anthonyyazdaniml/gliner-biomed-curated-corpus huggingface dataset:
PURPOSE: This investigation aimed to examine the mediating effect of inflammatory biomarkers on the relationship between dust exposure and lung function levels among steelworkers.
METHODS: The study comprised 2,315 front-line workers employed at an iron and steel company in Tangshan, who underwent occupational health assessments through cluster sampling. Demographic and lifestyle data were collected via a self-administered questionnaire, while physical examinations measured parameters such as height and weight. Lung function was assessed using a portable pulmonary function tester (CHEST). Blood cell counts were uniformly analyzed using a Mindray fully automated biochemistry analyzer (BS-800). Inflammatory biomarkers, including leukocyte count, neutrophil count, lymphocyte count, and platelet count, were assessed, and the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and systemic immune inflammation index were computed. Generalized linear models and Spearman rank correlation analyses were employed to explore the interplay among dust exposure, inflammatory biomarkers, and alterations in lung function. A mediation analysis model was constructed to elucidate how inflammatory biomarkers mediate the relationship between dust exposure and lung function levels.
RESULTS: After adjusting for covariates, dust exposure was significantly associated with reduced lung function levels, with statistically significant differences observed between dust-exposed and non-exposed groups across various lung function indicators (P < 0.001). In the dust-exposed group, inflammatory biomarkers were elevated, showing significant correlations with FVC and FEV1 (P < 0.05). However, the correlation between FEV1/FVC and various inflammatory biomarkers was insignificant (P > 0.05). Mediation analysis revealed that white blood cells and neutrophils partially mediated the association between dust exposure and FVC, with proportions of 1.75% and 1.09%, respectively. Similarly, white blood cells, neutrophils, and the systemic immune inflammation index partially mediated the association between dust exposure and FEV1, with proportions of 1.15%, 0.82%, and 0.82%, respectively.
CONCLUSION: In conclusion, dust exposure poses a risk for decreased lung function levels. Inflammatory biomarkers derived from blood cells offer a valuable and easily obtainable means of identifying changes in lungfunction levels. Among these biomarkers, white blood cells, neutrophils, and the systemic immune inflammation index significantly mediate the association between dust exposure and lung function levels, although further exploration is needed to understand their underlying mechanisms.
Exercise group is the control group.Consist of 30 randomly selected participants. The participants will only do the conventional balance exercise.
Subjects will be required to complete four (4) treatment visits and two follow-up visits. All of the study subjects will receive the treatment with the subject device.
Substantially linear ethylene polymers, such as ethylene/octene copolymers and ethylene/propylene/diene modified polymers, when added in a viscosity modifying amount to an oleaginous material, such as a lubricating oil, provides the material with a viscosity index that exceeds that of the material alone. The substantially linear ethylene polymers, prepared by constrained geometry catalysis, may be grafted with one or more unsaturated organic compounds, such as maleic anhydride, that contain ethylenic unsaturation. The grafted polymer may be further functionalized by reactions with, for example, an alcohol or an amine compound. The substantially linear ethylene polymers, when subjected to shearing action either before or after addition to an oleaginous material, improve shear stability of the oleaginous material. The substantially li near ethylene polymers, whether grafted, grafted and further reacted or not, also work as a thickening agent for compositions such as those used in greases, cable filling coumpounds and cosmetics. In addition, the substantially linear ethylene polymers provide effective results when blended with other components of conventional oleaginous material compositions.
The invention provides macrolide antibacterial compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The macrolide antibacterial compounds have a structural general formula represented below, wherein n is 0 or 1, R1 is selected from hydrogen or acetyl, and R is monosaccharide or disaccharide. The invention also provides a preparation method of the compounds and an application thereof in preparing antibacterial medicines. The compounds and the salts thereof provided by the invention are used in preparing antibacterial medicines, and provide advantages such as high efficiency, low toxicity, wide antibacterial spectrum, and the like. Most importantly, with the compounds and the salts, defects such as medicine resistance and poor dissolubility of macrolide antibiotics are solved. Also, the preparation process is simple, and yield is high.
The trial consists of two phases, Dose Exploration(Part A) and Dose Expansion (Part B). In Part A, three dose groups (0.3×105/kg, 1×105/kg, 3×105/kg) are set up, starting from the low dose group to explore the safe and effective dose. Each dose group will be enrolled in 3 cases.If the optimal effective dose is still not explored in the highest dose group, the dose can be increased according to the situation, and the highest dose is no more than 6×105/kg. Upon the completion of Part A, 1 optimal dose is selected by the comprehensive judgment of the investigator and the technical partner to enter into the Part B stage. The group will then be enrolled in 3\~6 cases to continue to validate the safety and efficacy.A total enrollment of 12-18 patients is expected in the whole process of the trial.
Two types of smartphone were used. One type had a conventional LED display with the full range of blue light. The LED in the other type newly developed by Samsung Display was suppressed for the blue light portion of the spectrum (wavelength 450 \~ 470 nm). The smartphones were indistinguishable from each other with the naked eye, because other wavelengths mimicked blue light in the suppressed LED.
The purpose of this study will be to generate the data required to thoroughly validate the ability of plague LFI assay (Lateral Flow Immunoassay) to accurately diagnose human infections with Y. pestis. These validation data will eventually be presented to US Food and Drug Administration (FDA; along with data from other studies that NAU will not participate) to seek approval for commercial license. The objective will be to validate this assay on the capillary blood of humans suspected to have plague as well as a study cohort likely to not have plague. From the suspected population; the specific aims of this study are to enroll up to 300 participants who present clinical signs of illness based on specific inclusion criteria. We will collect two types of blood samples from enrolled participants 1) capillary blood from a finger prick and 2) venous blood. The capillary blood will be used for direct testing on the LFI assay and the venous blood will be used to perform independent validations. This study is designed as a correlation study to understand 1) how LFI assay results compare with results from traditional diagnostic methods based on DNA detection methods and bacterial culture isolate on bubo aspirate or sputum and 2) effectiveness of capillary blood to serve as a diagnostic clinical sample as compared with traditional biological samples (venous blood, bubo and sputum). The study is designed to evaluate the outcome of LFI and how LFI results correlate with the standard plague diagnostics methods used in Madagascar and other methods. We are not examining the relationship between the results of the LFI and health outcomes of the participants. Decision of participant's medical treatment is solely based on the clinical judgment of the physician and guidelines set forth by Madagascar National Plague Control Program (PNLP); no formal test is involved with medical decision. All participants who are tested by LFI will have received medical treatment prior to the start of the study and the continuation of their medical treatment is guided by PNLP and physician judgment only. Again, we are not looking at the relationship between the results of the LFI and health outcomes of the participants.

From the non-suspect cohort, greater detail will be provided as obtained. In brief, this subject population will consist of active duty US Naval personnel and DoD beneficiaries presenting to participating study sites in the United States with influenza-like symptoms (fever, cough, sore throat). Since the US is non-endemic for plague, all participants will be presumed to be negative for Y. pestis.
BIS-DIOXOPIPERAZINE DERIVATIVES, PROCESS FOR THEIR PREPARATION, ANTITUMOR AGENTS COMPRISING THEM AND COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THEM     ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE  Disclosed are novel bis-dioxopiperazine derivatives and non-toxic salts thereof, process for their preparation, antitumor agents comprising them and compositions containing them.     The bis-dioxopiperazine derivatives are represented by the following general formula (I):                           . . . . . (I) wherein R represents an alkyl radical having 1 to 17 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl radical having 3 to 7 carbon atoms, a lower alkyl radical having a substituent or substituents selected from the group consisting of halogeno, carboxy, alkoxycarbonyl having 2 to 5 carbon atoms, lower alkoxy, substituted or unsubstituted phenoxy, naphthyloxy, substituted or unsubstituted phenylthio, substituted or unsubstituted phenyl and naphthyl, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl lower alkenyl radical, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl radical, a naphthyl radical, a heterocyclic radical selected from the group consisting of pyridyl, furyl and thienyl, an alkoxy radical having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl lower alkoxy radical, or a substituted or unsubstituted phenoxy radical.  A substituent or substituents on R may be selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, halogeno, lower alkoxy, acyloxy having 2 to 5 carbon atoms, methylene-dioxy, carboxy, amino, methanesulfonylamino and nitro.  The above-mentioned "lower alkyl", "lower alkoxy" and "lower alkenyl" respectively refer to alkyl having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, alkoxy having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and alkenyl having 2 to 4 carbon atoms.
This study examines the characteristics of patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA), the utilization of imaging in GCA diagnosis, and variations in GCA management among specialties. Subjects were identified from the Dallas VAMC database spanning 2010 to 2021 using ICD-9/10 codes for GCA and polymyalgia rheumatica, and a list of temporal artery biopsies (TAB). Patients lacking sufficient data to meet the ACR 1990 classification criteria for GCA were excluded. Categorical variables were compared using Fisher's exact test. Continuous variables were analyzed with the Kruskal-Wallis test. Among 209 identified patients, 41 were excluded due to insufficient data for ACR classification. The cohort comprised 91.9% males with a median age of 69. Of the remaining 168 patients, 42 received a final diagnosis of GCA, and 15 of these were confirmed with a positive TAB. The most reported initial symptoms were visual disturbances (75.5%) and headaches (67.7%). Ophthalmology was the initial physician for 46% of patients. GCA correlated with co-existing autoimmune diseases, glucocorticoid-sparing treatments, and consultation with a rheumatologist (p < 0.05). There were no significant differences in clinical features or management of the positive and negative TAB GCA groups. GCA presents with heterogeneous symptoms making diagnosis challenging. Scalp tenderness and headaches were significantly higher in GCA patients, but sub-group analysis revealed no significant differences among GCA patients. Vascular assessments and adjunct imaging modalities are underutilized. The establishment of multidisciplinary or fast-track clinics may enhance the optimization of GCA management. Key Points • The most common presenting symptoms were blurry vision/visual loss (75.5%), headache (67.7%), and scalp tenderness (35.9%) in descending order. • In sub-group analysis, no significant differences were found between GCA sub-groups, but when compared to the non-GCA group, were found to have significantly higher rates of headache and scalp tenderness. • Compared to other specialties, rheumatologists were more likely to use advanced imaging, and to prescribe glucocorticoid-sparing treatments. • Systematic and comprehensive assessment and multidisciplinary approach could improve diagnosis and management.
The purpose of this research is to find a set of markers in the blood and/or urine that can be linked to consumption of specific fruits and vegetables. This will allow for better understanding of the link between diet and health-related outcomes. Furthermore, the results of this study will lead to the development of new methods to evaluate the nutritional status of individuals in both community and clinical settings. Food frequency questionnaires and diaries/recalls can be affected by intentional or unintentional misreporting, and thus can create errors in determining nutritional status. This study will lead to the development of an objective way to assess the consumption of specific fruits and vegetables by the general population.

This study includes 3 aims to identify and then validate urine and plasma biomarkers associated with fruit and vegetable intake. Aim 1 will use a randomized crossover dietary intervention to determine the dose and time response of metabolites in plasma and urine associated with exposure to a mixture of MyPlate fruits and vegetables. Aim 2 will use a parallel design, controlled diet intervention to determine whether the biomarkers of fruit and vegetable intake determined in Aim 1 are predictors of consumption in the context of a defined dietary pattern. Aim 3 will be a cross-sectional validation arm that determines if the biomarkers of food intake developed in Aims 1 and 2 have predictive value reflecting recent and habitual consumption of these foods in a heterogeneous and diverse population.
Participants who meet the inclusion criteria of the study will be informed about the research by the researchers and will be included in the study on a voluntary basis and their written permissions will be obtained. Firstly, the personal information of the participants will be recorded in the data collection form. The middle finger of the left hand of each participant will be the experimental group and the little finger will be the control group. After the shellac nail polish is applied to the middle finger of the left hand, SpO2 and pulse values will be measured by pulse oximetry from the left hand middle finger and little finger of the participant and recorded in the data form. At the end of the study, SpO2 and pulse values before and after the shellac nail polish application will be compared.
The 75 participants of the control group will take 1 DV capsule of 200 IU daily for 15 weeks, this dose being the minimum recommended for children. The above, considering that it is ethical for the control group to receive a minimum dose of supplementation.
BioparTM delta-FORTE is regulated as a drug to ensure it's use is under medical supervision, and because of this, advanced folate supplementation is possible [21 CFR 250.201]. Intrinsic Factor was first marketed as Extralin(R) in 1932, and Extralin-B(R) with B-vitamins in 1936, followed by the Becotin(R) product which contained all the equivalent vitamins as this product plus intrinsic factor. "Old" drugs, including virtamins, which were considered safe prior to 1938, were permitted to continue on the market without further review. However, FDA maintained the authority to review these old drugs if possible safety concerns became apparent. In 1951, the Durham-Humphrey Act was passed. This act formally differentiated between prescription and OTC drugs. - 44 FR 16131 (March 16, 1979).
Delirium often occurs in ICU patients and is associated with negative consequences, requiring prevention. A prediction model facilitates the identification of those patients at risk for delirium and therefore need prevention the most. At present, two ICU delirium prediction models are available. First the PRE-DELIRIC model was developed. This recently recalibrated model reliably predicts ICU patients' risk for delirium within 24 hours after ICU admission. Because a relevant number of patients develops delirium during the first 24 hours after ICU admission, and prevention ideally should be deployed as soon as possible, the investigators developed the 'early prediction model' (E-PRE-DELIRIC) which reliably predicts delirium immediately after ICU admission. To implement a delirium prediction model in clinical practice, one needs to know which model best can be used. Currently, the use of a delirium prediction model is not implemented as standard in clinical practice, as this information is unavailable. Therefore the main aim of this study is to compare the (predictive and clinical) performance of the PRE-DELIRIC model and the E-PRE-DELRIC model.
Disrupted gastrointestinal (GI) motility is highly prevalent in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but its potential causative role remains unknown. Herein, the role and the mechanism of impaired GI motility in colitis pathogenesis are investigated. Increased colonic mucosal inflammation is found in patients with chronic constipation (CC). Mice with GI dysmotility induced by genetic mutation or chemical insult exhibit increased susceptibility to colitis, dependent on the gut microbiota. GI dysmotility markedly decreases the abundance of Lactobacillus animlalis and increases the abundance of Akkermansia muciniphila. The reduction in L. animlalis, leads to the accumulation of linoleic acid due to compromised conversion to conjugated linoleic acid. The accumulation of linoleic acid inhibits Treg cell differentiation and increases colitis susceptibility via inducing macrophage infiltration and proinflammatory cytokine expression in macrophage. Lactobacillus and A. muciniphila abnormalities are also observed in CC and IBD patients, and mice receiving fecal microbiota from CC patients displayed an increased susceptibility to colitis. These findings suggest that GI dysmotility predisposes host to colitis development by modulating the composition of microbiota and facilitating linoleic acid accumulation. Targeted modulation of microbiota and linoleic acid metabolism may be promising to protect patients with motility disorder from intestinal inflammation.
The treatment administration phase consists of four (4) treatment visits, delivered at least 1 week apart. Follow-ups visits at 1 month and 3 months after the final treatment will be held.
PURPOSE:To obtain the subject material, excellent in operating efficiency and used for approximating appearance thereof to that of natural teeth without precipitating porcelain even in preservation for a long period by adding inorganic fine powder having a specific particle diameter at a specified ratio to a dental porcelain and solvent. CONSTITUTION:A dental pasty material, obtained by adding 0.1-20wt.% inorganic fine powder (e.g. silica, alumina or zirconia) having 5-50nm average particle diameter to 100wt.% mixed system of a dental porcelain (e.g. simple glass material, composite material of glass with a crystal or crystallized glass) and a solvent (e.g. ethylene glycol, ethylene glycol monobutyl ether or diethyl phthalate) and used for approximating appearance of artificial crowns to that of natural teeth. The aforementioned material is excellent in operating efficiency without precipitating the dental porcelain even in preservation for a long period. The above-mentioned material can be applied to artificial tooth crowns, such as metal baked porcelain crowns or crowns made of ceramic.
A system for determining the position and orientation of a medical device relative to an image space during image-guided medical procedures. The system comprises a flexible pad mounted on the subject such that a part covers the region of interest. The pad incorporates detectable registration members. Prior to the procedure, the device is coupled to the pad, which is then rigidized, so that there is no movement of the registration members relative to each other and relative to the device. The fixed relation-ship between the device and the registration members is determined from initial images, for example using detectable markers attached to the device, enabling the pose of the device relative to the image space of images of the region of interest to be determined later, even if the device is remote from the region of interest. This minimizes exposure of the subject and medical staff to radiation.
BACKGROUND: In recent years, many studies have confirmed that hypoxia and hypoxia inducible factor (HIF)-1α drive the development of colorectal cancer (CRC). HIF-1α also modulates epitranscriptomic remodeling to regulate cancer development. However, the mechanism by which RNA methylation is altered under hypoxic conditions and the underlying regulatory mechanisms in CRC remain unclear.
METHODS: Here, seven common types of modifications of mRNA and tRNA were quantitated using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. To validate the robustness of the profiling data, modifications that were consistently altered across the three CRC cell lines under hypoxia were validated via dot blot analysis. Then, 10 enzymes that could regulate the abundance of three RNA modifications in tRNA were measured in CRC cells after hypoxia treatment using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. Furthermore, the regulatory role of HIF-1α in the expression of methyltransferase 1 (METTL1) under hypoxic conditions was confirmed using METTL1 promoter activity assays and HIF-1α small interfering RNA (siRNA). The binding capacity of HIF-1α to each hypoxia response element (HRE) in the promoter of METTL1 was investigated by performing Chromatin immunoprecipitation assay (ChIP).
RESULTS: Abundance of RNA modifications was altered more consistently and significantly in tRNA than in mRNA under hypoxic conditions. In addition, the abundance of N7-methyleguanosine (m7G) modification in tRNA decreased significantly under hypoxic conditions. As a methyltransferase of the m7G modification in tRNA, the expression of METTL1 mRNA was drastically downregulated under hypoxic conditions. Mechanistically, suppression of HIF-1α by siRNA upregulated the METTL1 promoter activity. Furthermore, ChIP showed that HIF-1α could bind with an HRE in the promoter region of METTL1, indicating that METTL1 is a direct target of HIF-1α in CRC cells under hypoxic conditions.
CONCLUSIONS: Our study revealed that the abundance of the m7G modification in tRNA was drastically reduced in CRC cells dependent on the HIF-1α-mediated inhibition of METTL1 transcription under hypoxic conditions.
Low back pain (LBP) is symptomatology with a high global prevalence; health professionals, including physiotherapists, must have the skills to create professional interaction plans that permit a better quality of life for consultants. Clinical simulation can be a pedagogic setting that facilitates students with adequate training to acquire skills that improve professional reasoning in this clinical situation. The objective of this study was to compare the effects of clinical simulation with a simulated patient (SP) versus simulation with role-playing (RP) in physiotherapy students for decision-making in clinical skills while caring for a person with LBP. Methods. An experimental study, with 42 participants from two Colombian universities, randomized into two groups (SP n = 21, RP n = 21). The clinical skill was evaluated during the interaction with a person with LBP for which the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE-ML) was validated for individuals with low back pain; thereafter, a pedagogical method was conducted that included clinical simulation and, finally, the OSCE-ML was applied again to compare both groups.