Direct comparison of echocardiography speckle tracking and cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking for quantification of right ventricular strain: a prospective intermodality s... by Justin Johannesen, Rena Fukuda, David T. Zhang, Katherine Tak, Rachel Meier, Hannah Agoglia, Evelyn Horn, Richard B. Devereux, Jonathan W. Weinsaft, Jiwon Kim

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The impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on community non-SARS-CoV-2 respiratory infections in preschool children by Bianca Klee, Sophie Diexer, Johannes Horn, Susan Langer, Marie Wende, Diego Ortiz, Agata Bielecka, Till Strowig, Rafael Mikolajczyk, Cornelia Gottschick

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Wildlife trade, captive breeding and the imminent extinction of a songbird by Vincent Nijman, Abdullah Langgeng, Hélène Birot, Muhammad Ali Imron, K.A.I. Nekaris

“…With the species already being ecologically extinct, we anticipate that it soon will join the ranks of species like Père David's deer Elaphurus davidianus and scimitar-horned oryx Oryx dammah that are extinct in the wild but that have captive populations in the tens of thousands. …”
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Estimated dead space fraction and the ventilatory ratio are associated with mortality in early ARDS by Luis Morales-Quinteros, Marcus J. Schultz, Josep Bringué, Carolyn S. Calfee, Marta Camprubí, Olaf L. Cremer, Janneke Horn, Tom van der Poll, Pratik Sinha, Antonio Artigas, Lieuwe D. Bos, MARS Consortium

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Preoperative optimization of cardiac valve patients’ expectations: Study protocol of the randomized controlled ValvEx-trial by Nicole Horn, Laura Gärtner, Ardawan J. Rastan, Térezia B. Andrási, Juliane Lenz, Andreas Böning, Miriam Salzmann-Djufri, Ulrike Puvogel, Maria Genovese, Sibel Kus, Winfried Rief, Stefan Salzmann

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Epstein-Barr virus perpetuates B cell germinal center dynamics and generation of autoimmune-associated phenotypes in vitro by Elliott D. SoRelle, Elliott D. SoRelle, Nicolás M. Reinoso-Vizcaino, Gillian Q. Horn, Micah A. Luftig

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Development of a Core outcome set for fetal Myelomeningocele (COSMiC): study protocol by Samar Altoukhi, Clare L. Whitehead, Greg Ryan, Jan Deprest, Luc Joyeux, Katie Gallagher, James Drake, Paige Church, Daphne Horn, Yenge Diambomba, Jose C. A. Carvalho, Tim Van Mieghem

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Materials cartography: A forward-looking perspective on materials representation and devising better maps by Steven B. Torrisi, Martin Z. Bazant, Alexander E. Cohen, Min Gee Cho, Jens S. Hummelshøj, Linda Hung, Gaurav Kamat, Arash Khajeh, Adeesh Kolluru, Xiangyun Lei, Handong Ling, Joseph H. Montoya, Tim Mueller, Aini Palizhati, Benjamin A. Paren, Brandon Phan, Jacob Pietryga, Elodie Sandraz, Daniel Schweigert, Yang Shao-Horn, Amalie Trewartha, Ruijie Zhu, Debbie Zhuang, Shijing Sun

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Actual and perceived gender differences in virtual tumor board participation by Yael Berger, Alison Buseck, Sayed Imtiaz, Callie Horn, Nazanin Khajoueinejad, Rebekah Macfie, Noah Cohen, Umut Sarpel

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Neuroanatomical Changes in Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy: Clinical Application of 7T MRI Submillimeter Morphometry by Kamil Jonak, Paweł Krukow, Mark Symms, Ryszard Maciejewski, Cezary Grochowski

“…Additionally, LHON patients have significantly higher volume of both lateral ventricles (left <i>p</i> = 0.034; right <i>p</i> = 0.02), both temporal horns of the lateral ventricles (left <i>p</i> = 0.016; right <i>p</i> = 0.034), 3rd ventricle (<i>p</i> = 0.012) and 4th ventricle (<i>p</i> = 0.002). …”
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Employment Status, Readmission and Mortality After Acute Exacerbation of COPD by Jacobsen PA, Kragholm KH, Torp-Pedersen C, Janssen DJA, Spruit MA, Weinreich UM

“…Peter Ascanius Jacobsen,1,2 Kristian Hay Kragholm,2,3 Christian Torp-Pedersen,4 Daisy JA Janssen,5,6 Martijn A Spruit,5,7,8 Ulla Møller Weinreich1,2 1Department of Respiratory Diseases, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark; 2The Clinical Institute, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark; 3Department of Cardiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark; 4Department of Clinical Research, Hillerød Hospital, Hillerød, Denmark; 5Department of Research and Development, Ciro, Horn, the Netherland; 6Department of Health Services Research, Care and Public Health Research Institute, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; 7Nutrim School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; 8Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+), Maastricht, the NetherlandsCorrespondence: Peter Ascanius JacobsenDepartment of Respiratory Diseases, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, DenmarkTel +45 97 66 48 00Email peter.jacobsen@rn.dkIntroduction: The understanding of whether and to what extent employment status affects readmission and mortality is limited in patients with COPD.Aim: To explore how employment status affects readmission and mortality after first admission to the hospital with acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD).Methods: This study used Danish national registry-based data. …”
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Mutagenic activity of airborne particulate matter from the urban area of Porto Alegre, Brazil by Vera Maria Ferrão Vargas, Rubem Cesar Horn, Régis Rolim Guidobono, Ana Beatriz Mittelstaedt, Irascema Girardi de Azevedo

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Prophylactic Electroacupuncture on the Upper Cervical Segments Decreases Neuronal Discharges of the Trigeminocervical Complex in Migraine-Affected Rats: An in vivo Extracellular El... by Qu Z, Liu L, Zhao L, Xu X, Li Z, Zhu Y, Zhang C, Jing X, Wang X, Li B, Zhang CS, Fisher M, Wang L

“…The mechanical pain threshold and the single-cell extraneural neurophysiology of the C1 spinal dorsal horn neurons in the trigeminocervical complex were detected.Results: Pre-electroacupuncture could significantly increase the mechanical pain threshold of the periorbital region receptive field of the trigeminal nerve and decrease the discharges of neurons in the trigeminocervical complex. …”
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Age-associated genes in human mammary gland drive human breast cancer progression by Xiang Gu, Bingzhi Wang, Haiyan Zhu, You Zhou, Aaron M. Horning, Tim H-M Huang, Yidong Chen, Peter Houghton, Zhao Lai, Joel E. Michalek, Lu-Zhe Sun

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Outcomes of Hospitalizations for Cardiogenic Shock at Left Ventricular Assist Device Versus Non–Left Ventricular Assist Device Centers by Joseph I. Wang, Daniel Y. Lu, MHS, Dmitriy N. Feldman, Stephen A. McCullough, Parag Goyal, Maria G. Karas, Irina Sobol, Evelyn M. Horn, Luke K. Kim, Udhay Krishnan

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Soluble HLA-G and HLA-G Bearing Extracellular Vesicles Affect ILT-2 Positive and ILT-2 Negative CD8 T Cells Complementary by Esther Schwich, Gia-Gia T. Hò, Joel LeMaoult, Joel LeMaoult, Christina Bade-Döding, Edgardo D. Carosella, Edgardo D. Carosella, Peter A. Horn, Vera Rebmann

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Effect of Intravenous Alteplase on Functional Outcome and Secondary Injury Volumes in Stroke Patients with Complete Endovascular Recanalization by Gabriel Broocks, Lukas Meyer, Celine Ruppert, Wolfgang Haupt, Tobias D. Faizy, Noel Van Horn, Matthias Bechstein, Helge Kniep, Sarah Elsayed, Andre Kemmling, Ewgenia Barow, Jens Fiehler, Uta Hanning

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Effects of spatial variability on the exposure of fish to hypoxia: a modeling analysis for the Gulf of Mexico by E. D. LaBone, K. A. Rose, D. Justic, H. Huang, L. Wang

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Accelerated remyelination during inflammatory demyelination prevents axonal loss and improves functional recovery by Feng Mei, Klaus Lehmann-Horn, Yun-An A Shen, Kelsey A Rankin, Karin J Stebbins, Daniel S Lorrain, Kara Pekarek, Sharon A Sagan, Lan Xiao, Cory Teuscher, H-Christian von Büdingen, Jürgen Wess, J Josh Lawrence, Ari J Green, Stephen PJ Fancy, Scott S Zamvil, Jonah R Chan

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Stroke risk after transient ischemic attack in a Norwegian prospective cohort by Fredrik Ildstad, Hanne Ellekjær, Torgeir Wethal, Stian Lydersen, Janne Kutschera Sund, Hild Fjærtoft, Stephan Schüler, Jens Wilhelm Horn, Geir Bråthen, Ann-Grete Midtsæther, Åse Hagen Morsund, Marja-Liisa Lillebø, Yngve Müller Seljeseth, Bent Indredavik

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