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Non‐invasive techniques for wound assessment: A comprehensive review
Authors: Zhao Chunlin , Guo Yuchen , Li Lingli , Yang Mei 
Published: November 2024

AbstractEfficient wound assessment is essential for healthcare teams to facilitate prompt diagnosis, optimize treatment plans, reduce workload, and enhance patients' quality of life. In recent years, non‐invasive techniques for aiding wound assessment, such as digital photography, 3D modelling, optical imaging, fluorescence and thermography, as well as artificial intelligence, have been gradually developed. This paper aims to review the various methods of measurement and diagnosis based on non‐invasive wound imaging, and to summarize their application in wound monitoring and assessment. The goal is to provide a foundation and reference for future research on wound assessment.
The needs of family members of people with severe or profound intellectual disabilities when collaborating with healthcare professionals: a systematic review
Authors: van Beurden K. , Vereijken F. R. , Frielink N. , Embregts P. J. C. M. 
Published: November 2024

AbstractBackgroundCollaboration with healthcare professionals is crucial in arranging necessary lifelong support for people with intellectual disabilities. However, family members often face challenges when collaborating with healthcare professionals. Family members of people with severe and profound intellectual disabilities often encounter many professionals due to medical needs and the severity of their disability. Therefore, providing a comprehensive overview of existing literature on the needs and experiences of family members of relatives with severe or profound intellectual disabilities when collaborating with healthcare professionals is needed to provide insight into how to stimulate and support collaboration.MethodThe review was conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta‐Analyses (PRISMA) statement. Seven databases were systematically searched and a thematic analysis was conducted on 23 studies.ResultsFive overarching themes were identified: (1) need for a balanced view of their relative; (2) need for recognition and compassion; (3) healthcare professionals facilitating close and active involvement; (4) desired qualities of healthcare professionals and (5) conditions for successful interaction between family members and healthcare professionals.ConclusionsThe results indicated distinct needs that family members had for themselves and their relatives, as well as desired qualities (e.g. trustworthiness) and supporting factors (e.g. information). Furthermore, the review highlighted persisting needs, such as the need for information and empathy, as well as emerging needs, such as the desire to be recognised as experts and to develop personal bonds with healthcare professionals. These insights can inform future research by identifying areas that require deeper exploration.
Effects of Nurse‐Led e‐Health Interventions on the Health‐Related Outcomes of Pregnant Women: A Systematic Review
Authors: Han Yujie , Tian Qi , Xu Mengmeng , Zhao Wei , Wang Ziqi , Zhang Wei 
Published: November 2024

ABSTRACTBackgroundPregnancy is a special time for women that involves substantial emotional, physical, social, and family changes, which can lead to physical and psychological harm. The rapid development of e‐health has provided a favourable platform for managing health‐related outcomes in pregnant women, and nurses are the professional group that is most likely to provide e‐health services. Nurse‐led e‐health interventions have attracted increasing attention, but their effects are uncertain.ObjectiveTo identify the effectiveness of nurse‐led e‐health interventions in improving health‐related outcomes in pregnant women.DesignA systematic review.Data SourcesThe PubMed, PsycINFO, EMBASE, CINAHL, ProQuest, MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science and Cochrane Library databases were searched from inception to March 2023.MethodsTwo reviewers independently assessed study eligibility and extracted data. The Cochrane risk of bias tool was used for quality assessment. The findings of this review are presented using a narrative synthesis.ResultsThis review included 14 studies involving 2016 participants. Three out of five studies reported that nurse‐led e‐health interventions significantly reduced depressive symptoms. Four studies reported significant improvements in stress and self‐efficacy after the intervention. Two studies reported significant improvements in anxiety symptoms, self‐management ability, and quality of life after the intervention. One study showed that weight gain and physical activity significantly improved after the intervention. Due to the heterogeneity in the included studies, no meta‐analysis was conducted.ConclusionsNurse‐led e‐health interventions may be beneficial for improving anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, stress, self‐efficacy, weight gain, self‐management ability, physical activity, and quality of life in pregnant women.Relevance to Clinical PracticeNurse‐led e‐health interventions could provide individualised, economic, interactive, and convenient nursing modes for pregnant women. Rigorous and high‐quality evidence confirming the long‐term effects of these interventions on pregnant women is necessary.No Patient or Public ContributionThe patients had no direct involvement in the present study.Registration NumberPROSPERO registration ID: CRD42023401973
Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology revised diagnostic criteria for polycystic ovary syndrome: JSOG2024 criteria
Authors: Noguchi Hiroki , Iwase Akira , Iwasa Takeshi , Kanasaki Haruhiko , Kimura Fuminori , Kugu Koji , Saito Kazuki , Baba Tsuyoshi , Hara Tetsuaki , Minato Saki , Yanagihara Rie , Matsuzaki Toshiya ,   from the subcommittee “Validation of diagnostic criteria for polycystic ovary syndrome in Japan” in Reproductive Endocrine Committee, Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Published: November 2024

AbstractJapanese patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) exhibit distinct body type characteristics, such that the rate of overweight/obese women is remarkably low. In addition, hyperandrogenism is relatively rare among Japanese PCOS patients. Therefore, these factors are considered in PCOS diagnostic criteria used in Japan. Diagnostic criteria for PCOS were recently revised by the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology based on a nationwide survey of PCOS and released on December 5, 2023 (JSOG2024). JSOG2024 criteria diagnosed PCOS according to the following three items: (1) irregular menstrual cycle/chronic anovulation, (2) polycystic ovarian morphology or elevated serum anti‐Müllerian hormone (AMH) level, and (3) hyperandrogenism or high luteinizing hormone. The presence of all three items is required to diagnose PCOS, after excluding other diseases with symptoms similar to PCOS. We also established AMH cut‐off values by age and a system for evaluating ovarian findings useful for both the JSOG2024 and Rotterdam criteria. We anticipate that the JSOG2024 criteria with cut‐off values will enhance the treatment of Japanese patients with PCOS and those of other ethnicities with low obesity and hirsutism.
Stigma Management within and between Levels
Authors: Mitchell Rebecca , Maley Jane , Boyle Brendan , Gu Jun 
Published: November 2024

AbstractWe respond to recent calls to connect our understanding of stigma across and between levels of analysis by investigating how stigma management strategies to the same stigma vary and relate in nested industry, organizational, and individual actors. Drawing on data collected from 61 interviews with various workers in the coal industry in Australia, we find evidence of commonalities across individual, organizational, and industry stigma management strategies as well as substantial distinctions. Furthermore, we find evidence of cross‐level influence efforts that aim to increase the probability that specific tactics will be more likely adopted or effective. While individual, organizational, and industry actors can all be ‘labelled’ by the same stigmatization, the present study is, to our knowledge, the first that explores whether and how actors at different levels manage the same stigma.
A phylogenetic analysis of scale insects (Hemiptera, Coccoidea) based on genomic and transcriptomic data
Authors: Song Nan , Wang Miaomiao , Tang Huiji , Dang Zhihao 
Published: November 2024

AbstractCoccoidea (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha) are widely distributed and agriculturally significant insects known for their distinctive morphology and biological traits. The Coccoidea are often called scales or mealybugs because many species have a shell‐like covering resembling a scale or are covered with mealy wax. Knowledge of scale insects beyond the female adult stage is limited, partly because other life stages are less conspicuous, shorter‐lived, and less impactful on host plants. This complicates accurate classification, further compounded by limited molecular phylogenetic studies. This study presents the first phylogenetic analyses combining genome and transcriptome sequence data. We sequenced five whole genomes and one transcriptome from Pseudococcidae and integrated these new genome‐scale data with existing genome and transcriptome sequences to perform phylogenomic analysis of scale insects. The analysis yielded robustly supported relationships within Coccoidea, resolving several high‐level relationships. The current genome‐scale data support the monophyly of Monophlebidae, Pseudococcidae, Kerriidae, and Diaspididae, while not supporting the monophyly of Coccidae and Eriococcidae. Bayesian inferences using site‐heterogeneous models corroborated Pseudococcidae as the sister group of all other neococcoid families. Within Pseudococcidae, two subfamilies, Phenacoccinae and Pseudococcinae, were supported. At the tribe level, Phenacoccini was found to be monophyletic, whereas Planococcini, Trabutinini, and Pseudococcini were not.
Poor sleep quality is a risk factor for adverse clinical outcomes in patients with acute aortic dissection: A prospective cohort study
Authors: Cai Meiling , Jiang Fei , Lin Lingyu , Peng Yanchun , Li Sailan , Chen Liangwan , Lin Yanjuan 
Published: November 2024

SummaryThe decrease in sleep quality leads to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and is closely related to the prognosis of various diseases. However, the relationship between preoperative sleep quality and postoperative clinical outcomes in patients with acute aortic dissection is still unclear. We aimed to assess the relationship between sleep quality and the clinical outcomes of acute aortic dissection. We assessed participants' sleep quality and the clinical outcomes of acute aortic dissection, which included prolonged mechanical ventilation, postoperative delirium, in‐hospital death, continuous renal replacement therapy, intensive care unit stay time, and length of stay. Patients were divided into good sleep quality group (n = 103) and poor sleep quality group (n = 113). Postoperative delirium, in‐hospital death, prolonged mechanical ventilation and intensive care unit stay time were significantly increased in the poor sleep quality group when compared with the good sleep quality group (p < 0.05). Multivariate regression analysis showed that the poorer sleep quality, the greater the risk of in‐hospital death (odds ratio = 3.451, 95% confidence interval 1.19–10.004) and prolonged mechanical ventilation (odds ratio = 6.302, 95% confidence interval 3.105–12.791), and the longer intensive care unit stay time (β = 62.37, 95% confidence interval 22.411–102.329). In addition, the higher the incidence of smoking history (odds ratio = 7.417, 95% confidence interval 2.425–22.684), poor sleep quality (odds ratio = 11.59, 95% confidence interval 3.844–34.942) and postoperative delirium (odds ratio = 5.1, 95% confidence interval 1.793–14.504), the greater the risk of prolonged mechanical ventilation. Our findings revealed that poor sleep quality may be a risk factor for adverse clinical outcomes of acute aortic dissection. Rapid assessment of self‐reported sleep quality may be a simple and effective way to identify patients with acute aortic dissection who are at high risk for prolonged mechanical ventilation.
How reliably do keratinous tissues predict total mercury concentration in internal tissues of a highly mobile carnivore with a terrestrial diet?
Authors: Warret Rodrigues C. , Wang F. , Halden N. M. , Yang P. , Roth J. D. 
Published: November 2024

AbstractHair offers a non‐invasive way to assess mercury exposure in diverse species, but variable and poorly understood molt patterns in wildlife may hamper the interpretation of tracer levels in hair. The reliability of using hair to precisely assess internal mercury burden, thus, varies across species, but few studies have assessed the reliability of using claw. Claws grow continuously, and growth rate may be easier to monitor than molt patterns. We quantified total mercury concentration (THg) in internal and keratinous tissues of 55 red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) legally harvested near Arctic tree line in Canada in winter (i.e., when mobility and opportunistic foraging are maximal) to compare the performance of hair and claw in predicting internal mercury burden, and examine the overall capacity of THg in keratinous tissues to predict internal THg at low exposure. Red foxes are widespread, occur at high densities and occupy a high trophic position, and thus could be a good sentinel species for monitoring mercury in the less‐studied terrestrial food webs. We found generally low levels of THg in all fox tissues (range: 0.06 mg kg−1 in brain to 1.13 mg kg−1 in hair) indicating overall low contamination of this low‐Arctic terrestrial food web. Relationships between THg of diverse internal organs were strong, but THg in both claws and hair were poor predictors of THg in internal organs. We thus advise caution when interpreting mercury levels in keratinous tissues of highly mobile species, as they may over‐ or underestimate the overall levels of exposure of a population because of non‐continuous or seasonal growth. Adding a time component using segmental analysis of continuously growing keratinous tissues, or associating multiple tissues reflecting diverse timeframes and physiological processes, may offer a more accurate and complete understanding of toxicological risks.
Immigrant detention be banned? Constituent, subconstituent, and elite influence over House Democrat's decision to cosponsor the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act
Authors: Morín Jason L. , Collingwood Loren 
Published: November 2024

AbstractHow responsive are House members to the immigration policy interest of constituents, sub‐constituencies, and businesses? We test members' responsiveness to each of these groups by focusing on House Democrats' decision to cosponsor the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act (DDIA), a bill that phases out the use of private immigrant detention facilities. We expect House Democrats to be more likely to cosponsor DDIA when their constituents possess more liberal immigration attitudes and represent larger Latino, Asian American, and foreign‐born populations. Conversely, we expect House Democrats with private immigrant detention facilities in their districts or accept PAC contributions from private prison companies to be less likely to cosponsor the legislation. Our findings show general support for all three expectations. Thus, even though some House Democrats are unlikely to take positions on liberal immigration reform policies, such as the DDIA, House Democrats are responsive to their constituents on the issue of immigration.
Elevational Range Impacts Connectivity and Predicted Deme Sizes From Models of Habitat Suitability
Authors: French Connor M. , Damasceno Roberta P. , Vasconcellos Mariana M. , Rodrigues Miguel T. , Carnaval Ana C. , Hickerson Michael J. 
Published: November 2024

ABSTRACTIn integrative distributional, demographic and coalescent (iDDC) modelling, a critical component is the statistical relationship between habitat suitability and local population sizes. This study explores this relationship in two Enyalius lizard species from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: the high‐elevation E. iheringii and low‐elevation E. catenatus and how this transformation affects spatiotemporal demographic inference. Most previous iDDC studies assumed a linear relationship, but this study hypothesises that the relationship may be nonlinear, especially for high‐elevation species with broader environmental tolerances. We test two key hypotheses: (1) The habitat suitability to population size relationship is nonlinear for E. iheringii (high‐elevation) and linear for E. catenatus (low‐elevation); and (2) E. iheringii exhibits higher effective migration across populations than E. catenatus. Our findings provide clear support for hypothesis (2), but mixed support for hypothesis (1), with strong model support for a nonlinear transformation in the high‐elevation E. iheringii and some (albeit weak) support for a nonlinear transformation also in E. catenatus. The iDDC models allow us to generate landscape‐wide maps of predicted genetic diversity for both species, revealing that genetic diversity predictions for the high‐elevation E. iheringii align with estimated patterns of historical range stability, whereas predictions for low‐elevation E. catenatus are distinct from range‐wide stability predictions. This research highlights the importance of accurately modelling the habitat suitability to population size relationship in iDDC studies, contributing to our understanding of species' demographic responses to environmental changes.
Detecting Echinocandin Resistance in C. glabrata Using Commercial Methods: Are CLSI or EUCAST Breakpoints Suitable for Categorical Classification?
Authors: Escribano Pilar , Cuéllar Laura Alguacil , Álvarez‐Gutiérrez Almudena , Muñoz Patricia , Guinea Jesús 
Published: November 2024

ABSTRACTBackgroundPrevious studies correlated Sensititre YeastOne and gradient diffusion plastic strips with standard procedures for the detection of echinocandin‐resistant C. glabrata isolates. However, these studies were limited by the low number of resistant isolates studied; the inclusion of sufficient numbers of mutant isolates is essential to test the procedures' capacity to detect resistance.ObjectiveWe assessed the performance of Sensititre YeastOne and Etest strips to detect echinocandin resistance in susceptible or resistant C. glabrata isolates (n = 80) in which the FKS genes were sequenced, and MICs interpreted using EUCAST and CLSI breakpoints.Patients/MethodsIsolates were echinocandin‐susceptible (n = 50) or echinocandin‐resistant according to EUCAST 7.4 methodology. Echinocandin susceptibility using Sensititre YeastOne and Etest strips and categorical agreement were assessed.ResultsAll except one anidulafungin‐resistant isolate had an anidulafungin Sensititre YeastOne MIC ≥ 0.25 mg/L, while most micafungin‐resistant isolates had a MIC ≥ 0.25 mg/L. Likewise, all anidulafungin‐resistant isolates had an anidulafungin Etest strip‐obtained MIC ≥ 0.03 mg/L, whereas micafungin‐resistant isolates were ≥ 0.125 mg/L. Overall, these commercial methods correctly classified > 90% of isolates by using any breakpoint. Despite the low number of errors detected, these were mostly false resistance (major errors) with EUCAST breakpoints and false susceptibility (very major errors) with CLSI breakpoints.ConclusionsSensititre YeastOne and Etest strips were suitable procedures to detect echinocandin resistance in C. glabrata. The high number of FKS mutants included reinforces our study and opens the door for multicentre validations.
Neuromorphic engineering: Artificial brains for artificial intelligence
Authors: Leugering Johannes 
Published: November 2024

AbstractNeuromorphic engineering is a research discipline that tries to bridge the gaps between neuroscience and engineering, cognition and algorithms, and natural and artificial intelligence. Neuromorphic engineering promises revolutionary breakthroughs that could rapidly advance our understanding of the brain and pave the way toward more human‐like and sustainable artificial intelligence. But first, it will have to find its way out of the laboratory.
The root hairless mutant buzz in Brachypodium distachyon shows increased nitrate uptake and signaling but does not affect overall nitrogen use efficiency
Authors: Rosas Miguel A. , Alvarez José M. , Sanguinet Karen A. 
Published: November 2024

SUMMARYRoot systems are uniquely adapted to fluctuations in external nutrient availability. In response to suboptimal nitrogen conditions, plants adopt a root foraging strategy that favors a deeper and more branched root architecture, enabling them to explore and acquire soil resources. This response is gradually suppressed as nitrogen conditions improve. However, the root hairless mutant buzz in Brachypodium distachyon shows a constitutive nitrogen‐foraging phenotype with increased root growth and root branching under nitrate‐rich conditions. To investigate how this unique root structure and root hair morphology in the buzz mutant affects nitrate metabolism, we measured the expression of nitrate‐responsive genes, nitrate uptake and accumulation, nitrate reductase activity, and nitrogen use efficiency. We found that nitrate responses were upregulated by low nitrate conditions in buzz relative to wild type and correlated with increased expression of nitrate transport genes. In addition, buzz mutants showed increased nitrate uptake and a higher accumulation of nitrate in shoots. The buzz mutant also showed increased nitrate reductase activity in the shoots under low nitrate conditions. However, developmentally mature wild‐type and buzz plants grown under low nitrate had similar nitrogen use efficiencies. These findings suggest that BUZZ influences nitrate signaling and that enhanced responsiveness to nitrate is required in buzz seedlings to compensate for the lack of root hairs. These data question the importance of root hairs in enhancing nitrate uptake and expand our understanding of how root hairs in grasses affect physiological responses to low nitrate availability.
A novel virus potentially evolved from the N4-like viruses represents a unique viral family:
Poorviridae
Authors: Wang Wei , Wang Hongmin , Zou Xiao , Liu Yundan , Zheng Kaiyang , Chen Xin , Wang Xinyi , Sun Shujuan , Yang Yang , Wang Min , Shao Hongbing , Liang Yantao 
Published: November 2024

ABSTRACT

Pseudoalteromonas
are widely distributed in marine extreme habitats and exhibit diverse extracellular protease activity, which is essential for marine biogeochemical cycles. However, our understanding of viruses that infect
Pseudoalteromonas
remains limited. This study isolated a virus infecting
Pseudoalteromonas nigrifaciens
from Xiaogang in Qingdao, China. vB_PunP_Y3 comprises a linear, double-strand DNA genome with a length of 48,854 bp, encoding 52 putative open reading frames. Transmission electron microscopy demonstrates the short-tailed morphology of vB_PunP_Y3. Phylogenetic and genome-content-based analysis indicate that vB_PunP_Y3 represents a novel virus family named as
Poorviridae
, along with three high-quality uncultivated viral genomes. Biogeographical analyses show that
Poorviridae
is distributed across five viral ecological zones, and is predominantly detected in the Antarctic, Arctic, and bathypelagic zones. Comparative genomics analyses identified three of the seven hallmark proteins of N4-like viruses (DNA polymerase, major capsid protein, and virion-encapsulated RNA polymerase) from vB_PunP_Y3, combing with the protein tertiary structures of the major capsid protein, suggesting that vB_PunP_Y3 might evolve from the N4-like viruses.

IMPORTANCE

vB_PunP_Y3 is a unique strain containing three of the seven hallmark proteins of N4-like viruses, but is grouped into a novel family-level viral cluster with three uncultured viruses from metagenomics, named
Poorviridae
. This study enhanced the understanding about the genetic diversity, evolution, and distribution of
Pseudoalteromonas
viruses and provided insights into the novel evolution mechanism of marine viruses.