Utility of a C-Spirulina Stable Isotope Gastric Emptying Breath Test in Diabetes Mellitus.

Background: The carbon-13 spirulina gastric emptying breath test (GEBT) is approved to identify delayed, but not accelerated, gastric emptying (GE). We compared the utility of the GEBT to scintigraphy for diagnosing abnormal GE in patients with diabetes mellitus.

Methods: Twenty-eight patients with diabetes ate a 230-kcal test meal labeled with technetium 99 m and C-spirulina, after which 10 scintigraphic images and breath samples (baseline, 15, 30, 45, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210, and 240 min) were collected on 2 occasions 1 week apart.

Skin tone and academic readiness among young Mexican-origin children: Testing the moderating role of ethnic-racial identity attitudes and centrality.

Skin tone-based social stratification is an enduring part of the U.S. racial landscape.

Priority musculoskeletal health research questions for people with generalized joint hypermobility: an international Delphi study.

Objective: This study aimed to identify the top 10 international research priorities for musculoskeletal health of people with generalized joint hypermobility.

Methods: A 3-round Delphi method utilizing an online survey was implemented. Three participant stakeholder groups were eligible for inclusion: (1) people with lived experience of joint hypermobility or their carers, (2) healthcare professionals, and (3) researchers with experience working with individuals with hypermobility.

Characterisation of riverine mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) community structure in southern Australia and the impact of a major flood based on analysis of a 20-year dataset.

We investigated the mosquito community along 315 km of the Murray River, where we identified three assemblages (upper, middle, and lower river) that exhibited different patterns of species richness and diversity over 20 years. In the lower reaches (i.e.

Websites parents' access for information regarding their child's chronic lower limb pain: A qualitative study.

Objective: To explore the parent experience of finding information on websites to support their child with chronic lower limb pain and explore the quality of information available on those websites.

Methods: Parents of children with chronic lower limb pain conducted real-time searching of websites followed by semi-structured interviews via Zoom. Interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analysed thematically using an inductive approach.