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5. Stepped, evidence-based and integrated care service model vs. usual care for mental disorders: A randomized controlled trial (RECOVER)

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Lambert, Martin, König, Hannah, Karow, Anne, König, Hans-Helmut, Rohenkohl, Anja, Luedecke, Daniel, Schröter, Romy, Finter, Constanze, Tlach, Lisa, Schindler, Andreas, Peter, Helmut, Scherer, Martin, Mews, Claudia, Härter, Martin, Bindt, Carola, Löwe, Bernd, Briken, Peer, Peper, Heike, Schweiger, Michael, Mösko, Mike, Bock, Thomas, Deister, Arno, Correll, Christoph U., Ozga, Ann-Kathrin, Pepić, Amra, Zapf, Antonia, Gallinat, Jürgen, Peth, Judith, Konnopka, Alexander, and Schulz, Holger

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2024
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6. Cardiac index-guided therapy to maintain optimised postinduction cardiac index in high-risk patients having major open abdominal surgery: the multicentre randomised iPEGASUS trial

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Funcke, Sandra, Schmidt, Götz, Bergholz, Alina, Argente Navarro, Pilar, Azparren Cabezón, Gonzalo, Barbero-Espinosa, Silvia, Diaz-Cambronero, Oscar, Edinger, Fabian, García-Gregorio, Nuria, Habicher, Marit, Klinkmann, Gerd, Koch, Christian, Kröker, Alina, Mencke, Thomas, Moral García, Victoria, Zitzmann, Amelie, Lezius, Susanne, Pepić, Amra, Sessler, Daniel I., Sander, Michael, Haas, Sebastian A., Reuter, Daniel A., and Saugel, Bernd

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2024
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10. A Mixed Method Evaluation of a Culturally Grounded After-School Arts Intervention on Native Youth

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Vesna Pepic

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A critical component of resilience for many Native American communities is their ability to sustain their culture and identity through deep connections with homelands, Native language, ceremonial practices, and tribal communities. Native American youth living off of tribal lands, often in urban regions, are faced with unique pressure to negotiate and adapt their culture and values while navigating nonnative settings. After-school programming centering Native culture has shown promise in strengthening Native youth resilience, yet few empirically based prevention programs exist, especially programming using developmentally appropriately art programming. To address the lack of empirical evidence for the use of culturally grounded after-school art programming for Native American youth living in urban areas, the current study will extend an earlier pilot study (Pepic et al., 2022) by using a mixed-methods design across three time points to evaluate the impact of a virtual culturally oriented art therapy curriculum on youth resilience, perceived stress, connection to culture, and mood while considering coronavirus pandemic related fears and experiences. No statistically significant results were found across time points, although qualitative results indicated individual, cultural, and ecological protective factors for Native resilience. The results of this study provide examples of how culturally centered Native after school programming can provide protective factors for Native American youth living in urban settings, but also highlight stories of resilience for youth navigating challenging pandemic times. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]

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2022

14. Longer Preoperative Antibiotic Duration Prior to High-Risk Ureteroscopy Does Not Decrease Infectious Complications.

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Sui, Wilson, Yang, Heiko, Pepic, Lejla, Chang, Kevin, Shee, Kevin, Rompsaithong, Ukrit, Bayne, David B., Stoller, Marshall L., and Chi, Thomas

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SYSTEMIC inflammatory response syndrome, URINARY tract infections, ASYMPTOMATIC patients, ANTIBACTERIAL agents, IMPLANTABLE catheters, ANTIBIOTIC prophylaxis, URETEROSCOPY
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Introduction: Postoperative infections after ureteroscopy are common and potentially devastating complications. National and international guidelines recommend treatment of symptomatic positive urine cultures prior to operation, but how to manage patients with asymptomatic colonization remains unclear. In clinical practice, there is wide variation in the choice and duration of antibiotics for these patients. To examine how preoperative antibiotic duration impacts postoperative infection rate, we evaluated our institutional practices and outcomes. Materials and Methods: Our prospectively collected database was queried for patients undergoing ureteroscopy between 2015 and 2023. Preoperative urine culture results and antibiotic duration/choice were abstracted. Patients included for study were those with a high risk of urinary colonization defined as those with history of neurological insult, bowel diversion, indwelling suprapubic catheter or foley, or a stent/nephrostomy. Our primary outcome was postoperative infection, defined by urinary tract infection (UTI), pyelonephritis, systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), or fever within 30 days of operation. Results: A total of 405 patients met our inclusion criteria. Preoperative prophylactic antibiotics were not utilized in 68% of the study cohort, while 11% received less than 3 days or 3–10 days of prophylaxis and the remaining 10% received more than 10 days. The overall rate of UTI or pyelonephritis was 9%, and the SIRS or sepsis rate was 5%. Although receipt of preoperative prophylactic antibiotics of any duration was not predictive of postoperative infectious complications on multivariable analysis, women were associated with a 4.135 (OR: 1.768–9.669, p = 0.001) increased odds of UTI/pyelonephritis compared with men. Conclusions: In high-risk patients, the duration of preoperative antibiotics prior to ureteroscopy did not reduce postoperative infectious complication rates. Women were the only clinical feature associated with increased risk of UTI/pyelonephritis. Further research is needed to identify alternative interventions to prevent postoperative infectious complications. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2025
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15. Territorial Distribution Requirements Without Centripetal Pitfalls: Electoral Design for Power-Sharing Collective Presidencies.

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Pepic, Ivan

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*CONSOCIATION, *MINORITIES, *PRESIDENTS, *POLITICAL systems, *DEMOCRACY
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Drawing from four electoral models for the election of Bosniak and Croat representatives to the collective Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, this article proposes a set of favorable conditions for the application of territorial distribution requirements in deeply divided societies. It shows that it is possible to deliver stable consociational outcomes using territorial distributive requirements for bi-national polities. Territorial distributive requirements result in stable democracy only under appropriate consociational conditions for the election of multi-person presidencies in dyadic societies with a demographic imbalance of power, whereas centripetal techniques prevent minority groups from choosing their most-preferred representatives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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16. MiR-30 promotes fatty acid beta-oxidation and endothelial cell dysfunction and is a circulating biomarker of coronary microvascular dysfunction in pre-clinical models of diabetes

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Shawn Veitch, Makon-Sébastien Njock, Mark Chandy, M. Ahsan Siraj, Lijun Chi, HaoQi Mak, Kai Yu, Kumaragurubaran Rathnakumar, Carmina Anjelica Perez-Romero, Zhiqi Chen, Faisal J. Alibhai, Dakota Gustafson, Sneha Raju, Ruilin Wu, Dorrin Zarrin Khat, Yaxu Wang, Amalia Caballero, Patrick Meagher, Edward Lau, Lejla Pepic, Henry S. Cheng, Natalie J. Galant, Kathryn L. Howe, Ren-Ke Li, Kim A. Connelly, Mansoor Husain, Paul Delgado-Olguin, and Jason E. Fish

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Endothelial cell, Microvasculature, Diabetes, Extracellular vesicle, microRNA, Biomarker, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, RC666-701
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Abstract Background Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is associated with coronary microvascular dysfunction, which is thought to contribute to compromised diastolic function, ultimately culminating in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). The molecular mechanisms remain incompletely understood, and no early diagnostics are available. We sought to gain insight into biomarkers and potential mechanisms of microvascular dysfunction in obese mouse (db/db) and lean rat (Goto-Kakizaki) pre-clinical models of T2D-associated diastolic dysfunction. Methods The microRNA (miRNA) content of circulating extracellular vesicles (EVs) was assessed in T2D models to identify biomarkers of coronary microvascular dysfunction/rarefaction. The potential source of circulating EV-encapsulated miRNAs was determined, and the mechanisms of induction and the function of candidate miRNAs were assessed in endothelial cells (ECs). Results We found an increase in miR-30d-5p and miR-30e-5p in circulating EVs that coincided with indices of coronary microvascular EC dysfunction (i.e., markers of oxidative stress, DNA damage/senescence) and rarefaction, and preceded echocardiographic evidence of diastolic dysfunction. These miRNAs may serve as biomarkers of coronary microvascular dysfunction as they are upregulated in ECs of the left ventricle of the heart, but not other organs, in db/db mice. Furthermore, the miR-30 family is secreted in EVs from senescent ECs in culture, and ECs with senescent-like characteristics are present in the db/db heart. Assessment of miR-30 target pathways revealed a network of genes involved in fatty acid biosynthesis and metabolism. Over-expression of miR-30e in cultured ECs increased fatty acid β-oxidation and the production of reactive oxygen species and lipid peroxidation, while inhibiting the miR-30 family decreased fatty acid β-oxidation. Additionally, miR-30e over-expression synergized with fatty acid exposure to down-regulate the expression of eNOS, a key regulator of microvascular and cardiomyocyte function. Finally, knock-down of the miR-30 family in db/db mice decreased markers of oxidative stress and DNA damage/senescence in the microvascular endothelium. Conclusions MiR-30d/e represent early biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets that are indicative of the development of diastolic dysfunction and may reflect altered EC fatty acid metabolism and microvascular dysfunction in the diabetic heart.

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2022
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18. Safety and efficacy of once-daily risdiplam in type 2 and non-ambulant type 3 spinal muscular atrophy (SUNFISH part 2): a phase 3, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial

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Volpe, Joseph J., Posner, John, Kellner, Ulrich, Quinlivan, Rosaline, Daron, Aurore, Delstanche, Stéphanie, Bruninx, Romain, Dal Farra, Fabian, Schneider, Olivier, Deconinck, Nicolas, Balikova, Irina, Delbeke, Patricia, Joniau, Inge, Tahon, Valentine, Wittevrongel, Sylvia, De Vos, Elke, Goemans, Nathalie, Casteels, Ingele, De Waele, Liesbeth, Cassiman, Catherine, Prové, Lies, Kinoo, David, Vancampenhout, Lisa, Van Den Hauwe, Marleen, Van Impe, Annelies, Prufer de Queiroz Campos Araujo, Alexandra, Chacon Pereira, Aline, Nardes, Flávia, Haefeli, Lorena, Rossetto, Julia, Ferreira Rebel, Marcos, Almeida Pereira, Jaqueline, Campbell, Craig, Sharan, Sapna, McDonald, Wendy, Scholtes, Cheryl, Mah, Jean, Sframeli, Maria, Chiu, Angela, Hagel, Jane, Oskoui, Maryam, Beneish, Raquel, Cariou-Palmer, Gaela, Pham, Connie, Toffoli, Daniela, Arpin, Stephanie, Turgeon Desilets, Sarah, Wang, Yi, Hu, Chaoping, Huan, Jianfeng, Qian, Chen, Shen, Li, Xiao, Ying, Zhou, Zhenxuan, Li, Hui, Wang, Sujuan, Xiong, Hui, Chang, Xingzhi, Dong, Hui, Liu, Ying, Sang, Tian, Wei, Cuijie, Wen, Jing, Cao, Yiwen, Ly, Xingyao, Zhao, Jingjing, Li, Wenzhu, Qin, Lun, Barisic, Nina, Galiot Delic, Martina, Ivkic, Petra Kristina, Vukojevic, Nenad, Kern, Ivana, Najdanovic, Boris, Skugor, Marin, Servais, Laurent, Boespflug-Tanguy, Odile, Gidaro, Teresa, Seferian, Andreea, De Lucia, Silvana, Barreau, Emmanuel, Mnafek, Nabila, Momtchilova, Marta Milkova, Peche, Helene, Valherie, Carole, Grange, Allison, Lilien, Charlotte, Milascevic, Darko, Tachibana, Shotaro, Ravelli, Claudia, Cardas, Ruxandra, Taytard, Jessica, Aubertin, Guillaume, Vanden Brande, Laure, Davion, Jean-Baptiste, Coopman, Stephanie, Bouacha, Ikram, Debruyne, Philippe, Defoort, Sabine, Derlyn, Gilles, Leroy, Florian, Danjoux, Loïc, Guilbaud, Julie, Desguerre, Isabelle, Barnérias, Christine, Semeraro, Michaela, Bremond-Gignac, Dominique, Bruere, Lenaic, Rateaux, Maxence, Deladrière, Élodie, Germa, Virginie, Pereon, Yann, Mercie, Sandra, Billaud, Fanny, Le Goff, Lucie, Letellier, Guy, Vuillerot, Carole, Portefaix, Aurélie, De-Montferrand, Camille, Le-Goff, Laure, Fontaine, Stephanie, Saidi, Manel, Bouzid, Nabil, Barriere, Aurélie, Tinat, Marie, Kirschner, Janbernd, Dreesbach, Michelle, Lagréze, Wolf, Michaelis, Bettina, Molnar, Fanni, Seger, Dorina, Vogt, Sibylle, Bertini, Enrico, D'Amico, Adele, Petroni, Sergio, Bonetti, Anna Maria, Carlesi, Adelina, Mizzoni, Irene, Bruno, Claudio, Priolo, Enrico, Rao, Giuseppe, Morando, Simone, Tacchetti, Paola, Zuffi, Ambra, Comi, Giacomo Pietro, Brusa, Roberta, Corti, Stefania, Daniele, Velardo, Govoni, Alessandra, Magri, Francesca, Minorini, Valeria, Osnaghi, Silvia Gabriella, Abbati, Francesca, Fassini, Federica, Foa, Michaela, Lopopolo, Amaqlia, Meneri, Megi, Zoppas, Francesca, Parente, Valeria, Baranello, Giovanni, Masson, Riccardo, Bianchi Marzoli, Stefania, Santarsiero, Diletta, Garcia Sierra, Myriam, Tremolada, Gemma, Arnoldi, Maria Teresa, Vigano, Marta, Zanin, Riccardo, Mercuri, Eugenio, Antonaci, Laura, de Sanctis, Roberto, Pane, Marika, Pera, Maria Carmela, Amorelli, Giulia Maria, Barresi, Costanza, D'Amico, Gugliemo, Orazi, Lorenzo, Coratti, Giorgia, Haginoya, Kazuhiro, Kato, Atsuko, Morishita, Yuko, Kira, Ryutaro, Akiyama, Kiyomu, Goto, Miwako, Mori, Yujiro, Okamoto, Misato, Tsutsui, Saki, Takatsuji, Yuta, Tanaka, Aya, Komaki, Hirofumi, Omori, Miina, Suzuki, Ippei, Takeuchi, Mizuki, Todoroki, Daisuke, Watanabe, Seji, Matsubayashi, Tomoko, Inakazu, Emi, Nagura, Hiroe, Suzuki, Akira, Usui, Manami, Ishikawa, Nobutsune, Harada, Yousuke, Fudeyasu, Kenishi, Hirata, Kazuhiko, Michiue, Kana, Ueda, Kazuyuki, Saito, Kayoko, Fujitani, Junko, Arakawa, Reiko, Takano, Kozue, Yashiro, Shigeko, Seki, Maiko, Sano, Nozomi, Fukuyama, Koji, Matsumoto, Yuki, Miyazaki, Hirofumi, Shibata, Minoru, Kobayashi, Kyoko, Nakamura, Yukie, Takeshima, Yasuhiro, Kuma, Moe, Kostera-Pruszczyk, Anna, Fraczek, Anna, Jedrzejowska, Maria, Lusakowska, Anna, Czeszyk-Piotrowicz, Agnieszka, Hautz, Wojciech, Rakusiewicz, Klaudia, Burlewicz, Malgorzata, Gierlak-Wojcicka, Zuzanna, Kepa, Malwina, Sikorski, Adam, Sobieraj, Marcin, Mazurkiewicz-Beldzinska, Maria, Lemska, Anna, Modrzejewska, Sandra, Koberda, Mateusz, Stodolska-Koberda, Urszula, Waskowska, Agnieszka, Kolendo, Jagoda, Sobierajska-Rek, Agnieszka, Steinborn, Barbara, Dalz, Magdalena, Grabowska, Julia, Hajduk, Wojciech, Janasiewicz-Karachitos, Justyna, Klimas, Monika, Stopa, Marcin, Gajewska, Ewa, Pusz, Beata, Vlodavets, Dmitry, Melnik, Evgenia, Leppenen, Natalya, Yupatova, Nataliya, Monakhova, Anastasya, Papina, Yulia, Shidlovsckaia, Olga, Milic Rasic, Vedrana, Brankovic, Vesna, Kosac, Ana, Djokic, Olivera, Jakšic, Vesna, Pepic, Ana, Martinovic, Jelena, Munell Casadesus, Francina, Tizzano, Eduardo, Martín Begué, Nieves, Wolley Dod, Charlotte, Subira, Olaia, Planas Pascual, Bernat, Toro Tamargo, Esther, Madruga Garrido, Marcos, Medina Romero, José David, Salinas, Marta Peña, Nascimento Osorio, Andrés, Díaz Cortés, Ana, Jiménez Gañan, Enrique, Suh, Simone Dowon, Medina Cantillo, Julita, Moya, Obdulia, Padros, Nuria, Urraca, Sandra Roca, Valdivia, Hugo Gonzalez, Pascual Pascual, Samuel, de Manuel, Sofía, Martin, Susana Noval, Burnham, Paul, Espinosa, Sandra, Moreno, Mercedes Martinez, Topaloglu, Haluk, Oncel, Ibrahim, Eroglu Ertugru, Nesibe, Konuskan, Bahadir, Eldem, Bora, Kadayifçilar, Sibel, Alemdaroglu, Ipek, Karaduman, Aynur Ayse, Yilmaz, Oznur Tunca, Bilgin, Neslihan, Sari, Seher, Chiriboga, Claudia, Lee, John J., Rome-Martin, Donnielle, Day, John W., Beres, Shannon, Duong, Tina, Gee, Richard, Dunaway Young, Sally, Fuerst-Recktenwald, Sabine, Marquet, Anne, Muelhardt, Nicoletta, Trundell, Dylan, Mazzone, Elena S, Nascimento, Andres, Gerber, Marianne, Gorni, Ksenija, Khwaja, Omar, Kletzl, Heidemarie, Scalco, Renata S, Staunton, Hannah, Yeung, Wai Yin, Martin, Carmen, Fontoura, Paulo, and Day, John W

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2022
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23. Type 1 Myocardial Infarction in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke.

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Nolte, Christian H., von Rennenberg, Regina, Litmeier, Simon, Leistner, David M., Szabo, Kristina, Baumann, Stefan, Mengel, Annerose, Michalski, Dominik, Siepmann, Timo, Blankenberg, Stephan, Petzold, Gabor C., Dichgans, Martin, Katus, Hugo, Pieske, Burkert, Regitz-Zagrosek, Vera, Braemswig, Tim Bastian, Rangus, Ida, Pepic, Amra, Vettorazzi, Eik, and Zeiher, Andreas M.

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2024
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24. Resource Deployment in Response to Trauma Patients

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Matthews, Thomas, primary, LaScala, Alexa, additional, Tomkin, Theresa, additional, Gaeta, Lisa, additional, Fitzgerald, Karen, additional, Solomita, Michele, additional, Ragione, Barbara, additional, Jahan, Taslima P, additional, Pepic, Saliha, additional, Apurillo, Lillian, additional, Siegel, Victoria, additional, Frederick, Amy, additional, Arrillaga, Abenamar, additional, Klein, Lauren R, additional, Cuellar, John, additional, Raio, Christopher, additional, Penta, Keri, additional, Rothburd, Lauren, additional, Eckardt, Sarah A, additional, and Eckardt, Patricia, additional

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2023
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27. Child Neurology:Bartonella henselaeNeuroretinitis in 2 Patients

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Blazo Nikolic, Nikola Ivancevic, Ana Pepic, Marijana Kovacevic, Jelena Mladenovic, Branislav Rovcanin, Janko Samardzic, and Jasna Jancic

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genetic structures, Neurology (clinical), eye diseases
Abstract

Neuroretinitis due toBartonella henselaeinfection is a rare cause of vision loss in children. Two pediatric cases of acute unilateral vision loss accompanied by edema of the optic nerve on fundoscopic examination are presented. Severe causes of vision loss were excluded. During the course of the disease, macular stellate exudates emerged on control fundoscopic examinations, and diagnosis of neuroretinitis was made. A causative agent was confirmed by serologic examination, as high titers of IgM and IgG antibodies toBartonella henselaewere detected. Both patients significantly recovered after oral antibiotic treatment.

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2022
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28. Safety and efficacy of once-daily risdiplam in type 2 and non-ambulant type 3 spinal muscular atrophy (SUNFISH part 2): a phase 3, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial

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Eugenio Mercuri, Nicolas Deconinck, Elena S Mazzone, Andres Nascimento, Maryam Oskoui, Kayoko Saito, Carole Vuillerot, Giovanni Baranello, Odile Boespflug-Tanguy, Nathalie Goemans, Janbernd Kirschner, Anna Kostera-Pruszczyk, Laurent Servais, Marianne Gerber, Ksenija Gorni, Omar Khwaja, Heidemarie Kletzl, Renata S Scalco, Hannah Staunton, Wai Yin Yeung, Carmen Martin, Paulo Fontoura, John W Day, Joseph J. Volpe, John Posner, Ulrich Kellner, Rosaline Quinlivan, Aurore Daron, Stéphanie Delstanche, Romain Bruninx, Fabian Dal Farra, Olivier Schneider, Irina Balikova, Patricia Delbeke, Inge Joniau, Valentine Tahon, Sylvia Wittevrongel, Elke De Vos, Ingele Casteels, Liesbeth De Waele, Catherine Cassiman, Lies Prové, David Kinoo, Lisa Vancampenhout, Marleen Van Den Hauwe, Annelies Van Impe, Alexandra Prufer de Queiroz Campos Araujo, Aline Chacon Pereira, Flávia Nardes, Lorena Haefeli, Julia Rossetto, Marcos Ferreira Rebel, Jaqueline Almeida Pereira, Craig Campbell, Sapna Sharan, Wendy McDonald, Cheryl Scholtes, Jean Mah, Maria Sframeli, Angela Chiu, Jane Hagel, Raquel Beneish, Gaela Cariou-Palmer, Connie Pham, Daniela Toffoli, Stephanie Arpin, Sarah Turgeon Desilets, Yi Wang, Chaoping Hu, Jianfeng Huan, Chen Qian, Li Shen, Ying Xiao, Zhenxuan Zhou, Hui Li, Sujuan Wang, Hui Xiong, Xingzhi Chang, Hui Dong, Ying Liu, Tian Sang, Cuijie Wei, Jing Wen, Yiwen Cao, Xingyao Ly, Jingjing Zhao, Wenzhu Li, Lun Qin, Nina Barisic, Martina Galiot Delic, Petra Kristina Ivkic, Nenad Vukojevic, Ivana Kern, Boris Najdanovic, Marin Skugor, Teresa Gidaro, Andreea Seferian, Silvana De Lucia, Emmanuel Barreau, Nabila Mnafek, Marta Milkova Momtchilova, Helene Peche, Carole Valherie, Allison Grange, Charlotte Lilien, Darko Milascevic, Shotaro Tachibana, Claudia Ravelli, Ruxandra Cardas, Jessica Taytard, Guillaume Aubertin, Laure Vanden Brande, Jean-Baptiste Davion, Stephanie Coopman, Ikram Bouacha, Philippe Debruyne, Sabine Defoort, Gilles Derlyn, Florian Leroy, Loïc Danjoux, Julie Guilbaud, Isabelle Desguerre, Christine Barnérias, Michaela Semeraro, Dominique Bremond-Gignac, Lenaic Bruere, Maxence Rateaux, Élodie Deladrière, Virginie Germa, Yann Pereon, Sandra Mercie, Fanny Billaud, Lucie Le Goff, Guy Letellier, Aurélie Portefaix, Camille De-Montferrand, Laure Le-Goff, Stephanie Fontaine, Manel Saidi, Nabil Bouzid, Aurélie Barriere, Marie Tinat, Michelle Dreesbach, Wolf Lagréze, Bettina Michaelis, Fanni Molnar, Dorina Seger, Sibylle Vogt, Enrico Bertini, Adele D'Amico, Sergio Petroni, Anna Maria Bonetti, Adelina Carlesi, Irene Mizzoni, Claudio Bruno, Enrico Priolo, Giuseppe Rao, Simone Morando, Paola Tacchetti, Ambra Zuffi, Giacomo Pietro Comi, Roberta Brusa, Stefania Corti, Velardo Daniele, Alessandra Govoni, Francesca Magri, Valeria Minorini, Silvia Gabriella Osnaghi, Francesca Abbati, Federica Fassini, Michaela Foa, Amaqlia Lopopolo, Megi Meneri, Francesca Zoppas, Valeria Parente, Riccardo Masson, Stefania Bianchi Marzoli, Diletta Santarsiero, Myriam Garcia Sierra, Gemma Tremolada, Maria Teresa Arnoldi, Marta Vigano, Riccardo Zanin, Laura Antonaci, Roberto de Sanctis, Marika Pane, Maria Carmela Pera, Giulia Maria Amorelli, Costanza Barresi, Gugliemo D'Amico, Lorenzo Orazi, Giorgia Coratti, Kazuhiro Haginoya, Atsuko Kato, Yuko Morishita, Ryutaro Kira, Kiyomu Akiyama, Miwako Goto, Yujiro Mori, Misato Okamoto, Saki Tsutsui, Yuta Takatsuji, Aya Tanaka, Hirofumi Komaki, Miina Omori, Ippei Suzuki, Mizuki Takeuchi, Daisuke Todoroki, Seji Watanabe, Tomoko Matsubayashi, Emi Inakazu, Hiroe Nagura, Akira Suzuki, Manami Usui, Nobutsune Ishikawa, Yousuke Harada, Kenishi Fudeyasu, Kazuhiko Hirata, Kana Michiue, Kazuyuki Ueda, Junko Fujitani, Reiko Arakawa, Kozue Takano, Shigeko Yashiro, Maiko Seki, Nozomi Sano, Koji Fukuyama, Yuki Matsumoto, Hirofumi Miyazaki, Minoru Shibata, Kyoko Kobayashi, Yukie Nakamura, Yasuhiro Takeshima, Moe Kuma, Anna Fraczek, Maria Jedrzejowska, Anna Lusakowska, Agnieszka Czeszyk-Piotrowicz, Wojciech Hautz, Klaudia Rakusiewicz, Malgorzata Burlewicz, Zuzanna Gierlak-Wojcicka, Malwina Kepa, Adam Sikorski, Marcin Sobieraj, Maria Mazurkiewicz-Beldzinska, Anna Lemska, Sandra Modrzejewska, Mateusz Koberda, Urszula Stodolska-Koberda, Agnieszka Waskowska, Jagoda Kolendo, Agnieszka Sobierajska-Rek, Barbara Steinborn, Magdalena Dalz, Julia Grabowska, Wojciech Hajduk, Justyna Janasiewicz-Karachitos, Monika Klimas, Marcin Stopa, Ewa Gajewska, Beata Pusz, Dmitry Vlodavets, Evgenia Melnik, Natalya Leppenen, Nataliya Yupatova, Anastasya Monakhova, Yulia Papina, Olga Shidlovsckaia, Vedrana Milic Rasic, Vesna Brankovic, Ana Kosac, Olivera Djokic, Vesna Jakšic, Ana Pepic, Jelena Martinovic, Francina Munell Casadesus, Eduardo Tizzano, Nieves Martín Begué, Charlotte Wolley Dod, Olaia Subira, Bernat Planas Pascual, Esther Toro Tamargo, Marcos Madruga Garrido, José David Medina Romero, Marta Peña Salinas, Andrés Nascimento Osorio, Ana Díaz Cortés, Enrique Jiménez Gañan, Simone Dowon Suh, Julita Medina Cantillo, Obdulia Moya, Nuria Padros, Sandra Roca Urraca, Hugo Gonzalez Valdivia, Samuel Pascual Pascual, Sofía de Manuel, Susana Noval Martin, Paul Burnham, Sandra Espinosa, Mercedes Martinez Moreno, Haluk Topaloglu, Ibrahim Oncel, Nesibe Eroglu Ertugru, Bahadir Konuskan, Bora Eldem, Sibel Kadayifçilar, Ipek Alemdaroglu, Aynur Ayse Karaduman, Oznur Tunca Yilmaz, Neslihan Bilgin, Seher Sari, Claudia Chiriboga, John J. Lee, Donnielle Rome-Martin, John W. Day, Shannon Beres, Tina Duong, Richard Gee, Sally Dunaway Young, Sabine Fuerst-Recktenwald, Anne Marquet, Nicoletta Muelhardt, and Dylan Trundell

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Adult, Risdiplam, spinal muscular atrophy, Adolescent, Spinal Muscular Atrophies of Childhood, Settore MED/26 - NEUROLOGIA, Young Adult, Pyrimidines, Settore MED/39 - NEUROPSICHIATRIA INFANTILE, Double-Blind Method, Child, Preschool, Humans, Neurology (clinical), Child, Preschool, Azo Compounds, Aged
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BACKGROUND: Risdiplam is an oral small molecule approved for the treatment of patients with spinal muscular atrophy, with approval for use in patients with type 2 and type 3 spinal muscular atrophy granted on the basis of unpublished data. The drug modifies pre-mRNA splicing of the SMN2 gene to increase production of functional SMN. We aimed to investigate the safety and efficacy of risdiplam in patients with type 2 or non-ambulant type 3 spinal muscular atrophy. METHODS: In this phase 3, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, patients aged 2-25 years with confirmed 5q autosomal recessive type 2 or type 3 spinal muscular atrophy were recruited from 42 hospitals in 14 countries across Europe, North America, South America, and Asia. Participants were eligible if they were non-ambulant, could sit independently, and had a score of at least 2 in entry item A of the Revised Upper Limb Module. Patients were stratified by age and randomly assigned (2:1) to receive either daily oral risdiplam, at a dose of 5·00 mg (for individuals weighing =20 kg) or 0·25 mg/kg (for individuals weighing

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2022
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32. Implementation of Encryption and Data Hiding in E-Health Application

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Selver Pepic, Muzafer Saračević, and Aybeyan Selimi

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020205 medical informatics, business.industry, Computer science, ComputingMethodologies_IMAGEPROCESSINGANDCOMPUTERVISION, Data_CODINGANDINFORMATIONTHEORY, 02 engineering and technology, Encryption, Computer security, computer.software_genre, Information hiding, 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, 020201 artificial intelligence & image processing, business, computer
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This chapter presents the possibilities of applying cryptography and steganography in design advanced methods of medical software. The proposed solution has two modules: medical data encryption and medical data hiding. In the first module for the encryption of patient data a Catalan crypto-key is used combined with the LatticePath combinatorial problem. In the second module for hiding patient data, the Catalan stego-key and medical image is used. The objective of the second part is to explain and investigate the existing author's method to steganography based on the Catalan numbers in the design of medical software. The proposed solution is implemented in the Java programming language. In the experimental part, cryptanalysis and steganalysis of the proposed solution were given. Cryptanalysis is based on time and storage complexity, leaking information and machine learning-based identification of the encryption method. Also, steganalysis is based on the amount of information per pixel in stego image, approximate entropy and bit distribution in stego-images.

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2022
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34. Evaluating the Impact of a Culturally Sensitive Art Program on the Resilience, Perceived Stress, and Mood of Urban American Indian Youth

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Vesna Pepic, Suzanne McWilliams, Shaylynne Shuler, Heather J. Williamson, and Aaron Secakuku

Subjects
Psychiatry and Mental health, History, Schools, Adolescent, Anthropology, Indians, North American, Humans, Alaskan Natives, General Psychology, Stress, Psychological, American Indian or Alaska Native, Education
Abstract

American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth face a history of adversity and trauma that are linked to academic and health concerns. Culturally grounded art-based interventions hold promise to address challenges faced by AI youth. AI culture and wisdom can evoke a sense of capability in youth that strengthens their resilience. This study sought to evaluate a culturally oriented art therapy curriculum on its impact on resilience, stress, and mood for AI youth (n = 36). A paired-samples t-test was conducted to compare the perceived stress scores of the participants before and after a 12-week art intervention. There was a significant decrease in participant perceived stress between the pre (M = 16.7, SD = 4.7) and post conditions (M = 20.4, SD = 4.6); t (24) =, -3.5 p = 0.002). A paired-samples t-test was conducted to compare the mood of each participant before and after each instance of art activity to see if there was a self-reported change in mood. There was a significant improvement in participant mood in 10 out of 11 of the intervention weeks. Although no statistically significant change was found in participant resilience, participants in this study did report high levels of resilience. This study provides promising evidence that a culturally salient after-school art curriculum program can reduce stress and improve mood for urban AI youth.

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2022

35. Safety and efficacy of once-daily risdiplam in type 2 and non-ambulant type 3 spinal muscular atrophy (SUNFISH part 2): a phase 3, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial

Author

Mercuri, Eugenio Maria, Deconinck, N., Mazzone, Elena Stacy, Nascimento, A., Oskoui, M., Saito, K., Vuillerot, C., Baranello, Giovanni, Boespflug-Tanguy, O., Goemans, N., Kirschner, J., Kostera-Pruszczyk, A., Servais, L., Gerber, M., Gorni, K., Khwaja, O., Kletzl, H., Scalco, R. S., Staunton, H., Yeung, W. Y., Martin, Craig, Fontoura, P., Day, J. W., Volpe, J. J., Posner, J., Kellner, U., Quinlivan, R., Fuerst-Recktenwald, S., Marquet, A., Mulhardt, N., Trundell, D., Daron, A., Delstanche, S., Romain, B., Dal Farra, F., Schneider, O., Balikova, I., Delbeke, P., Joniau, I., Tahon, V., Wittevrongel, S., De Vos, E., Casteels, I., De Waele, L., Cassiman, C., Prove, L., Kinoo, D., Vancampenhout, L., Van Den Hauwe, M., Van Impe, A., Prufer de Queiroz Campos Araujo, A., Chacon Pereira, A., Nardes, F., Haefeli, L., Rossetto, J., Almeida Pereira, J., Ferreira Rebel, M., Campbell, C., Sharan, S., Mcdonald, W., Scholtes, C., Mah, J., Sframeli, M., Chiu, A., Hagel, J., Beneish, R., Pham, C., Toffoli, D., Arpin, S., Turgeon Desilets, S., Wang, Y., Hu, C., Huang, J., Qian, C., Shen, L., Xiao, Y., Zhou, Z., Li, H., Wang, S., Xiong, H., Chang, X., Dong, H., Liu, Y., Sang, T., Wei, C., Wen, J., Cao, Y., Lv, X., Zhao, J., Li, W., Qin, L., Barisic, N., Galiot Delic, M., Ivkic, P. K., Vukojevic, N., Kern, I., Najdanovic, B., Skugor, M., Gidaro, T., Seferian, A., De Lucia, Sara Sofia, Barreau, E., Mnafek, N., Momtchilova, M. M., Peche, H., Valherie, C., Grange, A., Lilien, C., Milascevic, D., Tachibana, S., Ravelli, C., Cardas, R., Vanden Brande, L., Davion, J. -B., Coopman, S., Bouacha, I., Debruyne, P., Defoort, S., Derlyn, G., Leroy, F., Danjoux, L., Guilbaud, J., Desguerre, I., Barnerias, C., Semeraro, M., Bremond-Gignac, D., Bruere, L., Rateaux, M., Deladriere, E., Germa, V., Pereon, Y., Magot, A., Mercie, S., Billaud, F., Le Goff, L., Letellier, G., Portefaix, A., Fontaine, S., De-Montferrand, C., Le-Goff, L., Saidi, M., Bouzid, N., Barriere, A., Tinat, M., Dreesbach, M., Lagreze, W., Michaelis, B., Molnar, F., Seger, D., Vogt, S., Bertini, Enrico Silvio, D'Amico, Adele, Petroni, S., Bonetti, A. M., Carlesi, A., Mizzoni, I., Bruno, C., Priolo, E., Rao, G., Morando, S., Tacchetti, P., Zuffi, A., Comi, G. P., Brusa, R., Corti, Serafino, Daniele, V., Govoni, A., Magri, F., Minorini, V., Osnaghi, S. G., Abbati, F., Fassini, F., Foa, M., Lopopolo, A., Meneri, M., Zoppas, F., Parente, V., Masson, R., Bianchi Marzoli, Stefania, Santarsiero, Rocco Domenico, Garcia Sierra, M., Tremolada, G., Arnoldi, M. T., Vigano, M., Zanin, Renata, Amorelli, Giulia Maria, Barresi, C., D'Amico, Guglielmo, Orazi, Lorenzo, Coratti, Giorgia, Haginoya, K., Kato, A., Morishita, Y., Kira, R., Akiyama, K., Goto, M., Mori, Y., Okamoto, M., Tsutsui, S., Takatsuji, Y., Tanaka, A., Komaki, H., Suzuki, I., Takeuchi, M., Todoroki, D., Watanabe, S., Omori, M., Matsubayashi, T., Inakazu, E., Nagura, H., Suzuki, A., Osaka, H., Ohashi, M., Ishikawa, N., Harada, Y., Fudeyasu, K., Hirata, K., Michiue, K., Ueda, K., Yashiro, S., Seki, M., Sano, N., Uemura, A., Fukuyama, K., Matsumoto, Y., Miyazaki, H., Shibata, M., Kobayashi, K., Nakamura, Y., Takeshima, Y., Kuma, M., Fraczek, A., Jedrzejowska, M., Lusakowska, A., Czeszyk-Piotrowicz, A., Hautz, W., Rakusiewicz, K., Burlewicz, M., Gierlak-Wojcicka, Z., Kepa, M., Sikorski, A., Sobieraj, M., Mazurkiewicz-Beldzinska, M., Lemska, A., Modrzejewska, S., Koberda, M., Stodolska-Koberda, U., Waskowska, A., Kolendo, J., Sobierajska-Rek, A., Steinborn, B., Dalz, M., Grabowska, J., Hajduk, W., Janasiewicz-Karachitos, J., Klimas, M., Stopa, M., Gajewska, E., Pusz, B., Vlodavets, D., Melnik, E., Leppenen, N., Yupatova, N., Monakhova, A., Papina, Y., Shidlovsckaia, O., Milic Rasic, V., Brankovic, V., Kosac, A., Djokic, O., Jaksic, V., Pepic, A., Martinovic, J., Munell Casadesus, F., Tizzano, E., Martin Begue, N., Wolley Dod, C., Subira, O., Planas Pascual, B., Toro Tamargo, E., Madruga Garrido, M., Medina Romero, J. D., Salinas, M. P., Nascimento Osorio, A., Diaz Cortes, A., Jimenez Ganan, E., Suh, S. D., Medina Cantillo, J., Moya, O., Padros, N., Roca Urraca, S., Gonzalez Valdivia, H., Pascual Pascual, S., de Manuel, S., Noval Martin, S., Burnham, P., Espinosa Garcia, S., Martinez Moreno, M., Topaloglu, H., Oncel, I., Eroglu Ertugrul, N., Konuskan, B., Eldem, B., Kadayifcilar, S., Alemdaroglu, I., Ayse Karaduman, A., Tunca Yilmaz, O., Bilgin, N., Sari, S., Chiriboga, C., Kane, S., Lee, J., Rome-Martin, D., Beres, S., Duong, T., Gee, R., Dunaway Young, S., Mercuri E. (ORCID:0000-0002-9851-5365), Mazzone E. S., Baranello G., Martin C., De Lucia S., Bertini E., D'Amico A., Corti S., Bianchi Marzoli S., Santarsiero D., Zanin R., Amorelli G. M., D'Amico G., Orazi L., Coratti G. (ORCID:0000-0001-6666-5628), Mercuri, Eugenio Maria, Deconinck, N., Mazzone, Elena Stacy, Nascimento, A., Oskoui, M., Saito, K., Vuillerot, C., Baranello, Giovanni, Boespflug-Tanguy, O., Goemans, N., Kirschner, J., Kostera-Pruszczyk, A., Servais, L., Gerber, M., Gorni, K., Khwaja, O., Kletzl, H., Scalco, R. S., Staunton, H., Yeung, W. Y., Martin, Craig, Fontoura, P., Day, J. W., Volpe, J. J., Posner, J., Kellner, U., Quinlivan, R., Fuerst-Recktenwald, S., Marquet, A., Mulhardt, N., Trundell, D., Daron, A., Delstanche, S., Romain, B., Dal Farra, F., Schneider, O., Balikova, I., Delbeke, P., Joniau, I., Tahon, V., Wittevrongel, S., De Vos, E., Casteels, I., De Waele, L., Cassiman, C., Prove, L., Kinoo, D., Vancampenhout, L., Van Den Hauwe, M., Van Impe, A., Prufer de Queiroz Campos Araujo, A., Chacon Pereira, A., Nardes, F., Haefeli, L., Rossetto, J., Almeida Pereira, J., Ferreira Rebel, M., Campbell, C., Sharan, S., Mcdonald, W., Scholtes, C., Mah, J., Sframeli, M., Chiu, A., Hagel, J., Beneish, R., Pham, C., Toffoli, D., Arpin, S., Turgeon Desilets, S., Wang, Y., Hu, C., Huang, J., Qian, C., Shen, L., Xiao, Y., Zhou, Z., Li, H., Wang, S., Xiong, H., Chang, X., Dong, H., Liu, Y., Sang, T., Wei, C., Wen, J., Cao, Y., Lv, X., Zhao, J., Li, W., Qin, L., Barisic, N., Galiot Delic, M., Ivkic, P. K., Vukojevic, N., Kern, I., Najdanovic, B., Skugor, M., Gidaro, T., Seferian, A., De Lucia, Sara Sofia, Barreau, E., Mnafek, N., Momtchilova, M. M., Peche, H., Valherie, C., Grange, A., Lilien, C., Milascevic, D., Tachibana, S., Ravelli, C., Cardas, R., Vanden Brande, L., Davion, J. -B., Coopman, S., Bouacha, I., Debruyne, P., Defoort, S., Derlyn, G., Leroy, F., Danjoux, L., Guilbaud, J., Desguerre, I., Barnerias, C., Semeraro, M., Bremond-Gignac, D., Bruere, L., Rateaux, M., Deladriere, E., Germa, V., Pereon, Y., Magot, A., Mercie, S., Billaud, F., Le Goff, L., Letellier, G., Portefaix, A., Fontaine, S., De-Montferrand, C., Le-Goff, L., Saidi, M., Bouzid, N., Barriere, A., Tinat, M., Dreesbach, M., Lagreze, W., Michaelis, B., Molnar, F., Seger, D., Vogt, S., Bertini, Enrico Silvio, D'Amico, Adele, Petroni, S., Bonetti, A. M., Carlesi, A., Mizzoni, I., Bruno, C., Priolo, E., Rao, G., Morando, S., Tacchetti, P., Zuffi, A., Comi, G. P., Brusa, R., Corti, Serafino, Daniele, V., Govoni, A., Magri, F., Minorini, V., Osnaghi, S. G., Abbati, F., Fassini, F., Foa, M., Lopopolo, A., Meneri, M., Zoppas, F., Parente, V., Masson, R., Bianchi Marzoli, Stefania, Santarsiero, Rocco Domenico, Garcia Sierra, M., Tremolada, G., Arnoldi, M. T., Vigano, M., Zanin, Renata, Amorelli, Giulia Maria, Barresi, C., D'Amico, Guglielmo, Orazi, Lorenzo, Coratti, Giorgia, Haginoya, K., Kato, A., Morishita, Y., Kira, R., Akiyama, K., Goto, M., Mori, Y., Okamoto, M., Tsutsui, S., Takatsuji, Y., Tanaka, A., Komaki, H., Suzuki, I., Takeuchi, M., Todoroki, D., Watanabe, S., Omori, M., Matsubayashi, T., Inakazu, E., Nagura, H., Suzuki, A., Osaka, H., Ohashi, M., Ishikawa, N., Harada, Y., Fudeyasu, K., Hirata, K., Michiue, K., Ueda, K., Yashiro, S., Seki, M., Sano, N., Uemura, A., Fukuyama, K., Matsumoto, Y., Miyazaki, H., Shibata, M., Kobayashi, K., Nakamura, Y., Takeshima, Y., Kuma, M., Fraczek, A., Jedrzejowska, M., Lusakowska, A., Czeszyk-Piotrowicz, A., Hautz, W., Rakusiewicz, K., Burlewicz, M., Gierlak-Wojcicka, Z., Kepa, M., Sikorski, A., Sobieraj, M., Mazurkiewicz-Beldzinska, M., Lemska, A., Modrzejewska, S., Koberda, M., Stodolska-Koberda, U., Waskowska, A., Kolendo, J., Sobierajska-Rek, A., Steinborn, B., Dalz, M., Grabowska, J., Hajduk, W., Janasiewicz-Karachitos, J., Klimas, M., Stopa, M., Gajewska, E., Pusz, B., Vlodavets, D., Melnik, E., Leppenen, N., Yupatova, N., Monakhova, A., Papina, Y., Shidlovsckaia, O., Milic Rasic, V., Brankovic, V., Kosac, A., Djokic, O., Jaksic, V., Pepic, A., Martinovic, J., Munell Casadesus, F., Tizzano, E., Martin Begue, N., Wolley Dod, C., Subira, O., Planas Pascual, B., Toro Tamargo, E., Madruga Garrido, M., Medina Romero, J. D., Salinas, M. P., Nascimento Osorio, A., Diaz Cortes, A., Jimenez Ganan, E., Suh, S. D., Medina Cantillo, J., Moya, O., Padros, N., Roca Urraca, S., Gonzalez Valdivia, H., Pascual Pascual, S., de Manuel, S., Noval Martin, S., Burnham, P., Espinosa Garcia, S., Martinez Moreno, M., Topaloglu, H., Oncel, I., Eroglu Ertugrul, N., Konuskan, B., Eldem, B., Kadayifcilar, S., Alemdaroglu, I., Ayse Karaduman, A., Tunca Yilmaz, O., Bilgin, N., Sari, S., Chiriboga, C., Kane, S., Lee, J., Rome-Martin, D., Beres, S., Duong, T., Gee, R., Dunaway Young, S., Mercuri E. (ORCID:0000-0002-9851-5365), Mazzone E. S., Baranello G., Martin C., De Lucia S., Bertini E., D'Amico A., Corti S., Bianchi Marzoli S., Santarsiero D., Zanin R., Amorelli G. M., D'Amico G., Orazi L., and Coratti G. (ORCID:0000-0001-6666-5628)

Abstract

Background: Risdiplam is an oral small molecule approved for the treatment of patients with spinal muscular atrophy, with approval for use in patients with type 2 and type 3 spinal muscular atrophy granted on the basis of unpublished data. The drug modifies pre-mRNA splicing of the SMN2 gene to increase production of functional SMN. We aimed to investigate the safety and efficacy of risdiplam in patients with type 2 or non-ambulant type 3 spinal muscular atrophy. Methods: In this phase 3, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, patients aged 2–25 years with confirmed 5q autosomal recessive type 2 or type 3 spinal muscular atrophy were recruited from 42 hospitals in 14 countries across Europe, North America, South America, and Asia. Participants were eligible if they were non-ambulant, could sit independently, and had a score of at least 2 in entry item A of the Revised Upper Limb Module. Patients were stratified by age and randomly assigned (2:1) to receive either daily oral risdiplam, at a dose of 5·00 mg (for individuals weighing ≥20 kg) or 0·25 mg/kg (for individuals weighing <20 kg), or daily oral placebo (matched to risdiplam in colour and taste). Randomisation was conducted by permutated block randomisation with a computerised system run by an external party. Patients, investigators, and all individuals in direct contact with patients were masked to treatment assignment. The primary endpoint was the change from baseline in the 32-item Motor Function Measure total score at month 12. All individuals who were randomly assigned to risdiplam or placebo, and who did not meet the prespecified missing item criteria for exclusion, were included in the primary efficacy analysis. Individuals who received at least one dose of risdiplam or placebo were included in the safety analysis. SUNFISH is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02908685. Recruitment is closed; the study is ongoing. Findings: Between Oct 9, 2017, and Sept 4, 2018, 180 patients were rand

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38. MiR-30 promotes fatty acid beta-oxidation and endothelial cell dysfunction and is a circulating biomarker of coronary microvascular dysfunction in pre-clinical models of diabetes

Author

Veitch, Shawn, primary, Njock, Makon-Sébastien, additional, Chandy, Mark, additional, Siraj, M. Ahsan, additional, Chi, Lijun, additional, Mak, HaoQi, additional, Yu, Kai, additional, Rathnakumar, Kumaragurubaran, additional, Perez-Romero, Carmina Anjelica, additional, Chen, Zhiqi, additional, Alibhai, Faisal J., additional, Gustafson, Dakota, additional, Raju, Sneha, additional, Wu, Ruilin, additional, Zarrin Khat, Dorrin, additional, Wang, Yaxu, additional, Caballero, Amalia, additional, Meagher, Patrick, additional, Lau, Edward, additional, Pepic, Lejla, additional, Cheng, Henry S., additional, Galant, Natalie J., additional, Howe, Kathryn L., additional, Li, Ren-Ke, additional, Connelly, Kim A., additional, Husain, Mansoor, additional, Delgado-Olguin, Paul, additional, and Fish, Jason E., additional

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2022
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39. Types and Frequency of Errors in the Pre-Analytical Phase in the Clinical Laboratory - Single Center Study from Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Mirsad, Panjeta, Amela, Dervisevic, Sanela, Hajro, Emina, Panjeta, Meliha, Kovacevic, Esad, Pepic, and Selvedina, Duskan

Subjects
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Clinical Laboratory Techniques, Humans, Pre-Analytical Phase, Laboratories, Laboratories, Clinical, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Retrospective Studies
Abstract

The pre-analytical phase, which includes all preparatory actions to the analytical procedure, is part of the process during which there is the greatest possibility of laboratory errors. This study was conducted to investigate the frequency and types of laboratory errors during work in the clinical laboratory as well as the frequency and types of laboratory errors in the pre-analytical phase of laboratory work.The retrospective, descriptive study covered the period from 01/01/2016 to 12/31/2016 within which the presence of 5 different indicators of quality of work, i.e., pre-analytical errors, was monitored: improperly drawn blood, coagulated blood sample, hemolyzed blood sample, improperly marked referral for analysis, and insufficient sample for analysis.The most common error in the pre-analytical phase of our study was "coagulated sample", followed by: "improperly drawn blood", "improperly marked referral", "insufficient sample for analysis", and "hemolyzed sample". Using the chi-squared test, a statistically significant difference was found in the frequency of occurrence of certain types of indicators in different departments (p0.005).Reduction of these errors can be achieved through analyzing and correcting the reasons for them, education, and by joint action of experts and international organizations, continual training of staff as well as to following the adopted guidelines and standards.

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40. Additional file 1 of MiR-30 promotes fatty acid beta-oxidation and endothelial cell dysfunction and is a circulating biomarker of coronary microvascular dysfunction in pre-clinical models of diabetes

Author

Veitch, Shawn, Njock, Makon-S��bastien, Chandy, Mark, Siraj, M. Ahsan, Chi, Lijun, Mak, HaoQi, Yu, Kai, Rathnakumar, Kumaragurubaran, Perez-Romero, Carmina Anjelica, Chen, Zhiqi, Alibhai, Faisal J., Gustafson, Dakota, Raju, Sneha, Wu, Ruilin, Zarrin Khat, Dorrin, Wang, Yaxu, Caballero, Amalia, Meagher, Patrick, Lau, Edward, Pepic, Lejla, Cheng, Henry S., Galant, Natalie J., Howe, Kathryn L., Li, Ren-Ke, Connelly, Kim A., Husain, Mansoor, Delgado-Olguin, Paul, and Fish, Jason E.

Abstract

Additional file 1: Data Supplement.

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41. Streamlining a tangled web: Towards a truly democratic Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Grbavac, Valentino and Pepic, Ivan

Abstract

Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is facing its most serious political crisis since the end of the war in 1995. Due to failed electoral reform negotiations, there is a potential threat that Croat parties might boycott state institutions and block the budget from being passed. This would prevent the 2022 general elections from taking place in October. Amidst the threat of secession by the main Serb parties, this political crisis could lead toward complete institutional erosion and effective dissolution of the state, which has been propped up by international actors for the last 26 years.

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42. Genetically Homogeneous or Heterogeneous Population –Distribution of the Recessive Allele in Selected Qualitative Characteristics of Selected Working-Age Population Sample

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Azra Metovic, Jasmin Musanovic, Almira Lujinovic, Esad Pepic, and Jelena Kovacevic

Subjects
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Abstract

Background: The genetic structure of each population can be explained according to the frequency of genes and their allelic variants, genotypes, and phenotypes. Objective: To analyze the genetic heterogeneity of the working-age population from the area of Sarajevo Canton based on classic genetic markers. The studied parameters of genetic heterogeneity were assessed by the relative frequency of the recessive allele for static-morphological traits (earlobe shape, chin shape, hairiness of the middle digital phalanx, bending of the distal phalanx of the little finger and digital index) and dynamic-morphological traits (rolling of the tongue into a groove, extensibility of the proximal thumb knuckle, extensibility of the distal thumb knuckle, the way the forearms are crossed, and the way the fists are made). Results: The results of the t-test showed a significant difference in the manifestation of the recessive homozygote for the observed parameters of qualitative variation in the subsamples of men and women. Only for two traits (attached earlobe and hyperextensibility of the distal knuckle of the thumb). The selected sample represent a relatively genetically homogenous population. Conclusion: This study serves as a valuable source of data for future research and the formation of a genetic database in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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2023
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44. Safety and efficacy of once-daily risdiplam in type 2 and non-ambulant type 3 spinal muscular atrophy (SUNFISH part 2): a phase 3, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial

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Mercuri, Eugenio, primary, Deconinck, Nicolas, additional, Mazzone, Elena S, additional, Nascimento, Andres, additional, Oskoui, Maryam, additional, Saito, Kayoko, additional, Vuillerot, Carole, additional, Baranello, Giovanni, additional, Boespflug-Tanguy, Odile, additional, Goemans, Nathalie, additional, Kirschner, Janbernd, additional, Kostera-Pruszczyk, Anna, additional, Servais, Laurent, additional, Gerber, Marianne, additional, Gorni, Ksenija, additional, Khwaja, Omar, additional, Kletzl, Heidemarie, additional, Scalco, Renata S, additional, Staunton, Hannah, additional, Yeung, Wai Yin, additional, Martin, Carmen, additional, Fontoura, Paulo, additional, Day, John W, additional, Volpe, Joseph J., additional, Posner, John, additional, Kellner, Ulrich, additional, Quinlivan, Rosaline, additional, Daron, Aurore, additional, Delstanche, Stéphanie, additional, Bruninx, Romain, additional, Dal Farra, Fabian, additional, Schneider, Olivier, additional, Balikova, Irina, additional, Delbeke, Patricia, additional, Joniau, Inge, additional, Tahon, Valentine, additional, Wittevrongel, Sylvia, additional, De Vos, Elke, additional, Casteels, Ingele, additional, De Waele, Liesbeth, additional, Cassiman, Catherine, additional, Prové, Lies, additional, Kinoo, David, additional, Vancampenhout, Lisa, additional, Van Den Hauwe, Marleen, additional, Van Impe, Annelies, additional, Prufer de Queiroz Campos Araujo, Alexandra, additional, Chacon Pereira, Aline, additional, Nardes, Flávia, additional, Haefeli, Lorena, additional, Rossetto, Julia, additional, Ferreira Rebel, Marcos, additional, Almeida Pereira, Jaqueline, additional, Campbell, Craig, additional, Sharan, Sapna, additional, McDonald, Wendy, additional, Scholtes, Cheryl, additional, Mah, Jean, additional, Sframeli, Maria, additional, Chiu, Angela, additional, Hagel, Jane, additional, Beneish, Raquel, additional, Cariou-Palmer, Gaela, additional, Pham, Connie, additional, Toffoli, Daniela, additional, Arpin, Stephanie, additional, Turgeon Desilets, Sarah, additional, Wang, Yi, additional, Hu, Chaoping, additional, Huan, Jianfeng, additional, Qian, Chen, additional, Shen, Li, additional, Xiao, Ying, additional, Zhou, Zhenxuan, additional, Li, Hui, additional, Wang, Sujuan, additional, Xiong, Hui, additional, Chang, Xingzhi, additional, Dong, Hui, additional, Liu, Ying, additional, Sang, Tian, additional, Wei, Cuijie, additional, Wen, Jing, additional, Cao, Yiwen, additional, Ly, Xingyao, additional, Zhao, Jingjing, additional, Li, Wenzhu, additional, Qin, Lun, additional, Barisic, Nina, additional, Galiot Delic, Martina, additional, Ivkic, Petra Kristina, additional, Vukojevic, Nenad, additional, Kern, Ivana, additional, Najdanovic, Boris, additional, Skugor, Marin, additional, Gidaro, Teresa, additional, Seferian, Andreea, additional, De Lucia, Silvana, additional, Barreau, Emmanuel, additional, Mnafek, Nabila, additional, Momtchilova, Marta Milkova, additional, Peche, Helene, additional, Valherie, Carole, additional, Grange, Allison, additional, Lilien, Charlotte, additional, Milascevic, Darko, additional, Tachibana, Shotaro, additional, Ravelli, Claudia, additional, Cardas, Ruxandra, additional, Taytard, Jessica, additional, Aubertin, Guillaume, additional, Vanden Brande, Laure, additional, Davion, Jean-Baptiste, additional, Coopman, Stephanie, additional, Bouacha, Ikram, additional, Debruyne, Philippe, additional, Defoort, Sabine, additional, Derlyn, Gilles, additional, Leroy, Florian, additional, Danjoux, Loïc, additional, Guilbaud, Julie, additional, Desguerre, Isabelle, additional, Barnérias, Christine, additional, Semeraro, Michaela, additional, Bremond-Gignac, Dominique, additional, Bruere, Lenaic, additional, Rateaux, Maxence, additional, Deladrière, Élodie, additional, Germa, Virginie, additional, Pereon, Yann, additional, Mercie, Sandra, additional, Billaud, Fanny, additional, Le Goff, Lucie, additional, Letellier, Guy, additional, Portefaix, Aurélie, additional, De-Montferrand, Camille, additional, Le-Goff, Laure, additional, Fontaine, Stephanie, additional, Saidi, Manel, additional, Bouzid, Nabil, additional, Barriere, Aurélie, additional, Tinat, Marie, additional, Dreesbach, Michelle, additional, Lagréze, Wolf, additional, Michaelis, Bettina, additional, Molnar, Fanni, additional, Seger, Dorina, additional, Vogt, Sibylle, additional, Bertini, Enrico, additional, D'Amico, Adele, additional, Petroni, Sergio, additional, Bonetti, Anna Maria, additional, Carlesi, Adelina, additional, Mizzoni, Irene, additional, Bruno, Claudio, additional, Priolo, Enrico, additional, Rao, Giuseppe, additional, Morando, Simone, additional, Tacchetti, Paola, additional, Zuffi, Ambra, additional, Comi, Giacomo Pietro, additional, Brusa, Roberta, additional, Corti, Stefania, additional, Daniele, Velardo, additional, Govoni, Alessandra, additional, Magri, Francesca, additional, Minorini, Valeria, additional, Osnaghi, Silvia Gabriella, additional, Abbati, Francesca, additional, Fassini, Federica, additional, Foa, Michaela, additional, Lopopolo, Amaqlia, additional, Meneri, Megi, additional, Zoppas, Francesca, additional, Parente, Valeria, additional, Masson, Riccardo, additional, Bianchi Marzoli, Stefania, additional, Santarsiero, Diletta, additional, Garcia Sierra, Myriam, additional, Tremolada, Gemma, additional, Arnoldi, Maria Teresa, additional, Vigano, Marta, additional, Zanin, Riccardo, additional, Mercuri, Eugenio, additional, Antonaci, Laura, additional, de Sanctis, Roberto, additional, Pane, Marika, additional, Pera, Maria Carmela, additional, Amorelli, Giulia Maria, additional, Barresi, Costanza, additional, D'Amico, Gugliemo, additional, Orazi, Lorenzo, additional, Coratti, Giorgia, additional, Haginoya, Kazuhiro, additional, Kato, Atsuko, additional, Morishita, Yuko, additional, Kira, Ryutaro, additional, Akiyama, Kiyomu, additional, Goto, Miwako, additional, Mori, Yujiro, additional, Okamoto, Misato, additional, Tsutsui, 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Susana Noval, additional, Burnham, Paul, additional, Espinosa, Sandra, additional, Moreno, Mercedes Martinez, additional, Topaloglu, Haluk, additional, Oncel, Ibrahim, additional, Eroglu Ertugru, Nesibe, additional, Konuskan, Bahadir, additional, Eldem, Bora, additional, Kadayifçilar, Sibel, additional, Alemdaroglu, Ipek, additional, Karaduman, Aynur Ayse, additional, Yilmaz, Oznur Tunca, additional, Bilgin, Neslihan, additional, Sari, Seher, additional, Chiriboga, Claudia, additional, Lee, John J., additional, Rome-Martin, Donnielle, additional, Day, John W., additional, Beres, Shannon, additional, Duong, Tina, additional, Gee, Richard, additional, Dunaway Young, Sally, additional, Fuerst-Recktenwald, Sabine, additional, Marquet, Anne, additional, Muelhardt, Nicoletta, additional, and Trundell, Dylan, additional

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45. Contributors

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Agarwal, Priyanka, Andrade, Fernanda, Araújo, Francisca, Bai, Chifei, Barbin, Thomas, Barros, Andreia S., Bermejo-Sanz, Marival, Bessa, Maria João, Bezerra, Arthur Antunes Costa, Burek, Malgorzata, Cabrera-Pérez, Miguel Ángel, Carvalho, Ana Margarida, Chambers, Mark Andrew, Chen, Da, Chou Kam, Wai-Houng, da Costa, Paulo Jorge Cardoso, Dallmann, André, das Neves, José, de Almeida, Isabel Filipa Martins, de Jesus, Ana Isabel Moreira, Dias, Sofia, di Cagno, Massimiliano, dos Santos, Tiago, Faria, Paulo, Ferreira, Daniel A., Franz-Montan, Michelle, Förster, Carola Y., González-Álvarez, Marta, González-Álvarez, Isabel, Gouveia, Luís, Granja, Pedro L., Greupink, Rick, Hirvonen, Jouni, Hu, Beibei, Juretić, Marina, Jurišić Dukovski, Bisera, Ladel, Simone, Latta, Lorenz, Lee, Diane Frances, Lehr, Claus-Michael, Li, Jing, Lovrić, Jasmina, Machado, Alexandra, Morais, José Augusto Guimarães, Moura, Rui Pedro, Neu, Tobias, Nilghaz, Azadeh, Nunes, Rute, Pacheco, Catarina, Paixão, Paulo, Peng, Bo, Pepić, Ivan, Pereira, Bruno, Leite Pereira, Catarina, Pestana, Aylla Mesquita, Pinto, Soraia, Porfiryeva, Natalia, Rafael, Diana, Refaat, Ahmed, Reichl, Stephan, Richter, Clémentine, Rodrigues, Francisca, Roelofsen, Damian, Rupenthal, Ilva D., Salvador, Ellaine, Santos, Hélder A., Sarmento, Bruno, Scaglione, Silvia, Schindowski, Katharina, Schneider-Daum, Nicole, Shrestha, Neha, Silva, Ana Margarida, Silva, Nuno, Sosnik, Alejandro, Tho, Ingunn, Škalko-Basnet, Nataša, Tong, Ziqiu, van der Heijden, Joyce, van Hove, Hedwig, Vera Lara, Viviana, Voelcker, Nicolas H., and Yu, Yingxin

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2024
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47. EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF A CULTURALLY SENSITIVE ART PROGRAM ON THE RESILIENCE, PERCEIVED STRESS, AND MOOD OF URBAN AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH.

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Pepic, Vesna, McWilliams, Suzanne, Shuler, Shaylynne, Williamson, Heather J., and Secakuku, Aaron

Subjects
*URBAN youth, *ART therapy, *EXPRESSIVE arts therapy, *PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience, *ALASKA Natives
Abstract

American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth face a history of adversity and trauma that are linked to academic and health concerns. Culturally grounded art-based interventions hold promise to address challenges faced by AI youth. AI culture and wisdom can evoke a sense of capability in youth that strengthens their resilience. This study sought to evaluate a culturally oriented art therapy curriculum on its impact on resilience, stress, and mood for AI youth (n = 36). A paired-samples t-test was conducted to compare the perceived stress scores of the participants before and after a 12-week art intervention. There was a significant decrease in participant perceived stress between the pre (M = 16.7, SD = 4.7) and post conditions (M = 20.4, SD = 4.6); t (24) =, -3.5 p = 0.002). A paired-samples t-test was conducted to compare the mood of each participant before and after each instance of art activity to see if there was a self-reported change in mood. There was a significant improvement in participant mood in 10 out of 11 of the intervention weeks. Although no statistically significant change was found in participant resilience, participants in this study did report high levels of resilience. This study provides promising evidence that a culturally salient after-school art curriculum program can reduce stress and improve mood for urban AI youth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2022
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48. ENSEMBLE MACHINE LEARNING METHODS TO PREDICT THE BALANCING OF AYURVEDIC CONSTITUENTS IN THE HUMAN BODY.

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RAJASEKAR, VANI, KRISHNAMOORTHI, SATHYA, SARAČEVIĆ, MUZAFER, PEPIC, DZENIS, ZAJMOVIC, MAHIR, and ZOGIC, HARIS

Subjects
ARTIFICIAL neural networks, HUMAN body, SUPPORT vector machines, MACHINE learning, K-nearest neighbor classification, DECISION trees
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In this paper, we demonstrate the result of certain machine-learning methods like support vector machine (SVM), naive Bayes (NB), decision tree (DT), k-nearest neighbor (KNN), artificial neural network (ANN), and AdaBoost algorithms for various performance characteristics to predict human body constituencies. Ayurveda-dosha studies have been used for a long time, but the quantitative reliability measurement of these diagnostic methods still lags. The careful and appropriate analysis leads to an effective treatment to predict human body constituencies. From an observation of the results, it is shown that the AdaBoost algorithm with hyperparameter tuning provides enhanced accuracy and recall (0.97), precision and F-score (0.96), and lower RSME values (0.64). The experimental results reveal that the improved model (which is based on ensemble-learning methods) significantly outperforms traditional methods. According to the findings, advancements in the proposed algorithms could give machine learning a promising future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2022
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49. Child Neurology: Bartonella henselaeNeuroretinitis in 2 Patients

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Nikolic, Blazo, Ivancevic, Nikola, Pepic, Ana, Kovacevic, Marijana, Mladenovic, Jelena, Rovcanin, Branislav, Samardzic, Janko, and Jancic, Jasna

Abstract

Neuroretinitis due to Bartonella henselaeinfection is a rare cause of vision loss in children. Two pediatric cases of acute unilateral vision loss accompanied by edema of the optic nerve on fundoscopic examination are presented. Severe causes of vision loss were excluded. During the course of the disease, macular stellate exudates emerged on control fundoscopic examinations, and diagnosis of neuroretinitis was made. A causative agent was confirmed by serologic examination, as high titers of IgM and IgG antibodies to Bartonella henselaewere detected. Both patients significantly recovered after oral antibiotic treatment.

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2022
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