Onset of Spontaneous Filling and Voiding Cycles in the Lower Urinary Tract: A Modeling Study.

Spontaneous filling and voiding cycles represent a key dynamical feature of the healthy lower urinary tract. Some urinary tract dysfunctions, such as over-flow incontinence, may alter the natural occurrence of these cycles. As the function of the lower urinary tract arises from the interplay of a multitude of factors, it is difficult to determine which of them can be modulated to regain spontaneous cycles.

Supporting the working life exposome: Annotating occupational exposure for enhanced literature search.

An individual's likelihood of developing non-communicable diseases is often influenced by the types, intensities and duration of exposures at work. Job exposure matrices provide exposure estimates associated with different occupations. However, due to their time-consuming expert curation process, job exposure matrices currently cover only a subset of possible workplace exposures and may not be regularly updated.

Artificial Intelligence to Aid Glaucoma Diagnosis and Monitoring: State of the Art and New Directions.

Recent developments in the use of artificial intelligence in the diagnosis and monitoring of glaucoma are discussed. To set the context and fix terminology, a brief historic overview of artificial intelligence is provided, along with some fundamentals of statistical modeling. Next, recent applications of artificial intelligence techniques in glaucoma diagnosis and the monitoring of glaucoma progression are reviewed, including the classification of visual field images and the detection of glaucomatous change in retinal nerve fiber layer thickness.

Mathematical modeling of the lower urinary tract: A review.

Aims: Understand what progress has been made toward a functionally predictive lower urinary tract (LUT) model, identify knowledge gaps, and develop from them a path forward.

Methods: We surveyed prominent mathematical models of the basic LUT components (bladder, urethra, and their neural control) and categorized the common modeling strategies and theoretical assumptions associated with each component. Given that LUT function emerges from the interaction of these components, we emphasized attempts to model their connections, and highlighted unmodeled aspects of LUT function.

Occupational Exposure of Hairdressers to Airborne Hazardous Chemicals: A Scoping Review.

Introduction: Exposure to hazardous chemicals released during hairdressing activities from hair care products puts hairdressers at risk of adverse health effects. Safety assessments of hair products are mainly focused on consumers, but exposure for professional hairdressers might be substantially higher.

Objective: To identify and assess available research data on inhalation exposures of professional hairdressers.

Marine Seagrass Extract of Suppresses Colorectal Tumor Growth, Motility and Angiogenesis by Autophagic Stress and Immunogenic Cell Death Pathways.

Marine plants have become an inexhaustible reservoir of new phytopharmaceuticals for cancer treatment. We demonstrate in vitro/in vivo antitumor efficacy of a standardized polyphenol extract from the marine angiosperm (TTE) in colon tumor cell lines (RKO, SW480, and CT26) and a syngeneic allograft murine colorectal cancer model. MTT assays revealed a dose-dependent decrease of cell viability of RKO, CT26, and SW480 cells upon TTE treatment with IC values of, respectively, 175, 115, and 60 μg/mL.