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[PMID]: 23648239 [Au] Autor: Yan SQ; Xu YQ; Su PY; Cao H; Pan WJ; Tao FB [Ad] Address: Department of Health Care, Maternal and Child Health Care Centers of Maanshan, Anhui 243000, China. [Ti] Title: [Relationship between folic acid supplements during peri-conceptional period and the adverse pregnancy outcomes: a cohort study]. [So] Source: Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi;34(1):1-4, 2013 Jan. [Is] ISSN: 0254-6450 [Cp] Country of publication: China [La] Language: chi [Ab] Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between folic acid supplements during peri-conception and the related adverse birth outcome. METHODS: Pregnant women who received first prenatal care at 4 municipal-level medical institutions in Maanshan, from Oct. 2008 to Oct. 2010 were selected as the target population. All participants were asked to complete a self-administered questionnaire which including data on demographic characteristics, interval, complications and frequency of taking folic acid etc., during pregnancy. The follow-up-records after delivery would include factors as: fetal weight, height, circumference of head, chest circumference of the neonates. Finally, 4448 valid questionnaires were gathered, including 190 premature, 147 small for gestational age and 104 low birth weight babies. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression models were used for data analysis. RESULTS: Data showed that the weight, height and head circumference of the fetels at birth among pregnant women who had taken supplementary standard folic acid during peri-conception period or only during the first trimester, were all better than those pregnant women who had not taken the standard folic acid supplements. After adjustment for potential confounders as gestational weeks, maternal age, mather's education level, results from the logistic regression showed that intake of standard folic acid supplements appeared a protective factor for those babies who were smaller than the gestational age (RR = 0.45, 95%CI: 0.24 - 0.86), at premature delivery (RR = 0.52, 95%CI: 0.32 - 0.87) or with low birth weight (RR = 0.39, 95%CI: 0.19 - 0.80). However, data from this study showed that provision of folic acid supplements to the pre-pregnant or at first trimester alone did not make obvious impact on those babies as prematured, small for gestational age and at low birth weight. CONCLUSION: Standardized provision of folic acid supplements during peri-conceptional period could improve the outcomes of birth. [Pt] Publication type: ENGLISH ABSTRACT; JOURNAL ARTICLE [Em] Entry month: 1305 [Js] Journal subset: IM [St] Status: In-Data-Review

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[PMID]: 23545544 [Au] Autor: Hall GS; Little DP [Ad] Address: Cornell University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Corson Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. Electronic address: ghall@casacolumbia.org. [Ti] Title: Within-host competition between barley yellow dwarf-PAV and -PAS. [So] Source: Virus Res;174(1-2):148-51, 2013 Jun. [Is] ISSN: 1872-7492 [Cp] Country of publication: Netherlands [La] Language: eng [Ab] Abstract: The PAV and PAS species of barley yellow dwarf virus (Luteoviridae) share hosts, vectors, and have sympatric distributions. To better understand how competition between species influences virus growth within the host, transmission rate between hosts, and ultimately virus population structure two experiments were conducted. The first experiment varied the order of PAV and PAS inoculation and the time interval between the first and second inoculation. Relative virus concentration was measured at 8, 20, 33, and 45 days after primary virus inoculation (dpi). Regardless of the order of inoculation or the length of time between inoculations, PAV dominated the virus population by 33dpi (PAV concentration ranged from 55% to 89%). The second experiment measured the rate of vector transmission from single and multiple infections. From single infections, the transmission rate was 67% for PAV and 60% for PAS. PAV had significantly greater odds of transmission for all competition treatments-except if PAS was given a 15-day head start before inoculation with PAV. In the latter treatment, PAS was transmitted with a greater frequency than PAV, but the difference was not statistically significant. Our data show persistent co-infection between PAV and PAS, but PAV is more likely to be transmitted from mixed infections. Thus, within-host interactions between PAV and PAS create conditions that promote both the competitive exclusion of PAS, as well as co-existence between species and the maintenance of genetic diversity in the host community. [Pt] Publication type: JOURNAL ARTICLE [Em] Entry month: 1305 [Js] Journal subset: IM [St] Status: In-Data-Review

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[PMID]: 23264091 [Au] Autor: Hoffmann G; Schmidt M; Ammon C; Rose-Meierhöfer S; Burfeind O; Heuwieser W; Berg W [Ad] Address: Department of Engineering for Livestock Management, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering Potsdam-Bornim, Max-Eyth-Allee 100, 14469, Potsdam, Germany, ghoffmann@atb-potsdam.de. [Ti] Title: Monitoring the body temperature of cows and calves using video recordings from an infrared thermography camera. [So] Source: Vet Res Commun;37(2):91-9, 2013 Jun. [Is] ISSN: 1573-7446 [Cp] Country of publication: Netherlands [La] Language: eng [Ab] Abstract: The aim of this study was to assess the variability of temperatures measured by a video-based infrared camera (IRC) in comparison to rectal and vaginal temperatures. The body surface temperatures of cows and calves were measured contactless at different body regions using videos from the IRC. Altogether, 22 cows and 9 calves were examined. The differences of the measured IRC temperatures among the body regions, i.e. eye (mean: 37.0 °C), back of the ear (35.6 °C), shoulder (34.9 °C) and vulva (37.2 °C), were significant (P < 0.01), except between eye and vulva (P = 0.99). The quartile ranges of the measured IRC temperatures at the 4 above mentioned regions were between 1.2 and 1.8 K. Of the investigated body regions the eye and the back of the ear proved to be suitable as practical regions for temperature monitoring. The temperatures of these 2 regions could be gained by the use of the maximum temperatures of the head and body area. Therefore, only the maximum temperatures of both areas were used for further analysis. The data analysis showed an increase for the maximum temperature measured by IRC at head and body area with an increase of rectal temperature in cows and calves. The use of infrared thermography videos has the advantage to analyze more than 1 picture per animal in a short period of time, and shows potential as a monitoring system for body temperatures in cattle. [Pt] Publication type: JOURNAL ARTICLE [Em] Entry month: 1305 [Js] Journal subset: IM [St] Status: In-Data-Review [do] DOI: 10.1007/s11259-012-9549-3

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[PMID]: 23648451 [Au] Autor: Andreev VP; Head T; Johnson N; Deo SK; Daunert S; Goldschmidt-Clermont PJ [Ad] Address: 1] Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA [2] Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA [3] Center for Computational Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA. [Ti] Title: Discrete event simulation model of sudden cardiac death predicts high impact of preventive interventions. [So] Source: Sci Rep;3:1771, 2013 May 7. [Is] ISSN: 2045-2322 [Cp] Country of publication: England [La] Language: eng [Ab] Abstract: Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) is responsible for at least 180,000 deaths a year and incurs an average cost of $286 billion annually in the United States alone. Herein, we present a novel discrete event simulation model of SCD, which quantifies the chains of events associated with the formation, growth, and rupture of atheroma plaques, and the subsequent formation of clots, thrombosis and on-set of arrhythmias within a population. The predictions generated by the model are in good agreement both with results obtained from pathological examinations on the frequencies of three major types of atheroma, and with epidemiological data on the prevalence and risk of SCD. These model predictions allow for identification of interventions and importantly for the optimal time of intervention leading to high potential impact on SCD risk reduction (up to 8-fold reduction in the number of SCDs in the population) as well as the increase in life expectancy. [Pt] Publication type: JOURNAL ARTICLE [Em] Entry month: 1305 [Js] Journal subset: IM [St] Status: In-Data-Review [do] DOI: 10.1038/srep01771

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[PMID]: 22692968 [Au] Autor: Wong JC; Payne AY; Mah K; Lebel S; Lee RN; Irish J; Rodin G; Devins GM [Ad] Address: Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. [Ti] Title: Negative cancer stereotypes and disease-specific self-concept in head and neck cancer. [So] Source: Psychooncology;22(5):1055-63, 2013 May. [Is] ISSN: 1099-1611 [Cp] Country of publication: England [La] Language: eng [Ab] Abstract: BACKGROUND: Life-threatening diseases, such as head and neck cancer (HNCa), can stimulate the emergence of a new disease-specific self-concept. We hypothesized that (i) negative cancer-stereotypes invoke distancing, which inhibits the adoption of a disease-specific self-concept and (ii) patient characteristics, disease and treatment factors, and cancer-related stressors moderate the phenomenon. METHODS: Head and neck cancer outpatients (N = 522) completed a semantic-differential measure of disease-specific self-concept (perceived similarity to the 'cancer patient') and other self-report measures in structured interviews. Negative cancer-stereotypes were represented by the number of semantic-differential dimensions (0-3) along which respondents evaluated the stereotypic 'cancer patient' negatively (i.e., negative valence). We tested the two-way interactions between negative valence and hypothesized moderator variables. RESULTS: We observed significant negative valence × moderator interactions for the following: (i) patient characteristics (education, employment, social networks); (ii) disease and treatment factors (cancer-symptom burden); and (iii) cancer-related stressors (uncertainty, lack of information, and existential threats). Negative cancer stereotypes were consistently associated with distancing of self from the stereotypic 'cancer patient,' but the effect varied across moderator variables. All significant moderators (except employment and social networks) were associated with increasing perceived similarity to the 'cancer patient' when respondents maintained negative stereotypes; perceived similarity decreased when people were employed or had extensive social networks. Moderator effects were less pronounced when respondents did not endorse negative cancer stereotypes. DISCUSSION: When they hold negative stereotypes, people with HNCa distance themselves from a 'cancer patient' identity to preserve self-esteem or social status, but exposure to cancer-related stressors and adaptive demands may attenuate these effects. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [Pt] Publication type: JOURNAL ARTICLE [Em] Entry month: 1305 [Js] Journal subset: IM [St] Status: In-Data-Review [do] DOI: 10.1002/pon.3109

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[PMID]: 23650536 [Au] Autor: Delnooz CC; Pasman JW; Beckmann CF; van de Warrenburg BP [Ad] Address: Radboud University Medical Centre, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Department of Neurology, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. [Ti] Title: Task-free functional MRI in cervical dystonia reveals multi-network changes that partially normalize with botulinum toxin. [So] Source: PLoS One;8(5):e62877, 2013. [Is] ISSN: 1932-6203 [Cp] Country of publication: United States [La] Language: eng [Ab] Abstract: Cervical dystonia is characterized by involuntary, abnormal movements and postures of the head and neck. Current views on its pathophysiology, such as faulty sensorimotor integration and impaired motor planning, are largely based on studies of focal hand dystonia. Using resting state fMRI, we explored whether cervical dystonia patients have altered functional brain connectivity compared to healthy controls, by investigating 10 resting state networks. Scans were repeated immediately before and some weeks after botulinum toxin injections to see whether connectivity abnormalities were restored. We here show that cervical dystonia patients have reduced connectivity in selected regions of the prefrontal cortex, premotor cortex and superior parietal lobule within a distributed network that comprises the premotor cortex, supplementary motor area, primary sensorimotor cortex, and secondary somatosensory cortex (sensorimotor network). With regard to a network originating from the occipital cortex (primary visual network), selected regions in the prefrontal and premotor cortex, superior parietal lobule, and middle temporal gyrus areas have reduced connectivity. In selected regions of the prefrontal, premotor, primary motor and early visual cortex increased connectivity was found within a network that comprises the prefrontal cortex including the anterior cingulate cortex and parietal cortex (executive control network). Botulinum toxin treatment resulted in a partial restoration of connectivity abnormalities in the sensorimotor and primary visual network. These findings demonstrate the involvement of multiple neural networks in cervical dystonia. The reduced connectivity within the sensorimotor and primary visual networks may provide the neural substrate to expect defective motor planning and disturbed spatial cognition. Increased connectivity within the executive control network suggests excessive attentional control and while this may be a primary trait, perhaps contributing to abnormal motor control, this may alternatively serve a compensatory function in order to reduce the consequences of the motor planning defect inflicted by the other network abnormalities. [Pt] Publication type: JOURNAL ARTICLE [Em] Entry month: 1305 [Js] Journal subset: IM [St] Status: In-Data-Review [do] DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062877

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[PMID]: 23648657 [Au] Autor: Fujii N; Naito Y; Takanashi S; Ueno T; Nakagomi T [Ad] Address: Department of Neurosurgery, Teikyo University School of Medicine. [Ti] Title: [A case of infected subdural hematoma accompanied by cerebral infarction]. [So] Source: No Shinkei Geka;41(5):407-13, 2013 May. [Is] ISSN: 0301-2603 [Cp] Country of publication: Japan [La] Language: jpn [Ab] Abstract: Infected subdural hematoma(ISH)is a rare disease caused by hematogenous infection of a preexisting subdural hematoma. We report a rare case of ISH accompanied by cerebral infarction. A 76-year-old man who had suffered a closed head injury 3 months before presented fever, headache and left hemiparesis during the medical treatment of acute cholangitis and obstructive jaundice with pancreatic cancer at the department of surgical gastroenterology. At the consultation, computed tomography(CT)scan indicated right chronic subdural hematoma. We performed a burr hole opening surgery on the same day. Abscess and hematoma was aspirated from the subdural space, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA)was detected in this specimen. Thus the diagnosis of the infected subdural hematoma was confirmed. However, despite the antibiotics therapy, follow-up CT showed a low-density area close to the residual abscess, which suggested cerebral infarction. Cerebral angiography showed a vasospasm at the cortical segment of the right middle cerebral artery near the residual abscess. Eventually we carried out a small craniotomy to evacuate the abscess. Our case showed that prompt surgical treatment is required in case of ISH and the whole hematoma and abscess should be removed as soon as possible with an image diagnosis and an additional surgical operation. [Pt] Publication type: ENGLISH ABSTRACT; JOURNAL ARTICLE [Em] Entry month: 1305 [Js] Journal subset: IM [St] Status: In-Data-Review

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[PMID]: 23648656 [Au] Autor: Meguro T; Tomita Y; Tanabe T; Idei M; Muraoka K; Terada K; Hirotsune N; Nishino S [Ad] Address: Department of Neurological Surgery, Hiroshima City Hospital. [Ti] Title: [Harvest of the Superficial Temporal Artery Using the Lone Star Retractor SystemTM: Technical Note]. [So] Source: No Shinkei Geka;41(5):401-5, 2013 May. [Is] ISSN: 0301-2603 [Cp] Country of publication: Japan [La] Language: jpn [Ab] Abstract: Extracranial-intracranial(EC-IC)bypass is an important method of treating ischemic stroke and intracranial disease requiring sacrifice of the parent artery. The most commonly used donor artery for EC-IC bypass surgery is the superficial temporal artery(STA). But there are few reports of details of harvest methods of the STA. We describe our harvest methods of the STA using the Lone Star Retractor SystemTM. After draping, the Lone Star Retractor SystemTM is placed on the head. Skin incision is on the parietal branch of the STA. Under the surgical microscope, the dermis is cut by a scalpel from the distal side of the STA. The incised wound was tensioned by the blunt hooks(elastic stay)of the Lone Star Retractor SystemTM. Connective tissue around the STA was dissected and cut by a high voltage bipolar coagulator from the distal to the proximal side of the STA. The advantage of using of The Lone Star Retractor SystemTM for the STA harvest is that, using a surgical microscope, it is easy to set the elastic stay on the wound. [Pt] Publication type: ENGLISH ABSTRACT; JOURNAL ARTICLE [Em] Entry month: 1305 [Js] Journal subset: IM [St] Status: In-Data-Review

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[PMID]: 23648891 [Au] Autor: Jamil SA; Bhatti IH; Khan AS [Ad] Address: Department of Neurosurgery, Arar Central Hospital, Ministry of Health, Arar North Zone, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Tel. +966 (4) 6624004. Fax. +966 (4) 6626416. [Ti] Title: Impact of prognostic factors on outcome in patients with severe head trauma. [So] Source: Neurosciences (Riyadh);8(4):248-9, 2003 Oct. [Is] ISSN: 1319-6138 [Cp] Country of publication: Saudi Arabia [La] Language: eng [Pt] Publication type: JOURNAL ARTICLE [Em] Entry month: 1305 [St] Status: In-Data-Review

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[PMID]: 23648887 [Au] Autor: Soori H [Ad] Address: The Medical School, Ahwaz University of Medical Sciences, Ahwaz, Iran. Tel. +98 (611) 3363312. Fax. +98 (611) 3361544/3335200. E-mail: hsoori@yahoo.com. [Ti] Title: Children`s falls from heights in Ahwaz, Iran. [So] Source: Neurosciences (Riyadh);8(4):237-40, 2003 Oct. [Is] ISSN: 1319-6138 [Cp] Country of publication: Saudi Arabia [La] Language: eng [Ab] Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To describe the epidemiology of children`s falls in Ahwaz, Iran and to suggest its possible causes and preventive measures. METHODS: A one-year study was carried out in Ahwaz, Iran in 1999. All children aged 0-15 years who were taken to the accident and emergency (A&E) departments of all urban hospitals because of a vertical fall from heights were investigated. All parents of children were interviewed by using a questionnaire that included demographic and fall characteristic information. RESULTS: During the year of study, 2403 fall injuries were admitted to A&E departments, comprising 10.1% of all children`s injuries. There were 64.5% boys and 35.5% girls. Patients ranged in age from 5 months to 15 years (mean 5.9 years), and were distributed equally between Fars and Arabs. The most frequent falls originated from windows and roofs (32.6%), from stairs (24.6%), and from playground equipment (9.3%). Many fall injuries took place at or near the home (77.5%), and involved the head (71.7%). CONCLUSION: A combination of targeted information and safety regulations could be an essential effort for reducing the incidence of children`s falls from heights. This requires educating the parents to the hazards of falls and to mandate safer housing. [Pt] Publication type: JOURNAL ARTICLE [Em] Entry month: 1305 [St] Status: In-Data-Review

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