Article
Engineering, Mechanical
Anle WANG, Martin H. MUESER
Summary: A recent study investigated the adhesion between an elastic body and a smooth, rigid substrate, and found that the surface roughness suppresses adhesion. Simulations revealed that the pull-off force is influenced by different contact patches, resulting in up to four different regimes of adhesion. The study highlights the importance of considering both local and global parameters in understanding adhesion between materials.
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Akritas Isaakidis, Jane El Maghariki, Sergio Carvalho-Barros, Ana Maria Gomes, Marta Correia
Summary: The Mediterranean diet, characterized by olive oil consumption, has been extensively studied for its potential health benefits. Recent clinical evidence supports the positive impact of olive oil intake on human health, including antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects, improvement in endothelial function and lipid profile, prevention of non-communicable diseases, and modulation of the gut microbiota.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sandra Wagner, Torsten Strasser
Summary: The impact of contrast polarity on retinal activity and its interactions with eccentricity and refractive error were explored in this study. Myopic individuals showed larger retinal responses to a dead leaves stimulus with standard and inverted contrast when the perifovea was stimulated, but smaller amplitudes for inverted contrast when the fovea was included compared to emmetropic individuals. Emmetropic individuals had higher sensitivity to inverted contrast within 12 degrees but were most sensitive to gray in the perifovea.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Editorial Material
Oncology
Robert S. Benjamin
Summary: Sarculator is more effective at predicting sarcoma patients at the highest risk of death compared to current staging systems, and should be used to identify appropriate patients for future studies.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Sophie-Dorothe Lieke, Achim Spiller, Gesa Busch
Summary: Environmental factors and social conflicts refocus attention on palm oil which is often associated with deforestation and biodiversity loss. Poorly managed cultivation can have severe ecological effects, but as the highest yielding vegetable oil, discussions around palm oil are complicated. Providing information can influence understanding of issues such as indirect land use change, but it may be insufficient to encourage deeper thinking about the complexity of sustainability dimensions compared to more easily understood aspects.
SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Feng Liu, Linlin Wang, Deli Kong, Chen Shi, Zhefu Feng, Jiashen Zhou, Jiaqi Liu, Zhibin Li
Summary: Critics argue that cryptocurrency mining is a waste of energy, while proponents claim it is a green industry. The high power consumption of Bitcoin mining has become a global issue.
Review
Immunology
Nina Gorle, Eva Bauwens, Freddy Haesebrouck, Annemieke Smet, Roosmarijn E. Vandenbroucke
Summary: Trillions of symbiotic microbial cells colonize our body, with a larger portion residing in the human gut. Changes in gut microbiota have been linked to various diseases, including neurological disorders. Helicobacter species, particularly H. suis, may play a role in neurological disorders via the microbiome-gut-brain axis, but further research is needed to understand their impact on the brain.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Mathematics, Applied
Martin J. Gander, Yongxiang Liu
Summary: The article discusses the biharmonic problem and the impact of boundary condition selection on algorithm convergence, demonstrating through experiments that the new boundary condition choice has more favorable convergence characteristics compared to the classical choice.
SIAM JOURNAL ON SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Sabina Baltruschat, Antonio Candido, Antonio Maldonado, Carmen Verdejo-Lucas, Elvira Catena-Verdejo, Andres Catena
Summary: This study examined the relationship between dispositional mindfulness and brain structure using a novel brain network analysis approach. The findings revealed different brain regions associated with different mindfulness scales and dimensions, suggesting that brain areas related to emotional reactivity and semantic processing are generally associated with dispositional mindfulness, regardless of the instrument used.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Ele Ferrannini, Julio Rosenstock
Summary: RCTs are the gold standard of clinical evidence, designed to answer specific questions in clinical experiments using statistical analysis. Readers need critical appraisal skills to avoid blindly accepting trial results, and understand the different information conveyed by RR and AR.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Brian P. Callahan, Zihan Xu
Summary: A native enzyme's normal recognition of physiological substrates can be disrupted by small molecule antagonists, resulting in the production of abnormal products. This mode of enzyme antagonism, known as paracatalytic induction, leads to new or enhanced activity of enzymes towards aberrant transformations. Enzyme/paracatalytic inducer complexes may either transform native substrates into chemically distinct products or preferentially interact with and transform molecules outside the scope of physiological substrates. Paracatalytic inducers can have cytotoxic effects or redirect enzyme activity towards adaptive and therapeutic transformations. We highlight two noteworthy examples of paracatalytic induction from recent literature.
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Mate Tolvaj, Alexandra Fabian, Marton Tokodi, Balint Lakatos, Alexandra Assabiny, Zsuzsanna Ladanyi, Kai Shiida, Andrea Ferencz, Walter Schwertner, Boglarka Veres, Annamaria Kosztin, Adam Szijarto, Balazs Sax, Bela Merkely, Attila Kovacs
Summary: This study used 3D echocardiography to evaluate the global longitudinal and global circumferential strain of the left and right ventricles, finding that impaired values of both strains are associated with long-term mortality, highlighting the importance of assessing biventricular circumferential mechanics.
FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
(2023)
Editorial Material
Pediatrics
Liron Borenstein-Levin, Amir Kugelman
Summary: The study by Dormishian and colleagues addresses the issue of motion artifacts during oxygenation monitoring that care teams in the NICU face on a daily basis. The commentary discusses available tools for continuous noninvasive monitoring of oxygenation in the NICU and modalities that can increase the time premature infants spend in the desired SpO2 range, thereby impacting their clinical outcomes.
PEDIATRIC RESEARCH
(2023)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
James A. Reiffel, Gerald V. Naccarelli
Summary: This article discusses the differences in efficacy endpoints of antiarrhythmic drugs for atrial fibrillation in clinical trials and clinical practice, and emphasizes that time to first recurrence is not a reliable predictor of clinical efficacy endpoints in practice.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
(2022)
Editorial Material
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Maykel Verkuyten
Summary: The disapproval-respect model has value, but it is limited in its focus on social categorization processes and does not consider the breadth and complexities of tolerance in everyday life. Tolerance can be understood as weighing situationally relevant reasons for disapproval against reasons for endurance.
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST
(2023)
Article
Ophthalmology
Pedro Tana-Rivero, Salvador Aguilar-Corcoles, Ramon Ruiz-Mesa, Robert Montes-Mico
Summary: The study evaluated the repeatability of various corneal parameters provided by a high-resolution SS-OCT. The results showed good repeatability with low Sw and CoV values for most parameters, except for astigmatism. The ICC values were greater than 0.98, confirming the reliability of the measurements.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Ophthalmology
Robert Montes-Mico, Ramon Ruiz-Mesa, Jose Luis Rodriguez-Prats, Pedro Tana-Rivero
Summary: This review summarized the clinical outcomes of V4c implantable collamer lens for myopia correction, including data from 2904 eyes. The results suggest that the procedure is safe, efficient, and provides stable visual and refractive outcomes.
ACTA OPHTHALMOLOGICA
(2021)
Article
Ophthalmology
Pedro Tana-Rivero, Salvador Aguilar-Corcoles, Jose Luis Rodriguez-Prats, Robert Montes-Mico, Ramon Ruiz-Mesa
Summary: There were statistically significant differences in WTW measurement among the four devices, with Anterion and IOLMaster 700 potentially being interchangeable, as well as Anterion and Pentacam HR. However, IOLMaster 700 and Pentacam HR, as well as Cassini with any of the other three devices, may not be interchangeable.
INTERNATIONAL OPHTHALMOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Ophthalmology
Pedro Tana-Rivero, Salvador Aguilar-Corcoles, Cristina Tello-Elordi, Francisco Pastor-Pascual, Robert Montes-Mico
Summary: This study evaluated the agreement between 3 different optical biometers and found significant differences in ACD, CCT, WTW, LT, and AL. IOLMaster showed the highest values in ACD, CCT, and WTW compared to ANTERION and Pentacam.
JOURNAL OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY
(2021)
Article
Ophthalmology
Ramon Ruiz-Mesa, Julia Blanch-Ruiz, Maria Ruiz-Santos, Robert Montes-Mico
Summary: The study aimed to evaluate the optical quality and visual performance of patients implanted with EDOF IOL, showing good postoperative visual acuity and satisfaction among patients, with a continuous range of vision at intermediate distances in the defocus curve.
INTERNATIONAL OPHTHALMOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Ophthalmology
Pedro Tana-Rivero, Maria Dolores Rodriguez-Carrillo, Maria Ruiz-Santos, Berta Garcia-Tomas, Robert Montes-Mico
Summary: The study compared ATA distance and AQD readings from different OCT devices and a Scheimpflug camera. Results showed that TD-OCT and SS-OCT can be used interchangeably for ATA distance measurement, but not with Pentacam. Vertical ATA distance was significantly larger than horizontal, and there were significant differences in AQD values between devices.
JOURNAL OF REFRACTIVE SURGERY
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Pedro Tana-Sanz, Maria Ruiz-Santos, Maria Dolores Rodriguez-Carrillo, Salvador Aguilar-Corcoles, Robert Montes-Mico, Pedro Tana-Rivero
Summary: The study evaluated the agreement of different biometric parameters obtained using intraoperative spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and two swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) based biometers. Results showed that SS-OCT biometers demonstrated good agreement for anterior chamber depth (ACD), central corneal thickness (CCT), white-to-white (WTW) and lens thickness (LT), while SD-OCT showed discrepancies in ACD, CCT, and WTW values compared to SS-OCT biometers, but excellent agreement in LT measurements.
EXPERT REVIEW OF MEDICAL DEVICES
(2021)
Article
Ophthalmology
Robert Montes-Mico
Summary: This study evaluated the repeatability and agreement of various biometric parameters using 6 biometers based on different optical technologies. The results showed that these biometers provided repeatable measurements for different parameters, but there were significant differences between the biometers. Therefore, the interchangeability of these devices should be carefully considered when using them.
JOURNAL OF CATARACT AND REFRACTIVE SURGERY
(2022)
Article
Ophthalmology
Pedro Tana-Sanz, Maria Dolores Rodriguez-Carrillo, Belen Elvira-Giner, Maria Ruiz-Santos, Robert Montes-Mico, Pedro Tana-Rivero
Summary: The study demonstrates that the EDOF IOL provides good visual performance at far and intermediate distances, making it a suitable option for patients looking to reduce spectacle dependence at intermediate distances.
JOURNAL OF REFRACTIVE SURGERY
(2021)
Article
Ophthalmology
Francisco Lara-Lacarcel, Ivan Marin-Franch, Vicente Fernandez-Sanchez, Resurreccion Riquelme-Nicolas, Norberto Lopez-Gil
Summary: The study found that there are small changes in both the power and axis of astigmatism during accommodation, especially when convergence is involved. These changes in astigmatism may be attributed to shifts in the position of the crystalline lens during accommodation.
OPHTHALMIC AND PHYSIOLOGICAL OPTICS
(2021)
Article
Ophthalmology
Francisco Pastor-Pascual, Rafael Pastor-Pascual, Robert Montes-Mico, Ramon Ruiz-Mesa, Pedro Tana-Rivero
Summary: The study results indicate that using Precizon IOL after FLACS in patients with different degrees of astigmatism can provide good visual acuity, accurate refractive outcomes, and excellent rotational stability.
INTERNATIONAL OPHTHALMOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Ophthalmology
Sarah Marie, Robert Montes-Mico, Noelia Martinez-Albert, Jose Garcia-Marques, Alejandro Cervino
Summary: The study aimed to assess the links between discomfort glare sensitivity and physiological factors among healthy individuals. The research found that female participants had lower discomfort thresholds than males, and discomfort thresholds were related to self-assessment of light sensitivity, sunglasses ownership, and frequency of use. Accessible physiological factors and questionnaires were unable to predict discomfort levels due to glare.
TRANSLATIONAL VISION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Review
Ophthalmology
Robert Montes-Mico, Francisco Pastor-Pascual, Enrique Artiaga-Elordi, Ramon Ruiz-Mesa, Pedro Tana-Rivero
Summary: The review of 17 clinical studies between 2012 and 2021 shows that the ICL V4c model provides good optical quality after implantation, as demonstrated by various metrics.
Article
Engineering, Biomedical
Pedro Tana-Sanz, Maria Dolores Rodriguez-Carrillo, Maria Ruiz-Santos, Robert Montes-Mico, Ramon Ruiz-Mesa, Pedro Tana-Rivero
Summary: The study analyzed the agreement of predicted IOL power between three biometers and found significant differences in predictions, especially for short eyes. While the mean differences were clinically insignificant, the wide range of LoA values suggests potential clinical significance for specific cases.
EXPERT REVIEW OF MEDICAL DEVICES
(2021)
Article
Ophthalmology
Pedro Tana-Rivero, Ramon Ruiz-Mesa, Salvador Aguilar-Corcoles, Cristina Tello-Elordi, Maria Ramos-Alzamora, Robert Montes-Mico
Summary: Using the same high-resolution SS-OCT device, lens vault (LV) was measured in healthy eyes, revealing correlations with anterior chamber depth, axial length, anterior chamber volume, lens thickness, and age.
JOURNAL OF OPTOMETRY
(2022)
