A review of concurrent sonified biofeedback in balance and gait training.

Background: Sonified biofeedback is a subtype of auditory biofeedback that conveys biological data through specific non-verbal sounds. It can be designed to provide augmented biomechanical feedback in near-real-time when provided as "concurrent" biofeedback. As a practice that developed spanning across engineering and the arts, sonified biofeedback can extend beyond simple tones and beeps, towards more fully incorporating music in movement training.

Predicting essential and hazardous element concentrations in marine fish from the Northeast Atlantic Ocean: A Bayesian approach.

Micronutrient deficiency or 'hidden hunger' is of growing importance regionally and globally. Marine fish have the potential to mitigate hidden hunger although certain contaminants they often contain may also pose a health risk. Understanding biological and environmental drivers behind essential and hazardous element concentrations is therefore important to develop evidence-based advice for adaptive management strategies.

Quantification of vitamin K (phylloquinone and menaquinones 4-10) in various shellfish.

Vitamin K exists naturally in foods as phylloquinone (vitamin K, PK) and as a range of menaquinones (vitamin K, MKs). There is scarce information on the occurrence and distribution of PK and MKs in dietary sources, particularly in seafood. This study aimed to comprehensively analyse the contents of vitamin K dihydro-K, and MK-4 to MK-10 in various species, tissue types, and processing degrees of shellfish.

Blood pressure variability associated with falls in nursing home residents.

Background: High variations in serially measured blood pressures (BPs) portend a variety of adverse clinical events including dementia, cardiovascular sequelae and frailty. In this study, systolic blood pressure variability (BPV) was examined for its association with fall frequency and time to next fall among older adults living in nursing homes.

Methods: BP values and falls over time were extracted from medical records of nursing home residents aged ≥65 years over a 10-month period.

Switch from methadone to buprenorphine with microinduction in outpatient setting.

Background: Switching from methadone to buprenorphine in patients receiving opioid maintenance therapy often requires inpatient care with a gradual tapering of methadone and an opioid-free day with challenging withdrawal symptoms. This case report describes and discusses a gentle outpatient approach without the opioid-free day.

Case Presentation: A patient with a 15-year history of opioid maintenance therapy reduced his methadone dose from 80 mg to 50 mg due to concurrent use of other sedative substances and a significant risk of overdose.