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Podocyturia an emerging biomarker for kidney injury

BMC Nephrology
Podocyte injury is an established hallmark of kidney disease progression. Podocyte loss is a widely proven hypothesis to explain, in part, glomerular damage.
Charbel Hanna, Hady El Etry, Maroun Ibrahim, Lynn Khalife, Sola Aoun Bahous, Wissam H. Faour   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

On Hierarchical Composite Endpoints in Pediatric Cancer Supportive Care: Illustrative Examples From Two Multi‐Center Phase‐III Randomized Clinical Trials

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pediatric supportive care clinical trials often involve multiple clinically important outcomes, complicating trial interpretation. Hierarchical composite endpoints (HCEs) provide a framework to integrate key outcomes according to clinical importance.
Willem H. Collier, Mark Zobeck, Adam J. Esbenshade, Christopher C. Dvorak, Lillian Sung, David Freyer, Sarah Alexander, Etan Orgel, Nicole J. Ullrich, Zach Prudowsky, Brian Fisher, Caitlin W. Elgarten   +11 more
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The Role of Chemotherapy in Pediatric Myoepithelial Carcinoma: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Myoepithelial carcinoma (MEC) in pediatric patients is a rare and aggressive malignancy characterized by heterogeneous morphology and variable molecular features. The optimal role of chemotherapy remains unclear. We conducted a systematic review according to PRISMA 2020 guidelines to evaluate chemotherapy in pediatric and young‐adult patients ...
Marco Salvi, Maria Carmen Affinita, Giulia Fichera, Luisa Santoro, Angela Scagnellato, Calogero Virgone, Elena Poli, Gianni Bisogno   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unveiling the unseen toll: exploring the impact of the Lebanese economic crisis on the health-seeking behaviors in a sample of patients with diabetes and hypertension

BMC Public Health
Background Against the backdrop of Lebanon’s escalating multifaceted crisis which resulted in medication shortages for chronic diseases and unaffordable healthcare services, the current study endeavors to shed light on a critical yet overlooked facet of ...
Michelle Cherfane, Myriam Boueri, Elio Issa, Racha Abdallah, Ali Hamam, Kassem Sbeity, Anthony Saad, Aniella Abi-Gerges   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bitstream Evolution: An Open-Source FPGA Intrinsic Evolvable Hardware Toolkit

IEEE Access
The field of intrinsic, bitstream-level, evolvable hardware has recently been resurrected and interest in the area has begun to grow. This paper presents a low barrier-to-entry software and hardware platform allowing evolvable hardware researchers to ...
Allyn Loyd, Daniel Gaull, Logan Manthey, Nicklas Carpenter, Derek Whitley, Jason A. Yoder   +5 more
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South and Central America Cut Flower Production and Postharvest Survey

HortTechnology, 2019
Imports of cut flowers into the United States have doubled in the last 20 years and come mainly from Colombia and Ecuador. We surveyed the cut flower industry in South and Central America, focusing on Colombia and Ecuador, to determine their production ...
Cristian E. Loyola , John M. Dole, Rebecca Dunning   +2 more
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Improvement of Sickle Cell Disease Care Mitigates the Healthcare Utilization Induced by Increased Prevalence: Experience of a Tertiary Pediatric Center

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Sickle cell disease (SCD) has undergone major changes in the last decades. Its prevalence has been steadily increasing and numerous advances have been made in the management of the disease. However, the effect in real‐life setting of these major changes is unknown, particularly in a Canadian environment. Procedure We aimed to assess
Maude Cigna, Alexia Muresan, Estelle Lecluze, Karine Leduc, Nathalie Fournier, Maria Tamer, Jean‐François Delisle, Jeremi Charbonneau, Annie Viau, Jessica Darilus, Marie‐Joëlle Doré‐Bergeron, Valérie Arsenault, Evelyne Doyon‐Trottier, Stéphanie Forte, Nancy Robitaille, Yves Pastore, Thomas Pincez   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring gender disparity in medicine: perceptions of female physicians in Lebanon

BMC Medical Education
Background Global research on gender bias has highlighted key trends in discrimination and inequality across various fields, including medicine. In Lebanon, a nation celebrated for its diverse cultural landscape and increasing female representation in ...
Sibelle Kassouf, Elma Nassar, Hassan Cherri, Shaza Mortada, Kamar Eid, Leen Khalife, Aimee Daccache, Aniella Abi-Gerges   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Secretory Phospholipase A2 in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease Hospitalized for Vaso‐Occlusive Pain Episodes

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Secretory phospholipase A2 (sPLA2) is an inflammatory mediator linked to acute chest syndrome (ACS) in sickle cell disease (SCD), a serious complication that can develop during an acute vaso‐occlusive pain episode (VOE). Plasma sPLA2 levels have been proposed as a potential biomarker for predicting ACS onset.
Rawan Korman, Maria Yasmine, Dunia Hatabah, Noor Alzraikat, Frank Harris, Lou Ann Brown, Satheesh Chonat, Nitya Bakshi, Chris A. Rees, Carlton Dampier, Claudia R. Morris   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

A highly sensitive Anti-Müllerian hormone test as a promising tool for follicle growth prediction in primary ovarian insufficiency patients

Scientific Reports
Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) patients often require prolonged stimulation for follicular growth. Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH), produced by granulosa cells of early-stage follicles, is a potential a biomarker for predicting follicular development ...
Zijia Guo, Bunpei Ishizuka, Atsuo Itakura, Kazuhiro Kawamura   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source