Publications by authors named "Cooke E"

Background: While clinical overlap between Kawasaki disease (KD) and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) has been evident, information regarding those presenting with shock has been limited. We sought to determine associations with shock within and between diagnosis groups.

Methods: The International KD Registry enrolled contemporaneous patients with either KD or MIS-C from 39 sites in 7 countries from January 1, 2020, to January 1, 2023.

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  • The study aimed to evaluate how well ChatGPT can interpret medical imaging in urology, focusing on its strengths and weaknesses as a diagnostic tool in healthcare.
  • Using cases from Radiopaedia.com, ChatGPT analyzed CT and MRI images to provide ranked differential diagnoses, assessing its accuracy with and without organ-specific guidance.
  • Results showed that while ChatGPT had low initial accuracy in diagnosing conditions, it improved significantly with organ guidance, indicating that the AI can enhance medical imaging diagnostics when given clear direction and more data.
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The Rfam database, a widely used repository of non-coding RNA families, has undergone significant updates in release 15.0. This paper introduces major improvements, including the expansion of Rfamseq to 26 106 genomes, a 76% increase, incorporating the latest UniProt reference proteomes and additional viral genomes.

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The Rfam database, a widely-used repository of non-coding RNA (ncRNA) families, has undergone significant updates in release 15.0. This paper introduces major improvements, including the expansion of Rfamseq to 26,106 genomes, a 76% increase, incorporating the latest UniProt reference proteomes and additional viral genomes.

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  • - Pediatric hepatic abscesses are rare and often linked to intra-abdominal infections or biliary disease, with cases from foreign body ingestion being even less common, particularly in regions where such incidents occur frequently, like China.
  • - This report highlights an adolescent patient who developed a hepatic abscess after swallowing a fishbone, presenting with symptoms like vomiting, abdominal pain, and fever; initial imaging suggested malignancy due to a heterogeneous mass in the liver.
  • - Following the failure of broad-spectrum antibiotics, further imaging revealed the embedded fishbone, leading to successful surgical removal; this case underscores the need for healthcare providers to consider migrated foreign bodies when abscesses don't respond to typical treatments.
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Background: Anxiety disorders are prevalent among youth and adults. Increasing studies examined the dynamic associations between momentary fluctuations of anxiety and well-being, primarily focusing on the severity of general anxiety. Scant research has explored the co-fluctuations between different anxiety symptoms and mental health outcomes.

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A gene cluster responsible for the degradation of nicotinic acid (NA) in has recently been identified, and the structures and functions of the resulting enzymes are currently being evaluated to establish pathway intermediates. One of the genes within this cluster encodes a flavin monooxygenase (BnFMO) that is hypothesized to catalyze a hydroxylation reaction. Kinetic analyses of the recombinantly purified BnFMO suggest that this enzyme catalyzes the hydroxylation of 2,6-dihydroxynicotinic acid (2,6-DHNA) or 2,6-dihydroxypyridine (2,6-DHP), which is formed spontaneously by the decarboxylation of 2,6-DHNA.

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Introduction: An inclusive residency program is crucial to the recruitment and retention of competitive and diverse applicants. The radiology lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, or another diverse gender identity (LGBTQ+) inclusion audit was published in 2022, which provided a road map for assessing the inclusivity of a program's policies, facilities, culture, and engagement. In this multi-institutional trial, we detail the results of the LGBTQ+ inclusion audit for nine US radiology residency programs.

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  • The study looked at how levels of testosterone and cortisol hormones connect to traits of psychopathy in university students.
  • Researchers found that higher levels of cortisol in the morning were linked to lower psychopathy scores, but this connection didn't show up in the afternoon.
  • The researchers did not find any significant effects based on the participants' sex or interactions between the hormone levels themselves.
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Introduction: Testicular cancer is among the most common malignancies in men under the age of 50 years. Most testicular symptoms are linked to benign diseases. Men's awareness of testicular diseases and testicular self-examination behaviours are suboptimal.

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  • - The study explores breath analysis as a quick, non-invasive method for detecting COVID-19 by identifying carbonyl compounds related to inflammation and oxidative stress.
  • - A total of 321 participants, including 141 COVID-19 positive individuals (55 during the alpha wave and 86 during the delta wave), were tested using advanced techniques like ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS).
  • - Results showed high accuracy in detecting COVID-19 patients: 98.4% for the alpha wave and 88.3% for the delta wave, suggesting breath analysis could be a viable tool for rapid COVID-19 screening and future respiratory virus outbreaks.
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Rationale And Objectives: To assess whether academic radiology departments and residency programs with efforts toward supporting and augmenting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) are associated with a higher proportion of residents from diverse backgrounds.

Materials And Methods: Program Directors within the Radiology Residency Education Research Alliance were surveyed to gather information about program characteristics, incorporation of diversity in resident recruitment, the sponsoring department's commitment to efforts at expanding diversity, and a summary of their current and past residents, staff and faculty members (academic years 2020 and 2023) with respect to a list of diversity characteristics.

Results: Survey response rate was 51 %.

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  • A significant number of individuals with post COVID-19 condition (PCC), or long COVID, experience severe fatigue similar to chronic fatigue syndromes, and there is currently no effective medication specifically for this issue, which can be termed post-COVID fatigue syndrome (PCFS).
  • Low-dose naltrexone (LDN) has been suggested as a potential off-label treatment for PCFS, but its effectiveness has only been evaluated in small studies, emphasizing the need for larger randomized trials.
  • A planned phase II trial will assess LDN's impact on fatigue in individuals with PCFS in British Columbia, enrolling participants aged 19-69, and comparing LDN against a placebo over 16 weeks, with various outcomes evaluated throughout the
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Nursing assistants (NAs) are critical professionals across the long-term care continuum. Despite the demands of NAs, these frontline personnel experience workplace challenges and turnover at a disproportionate rate compared to other professionals. Much research has explored the experiences of nursing assistants using federal survey data and national datasets.

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Purpose/background: Brexanolone is approved for postpartum depression (PPD) by the United States Food and Drug Administration. Brexanolone has outperformed placebo in clinical trials, but less is known about the efficacy in real-world patients with complex social and medical histories. Furthermore, the impact of brexanolone on large-scale brain systems such as changes in functional connectivity (FC) is unknown.

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Rationale And Objectives: With the shifting needs of radiologists due to escalating healthcare demands, the impetus for an increased focus on wellness and the benefits of the humanities in medicine inspired a novel approach to curricular planning of the 2023 Association of University Radiologists (AUR) annual meeting. In this manuscript, we describe the creative process behind planning and executing this innovative meeting format.

Materials And Methods: Reimagining the annual meeting was a collaborative effort centered around the development of an innovative Arts and Wellness Program, with the goal of integrating opportunities for artistic expression and experiential wellness throughout the meeting.

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Background: Parental adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) may transmit to the next generation and influence children's emotional and behavioral problems. Relatively little evidence exists on the underlying pathways of this intergenerational transmission at the family- and individual-level.

Objective: This study examined the intergenerational cascade processes of parental ACEs on children's emotional and behavioral problems via family cohesion, children's ACEs, and children's self-control.

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Background: In response to the high rates of poor mental health in the construction industry, numerous workplace interventions have been designed to address the known and suspected risk factors to employee mental health and well-being. A key challenge of these strategies is low engagement in support services.

Aims: The goals of this research were to investigate the help-seeking intentions of employees in the construction industry, explore levels of mental well-being in this population and provide insight into employee engagement with mental health support strategies.

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Introduction: Worldwide, pancreatic cancer has a poor prognosis. Early diagnosis may improve survival by enabling curative treatment. Statistical and machine learning diagnostic prediction models using risk factors such as patient demographics and blood tests are being developed for clinical use to improve early diagnosis.

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RNA-based medicines have potential to treat a large variety of diseases, and research in the field is very dynamic. Proactively, The European Medicines Agency (EMA) organized a virtual conference on February 2, 2023 to promote the development of RNA-based medicines. The initiative addresses the goal of the EMA Regulatory Science Strategy to 2025 to "catalyse the integration of science and technology in medicines development.

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Technology-dependent patients require interventions (eg, tracheostomies, gastrostomy tubes, or total parenteral nutrition) to survive. Such patients are commonly "turfed" between general services or from subspecialty to general services within the hospital. This case commentary proposes several explanations for why technology-dependent patients are particularly susceptible to turfing, including clinicians' lack of familiarity with managing patients' technology, bias and ableism, and quality-of-life quandaries.

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Issue Addressed: The university campus environment is unique and complex, with students and staff members experiencing increasing levels of stress and anxiety over time. One intervention being used internationally to alleviate stress and anxiety is an Animal Assisted Intervention (AAI). This research aimed to explore Australian university students' and staff members' perspectives on an AAI prior to implementation.

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