Goodnight Moon: The (not so) mystical effect of folklore and superstitions on cardiac transplantation.

Background: The effect of Friday the 13th and Full Moons on cardiac transplantation is unknown. We investigated the impact of these superstitious events on recipient and donor qualities, complications, survival, and volume.

Methods: All adult transplants from 2013-2023 in the United Network for Organ Sharing database were retrospectively reviewed.

Supporting physical activity for health: What activities would people with transtibial amputation like to perform?

Background: Participation in physical activity (PA) for health by people with transtibial amputation (PTTA) may moderate comorbidities experienced by this population. It is more likely that interventions which aim to increase participation by PTTA in PA for health will increase participation if the type of PA used is tailored to the preferences of the PTTA.

Objective: This study aimed to identify the types of PA performed by PTTA, the types of PA PTTA who performed no physical activities would like to adopt, and if these outcomes were influenced by the cause of amputation.

AAGGG repeat expansions trigger -independent synaptic dysregulation in human CANVAS neurons.

Cerebellar ataxia with neuropathy and vestibular areflexia syndrome (CANVAS) is a recessively inherited neurodegenerative disorder caused by intronic biallelic, nonreference CCCTT/AAGGG repeat expansions within . To investigate how these repeats cause disease, we generated patient induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neurons (iNeurons). CCCTT/AAGGG repeat expansions do not alter neuronal splicing, expression, or DNA repair pathway function.

Why do women with cardiac symptoms delay seeking medical help? Insights from a qualitative study among Jewish Israeli women.

Background: The delay time from onset of symptoms of a myocardial infarction to seeking medical assistance can have life-threatening consequences. Women delay significantly more often than men do in calling for medical help, once symptoms of a myocardial infarction occur.

Objectives: The current qualitative study's main aim was to explore psychosocial factors that contribute to Israeli women's delaying calls for medical assistance and, by contrast, the motivational factors that encourage them to do so.

Pavement ant extract is a chemotaxis repellent for C. elegans.

Ant behavior relies on a collection of natural products, from following trail pheromones during foraging to warding off potential predators. How nervous systems sense these compounds to initiate a behavioral response remains unclear. Here, we used chemotaxis assays to investigate how ant compounds are detected by heterospecific nervous systems.