Wilkerson Skaaning

On March 30, 2020, Public Health – Seattle and King County (PHSKC) was notified of a confirmed case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in a resident of a homeless shelter and day center (shelter A). Residents from two other homeless shelters (B and C) used shelter A’s day center services. Testing for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19,…[Read more]

Following OCT assessment, a pachycoroid was observed in 4 patients. Conclusions A thorough ophthalmological assessment in patients that have suffered from orbital fractures is fundamental. In particular, OCT examinations seem to provide more insight into the detection and monitoring of choroidal changes after ocular trauma without visible macular…[Read more]

The term synergism means that the overall therapeutic benefits should be greater than the sum of the effects of individual agents and that the optimal therapeutic efficacy can be achieved at reduced doses. Micellar systems usually fail to deliver multiple drugs to target sites at synergistic doses and thus are not able to maximize the antitumor…[Read more]

Peanut (Arachis hypogaea) is mainly grown for oil extraction and the remaining oil-free seed referred as peanut meal (PM) leaves with high protein content which can be a possible substitute for fishmeal in aqua-diets. This study evaluates the suitability of three types of processed peanut seeds, namely untreated PM (UPM), fermented PM (FPM), and…[Read more]

We report here the AflR binding motif of Aspergillus flavus for the first time with the aid of ChIP-seq analysis. Of the 540 peak sequences associated with AflR binding events, 66.8% were located within 2 kb upstream (promoter region) of translational start sites. The identified 18-bp binding motif was a perfect palindromic sequence,…[Read more]

Additionally, icaritin inhibited the migration of C6 and U87-MG cells. The protein expression levels of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and MMP-9 were also downregulated following icaritin treatment. Furthermore, icaritin treatment increased the expression of estrogen receptor (ER)β and the phosphatase and tensin (PTEN) homolog oncoprotein, thus…[Read more]

The aim of the present study was to survey the relationship between the severity of glaucoma and subsequent dementia using the National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) in Taiwan. Subjects with glaucoma were selected into the study group after an exclusion process, and each subject in the study group was propensity score-matched to…[Read more]

17, 95%CI 1.07;1.28, p = 0.91). For patients, increased MI scores correlated positively with impaired functioning (p less then 0.001), increased stress level (p less then 0.001) and increasing number of prior mood episodes (p less then 0.001). Smartphone-based mood ratings correlated with ratings of mood according to sub-item 1 on the Hamilton…[Read more]

PURPOSE Vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC) is an option to avoid major abdominal surgery and many consequences related to repeated caesarean delivery. In the last years, many efforts have been made to increase the number of patients attempting trial of labour after caesarean (TOLAC). The aim of our study was to identify the most important…[Read more]

Background Since postoperative complications after reconstructive breast surgery are often related to drastic increases of patient suffering and treatment costs, several devices were developed in order to avoid them. In this respect, the intraoperative fluorescence angiography with indocyanine green (ICG) provides promising results by detecting…[Read more]