Revitalizing preschool minds: a fresh approach to arts-based brain health interventions.

Introduction: Brain health interventions seek to cultivate enduring, health-promoting behaviors for an enhanced quality of life. Despite this objective, achieving sustained adoption and engagement of healthy lifestyle behaviors remains a challenge, prompting the exploration of innovative avenues for promoting brain health. The potential of integrating brain health education in younger populations is particularly promising, given the likelihood of these habits persisting into adulthood.

Double Crush Syndrome in the Lower Extremity: Simultaneous L5 Radiculopathy and Common Peroneal Nerve Compression.

Background: Double crush syndrome (DCS) is defined as multiple sites of compression along a single nerve. The combination of a compressive proximal lesion in the lumbar spine and a distal common peroneal nerve entrapment may result in compound nerve dysfunction.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of 100 patients who underwent common peroneal nerve decompression with a diagnosis of L5 radiculopathy between January 2000 and April 2023 at two quaternary academic institutions was performed.

Conceptual Framework in Assessing the Rheumatoid Patient with Hand Deformities.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common autoimmune condition affecting approximately 0.5% to 1% of the global population. A significant percentage of these patients will develop hand deformities and dysfunction.

Effectiveness of an interactive brain health campaign on motivation for dementia risk reduction: a pretest-posttest evaluation.

Whilst dementia is a global health concern, recent research indicates that behaviour changes can reduce its risk. This study aimed to explore the impact of an interactive visual art exhibition on adults' motivation for dementia risk reduction. Participants (N = 165) completed the Motivation to Change Behaviour for Dementia Risk Reduction 10-item scale before and after the exhibition.

Compressive Neuropathies of the Upper Extremity: Anatomy for the Peripheral Nerve Surgeon.

Advance knowledge of anatomy is a prerequisite for the peripheral nerve surgeon. This article serves to provide an outline of anatomic regions where nerve entrapment or compression can occur. Each section is subdivided into anatomic regions where the etiology, indications, and relevant and aberrant anatomy are discussed, as well as common surgical approaches to the problematic anatomic site.

"I know now that it's something that you can do something about": Deductive thematic analysis of experiences at an arts-based dementia risk reduction exhibit.

Dementia is one of the leading global health crises. Despite the devastating impacts of the illness, general population knowledge pertaining to risk reduction is still limited. Previous research on the impact of dementia risk reduction campaigns has largely focused on awareness rather than behaviour change.

Citation manipulation found to be rife in math.

Problem is so severe that an influential top-researchers list has excluded the entire field.

Surveillance or Dynamic Sentinel Lymph-Node Biopsy in Low-Risk Clinically N0 Penile Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Single-Institution Real World Data.

Introduction: Surveillance is the standard management in low-risk cN0 penile squamous cell carcinoma (peSCC) patients. However, no previous analysis focused on early and long-term outcomes of these patients. We report on main oncological outcomes of a large series of low-risk cN0 peSCC patients.

Topological Data Analysis Captures Task-Driven fMRI Profiles in Individual Participants: A Classification Pipeline Based on Persistence.

BOLD-based fMRI is the most widely used method for studying brain function. The BOLD signal while valuable, is beset with unique vulnerabilities. The most notable of these is the modest signal to noise ratio, and the relatively low temporal and spatial resolution.

Possible misconduct in papers from Italian health minister.

Orazio Schillaci denies responsibility for duplicated images in eight papers he co-authored between 2018 and 2022.

To be or not to be: Arts-based approaches in public health messaging for dementia awareness and prevention.

Objectives: Multiple modifiable risk factors exist across the lifespan to reduce dementia prevalence, and public understanding of these factors is increasing. Yet dementia is frequently misunderstood and stigmatised, and dementia prevention is not generally recognised as a health priority. Current limitations of public health campaigns for dementia prevention must be addressed and innovative alternatives developed to improve public comprehension and implementation of preventative action across all stages of life.

Stability of Multi-Parametric Prostate MRI Radiomic Features to Variations in Segmentation.

Stability analysis remains a fundamental step in developing a successful imaging biomarker to personalize oncological strategies. This study proposes an in silico contour generation method for simulating segmentation variations to identify stable radiomic features. Ground-truth annotation provided for the whole prostate gland on the multi-parametric MRI sequences (T2w, ADC, and SUB-DCE) were perturbed to mimic segmentation differences observed among human annotators.

Scientists pursued for massive conference fees.

Speakers at online COVID-19 debates battle claims they owe as much as €80,000.

Predicting Limited Survival Following Inguinal Lymph Node Dissection in Penile Cancer: Should We Revisit the Goals of Care?

Objective: Patients with advanced penile squamous cell cancer have a poor prognosis and can benefit from early palliative care consultation. We built a model to identify those patients most likely to benefit.

Methods: Patients with penile squamous cell cancer undergoing inguinal lymph node dissection were identified from the National Cancer Database (NCDB) and a multi-institutional international dataset (INT).

Autologous breast reconstruction with latissimus dorsi flap in obese patients: Time-to-event analysis.

Background: Obesity is a multisystem disease process that confers increased surgical risk. In patients who are not surgical candidates for breast reconstruction with implants/tissue expanders or abdomen-based flaps, the latissimus dorsi flap (LDF) remains a versatile alternative due to its safety profile. We conducted an analysis of patients who underwent reconstruction with LDFs and compared outcomes between two groups: obese and nonobese patients.

Simultaneous Furlow Palatoplasty and Tonsillectomy for the Treatment of Velopharyngeal Insufficiency and Tonsillar Hypertrophy.

Objective: To determine whether performing tonsillectomy at the time of Furlow palatoplasty for the treatment of cleft palate related velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) incurs increased surgical complications or compromises speech outcomes.

Design: A retrospective review of patients who had Furlow palatoplasty and the outcomes of surgery in the treatment of cleft palate related VPI.

Setting: A single academic center between January 2015 and January 2022.

Role of Extracellular DNA in Bacterial Response to SOS-Inducing Drugs.

The SOS response is a conserved stress response pathway that is triggered by DNA damage in the bacterial cell. Activation of this pathway can, in turn, cause the rapid appearance of new mutations, sometimes called hypermutation. We compared the ability of various SOS-inducing drugs to trigger the expression of RecA, cause hypermutation, and produce elongation of bacteria.