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Effect of lumbar-pelvic control on functionality in children with spastic cerebral palsy
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Rasmea Odeh: The Case of an Indomitable Woman
No full textIn this profile of Rasmea Odeh, JPS examines the case of a Palestinian woman who has been incarcerated in both Israel and the United States. After a decade of confinement in Israel, Odeh was freed in a prisoner exchange in 1979. Following deportation from the occupied Palestinian territories, she became a noted social justice and women's rights organizer, first in Lebanon and Jordan, and later in the U.S., where she built the now over 800-strong Arab Women's Committee of Chicago. In April 2017, Odeh accepted a plea bargain that would lead to her deportation from the United States after a years-long legal battle to overturn a devastating conviction on charges of immigration fraud. Observers, legal experts, and supporters consider the case to “reek of political payback,” in the words of longtime Palestine solidarity activist, author, and academic Angela Davis. Odeh's generosity of spirit, biting wit, and easy smile did not desert her throughout the years that she fought her case. To know Odeh is to be reminded that the work of organizing for social justice is about the collective rather than the individual, and that engagement, relationship building, and trust are the foundations of such work.</jats:p
Impact of Laparoscopic Ovarian Drilling on Anti-Müllerian Hormone Levels and Ovarian Stromal Blood Flow Using 2D Power Doppler in Women with Anovulatory Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
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qF3 Analysis Code
No full textProvided here:
-Scripts for Performing quantitative Fast FLIM FRET (qF3) Analysis. Organized into folders by steps (1-13) to run for each biological replicate (Step1_Replicate_Analysis) and then for all combined replicates (Step2_CombineReps_Analysis).
-script used to calculate G factor (for which our original data can be provided upon request)
-Example Master platemap.
-LICENSE file for all code here.
-Author: Nehad Hirmiz ([email protected])
Instructions:
-Download all files here and extract .Zip.
-Install MATLAB Version R2020a with toolboxes:
Signal Processing, Curve Fitting, Image Processing.
-IFF starting with INO FLIM Hyperspectral data * then contact lead for
INO software package including (Release_r10357 package):
INO FHS Acquisition,
INO_FHS_Analysis,
INO_FHS_Batch Analysis
-Follow instructions to run these codes:
See associated text at Protocol Exchange: Title: “Automated, quantitative Fast FLIM-FRET (qF3): A step-by-step protocol to measure dissociation constants for protein-protein interactions in live-cell screening applications.”
LINK
https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.pex-1354/v1
And
Instructional videos:
LINK
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUiSJrzzg9voe5sjA57oIbfOLAGIrHXR
Effect of lumbar-pelvic control on functionality in children with spastic cerebral palsy
No full textLack of pelvic control is a common functional impairment in children with spastic cerebral palsy (CP), so pelvic stability may be critical to improvecontrolled movements and activities in these children.The aim of this randomized controlled trialwas to evaluate the effect of physical therapy programs combined with pelvic control exercises on controlled hip, knee, and ankle movements and gross motor functions in children with spastic CP. Thirty-two children diagnosed with spastic cerebral palsy at levels II and III on the gross motor functional classification system participated in this study. Theywere randomly and equally divided by a computerized program into control and study groups. The control group (eight boys and eight girls) received the designed therapy program for one hour. The study group (four boys and twelve girls) received lumbar-pelvic control exercises for 20 minutes in addition to 40 minutes of a physical therapy program. The program for both groups was applied three times per week for twelve weeks. After twelve weeks of treatment, the controlled movement, functional ability plus a joint range of motion of the hip, knee, and ankle were assessed by selective motor control scale, Peabody scales, and Kinovia software program, respectively.All statistical measures were performed through the Statistical Package for Social Studies (SPSS) version 20 for windows (SPSS, Inc., Chicago, IL). The results of our studyshowed a statistically significant improvement in median selective motor control, the Z score of Peabody scale, and the mean angle of hip, knee, and ankle range of motion after the treatment program in the study group compared with the control group (p < 0.05).Lumbar-pelvic control exercises are useful in improving the controlled movement and functional abilities in children with spastic diplegiaCP when combined with a physical therapy program
Erratum: A scientific report on heat transfer analysis in mixed convection flow of Maxwell fluid over an oscillating vertical plate
No full textScientific Reports 7: Article number: 40147; published online: 15 March 2017; updated: 17 May 2018 In the original version of this Article, the author L. C. C. Dennis was inadvertently omitted from the Author Contributions statement and the Supplementary Information. The Author Contributions statement,</jats:p
Gene expression data analysis identifies multiple deregulated pathways in patients with asthma
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Author Correction: Convergence of TGFβ and BMP signaling in regulating human bone marrow stromal cell differentiation
No full textCorrection to: Scientific Reports, published online 21 March 2019 This Article contains errors. In Figure 6C the OS image for SCR siRNA is incorrectly duplicated as the Figure 8C OS image for CNT. The correct Figure 8 and its accompanying legend appear below. (Figure presented.) Effect of exogenous BMP4 on osteoblastic and adipocytic differentiation of hBMSC−Bone cells. (a) Quantification of cell viability of hBMSC–Bone cells in the presence or absence of recombinant BMP4. (b) qRT-PCR quantification for TAGLN, TPM1, and Col1A2 in hBMSC−Bone cells in the presence or absence of recombinant BMP4. The expression of each target gene was normalized to GAPDH. Data are presented as mean ± SD from three independent experiments, n = 9; ***p < 0.0005. (c) OsteoImage™ staining (20× magnification) of hBMSC−Bone cells which were induced into the osteoblast in the presence or absence of recombinant BMP4. The lower panel shows Alizarin Red S staining. The quantification of mineralized matrix formation for vehicle or recombinant BMP4-treated hBMSC−Bone cells is shown (right panel). Data are presented as relative mean mineralization ± SD from three independent experiments, n = 9; *p < 0.0005. (d) qRT-PCR quantification of ALPL, OCN, ON, and COL1A1 osteogenic markers in hBMSC−Bone cells in the presence or absence of recombinant BMP4 under osteogenic induction conditions. The expression of each target gene was normalized to GAPDH. Data are presented as the means ± SD from three independent experiments, n = 9; *p < 0.05, **p < 0.005, ***p < 0.0005. (e) hBMSC−Bone cells were differentiated into adipocytes for 7 days under the indicated experimental conditions. Upper panel shows fluorescence Nile red staining of mature oil filled adipocytes (20× magnification), whilst the lower panel shows Oil red O staining for adipocytes (20× magnification). The lower panel shows the relative quantification of Nile red staining of mature oil-filled adipocytes. (f) qRT-PCR quantification for LPL and CEBPA adipocytic markers. The expression of each target gene was normalized to GAPDH. Data are presented as mean ± SD from three independent experiments, n = 9; **p < 0.005, ***p < 0.0005. (g) Schematic model illustrating the convergence of BMP and TGFβ in regulating hBMSC differentiation.</p
Impact of handedness on electromyographic activity of hand muscles and nerve conduction velocity during mobile phone use in adolescents
No full textThis study investigated the impact of handedness on electromyographic (EMG) activity of hand muscles and nerve conduction velocity during smartphone use and compared the effects of left- and right-handedness on hand muscle activation and nerve conduction velocities. This interventional parallel study included 70 participants (35 left-handed, 35 right-handed) aged 12 to 14 years. EMG activity and nerve conduction velocities (radial, median, and ulnar nerves) were measured before and after 10 minutes of smartphone use. Muscle activation was assessed for the abductor pollicis longus (APL), extensor carpi radialis (ECR), flexor carpi ulnaris (FCU), and first dorsal interosseous muscles. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS software, version 27. Left-handed participants exhibited significantly greater activation in all assessed muscles during smartphone use (p < 0.05). Specifically, the activation of the APL, ECR, FCU, and first dorsal interosseous muscles was higher in left-handed individuals. Sensory ulnar and median nerve conduction velocities were significantly higher in right-handed subjects during smartphone use (p < 0.05), while no significant differences were observed in motor nerve conduction velocities. The study demonstrates that handedness influences neuromuscular activity during smartphone use, with left-handed individuals showing greater muscle activation and right-handed individuals exhibiting higher sensory nerve conduction velocities
