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EVALUATION OF ETORPHINE-MEDETOMIDINE-MIDAZOLAMAZAPERONE FOR IMMOBILIZATION IN CAPTIVE PRONGHORN ().

J Zoo Wildl Med

December 2024

Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, S7N 5B4, SK, Canada.

Etorphine based immobilization protocols are reported to be effective in pronghorn; however, information on cardiorespiratory effects is limited. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and cardiopulmonary effects of etorphine, medetomidine, midazolam, and azaperone for immobilization in captive pronghorn. Additionally, the effects of endotracheal intubation and manual ventilation on cardiopulmonary variables were assessed.

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Canada's First National Oral Health Research Strategy (2024-2030).

J Dent Res

February 2025

Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Recent years have seen significant positive changes and developments in oral health-related policy and data on oral health and oral health care in Canada. Simultaneously, on the international stage, the momentum for oral health and related research continues to build. These changes have led to an initiative to create Canada's first National Oral Health Research Strategy (NOHRS), which was recently published by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research-Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis (Allison and Rock 2024).

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Cultural and religious structures influencing the use of maternal health services in Nigeria: a focused ethnographic research.

Reprod Health

December 2024

College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, Health Science Building - 1A10, 107 Wiggins Road, Box 6, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5E5, Canada.

Background: Cultural and religious structures encompass a set pattern of values, beliefs, systems and practices that define a community's behaviour and identity. These structures influence women's health-seeking behaviour and access to maternal health services, predisposing women to preventable maternal health complications. However, most maternal health policies have focused on biomedical strategies, with limited attention to women's cultural challenges around childbirth.

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Objectives: Repeated gripping with high grip forces and high rates of grip force development are risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome. As the nerve's adaptive ability is crucial to prevent disease progression, we investigated how these risk factors influence median nerve deformation and displacement over the time course of a repeated pinch grip task.

Methods: Seventeen healthy participants performed a repeated grip task against a load cell while their carpal tunnel was scanned with ultrasound.

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Cryoballoon ablations have an excellent safety profile. We present a case of a 58-year-old woman who experienced an unlikely complication of a cryoballoon breach resulting in massive gas emboli and transient hemodynamic compromise. Gas emboli are associated with high morbidity and mortality, and early recognition is essential to successful recovery.

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Decades of wheat breeding have provided growers with numerous high-yielding options, but it is unknown if these yield improvements are likewise characterized with improved nitrogen use efficiency (NUE). Fertilizer nitrogen (N) is an ever-increasing expense, so improving NUE by reducing the requirement for N fertilizer without risking yield and quality is necessary. The goal of our research is to identify cultivars and associated traits that may improve NUE while maintaining productivity.

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Past research from our lab has suggested visual demands in video games serve to exercise attentional-oculomotor (A-O) processing in a manner beneficial to reading. However, testing the effect of video games on reading typically requires long timeframes (e.g.

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Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to characterize the association between cell-salvage and allogeneic transfusion rate in pediatric patients undergoing posterior arthrodesis for scoliosis.

Methods: NSQIP Pediatric database years 2016-2022 was used.

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Rabbit Gastroenterology.

Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract

December 2024

Zoo, Exotic and Wildlife Medicine, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada; Small Animal Clinical Sciences Department, 52 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4, Canada.

Gastrointestinal (GI) disorders are a common cause of emergency presentation in rabbits. Gastrointestinal stasis is a syndrome that is frequently caused by various primary conditions (including but not limited to affections of the GI tract itself). Over the last years, clinical features, diagnosis, management, and prognosis of GI disorders-such as GI obstructions, appendicitis, rabbit hemorrhagic virus disease, or liver lobe torsion-have been studied.

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Regional environmental management aims to maintain or improve regional ecosystem health (REH) and prevent its degradation over time. In the context of rapid urbanization and global sustainability over the last two decades, has land use change resulted in a deterioration of REH? By using the improved REH framework model as Pressure-Vigor-Organization-Resilience-Service (P-VOR-S), this paper proposed Regional Ecosystem Health Maintenance (REHM) as a dynamic quantitative indicator of REH, and detected REHM as well as its response to land use change in the coastal city of Fuzhou, China during 2003-2018. The results showed that: (1) During 2003-2018, the average REH gradually decreased in spite of the 62.

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Prompt diagnosis of equine septic arthritis is crucial for successful treatment. Serum amyloid A (SAA) has been suggested as a reliable biomarker. However, we previously found that synovial fluid SAA increases in nonaffected joints of horses with septic arthritis.

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In the indoor environment, occupants are exposed to air pollutants originating from continuous indoor sources and exchange with the outdoor air, with the highest concentration episodes dominated by activities performed indoors such as cooking and cleaning. Here we use the INdoor CHEMical model in Python (INCHEM-Py) constrained by measurements from the House Observations of Microbial and Environmental Chemistry (HOMEChem) campaign, to investigate the impact of a bleach cleaning event and cooking on indoor air chemistry. Measurements of the concentrations of longer-lived organic and inorganic compounds, as well as measured photolysis rates, have been used as input for the model, and the modelled hydroxyl (OH) radicals, hydroperoxyl radicals, and nitrous acid (HONO) concentrations compared to the measured values.

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The worldwide prevalence of thyroid disease is on the rise, representing a chronic condition that significantly impacts global mortality rates. Machine learning (ML) approaches have demonstrated potential superiority in mitigating the occurrence of this disease by facilitating early detection and treatment. However, there is a growing demand among stakeholders and patients for reliable and credible explanations of the generated predictions in sensitive medical domains.

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Introduction: Supporting persons living with advanced dementia in long-term care (LTC) homes requires strong collaborative partnerships between staff, family members, and residents. Yet, relational tensions-such as differing expectations around care decisions-can inhibit the implementation of collaborative partnerships at this critical point in the trajectory of care.

Objective: This study aims to explore the emotional experiences of families and staff during shared decision-making processes for individuals with advanced dementia in LTC.

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Accurate polyp image segmentation is of great significance, because it can help in the detection of polyps. Convolutional neural network (CNN) is a common automatic segmentation method, but its main disadvantage is the long training time. Transformer is another method that can be adapted to the automatic segmentation method by employing a self-attention mechanism, which essentially assigns different importance weights to each piece of information, thus achieving high computational efficiency during segmentation.

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Like humans, cats have a strong relationship between decreasing insulin sensitivity and the development of diabetes with obesity. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms of impaired insulin secretion and signaling in cats remain largely unknown. A total of 54 client-owned nondiabetic lean ( = 15), overweight ( = 15), and diabetic ( = 24) cats were included in the study.

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Ambulatory pediatric adenotonsillectomy.

Can J Anaesth

December 2024

Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Purpose: This Continuing Professional Development module aims to help the general anesthesiologist recognize common pitfalls in ambulatory pediatric adenotonsillectomy and perform appropriate risk stratification, analgesic management, and disposition planning.

Principal Findings: Pediatric adenotonsillectomy is a widely performed procedure. An updated approach to preoperative risk assessment of commonly associated comorbidities allows the practitioner to anticipate and plan for adverse events.

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Article Synopsis
  • Propagation-based imaging computed tomography (PBI-CT) is gaining popularity for visualizing low-density materials thanks to its high resolution and image contrast, but it poses radiation risks in live animal imaging due to high doses.
  • This study integrates a deep learning method called Sparse2Noise with PBI-CT to significantly reduce radiation exposure (up to 90%) while preserving image quality, showing improved results over traditional low-dose imaging methods.
  • The findings indicate that Sparse2Noise provides a better signal-to-noise ratio compared to two other advanced low-dose algorithms, enhancing the effectiveness of PBI-CT for biomedical applications.
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Objective: The objective was to identify the priorities of individuals with musculoskeletal shoulder pain and their health care providers (HCPs) that are perceived to foster multi-stakeholder adherence to evidence-based recommendations.

Methods: The study used a mixed methods design, informed by concept mapping. Patients with shoulder pain (ie, ≥6 weeks) and HCPs involved in their care (recruited via social media, email, etc.

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This study aimed to measure the intention to leave and well-being indicators (ie, job satisfaction, burnout, moral distress, risk of depression, and resilience) of health care providers (HCPs) in Saskatchewan, Canada and to explore the association between their intention to leave and well-being indicators and other demographic factors, including gender. A cross-sectional study was conducted among registered nurses (RNs), physicians, and respiratory therapists (RTs) in Saskatchewan between December 2021 and April 2022. An online survey inquired about intentions to leave current positions, well-being indicators, and demographics of HCPs.

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Background: Brain metastasis invasion pattern (BMIP) is an emerging biomarker associated with recurrence-free and overall survival in patients, and differential response to therapy in preclinical models. Currently, BMIP can only be determined from the histopathological examination of surgical specimens, precluding its use as a biomarker prior to therapy initiation. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential of machine learning (ML) approaches to develop a noninvasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based biomarker for BMIP determination.

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A rare case of oesophageal mucosal bridge.

J Can Assoc Gastroenterol

December 2024

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Calgary, 1403 29 St NW, Calgary, AB T2N 2T9, Canada.

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Background: Addressing prosthetic joint infections poses a significant challenge within orthopedic surgery, marked by elevated morbidity and mortality rates. The presence of biofilms and infections attributed to () further complicates the scenario.

Objective: To investigate the potential of radioimmunotherapy as an innovative intervention to tackle biofilm-associated infections.

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The history of hemophilia is well documented, yet reports focus heavily on the male perspective and severe forms of the disease. Although hemophilia was initially believed to only affect men with women seen as silent carriers, it is now universally acknowledged that women and girls can also be affected. In this narrative review, we tracked the progression of beliefs about women and hemophilia as documented in the literature from pre-1800s to the present time.

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Ultrasound-based geometric modeling of the human ovary with applications to cryopreservation.

Cryobiology

December 2024

Biothermal Technology Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Electronic address:

Successful cryopreservation of the whole ovary outside of the body, while a woman undergoes cancer treatments, may help preserving fertility and regaining hormone balance during recovery. One of the key challenges in whole ovary cryopreservation is adequately loading the organ with cryoprotective agents (CPAs). Another notable challenge in developing the application is the lack of geometric data needed for designing matching thermal protocols.

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