Clarifying the Link Between the Blood Lactate Concentration and Cardiovascular Risk.

The blood lactate value at rest (Lac) is linked to cardiovascular outcomes. It is unclear whether this association holds true in younger, healthy subjects, especially as the pathophysiological connection between Lac and cardiometabolic disease is not well understood. The aim of this study is clarifying the link between Lac and cardiovascular risk, and to study explanatory factors for the variance of Lac concerning metabolism and physical activity in a population of healthy patient-athletes.

Do patients with low back pain remember physiotherapists' advice? A mixed-methods study on patient-therapist communication.

Objectives: The primary aim of this study was to determine if the advice physiotherapists think they provide to patients with low back pain (LBP) is what the patients remember and take away from the clinical encounter. The secondary aim was to determine which factors may influence the retention of this advice.

Methods: The first component of the study used questionnaires completed by patients and therapists after the initial visit.

Comprehensive lifestyle intervention soy protein-based meal regimen in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.

Background: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) has become one of the leading causes of liver disease in the western world. In obese patients weight reduction is recommended. Up to now there are no specific guidelines for weight loss in order to reduce hepatic fat content.

Mask-based approach to phasing of single-particle diffraction data. II. Likelihood-based selection criteria.

A new type of mask-selection criterion is suggested for mask-based phasing. In this phasing approach, a large number of connected molecular masks are randomly generated. Structure-factor phases corresponding to a trial mask are accepted as an admissible solution of the phase problem if the mask satisfies some specified selection rules that are key to success.

Clinical and histologic outcome in a dog surviving massive hepatic necrosis.

This report describes the clinical and histologic recovery of a 2-year-old mixed-breed dog presented with hypovolemic shock, markedly increased serum alanine amino transferase activity, and hemoabdomen. Emergency exploratory surgery revealed a friable liver with multiple capsule hemorrhages necessitating removal of the left lateral lobe. Histologic evaluation showed acute massive hepatic necrosis with centrilobular and midzonal distribution.