Association of carotid atheroma plaque with IL-18 levels and with polymorphisms in the IL-18 receptor gene in a Mediterranean population.

Background: Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease. Interleukin 18 (IL-18) is an inflammatory molecule that has been linked to the development of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease.

Objective: To evaluate the possible relationship between plasma levels of IL-18 and the presence of atherosclerosis evaluated at the carotid level, as well as to analyze the possible modulation by different polymorphisms in a Mediterranean population.

Postoperative Complications Are Associated With an Early and Increased Rate of Disease Recurrence After Surgery for Crohn's Disease.

Background: Several potential risk factors for Crohn's disease recurrence after surgery have been identified, including age at diagnosis, disease phenotype, and smoking. Despite the clinical relevance, few studies investigated the role of postoperative complications as a possible risk factor for disease recurrence.

Objective: To investigate the association between postoperative complications and recurrence in Crohn's disease patients after primary ileocolic resection.

Incidence of post-traumatic seizures in children during combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Objectives: Children represent a significant portion of the patient population treated at combat support hospitals. There is significant data regarding post injury seizures in adults but with children it is lacking. We seek to describe the incidence of post-traumatic seizures within this population.

Beyond the Museum Walls: The Pandemic and the Exhibit at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers.

This article looks at the consequences of the health crisis for France's field of culture and its response since the first French lockdown from March to May 2020 and the second one between October 2020 and May 2021. One exhibition that had to close the day after it had just opened was Prototypes: From Experimentation to Innovation. The exhibition's organizers (the museum staff and a network to safeguard national scientific and technical heritage) quickly turned to technological tools to find alternative ways of reaching the public during the crisis: online and traveling exhibitions.