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Neurocognitive and cerebellar function in ADHD, autism and spinocerebellar ataxia

The cerebellum plays a major role in balance, motor control and sensorimotor integration, but also in cognition, language, and emotional regulation. Several neuropsychiatric disorders such as attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), as well as neurological diseases such as spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3) are associated with differences in cerebellar fun

Exploring the prevalence of undetected bradyarrhythmia in dementia with Lewy bodies

PURPOSE: To explore the prevalence of undetected bradyarrhythmia in a cohort of people with dementia with Lewy bodies.METHODS: Thirty participants diagnosed with dementia with Lewy bodies were enrolled from three memory clinics in southern Sweden between May 2021 and November 2022. None had a history of high-grade atrioventricular block or sick sinus syndrome. Each participant underwent orthostati

Pacemaker Implants and Their Influence on the Daily Life of Patients with Dementia with Lewy Bodies : A Qualitative Case Study

INTRODUCTION: Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is an incurable form of dementia associated with detriments to the daily life of patients and carers from their family. Symptoms of orthostatic hypotension, syncope, and falls are supportive of DLB diagnosis. These symptoms may also be present among people with sick sinus syndrome (SSS), and subsequent pacemaker treatment to manage bradyarrhythmia is a

Phase Correction and Noise-to-Noise Denoising of Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Images Using Neural Networks

Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) is an important technique used in neuroimaging. It features a relatively low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) which poses a challenge, especially at stronger diffusion weighting. A common solution to the resulting poor precision is to average signal from multiple identical measurements. Indeed, averaging the magnitude signal is sufficient if the noise is samp

Putting Faces to Names : Printed Portraits in Late Eighteenth-Century Stockholm

In the eighteenth century, the portrait genre, previously restricted to royalty and nobility, became available to users from a broader social spectrum. All over Europe, physicians, scholars, writers, merchants, and proprietors had their portraits painted to mark their standing in society. However, not these grand paintings but their printed versions made the sitters known to the broader public. Bu

Oxygen saturation mapping during reconstructive surgery of human forehead flaps with hyperspectral imaging and spectral unmixing

BACKGROUND: Optical spectroscopy is commonly used clinically to monitor oxygen saturation in tissue. The most commonly employed technique is pulse oximetry, which provides a point measurement of the arterial oxygen saturation and is commonly used for monitoring systemic hemodynamics, e.g. during anesthesia. Hyperspectral imaging (HSI) is an emerging technology that enables spatially resolved mappi

A novel nonsense variant in RHAG underlies a Nordic Rhnull phenotype.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The extremely rare Rh null phenotype is characterized by the absence of all Rh antigens on erythrocytes. It is divided into the regulator and amorph types based on the underlying genetic background. The more common regulator type depends on critical variants silencing RHAG, which encodes RhAG glycoprotein, necessary for RhD/RhCE expression. Rh null cells have altered exp

Babesia divergens Shows Equal Predilection for Human ABO Blood Types in an In Vitro Erythrocyte Preference Assay.

Babesia is spread to humans via ticks or blood transfusions. Severity of Plasmodium falciparum malaria is strongly correlated to the ABO blood group of the patient. Babesia divergens is an intraerythrocytic parasite with many similarities to malaria, but the impact of ABO on the susceptibility to and progression of the infection in humans is unknown. We have now cultured B. divergens in human

The LW blood group system : not just "tagging along" with D

This update of the Landsteiner-Wiener (LW) blood group system (Grandstaff Moulds MK. The LW blood group system: a review. Immunohematology 2011;27:136-42. Storry JR. Review: the LW blood group system. Immunohematology 1992;8:87-93) reports new information on the distribution of genetic variants in ICAM4 and reviews the complex serologic identification of the high-prevalence LWEM antigen. The role

Sag-rad : A Method for Single-Cell Population Genomics of Unicellular Eukaryotes

Sequencing of reduced representation libraries enables genotyping of many individuals for population genomic studies. However, high amounts of DNA are required, and the method cannot be applied directly on single cells, preventing its use on most microbes. We developed and implemented the analysis of single amplified genomes followed by restriction-site-associated DNA sequencing to bypass labor-in

Peter Bengtsen : Researching Street Art

In this article, Peter Bengtsen, who has written several books on street art, approaches the topic of Street Art, Science and Engagement as an academic. He discusses how he became interested in environmental street art, how his research developed and how and to what extent environmental street art can influence the viewer and bring about positive behavioural change. Unpacking selected internationa

Restoring tumor immunogenicity with dendritic cell reprogramming

Decreased antigen presentation contributes to the ability of cancer cells to evade the immune system. We used the minimal gene regulatory network of type 1 conventional dendritic cells (cDC1) to reprogram cancer cells into professional antigen-presenting cells (tumor-APCs). Enforced expression of the transcription factors PU.1, IRF8, and BATF3 (PIB) was sufficient to induce the cDC1 phenotype in 3

COVID-19 risk perception and public compliance with preventive measures : evidence from a multi-wave household survey in the MENA region

This study investigates the association between individuals’ concern about contracting COVID-19 and their compliance with recommended preventive and mitigation measures, namely wearing face masks, maintaining social distancing and handwashing, in the context of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The empirical analysis is based on a panel dataset from the Combined COVID-19 MENA Monitor

Regulation of osteoblast to osteocyte differentiation by cyclin-dependent kinase-1

Osteocytes have recently been identified as a new regulator of bone remodeling, but the detailed mechanism of their differentiation from osteoblasts remains unclear. The purpose of this study is to identify cell cycle regulators involved in the differentiation of osteoblasts into osteocytes and determine their physiological significance. The study uses IDG-SW3 cells as a model for the differentiat

Population-based prognostic instrument (SweMR 2.0) for melanoma-specific survival - An ideal tool for individualised treatment decisions for Swedish patients

INTRODUCTION: The prognosis for patients with melanoma has improved due to better treatments in recent years and updated tools to accurately predict an individual's risk are warranted. This study aims to describe a prognostic instrument for patients with cutaneous melanoma and its potential as a clinical device for treatment decisions.METHODS: Patients with localised invasive cutaneous melanoma di

My Religious Identity : An Unfinished Project

Abstract in NorweiganSammenfatning: Spørsmålet om identitet er alltid tilstedei akademiske og ikke-akad-emiskediskurser om religion og interreligiøse relasjoner: identitet som en kategori av noe som kan spigles fast, etableres ogopprettholdes ved hjelp av de"nisjonerog logikk; identitet som et spørsmål om noe stabilt og til og med rigid. Detteer viktig i overveielser omsynkretisme. I denne artikkeThe matter of identity is ever present in academic, and non-academic, discourses on religion and interreligious relations: identity as a category of something that can be nailed down, established and maintained with the help of definitions and logic; identity as a matter of something stable and even rigid. This is significant in deliberations regarding syncretism. In this paper, references are mad

Greening monies: Remaking money for a sustainable future

A variety of complementary monies are being implemented as socio-technical instruments to move individuals into action and ignite ecological collaboration. Their starting point is the recognition that we have never been modern; that human society and nature, the economy and the environment, have never been separate spheres. Modernism may have conceptualised them as distinct fields, organising the