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Short physical performance battery: Pilot study of a human motion capture app (MobiSPPB)
(2025-07-02)<strong>Background:</strong> A standardized fall risk assessment can guide targeted interventions. The widely used short physical performance battery (SPPB) for mobility assessment covers balance, gait speed, and lower ... -
Case Report: Practical approach to unmask unspecific adverse effects under lipid-lowering medication
(2025-05-27)The nocebo effect, driven by negative expectations rather than pharmacological mechanisms, contributes significantly to medication non-adherence, particularly in lipid-lowering therapy. Up to 50% of reported statin-related ... -
Primary cilia signalling at a glance
(2025-10-29)The primary cilium is a solitary, microtubule-based organelle present on most vertebrate cells, where it functions as a central hub for sensing and transducing extracellular signals. This Cell Science at a Glance article ... -
Potential of Aframomum melegueta and Xylopia aethiopica Against Taenia spp.: Plant-Based Remedies as Novel Anthelmintics
(2025-05-19)<strong>Background/Objectives: </strong>Taeniasis, a zoonotic infection, is a common foodborne disease. Niclosamide and praziquantel have proven to be effective in treating it, but the use of the same drugs can lead to ... -
Sialylation as a checkpoint for inflammatory and complement-related retinal diseases
(2025-06-27)Sialylation is a modification process involving the addition of sialic acid residues to the termini of glycoproteins and glycolipids in mammalian cells. Sialylation serves as a crucial checkpoint inhibitor of the complement ... -
Drinking Water and Sanitation Safety Planning for Medical Facilities: An Innovative PoU Approach for a Water System Description Using Ecomaps
(2025-06-26)Drinking Water Safety Plans (DWSP) in buildings serve to identify health hazards associated with the drinking water system. Sanitation Safety Plans (SSP) fulfill the same purpose for the sewage system. Water Safety Plans ... -
Alterations in dopaminergic innervation and receptors in focal cortical dysplasia
(2025-04-16)Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) type 2 is the most common malformation of cortical development associated with pharmaco-resistant focal epilepsy and frequently located in the frontal cortex. Neuropathological hallmarks ... -
Quality Management Outweighs Pandemic: Retrospective Analysis Shows Improved Quality of Care for Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia Despite SARS-CoV-2
(2025-03-30)Background: <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> bacteremia (SAB) is of great clinical relevance, as it is the most common type of bacteremia. Several studies show that the quality of care and thus the outcome can be positively ... -
Robust COVID-19 Vaccine Responses Despite Filarial Co-Infection: Insights from a Lymphatic Filariasis Cohort in Ghana
(2025-03-13)Background/Objectives: Although the COVID-19 pandemic has largely concluded, the varied trajectories it has followed in different regions of the world remain incompletely understood. Intensive research is needed to fully ... -
Optogenetic quantification of cardiac excitability and electrical coupling in intact hearts to explain cardiac arrhythmia initiation
(2025-02-28)Increased cardiac excitability and reduced electrical coupling promote cardiac arrhythmia and can be quantified by input resistance (<em>R<sub>m</sub></em>), pacing threshold (<em>I<sub>thr</sub></em>), and cardiac space ... -
Psychological safety, job satisfaction, and the intention to leave among German early-career physicians
(2025-01-17)<strong>Background</strong> Healthcare systems worldwide experience shortages of healthcare professionals. Retention of physicians is becoming an increasing problem. The psychological safety among physicians affects not ... -
Aberrant hippocampal Ca2+ microwaves following synapsin-dependent adeno-associated viral expression of Ca2+ indicators
(2024-07-23)Genetically encoded calcium indicators (GECIs) such as GCaMP are invaluable tools in neuroscience to monitor neuronal activity using optical imaging. The viral transduction of GECIs is commonly used to target expression ... -
Use of the FallAkte Plus System as an IT Infrastructure for the North Rhine-Westphalian General Practice Research Network: Mixed Methods Usability Study
(2024-05-20)<strong>Background:</strong> Primary care research networks can generate important information in the setting where most patients are seen and treated. However, this requires a suitable IT infrastructure (ITI), which the ... -
Assessing Electronic Health Literacy in Individuals With the Post–COVID-19 Condition Using the German Revised eHealth Literacy Scale: Validation Study
(2024-04-25)<strong>Background:</strong> The eHealth Literacy Scale (eHEALS) is a widely used instrument for measuring eHealth literacy (eHL). However, little is known so far about whether the instrument is valid for the assessment ... -
Prospective effects of an artificial intelligence-based computer-aided detection system for prostate imaging on routine workflow and radiologists' outcomes
(2023-12-06)<em>Objectives:</em> Artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to alleviate the negative consequences of rising case numbers for radiologists. Currently, systematic evaluations of the impact of AI solutions in real-world ... -
Development of the "Scale for the assessment of non-experts' AI literacy": an exploratory factor analysis
(2023-09-27)Artificial Intelligence competencies will become increasingly important in the near future. Therefore, it is essential that the AI literacy of individuals can be assessed in a valid and reliable way. This study presents ... -
33/m: Komplettierung des Impfstatus vor Praktikum in Kindertagesstätte: Vorbereitung auf die Facharztprüfung: Fall 52
(2024-07-11)<strong>Prüfungssimulation</strong><br /> <strong><em>Fallschilderung</strong></em><br /> Ein 33-jähriger Student des Fachs Kindheitspädagogik möchte in 6 Wochen sein erstes Praktikum in einer Kindertagesstätte ... -
Mouse models of type I interferonopathies
(2024-12-16)Type I interferonopathies are severe monogenic diseases caused by mutations that result in chronically upregulated production of type I interferon. They present with a broad variety of symptoms, the mechanisms of which are ... -
Epidemiology and outcomes of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis
(2023-09-19)Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) cause many infections in the healthcare context. Knowledge regarding the epidemiology and burden of VRE infections, however, remains fragmented. We aimed to summarize recent studies ...
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