Bowel Inflammation and Nutrient Supplementation: Effects of a Fixed Combination of Probiotics, Vitamins, and Herbal Extracts in an Model of Intestinal Epithelial Barrier Dysfunction.

The gut microbiota is a very important factor in the state of health of an individual, its alteration implies a situation of "dysbiosis," which can be connected to functional gastrointestinal disorders and pathological conditions, such as Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Ulcerative Colitis (UC) and Crohn's Disease (CD), and Colorectal Cancer (CRC). In this work, we studied the effect of a food supplement called ENTERO-AD containing a mix of probiotics ( LA1, LR92, Bbr8), , and B group vitamins (B1, B2, B6) on intestinal inflammation. The model used for the study is the Caco-2 cell, a culture derived from human intestinal adenocarcinoma; the inflammatory condition was achieved with treatment with Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and the association between Tumor necrosis factor α/Interferon γ (TNF-α/IFN-γ) [1,2].

Continuously tunable modulation scheme for homodyne detection and state tomography.

Homodyne detection is a common self-referenced technique to extract optical quadratures. Due to ubiquitous fluctuations, experiments measuring optical quadratures require homodyne angle control. Current homodyne angle locking techniques only provide high quality error signals in a span significantly smaller than π radians, the span required for full state tomography, leading to inevitable discontinuities during full tomography.

New technologies in anesthesia and intensive care: take your ticket for the future.

The modern world runs all around hi-tech, which surrounds us in our everyday life. The medical field is no less; the introduction of the novel disruptive technologies are transforming every healthcare system. Anesthesia, intensive care, and pain medicine are fields in which the application of new technologies is proving to have great potential.

Artificial intelligence and "the Art of Kintsugi" in Anesthesiology: ten influential papers for clinical users.

Artificial intelligence refers to the simulation of human intelligence in machines that are programmed to think like humans and mimic their actions. In the present review we chose ten influential papers from the last five years and through Kintsugi, shed the light on recent evolution of artificial intelligence in anesthesiology. A comprehensive search in in Medline, Embase, Web of Science and Scopus databases was conducted.