Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Herbert Tilg, Mathurin Fumery, Charlotte R. H. Hedin
Summary: Cardiovascular and thromboembolic risks are increasing in the population as a whole, including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients. Obesity may be causally associated with IBD. IBD itself is also associated with significant risks of cardiovascular and thromboembolic events.
JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2023)
Review
Behavioral Sciences
Antonio I. Triggiani, Gabriel Kreiman, Cara Lewis, Uri Maoz, Alfred Mele, Liad Mudrik, Adina L. Roskies, Aaron Schurger, Mark Hallett
Summary: In 1983, Benjamin Libet and colleagues published a paper that challenged the idea that conscious intention to move comes before the brain's preparation for movement. This experiment sparked debates about intention, the neurophysiology of movement, and philosophical and legal notions of free will and moral responsibility. This review explores the concept of conscious intention and efforts to measure its timing. The Bereitschaftspotential, scalp electroencephalographic activity before movement, starts before the reported onset of conscious intent, but its interpretation remains controversial. Studies suggest that the Libet method for determining intent, W time, is not accurate and may lead to misleading results. It is concluded that intention has various aspects and despite a better understanding of how the brain generates movements, determining the time of conscious intention remains a challenge.
NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Kevin Tobia, Aileen Nielsen, Alexander Stremitzer
Summary: An experimental study involving 2000 U.S. adults found that physicians can reduce liability by accepting AI systems' recommendations for standard care, but rejecting nonstandard care recommendations does not have the same protective effect.
JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Patty Jansen, Chris Snijders, Martijn C. Willemsen
Summary: The study examines the determinants of smoke alarm ownership and intention to purchase, and tests the effectiveness of different messages in increasing smoke alarm ownership. The results show that emphasizing strong predictors significantly increased smoke alarm ownership, while emphasizing typical predictors did not have a significant effect.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Marcela Bobkova, Ladislav Lovas
Summary: The study investigates the validity of the goal gradient hypothesis under different motivational settings, finding that self-concordance influences task performance. Autonomy-supportive instructions increase self-concordance, while low autonomy instructions decrease it. Performance decreases in the last part of the task for the group with lower self-concordance, with no significant difference in performance between groups.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Ana Sofia Ore, Carolina Vigna, Anne Fabrizio, Thomas E. Cataldo, Evangelos Messaris, Kristen Crowell
Summary: This study aims to evaluate the risk of VTE after colorectal surgery in IBD patients and determine if known risk factors in risk assessment tools correlate with VTE risk. The results showed that post-surgical VTE rates are high in IBD patients and additional studies are needed to define a recommended postoperative VTE prophylaxis regimen.
JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY
(2023)
Article
Peripheral Vascular Disease
Haojia Chen, Weiqiang Wu, Wei Fang, Zhichao Chen, Xiuzhu Yan, Youren Chen, Shouling Wu
Summary: This study evaluated the association between estimated pulse wave velocity (ePWV) and the incidence of hypertension, finding a positive correlation with both systolic and diastolic blood pressure. An increase in ePWV was associated with an increase in the incidence of hypertension.
JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION
(2021)
Review
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Annika S. Nieper, Bianca Beersma, Maria T. M. Dijkstra, Gerben A. van Kleef
Summary: Gossip can enhance prosocial behavior when it is accurate, when targets are interdependent with gossip receivers, and when targets anticipate being gossiped about.
CURRENT OPINION IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Microbiology
Zhenyu Dong, Ruixian Shi, Pengda Li, Xiaobiao Song, Fan Dong, Jianmin Zhu, Riga Wu, Zhi Liang, Mingyue Du, Jijun Wang, Zhigang Yang
Summary: This article reviews the literature to summarize the research progress on the correlation between the occurrence of colorectal tumors after cholecystectomy, aiming to provide help for the prevention and treatment of colorectal tumors.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Business
Anqi Luo, Tian Ye, Xunyue Xue, Anna S. Mattila
Summary: The study found that framing messages with appreciation can reduce customer resistance, increase compliance, and improve revisit intention in the context of Covid-19 crisis policies.
JOURNAL OF RETAILING AND CONSUMER SERVICES
(2021)
Article
Biology
Mark M. Tanaka, Lindi M. Wahl
Summary: Populations threatened by environmental change may survive if they possess or generate adaptive genetic combinations. This is known as 'evolutionary rescue'. The risk of extinction is lower in very small or very large populations, but peaks at intermediate population sizes. This pattern may be due to the small deleterious effect of the survival genotype before the environmental change. This unexpected result is not uncommon in the face of environmental change.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2022)
Editorial Material
Orthopedics
Juan Gomez-Hoyos
Summary: Limited hip movement can lead to increased stress on the spine, causing lumbar spine issues. Hip surgery often results in significant improvement in lower back problems, with treatment options including interventions to improve hip joint range of motion.
ARTHROSCOPY-THE JOURNAL OF ARTHROSCOPIC AND RELATED SURGERY
(2021)
Article
Otorhinolaryngology
Peggy Leung, Elliana Kirsh DeVore, Kosuke Kawai, Sonia Yuen, Margaret Kenna, Alexandria L. Irace, David Roberson, Eelam Adil
Summary: A retrospective cohort study was conducted on children who underwent tonsillectomy between 2004 and 2015. It was found that older age, male sex, medical comorbidities, recurrent tonsillitis, ICU admission, and the use of ibuprofen, ketorolac, anticonvulsants, and antidepressants were associated with an increased risk of PTH.
OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY
(2021)
Article
Oncology
Jasmin Jo, Joseph Donahue, Guneet Sarai, Gina Petroni, David Schiff
Summary: This study aimed to assess the risk of intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) in high-grade glioma (HGG) patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE) on low molecular weight heparin (LMWH). The retrospective matched cohort study found that therapeutic LMWH is not associated with a substantially increased risk of ICH in HGG patients, and the median survival was similar among all three cohorts.
Article
International Relations
Qi Zhang
Summary: This article argues that a donor's security environment affects its participation in security cooperation and the allocation of foreign aid to allies. When the security environment is competitive, a donor will focus on strengthening ties with allies. In contrast, when the environment is favorable, security cooperation can be used to obtain policy concessions, thus reducing foreign aid expenditures.
JOURNAL OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION
(2023)
