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Objectives: To analyze device designs, similarities and overlaps of custom-made fenestrated arch endografts intended for mid/distal arch thoracic endovascular aortic repair. Materials and Methods: A multicenter cross-sectional study analyzing custom-made anonymized graft plans was performed. Graft plans were included from a cohort of mid/distal aortic arch repairs using custom-made fenestrated aor

Background and aims: Gallstone disease during pregnancy can have varying consequences, from mild to severe and even life-threatening. The aim was to investigate how gallstone intervention during pregnancy impacts pregnancy, delivery and the newborn child. Methods: Pregnant patients 18–45 years identified from the Swedish National Register for Gallstone Surgery and Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopa

Brain amyloid-β (Aβ) pathology is a core feature of Alzheimer disease (AD) and can be quantified using positron emission tomography (PET). Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma biomarkers detect abnormal Aβ, but it is unclear to what degree they can predict quantitative Aβ-PET. We explored plasma and CSF biomarkers in relation to Aβ-PET in the BioFINDER-2 study (N = 1053), and the BioFINDER-1 study

Objective: Synovial fluid contains proteins that may have been released from surrounding tissues, our aim was to gain new insights into the proteomic profiles of human synovial fluid in knees with and without osteoarthritis (OA). Methods: We used synovial fluid from 11 patients with end-stage medial compartment knee OA, aspirated during total knee replacement, and from 13 deceased donors who had n

Objective: To evaluate the effects of excluding fatty tissue in QSM of human knee cartilage. Materials and methods: Gradient echo images from 18 knee-healthy volunteers were acquired, from which chemical shift corrected field perturbation maps were calculated. Based on these, QSM maps were reconstructed using morphology enabled dipole inversion and one of three masking alternatives: (1) excluding

Background: Low adherence to lipid-lowering therapy (LLT) after myocardial infarction (MI) is associated with increased risk of recurrent cardiovascular events and death. However, little is known about long-term adherence patterns following treatment interruptions. The aim of this study was to describe adherence trajectories in MI patients following a LLT treatment gap, and model the impact of dif

Organoid systems hold promise as miniaturized in vitro platforms that model developmental and pathological processes. However, the engineering of human bone marrow organoids (BMOs) has been a long-standing challenge. Recently, the field has witnessed the emergence of BMO-like systems, a potential paradigm shift for the study of human hematopoiesis and associated niche elements. Published protocols

Background: Continuity of care (CoC) is essential for effective primary health care (PHC), yet Swedish PHC has historically exhibited low levels of continuity. The Swedish Patient Choice Reform introduced privatization and market-oriented principles into PHC, leading to increased utilization and growing inequities in service use driven by socioeconomic disparities and misalignment with health care

Plasma phosphorylated-tau 217 (p-tau217) is currently the most promising biomarker for reliable detection of Alzheimer's disease pathology. Various p-tau217 assays have been developed, but their relative performance is unclear. We compared key plasma p-tau217 tests using cross-sectional and longitudinal measures of amyloid-β (Aβ)-PET, tau-PET and cognition as outcomes and benchmarked them against

Background Preserved ratio impaired spirometry (PRISm) is a spirometry pattern of interest regarding incident airflow obstruction and higher mortality risk. We applied a proteomic approach to gain more insight into the biological mechanisms associated with PRISm. Methods From the population-based Swedish Cardiopulmonary Bioimage Study (SCAPIS), participants in the Main (n=4835) and Pilot (n=1054)

The Dandy: A People’s History of Sartorial Splendour challenges the traditional notion of dandyism as an upper-class phenomenon, expanding it to include working-class figures like clerks, shop assistants, and labourers. The text reveals how dandyism becomes a widespread cultural movement, one that Beau Brummell sparks in the early nineteenth century and that continues through the 1960s mod culture

Vaccine hesitancy and anti-vaccination attitudes are becoming increasingly problematic in several Western countries where diseases that were nearly extinct are coming back. We here explore the role of perceived social support in understanding anti-vaccination attitudes. We argue that perceptions about having social support for one′s position may influence anti-vaccination attitudes among some soci

We analyze the stability of the logit evolutionary dynamics in population games, possibly with multiple heterogeneous populations. For general population games, we prove that, on the one hand, strict Nash equilibria are asymptotically stable under the logit dynamics for low enough noise levels, on the other hand, a globally exponentially stable logit equilibrium exists for sufficiently large noise

Neuromuscular disorders (NMDs) are disorders of the motor unit (motor neuron diseases, diseases of the peripheral nerves, neuromuscular junction diseases, and diseases affecting the muscle fibers). A common denominator of these diseases is muscle atrophy and progressive weakness. Quantitative assessments of muscle function are therefore essential to follow disease progression, to understand the as

The Lepidoptera, butterflies and moths, display an astonishing diversity of spatial orientation strategies essential for survival, reproduction, and ecological success. These spatial orientation strategies range from basic taxes to light, wind, gravity, and chemical cues, to more advanced strategies such as straight-line dispersal, multigenerational migration across continents, and complex trap-li

Background Dietary diversity may affect type 2 diabetes (T2D) but no studies have examined protein diversity by source. We examined five diversity scores and the 10-year risk of T2D and effect modification. Methods A prospective study of 10 363 incident T2D cases and a representative sub-cohort of 13 937 individuals sampled from a cohort of 340 234 participants in eight European countries (1993-20

Background: Glioblastoma, IDH wildtype is the most common primary malignant brain tumor in adults. Despite best available treatment, prognosis remains poor. Current standard therapy consists of surgical tumor removal followed by radiotherapy and chemotherapy with the alkylating agent temozolomide. Antisecretory factor (AF), an endogenous protein, may potentiate the effect of temozolomide and allev

Seagrass meadows are vital habitats, modifying hydrodynamic energy flows and sustaining biodiversity in the benthic environment. As such, there is a growing interest in using seagrass as a nature-based solution for coastal adaptation. However, planting seagrass in hydrodynamically exposed environments is challenging, and the trajectories and timescales of biodiversity recovery are not well studied

RATIONALE: Caffeine is commonly used in preterm infants to improve respiratory function. However, the optimal strategies for caffeine initiation have not been defined. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the relative benefits and harms of different indications and timings for caffeine initiation in preterm infants. SEARCH METHODS: We searched MEDLINE, Embase, CENTRAL, and trial registries up to 23 April 2025.