Pulmonary function tests in the neonatal intensive care unit and beyond: a clinical review.

Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) have played a pivotal role in neonatal care. They have helped quantify the effects of therapeutic interventions, guide ventilator management, and serve as endpoints in clinical trials. Preterm delivery, the most common cause of altered lung development, establishes early lung function trajectories that persist into later life.

Extended Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Preterm Infants Increases Lung Growth at 6 Months: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Rationale: Extended continuous positive airway pressure (eCPAP) in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for stable preterm infants increases lung volumes. Its effect on lung growth after discharge is unknown.

Objective: To assess whether 2-weeks of eCPAP in stable preterm infants is associated with increased alveolar volume (V) at 6-months corrected age.

The Decolonial Turn in Forensic Anthropology.

Forensic anthropology has matured into a formidable and fully fledged discipline that includes specialty graduate programs, diversified employment opportunities, an expanding scope, and improved regulation. As part of this maturity, and in step with other branches of science and the humanities, forensic anthropology has also experienced an upswing in discourse on decolonization and decoloniality. From its inception and throughout its history, anthropology has been a colonial venture that observes humans under a Western gaze.

Fermented Larvae Alleviates High-Fat Diet-Induced Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in C57BL/6 Mice via Regulation of Lipid Accumulation and Inflammation.

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), characterized by hepatic steatosis and hepatitis, is the most frequently encountered complication of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Due to its hepatoprotective, anti-obesity, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory effects, () larvae have been used as traditional medicine to treat liver diseases since ancient times. Therefore, this study was conducted to confirm the positive effect of fermented larvae (FPB) on NAFLD.

Pinitol Improves Diabetic Foot Ulcers in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes Rats Through Upregulation of Nrf2/HO-1 Signaling.

Diabetic foot ulcers represent a severe complication of diabetes, often resulting in amputation and high mortality rates. Currently, there are no treatments for diabetic foot ulcers other than antibiotics and dressings. In this study, we evaluated the wound-healing effects of an antidiabetic agent pinitol in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-damaged human dermal fibroblasts (HDFs) and streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rat models with a foot wound.