Updated, detailed scoring of the activities measure for upper limb amputation (AM-ULA).

Background: The Activities Measure for Upper Limb Amputation (AM-ULA), an activity measure for prosthesis users, uses a complex grading rubric to assign a single score to task performance which may limit responsiveness.

Purpose: To enhance AM-ULA responsiveness by exploring a scoring that uses multiple grading elements.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study.

Reconciling competing models on the roles of condensates and soluble complexes in transcription factor function.

Phase separation explains the exquisite spatial and temporal regulation of many biological processes, but the role of transcription factor-mediated condensates in gene regulation is contentious, requiring head-to-head comparison of competing models. Here, we focused on the prototypical yeast transcription factor Gcn4 and assessed two models for gene transcription activation, i.e.

Racial disparities in prosthesis use, satisfaction, and physical function in upper limb amputation and the impact of veteran status.

Background: Prior research found that Black veterans with upper limb amputation (ULA) reported greater disability and need for assistance compared to White veterans. The extent to which racial disparities in outcomes exist outside of the Department of Veterans Affairs has not been explored.

Objective: To examine racial disparities in physical function and prosthesis satisfaction among individuals with ULA and assess the potential moderating role of veteran status.

Prosthesis usability experience is associated with extent of upper limb prosthesis adoption: A Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analysis.

Factors associated with upper limb prosthesis adoption are not well understood. In this study, we explored how prosthesis usability experience relates to the extent of prosthesis adoption through the development of a structural equation model (SEM). First, items related to prosthesis usability were developed and refined using cognitive testing and pilot testing and employed in a survey of 402 prosthesis users (mean age 61.

10-yr Results of Moderately Hypofractionated Postoperative Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer Focused on Treatment Related Toxicity.

Introduction: To retrospectively report long term outcomes following postoperative hypofractionated radiotherapy (RT) for prostate cancer, emphasizing treatment related toxicity.

Material And Methods: Patients for whom adjuvant or salvage RT was indicated after prostatectomy were treated with a course of moderate hypofractionation consisting in the delivery of 62.5 Gy in 25 fractions (2.