Publications by authors named "S Venkata Ratna"
Objective: Evaluate the influence of sleep duration and concussion history on postconcussion symptoms in adolescent athletes.
Design: Observational retrospective study using the Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing and Post-Concussion Symptom Scale (PCSS). Multivariable linear regression assessed sleep hours against 22 PCSS symptoms, controlling for demographic and health variables.
Sensing of peptidoglycan fragments is essential for inducing downstream signaling in both mammalian and fungal systems. The hexokinases NagK and Hxk1 are crucial enzymes for the phosphorylation of peptidoglycan molecules in order to activate specific cellular responses; however, biochemical characterization of their enzymatic specificity and efficiency has yet to be investigated in depth. Here a mass spectrometry enzymatic screen was implemented to assess substrate specificity, and an ATP coupled assay provided the quantitative kinetic profiles of these two homologous, eukaryotic enzymes.
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- The study investigates the risk factors for mental health disorders (MHDs) in patients who have recently been diagnosed with Bell's palsy, using data from 2014 to 2020.
- Among 37,166 patients analyzed, 8.27% developed new-onset MHDs within one year, with anxiety being the most common disorder.
- Factors such as being female, a higher Charlson comorbidity index, and experiencing symptoms like headaches and facial pain were linked to increased odds of developing MHDs, highlighting the need for better mental health support in these patients.
Rapid drying of soil leads to its fracture. The cracks left behind by these fractures are best seen in soils such as clays that are fine in the texture and shrink on drying, but this can be seen in other soils too. Hence, different soils from the same region show different characteristic desiccation cracks and can thus be used to identify the soil type.
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