Preliminary data on artificial intelligence tool in magnetic resonance imaging assessment of degenerative pathologies of lumbar spine
ConclusionsAI solution represents an efficacy and useful toll degenerative pathologies of lumbar spine to improve radiologist workflow. (Source: La Radiologia Medica)
Source: La Radiologia Medica - February 13, 2024 Category: Radiology Source Type: research
Evaluation of disease-specific quality of life and its influencing factors in Bulgarian patients with Graves ’ orbitopathy
ConclusionsThe impact of GO on patients ’ QoL depends on the severity and activity of the disease. The clinical predictors of the impairment of QoL should be taken into account when considering the optimal adjunctive treatment approaches aiming to improve patients’ QoL. (Source: International Ophthalmology)
Source: International Ophthalmology - February 12, 2024 Category: Opthalmology Source Type: research
Mysterious artifacts suggest modern humans and Neanderthals lived side by side for millennia
More than 45,000 years ago, small bands of hunters chased horses, reindeer, and mammoth over a vast expanse of tundra that stretched across most of northern Europe. They rarely stayed anywhere for long, leaving behind a scattering of stone tools and traces of the odd campfire in the depths of caves.
For more than a century, archaeologists debated whether these artifacts were left by some of the last Neanderthals to roam Europe—or the first modern humans to brave the northern reaches of the continent.
A trio of papers published today in
Nature
and
Nature Ecology & Evolution
may help set...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - January 31, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Evaluation of Health Risks Attributed to Toxic Trace Elements and Selenium in Farmed Mediterranean Mussels from T ürkiye and Bulgaria
This study reveals potential health risks associated with selenium, cadmium, mercury, and lead resulting from the consumption of mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) cultured along the coasts of Türkiye and Bulgaria. The concentrations of Se and toxic trace metals were measured by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). The detection limits (LOD) were 0.100, 0.015, 0.025, and 0.180 µg/kg for Se, Cd, Hg, and Pb, respectively. The mean Se concentrations were between 1.305 and 1.957 µg/g, and toxic metals were below the maximum limits. Due to Turkish and Bulgarian consumers' limited mollusk consumption, musse...
Source: Biological Trace Element Research - January 31, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Hande Dogruyol Suhendan Mol Şafak Ulusoy Alexander Atanasoff Source Type: research
A Retrospective Study on the Seroprevalence of West Nile Virus Among Donkeys and Mules in Bulgaria
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, Ahead of Print. (Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases)
Source: Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases - January 30, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Nikolina Rusenova Anton Rusenov Federica Monaco Source Type: research
Disparities and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccine policies in three representative European countries
The aim of this study was to examine the Coronavirus disease 2019(COVID-19) vaccine policies disparities and effectiveness in Germany, Denmark and Bulgaria, with a view to providing lessons for global vaccinat... (Source: International Journal for Equity in Health)
Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - January 30, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Wanzhen Xie, Leiyu Shi, Meiheng Liu, Junyan Yang, Mengyuan Ma and Gang Sun Tags: Research Source Type: research
Teat morphology across five buffalo breeds: a multi-country collaborative study
AbstractThe buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) is a species of worldwide importance, raised to produce milk, meat, and hides, and often used as a working animal in rural contexts with low access to hi-tech solutions. In the present study, 100 lactating buffaloes (50 primiparous and 50 pluriparous) of five popular breeds were recruited to characterize and compare teat morphology. In particular, the focus was put on the Nili Ravi, Mediterranean, Egyptian, Bulgarian Murrah, and Azeri buffaloes raised in Pakistan, Italy, Egypt, Bulgaria, and Iran, respectively. In all countries, a longitudinal cross-section ultrasound was obtained befo...
Source: Tropical Animal Health and Production - January 26, 2024 Category: Veterinary Research Source Type: research
First detection of a cefiderocol-resistant and extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolate in Bulgaria
Acta Microbiol Immunol Hung. 2024 Jan 23. doi: 10.1556/030.2024.02201. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTCefiderocol (CFDC) is a first-in-class siderophore cephalosporin with potent activity against multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria including carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. The present study aimed to explore the CFDC resistance mechanisms of an extensively drug-resistant A. baumannii isolate from Bulgaria. The A. baumannii Aba52 strain (designated Aba52) was obtained in 2018 from a blood sample of a critically ill patient. The methodology included antimicrobial susceptibility testing, whole-genome sequen...
Source: Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica - January 23, 2024 Category: Microbiology Authors: Tanya Strateva Slavil Peykov Source Type: research
DNA and protein-generated chimeric molecules for delivery of influenza viral epitopes in mouse and humanized NSG transfer models
Volume 20, Issue 1, December 2024 . (Source: Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics)
Source: Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics - January 9, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Nikolina M. MihaylovaIliyan K. ManoylovMaria H. NikolovaJozsef PrechlAndrey I. Tchorbanova Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgariab National Reference Laboratory of Immunology, Natio Source Type: research
2023 Focused Update of the 2021 ESC Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure
AbstractDocument Reviewers: Rudolf A. de Boer (CPG Review Co-ordinator) (Netherlands), P. Christian Schulze (CPG Review Co-ordinator) (Germany), Elena Arbelo (Spain), Jozef Bartunek (Belgium), Johann Bauersachs (Germany), Michael A. Borger (Germany), Sergio Buccheri (Sweden), Elisabetta Cerbai (Italy), Erwan Donal (France), Frank Edelmann (Germany), Gloria F ärber (Germany), Bettina Heidecker (Germany), Borja Ibanez (Spain), Stefan James (Sweden), Lars Køber (Denmark), Konstantinos C. Koskinas (Switzerland), Josep Masip (Spain), John William McEvoy (Ireland), Robert Mentz (United States of America), Borislava Mihaylova (...
Source: European Journal of Heart Failure - January 4, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Authors/Task Force Members:,
Theresa A. McDonagh,
Marco Metra,
Marianna Adamo,
Roy S. Gardner,
Andreas Baumbach,
Michael B öhm,
Haran Burri,
Javed Butler,
Jelena Čelutkienė,
Ovidiu Chioncel,
John G.F. Cleland,
Maria Generosa Crespo‐Leiro, Tags: Esc Guidelines Source Type: research
Adoption rates of recommended vaccines and influencing factors among patients with inflammatory arthritis: a patient survey
AbstractTo determine the scope of recommended vaccination uptake among patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA) receiving biologic and targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic agents (bDMARDs and tsDMARDs, respectively) and to determine factors, which influence their decision and are subject to modification. A single-center, cross-sectional study was conducted including patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), or ankylosing spondylitis (AS) on bDMARDs or tsDMARDs. Demographic, anthropometric, and clinical parameters were analyzed. Disease activity was determined using the validated ind...
Source: Rheumatology International - January 1, 2024 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research
Cardiovascular Manifestations of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: A Single-Center Bulgarian Study
Conclusions: Our results confirm that children with oligosymptomatic MIS-C or those suspected of long COVID-19 should be screened for possible cardiological involvement.PMID:38138278 | DOI:10.3390/medicina59122175 (Source: Medicina (Kaunas))
Source: Medicina (Kaunas) - December 23, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Niya Mileva Georgi H Vasilev Borislav Ganev Lyubomir Chervenkov Hristiana Batselova Iren Tzotcheva Latchezar Tomov Tsvetelina Velikova Snezhina Lazova Source Type: research
Cardiovascular Manifestations of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: A Single-Center Bulgarian Study
Conclusions: Our results confirm that children with oligosymptomatic MIS-C or those suspected of long COVID-19 should be screened for possible cardiological involvement.PMID:38138278 | PMC:PMC10744581 | DOI:10.3390/medicina59122175 (Source: Medicina (Kaunas))
Source: Medicina (Kaunas) - December 23, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Niya Mileva Georgi H Vasilev Borislav Ganev Lyubomir Chervenkov Hristiana Batselova Iren Tzotcheva Latchezar Tomov Tsvetelina Velikova Snezhina Lazova Source Type: research
Cardiovascular Manifestations of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: A Single-Center Bulgarian Study
Conclusions: Our results confirm that children with oligosymptomatic MIS-C or those suspected of long COVID-19 should be screened for possible cardiological involvement.PMID:38138278 | PMC:PMC10744581 | DOI:10.3390/medicina59122175 (Source: Medicina (Kaunas))
Source: Medicina (Kaunas) - December 23, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Niya Mileva Georgi H Vasilev Borislav Ganev Lyubomir Chervenkov Hristiana Batselova Iren Tzotcheva Latchezar Tomov Tsvetelina Velikova Snezhina Lazova Source Type: research
