Monroe Vega

Although sleep disturbances are common co-morbidities of metabolic diseases, the underlying processes linking both are not yet fully defined. Changes in the duration of sleep are paralleled by changes in the levels of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I), an anabolic hormone that shows a circadian pattern in the circulation and activity-dependent…Read more

In all patients, nasal pain was accompanied by ictal semiological features, such as autonomic, olfactory, abdominal, or psychic auras, and focal impaired awareness seizures, which are typically associated with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy.

Our findings suggest that nasal pain can occur as an epileptic aura in patients with temporal lobe…Read more

The results of the Short Form 36 Physical Component Summary score (SF-36 PCS) and the Short Form 36 Mental Component Summary score (SF-36 MCS) were also improved, which had significant differences before and after arthroscopy surgery (P<0.05).

Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair can significantly improve the psychological function of…Read more

3DP-HCC models are capable of displaying the results of drug screening intuitively and quantitatively. In conclusion, 3DP-HCC models are faithful in vitro models that are reliable in long-term culture and able to predict patient-specific drugs for personalized treatment.Curvature is a geometric feature widely observed in the epithelia and critical…Read more

The size, shape, and underlying chemistries of drug delivery particles are key parameters which govern their ultimate performance in vivo. Responsive particles are desirable for triggered drug delivery, achievable through architecture change and biodegradation to control in vivo fate. Here, polymeric materials are synthesized with linear,…Read more

This attempt provided theoretical support for regulating Pickering emulsion properties by polysaccharides addition, and established Pickering emulsions with various demands.Ice recrystallization inhibitors have emerged as novel cryoprotectants to improve cell viability for cryopreservation. Nanocelluloses were identified as new materials for ice…Read more

The most significant age-dependent gene is ACE2, the cellular receptor of SARS-CoV-2. Others include TGF-β family member GDF15, mediating inflammation, and VKORC1, possibly explaining vitamin K deficiency in COVID-19. TIMM10 and ERGIC1 exhibit significant sex differences. In summary, our results show genetic and multiple biological variables may…Read more

When excited at sufficiently high acoustic pressures, a wall-attached bubble may exhibit asymmetric nonspherical modes. These vibration modes can be decomposed over the set of spherical harmonics Y_nm(θ,ϕ) for a degree n and order m. We experimentally capture the time-resolved dynamics of asymmetric bubble oscillations in a top-view c…Read more

Optical time-stretch (OTS) imaging is effective for observing ultra-fast dynamic events in real time by virtue of its capability of acquiring images with high spatial resolution at high speed. In different implementations of OTS imaging, different configurations of its signal detection, i.e. fiber-coupled and free-space detection schemes, are…Read more

ectomy, and no difference in outcome between large vessel occlusion stroke patients with and without atrial fibrillation.

Symptoms of occult brain cancer may mimic stroke. Misdiagnosis may lead to improper treatment and delayed diagnosis. We characterised strokes associated with occult primary brain cancer and determined risk that ischaemic…Read more

7%), the mean time of surgery was 2 hours and 27 minutes, the skull flap was preserved in the subcutaneous layer in 29 cases (87.8%), the mean of blood loss was 636.36 mL,and in-hospital mortality was 12%. Univariate analysis found differences between the APD diameter (120.3 mm vs. 85.3 mm; p = 0.003) and the presence of midline shift > 5 mm ( p =…Read more