Study Objectives: Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) affects up to 70 % of post-stroke patients, complicating recovery and rehabilitation. This study aimed to evaluate the utility of the Odds Ratio Product (ORP), a continuous EEG-derived metric of sleep depth, in predicting conventional respiratory and arousal measures in stroke patients. We hypothesized that ORP metrics will predict conventional measures in patients with a history of stroke or Transient ischemic attack (TIA).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRNA-binding proteins (RBPs) perform diverse functions including the regulation of chromatin dynamics and the coupling of transcription with RNA processing. However, our understanding of their actions in mammalian neurons remains limited. Using affinity purification, yeast-two-hybrid and proximity ligation assays, we identified interactions of multiple RBPs with neural retina leucine (NRL) zipper, a Maf-family transcription factor critical for retinal rod photoreceptor development and function.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The ability to admit patients to enhanced or critical care may be limited by bed availability. In a network with low provision of critical and enhanced care beds, we aimed to assess the proportion of patients having surgery with moderate (1%-< 5%) or high (≥ 5%) predicted risk of 30-day postoperative mortality and their postoperative care location. We also aimed to study referral and admission outcomes to critical care.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The order Rodentia is the largest group of mammals. Diversification of vocal communication has contributed to rodent radiation and allowed them to occupy diverse habitats and adopt different social systems. The mechanism by which efficient vocal sounds, which carry over surprisingly large distances, are generated is incompletely understood.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis article uses computational data and social science theories to analyze the misogynistic discourse of the involuntary celibate ("incel") community. We analyzed every comment ( = 3,686,110) produced over 42 months on a popular incel discussion board and found that nearly all active participants use misogynistic terms. Participants used misogynistic terms nearly one million times and at a rate 2.
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