Influence of luminal stenosis in aneurysmal and non-aneurysmal blunt cerebrovascular injury

Background

Current blunt cerebrovascular injury (BCVI) grading grossly differentiates injury characteristics such as luminal stenosis (LS) and aneurysmal disease. The effect of increasing degree of LS beyond the current BCVI grading scale on stroke formation is unknown.

Detrended fluctuation analysis detects altered coordination of running gait in athletes following a heavy period of training

Objectives

To investigate whether functional overreaching affects locomotor system behaviour when running at fixed relative intensities and if any effects were associated with changes in running performance.

Fusing landscape accuracy-dependent SRTM elevation data with NGDC and LiDAR data for the Florida coastline

Extended coverage digital elevation models (DEMs) including topographic and bathymetric area at moderate resolution are needed for regional-scale hazard modelling. Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) provides important intermediate-scale information between coarse resolution data sets of wide area and high-resolution data sets of limited area. Although there are many anthropogenic structures that cause errors in the height of SRTM data, the measurement error is given as a single value for the entire area. The filter residuals in an adaptive multi-scale fusion algorithm were used to evaluate the landscape-dependent accuracy of SRTM elevations over the Florida coastal urban area. With accuracy and employing a stochastic framework to optimally fuse National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) data, SRTM data and high-resolution light detection and ranging data, single seamless fused DEMs at multiple scales were derived for the coastal area and improved DEM quality at 30 m scale for coastal flood prediction was demonstrated.     

Precision Medicine Approaches to Vascular Disease: JACC Focus Seminar 2/5

In this second of a 5-part Focus Seminar series, we focus on precision medicine in the context of vascular disease. The most common vascular disease worldwide is atherosclerosis, which is the primary cause of coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, and a large proportion of strokes and other disorders. Atherosclerosis is a complex genetic disease that likely involves many hundreds to thousands of single nucleotide polymorphisms, each with a relatively modest effect for causing disease. Conversely, although less prevalent, there are many vascular disorders that typically involve only a single genetic change, but these changes can often have a profound effect that is sufficient to cause disease. These are termed “Mendelian vascular diseases,” which include Marfan and Loeys-Dietz syndromes. Given the very different genetic basis of atherosclerosis versus Mendelian vascular diseases, this article was divided into 2 parts to cover the most promising precision medicine approaches for these disease types.     

Nurse-led services in Queensland: A scoping study

Background

Nurse-led services are expanding in Australia, yet current information about the scope and nature of these services is lacking. The need for more coordinated service planning and systematic evaluation prompted a scoping study to inform future development.

Pathology-supported genetic testing as a method for disability prevention in multiple sclerosis (MS). Part II. Insights from two MS cases

Metabolic Brain Disease - In Part I of this Review we evaluated the scientific evidence for a Metabolic Model of multiple sclerosis (MS). Part II outlines the implementation of an adaptive...