The Development of Non-Invasive Optical Brain Pulse Monitoring: A Review.

Early detection of neurological deterioration in serious acute brain injury is seen as an important goal to reduce death and disability, but monitoring for neurological deterioration remains challenging. Routine methods, such as neurological examination and brain imaging, often identify brain injuries only after they have progressed to an irreversible stage. Alternate approaches such as invasive brain monitoring, are complex, costly and carry inherent risks.

Assessing sport commitment: the development and preliminary validation of recreational sport commitment questionnaire.

Background: Presently, where inactivity is an overarching problem globally, participation in recreational sports activities has become an important outlet for promoting healthy lifestyles. However, there is a lack of instruments to evaluate the commitment of recreational and leisure sports users. This study aimed to adapt, develop and provide preliminary validation of the Recreational Sport Commitment Questionnaire (RESQ).

The Feasibility of Implementing the WHO Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) Framework in Singapore.

Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) introduced the Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) approach to assist communities in evaluating the intrinsic capacities of older adults and proposing strategies to prevent, mitigate, or reverse declines. This study represents the inaugural attempt to assess intrinsic capacities among older adults in Singapore, aligning with the nation's Healthier Singapore (Healthier SG) initiative aimed at enhancing quality of life.

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the feasibility of implementing Step 1 screening of the ICOPE framework, which assesses cognition, locomotion, vitality, psychological state, visual and auditory functions, within the Singapore context.

MRI spine request form enhancement and auto protocoling using a secure institutional large language model.

Background Context: Secure institutional large language models (LLM) could reduce the burden of noninterpretative tasks for radiologists.

Purpose: Assess the utility of a secure institutional LLM for MRI spine request form enhancement and auto-protocoling.

Study Design/setting: Retrospective study conducted from December 2023 to February 2024, including patients with clinical entries accessible on the electronic medical record (EMR).

HOUSING TEMPERATURE ALTERS BURN-INDUCED HYPERMETABOLISM IN MICE.

Mice used in biomedical research are typically housed at ambient temperatures (22°C-24°C) below thermoneutrality (26°C-31°C). This chronic cold stress triggers a hypermetabolic response that may limit the utility of mice in modeling hypermetabolism in response to burns. To evaluate the effect of housing temperature on burn-induced hypermetabolism, mice were randomly assigned to receive sham, small, or large scald burns.