Using a Wearable Brain Activity Sensing Device in the Treatment of Long COVID Symptoms in an Open-Label Clinical Trial.

Objective: This study evaluated the feasibility and satisfaction of using a wearable brain activity sensing device for stress reduction among patients experiencing Long COVID (LC).

Patients And Methods: Patients with LC (N = 45) were invited to participate in an open-label pilot study. Participants were asked to use a brain-sensing electroencephalogram (S-EEG) wearable device (Muse-S™) daily for 90 days and followed for an additional 90 days (180 days total participation).

Risk of Dental Implant Failure with Obesity.

Purpose: To measure the association between dental implant failure and obesity.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective cohort study was performed to investigate the association between implant failure and obesity. The time to implant failure and other covariates of interest were studied, including sex, history of periodontal disease, and smoking.

Telepsychiatry in post-pandemic India: A mixed methods exploration of patient perspectives and preferences toward telemedicine versus in-person consultations.

Background: Telepsychiatry saw wide acceptance during the COVID-19 pandemic, when traditional healthcare facilities were inaccessible. Post-pandemic, however, user preferences for the service remain uncertain. This study explores user perceptions of telepsychiatry, particularly focusing on those who discontinued its use, to identify factors influencing service satisfaction and barriers to continued use.

Clinical characteristics, disease flares, infections and their impact on kidney outcomes in pediatric lupus nephritis: A cohort study.

Background: Limited data exists on clinical predictors of kidney outcomes in children with lupus nephritis (LN).

Methods: Children aged below 18 years with biopsy-proven LN followed from January 2010 to February 2024 in a tertiary-care center were enrolled in order to characterize their clinical presentations, flares, infections, histology and determine Major Adverse Kidney Events (MAKE) (defined as eGFR < 60 mL/min/1.73 m and/or death).

A first principles study of convection cells to shear flow instability in 2D Yukawa liquids driven by Reynolds stress.

The stability of kinetic-level convection cells (wherein the magnitude of macroscopic and microscopic velocities are of same order) is studied in a two-dimensional Yukawa liquid under the effect of microscopic velocity perturbations. Our numerical experiments demonstrate that for a given system aspect ratio β viz., the ratio of system length [Formula: see text] to its height [Formula: see text] and number of convective rolls initiated [Formula: see text], the fate of the convective cells is decided by [Formula: see text].