Association between white matter organization and cognitive performance in athletes with a history of sport-related concussion.

Introduction: Impairments in cognitive performance after sport-related concussion (SRC) typically resolve within weeks of the injury, whereas alterations to white matter (WM) organization have been found to persist longer into the chronic injury stage. However, longer-term associations between cognition and WM organization following SRC have not been studied. The objective of this study was to compare WM organization and cognitive performance in collegiate athletes an average of almost 4 years post-SRC to athletes with no history of SRC.

Impact of the Extracellular Vesicles Derived From : A Paradox in Host Response and Lipid Metabolism Modulation.

Chagas disease is a major public health problem, especially in the South and Central America region. Its incidence is related to poverty and presents a high rate of morbidity and mortality. The pathogenesis of Chagas disease is complex and involves many interactive pathways between the hosts and the .

Are biomechanics during gait associated with the structural disease onset and progression of lower limb osteoarthritis? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objective: To evaluate if gait biomechanics are associated with increased risk of structurally diagnosed disease onset or progression of lower limb osteoarthritis (OA).

Method: A systematic review of Medline and Embase was conducted from inception to July 2021. Two reviewers independently screened records, extracted data and assessed risk of bias.

Dehospitalization of technology-dependent children: the perspective of the multiprofessional health team.

Objective: To know the dehospitalization of technology-dependent children from a multiprofessional perspective.

Method: A qualitative, exploratory and descriptive study, carried out in 2018 at a Teaching Hospital in the city of Porto Alegre. The participants were 15 members of the multidisciplinary health team.

Saccadic eye movement performance reduces visual manipulation influence and center of pressure displacements in older fallers.

This study examined changes in postural control and gaze performance of faller and non-faller older adults under conditions of visual tasks and optical flow manipulations. Fifteen older non-fallers (69.8 years, ± 3.

Cashew nut shell liquids: Antimicrobial compounds in prevention and control of the oral biofilms.

Objective: The aim was to evaluate the antibacterial and antibiofilm activity of natural (n-CNSL) and technical (t-CNSL) cashew nut shell liquid against streptococci and enterococci related to dental caries and chronic apical periodontitis, respectively.

Material And Methods: Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) and minimal bactericidal concentration (MBC) were determined to assess the antimicrobial effect of both CNSLs (n-CSNL and t-CNSL) against S. oralis ATCC 10557, S.

COVID-19 pandemic and nursing week: analysis from software Iramuteq.

Objective: to analyze the themes of publications on the Federal Council of Nursing (Cofen) website during Nursing Week 2020.

Method: documentary, qualitative research, whose data sources were publications on the Cofen website from May 12 to 20, 2020. Data were processed by software IRAMUTEQ®, through the Descending Hierarchical Classification and analyzed under the historical materialism framework.

Survival outcomes for right-versus left-sided colon cancer and rectal cancer in England: A propensity-score matched population-based cohort study.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate 5-year overall survival (OS) in patients operated on for potentially curable right versus left-sided colon cancer and rectal cancer in England.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective propensity-score matched population-based cohort study was performed using data from English Hospital Episode Statistics, Office for National Statistics and National Bowel Cancer Audit dataset. Patients ≥18 who underwent elective resection for right-colon, left-colon, or rectal cancer between 2000 and 2015 were included.

Posterior Urethral Valves Outcomes Prediction (PUVOP): a machine learning tool to predict clinically relevant outcomes in boys with posterior urethral valves.

Background: Early kidney and anatomic features may be predictive of future progression and need for additional procedures in patients with posterior urethral valve (PUV). The objective of this study was to use machine learning (ML) to predict clinically relevant outcomes in these patients.

Methods: Patients diagnosed with PUV with kidney function measurements at our institution between 2000 and 2020 were included.

Faecal immunochemical test for suspected colorectal cancer symptoms: patient survey of usability and acceptability.

Background: Recent evidence suggests that the faecal immunochemical test (FIT) can rule out colorectal cancer (CRC) in symptomatic patients. To date, there is no research on usability and perception of FIT for these patients.

Aim: To measure variation in attitudes and perception of FIT in patients with suspected CRC symptoms.

Structure and Dynamics in Mg-Stabilized γ-NaPO.

In parallel with advances in the synthesis of solid-state ionic conductors, there is a need to understand the underlying mechanisms behind their improved ionic conductivities. This can be achieved by obtaining an atomic level picture of the interplay between the structure of materials and the resultant ionic diffusion processes. To this end, the structure and dynamics of Mg-stabilized rotor phase material γ-NaPO, characterized by neutron scattering, are detailed in this work.

Randomized clinical trials in periodontology: focus on outcomes selection.

Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) are human studies carried out to compare different treatments or interventions, and their results are used to support clinical decision-making and improve patient care. Herein, the aim of this study was to review the selection process of study outcomes in periodontology. Primary outcomes should draw the main conclusions of the study, whereas secondary outcomes should only be used to help explain the main findings and generate future research hypothesis.

A laboratory-based analysis of rapidly growing mycobacteria in Northwest Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Background: Rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM) are a group of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) implicated in difficult-to-treat pulmonary and extrapulmonary diseases, possibly associated with invasive procedures and failures in sterilization of materials and equipment.

Methods: We report our experience with the laboratory identification of RGM in a routine work and give an overview of the RGM isolated in our setting. Laboratorial data from all RGM mycobacterial isolates received at Adolfo Lutz Institute of São José do Rio Preto were analyzed from January 2000 to December 2015.

Clinical outcomes of combined anterior cruciate ligament and anterolateral ligament reconstruction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Objectives: To compare the clinical outcomes of isolated anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction with combined reconstruction of the ACL and anterolateral ligament (ALL) of the knee.

Methods: A search was conducted on the PubMed, Medline, Google Scholar, EMBASE, and Cochrane library databases, in line with the PRISMA protocol. The indexation terms used were "anterior cruciate ligament" OR "acl" AND "anterolateral ligament" AND "reconstruction.

Study of the effects of kinesthetic motor imagery in patients with heart failure.

Objective: The aim was to investigate the acute effect of kinesthetic motor imagery of the 2-minute walk test on hemodynamic and cardiopulmonary variables in patients with heart failure.

Methods: Twenty participants were recruited for the analysis of these variables before and after the execution and imagination of the 2-minute walk test, with the number of laps executed and imagined being recorded.

Results: The main results observed showed that (1) there was no difference in the number of laps executed and imagined (p=0.

Investigations of structural and dynamical mechanisms of ice formation regulated by graphene oxide nanosheets.

Recent research indicates that graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets can be used to regulate ice formation by controlling critical ice nucleus growth in water at supercooling temperatures. In addition, the study of ice formation mechanisms regulated by GO nanosheets, a good model system for antifreeze proteins (AFPs), will shed light on how AFPs regulate ice formation in nature. In this work, time-resolved small-angle x-ray scattering (TR-SAXS) and quasi-elastic neutron scattering (QENS) experiments were carried out to investigate the structural and dynamical mechanisms of ice formation regulated by GO nanosheets.

Questionnaire-based service evaluation of the efficacy and usefulness of SEREN: a structured education programme for children and young people diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Objectives: To evaluate the usefulness and effectiveness of a new structured education module for children with type 1 diabetes: S E R E N (SEREN) 'Diabetes at Diagnosis'.

Design: Retrospective questionnaire-based service evaluation.

Setting: 12/14 paediatric diabetes centres across Wales took part.

Contradicting perceptions of nursing teachers on the neoliberal context of labor.

Objectives: To identify and analyze the perceptions of nursing teachers on the new configurations of the job world and the repercussions for their labor activities.

Methods: Qualitative, descriptive, exploratory research, carried out at two federal nursing colleges in Rio de Janeiro. Data collection occurred with 27 nursing teachers, between May and June 2016, through semi-structured interviews.

Large intraoral spindle cell lipoma.

Lipomas are relatively common benign neoplasms composed by mature fat cells. Apart from conventional lipomas, several other subtypes have been described in the oral cavity, including fibrolipoma, myxoid lipoma, angiolipoma, myolipoma, chondrolipoma, osteolipoma and spindle cell lipoma (SCL). Intraoral SCL is rare, representing from 1.

The Molecular Allergen Recognition Profile in China as Basis for Allergen-Specific Immunotherapy.

Approximately 30% of the world population suffers from immunoglobulin-E (IgE)-mediated allergy. IgE-mediated allergy affects the respiratory tract, the skin and the gastrointestinal tract and may lead to life-threatening acute systemic manifestations such as anaphylactic shock. The symptoms of allergy are mediated by IgE-recognition of causative allergen molecules from different allergen sources.

Somatostatin Receptor Antagonism Reverses Glucagon Counterregulatory Failure in Recurrently Hypoglycemic Male Rats.

Recent antecedent hypoglycemia is a known source of defective glucose counter-regulation in diabetes; the mechanisms perpetuating the cycle of progressive α-cell failure and recurrent hypoglycemia remain unknown. Somatostatin has been shown to suppress the glucagon response to acute hypoglycemia in rodent models of type 1 diabetes. We hypothesized that somatostatin receptor 2 antagonism (SSTR2a) would restore glucagon counterregulation and delay the onset of insulin-induced hypoglycemia in recurrently hypoglycemic, nondiabetic male rats.

Surgical site infection prevention bundle for children submitted to cardiac surgery.

Objective: To build and validate the content and appearance of a surgical site infection prevention bundle for children submitted to cardiac surgery.

Method: Methodological study in two phases: 1) Bundle construction from an integrative literature review from which interventions have been extracted to compose the instrument; 2) Bundle content and appearance validation by 24 judges.

Results: The 24 found articles presented 17 interventions for surgical site infection prevention in this population.