25 minutes/session.All other on- site participants in Arms A and B will be provided with a heart rate monitor to thank them for completing the study. This arm is closed to accrual.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an age-related neurodegenerative disease characterized by selective loss of motor neurons in the brainstem and spinal cord. Several genetic factors have been associated to ALS, ranging from causal genes and potential risk factors to disease modifiers. The search for pathogenic variants in these genes has mostly focused on single nucleotide variants (SNVs) while relatively understudied and not fully elucidated is the contribution of structural variants, such as copy number variations (CNVs). Here, we applied an exon-centric aCGH method to investigate, in sporadic ALS patients, the load of CNVs in 131 genes previously associated to ALS. Our approach revealed that CNV load, defined as the total number of CNVs or their size, was significantly higher in ALS cases than controls. About 87% of patients harbored multiple CNVs in ALS-related genes, and 75% structural variants compromised genes directly implicated in ALS pathogenesis (C9orf72, CHCHD10, EPHA4, FUS, HNRNPA1, KIF5A, NEK1, OPTN, PFN1, SOD1, TARDBP, TBK1, UBQLN2, UNC13A, VAPB, VCP). CNV load was also associated to higher onset age and disease progression rate. Although the contribution of individual CNVs in ALS is still unknown, their extensive load in disease-related genes may have relevant implications for the diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutical management of this devastating disorder.
We describe here the molecular basis of the complex formation of PRUNE1 with the tumor metastasis suppressors NME1 and NME2, two isoforms appertaining to the nucleoside diphosphate kinase (NDPK) enzyme family, and how this complex regulates signaling the immune system and energy metabolism, thereby shaping the tumor microenvironment (TME). Disrupting the interaction between NME1/2 and PRUNE1, as suggested, holds the potential to be an excellent therapeutic target for the treatment of cancer and the inhibition of metastasis dissemination. Furthermore, we postulate an interaction and regulation of the other Class I NME proteins, NME3 and NME4 proteins, with PRUNE1 and discuss potential functions. Class I NME1-4 proteins are NTP/NDP transphosphorylases required for balancing the intracellular pools of nucleotide diphosphates and triphosphates. They regulate different cellular functions by interacting with a large variety of other proteins, and in cancer and metastasis processes, they can exert pro- and anti-oncogenic properties depending on the cellular context. In this review, we therefore additionally discuss general aspects of class1 NME and PRUNE1 molecular structures as well as their posttranslational modifications and subcellular localization. The current knowledge on the contributions of PRUNE1 as well as NME proteins to signaling cascades is summarized with a special regard to cancer and metastasis.
Potassium supplementation, either in the form of medication or as a diet rich in potassium, should not ordinarily be given in association with spironolactone and hydrochlorothiazide therapy. Excessive potassium intake may cause hyperkalemia in patients receiving spironolactone and hydrochlorothiazide (see PRECAUTIONS: General). Spironolactone and hydrochlorothiazide should not be administered concurrently with other potassium-sparing diuretics. Spironolactone, when used with ACE inhibitors or indomethacin, even in the presence of a diuretic, has been associated with severe hyperkalemia. Extreme caution should be exercised when spironolactone and hydrochlorothiazide is given concomitantly with these drugs (see PRECAUTIONS: Drug Interaction).

Spironolactone and hydrochlorothiazide should be used with caution in patients with impaired hepatic function because minor alterations of fluid and electrolyte balance may precipitate hepatic coma.

Lithium generally should not be given with diuretics (see PRECAUTIONS: Drug Interactions).

Thiazides should be used with caution in severe renal disease. In patients with renal disease, thiazides may precipitate azotemia. Cumulative effects of the drug may develop in patients with impaired renal function.

Thiazides may add to or potentiate the action of other antihypertensive drugs.

Sensitivity reactions to thiazides may occur in patients with or without a history of allergy or bronchial asthma.

Sulfonamide derivatives, including thiazides, have been reported to exacerbate or activate systemic lupus erythematosus.