Increased stride time variability is associated with a higher risk of falls in patients with ataxia after stroke.

Introduction: Patients presenting with ataxia are at high risk of falling, however, there are limited studies evaluating fall factors restricted to patients presenting with ataxia due to stroke.

Purpose: This study aimed to examine the characteristics of patients with ataxia after stroke based on their motor function to identify variables associated with fall occurrence.

Methods: We divided 33 participants who presented with ataxia after stroke into fall and non-fall groups.

Hydroxyprolyl-Glycine in 24 H Urine Shows Higher Correlation with Meat Consumption than Prolyl-Hydroxyproline, a Major Collagen Peptide in Urine and Blood.

Urinary collagen peptides, the breakdown products of endogenous collagen, have been used as biomarkers for various diseases. These non-invasive biomarkers are easily measured via mass spectrometry, aiding in diagnostics and therapy effectiveness. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of consuming collagen-containing meat on collagen peptide composition in human blood and urine.

Dissociative Oxygen Adsorption and Incorporation in CoO-Dispersed BaZrScO for PCFC Cathode.

The development of air electrodes with superior surface oxygen exchange properties at intermediate temperatures is crucial for improving the efficiency of protonic ceramic fuel cells. This study evaluated the surface exchange properties of CoO dispersed protonic conductors, BaZrScO. Although CoO is widely acknowledged as superior dissociative adsorption catalysts, there is still ambiguity regarding the enhancement mechanisms of their surface exchange properties by CoO, as well as their optimal composition to achieve high catalytic activity.

A direct oxidative esterification of aldehydes with alcohols mediated by photochemical C-H bromination.

The photochemical direct esterification of aldehydes with alcohols -generated acyl-bromides presented in this report is an attractive complementary addition to hitherto reported methods, as these are usually carried out in a two-step, one-pot procedure in order to avoid side reactions such as the oxidation of alcohols by halogen sources.

Usefulness of Perioperative Nutritional Therapy with the Glutamine/Arginine/Calcium β-Hydroxy-β-Methylbutyrate Product in Esophageal Cancer Surgery: A Single-Center Retrospective Study.

A useful perioperative nutritional therapy for highly invasive esophageal cancer surgical cases needs to be developed. We clarified the usefulness of amino-acid-enriched nutritional therapy using glutamine (Gln)/arginine (Arg)/calcium β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate (HMB) products on the short-term postoperative outcomes of minimally invasive esophagectomy for esophageal cancer. Altogether, 114 patients (Gln/Arg/HMB group) received perioperative nutritional therapy with Gln/Arg/HMB products, and we retrospectively investigated the change in nutritional parameters including skeletal muscle mass, occurrence of postoperative complications, and short-term postoperative outcomes in this group.