anthonyyazdaniml/gliner-biomed-curated-corpus huggingface dataset:
The study will be a randomized, controlled, non-inferiority trial, and the investigators plan to enroll premature infants \<32 weeks, \<1500g, and who are \< 21 days of age at Regional One Health, LeBonheur Children's Hospital, and Methodist Germantown NICUs in Memphis, TN. A study group of 42 patients for each group will be needed to allow a maximum difference of 25% to consider non-inferiority in the closure rate between IV acetaminophen and IV indomethacin (with power of 80% and alpha of 0.05).2 The investigators' goal will be to enroll 50 infants for each treatment group, to help with an expected 20% drop out rate either due to complications or parents removal of consent. Dosages: IV acetaminophen 15mg/kg/dose every 6 hours for 12 doses,6 IV indomethacin dose will depend on age.IV indomethacin will be given every 12 hours for 3 doses. The infants will be eligible for the study after primary attending has made the decision to treat the hsPDA. The goal will be 50 infants in the IV acetaminophen group and 50 infants in the IV indomethacin group.

Informed consent will be obtained from the parent after ECHO has been obtained and the primary attending has decided to treat PDA in the infant who meets inclusion criteria without any of the exclusion criteria. The investigators will use block randomization and stratify by site to generate 140 random values of either 0 for acetaminophen or 1 for indomethacin. The goal will be 50 infants randomized to acetaminophen group and 50 infants randomized to indomethacin group. The numbers will be placed in opaque envelope and opened after consent is obtained. The primary team will not be blinded given the different frequencies of administration of acetaminophen and indomethacin. The first ECHO will be read by staff pediatric cardiologist. A pediatric cardiologist will retrospectively go back and read all ECHOs blinded for standardization.

Prior to induction of treatment, we will record complete blood count (CBC) and complete metabolic panel (CMP) with AST/ALT. After treatment, the investigators will record AST/ALT within 48 hours, and will record follow-up ECHO reports that occur within seven days of initiation of treatment. The decision to repeat treatment will be left to primary attending's discretion. The primary attending will determine any additional medical or surgical treatment if indicated. Data regarding ROP, IVH, and BPD will be collected from patient's chart prior to discharge.

Primary outcome will be the rate of successful PDA treatment by ECHO in each group. Successful PDA treatment will be defined as no longer meeting ECHO criteria for hsPDA. Secondary outcome data will be recorded and include the following: retreatment, surgical closure, days on invasive mechanical ventilation, duration of supplemental oxygen requirement, respiratory support at 36 weeks post-menstrual age (PMA), NEC, ROP, days to full feeds, gastrointestinal perforation, length of stay, renal dysfunction defined by UOP \< 1cc/kg/hr in an 8 hour period, creatinine elevation greater than 1.5 mg/dL, and discharge disposition.
INTRODUCTION: Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is one of the most common diseases affecting men and can present with bothersome lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). Historically, transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) has been considered the gold standard in the treatment of LUTS due to BPH. However, TURP and other traditional options for the surgical management of LUTS secondary to BPH are associated with high rates of sexual dysfunction. In the past decade, several novel technologies, including Aquablation therapy, convective water vapor therapy (Rezum), and transperineal prostate laser ablation (TPLA), have demonstrated promising evidence to be safe and effective while preserving sexual function.
METHODS: In this review, we discuss three ablative minimally invasive surgeries: Aquablation, Rezum, and TPLA. We review their techniques, safety, as well as perioperative and functional outcomes. We go into further detail regarding sexual function after these ablative minimally invasive surgical therapies.
RESULTS: Aquablation is a surgeon-guided, robot-executed, heat-free ablative waterjet procedure with sustained functional outcomes at 5 years while having no effect on sexual activity. Rezum is an innovative office-based, minimally invasive surgical option for BPH that delivers convective water vapor energy into prostate adenoma to ablate obstructing tissue. Rezum leads to significant improvements in Qmax, IPSS while preserving sexual function. TPLA is another office-based technology which uses a diode laser source to produce thermoablation. It leads to improvement in Qmax, IPSS, and QoL while preserving ejaculatory function.
CONCLUSIONS: Overall, ablative minimally invasive surgical therapies have demonstrated excellent safety and efficacy profiles while preserving sexual function. These modalities should be discussed with patients to ensure informed and shared decision-making. Ablative minimally invasive surgical therapies may be particularly interesting to patients who value the preservation of their sexual function.
This is a prospective interventional open label cohort study with an exploratory framework. After assessment of gestation by routine ultrasound, women will be invited to participate if they have a viable, singleton pregnancy with a gestation \< 28 weeks. Consenting pregnant women will be enrolled at first antenatal clinic \[7\] visit and receive tetanus and diphtheria immunisation after confirmation of vaccination history, and SARS-CoV-2 immunisation (first dose if indicated). All women will be classified as non-anaemic or anaemic based on haematocrit (Haematocrit\<33% in first trimester (defined \<14 weeks) and Haematocrit \<30% in 2nd trimester (defined 14 to \<28 weeks)). Women will be assigned to groups and receive prophylactic (non-anaemic) or treatment (anaemic) doses of nutritional supplements, respectively, as per routine practice. These supplements will be provided daily for 3 months (12 weeks) and women will be followed up at day 7, 1 month (day 28), 2 and 3 months. There after they will follow routine antenatal care until birth when a cord blood sample will be taken. Mother and infant blood samples will be taken at the 2 months post-partum visit when the newborn attends for routine vaccinations of the expanded program of immunisation. Immunological and haematological responses will be measured by venous blood sampling and finger-prick sampling (routine at the clinics) at study visits; as will adverse events in relation to nutritional supplements by monthly questions using a checklist of common reactions to oral iron. The Adherence Starts with Knowledge (ASK-12) instrument has been modified and used in this population and will be compared to the Haematocrit levels, the pill count and adverse events, as a measure of adherence.

IRONMUM study is funded by Procter and Gamble. The grant reference number is Thailand-UK-IRONMUM-2021-01.
Provided herein are methods for increasing the number of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) in vivo or in vitro. The methods can include the steps of selecting a subject in need of an increased number of HSPCs and administering to the subject an effective amount of an inhibitor of VEGF to increase the number of HSPCs in the subject. Optionally, the methods include the steps of contacting a population of HSPCs and supporting cells with an inhibitor of VEGF, and contacting the population of HSPCs and supporting cells with a parathyroid hormone (PTH) receptor agonist. Also provided is a method for increasing the number of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) in a subject including the steps of administering to the subject an inhibitor of VEGF, and administering to the subject a parathyroid hormone (PTH) receptor agonist. The method is optionally used in a subject or for a with decreased osteogenesis, including, for example, when the subject has a bone fracture or has osteoporosis. Compositions and kits for increasing the number of HSPCs comprising (i) one or more doses of an inhibitor of VEGF; and (ii) one or more doses of a PTH receptor agonist are also provided.
The patients in this group will receive a single session of individualized acupuncture treatment delivered by a certified Korean Medicine Doctor (KMD) specialized (or in-training) in acupuncture and moxibustion medicine and with at least 3 years of clinical experience. The acupuncture formulas will be composed based on the individual patient's symptoms and at the KMD's discretion. Acupuncture treatments will be provided in line with standard ED management, the same as in the control group.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Delayed radial artery occlusion (dRAO) is a frequent complication after transradial access (TRA) for neurointervention when using standard large guide catheters. The RIST 079 guide catheter (RIST GC) is the first catheter designed for TRA in neurointervention. We aimed to assess the rate of dRAO after intracranial aneurysm (IA) treatment using the RIST GC.
METHODS: Patients treated for an IA using TRA and the RIST GC between June 2021 and November 2022 were referred to a systematic US-doppler assessment of the radial artery patency at 3-month follow-up. Patients with and without dRAO were compared to identify risk factors.
RESULTS: Twenty-two patients were included in the analysis. At 3-months follow up, 6 patients (27.3 %) presented with dRAO. Four patients were asymptomatic and 2 experienced post-operative radial hematoma and wrist pain. There was a tendency towards younger age, longer procedure duration and higher rate of forearm hematoma in patients with dRAO. Navigation using the RIST GC was successful in 90.9 % of cases. Intracranial access failures and navigation complications were all related to left internal carotid artery navigation.
CONCLUSIONS: At 3-month follow up, 27.3 % of patients treated for IA using TRA with the RIST GC presented dRAO.
Allsopp, GL, Britto, FA, Wright, CR, and Deldicque, L. The effects of normobaric hypoxia on the acute physiological responses to resistance training: a narrative review. J Strength Cond Res 38(11): 2001-2011, 2024-Athletes have used altitude training for many years as a strategy to improve endurance performance. The use of resistance training in simulated altitude (normobaric hypoxia) is a growing strategy that aims to improve the hypertrophy and strength adaptations to training. An increasing breadth of research has characterized the acute physiological responses to resistance training in hypoxia, often with the goal to elucidate the mechanisms by which hypoxia may improve the training adaptations. There is currently no consensus on the overall effectiveness of hypoxic resistance training for strength and hypertrophy adaptations, nor the underlying biochemical pathways involved. There are, however, numerous interesting physiological responses that are amplified by performing resistance training in hypoxia. These include potential changes to the energy system contribution to exercise and alterations to the level of metabolic stress, hormone and cytokine production, autonomic regulation, and other hypoxia-induced cellular pathways. This review describes the foundational exercise physiology underpinning the acute responses to resistance training in normobaric hypoxia, potential applications to clinical populations, including training considerations for athletic populations. The review also presents a summary of the ideal training parameters to promote metabolic stress and associated training adaptations. There are currently many gaps in our understanding of the physiological responses to hypoxic resistance training, partly caused by the infancy of the research field and diversity of hypoxic and training parameters.
Presented herein are systems and methods of classifying biomedical images. A computing system may identify a first plurality of tiles from a first biomedical image of a first sample. The computing system may determine a first category for the first sample by applying the plurality of tiles to a classification model. The classification model may include a tile encoder to determine, based on the first plurality of tiles, a corresponding plurality of feature vectors in a feature space. The classification model may include a clusterer to select a subset of feature vectors from the plurality of feature vectors based on a plurality of centroids defined in the feature space. The classification model may include an aggregator to generate, based on the subset of feature vectors, the first category for the sample. The computing system may store an association between the first category and the first biomedical image.
Compositions and methods for treating wounds to significantly reduce the healing time, reduce the incidence of scar formation, improve the success of skin grafts, reduce the inflammatory response and providing anti-bacterial treatments to a patient in need thereof, that include small non-interlinked particles of bioactive glass or highly porous bioactive glass, are disclosed. Anti-bacterial solutions derived from bioactive glass, and methods of preparation and use thereof, are also disclosed. The compositions include non-interlinked particles of bioactive glass, alone or in combination with anti-bacterial agents and/or anti-inflammatory agents. The compositions can include an appropriate carrier for topical administration. Anti-bacterial properties can be imparted to implanted materials, such as prosthetic implants, sutures, stents, screws, plates, tubes, and the like, by incorporating small bioactive glass particles or porous bioactive glass into or onto the implanted materials. Anti-bacterial properties can also be imparted to devices used for in vitro and ex vivo cell culture by incorporating non-interlinked particles of bioactive glass into the devices. Anti-bacterial compositions derived from aqueous extracts of bioactive glass are also disclosed. These compositions can be used, for example, in food preparation, solutions used for cell culture, and buffer solutions, such as i.v. solutions.
Patients undergo MIS within 6 weeks after last cycle of standard of care neoadjuvant chemotherapy. If during MIS the surgeon thinks complete gross resection can only be accomplished by performing an open procedure, patients may undergo laparotomy instead. Within 6 weeks after surgery, patients receive standard of care chemotherapy.
In-patients in the cardiothoracic intensive care department that were at least 16 years old and were fitted with an arterial line. There was no requirement to have diabetes but the study aimed to recruit a minimum of 20% subjects with diabetes.
Participants will read a brief informational text including information drawn from the Public Health Agency of Canada website (https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection/prevention-risks.html#self). The purpose of this arm is to provide an active comparator with information about COVID-19 preventative health behaviors that has been strongly recommended to the public since the beginning of the pandemic. By doing this, we will assess if the video intervention changes vaccination intentions more than a presentation of general, well-known COVID-19 related information.
BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is characterized by disrupted glucose homeostasis and metabolic abnormalities, with oxidative stress and inflammation playing pivotal roles in its pathophysiology. Poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation (PARylation) is a post-translational process involving the addition of ADP-ribose polymers (PAR) to target proteins. While preclinical studies have implicated PARylation in the interplay between oxidative stress and inflammation in T2DM, direct clinical evidence in humans remains limited. This study investigates the relationship between oxidative stress, PARylation, and inflammatory response in T2DM patients.
METHODS: This cross-sectional investigation involved 61 T2DM patients and 48 controls. PAR levels were determined in peripheral blood cells (PBMC) by ELISA-based methodologies. Oxidative stress was assessed in plasma and PBMC. In plasma, we monitored reactive oxygen metabolites (d-ROMs) and ferric-reducing antioxidant power. In PBMC, we measured the expression of antioxidant enzymes SOD1, GPX1 and CAT by qPCR. Further, we evaluated the expression of inflammatory mediators such as IL6, TNF-α, CD68 and MCP1 by qPCR in PBMC.
RESULTS: T2DM patients exhibited elevated PAR levels in PBMC and increased d-ROMs in plasma. Positive associations were found between PAR levels and d-ROMs, suggesting a link between oxidative stress and altered PAR metabolism. Mediation analysis revealed that d-ROMs mediate the association between HbA1c levels and PAR, indicating oxidative stress as a potential driver of increased PARylation in T2DM. Furthermore, elevated PAR levels were found to be associated with increased expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines IL6 and TNF-α in the PBMC of T2DM patients.
CONCLUSIONS: This study highlights that hyperactivation of PARylation is associated with poor glycemic control and the resultant oxidative stress in T2DM. The increase of PAR levels is correlated with the upregulation of key mediators of the inflammatory response. Further research is warranted to validate these findings and explore their clinical implications.
Participants assigned to this group will receive general advice about the positive effects of regular physical activity. They will be given a guide of physical exercise recommendations, according to the World Health Organization for people over 65 years of age.
Subjects will be randomized in 3:1 ratio to receive either GSK2126458 bid or placebo for approximately 8 days (7 to 10 days dosing). GSK2126458 dose will be decided from Cohort 1 and which could be escalated or deescalated or repeated from Cohort 1 dosing.
BACKGROUND: Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a widely seen reproductive and endocrinological disorder. PCOS can exert substantial effects on many aspects of an individual's life, including reproductive health and psychological well-being. The objective of this study was to assess the nutritional status, premenstrual syndrome, and mental health of women affected by PCOS in comparison to women without PCOS.
METHODOLOGY: A case-control observational study in Palestine included 100 PCOS patients and 200 healthy women. The collected data included socio-demographic information, medical history, premenstrual syndrome, mental health, nutritional status, and lifestyle. Anthropometric measurement and the Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener (MEDAS) were used to evaluate the nutritional status. The General Health Questionnaire (12-GHQ) was used to evaluate the state of mental health. Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) severity was evaluated using a validated Arabic premenstrual syndrome questionnaire.
RESULTS: The study's findings indicated that there was a statistically significant increase in the three dimensions of PMS among participants with PCOS, p < 0.05. Similarly, PCOS patients demonstrated elevated ratings across all aspects of mental health, p < 0.05. In terms of the other variables, it has been observed that PCOS patients have a notably greater prevalence of perceived sleep disturbances and decreased adherence to the Mediterranean diet. Regression analysis revealed that PCOS is associated with mental health problems indicated by a higher GHQ score (OR: 1.09; 95% CI: 1.03; 1.16, p < 0.05), lower adherence to the MD diet (OR: 0.86; 95% CI: 0.76; 0.98, p < 0.05), and pre-menstrual syndrome, especially the physical symptoms (OR: 1.06; 95% CI: 1.003; 1.12, p < 0.05) after adjusting for age, smoking, waist-hip ratio, and body mass index (BMI).
CONCLUSION: The study has linked polycystic ovary syndrome to negative mental health outcomes and an increased severity of premenstrual syndrome (PMS). Additional investigation is required in order to establish a causal association between polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and lifestyle behaviors within the Palestinian population. Intervention and instructional studies are necessary to investigate the efficacy of management strategies in alleviating the effects of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) on both physical and mental well-being.
PURPOSE:To obtain industrially and advantageously the titled pharmaceutical useful as a symptomatic therapeutic agent for bronchial asthma, by compression molding a uniform mixture containing theophylline and ethyl cellulose in a specific proportion by the direct compression method. CONSTITUTION:A sustained release theophylline pharmaceutical obtained by compression molding a mixture consisting essentially of theophylline and ethyl cellulose by the direct compression method to give a tablet. The pharmaceutical is characterized in that the proportion of the theophylline and ethyl cellulose in the above-mentioned tablet is >=75wt%, and the amount of the ethyl cellulose is 5-200pts.wt., preferably 20-100pts.wt. based on 100pts.wt. theophylline. The titled pharmaceutical is stable and has good sustained release properties, a given tablet hardness (0.5-12.0kg/cm<2>) and further improved moldability. The direct compression method provides easy operation, and the method is economically advantageous.
The invention provides an antibody molecule, nucleic acid, pharmaceutical application and an inflammatory disease treatment method, belonging to the technical field of cell immunology. The antibodies provided by the invention include amino acid sequences of HCDR1, HCDR2 and HCDR 3; the amino acid sequence of the HCDR1 is shown as SEQ ID NO. 1, the amino acid sequence of the HCDR2 is shown as SEQ ID NO. 2, and the amino acid sequence of the HCDR3 is shown as SEQ ID NO. 3; and/or an amino acid sequence having at least 80% sequence similarity with SEQ ID NO. 1, SEQ ID NO. 2 and SEQ ID NO. 3, respectively. The antibody of the invention has higher affinity, strong blocking capability and stability, wide biological application value and clinical application value, and lays a material foundation for the development of therapeutic or diagnostic drugs for autoimmune diseases.
PCT No. PCT/AT85/00060 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 19, 1986 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 19, 1986 PCT Filed Dec. 23, 1985 PCT Pub. No. WO86/03685 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 3, 1986.A method for producing a structure comprising at least one membrane with continuous pores having a diameter range of 1 to 8 nm extending along plane, curved, cylindrical or vesicular surfaces consisting essentially of at least one layer of contiguous identical protein containing molecules which molecules are arranged to form a crystal lattice defining continous pores free of said molecules, the membranes being connected to or embedded in a support layer or the membranes being connected together to form a stable unsupported film comprising removing the cell contents from intact cells of microorganisms or breaking the intact cells and separating the membranes or membrane containing cell envelope fragments, suspending the membranes or membrane containing cell envelope fragments in a liquid medium, combining the membranes or membrane containing cell envelope fragments into a layer with a crystal lattice with continuous pores free of the protein containing molecules by depositing the membranes or membrane containing cell envelope fragments onto a support layer or introducing said fragments into a support layer or connecting said fragments together to form a stable unsupported film and a method for altering the effective passage width of the pores of a structure.