First Reported Case of Breast Sporotrichosis in Bahrain.

Granulomatous mastitis is a chronic inflammation of the breast, mostly of unknown etiology. The treatment would be definitive if the causative organism were isolated. It is characterized histologically by granulomas, formed mostly by polymorph nuclear neutrophils and central necrosis.

Effect of a lower dose of intrathecal morphine on postoperative opioid consumption following cesarean delivery at a Texas level IV maternal care center.

Background: We hypothesized that patients who received a lower dose of intrathecal morphine (ITM) would have higher postoperative opioid consumption following cesarean delivery.

Methods: Patients who had cesarean deliveries from February 15, 2022, through February 14, 2024 at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple with single injection spinal or combined spinal epidural anesthesia who did not have labor epidural anesthesia were included. Morphine milligram equivalent (MME) opioid consumption in the first 24 postoperative hours was recorded along with patient demographic, physical, and clinical characteristics.

Disparities in kidney care in vulnerable populations: A multinational study from the ISN-GKHA.

Vulnerable populations, such as the elderly, children, displaced people, and refugees, often encounter challenges in accessing healthcare. In this study, we used data from the third iteration of the International Society of Nephrology Global Kidney Health Atlas (ISN-GKHA) to describe kidney care access and delivery to vulnerable populations across countries and regions. Using data from an international survey of clinicians, policymakers, and patient advocates, we assessed the funding and coverage of vulnerable populations on all aspects of kidney replacement therapies (KRT).

Type-2 Neutrosophic Markov Chain Model for Subject-Independent Sign Language Recognition: A New Uncertainty-Aware Soft Sensor Paradigm.

Uncertainty-aware soft sensors in sign language recognition (SLR) integrate methods to quantify and manage the uncertainty in their predictions. This is particularly crucial in SLR due to the variability in sign language gestures and differences in individual signing styles. Managing uncertainty allows the system to handle variations in signing styles, lighting conditions, and occlusions more effectively.

Enhancing traditional Chinese medical named entity recognition with Dyn-Att Net: a dynamic attention approach.

Our study focuses on Traditional Chinese Medical (TCM) named entity recognition (NER), which involves identifying and extracting specific entity names from TCM record. This task has significant implications for doctors and researchers, as it enables the automated identification of relevant TCM terms, ultimately enhancing research efficiency and accuracy. However, the current Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers-Long Short Term Memory-Conditional Random Fields (BERT-LSTM-CRF) model for TCM NER is constrained by a traditional structure, limiting its capacity to fully harness the advantages provided by Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT) and long short term memory (LSTM) models.

Pre-sacral glomangioma: a rare localization of glomus tumors: case report.

Introduction And Importance: Deep-located glomangiomas are rarely reported. Because of their scarcity, treatment strategy is hard to establish. Herein, the authors report the first case to our knowledge of pre-sacral glomangioma.

Regional hotspots for chronic kidney disease: A multinational study from the ISN-GKHA.

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) disproportionately affects certain populations as demonstrated by well-established subnational geographic hotspots of CKD in Central America and South Asia. Using data from the third iteration of the International Society of Nephrology Global Kidney Health Atlas (ISN-GKHA), we aimed to systematically identify sub-national geographic or population clusters with high prevalence of CKD. The ISN-GKHA survey was conducted from July to September 2022, and included questions regarding whether a regional CKD hotspot existed in the respondents' country and possible contributors.

Prevalence of interdigital pilonidal sinus in hair professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study.

Interdigital Pilonidal Sinus (IPNS), also known as barber's disease, is a rare occupational disease that affects hairdressers and barbers. It develops when customers' hair penetrates the webspace between the fingers, causing a foreign body reaction. This cross-sectional study, conducted across all five governorates in Bahrain, aimed to investigate the prevalence of IPNS among hairdressers and barbers in Bahrain.

Landscape of kidney replacement therapy provision in low- and lower-middle income countries: A multinational study from the ISN-GKHA.

In low- and lower-middle-income countries (LLMICs), delivering equitable kidney care presents substantial challenges, resulting in significant disparities in disease management and treatment outcomes for people with kidney failure. This comprehensive report leveraged data from the International Society of Nephrology-Global Kidney Health Atlas (ISN-GKHA), to provide a detailed update on the landscape of kidney replacement therapy (KRT) in LLMICs. Among the 65 participating LLMICs, reimbursement for KRT (publicly funded by the government and free at the point of delivery) was available in 28%, 15%, and 8% for hemodialysis (HD), peritoneal dialysis (PD), and kidney transplantation (KT), respectively.

Loss of the predicted cell adhesion molecule MPZL3 promotes EMT and chemoresistance in ovarian cancer.

Myelin protein zero-like 3 (MPZL3) is an Immunoglobulin-containing transmembrane protein with predicted cell adhesion molecule function. Loss of 11q23, where the gene resides, is frequently observed in cancer, and copy number alterations are frequently detected in tumor specimens. Yet the role and consequences of altered MPZL3 expression have not been explored in tumor development and progression.

Cross-Generational Impact of Maternal Exposure to Low Level of PM2.5 on Kidney Health.

Introduction: Inhaled fine and ultrafine particulate matter may affect organs other than the lung, including the kidney. Recent studies have consistently shown the possibility of air pollution in highly polluted countries to be nephrotoxic. However, in countries like Australia, where air quality generally adheres to or remains below the WHO standards, the subtle yet consequential impacts of chronic exposure to seemingly safe levels of traffic PM2.

Global Policy and Advocacy Initiatives for Improving Kidney Care: Report from the 2023 ISN-GKHA Study.

Background: National strategies to address chronic kidney disease (CKD) are crucial to support kidney health. Lack of political support in the form of policy decisions and funding leads to fragmentation of kidney care and catastrophic health expenditure. This study used data from the third iteration of the International Society of Nephrology Global Kidney Health Atlas (ISN-GKHA) to obtain a global overview of the existence and reach of national strategies for kidney care.

Chemical composition and biological activities of essential oils from (L.) Spreng.: a Saharan plant from Ghardaïa region (Algeria).

The essential oils (EOs) of (L.) Spreng. collected from Ghardaïa Province were analyzed for their chemical composition by GC-MS analysis.

Cold Sintered ZnO-Polystyrene (PS) Composites with Modified Interfacial Structures and Properties.

Lightweight and integrated electronic devices with high performance have become an inevitable trend in the development of power electronic systems. However, it is challenging to obtain lightweight and miniaturized varistors due to the low threshold electric field. Herein, (1 - )ZnO-PS composites with a high threshold electric field are prepared through a cold sintering process at 220 °C for 50 min, utilizing lightweight PS to modulate the grain boundary structures of ZnO varistors.

HLA-B*15 Is Associated With SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Brazilian Population.

Studies have suggested an association between polymorphisms in class I genes of the major histocompatibility complex, specifically the human leukocyte antigen (HLA), and susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2. To explore this, 135 individuals with positive serological tests for SARS-CoV-2 were recruited. All the samples were collected before the advent of vaccines, avoiding immunization effects.

In vitro antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of bioactive compounds extracted from Streptomyces africanus strain E2 isolated from Moroccan soil.

This study aimed to isolate Streptomyces sp. from Moroccan terrestrial ecosystems and identify bioactive compounds through GC-MS analysis. Antimicrobial activity was assessed against various pathogenic microorganisms including Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853, Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 and Candida albicans ATCC 60193, and multi-drug resistant strains comprising Listeria monocytogenes, Klebsiella pneumoniae 19K 929, Proteus sp.

Diet and Disease Development: Present and Future.

The present Editorial provides an overview of the Special Issue "Diet and Disease Development" recently published in [...

Diet and Disease Development: Mechanisms, Prevention, and Treatment.

The overall aims of this Special Issue "Diet and Disease Development: Mechanisms, Prevention and Treatment" are to describe and emphasise the importance of diet in disease development; understand the mechanism(s) whereby an unhealthy diet can induce various diseases; examine the potential effects of natural compounds or extracts on disease prevention or treatment; and determine whether nutrients and their metabolites can be used as biomarkers to diagnose certain diseases [...

The First Reported Case of Hafnia alvei Granulomatous Mastitis in Humans.

Granulomatous mastitis (GM) is an uncommon, chronic inflammatory breast disease, mostly idiopathic. Occasionally, the causative organism is isolated. It is characterized histologically by polymorph nuclear neutrophils' predominance and the absence of caseous necrosis.

Validation of a sensor system for the measurement of breath ammonia using selected-ion flow-tube mass spectrometry.

The measurement of trace breath gases is of growing interest for its potential to provide non-invasive physiological information in health and disease. While instrumental techniques such as selected-ion flow-tube mass spectrometry (SIFT-MS) can achieve this, these are less suitable for clinical application. Sensitive sensor-based systems for breath ammonia could be more widely deployed, but have proven challenging to develop.

A novel stability-indicating chromatographic quantification of the antiparkinsonian drug safinamide in its pharmaceutical formulation employing HPTLC densitometry and ion-pair HPLC-DAD.

Parkinson's disease (PD) emerges as a notable health concern among the elderly population. Safinamide mesylate (SAF) is a novel and emerging add-on therapy in PD treatment. The stability of innovative drug formulations and the development of appropriate stability-indicating methods are of great importance to modern pharmaceutical analysis.

Virtual Hospitals and Patient Experience: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Observational Study.

Background: Virtual care is increasingly incorporated within routine health care settings to improve patient experience and access to care. A patient's experience encompasses all the interactions an individual has with the health care system. This includes a greater emphasis on actively involving carers in the decisions and activities surrounding a patient's health care.

Greenness assessment of a molecularly imprinted polymeric sensor based on a bio-inspired polymer.

Methyldopa, a synthesized dopamine substitute with phenolic, amine, and carboxylic groups, was used to create a selective molecular imprinted polymer (MIP) for detecting formoterol fumarate dihydrate (FFD), a long-acting beta2-agonist for asthma and COPD. The bio-inspired polymer (MD) was electro-grafted onto a pencil graphite electrode (PGE) using cyclic voltammetry in a phosphate buffer (pH 6.5).