Author(s): Popi Kasvis

We examined the effectiveness of dietary counseling performed within a trimodal prehabilitation study for patients with cancer awaiting hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) surgery. Additionally, we explored relationships between nutritional status and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The dietary intervention aimed to achieve a protein intake of 1.5 g/kg ...

Article GUID: 36867443

Author(s): Radaelli G; Leal-Conceição E; Kalil Neto F; Taurisano MRG; Majolo F; Bruzzo FTK; Booij L; Nunes ML;

Background: Data on the outcomes of preterm newborns in South American countries are scarce. Given the great effect of low birth weight (LBW) and/or prematurity on children's neurodevelopment, it is extremely necessary to conduct studies on these phenomena in greater depth in more heterogeneo ...

Article GUID: 36863403

Author(s): Khademi S; Heidarian S; Afshar P; Enshaei N; Naderkhani F; Rafiee MJ; Oikonomou A; Shafiee A; Babaki Fard F; Plataniotis KN; Mohammadi A;

The main objective of this study is to develop a robust deep learning-based framework to distinguish COVID-19, Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP), and Normal cases based on volumetric chest CT scans, which are acquired in different imaging centers using different scanners and technical settings. ...

Article GUID: 36862633

Author(s): Desmarais C; Roy M; Nguyen MT; Venkatesh V; Rousseau C;

The global rise of populism and concomitant polarizations across disenfranchised and marginalized groups has been magnified by so-called echo chambers, and a major public health crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic has only served to fuel these intergroup tensions. Media institutions disseminating information on ways to prevent the propagation of the virus h ...

Article GUID: 36861381

Author(s): Pontarelli A; Wilds CJ;

The introduction of chemical modifications on the nucleic acid scaffold has allowed for the progress of antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) in the clinic for the treatment of a variety of disorders. In contribution to the repertoire of gene-silencing nucleic acid modifications, herein we report the synthesis and incorporation of C5-propynyl arabinouridine ( ...

Article GUID: 36857293

Author(s): Teichroeb JA; Fox SA; Samartino S; Wikberg EC; Sicotte P;

Rare behaviors are often missing from published papers, hampering phylogenetic analyses. Here, we report, for the first time, masturbation and same-sex sexual behavior (SSB) in both male and female black-and-white colobus monkeys. We recorded these behaviors during 32 months of observation (1573 h of focal animal sampling) on Colobus vellerosus collected ...

Article GUID: 36849676

Author(s): Yang L; Tao J; Liu YH; Xu Y; Su CY;

This paper studies the energy scheduling for Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack against remote state estimation over multi-hop networks. A smart sensor observes a dynamic system, and transmits its local state estimate to a remote estimator. Due to the limited communication range of the sensor, some relay nodes are employed to deliver data packets from the sen ...

Article GUID: 36848827

Author(s): Léger C; Deslauriers F; Gosselin Boucher V; Phillips M; Bacon SL; Lavoie KL;

Studies have shown that the protection afforded by COVID-19 vaccines against hospitalization and death decreases slowly over time due to the emergence of new variants and waning immunity. Accordingly, booster doses remain critical to minimizing the health impacts of the pandemic. This study examined the prevalence rate, sociodemographic determinants, and ...

Article GUID: 36851169

Author(s): Resendes T; Serravalle L; Iacono V; Ellenbogen MA;

Background: Offspring of parents with bipolar disorder (OBD) are at risk for developing mental disorders, and the literature suggests that parenting stress may represent an important risk factor linking parental psychopathology to offspring psychopathology. We aimed to investigate whether improvements in parenting stress mediated the relationship between ...

Article GUID: 36849568

Author(s): Shoman H; Al-Kassmy J; Ejaz M; Matta J; Alakhras S; Kahla K; D' Acunto M;

Osteosarcoma is the most common malignant tumour of the bone. Complete surgical excision is critical to achieve optimal outcomes and lower recurrence rates. However, accurate assessment of tumour margins remains a challenge and multiple technologies are employed for this purpose. The aim of this study is to highlight current and emerging technologies and ...

Article GUID: 36845345

Author(s): Caldwell W; MacNeil S; Wrosch C; McGrath JJ; Dang-Vu TT; Morin AJS; Gouin JP;

Brooding rumination is an intrapersonal emotion regulation strategy associated with negative interpersonal consequences. Resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), a psychophysiological marker of self-regulatory capacity, may buffer the association between maladaptive emotion regulation and negative interpersonal behaviors. The current work examines the ...

Article GUID: 36844897

Author(s): Pontarelli A; Liu JT; Oh JK; Wilds CJ;

The protocols described in this article provide details regarding the synthesis and characterization of a disulfide containing linker phosphoramidite for terminal functionalization of synthetic oligonucleotides. The linker is first synthesized from 6-mercaptohexanol in two steps and is incorporated at the 5' end of short DNA oligonucleotides using aut ...

Article GUID: 36840706