Resolving Tongue Entrapment: A Comprehensive Review with Case Report.

Objective: To report a case of oral tongue entrapment due to a metal water bottle and review clinical considerations for managing this rare pathology.

Study Design: Case report and literature review.

Setting: Tertiary care hospital.

Using concept mapping to identify recruitment and engagement strategies for inclusion of LGBTQIA+ populations in Alzheimer's disease and related dementia research.

Introduction: Past Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) research has not considered ways to ensure the representation of diverse sexual and gender minorities. This study used concept mapping (CM) to identify strategies for engaging and recruiting LGBTQIA+ older adults living with memory loss and their caregivers into ADRD research.

Methods: CM, involving brainstorming, thematic analysis, and rating of strategies, was conducted with 46 members from one national and three local community advisory boards.

Proposal for standardized ultrasound analysis of the salivary glands: Part 1 submandibular gland.

Objectives: The Salivary Gland Committee of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery seeks to standardize terminology and technique for ultrasonograpy used in the evaluation and treatment of salivary gland disorders.

Methods: Development of expert opinion obtained through interaction with international practitioners representing multiple specialties. This committee work includes a comprehensive literature review with presentation of case examples to propose a standardized protocol for the language used in ultrasound salivary gland assessment.

Prepartum Anemia and Risk of Postpartum Hemorrhage: A Meta-Analysis and Brief Review.

Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is responsible for 30% to 50% of maternal deaths. There is conflicting evidence if prepartum anemia facilitates PPH. A comprehensive analysis of studies describing their relation is missing.

Health care providers' attitudes and counseling behaviors related to obesity.

Background: Obesity affects over 42% of the U.S. adult population, yet it remains undertreated.

The (in)visible Brazilians: A perspective review on the need for brain health and dementia research with Brazilian immigrants in the United States.

Introduction: The Brazilian population in the United States (U.S.), a Latinx subgroup, is rapidly growing and aging but remains underrepresented in U.

A new species of (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) from central Panama.

A new species of Laurenti, 1768, from Central Panama is described based on molecular analyses, hemipenial morphology, and external characters. This is the sixth species of to be described for the country; the snake has been suspected to exist since 1977 and has not been thoroughly studied until now. Additionally, morphological comparations including scale counts are done with other species within the genus, and the current geographic distribution of (Werner, 1909), the sister species, is updated.

Recent Progress on Transparent Microelectrode-Based Soft Bioelectronic Devices for Neuroscience and Cardiac Research.

Transparent microelectrodes have emerged as promising tools to combine electrical and optical sensing and modulation modalities in many areas of biological and biomedical research. Compared to conventional opaque microelectrodes, they offer a number of specific advantages that can enable advances in functionality and performance. In addition to optical transparency, the mechanical softness feature is desired to minimize foreign body responses, increase biocompatibility, and avoid loss of functionality.

Sustaining capacity building and practical skills training during the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons from India.

Background: The scale and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic posed a threat to provide the required support needed by emergency medicine (EM) trainees in India participating in the masters in EM program, a global partnership between the Ronald Reagan Institute for Emergency Medicine at the George Washington University and 14 institutions in India. While some of this support has been filled by remote education through thrice-weekly online video conferencing and webinars, the gap in procedural teaching posed a different challenge.

Methods: We developed a two-part innovation to teach suture skills, a required procedure for EM trainees.

COVID-19 and pre-tenure counseling faculty: A collaborative autoethnographic investigation.

Higher education faculty worldwide experienced heightened stressors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, from completing their professional roles and responsibilities virtually to balancing personal and professional stressors. Consequently, the pandemic created many adjustments for pre-tenure counseling faculty across research, teaching, and service. In response to this pandemic, we explored the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the personal and professional lives of four pre-tenure counseling faculty members.

The hidden performance costs of professional isolation? A latent change score model of professional isolation during the early stage of COVID-19 pandemic.

Although past research has found that professional isolation can affect discernible work-related outcomes (e.g. job performance and turnover) and important job attitudes, researchers have not examined its impact on those less discernible but still costly work behaviours.

Social connectedness, mindfulness, and coping as protective factors during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented psychological impact, revealing immense emotional disturbances among the general population. This study examined the extent to which social connectedness, dispositional mindfulness, and coping moderate symptoms of anxiety and depression in 1242 adults under the same government-issued COVID-19 stay-at-home mandate. Participants completed measures of anxiety, depression, dispositional mindfulness, social connectedness, and coping, and regression analyses were used to examine associations and interaction effects.

Empirical and philosophical problems with the subspecies rank.

Species-level taxonomy derives from empirical sources (data and techniques) that assess the existence of spatiotemporal evolutionary lineages via various species "concepts." These concepts determine if observed lineages are independent given a particular methodology and ontology, which relates the metaphysical species concept to what "kind" of thing a species is in reality. Often, species concepts fail to link epistemology back to ontology.

Improvement in Long-COVID Symptoms Using Acupuncture: A Case Study.

Background: The long-COVID syndrome (LCS), defined by residual symptoms from acute COVID-19 for <60 days, affects about one-third of all COVID survivors and is an emerging public health challenge. Empirical data about the range of symptoms or the utility of acupuncture alone for the LCS are very limited.

Case: This observational case study of a 46-year-old male with LCS was conducted to preliminarily define the range of symptoms, a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) diagnostic structure, and evaluate the potential utility of prescribed acupuncture for LCS.

Candidate-species delimitation in salamanders reveals gene flow across lineage boundaries, confounding phylogenetic estimation and clarifying hybrid zones.

Dusky Salamanders (genus ) currently comprise only 22 described, extant species. However, recent mitochondrial and nuclear estimates indicate the presence of up to 49 candidate species based on ecogeographic sampling. Previous studies also suggest a complex history of hybridization between these lineages.

Disparities in obstetric hemorrhage outcomes.

Both the maternal and fetal outcomes of pregnancy vary greatly according to a pregnant woman's community and her condition. The most devastating outcome is the death of a mother. In 2017, there were ≈295,000 maternal deaths globally with dramatic differences in maternal mortality based on geographic region, country, and women's underlying conditions.

Radiation nanosensitizers in cancer therapy-From preclinical discoveries to the outcomes of early clinical trials.

Improving the efficacy and spatial targeting of radiation therapy while sparing surrounding normal tissues has been a guiding principle for its use in cancer therapy. Nanotechnologies have shown considerable growth in terms of innovation and the development of new therapeutic approaches, particularly as radiosensitizers. The aim of this study was to systematically review how nanoparticles (NPs) are used to enhance the radiotherapeutic effect, including preclinical and clinical studies.

A self-labeling protein based on the small ultra-red fluorescent protein, smURFP.

Self-labeling proteins have revolutionized super-resolution and sensor imaging. Tags recognize a bioorthogonal substrate for covalent attachment. We show the small Ultra-Red Fluorescent Protein (smURFP) is a self-labeling protein.

Factors associated with clinical severity in emergency department patients presenting with symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Objective: To measure the association of race, ethnicity, comorbidities, and insurance status with need for hospitalization of symptomatic emergency department patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection.

Methods: This study is a cohort study of symptomatic patients presenting to a single emergency department (ED) with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection from March 7-August 9, 2020. We collected patient-level information regarding demographics, insurance status, comorbidities, level of care, and mortality using a structured chart review.