Publications by authors named "B T H M De Wolf"
Because hummingbirds are small and have an expensive mode of locomotion, they have constrained energy budgets. Torpor is used to buffer against these energetic challenges, but its frequency and duration vary. We measured lipid content, metabolic rates and torpor use in two species of migrating hummingbirds, calliope () and rufous hummingbirds () at a stopover site.
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- Caudal blocks are a pediatric anesthesia technique used to manage pain after circumcision; this study aimed to compare the duration of the block when using a high-volume, low-concentration (HVLC) local anesthetic with and without the addition of clonidine.
- The study included 129 children aged 0-3 years and measured the effectiveness of pain relief based on how long patients waited before needing additional acetaminophen; no significant differences were found between the clonidine and no-clonidine groups regarding pain management or emergence agitation.
- Overall, the addition of clonidine did not significantly improve the outcomes of HVLC caudal blocks for children undergoing circumcision.
Purpose: The Gynecologic Cancer Lymphedema Questionnaire (GCLQ) is an established patient-reported outcome measure for lower extremity lymphedema (LEL) in gynecologic oncology. We aimed to validate the GCLQ in German language (GCLQ-GER) for lymphedema detection in German-speaking patients and also investigated real-world patterns of lymphedema treatment.
Methods: The GCLQ was translated from English into German in accordance with the standards of a professional translation process.
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- The study reviewed biotinidase gene variants in a large group of women undergoing reproductive carrier screening to improve management of those with significant gene changes.
- About 6.1% of the 91,637 women tested had pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants, with a specific variant (D444H) being the most common in 92.3% of cases.
- The results showed variations in heterozygote rates among different racial and ethnic groups, highlighting the potential for reproductive carrier screening to lead to earlier diagnoses compared to traditional newborn screening methods.
Introduction: Genetic studies of smoking cessation have been limited by short-term follow-up or cross-sectional design. Within seven genes (CHRNA3, CHRNA5, CHRNB2, CHRNB4, DRD2, DBH and CYP2A6) influencing biological mechanisms relevant to smoking, this study aimed to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with smoking cessation throughout up to 38-years of follow-up.
Methods: Participants were from two all-female cohort studies, Nurses' Health Study (NHS) (n = 10,017) and NHS-2 (n = 2,793).