Authors: Louis J. La Grange and Samson Mukaratirwa.Parasite Vol. 27 , page 13Published online: 12/03/2020 Keywords: Trichinella ; Kruger National Park ; South Africa.
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Victims of death cap mushrooms can experience liver and kidney failure. (Zoonar GMBH/Alamy/)This story originally featured on Field & Stream.There is a commonsense rule about wild mushrooms that all outdoorsmen should heed: Avoid them. There are about 10,000 species of fungi out there, of which only a small number will kill you. From that vantage, the odds sound OK. Thing is, with the exception of a few easily identifiable species, it’s hard to tell the lethal from the good. And mushrooms have...
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Note their progress. (Luma Pimentel via Unsplash/)How much you should weigh your infant at home will depend on guidance from your pediatrician. For breast-feeding mothers monitoring how much milk was consumed in a feeding, you’ll likely want to rent a special scale or make a big investment. However, the average at-home baby scale will give you a general sense of your child’s progress between doctor’s visits. These four choices are reasonably priced and can be used for small pets or toddlers, too.Watch...
Wed Mar 11, 2020 23:29
HD 74423 bulges toward its companion star. (Gabriel Pérez Díaz (IAC)/)If any beings live in the solar system HD 74423, their young ones would sketch daytime scenes quite differently than human children do. Where we draw one sun, they’d draw two. And where we draw our star as a round orb, they’d likely draw one of their suns as a bulging teardrop. Gifted animators might even capture the bump’s motion as it stretches toward and recedes from its companion over a matter of hours.This star’s outlandish...
Wed Mar 11, 2020 22:14
For sleeping angels. (Amazon/)Being a parent or caregiver can give you a new appreciation for all the sounds present in our world. Some sounds—like your heartbeat, or your voice—can deepen your bond and signal warmth and security. Other sounds can inspire your baby to give voice to surprisingly powerful sounds of their own. As you influence and discover the sonic preferences of your growing little one, you can use sound to soothe them as part of naptime routines or transitions between environments....
Wed Mar 11, 2020 20:56
Work out in the privacy of your own home. (Depositphots/)You promised you’d go to the gym after work, but when the end of the day rolls around nothing sounds worse. Then you set your alarm an hour and a half earlier to make it to that early morning spin class but find yourself snoozing the alarm and skipping it. There’s an easy solution: get your favorite equipment for your home. If you want great cardio that doubles as effective strength training, a step machine might be the right choice for you....
Wed Mar 11, 2020 20:47
Another cooking surface. (Katie Smith via Unsplash/)Hot plates are useful in all sorts of spaces, including a kitchenette, dorm, den, RV, and guest house. Many commercial kitchens even use hot plates for additional stove space. (They’re also great if you’re making Tasty-style recipe videos.) With the right appliances, you can set up a makeshift kitchen anyplace with a power source. There are, however, plenty of dinky hot plates that won’t heat a pot or pan evenly and effectively. Such poorly made...
Wed Mar 11, 2020 20:13
California has declared a state of emergency to tackle the coronavirus, but hasn't imposed further shutdowns on the local level. (Technophile82/Deposit Photos/)Brian Labus is an assistant professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. This story originally featured on The Conversation.President Donald Trump recently appointed Vice President Mike Pence to lead the government’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak and control public statements by government health...
Wed Mar 11, 2020 19:30
Locked out. The darkness is closing in. If only he had read this article. (Andrew Neel/Unsplash/)Most of the time, we log into our apps and digital accounts on autopilot—it’s easy when our devices remember our information and we never sign out. That’s why losing access to one or more of the digital accounts you rely on every day can be a major headache.Perhaps you’re setting up a new device and you can’t remember your password because it’s been so long since you actually had to log in somewhere new....
Wed Mar 11, 2020 18:24
The researchers found that the average time it took for symptoms to appear was 5.5 days, and the median was 5.1 days. (Pexels/)People who are infected with COVID-19 start showing symptoms within about 5 days on average of being exposed to the new coronavirus, scientists reported March 10. Researchers analyzed 181 confirmed cases of the disease (both from within China and 24 other countries) and found that around half develop COVID-19 within 5 days of exposure and nearly all people who develop symptoms...
Wed Mar 11, 2020 18:29
Pre-Roll shows up in a picture-in-picture display in the app. (Ring/)Hard-wiring a video doorbell into your home isn’t the easiest DIY project to tackle, especially if you’re not comfortable around electrical work. That makes battery-powered models attractive, but the convenience comes at a cost. Back in 2017, Ring introduced its Pre-Roll feature, which gave users the ability to capture four seconds of footage from before the motion sensor kicked in to give a better picture of a sequence of events....
Wed Mar 11, 2020 16:19
Run in any weather. (Jenny Hill via Unsplash/)Regular exercise is one of the most beneficial habits you can form, with advantages like basic stress relief to a reduced risk of heart disease, lower blood pressure, and better blood cholesterol levels. Running in particular can help out your lungs, bones, and (so long as the activity isn’t overly vigorous) immune system.When winter comes, it can be hard to motivate yourself to keep up your running routine, and once you get outside, it can be really...
Wed Mar 11, 2020 19:43
Keep your hard-to-replace items safe. (Depositphotos/)The mattress and sock drawer aren’t secure places for your cash and federal documents, because neither will protect your valuables from break-ins, fires, or flooding. A home safe is a cost-effective way to not only protect your items from falling into the wrong hands or being completely destroyed in a disaster, but also for keeping a designated place for items that would be a nightmare to lose.Here are a few of our favorite safes available right...
Wed Mar 11, 2020 15:10
George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.'s wheel. (Public Domain/)What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you’ll have an even weirder answer if you listen to PopSci’s hit podcast. The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week hits Apple, Anchor, and everywhere else you listen to podcasts every-other Wednesday morning. It’s your new favorite source for the strangest science-adjacent facts, figures, and Wikipedia spirals the editors of Popular Science can muster. If you...
Wed Mar 11, 2020 14:26
Ectopic cervical thymus is a rare congenital anomaly, which results because of the failure of complete descent of the thymus. They are incidental findings in the young and may disappear during the early years of life; however, they have rarely been described in adults. Some of them may undergo hyperplasia or neoplastic transformation and become visible or cause symptoms. We report two rare cases of incidentally detected cervical thymic tissue in adults. In one case, the thymic tissue was seen adjacent...
Wed Mar 11, 2020 13:50
Abstract Objective To evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) parameters in hepatitis B virus (HBV)-induced hepatic fibrosis using different calculation methods and to investigate histopathologic origins. Materials and methods Liver biopsies from 37 prospectively recruited chronic hepatitis B patients were obtained. Twelve...
Wed Mar 11, 2020 02:00
Abstract Purpose To investigate the value of CT and MR imaging features in differentiating borderline ovarian tumor (BOT) from type I ovarian epithelial cancer (OEC), which could be significant for suitable clinical treatment and assessment of the prognosis of the patient. Methods Thirty-three patients with BOTs and 35 patients with type I OECs proven by...
Wed Mar 11, 2020 02:00
Abstract Background Biting food too quickly might affect the control of jaw closing muscles and the estimation of bite force. Objectives To compare the incisal bite forces used to cut food and the activity of masseter and anterior temporalis muscles between slow, habitual and fast biting speeds and also between small and large jaw openings. Materials and Methods Twenty subjects were asked to use their incisors to cut through a 5‐mm thick of chewing gum. In the first experiment,...
Wed Mar 11, 2020 23:39
Abstract Objective A network meta‐analysis (NMA) of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) was performed aiming to compare the treatment outcome of dry needling, acupuncture, or wet needling using different substances in managing myofascial pain of the masticatory muscles (TMD‐M). Method An electronic search was undertaken to identify RCTs published until September 2019, comparing dry needling, acupuncture, or wet needling using local anaesthesia (LA), botulinum toxin‐A (BTX‐A), granisetron,...
Wed Mar 11, 2020 23:39
Abstract The aim of the study was to assess sleep structure, phenotypes related to bruxism activity and basic respiratory parameters among a large group of participants with sleep bruxism and without obstructive sleep apnea. Adult participants with clinical suspicion of sleep bruxism and with no other significant medical history were recruited. Video‐polysomnography was performed to detect masseter muscles activity. Polysomnographic scoring was performed according to the American Academy of Sleep...
Wed Mar 11, 2020 23:35
The advent of electronic health records (EHRs) has allowed clinicians to document patient visits in a way that permits more accuracy, shareability, and other critical capabilities. However, EHR documentation is time-consuming, contributes to clinician burnout, and impacts the quality of patient-clinician interactions. One solution is the usage of in-room medical scribes (quite literally a third physical presence in the room) who take notes while the clinician visits with the patient. Augmedix, a...
Wed Mar 11, 2020 22:22
Babies that end up in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) or pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) are monitored via a complex collection of sensors, each of which has a wire connected to a patient monitor. While necessary, all this technology makes it difficult for parents to bond with their children and for clinicians to access their patients. Northwestern University engineers have developed flexible, wireless sensor patches that are able to collect the same vital signs as wired...
Wed Mar 11, 2020 22:19
Researchers at the City University of New York and Northwestern University have developed a printer capable of creating highly detailed surfaces precisely loaded with a variety of organic and biological molecules. The technology allows the researchers to create objects that resemble the surfaces of living cells, something that may prove extremely useful in developing biomedical sensors, for the study of diseases, as well as for the development of new drugs. The technology powering...
Wed Mar 11, 2020 19:14
Biobeat announced recently that it has received CE Mark approval for its patch and wristwatch that non-invasively measure blood pressure, cardiac output, stroke volume, blood oxygenation, and heart rate. The Israel-based company’s platform monitors vital signs in real-time using wireless, non-invasive, medical-grade technology, and uploads these data points into the cloud through either a smartphone or a dedicated gateway. This allows patients to be monitored not only in hospitals, but...
Wed Mar 11, 2020 15:19
Objectives The aim of this study was to clinically validate a Deep Convolutional Neural Network (DCNN) for the detection of surgically proven anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears in a large patient cohort and to analyze the effect of magnetic resonance examinations from different institutions, varying protocols, and field strengths. Materials and Methods After ethics committee approval, this retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data was performed on 512 consecutive subjects,...
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Objectives Available clinical magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI) sequences are hampered by long scan times, low spatial resolution, strong field inhomogeneities, limited volume coverage, and low signal-to-noise ratio. High-resolution, whole-brain mapping of more metabolites than just N-acetylaspartate, choline, and creatine within clinically attractive scan times is urgently needed for clinical applications. The aim is therefore to develop a free induction decay (FID) MRSI sequence...
Wed Mar 11, 2020 22:44
Objective The aims of this study were to investigate the feasibility of using a universal abdominal acquisition protocol on a photon-counting detector computed tomography (PCD-CT) system and to compare its performance to that of single-energy (SE) and dual-energy (DE) CT using energy-integrating detectors (EIDs). Methods Iodine inserts of various concentrations and sizes were embedded into different sizes of adult abdominal phantoms. Phantoms were scanned on a research PCD-CT and a clinical...
Wed Mar 11, 2020 22:44
Objectives The aim of this study was to perform a whole-brain analysis of alterations in brain mechanical properties due to normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH). Materials and Methods Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) examinations were performed on 85 participants, including 44 cognitively unimpaired controls, 33 with NPH, and 8 who were amyloid-positive with Alzheimer clinical syndrome. A custom neural network inversion was used to estimate stiffness and damping ratio from patches of...
Wed Mar 11, 2020 22:44
Objectives Ultrasound shear wave elastography (SWE) is an imaging technique that quantifies liver stiffness. However, comparison data across newest ultrasound systems are sparse. The purpose of this study was to assess repeatability and agreement of shear wave speeds (SWSs) across 6 ultrasound 2-dimensional (2D) SWE systems. Materials and Methods This cross-sectional, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act–compliant study received institutional review board approval. Written...
Wed Mar 11, 2020 22:44
Rationale and Objectives Liver inflammation is associated with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and other pathologies, but noninvasive methods to assess liver inflammation are limited. Inflammation causes endothelial disruption and leakage of plasma proteins into the interstitial space and can result in extravascular coagulation with fibrin deposition. Here we assess the feasibility of using the established fibrin-specific magnetic resonance probe EP-2104R for the noninvasive imaging of fibrin as...
Wed Mar 11, 2020 22:44
Purpose The aim of this study was to compare respiratory-triggered diffusion-weighted imaging with simultaneous-multislice acceleration (SMS-RT-DWI) to a standard free-breathing echoplanar DWI (s-DWI) for 3 T renal imaging with respect to image quality and artifacts. Materials and Methods A total of 40 patients who had undergone renal magnetic resonance imaging were included in this retrospective analysis of a prospectively planned cohort study. All examinations were performed on a 3 T whole-body...
Wed Mar 11, 2020 22:44
Objective Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is a chronic progressive disorder with a significant disease burden leading to end-stage renal disease in more than 75% of the affected individuals. Although prediction of disease progression is highly important, all currently available biomarkers—including height-adjusted total kidney volume (htTKV)—have important drawbacks in the everyday clinical setting. Thus, the purpose of this study was to evaluate T2 mapping as a source of...
Wed Mar 11, 2020 22:44
Objectives Quantitative synthetic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) enables synthesis of various contrast-weighted images as well as simultaneous quantification of T1 and T2 relaxation times and proton density. However, to date, it has been challenging to generate magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) images with synthetic MRI. The purpose of this study was to develop a deep learning algorithm to generate MRA images based on 3D synthetic MRI raw data. Materials and Methods Eleven healthy volunteers...
Wed Mar 11, 2020 22:44
Abstract The long‐term efficacy of nivolumab in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and its association with disease biomarkers are currently not well known. Therefore, we investigated the association in Japanese patients with treatment‐refractory advanced esophageal cancer who participated in an open‐label, single‐arm, multicenter phase 2 study. Patients received nivolumab 3 mg/kg, intravenously every 2 weeks until disease progression or unacceptable toxicity, and were followed up for 2 years after...
Wed Mar 11, 2020 22:27
Abstract In a subgroup of Japanese patients in the ARCHER 1050 randomized phase 3 trial, we evaluated the efficacy and safety and determined the effects of dose modifications on adverse events (AE) and therapy management of first‐line oral dacomitinib 45 mg compared with oral gefitinib 250 mg, each once daily in 28‐day cycles, in patients with EGFR‐activating mutation–positive (EGFR‐positive; exon 19 deletion or exon 21 L858R substitution mutations) advanced non‐small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)....
Wed Mar 11, 2020 22:27
Abstract Ibuprofen is the most commonly used non‐steroidal anti‐inflammatory drug (NSAID) and is the only NSAID approved for use in infants less than three months of age (1). It is available over‐the‐counter for the treatment of fever, inflammation and pain, and is often prescribed to treat inflammatory conditions. Over the past decade, there has been a reported shift towards Ibuprofen consumption as an over‐the‐counter drug, with 70% of ibuprofen being purchased without prescription in 2015, as...
Wed Mar 11, 2020 22:20
Abstract Background Cleaning is associated with an increased risk of asthma symptoms, but few studies have measured functional characteristics of airway disease in cleaners. Aims To assess and characterise respiratory symptoms and lung function in professional cleaners, and determine potential risk factors for adverse respiratory outcomes. Methods Symptoms, pre/post‐bronchodilator lung function, atopy, and cleaning exposures were assessed in 425 cleaners and 281 reference...
Wed Mar 11, 2020 22:20
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