Utilization of Neuromonitoring in Surgical Cervical Spondylosis Patients With the Presence or Absence of Myelopathy. Is it Standard?

Study Design: Cross-sectional, observational study.

Objective: Investigate the frequency of intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) utilization among Medicare patients diagnosed with cervical spondylosis (CS), both with and without myelopathy.

Background: IONM is widely used as a tool in spine surgery.

Pretreatment factors associated with symptomatic stroke in Moyamoya disease patients: A multicenter study.

Objectives: Moyamoya disease (MMD) is a cerebrovascular disorder marked by the progressive steno-occlusion of the bilateral internal carotid arteries and the formation of abnormal collateral vessel networks at the base of the brain. Previous studies have attempted to identify risk factors predictive of postoperative complications to improve patient management. This study aims to identify pretreatment factors associated with post-bypass symptomatic strokes in MMD patients.

An MIP-Based PFAS Sensor Exploiting Nanolayers on Plastic Optical Fibers for Ultra-Wide and Ultra-Low Detection Ranges-A Case Study of PFAS Detection in River Water.

In this work, a novel optical-chemical sensor for the detection of per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFASs) in a real scenario is presented. The proposed sensing approach exploits the multimode characteristics of plastic optical fibers (POFs) to achieve unconventional sensors via surface plasmon resonance (SPR) phenomena. The sensor is realized by the coupling of an SPR-POF platform with a novel chemical chip based on different polymeric nanolayers over the core of a D-shaped POF, one made up of an optical adhesive and one of a molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) for PFAS.

A global overview of insect-fern interactions and its ecological trends.

Historically, ferns have been described as underutilized by insects. However, studies have shown a diversity of insects interacting with ferns, although the evolutionary and ecological drivers of these interactions are still to be untangled. To fill these gaps, we compiled more than 100 yr of global data on insect-fern interactions from the literature comprising 374 fern and 649 insect species.