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Comparison of ten-years risk of fatal cardiovascular events calculated by heartscore in diabetic patients with and without post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) comorbidity
No full textIntroductionCardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of death and disability-adjusted life years lost globally. Recent studies have shown that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) predicts higher risk of cardiometabolic diseases, specifically cardiovascular disease and diabetes type 2.AimsTo assess cardiovascular event risk differences between diabetic patients with and without PTSD comorbidity.ObjectivesTo explore a ten-year risk of fatal CVD events in diabetic patients with and without PTSD; to gain better insight in potential different functioning patterns in these patient subgroups.MethodsWe investigated a cross-sectional sample consisting of 390 psychiatric inpatients and outpatients. Ten-years risk of fatal CVD events calculated by HeartScore, European society of cardiology. Europe high-risk version was used. The risk estimation is made based on: gender, age, smoking, systolic blood pressure and total cholesterol.ResultsBy analysis of covariance, we controlled possible confounding effects of gender, age, education, marital status, number of household members, work status, average monthly income per household member, body mass index (kg/m2), number of somatic comorbidities, number of psychiatric comorbidities, duration of PTSD, clinical global impression scale–severity of PTSD at diagnosis. After the adjustment for all these variables, interaction of PTSD and T2DM was significantly associated with CVD risk (P < 0.001; Eta2 = 0.04).ConclusionA significant fatal CVD event risk differences between diabetic patients with and without PTSD comorbidity were found. Better awareness of possible underlying determinants provides better optimal individual approach planning, likewise effective prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.</jats:sec
Ultra-High-Resolution CT to Detect Intracochlear New Bone Formation after Cochlear Implantation
No full textBackground: Histopathologic studies reported that cochlear implantation, a well-established means to treat severe-to-profound sensorineural hearing loss, may induce inflammation, fibrosis, and new bone formation (NBF) with possible impact on loss of residual hearing and hearing outcome.Purpose: To assess NBF in vivo after cochlear implantation with ultra-high-spatial-resolution (UHSR) CT and its implication on-long-term residual hearing outcome.Materials and Methods: In a secondary analysis of a prospective single-center cross-sectional study, conducted between December 2016 and January 2018, patients with at least 1 year of cochlear implantation experience underwent temporal bone UHSR CT and residual hearing assessment. Two observers evaluated the presence and location of NBF independently, and tetrachoric correlations were used to assess interobserver reliability. In addition, the scalar location of each electrode was assessed. After consensus agreement, participants were classified into two groups: those with NBF (n = 83) and those without NBF (n = 40). The association between NBF and clinical parameters, including electrode design, surgical approach, and long-term residual hearing loss, was tested using the chi(2) and Student t tests.Results: A total of 123 participants (mean age +/- standard deviation, 63 years +/- 13; 63 women) were enrolled. NBF was found in 83 of the 123 participants (68%) at 466 of 2706 electrode contacts (17%). Most NBFs (428 of 466, 92%) were found around the 10 most basal contacts, with an interobserver agreement of 86% (2297 of 2683 contacts). Associations between electrode types and surgical approaches were significant (58 of 79 participants with NBF and a precurved electrode vs 24 of 43 with NBF and a straight electrode, P =.04; 64 of 88 participants with NBF and a cochleostomy approach vs 18 of 34 with NBF and a round window approach, P =.03). NBF was least often seen in full scala tympani insertions, but there was no significant association between scalar position and NBF (P =.15). Long-term residual hearing loss was significantly larger in the group with NBF compared with the group without NBF (mean, 22.9 dB +/- 14 vs 8.+/- dB 6 18, respectively; P =.04).Conclusion: In vivo detection of new bone formation (NBF) after cochlear implantation is possible by using ultra-high-spatial-resolution CT. Most cochlear implant recipients develop NBF, predominately located at the base of the cochlea. NBF adversely affectslong-term residual hearing preservation. (C) RSNA, 202
Correlation Between Chronic Somatic Co-morbidities and Prognosis of Major Depressive Disorder
No full textIntroductionDepression and somatic disorders are closely interrelated. Depressed mood is recognized to contribute to the development and progression of wide range of somatic diseases, while at the same time somatic diseases may increase the risk of depression. Co-morbidity research still represents huge research and clinical challenge to contemporary psychiatry and medicine.ObjectivesTo check whether the correlation of NSC and poor prognosis of MDD treatment is merely the consequence of age and duration of illness.MethodsWe investigated a cross-sectional sample consisting of 290 psychiatric diagnosed with MDD. Outcome was the number of psychiatric rehospitalizations (NPR) since the first diagnosis of MDD treatment success. Predictor was NSC. Covariates controlled were sex, age, BMI, marital status, number of household members, education, work status, duration of MDD, CGI-severity of MDD at diagnosis, treatment with antidepressants and anti-psychotics.ResultsAfter adjustment for all confounders, mediation analysis revealed insignificant indirect effects of NSC on NPR through patient's age (P = 0.296) and duration of MDD (P = 0.180). Direct effect of NSC was significant and clinically relevant (P < 0.001). Effect of NSC was significantly moderated by duration of MDD (P = 0.019). NSC and NPR were not significantly associated if MDD lasted for less than a year. The more MDD lasted the stronger was correlation of NSC and NPR.ConclusionCorrelation of NSC and poor prognosis of MDD is not a mere consequence of patient's age and duration of illness. To treat MDD effectively we have to treat simultaneously somatic comorbidities.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.</jats:sec
First report of maize ear rot caused by Fusarium boothii in Serbia
No full textFusarium graminearum species complex (FGSC) includes at least fifteen species which are some
of the most significant fungi that infect maize in temperate areas (Sarver et al. 2011).
Agroecological conditions in Serbia are suitable for the development of infection by members of
FGSC and therefore during the period of 1993-2010, maize samples collected from northern Serbia
(46°5'55" N, 19°39'47" E) showed typical symptoms of gibberella ear rot. Twenty isolates were
selected for study for FGSC identification. Appearance of colonies and macroconidia on potato
dextrose agar (PDA) of all isolates (average 37.75-45.35×4.35-5.35 μm, No 50) were consistent
with descriptions of F. graminearum (O’Donnell et al. 2004). Monosporal isolates were grown on
PDA and used for molecular analyses. DNA isolation was performed using DNeasy Plant Mini
Kit. Identification of FGSC was performed on the basis of the TEF−1α gene amplified with
primers ef1/ef2 (Geiser et al. 2004) and sequenced in both directions. In four selected isolates two
additional genomic regions (histone H3 and β−tubulin) were further analyzed using primers H3-
1a/H3-1b and T1/T22, respectively (O’Donnell et al. 2000, Glass and Donaldson 1995).
Nucleotide sequences of TEF−1α, β-tubulin, histone H3 have been deposited in GenBank under
accession numbers: isolate 914 (MF974400, MG063784, MF999140), 1495 (MF974405,
MG063789, MF999145), 2812 (MF974408, MG063792, MF999148), 2822 (MF974409,
MG063793, MF999149), respectively. Isolates were molecularly identified using BLAST tool
from NCBI and with phylogenetic analyses (Maximum Parsimony method with 1000 bootstrap
replications on concatenated sequences of all three genes-TEF−1α, β−tubulin and histone H3)
using MEGA 11 software package (Tamura et al. 2011). In BLAST analyses isolate 2822 shared
100% nucleotide identity with reference isolate Fusarium boothii NRRL26916 (GQ915470)
originating from Central America based on histone H3 gene. Isolates 914, 1495 and 2812 shared
99% to 100% nucleotide identity with F. graminearum isolates. Phylogenetic analyses showed
that all equally parsimonious trees made of 32 selected sequences of species within FGSC
available in GenBank database and our four isolates, rooted with external outgroup species F.
pseudograminearum, grouped three isolates (914, 1495, 2812) with F. graminearum isolates
(NRRL28336, 29169, 28439) and one isolate (2822) grouped with F. boothii isolates (NRRL
29020, 26916). Pathogenicity of isolates was confirmed using the method of Reid et al. (1996).
Artificial inoculation of maize ears was performed on the third day after silking by injecting 2 ml
of a conidial suspension with a concentration of 1x105 conidia/ml into the silk channel. The same
procedure was applied to control plants, using sterile water instead of inoculum. After three weeks,
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symptoms of Gibberella ear rot appeared and the pathogen was again successfully isolated. The
fungus was identical to original isolates, thus completing Koch's postulates. Control plants did not
show any symptoms. Based on available literature, this is the first report of species F. boothii in
Serbia. Future research should be focused on determining distribution, aggressiveness, synthesis
of mycotoxins, as well as damage caused by F. boothii on grain yield and quality compared to F.
graminearum. This will contribute to a better understanding of biodiversity of FGSC, which may
lead to a successful strategy for controlling these harmful pathogens
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lljr ARCHIK RICK Jttenford *•*•**-,
Russell Cole. Stanford *n:>, generally known as "Busty*' Cole, Is the
in », ly.appointed city editor of tbe
San Francisco Call. II* has been s
general rvportorlal writer on th*
Call for seven years, with occasion*
al duty on the city desk. For two
whole years he covered the "graft
trial*'* forth* Call, and In that work
•—tnbllshed a reputation for reliability.
James Nourse '97. one time editor
or the Stanrord Cniverslty dally, ha*
been for the past five years city editor of the Ix>s Angeles Kx.-inilnci.
Before that ho had been news editor
of the San Francisco Bulletin and
city editor for a while of tbe San
Francisco Eiamlner.
William H. n. Fow'er "06. automobile editor ot the San I'ranclsco
Chronicle, was editor of the Stanford dally and afterward rounded
the Stanford Inierseholastic (rack
meet. Fowler had been In the new*
room or the Chronicle tor years lie-
fore he got the college fever and entered Stanford.
Cordon W. Wlgle '*fi ha* been for
more than a dozen year* librarian
of the San Franclaco Eiamlner. having abandoned his legal training to
take charge of the reference records
or a big metropolitan Journal.
Thoreau Cronyn "02. Tor several
years after hi* graduation a writer
on the famous Springfield Republican In Massachusetts. Is on the writing SUIT of the New York Sun. At
Stanford he was editor of the university dally.
Will Irwin 'M, varsity yell leader,
dramatic coach, editor of the Stanford dally, and contagious enthusiast, miu'i- being Ihe star of all reporters in New York nixl then editor
of MrClure's Magazine, ha* been for
some year* a special writer on the
staff of Collier's Weekly. He was
also for some time a reporter on the
San Francisco Chronicle and I Bier I y
editor of It* Sunday aupplefncnt.
Irwin made a report oriel reputation
In ihe east by bis handling of the
peace conference, where news wr*
difficult 10 extract from dignified
and cautious diplomat*, and he
scored a ten-ai tike by his hurried
writing of Ihe Clly That Was." a
-cmnrkable series or word plelore*
or the characteristic cosmopolitan
life of San Francisco, snd ho wrote
It under a tremendous and uninterrupted speed strain when the world
• as clamoring for news of the
blighted clly by the Golden Gate.
Sarah Comal ock -||, a regular
writer for (be Sequoia while tn Stanrord. Is a writer on the staff of Co].
tier's Weekly. One or ber latest
atottes Is **The Soddy." a tale of
desolate Kansas In the days ot her
childhood there
Eleanor Oaina es-'»8. the wife of
Tully the playwright. 1-, a well-'
known magazine writer. She wrote.
"Cupid the Cowpunch." and sev*]
ernl other novels of western ranch'
life.
John Waluorf ez-'Ol has been for
'cars an edllorlal writer on the Hati
Francisco Bulletin. While at Stanford he waa a typesetter on the college dally paper.
Waldemar Young ei-Ol. a grand-,
son of Rrlghnm Young and guard
on fhe '01 freshman- roolball team
In lu 1901 game against California.
If dramatic critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, his signed srtlrles
ttelng a regular feature In (hai palter. At one time ho was *i>ortlng
editor of the Chronicle.
Charles K. Field 'st*. song writer
and poet at Stanford and a regular
contributor to the Sequoia and also
on ihe starf of tho university dally,
Is chief editor of Sunset Magazine,
published In San Francisco. '*>'•!
and Win Irwin have each In turn
written one ol the Bohemian Club's
world-famous midsummer Jinks, a
notable literary achievement. although a comparatively private affair.
In Portland. Seattle and Spokane
several or tho dally ncwspa|>er* have
rornter Stanford men as city, telegraph or sporUng editors.
Arthur Price, for several years
latterly the star reporlorlal writer
00 the San Francisco Call, Is s Ainu*
ford man
Wallace Irwin ex-'ol. ynunger|
brother or Will Irwin '99. Is said 10
be the highest paid verse writer In I
America todny. He has made n1
great deal or money b* hi* humorou* |
Jingles, commencing wllb his "Cove
Sonnets or a Hoodlum." which were
n revelation in western slang, nnd
he writes quaint prose as exemplified in I.U "Letters of a Japan***
Schoolboy.**" His wife. Orse* Lucev
a mem Iter or Stanford's pioneer
class, also writes for Ihe magaalnes,
but mnat of her time Is given to
marketing ber husband's writings
and attending to all financial details,
so that bis mind may be kept serenely free for best productive literary effort. Both Will and Wallace ire In practically worked their
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Prototipo funcional de un transmisor de datos por medio de la piel con uso de las bandas ISM
No full textEn el presente proyecto, se pretende desarrollar un prototipo funcional que efectué la transmisión de datos por medio de la piel utilizando bandas ISM, el cual se lleva a cabo mediante el acoplamiento de tipo galvánico. Para llevar a cabo esto, se realizaron las respectivas etapas que lograron la comunicación en cada uno de sus módulos evitando que en las etapas se introduzca alguna fuente externa de ruido e interfiera con el protocolo de comunicación ya que estos sistemas presentan altas
susceptibilidades| al ruido generando afectaciones al proceso de transmisión de datos, posteriormente se realizaron las pruebas que corroboraran el correcto funcionamiento y se implementó el prototipo funcional en PCB donde se realizaron pruebas de validación de lo elaborado.Proyecto de grad1o (Ingeniero Electrónico y de Telecomunicaciones)-- Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, 202PregradoIngeniero(a) en Electrónica y Telecomunicacione
