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Associations of Frailty With the Risk of Incident Cancer and Cancer‐Related Mortality in Veterans With Rheumatoid Arthritis

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective This study investigated the association between frailty and cancer incidence and mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It aimed to identify how frailty influences cancer risk and cancer‐specific outcomes. Methods This retrospective cohort study analyzed data from the Veterans’ Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis Registry (2002–2023).
Bhavik Bansal, Aaron Baraff, Katherine Wysham, James S. Andrews, Bryant R. England, Ted R. Mikuls, Joshua Baker, Kaleb Michaud, Alexa Meara, Una Makris, Carolyn Presley, Ariela Orkaby, Namrata Singh   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clean Cut (adaptive, multimodal surgical infection prevention programme) for low‐resource settings: a prospective quality improvement study

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
Clean Cut is a multimodal, adaptive, checklist‐based infection prevention programme designed to improve compliance with six critical perioperative infection prevention practices. After introducing the programme at five hospitals in Ethiopia, compliance with critical infection prevention standards significantly improved and the relative risk of ...
J. A. Forrester, N. Starr, T. Negussie, D. Schaps, M. Adem, S. Alemu, D. Amenu, N. Gebeyehu, T. Habteyohannes, F. Jiru, A. Tesfaye, E. Wayessa, R. Chen, A. Trickey, S. Bitew, A. Bekele, T. G. Weiser   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Endosomal Escape of siRNA Polyplexes: A Molecular Dynamics Perspective on Underlying Mechanisms

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Molecular dynamics simulations reveal distinct endosomal escape mechanisms of siRNA nanoparticles, ranging from electrostatic membrane attachment to hydrophobic membrane fusion. Hydrophobic residues and anionic endosomal lipids emerge as key determinants of membrane disruption, linking molecular interactions to experimental delivery performance and ...
Katharina M. Steinegger, Min Jiang, Florian Belger, Fabian Link, Benjamin Winkeljann, Olivia M. Merkel   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Smelltronics”—From Gas to Smell Sensing

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
The emerging field of smelltronics, encompassing sensing technologies for complex volatile organic compounds, holds significant potential for extracting valuable chemical information. It facilitates the noninvasive, real‐time monitoring of humans, food, and the environment.
Takeshi Ono, Tsunaki Takahashi, Jiangyang Liu, Haruka Honda, Zeng Jing, Wataru Tanaka, Takuro Hosomi, Takeshi Yanagida   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

miR-541 is associated with the prognosis of liver cirrhosis and directly targets JAG2 to inhibit the activation of hepatic stellate cells

BMC Gastroenterology
Background The activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) has been emphasized as a leading event of the pathogenesis of liver cirrhosis, while the exact mechanism of its activation is largely unknown.
Jin-Pei Liu, Shao-Hua Song, Pei-Mei Shi, Xiao-Yu Qin, Bai-Nan Zheng, Shu-Qing Liu, Chen-Hong Ding, Xin Zhang, Wei-Fen Xie, Yi-Hai Shi, Wen-Ping Xu   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

2D Hierarchical Black Phosphorus‐Mn2O3 Heterostructured Composites for High‐Performance Flexible Supercapacitors

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
A sonochemical strategy constructs an ex situ 2D hierarchical black phosphorus–Mn2O3 heterostructure, enabling intimate interfacial coupling, enhanced charge transport, and improved electrochemical stability. The optimized BPM‐37.5% electrode delivers 466 F g−1 with 84% retention after 8000 cycles, while the flexible device exhibits high areal energy ...
Sowmiya Selvaraj, Anand Sreekantan Thampy   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Computational Study of Magnetic Particle Motion inside the Nasal Cavity under the Impact of an External Magnetic Field for Biomedical Applications

Micromachines, 2022
The blood–brain barrier is a highly selective semipermeable border that separates blood circulation from the brain and hinders the accumulation of substances in the central nervous system.
Nikolaos Pradakis, Nikolaos Maniotis, Theodoros Samaras   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of Bone-Modifying Agents on Post-Bone Metastasis Survival Across Cancer Types

Current Oncology
Background: Bone metastasis is associated with a poor prognosis. Bone-modifying agents (BMA) are commonly used for the prevention or treatment of skeletal-related events (SRE) in patients with bone metastasis; however, whether or not treatment with BMA ...
Hironari Tamiya, Kazumi Nishino, Yuji Kato, Reina Nakahashi-Kato, Yurika Kosuga-Tsujimoto, Shota Kinoshita, Rie Suzuki, Makiyo Watanabe, Toru Wakamatsu, Shigeki Kakunaga, Satoshi Takenaka   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Selection Of Analytical Computational Model Of Contact Pressure

Journal of Middle European Construction and Design of Cars, 2015
This paper presents a comparison of two contact pressure calculation methods between two real rough surfaces: a calculation based on FEM (Finite Element Method) using commercial software tool ANSYS and a calculation based on FDM (Finite Difference Method)
Maršálek Ondřej, Vopařil Jan, Raffai Peter, Novotný Pavel   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Design of the Compression Chamber and Optimization of the Sealing of a Novel Rotary Internal Combustion Engine Using CFD

Energies, 2020
The current paper investigates two particular features of a novel rotary split engine. This internal combustion engine incorporates a number of positive advantages in comparison to conventional reciprocating piston engines.
Savvas Savvakis, Dimitrios Mertzis, Elias Nassiopoulos, Zissis Samaras   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source