Displaced distal radius fractures were investigated at a level 1 major trauma centre during the COVID-19 2020 lockdown due to the implementation of temporary changes in practice. The primary aim was to establish if follow-up at one week in place of the 72-hour British Orthopaedic Association Standards for Trauma & Orthopaedics (BOAST) guidance was…[Read more]

A positive relationship between mitochondrial functionality and gamete quality, ultimately contributing to fertilization success and normal embryo development has been established for some years now. Both mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production are major indicators of mitochondrial function, and the need…[Read more]

Following prolonged sitting, G-PWV increased by 0.29 m/s (i.e., PRE vs. POST). However, the condition (P = 0.987) and time × condition (P = 0.954) effects were nonsignificant. The current findings support previous research showing an increase in arterial stiffness with prolonged sitting. However, in young and healthy adults, the arterial st…[Read more]

Nasolabial features of infants with unilateral cleft lip (UCL) are different when they are under general anesthesia for lip repair compared to when they are awake. This study aimed to investigate changes in the incisional design of cheiloplasty according to patient position and anesthesia upright and awake versus supine and under general…[Read more]

The combination of both EI and CI mass spectrum analysis improves molecular identification, thanks to the detection of molecular, deprotonated or protonated ion of highest intensity and fragment formula assignments. The EI and NCI NH3 combination allows formula assignments up to 94% of our database with limit of detection up to 7 ppm. This…[Read more]

Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to a serious extent. It is a chronic disease that can lead to dyslipidemia, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes. In the present study, we investigated the anti-obesity effects of Sicyos angulatus (SA) extract on a high-fat diet (HFD)-induced C57BL/6J obese mice. The mice…[Read more]

In Brazilian traditional folk medicine, the leaves and heartwood from Vatairea macrocarpa (Benth) Ducke (Angelim-of-Cerrado) (Fabaceae family) are used as remedy after cold maceration for the treatment of the condition popularly known as rheumatism, as well as for the general inflammatory aspects such as pains, injury and swelling. The…[Read more]

Background and objectives Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is closely associated with insulin resistance (IR) and is an independent risk factor for incident type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Most studies evaluate the correlation between OSA and IR in only obese or T2DM patients. Therefore, we tried to investigate the effect of OSA on metabolic…[Read more]

5% for DrID and +3.3% for DID. Peaks in relative differences were observed for July and August months. Relative differences were <5% in most subgroups, except for fosfomycin and three French regions. Overall and across most subgroups, the correlation between Xponent and SNDS monthly aggregated estimates was almost perfect (r ≥ 0.992 for all subgr…[Read more]

in English, French Contexte La prothèse totale de la hanche (PTH) et la prothèse totale du genou (PTG) sont des options chirurgicales fiables pour traiter la douleur et l’invalidité résultant de maladies dégénératives de la hanche et du genou. L’obésité est un facteur de risque modifiable qui contribue significativement à la morbidité. Le…[Read more]

Programmed death-ligand 1 protein (PD-L1) has been posited to have a major role in suppressing the immune system during pregnancy, tissue allografts, autoimmune disease and other diseases, such as hepatitis. Photodynamic therapy uses light and a photosensitizer to generate singlet oxygen, which causes cell death (phototoxicity). In this work,…[Read more]