Research Insights
This section focuses on the most recent research and discoveries across the globe in the various healthcare disciplines.
A meta-proteomics approach using autopsy material from the pre-antibiotic era from patients with untreated pulmonary tuberculosis to identify proteins present in early lesions of post-primary tuberculosis
Primary TB and postprimary TB PPTB are different disease entities PPTB occurs only in humans and no animal model mimics the actual pathology of PPTB Information on the immune pathogenesis of PPTB
Disease progression modeling of Alzheimer’s disease based on variational probability principal component analysis
Alzheimers disease AD is a neurodegenerative disorder and the leading cause of dementia Early diagnosis and monitoring of disease progression are crucial for effective intervention
Transcriptomic suppression of immune and ECM stability in skeletal muscle of patients with chronic kidney disease
Chronic kidney disease CKD is a growing public health emergency with a global prevalence of approximately Sarcopenia is a common complication
Patients’ needs and preferences in developing Art-Based Learning in outpatient palliative cancer care: A qualitative study
ArtBased Learning ABL an art pedagogical practice may assist cancer patients by providing a meaningful experience through art viewing However little is known about what needs to be considered when developing an exhibition space for ABL in a palliative care setting
Advanced preclinical testing of a design-optimized ceramic bearing for a cervical total disc replacement
Arthroplasty in the cervical spine is performed using Total Disc Replacement TDR implants This study investigates the safety and tribology of a designoptimized ceramic TDR bearing
Estimating post-operative complication rates in patients with primary brain tumours from routine administrative data: A national cohort study
Neurosurgery is an important element of brain tumour treatment but carries with it the risk of complications Previous work has defined a narrow set of general postoperative complications which are used
Association between delirium and neutrophil percentage-to-albumin ratio in patients with cervical spinal cord injury: A single-center, retrospective study
Traumatic spinal cord injury SCI can be triggered by even minor trauma in older adults and the prevalence of SCI is increasing as the population ages A study by DeVivo et al in the United States reported
Navigating physical activity after a nerve injury in the arm and hand
Peripheral nerve injuries in the arm and hand can lead to significant challenges impacting every aspect of a persons life Still rehabilitation largely focuses on hand exercises emphasizing motor function recovery
Increased brain coverage and efficiency when measuring current-induced magnetic fields by use of simultaneous multi-slice echo-planar MRI
Magnetic resonance current density imaging MRCDI can noninvasively validate electric field simulations in volume conductor head models Weak electric currents are injected using scalp electrodes while measuring
Assessing in-hospital mortality risk in ICU lung cancer patients using machine learning: An analysis based on the MIMIC-IV database
Patients with advanced lung cancer admitted to the intensive care unit ICU face a substantially elevated risk of inhospital mortality
