anthonyyazdaniml/gliner-biomed-curated-corpus huggingface dataset:
The study was performed in the period of 07/21/2021-30/10/2021. The study included 48 women 29-49 years old who have complained of stress urinary incontinence for at least 4 weeks, who gave birth and signed the consent form. Women complaining of vaginismus, suffering from urinary tract infection, cancer, epilepsy or skin conditions with implanted pacemakers, metal implants and pregnant women were excluded from the study. Study participants were randomly divided into two groups: the I group (n=24), in which participants underwent functional magnetic stimulation (FMS) and the II group (n=24) in which subjects received pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) program. Participants were evaluated before the intervention and repeated after 6 weeks. Subjects responded to a general questionnaire before the intervention, before and after the intervention, the International Consultation on Incontinence Questionnaire-Short Form (ICIQ-SF) and Incontinence Impact Questionnaire-Short Form (IIQ-7) were used to assess the symptoms of urinary incontinence and their impact on quality of life. Pelvic floor muscle strength and endurance were assessed with a "Pelvexiser" perineometer. Statistical analysis was performed by IBM SPSS Statistics 26.0 and Microsoft Excel software 365.
The invention relates to a traditional Chinese medicine navel paste for treating paralytic ileus and a preparation method thereof, wherein the navel paste is prepared from the following traditional Chinese medicines in parts by weight: 20-60 parts of dried toad skin; 20-40 parts of monkshood; 20-40 parts of rheum officinale; 20-40 parts of folium artemisiae argyi; 20-60 parts of mirabilite; 20-40 parts of angelica; 20-40 parts of beautiful sweetgum fruit; 100 portions and 150 portions of honey. The preparation method can be simply expressed as fully grinding the solid medicine, adding the honey and the melted mirabilite, fully mixing and then preparing the navel paste. The invention solves the problem that the prior paralytic ileus lacks an effective treatment method; overcomes the defects of large side effect and limited application range of oral medicaments. The invention has strong innovation, the application of the dried toad skin in regulating the flow of qi is a new application of the traditional medicine, and the application of the dried toad skin on the navel is a new application of the traditional medicine. The invention has sufficient clinical practice basis and definite curative effect. The invention has reasonable prescription, mutual synergy of various medicines on the medicine effect, mutual adjuvant treatment on the side effect aspect, safety, effectiveness, low cost, convenience and practicability.
The present invention relates to topical composition on skin that reduces the appearance of wrinkles and lines. The present invention comprises one or more plant extracts having muscle relaxant activity. The present invention further comprises one or more penetration enhancers for promoting permeation of active ingredients through skin. The present invention also provides a cosmetic composition comprising a Kava extract to reduce the appearance of wrinkles and lines in a person's skin. The Kava extract is obtained from Piper Methysticum root, leaf, stem, or their combinations thereof. The Kava extract is extracted by using polar solvents, non-polar solvents, or supercritical fluid such as carbon dioxide. In certain embodiment of the invention, Kavalactones are the active substances. The amount of Kavalactones in the compositions of the present invention is about 1% to about 90% by weight of the Kava extract.
This study is a prospective, randomized, double-blind, double-simulated, placebo parallel-controlled, multi-center clinical study. Children who met the inclusion criteria of viral upper respiratory tract infection in eligible children aged by 3-12 years will be enrolled. The study contained 3 treatment groups. Xiao'er Chaigui Tuire Keli and Xiao'er Feire Kechuan Keli were used as symptomatic treatment drugs in each group, and the two test groups additionally added to different doses of recombinant human interferon ω spray, placebo was added to the placebo group. This study is a prospective, randomized, double-blind, double-simulated, placebo parallel-controlled, multi-center clinical study. Children who met the inclusion criteria of viral upper respiratory tract infection in eligible children aged by 3-12 years will be enrolled. The study contained 3 treatment groups. Xiao'er Chaigui Tuire Keli and Xiao'er Feire Kechuan Keli were used as symptomatic treatment drugs in each group, and the two test groups additionally added to different doses of recombinant human interferon ω spray, placebo was added to the placebo group. In each group, each bottle of drug was sprayed 1 time, sprayed into the child's pharynx, 2 times/dayand should not eat or drink for 20 minutes after using the medicine, Xiao'er Chaigui Tuire Keli and Xiao'er Feire Kechuan Keli should be taken orally according to the doctor's instructions. The treatment period is 7 days. All subjects returned to the study site for evaluating the primary efficacy measures, secondary efficacy measures and safety measures on Treatment Day 7±1. Telephone follow-up was performed on Treatment Day 14±2.
Chronic hepatitis C virus infection is a major cause of mortality due to liver cirrhosis globally. Despite the advances in recent therapeutic strategies, there is yet a high burden of HCV-related cirrhosis worldwide concerning low coverage of newly developed antiviral therapies, insufficient validity of the current diagnostic methods for cirrhosis, and incomplete understanding of the pathogenesis in this stage of liver disease. Hence we aimed to clarify the molecular events in HCV-related cirrhosis and identify a liver-specific gene signature to potentially improve diagnosis and prognosis of the disease. Through RNA-seq transcriptome profiling of liver samples of Iranian patients with HCV-related cirrhosis, the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified and subjected to functional annotation including biological process (BP) and molecular function (MF) analysis and also KEGG pathway enrichment analysis. Furthermore, the validation of RNA-seq data was investigated for seven candidate genes using qRT-PCR. Moreover, the diagnostic and prognostic power of validated DEGs were analyzed in both forms of individual DEG and combined biomarkers through receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. Finally, we explored the pair-wise correlation of these six validated DEGs in a new approach. We identified 838 significant DEGs (padj ˂0.05) enriching 375 and 15 significant terms subjected to BP and MF, respectively (false discovery rate ˂ 0.01) and 46 significant pathways (p-value ˂ 0.05). Most of these biological processes and pathways were related to inflammation, immune responses, and cellular processes participating somewhat in the pathogenesis of liver disease. Interestingly, some neurological-associated genes and pathways were involved in HCV cirrhosis-related neuropsychiatric disorders. Out of seven candidate genes, six DEGs, including inflammation-related genes ISLR, LTB, ZAP70, KLRB1, and neuronal-related genes MOXD1 and Slitrk3 were significantly confirmed by qRT-PCR. There was a close agreement in the expression change results between RNA-seq and qRT-PCR for our candidate genes except for SAA2-SAA4 (P= 0.8). High validity and reproducibility of six novel DEGs as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers were observed. We also found several pair-wise correlations between validated DEGs. Our findings indicate that the six genes LTB, ZAP70, KLRB1, ISLR, MOXD1, and Slitrk3 could stand as promising biomarkers for diagnosing of HCV-related cirrhosis. However, further studies are recommended to validate the diagnostic potential of these biomarkers and evaluate their capability as targets for the prevention and treatment of cirrhosis disease.
A process for diagnosing and treating somatoform vegetative dysfunction provides for the psychotherapeutic correction according to the dominant type of anxiety. For anxiety group I, the medicamentous therapy comprises antidepressants with the antianxious activity. The cognitive psychotherapy after Beck is used. For anxiety group II, the anxiolytics combined with nootropic drugs with the additional activating effects and the derivatives of vitamin Вare used. The progressive muscular relaxation after Jackobson is employed. For anxiety group III, antidepressant belonging to the selective inhibitors of the reverse serotonine uptake is used and the systemic desensitization is employed as the means of psychotherapy. For anxiety group IV, antidepressant belonging to the selective inhibitors of the reverse serotonine uptake is used in combination with anxiolytics. The method of the paradoxical intention is used for psychotherapy. For anxiety group V, anxiolytics combined with antidepressants of the strong antianxious activity are used.
Commissurotomy is a surgical technique whereby the lip commissure is incised. Indications for commissurotomy include cheiloplasty, partial commissurectomy, or access to the caudal portion of the maxilla or mandible for oral surgery. Carbon dioxide (CO2) laser was used for commissurotomy in dogs for partial commissurectomy (n = 7) or access for oral surgery (n = 60). All dogs had oral or maxillofacial neoplasms that required resective surgery. The CO2 laser was used to perform commissurotomy or commissurectomy, as indicated. Commissurotomy healing was evaluated at 2 weeks with longer-term follow-up of a minimum of 6 weeks (104.6 ± 99.2 weeks) postoperatively. Postoperative complications related to commissurotomy (n = 6) included mucosal dehiscence (n = 3) less than 1.5 cm, lip margin dehiscence (n = 2) less than 1.0 cm, and complete commissurotomy wound dehiscence (n = 1). Two wound dehiscence cases, including the complete wound dehiscence, had uncomplicated healing following revision surgery. Minor marginal and mucosal dehiscence cases healed by the second intention. Periwound edema ranged from mild to severe and resolved by the 2-week postoperative examination. Statistical analysis showed that complications associated with commissurotomy/commissurectomy were independent of the type of surgical procedure, tumor type, and surgical margin evaluation when using the CO2 laser. Commissurotomy using CO2 laser provided rapid and unimpeded exposure with minimal hemorrhage of the caudal maxilla and mandible for resective oral and maxillofacial surgery.
The experimental group will receive one single session of 20-min electrical energy transfer session (Capacitive mode, 0.5 Mhz radiofrequency, intensity 40%). The TENS group will receive one 20-minute session of transcutaneous electrical stimulation (TENS, asynchronous rectangular pulse, f\< 50Hz). The control (CON) group will not receive any intervention. Outcome measures will be measured prior to, immediately after, 24 and 48 hours after.
The invention discloses paloci derivatives, a preparation method and application thereof. The structural formula is shown as formula I. The invention adopts the method of directly adding N-acetyl cysteamine into Streptomyces paulus NRRL8115 high-yield strains which are producing bacteria of paulomycin to obtain four new-structure paulomycin derivatives. Antibacterial activity experiments show that MICs of palsimycin A and B to test strains and MICs of paulomycin A and B are at the same level. Acid-base stability experiments show that both palsimycin A and B, C, D are more stable than paulomycin A and paulomycin B under the same conditions. The method avoids the unstable puromycin from being directly separated and purified from the fermentation liquor, and the added SNAC is easy to obtain and has no toxicity to cells, and does not influence the growth of thalli.
FIELD: medicine, veterinary science. ^ SUBSTANCE: invention refers to veterinary science. The method involves symptomatic therapy and introduction of a preparation with antioxidant, hepatoprotective action. As an antioxidant, Depolen is applied subcutaneously in dosage 1.9-2.1 ml per 100 kg of body weight. The diet is added with vermiculite of the Potaninskoye deposit at 0.10-0.15 g per 1 kg of live weight twice a day for 14-15 days every 14-15 days, for 85-90 days. ^ EFFECT: method allows normalising the functional state of liver and improving antioxidant protection in hepatosis animals. ^ 3 ex, 3 tbl
The invention relates to an angelica sinensis chengqi decoction/lithium carbonate composition. The angelica sinensis chengqi decoction is prepared from following raw material medicines by weight: 300 parts of rheum officinale, 150 parts of mirabilite, 300 parts of angelica sinensis, 120 parts of dried orange peel, 80 parts of snakegourd seed, 40 parts of snakegourd peel, and 0.5 part of ethylparaben. The ratio of the angelica sinensis chengqi decoction to the lithium carbonate is 60 mL:0.5-1.25 g. The invention also discloses applications of the composition. The composition and applications thereof are advantageous in that: the medicine composition can exert synergistic effects of the medicine components, and can treat mania synergistically and effectively improve the life quality of mania patients. The medicine composition can largely reduce the cost and reduce the side effects at the same time of improving the curative effects. By application of the medicine composition, the disadvantage that adoption of a single medicine can induce drug resistance in the prior art can be overcome.
Patients with TMD will involve to this study. After having the diagnose in Yeditepe U. Dental Hospital patients will be sent to the Radiology Department. MRI images will be gathered in sagittal, coronal and axial plane for each patient before and after treatment. Volunteers will be divided into two groups; (1) splint therapy for 6 weeks, (2) splint therapy + osteopathy 2 times a week for 6 weeks randomly. At the end of the treatment, patients will be sent to Radiology for the second images. Health Survey and pain scores, Disc condyle angle, disc and condyle displacements will be measured and compared inter and intra groups.
After randomization, participants in the Yoga group will meet twice weekly for 8 weeks of classes taught by MSK yoga instructors. Each class will last for sixty minutes. In addition to these group classes, participants will utilize a home-based program on the days group classes are not held. The daily home practice will continue for four weeks after the group classes are finished.
PURPOSE: To investigate the incidence and morphological biomarkers to predict the exudative conversion in eyes with type 1 nonexudative macular neovascularization using swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography.
METHODS: Macular neovascularizations were detected using the retinal pigment epithelium-to-retinal pigment epithelium-fit slab of swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography scan. Depending on whether exudation developed within a year, the eyes were divided into two groups: active and silent. Qualitative and quantitative optical coherence tomography angiography parameters of the two groups were evaluated to discriminate the biomarkers associated with exudative conversion.
RESULTS: Of the 40 eyes, nine developed exudation within 1 year (incidence rate 22.5%). The active group exhibited a significantly higher "anastomosis and loops" pattern, greater "vessel density," increased "junction density," fewer "number of end points," and lower "lacunarity" compared with the silent group. "Anastomosis and loops" and higher "vessel density" were correlated with the active group in multivariate analyses. A predictive model combining these biomarkers achieved 95% accuracy in predicting exudative conversion.
CONCLUSION: At 12 months, the risk of exudation was 22.5%, and "anastomosis and loops" and "vessel density" were useful optical coherence tomography angiography biomarkers for predicting exudative conversion in eyes with type 1 nonexudative macular neovascularization. For eyes with a high risk of exudative conversion, more frequent follow-up is recommended.
This is an trial designed to evaluate the positive predictive value of 18F-DCFPyL PET imaging in men diagnosed with prostate cancer with increasing PSA levels. Patients will receive a single dose of 18FDCFPyL PET and undergo a PET imaging study. 18F-DCFPyL Injection is an 18F-labeled small molecule that targets the extracellular domain of PSMA. One intravenous catheter will be placed for radiopharmaceutical administration. Patients will be injected with ≤ 333 MBq (≤ 9 mCi) of 18F-DCFPyL via this catheter. The dose range for 18F-DCFPyL will be 7 - 9 mCi. The PET imaging may be repeated at a later date if the biopsy of the lesion is negative and if the lesion is present on follow-up imaging.
The women in this arm participate in a Prime Time Sister Circle (PTSC). The PTSC is a multi-faceted, facilitated, curriculum- and community-based, intensive, support group intervention with 25-30 mid-life African American women per group. PTSC addresses three key modifiable health risk factors for chronic disease: unmanaged stress, physical inactivity, and unhealthy nutritional choices. It also addresses additional risk factors that contribute to unhealthy lifestyles: lack of knowledge or misinformation about major illnesses-cardiovascular disease (CVD), hypertension, diabetes, cancer, stress and depression-and the failure of African American women to prioritize their health and take proactive steps to manage their health and health outcomes. PTSC gives African American women the information, motivation, tools, skills, and consultative support they need to improve and maintain their health.
BACKGROUND: The forgotten ureteral stents (FUS) is one of the late complications of stent placement. This systematic review summarized different aspects of FUS and focused on the problems and solutions related to FUS.
METHODS: This systematic review was conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) statement. PubMed® and Embase® were searched from inception until October 1st, 2022. Eligible studies were those defining FUS as a stent unintentionally left in situ longer than at least 2 months.
RESULTS: Total 147 studies with 1292 patients were finally included. The mean indwelling time of FUS was 33.5 months (range from 3 months to 32 years). The most common initial cause for stent placement was adjunct treatment to urolithiasis (79.2%). The major forgetting reasons were patient-related (83.9%), which included poor compliance, lapse in memory, and misconceptions about the necessity of timely removal. Primary presenting complaints were flank pain (37.3%), lower urinary tract symptoms (33.3%), and hematuria (22.8%). Encrustation (80.8%) and urinary tract infections (40.2%) were the most common complications detected in patients with FUS. Computed tomography evolving as a preferred imaging test (76.1%) was indispensable for evaluating encrustation, migration, fracture and other complicated situations in patients with FUS. Besides, evaluation of kidney function and infection status was also of great importance. Multiple and multimodal procedures (59.0%) were often necessitated to achieve the stent-free status, and were mostly endoscopic procedures. Cystoscope was most commonly used (64.8%). Retrograde ureteroscopy (43.4%) and antegrade stent removal (31.6%) were often used when dealing with more complicated situations. Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (30.4%) was often used as adjunctive to other endoscopic procedures, but it sometimes failed. The decision regarding the choice of treatment is based on the volume and site of encrustation, the direction of migration, the site of fracture, kidney function and other urinary comorbidities.
CONCLUSIONS: FUS not only pose hazard to patients' health, but also impose a huge economic burden on medical care. Thorough preoperative evaluation is fundamental to developing the treatment strategy. The management of FUS should be individualized using different treatment modalities with their advantages to minimize patients' morbidities. Prevention is better than cure. Strengthening health education and setting a tracking program are of great importance to the prevention of FUS.
OBJECTIVE: To identify HBV-related genes (HRGs) implicated in osteoporosis (OP) pathogenesis and develop a diagnostic model for early OP detection in chronic HBV infection (CBI) patients.
METHODS: Five public sequencing datasets were collected from the GEO database. Gene differential expression and LASSO analyses identified genes linked to OP and CBI. Machine learning algorithms (random forests, support vector machines, and gradient boosting machines) further filtered these genes. The best diagnostic model was chosen based on accuracy and Kappa values. A nomogram model based on HRGs was constructed and assessed for reliability. OP patients were divided into two chronic HBV-related clusters using non-negative matrix factorization. Differential gene expression analysis, Gene Ontology, and KEGG enrichment analyses explored the roles of these genes in OP progression, using ssGSEA and GSVA. Differences in immune cell infiltration between clusters and the correlation between HRGs and immune cells were examined using ssGSEA and the Pearson method.
RESULTS: Differential gene expression analysis of CBI and combined OP dataset identified 822 and 776 differentially expressed genes, respectively, with 43 genes intersecting. Following LASSO analysis and various machine learning recursive feature elimination algorithms, 16 HRGs were identified. The support vector machine emerged as the best predictive model based on accuracy and Kappa values, with AUC values of 0.92, 0.83, 0.74, and 0.7 for the training set, validation set, GSE7429, and GSE7158, respectively. The nomogram model exhibited AUC values of 0.91, 0.79, and 0.68 in the training set, GSE7429, and GSE7158, respectively. Non-negative matrix factorization divided OP patients into two clusters, revealing statistically significant differences in 11 types of immune cell infiltration between clusters. Finally, intersecting the HRGs obtained from LASSO analysis with the HRGs identified three genes.
CONCLUSION: This study successfully identified HRGs and developed an efficient diagnostic model based on HRGs, demonstrating high accuracy and strong predictive performance across multiple datasets. This research not only offers new insights into the complex relationship between OP and CBI but also establishes a foundation for the development of early diagnostic and personalized treatment strategies for chronic HBV-related OP.
Mechanically ventilated patients who underwent a computed tomographic scan for dyspnea or hypoxemia will undergo a standardized lung ultrasound examination on Day 1 and Day 2 to 4. The GE Vivid ultrasound system will be used to perform the lung ultrasound examination.
Umbilical cord is a vital structure of maternal-fetal life that can be used to evaluate pregnancy outcomes. In the past, sonographic investigations of the umbilical cord were limited to identification of the number of vessels and Doppler evaluation of the blood flow. Various formulas have developed to calculate Estimated Fetal Weight (EFW) using fetal biometry. While it is being accurate to a degree, they are associated with error especially with extreme birth weight. In this study using the ultrasound to look for a relation between the umbilical cord cross sectional area and estimated birth weight, as it's easy to use and readily available, comparing the estimated birth weight obtained by this method with that of Hadlock's formula measures at term gestation. Trying to prove that the umbilical cord area formula might gave advocacy for future usage for birth weight prediction.