Arthroscopic Discectomy Technique: A Beneficial Approach for Managing Disk Perforations in the Temporomandibular Joint.

Abstract: Disk perforation can result in degenerative changes within the joint structures. While discectomy has demonstrated enduring benefits, it has traditionally been described using an open approach, with the disadvantages inherent to this method. This study aims to present a series of patients who underwent arthroscopic discectomy technique and to report the outcomes.

Non-hiatal diaphragmatic hernias: results of transabdominal and transthoracic surgical approaches at a fourth-level hospital.

Objective: The objective of this study is to elucidate the clinical and demographic profiles, as well as perioperative outcomes, of patients undergoing surgery for non-hiatal diaphragmatic hernias. Additionally, it aims to analyse these outcomes based on the surgical approach employed (transthoracic versus transabdominal).

Methods: This retrospective, observational study was conducted at a single center and involved patients diagnosed with non-hiatal diaphragmatic hernia who underwent either emergency or elective surgery between July 2007 and March 2023.

Tucker3-PCovR: The Tucker3 principal covariates regression model.

In behavioral research, it is very common to have manage multiple datasets containing information about the same set of individuals, in such a way that one dataset attempts to explain the others. To address this need, in this paper the Tucker3-PCovR model is proposed. This model is a particular case of PCovR models which focuses on the analysis of a three-way data array and a two-way data matrix where the latter plays the explanatory role.

Search for Na in novae supported by a novel method for measuring femtosecond nuclear lifetimes.

Classical novae are thermonuclear explosions in stellar binary systems, and important sources of Al and Na. While γ rays from the decay of the former radioisotope have been observed throughout the Galaxy, Na remains untraceable. Its half-life (2.

Interannual dynamics of Tuber melanosporum and fungal communities in productive black truffle orchards amended with truffle nests.

Truffle growers devote great efforts to improve black truffle productivity, developing agronomic practices such as 'truffle nests' (peat amendments that are supplemented with truffle spore inoculum). It has been hypothesized that improved fruiting associated with nests is linked to stimulation of truffle mycelia previously established in soil or to changes generated in soil fungal community. To assess this, we used real-time PCR to quantify black truffle extraradical mycelium during 2 years after nests installation.

Long-term outcomes of extended DAPT in a real-life cohort of consecutive STEMI patients.

Introduction And Objectives: Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) duration after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) remains a matter of debate.

Methods: We analyzed the effect of DAPT on 5-year all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality, and cardiovascular readmission or mortality in a cohort of 1-year survivor STEMI patients.

Results: A total of 3107 patients with the diagnosis of STEMI were included: 93% of them were discharged on DAPT, a therapy that persisted in 275 high-risk patients at 5 years.

Chronic pithomycotoxicosis associated with obstructive rhinopathy in sheep.

Pithomycotoxicosis (facial eczema) is a seasonal hepatogenous photosensitization of sheep caused by the ingestion of sporidesmin contained in the spores of the fungus . We describe 4 cases of obstructive rhinopathy associated with chronic pithomycotoxicosis naturally occurring in the north of Spain. Sheep were 5 to 7 years old and Latxa breed.

[Virilization and metabolic disease in postmenopausal women related to ovarian hyperplasia and hypertecosis].

During menopausal transition, mild clinical signs of hyperandrogenism may appear as part of the normal aging process, but the development of frank virilization suggests a specific source of androgen excess. In this context, androgen-secreting tumors at both adrenal and ovarian levels should be ruled out. We present the case of a 51-year-old postmenopausal woman with signs of 12 month period virilization, associated with personal history of type 2 diabetes and arterial hypertension, poorly managed in the past year.

Grafting Snake Melon [ L. subsp. Var. (L.) Naudin] in Organic Farming: Effects on Agronomic Performance; Resistance to Pathogens; Sugar, Acid, and VOC Profiles; and Consumer Acceptance.

The performance of snake melon [ var. (L.)] in organic farming was studied under high biotic and salt stress conditions.

Lack of Linkages among Fruiting Depth, Weight, and Maturity in Irrigated Truffle Fungi Marks the Complexity of Relationships among Morphogenetic Stages.

The highly prized black truffle () has become a model species for ectomycorrhizal fungi biology. However, several questions concerning its reproductive phase remain unanswered. To provide new hypotheses on the fruitbody formation process, we have explored the causal links among development characters of black truffle fruitbodies that are primarily linked to either the mating process, fruitbody growing stage, or maturation.

Slackline Training in Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Objective: To assess whether a slackline intervention program improves postural control in children/adolescents with spastic cerebral palsy (CP).

Design: Randomized controlled trial.

Setting: Patients' association.

High dose subcutaneous Anakinra to treat acute respiratory distress syndrome secondary to cytokine storm syndrome among severely ill COVID-19 patients.

Objective: Severely ill COVID-19 patients may end in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and multi-organ failure. Some of them develop a systemic hyperinflammatory state produced by the massive release of inflammatory agents, known as cytokine storm syndrome (CSS). Inhibition of IL-1 by Anakinra (ANK) is a potential life-saving therapy for severe CSS cases.

Phantom development for daily checks in electron intraoperative radiotherapy with a mobile linac.

Purpose: IORT with mobile linear accelerators is a well-established modality where the dose rate and, therefore, the dose per pulse are very high. The constancy of the dosimetric parameters of the accelerator has to be checked daily. The aim of this work is to develop a phantom with embedded detectors to improve both accuracy and efficiency in the daily test of an IORT linac at the surgery room.

Drug-induced sleep endoscopy.

This document introduces drug-induced sleep endoscopy to the specialist treating sleep breathing disorders and is intended as a guide for those willing to perform the procedure so that it can be reproducible.

Methotrexate persistence and adverse drug reactions in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Objectives: This analysis aims to calculate MTX monotherapy persistence and describe the occurrence of and factors associated with the occurrence of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) with MTX.

Methods: Patients with JIA starting MTX monotherapy from two UK studies were included. Patient characteristics, treatment details and ADR occurrence were collected at treatment start, 6 months, 1 year and annually.

Resynchronization with the G6G protocol: A retrospective, observational study of second and later timed artificial inseminations on commercial dairy farms.

We recorded conception rates and estimated pregnancy rates following second and later timed artificial inseminations (TAIs) after hormonal resynchronization on commercial dairy farms, using the so-called G6G protocol (PGF day-0; GnRH 2, 8 days; PGF 15, 16 days, GnRH 17 days; TAI 18 days), and the 5-day Ovsynch protocol or 5DO (GnRH day 0; PGF 5, 6 days; GnRH 7 days; TAI 8 days). In four farms, both protocols were implemented in parallel, and these 1,368 s and later TAIs were used for the protocols' comparison based on logistic regression (544 TAIs in primiparous; 824 in multiparous cows; 1,024 TAIs after G6G [600 TAIs in multiparous and 424 in primiparous]; 344 TAIs after 5DO [224 TAIs in multiparous and 120 in primiparous]; 280 TAIs during the hot season; 1,088 during the cool season). Conception rate (CR) was 31.

[Radical post-prostatectomy biochemical relapse in patients with pathological factors treated with adjuvant versus observation radiotherapy in Colombia.].

Objective: In patients with prostate cancer and high-risk pathological factors, adjuvant radiotherapy (ART) has been reported to be superior to observation for local disease control and progressionfree survival. But more than 30% of the patients do not present biochemical relapse (BR) and therefore the ART associated with the toxicity can be avoided. It has not been determined whether close observation with early salvage radiotherapy provides a similar result to ART.

Does company size matter? Validation of an integrative model of safety behavior across small and large construction companies.

Introduction: Previous safety climate studies primarily focused on either large construction companies or the construction industry as a whole, while little is known about whether company size has significant effects on workers' understanding of safety climate measures and relationships between safety climate factors and safety behavior. Thus, this study aims to: (a) test the measurement equivalence (ME) of a safety climate measure across workers from small and large companies; (b) investigate if company size alters the causal structure of the integrative model developed by Guo, Yiu, and González (2016).

Method: Data were collected from 253 construction workers in New Zealand using a safety climate measure.

[Shock as an adverse reaction to rituximab: Case report].

Rituximab is a plausible alternative first-line treatment of ANCA-associated vasculitis. Adverse effects related to its infusion are common and usually have a benign course. However, there have been reports of refractory cardiogenic shock simulating septic shock.

[Interactive tools to standardize semiology teaching].

Background: The learning process for medical semiology depends on multidisciplinary teaching activities, including simulation tools. These tools should achieve a standardization level aiming at a same level of basic knowledge in each student.

Aim: To evaluate an interactive online semiology learning tool.

Identifying behaviour patterns of construction safety using system archetypes.

Construction safety management involves complex issues (e.g., different trades, multi-organizational project structure, constantly changing work environment, and transient workforce).

[Analysis of maternal deaths in Mexico occurred during 2009].

Background: Mexico reported 955 maternal deaths in 2011, with a ratio of 49 deaths per 100,000 live births. For 2015, the WHO commitment is to reduce the ratio to 22, equivalent to 415 maternal deaths.

Methods: it is a descriptive and retrospective study.

The influence of age on aerobic capacity and health indicators of three rescue groups.

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between age, aerobic capacity (V(O2max)) and other health indicators among 3 rescue groups. The type of training and the subjective perception of physical fitness obtained via the Assessment Questionnaire of Physical Fitness were also analysed. To obtain V(O2max), 37 firefighters, 22 lifeguards and 59 mine rescue workers had a treadmill test.