Dramatic advances in the care of heart failure (HF) patients have emerged over the last two decades, resulting in an improvement in survival after diagnosis. With the development of novel therapies, the number of patients living with HF has increased. Unfortunately, HF is a disease associated with high symptom and co-morbidity burden, resulting in repeated hospitalizations. This emerging epidem...

Estimating a person’s energy expenditure and activity intensity over time is an important component in managing various health conditions or tracking lifestyle choices. To implement an automatic estimation, most current systems ultimately require users to wear sensor devices. In contrast, this paper presents a framework for the contact-free, real-time estimation of energy expenditure, applicabl...

INTRODUCTIONThis protocol describes the application of the MS2 system to the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. ASH1 mRNA tagged with six MS2 repeats (6MBSs) is used to follow the localization of the ASH1 mRNA particles to the bud tip of a haploid yeast cell. W303 yeast cells transformed with pG14-MS2-GFP and pGAL-lacZ-MS2-ASH1 are grown on select medium lacking tryptophan and leucine. RNA express...

In order to measure actual care needs in relation to resources required to fulfill these needs, an instrument (Time in Care) with which to evaluate care needs and determine the time needed for various care activities has been developed with the aim of assessing nursing intensity in municipal care for older people. Interreliability (ICC = 0.854) of time measurements (n = 10'546) of 32 nursing ac...

conclusions while rural living has a protective effect on nafld, marriage may be a potential risk factor for this condition. results we found that nafld had an inverse association with rural living in men (or = 0.513, 0.422 - 0.622, p value < 0.001) and women (or = 0.431, 0.345 - 0.539, p value < 0.001). furthermore, we determined that nafld had a direct association with marriage status for men...

Purpose: The number of residents in assisted living has rapidly increased, although these facilities still primarily serve people who can pay out of pocket. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs was authorized to provide this level of care for the first time in the Assisted Living Pilot Program (ALPP). We describe the residents and providers, comparing them across three facility types and oth...

rhabditidae is a family of free-living nematodes. free living nematodes due to their active movement and resistance to chlorination, do not remove in conventional water treatment processes thus can be entered to distribution systems and cause adverse health effects. ultraviolet radiation (uv) can be used as a method of inactivating for these organisms. this cross sectional study was done to inv...

introduction: with the rapid increase in use of lasers in medical treatments, it is important to understand the mechanisms of heat transfer in biological tissues in order to minimize damage to the tissues resulting from extra heat applied. the aim of this study is to investigate the temperature distribution in living biological tissues when laser irradiation is used in a treatment. methods:  in...

conclusions globally, interventions that comprise evidence-based prevention, care and treatment of substance use disorders in young adults are vital to reduce the transmission of hiv infection and promote good clinical outcomes for young adults at-risk for living with hiv. context young adults comprise roughly one-quarter of the global population and are at the developmental stage where persona...