Association of remnant cholesterol with progression and regression of prediabetes in middle-aged and older adults: a nationwide cohort study.

Background: The relationship between remnant cholesterol (RC) and outcome of patients with prediabetes remains unclear. This study aims to explore the association between dynamic changes in RC and progression to diabetes or regression to normal blood glucose in pre-diabetic population through a nationwide cohort study.

Methods: Based on the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), 2304 participants aged 45 years or older (58.

The beneficial effects of conservative treatment with biofeedback and electrostimulation on pelvic floor disorders.

Objectives: Pelvic floor disorders (PFDs) such as stress urinary incontinence (SUI) and pelvic organ prolapse (POP) can be managed through conservative treatments, such as conservative management involving biofeedback (BF) and electrostimulation. This study aimed to investigate the therapeutic effects of conservative treatments on PFDs.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted.

Hepatic Pecoma versus Hepatocellular Carcinoma In The Noncirrhotic Liver on Gd-EOB-DTPA-Enhanced MRI: A Diagnostic Challenge.

Aim: Hepatic perivascular epithelioid cell tumors (PEComa) often mimic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients without cirrhosis. This study aimed to develop a nomogram using imaging characteristics on Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced MRI and to distinguish PEComa from HCC in a noncirrhotic liver.

Methods: Forty patients with non-cirrhotic Gd-EOB-DTPA-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging(MRI) were included in our study.

Percutaneous embolization of refractory biliocutaneous fistula following radiofrequency ablation: A case report.

This case report presents a 73-year-old male with recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma who underwent serial surgical and interventional locoregional treatments, which resulted in asymptomatic intrahepatic bile duct dilatation. To address a recurrent tumor close to the pre-existing dilated bile ducts, radiofrequency ablation was performed, leading to a biliocutaneous fistula along the electrode tract. Attempts to close the refractory fistula by percutaneous transhepatic cholangial diversion and balloon dilatation of the stenotic central bile duct were unsuccessful.

Cryptocurrency price discrepancies under uncertainty: Evidence from COVID-19 and lockdown nexus.

The past decades have witnessed recurrent price discrepancies in cryptocurrency markets across countries. In addition to prior explanations that generally attribute this phenomenon to domestic capital controls during normal periods, we provide another explanation that investors perceive cryptocurrency as an alternative (hedging) investment, especially under uncertainty. Using the emerging of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and the subsequent lockdown policies implemented by a group of countries as natural experiments, we adopt a difference-in-difference framework to examine how the nexus affects Bitcoin price discrepancies.

Recent progress in environmental applications of metal-organic frameworks.

Nanomaterials have aroused the interest of many researchers and become a research hotspot in recent years and metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) included in that are a class of new organic-inorganic hybrid porous materials formed through the self-assembly of organic ligands and inorganic metal ions. MOFs have been attracting increasing attention due to their structural diversification, large specific surface area, high porosity, inerratic pore space framework. These characteristics play their advantages in different fields and make some excellent achievements.

Experiences of Living in the Community for Older Aboriginal Persons With Dementia Symptoms in Taiwan.

Background And Objectives: Improving quality of life for community-dwelling older persons with dementia symptoms (PWDS) and family caregivers requires promoting dementia-friendly communities (DFC). However, little is known regarding older Taiwanese Aboriginal PWDS' experiences of living in the community. We explored these experiences for older Atayal PWDS and their families in Taiwan.

A Large-Scale Serological Survey of Infection Among Persons Participated in Health Screening in Yunnan Province, Southwestern China.

Surveys of infection in animals have been reported in Yunnan province, southwestern China. However, limited information is available regarding the epidemiology of infection among persons participated in health screening in Yunnan. From January 2014 to December 2016, a large-scale and cross-sectional serological survey was conducted to reveal the seroprevalence of infection in persons participated in health screening in three major hospitals.

Carbapenem-nonsusceptible Enterobacteriaceae in Taiwan.

A total of 1135 carbapenem-resistant (nonsusceptible) Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) isolates were recovered between November 2010 and July 2012 (517 from 2010-2011 and 618 from 2012) from 4 hospitals in Taiwan. Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) comprised 5.0% (57 isolates), including 17 KPC-2 (16 Klebsiella pneumoniae and 1 Escherichia coli), 1 NDM-1 (K.

Ogilvie syndrome: a potentially life-threatening phenotype of immobilization hypercalcemia.

Ogilvie syndrome, also known as acute colonic pseudo-obstruction, is characterized by the clinical presentation and imaging evidence of acute colonic obstruction in the absence of a mechanical cause. Several comorbidities and serious associated medical or surgical conditions have been described to be relevant to this syndrome. In general, a preferred initial management with favorable treatment outcomes is virtually to correct underlying disorders.

Characterization of the type 3 fimbriae with different MrkD adhesins: possible role of the MrkD containing an RGD motif.

Four novel mrkD alleles namely mrkD(V1), mrkD(V2), mrkD(V3), and mrkD(V4) were identified in seventeen Klebsiella pneumoniae meningitis strains using PCR-RFLP and sequence determination. Comparative analysis revealed a most variable region containing an RGD motif in the receptor domain of MrkD(V3). In order to determine if the sequence confers the K.