Endothelial Serotonin Receptor 1B Acts as a Mechanosensor to Drive Atherosclerosis.

Background: Atherosclerosis is characterized by the accumulation of fatty and fibrotic plaques, which preferentially develop at curvatures and branches along the arterial trees that are exposed to disturbed flow. However, the mechanisms by which endothelial cells sense disturbed flow are still unclear.

Methods: The partial carotid ligation mouse model was used to investigate disturbed flow-induced atherogenesis.

Patients with Frozen-Phase Frozen Shoulder Demonstrated Improvement of Pain and Mobility of Forward Elevation and Internal Rotation After a Single Glenohumeral Injection of Corticosteroids.

Purpose: To investigate the improvement in frozen-phase frozen shoulder (FS) patients' pain and shoulder mobility, including passive forward elevation (FE), external rotation (ER), and internal rotation (IR), after 2 consecutive intra-articular corticosteroid (IACS) injections.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study was performed from July 2020 to November 2023. All patients with frozen-phase FS received 2 ultrasound-guided IACS injections at 6-week intervals.

ECG Biometric Recognition Using Adaptive Bloom Filter-Based Template Construction.

Biometric recognition, employing physiological or behavioral traits for identity determination, eliminates the need for memorization. Although electrocardiograms (ECGs) show promise as biometric traits, concerns have arisen in existing systems regarding privacy and security due to inadequate template protection. This study introduces Bloom filter-based strategies to generate biometric templates suitable for ECG biometric systems, whether in identification or verification mode.

Two-Factor Biometric Verification with ECG: Two Cancelable Approaches.

Biometric authentication relies on an individual's physiological or behavioral traits to verify their identity before granting access permission to a system or device without remembering anything. Although electrocardiograms (ECGs) have been considered a biometric trait, an ECG biometric recognition system that operates in verification mode is rarely considered. This study proposes two two-factor cancelable biometric verification schemes that enable identity recognition using ECGs.