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Kennedy J, Cooley SA, Roman Fox J et al. · 2026 · The Journal of infectious diseases
Background As persons with human immunodeficiency virus (PWH) live longer, interactions between human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), aging, and structural brain integrity become increasingly vital for understanding cognitive disorders. This…
View details →Watrobska CM, Codd J, Portugal SJ et al. · 2026 · The Journal of experimental biology
The brain is energetically expensive. Therefore, energy availability may determine whether costly cognitive processes such as long-term memory can be expressed. However, there is a limited understanding of the metabolic costs associated…
View details →Kuo MC, Younan SA, Williams PJ et al. · 2026 · Techniques in coloproctology
Background Robotic approach is increasingly being used for surgery in Crohn's disease. Robotic ileocolic resection (ICR) for Crohn's disease (CD) is comparable to laparoscopic ICR for short term outcomes; however, no studies have compared…
View details →Jankovič P, Chodzyński KJ, Vanrossomme AE et al. · 2026 · Neurology international
Background The risk stratification of unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs) relies largely on static clinical and morphological parameters, which may not fully capture aneurysm-specific wall behavior. ECG-gated four-dimensional computed…
View details →Mirza S, Fine L, McClure JA et al. · 2026 · Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)
Background Staphylococcus aureus acquires methicillin resistance genes through the SCC mec element. Although spontaneous SCC mec excision has been observed, its frequency, type-specific variation, and responsiveness to environmental…
View details →Buttke DE, Kaplan BS, Jones LC et al. · 2026 · Journal of wildlife diseases
Mycoplasma bovis is a growing threat to American bison (Bison bison) health and restoration efforts, causing significant mortality and disease in affected bison herds. Despite this, little is known about the epidemiology or clinical course…
View details →Oehring D · 2026 · Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists)
Purpose Non-invasive tear film metrics from automated topographers are used increasingly, yet device-specific analytical performance remains incompletely characterised. This study quantified the analytical performance of the Oculus…
View details →Torkan A, Zoghi M, Foroughimehr N et al. · 2026 · Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
The rapid global expansion of 5G technology has increased concerns regarding its potential health effects. Postural balance, a complex sensorimotor function reflecting central nervous system integrity, may be susceptible to electromagnetic…
View details →Aguiar Pavesi RO, Boening A, Meyrelles SDS et al. · 2026 · Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy
Background The 6-minuteute step test is an alternative for estimating cardiorespiratory fitness after stroke. Objective To investigate its measurement properties and minimal detectable change early after stroke. Methods Cross-sectional,…
View details →Bell KS, Chen R, Weitzner AS et al. · 2026 · Journal of biological rhythms
The circadian system coordinates daily physiology across nearly all tissues to temporally organize metabolism and maintain homeostasis. In the brain, circadian timing regulates neural activity, cellular function, and neuroimmune signaling,…
View details →Scilipoti P, Callenmark M, Garmo H et al. · 2026 · European urology open science
Background and objective There are several methods for estimating prostate-specific antigen (PSA) doubling time (DT), and many men exhibit long periods of undetectable PSA below 0.1 ng/ml after radical prostatectomy (RP). We quantified…
View details →van Caelenberg E, Belpaire A, Dewaele D et al. · 2026 · Clinical and experimental dermatology
Background The Severity of Alopecia Tool (SALT) score is widely used. However, its inter- and intrarater reliability and smallest detectable difference (SDD) have not been rigorously evaluated. Objectives To determine the interrater and…
View details →Keshavarzi F, Arazpour M, Behzadipour S · 2026 · JMIR biomedical engineering
Background The application of spinal orthoses and local vibration in the treatment of hyperkyphosis is a developing concept. Further research is needed to determine the impact of leaf springs and local vibration techniques on the…
View details →McCaughan KJ, Danyluk MD, Kniel KE · 2026 · Applied and environmental microbiology
Tilling under is a method growers employ in an effort to remediate instances of widespread contamination in fields of crops, but its effectiveness with respect to specific pathogens remains poorly understood. This study had two overarching…
View details →Zhang S, Zhang H, Dong X et al. · 2026 · Frontiers in immunology
Background Radical cystectomy remains a standard curative treatment for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). Bladder preservation after systemic therapy without immediate surgery remains investigational and requires careful patient…
View details →Swaine T, Bhagani S · 2026 · Current opinion in HIV and AIDS
Purpose of review Two-drug regimens (2DR) for antiretroviral therapy are increasingly being recommended for people living with HIV to reduce pill burden and reduce short and long-term toxicity. The exclusion of tenofovir and lamivudine or…
View details →Nicklas A, Rudari M, Reidow N et al. · 2026 · Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open
Background Postoperative wound healing remains a critical challenge, particularly in complex reconstructions such as free flap surgeries. Despite technical improvements, perfusion-related complications may cause partial flap loss.…
View details →Antaky CC, Leinbach IL, Plissner JH et al. · 2026 · PloS one
The use of rodenticides is a primary method for eradicating rodents from islands for conservation purposes. Rodenticide residue monitoring is often incorporated into rodent eradication project planning to understand the potential effects…
View details →Aderibigbe AS · 2026 · Poultry science
Despite increasing attention to broiler welfare, there is still limited information comparing physiological stress responses between fast-growing (FG) and slow-growing (SG) genotypes under evolving production conditions. Investigating this…
View details →Bao J, Uchiyama T, Kusunoki K et al. · 2026 · Life (Basel, Switzerland)
N -hydroxypipecolic acid (NHP) is a key mobile signal in systemic acquired resistance in plants, and its glycosylation has been proposed to regulate immune signaling. Previous studies have demonstrated that the UDP-glycosyltransferase…
View details →Mathis S, Putzer G, Schnegg L et al. · 2026 · BMC anesthesiology
Background Intraoperative blood salvage (IBS) reduces exposure to allogeneic blood but is accompanied by concerns in oncologic surgery regarding the potential reinfusion of residual tumor cells and subsequent metastatic dissemination. The…
View details →Aaby D, Sullivan JE, Carmona C et al. · 2026 · Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation
Objectives To quantify the Minimum Detectable Change (MDC) and the Minimal Clinically Important Difference (MCID) of the Box and Blocks Test (BBT) and Upper Extremity Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA-UE), and to determine whether there is a BBT…
View details →Mansell J, Wang X, Jering KS et al. · 2026 · European journal of heart failure
Sex differences in transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CM) are increasingly recognised; however, women are underrepresented in trials and sex-specific treatment effects remain incompletely understood. We evaluated sex differences in…
View details →Zhou Y, Zhong Z, Mo H et al. · 2026 · Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis
Background Platelet transfusion refractoriness (PTR) is a clinical challenge that can be classified into nonimmunologic and immunologic types, the latter resulting from both platelet alloimmunization and autoimmunity. Recent studies have…
View details →O'Connor LM, Singh A, Luallen RJ et al. · 2026 · microPublication biology
Vertically transmitted endosymbionts are microbes that live inside host cells and are transmitted between parent and offspring. Free-living nematodes interact with a wide variety of microbes but no vertically transmitted microbes have been…
View details →Popiolek I, Hydzik P, Ciszowski K et al. · 2026 · Journal of clinical medicine
Background/Objectives: Alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) lacks widely adopted biomarkers that reflect disease activity and severity. High-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), a damage-associated molecular pattern, has been implicated in ALD…
View details →King DA, Altic N · 2026 · Health physics
Calculating scan minimum detectable concentration (MDC) values using the method in NUREG-1507 can be difficult, often requiring expert knowledge and expensive software. Because of this, many projects rely on example MDC values from…
View details →Awadallah M, Singh A, Hale GL et al. · 2026 · Case reports in transplantation
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is an increasingly recognized cause of acute and chronic hepatitis in immunosuppressed individuals, including solid organ transplant recipients. Although typically self-limited in immunocompetent hosts,…
View details →Yoon HJ, Kim GC, Nam SH · 2026 · Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland)
Background Oral candidiasis is an opportunistic infection caused by Candida albicans (C. albicans) , highlighting the need to evaluate candidate substances that ensure both antifungal efficacy and mucosal safety. This study aimed to assess…
View details →Carretero D, Giménez E, Pérez A et al. · 2026 · Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica (English ed.)
Introduction Studies assessing SARS-CoV-2 antibodies and functional T-cell responses in hematological patients following receipt of a three-dose mRNA vaccine schedule have yielded conflicting results. Methods We conducted a retrospective…
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