Mobile game addiction and its association with musculoskeletal pain among students: A cross-sectional study.

Background: The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether there is a difference in musculoskeletal pain between those who are addicted to mobile games and those who are not, to ascertain the association between mobile game addiction and socio-demographic variables, and to ascertain the pain predictor for mobile game addiction on different musculoskeletal regions.

Methods: There were 840 students in all, both males and females, in this cross-sectional survey from three distinct Bangladeshi institutions. The Nordic Musculoskeletal Discomfort Questionnaire, the Gaming Addiction Scale, and the demographic data form were distributed to the participants.

Bioselective and Radiopaque Zinc-Biopolymeric Complex-Based Porous Biomaterials Promote Mammalian Tissue Ingrowth In Vivo While Inhibiting Microbial Biofilm Gene Expression and Biofilm Formation.

Metal-organic complexes have shown astounding bioactive properties; however, they are rarely explored as biomaterials. Recent studies showed that carboxymethyl-chitosan (CMC) genipin-conjugated zinc biomimetic scaffolds have unique bioselective properties. The biomaterial was reported to be mammalian cell-friendly; at the same time, it was found to discourage microbial biofilm formation on its surface, which seemed to be a promising solution to addressing the problem of trauma-associated biofilm formation and development of antimicrobial resistance.

Evidences of Biomimetic and Nonantibiotic Characteristics of the Zinc-Carboxymethyl Chitosan-Genipin Organometallic Complex and Its Biocompatibility Aspects.

Bioinspired nonantibiotics can prove to be a better and an efficient tool to fight against antimicrobial resistance. In our study, biomaterial composed of zinc-carboxymethyl chitosan (CMC)-genipin was investigated for this purpose. Briefly, CMC was synthesized and transformed to porous scaffolds using the freeze drying method.