Comparison of postural assessment and awareness in individuals receiving posture training using the digital AI posture assessment and correction system.

This study aimed to compare postural assessment and postural awareness using the artificial intelligence posture evaluation and correction system (APECS) in individuals receiving posture training. Participants' physical characteristics were recorded. The participants' posture was evaluated with APECS and the New York posture rating chart test (NYPR), and their body and postural awareness was evaluated with the body awareness questionnaire (BAQ), postural awareness form (PAF) and postural habits and awareness scale (PHAS).

The role of socio-economic disparities in the relative success and persistence of SARS-CoV-2 variants in New York City in early 2021.

Socio-economic disparities were associated with disproportionate viral incidence between neighborhoods of New York City (NYC) during the first wave of SARS-CoV-2. We investigated how these disparities affected the co-circulation of SARS-CoV-2 variants during the second wave in NYC. We tested for correlation between the prevalence, in late 2020/early 2021, of Alpha, Iota, Iota with E484K mutation (Iota-E484K), and B.

Obstetric outcomes in women with pelvic endometriosis: a prospective cohort study.

Objective: To determine whether obstetric outcomes differ between women with endometriosis and those without, where all women undergo first-trimester screening for endometriosis.

Design: A prospective observational cohort study.

Setting: The Early Pregnancy Unit at University College London Hospital, United Kingdom.

Investigating the effects of postural habits and awareness on early adolescent's internet addiction levels.

Objectives: Early adolescence is a period of growth and development determined by the onset of puberty, during which important changes in psychological development and social roles occur. Excessive use of the internet, especially in adolescents in this period, causes health problems such as postural disorders, vision problems, sedentary life, and unbalanced nutrition. When the studies are analyzed, it is observed that postural disorders are observed in children and adolescents.

Reported Methods, Distributions, and Frequencies of Torture Globally: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Importance: Despite its prohibition by the United Nations Convention against Torture and other international treaties, torture has been perpetrated against countless individuals worldwide, and health care practitioners globally are increasingly encountering refugee torture survivors in their clinical practices. The methods, geographic distribution, and frequency of torture globally are not well described, which limits health care practitioners' ability to adequately diagnose and treat the sequelae of torture.

Objective: To rank the commonness of torture methods and identify the regions of the world with which they are associated.

Tropical diabetic hand syndrome in a Solomons Islands adult: A case report of a rare complication.

Background: Tropical diabetic hand syndrome (TDHS) is a rare and often unrecognized complication that can lead to lifelong disability or even death among diabetic patients living in the tropics.

Presentation Of Case: This study reports the case of a 47-year-old male patient in the Solomon Islands who developed TDHS caused by Klebsiella pneumonia. The patient presented with symptoms of localized cellulitis of the fourth digit of the left hand after being discharged 10.

Severe lactic acidosis with euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis due to metformin overdose.

Metformin-associated lactic acidosis is a well-known metformin treatment complication; however, the development of euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis (euDKA) has rarely been reported. Here we report a case of lactic acidosis and euDKA after metformin overdose. A 57-year-old female patient was transferred to our hospital with severe metabolic acidosis and acute kidney injury.

Knowledge of legal rights as a factor of refugee and asylum seekers' health status: a qualitative study.

Objectives: To examine health behaviours of refugees and asylum seekers, in relation to their knowledge of public benefits and legal rights.

Design: Qualitative study, utilising an open-ended, semi-structured interview guide to ensure information-rich data collection. Thematic content was analysed using qualitative research software.

Adverse reactions of BNT162b2 vaccine booster against COVID-19 in Japan.

Female participants had a higher incidence of headache, nausea, myalgia, arthralgia, redness, pruritus, and inoculation site redness and pruritus (p 0.05). Low grade fever, headache, malaise, myalgia, and inoculation site induration and heat were associated with age group (p 0.

An ethical plan for including forcibly displaced persons in omics and digital technology research.

Forcibly displaced persons, such as refugees, are at an increased risk of physical and mental health conditions and so would benefit from novel healthcare technologies, research on which can be conducted under an ethical framework.

Concerns and desires of healthcare workers caring for patients with COVID-19 in April and July 2020 in Japan: a qualitative study of open-ended survey comments.

Objectives: The prolonged effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to have a serious impact on healthcare workers. We described and compared the experiences of healthcare workers in Japan during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic from March to May 2020, and during the lull from June to July 2020.

Design: In this qualitative study, we used a web-based survey to obtain comments from healthcare workers about their experiences during the pandemic, and explored these using inductive content analysis.

Role of the new bioimpedance monitoring device (Seca) in assessing dry weight in hemodialysis patients.

Background: In recent years, bioimpedance analysis has come to be widely used in clinical practice for dialysis patients, but there is not sufficient consensus on its significance. We aimed to examine the merits of performing bioimpedance analysis in addition to conventional evaluation methods for dry weight such as measuring human atrial natriuretic peptide (hANP), blood pressure, and cardiothoracic ratio in patients on chronic hemodialysis.

Methods: Body composition of 78 hemodialysis patients was performed by using a new and more accurate segmental multifrequency bioimpedance analysis device (Seca medical body composition analyzer 525, Seca GmbH & Co.

Retrospective evaluation of the symptom-based work restriction strategy of healthcare providers in the first epidemic of COVID-19 at a tertiary care hospital in Tokyo, Japan.

Background: Effectiveness of restricting healthcare providers (HCPs) from working based on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-like symptoms should be evaluated.

Methods: A total of 495 HCPs in a tertiary care hospital in Tokyo, Japan, participated in this study between June and July in 2020. Analysis of serum anti-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antibody to identify infected HCPs, questionnaire surveys, and medical record reviews were conducted to evaluate the appropriateness of symptom-based work restriction for 10 days.

3D modeling in cancer studies.

The tumor microenvironment contributes significantly to tumor initiation, progression, and resistance to chemotherapy. Much of our understanding of the tumor and its microenvironment is developed using various methods of cell culture. Throughout the last two decades, research has increasingly shown that 3D cell culture systems can remarkably recapitulate the complexity of tumor architecture and physiology compared to traditional 2D models.

A case of systemic sarcoidosis with mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis showing predominant deposition of IgG in the mesangial region.

A 37-year-old African-British man was referred to our hospital for detailed examination because of persistent fever, swelling and pain in both ankle joints, and blurred vision for two months. Inguinal lymph node biopsy showed a large number of epithelioid granulomas without necrosis. Granulomatous anterior uveitis, nephropathy, high serum angiotensin-converting enzyme activity, and high serum-soluble interleukin-2 receptor were observed, and the diagnosis of systemic sarcoidosis was made.

Efficacy of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system blockades for acute phase hypertensive emergencies in patient complicating severe acute kidney injury.

Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) is primarily involved with pathological mechanism of developing hypertensive emergencies. However, none of clinical practice guidelines mention RAAS blockers for the treatment of hypertensive emergencies. A 44 year-old woman presented with severe hypertension, brain stem posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome and severe acute kidney injury (AKI).

Health care worker burnout after the first wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Japan.

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of burnout according to job category after the first wave of COVID-19 in Japan and to explore its association with certain factors.

Methods: An online cross-sectional survey of health care workers (HCWs) from June 15 to July 6, 2020, was conducted at a tertiary hospital in Tokyo, Japan. Demographic characteristics, results of the Japanese version of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey, types of anxiety and stress, changes in life and work after the peak of the pandemic, and types of support aimed at reducing the physical or mental burden, were determined.

Assessing urine ammonium concentration by urine osmolal gap in chronic kidney disease.

Acidemia is one of the risk factors for end-stage kidney disease and increases the mortality rate of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Although urinary ammonium (U-NH ) is the crucial component of renal acid excretion, U-NH concentration is not routinely measured. To estimate U-NH , urine osmolal gap (UOG = urine osmolality - [2(Na + K ) + urea + glucose]) is calculated and the formula (U-NH  = UOG/2) has traditionally been used.