Background: Activated platelets release serotonin during acute myocardial infarction (AMI), aggravating myocardial damage and ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury.However, serum serotonin and its potential role as a biomarker for myocardial infarction and I/R injury have not been studied so far.Methods: In this investigator-initiated pilot study, we e
Colleges and universities have played a critical role in the growing social movement to divest institutional endowments from fossil fuels.While campus activism on fossil fuel divestment has been driven largely by students and alumni, faculty are 6m also advocating to their administrators for institutional divestment from fossil fuels.This article c
We describe two advanced video analysis techniques, including video-indexed by voice annotations (VIVA) and multi-media Kids Water Bottle With Straw Lid indexing and explorer (MINER).VIVA utilizes analyst call-outs (ACOs) in the form of chat messages (voice-to-text) to associate labels with video target tracks, to designate spatial-temporal activit
Abstract Background Practice facilitation is a method used to address the complexity associated with implementation of innovations into primary care.To provide support, we propose that the i-PARIHS (Integrated Promoting Action on Research Implementation in Health Services) framework could support practice facilitators.The i-PARIHS framework positio
Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a major complication after radical prostatectomy Cordyceps (RP); however, debate continues regarding the efficacy of penile rehabilitation in the recovery of the postoperative erectile function (EF).This study included a total of 103 consecutive sexually active Japanese men with localized prostate cancer undergoing nerv