Empathy Unmasked: Patient Perception of Physician Empathy in an Oncologic Emergency Setting. A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Personal Protective Equipment Wear versus Unmasked Video Communication.

Background: Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine emerged as an important option that supports and facilitates clinical practice, however, its usefulness in emergency settings that treat patients with cancer is unclear.

Objective: To evaluate patient perception of physician empathy in an emergency oncology setting, comparing video interaction to an in-person with personal protective equipment (PPE) approach.

Methods: In this single-center, prospective, cross-sectional, survey-based randomized controlled trial, patients were randomized 1:1 for the concluding conversation done in-person which included either interacting with physicians wearing PPE or video interaction with physicians without PPE (virtual).

Inducing phospholipase A2 and cyclooxygenase-2 expression and prostaglandins' production of human dental pulp cells by activation of NOD receptor and its downstream signaling.

Dental caries with invasion and infection by microorganisms may induce pulpitis and intolerable pain. L-Ala-γ-D-Glu-mDAP (TriDAP) is a DAP-comprising muramyl tripeptide and a peptidoglycan degradation product found in gram-negative pulpal pathogens. TriDAP activates nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain1/2 (NOD1/NOD2) and induces tissue inflammatory responses.

In vitro measurement of the initial forces and moments generated for a curve of Spee malocclusion with labial and lingual archwire forms.

Objectives: To compare the biomechanics of labial and lingual fixed orthodontic treatment options for a simulated curve of Spee malocclusion.

Materials And Methods: An in vitro electromechanical orthodontic simulator was used to measure the three-dimensional forces and moments on each tooth of a mandibular arch. Labial and lingual brackets, both with 0.

The Multifocal Pathway: A Pilot Study of a Trainee-Led Multifocal Intraocular Lens Protocol in a Tertiary Referral Hospital in Australia.

Purpose: To develop a selection pathway to facilitate the use of multifocal intraocular lenses (mfIOLs) in cataract surgery in a public hospital setting.

Methods: A single-surgeon prospective cohort study in an Australian tertiary referral public hospital was conducted. A mfIOL selection pathway was designed and assessed.

Evaluation of curcumin nanoparticles of various sizes for targeting multidrug-resistant lung cancer cells via inhalation.

Introduction: Inhalation drug delivery can deliver high doses of chemotherapeutic drugs to the lung tumor. This study evaluates the efficacy and the mechanistic pathways of nebulized Cur NPs at various sizes to treat multidrug resistant lung cancer.

Methods And Results: Cur-NPs (30 nm and 200 nm) were nebulized separately onto the multidrug-resistant lung cancer cells (H69AR).