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Experimental results show that hosing of a long particle bunch in plasma can be induced by wakefields driven by a short, misaligned preceding bunch. Hosing develops in the plane of misalignment, self-modulation in the perpendicular plane, at frequencies close to the plasma electron frequency, and are reproducible. Development of hosing depends on misalignment direction, its growth on misalignment extent and on proton bunch charge. Results have the main characteristics of a theoretical model, are relevant to other plasma-based accelerators and represent the first characterization of hosing.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Type 1 interferons (IFN-I) are of increasing interest across a wide range of autoimmune rheumatic diseases. Historically, research into their role in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been relatively neglected, but recent work continues to highlight a potential contribution to RA pathophysiology. RECENT FINDINGS: We emphasise the importance of disease stage when examining IFN-I in RA and provide an overview on how IFN-I may have a direct role on a variety of relevant cellular functions. We explore how clinical trajectory may be influenced by increased IFN-I signalling, and also, the limitations of scores composed of interferon response genes. Relevant environmental triggers and inheritable RA genetic risk relating to IFN-I signalling are explored with emphasis on intriguing data potentially linking IFN-I exposure, epigenetic changes, and disease relevant processes. Whilst these data cumulatively illustrate a likely role for IFN-I in RA, they also highlight the knowledge gaps, particularly in populations at risk for RA, and suggest directions for future research to both better understand IFN-I biology and inform targeted therapeutic strategies.
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Artrite Reumatoide , Doenças Autoimunes , Interferon Tipo I , Humanos , Artrite Reumatoide/tratamento farmacológico , Artrite Reumatoide/genética , Interferon-alfa/uso terapêutico , Fatores de RiscoRESUMO
High-energy particle accelerators have been crucial in providing a deeper understanding of fundamental particles and the forces that govern their interactions. To increase the energy of the particles or to reduce the size of the accelerator, new acceleration schemes need to be developed. Plasma wakefield acceleration1-5, in which the electrons in a plasma are excited, leading to strong electric fields (so called 'wakefields'), is one such promising acceleration technique. Experiments have shown that an intense laser pulse6-9 or electron bunch10,11 traversing a plasma can drive electric fields of tens of gigavolts per metre and above-well beyond those achieved in conventional radio-frequency accelerators (about 0.1 gigavolt per metre). However, the low stored energy of laser pulses and electron bunches means that multiple acceleration stages are needed to reach very high particle energies5,12. The use of proton bunches is compelling because they have the potential to drive wakefields and to accelerate electrons to high energy in a single acceleration stage13. Long, thin proton bunches can be used because they undergo a process called self-modulation14-16, a particle-plasma interaction that splits the bunch longitudinally into a series of high-density microbunches, which then act resonantly to create large wakefields. The Advanced Wakefield (AWAKE) experiment at CERN17-19 uses high-intensity proton bunches-in which each proton has an energy of 400 gigaelectronvolts, resulting in a total bunch energy of 19 kilojoules-to drive a wakefield in a ten-metre-long plasma. Electron bunches are then injected into this wakefield. Here we present measurements of electrons accelerated up to two gigaelectronvolts at the AWAKE experiment, in a demonstration of proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration. Measurements were conducted under various plasma conditions and the acceleration was found to be consistent and reliable. The potential for this scheme to produce very high-energy electron bunches in a single accelerating stage20 means that our results are an important step towards the development of future high-energy particle accelerators21,22.
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INTRODUCTION: Methotrexate (MTX) is effective for treating psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, but its potential hepatoxicity remains a concern. Liver biopsy, the gold standard for detecting MTX-induced liver injury, is invasive and carries considerable risk. Transient elastography (TE) offers a non-invasive alternative for detecting advanced liver fibrosis. This study investigated the performance of TE in detecting MTX-induced liver fibrosis among Chinese psoriasis patients, compared with liver biopsy. METHODS: This study included adult patients with clinical psoriasis. Liver stiffness measurement using TE was performed in patients receiving MTX. Exclusion criteria were known liver cirrhosis, positive viral hepatitis carrier status, or conditions influencing TE performance. Liver biopsy was performed when liver stiffness was ≥7.1 kilopascals (kPa) or when the total cumulative dose (TCD) of MTX was ≥3.5 g. RESULTS: A total of 228 patients were screened; among 34 patients who met the inclusion criteria, nine (26.5%) had significant liver fibrosis (Roenigk grade ≥3a). The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was 0.76 (95% confidence interval=0.59-0.93; P=0.021), indicating that TE had satisfactory performance in detecting liver fibrosis. A cut-off value of 7.1 kPa of liver stiffness yielded 100% sensitivity and 68% specificity. Liver fibrosis was not correlated with the TCD of MTX or the duration of MTX use; it was significantly correlated with obesity and diabetes status (body mass index ≥30 kg/m2, waist circumference ≥138 cm, and glycated haemoglobin level ≥7.8%). CONCLUSION: Transient elastography is reliable and superior to the TCD for detecting liver fibrosis in Chinese psoriasis patients receiving MTX. Liver biopsy should be reserved for high-risk patients or patients with liver stiffness ≥11.7 kPa on TE.
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Técnicas de Imagem por Elasticidade , Cirrose Hepática , Metotrexato , Psoríase , Adulto , Idoso , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Biópsia , Fármacos Dermatológicos/uso terapêutico , Fármacos Dermatológicos/efeitos adversos , Fármacos Dermatológicos/administração & dosagem , População do Leste Asiático , Técnicas de Imagem por Elasticidade/métodos , Fígado/patologia , Fígado/diagnóstico por imagem , Cirrose Hepática/diagnóstico por imagem , Cirrose Hepática/patologia , Metotrexato/efeitos adversos , Metotrexato/uso terapêutico , Metotrexato/administração & dosagem , Psoríase/tratamento farmacológico , Psoríase/complicações , Psoríase/patologia , Curva ROCRESUMO
AIM: Previous studies have evaluated the pulpal responses to calcium silicate cements (CSCs) on normal dental pulp, but investigations on the effects of CSCs on inflamed pulp are limited. This study aimed to test the inflammatory response and odontogenic differentiation of inflamed rat dental pulp after direct pulp capping with CSCs. METHODOLOGY: Wistar rat molars pulps were exposed for 48 h to induce inflammation and then capped with ProRoot MTA (Dentsply), Biodentine (Septodont), RetroMTA (Bio MTA) and Dycal (Dentsply Caulk). The degree of pulpal inflammation and hard tissue formation was evaluated by histological analysis. Immunofluorescence staining for interleukin (IL)-6, osteocalcin (OCN) and runt-related transcription factor 2 (RUNX2) was also performed. RESULTS: After 4 weeks, complete recovery from inflammation was evident in 22%, 37.5%, 10% and none of the ProRoot MTA, Biodentine, RetroMTA and Dycal samples, respectively. Heavy hard tissue deposition as a continuous hard tissue bridge was observed in 77.8%, 75%, 70% and 60% of the ProRoot MTA, Biodentine, RetroMTA and Dycal samples, respectively. IL-6, OCN and RUNX2 were detected in all materials, mainly adjacent to areas of inflammation and reparative dentine formation. At one, two and 4 weeks, significant differences were not observed between the inflammation and hard tissue formation scores of the four material groups (p > .05). CONCLUSIONS: In this study, pulpal inflammation was still present in most specimens at 4 weeks after pulp capping and a significant number of samples showed incomplete and discontinuous dentine bridge formation. The results of this study suggest that initial inflammatory conditions of the pulp may risk the prognosis of teeth treated with CSCs.
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Capeamento da Polpa Dentária , Polpa Dentária , Inflamação , Agentes de Capeamento da Polpa Dentária e Pulpectomia , Animais , Ratos , Compostos de Alumínio/farmacologia , Compostos de Alumínio/uso terapêutico , Compostos de Cálcio/farmacologia , Compostos de Cálcio/uso terapêutico , Subunidade alfa 1 de Fator de Ligação ao Core , Capeamento da Polpa Dentária/métodos , Combinação de Medicamentos , Inflamação/terapia , Osteocalcina , Óxidos/farmacologia , Óxidos/uso terapêutico , Agentes de Capeamento da Polpa Dentária e Pulpectomia/farmacologia , Agentes de Capeamento da Polpa Dentária e Pulpectomia/uso terapêutico , Ratos Wistar , Silicatos/farmacologia , Silicatos/uso terapêuticoRESUMO
INTRODUCTION: Various cutaneous manifestations have been reported as symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which may facilitate early clinical diagnosis and management. This study explored the incidence of cutaneous manifestations among hospitalised patients with COVID-19 and investigated its relationships with viral load, co-morbidities, and outcomes. METHODS: This retrospective study included adult patients admitted to a tertiary hospital for COVID-19 from July to September 2020. Clinical information, co-morbidities, viral load (cycle threshold [Ct] value), and outcomes were analysed. RESULTS: In total, 219 patients with confirmed COVID-19 were included. Twenty patients presented with new onset of rash. The incidence of new rash was 9.1% (95% confidence interval=6.25%-14.4%). The most common manifestations were maculopapular exanthem (n=6, 42.9%, median Ct value: 24.8), followed by livedo reticularis (n=4, 28.6%, median Ct value: 21.3), varicella-like lesions (n=2, 14.3%, median Ct value: 19.3), urticaria (n=1, 7.1%, median Ct value: 14.4), and acral chilblain and petechiae (n=1, 7.1%, median Ct value: 33.1). The median Ct values for patients with and without rash were 22.9 and 24.1, respectively (P=0.58). There were no significant differences in mortality or hospital stay between patients with and without rash. Patients with rash were more likely to display fever on admission (P<0.01). Regardless of cutaneous manifestations, patients with older age, hypertension, and chronic kidney disease stage ≥3 had significantly higher viral load and mortality (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: This study revealed no associations between cutaneous manifestation and viral load or clinical outcomes. Older patients with multiple co-morbidities have risks of high viral load and mortality; they should be closely monitored.
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COVID-19 , Exantema , Adulto , Humanos , COVID-19/complicações , SARS-CoV-2 , Estudos de Coortes , Carga Viral , Estudos Retrospectivos , PrognósticoRESUMO
Background Healthcare-associated infections increase the patients' hospital stay, morbidity and mortality. It is important that professionals including students acquire knowledge on infection and acquire skills regarding preventive measures. Objective The objectives of this study were to assess the knowledge, perception and confidence on infection prevention and control measures and to find the correlation between variables among nursing students. Method A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted among 163 nursing students where a purposive sampling method was used to collect data using the selfstructured questionnaire via emails. The questionnaire contained four parts; part I: demographic characteristics, part II: knowledge (40 items), part III: perception (42 items) and part IV: confidence in performance (42 items) on infection prevention and control. Data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics where analysis of variance using Scheffe's post hoc test and Pearson's correlation test were used. Result Overall knowledge of the participants was fair (71%). They had good knowledge in general principles (85%) but notable poor knowledge in waste management (2%). There was a statistically significant difference in the knowledge among different levels of the students. A static correlation was found between the knowledge and confidence in performance whereas, perception was highly correlated with the confidence in performance of the participants. Conclusion Based on the findings of this study, it can be concluded that the students had fair level of knowledge regarding infection control measures. This study recommends the revision of nursing curriculum and mandating a standardized infection control curriculum across all schools of nursing in the country to improve the knowledge and practice.
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Conhecimentos, Atitudes e Prática em Saúde , Controle de Infecções , Estudantes de Enfermagem , Humanos , Estudantes de Enfermagem/psicologia , Estudos Transversais , Feminino , Masculino , Controle de Infecções/métodos , Inquéritos e Questionários , Adulto , Competência Clínica , Adulto Jovem , Percepção , Nepal , Infecção Hospitalar/prevenção & controleRESUMO
An early inflammatory insult is the most recognized risk factor associated with neurodevelopmental psychiatric disorders, even more so than genetic variants. Notably, complement component 4 (C4), a molecule involved in inflammatory responses, has been strongly associated with schizophrenia (SZ) and its role in other neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autism (ASD), is an area of active investigation. However, while C4 in SZ has been implicated in the context of synaptic pruning, little is known about its neuroinflammatory role. The subventricular zone (SVZ) is a region heavily involved in neurodevelopment and neuroimmune interactions through the lifespan; thus, it is a region wherein C4 may play a vital role in disease pathology. Using in situ hybridization with radioactive riboprobes and RNAscope, we identified robust astrocytic expression of C4 in the SVZ and in the septum pellucidum. C4 was also expressed in ependyma, neurons, and Ki67+ progenitor cells. Examination of mRNA levels showed elevated C4 in both ASD and SZ, with higher expression in SZ compared to controls. Targeted transcriptomic analysis of inflammatory pathways revealed a strong association of complement system genes with SZ, and to a lesser extent, ASD, as well as generalized immune dysregulation without a strong association with known infectious pathways. Analysis of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) showed that ASD DEGs were enriched in adaptive immune system functions such as Th cell differentiation, while SZ DEGs were enriched in innate immune system functions, including NF-κB and toll like receptor signaling. Moreover, the number of Ki67+ cells was significantly higher in ASD compared to SZ and controls. Taken together, these results support a role for C4 into inflammatory-neuroimmune dysregulation observed in SZ and ASD pathology.
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Transtorno do Espectro Autista , Complemento C4 , Esquizofrenia , Transtorno do Espectro Autista/genética , Complemento C4/metabolismo , Humanos , Antígeno Ki-67/metabolismo , Ventrículos Laterais/patologia , NF-kappa B/metabolismo , RNA MensageiroRESUMO
We report an acute Coxsackievirus B3 (CVB3)-induced meningo-cerebellitis in an immunocompetent adult patient. CVB3 has a global distribution and is the most common Enteroviruses cause of myocarditis and sudden cardiac death. To our knowledge, CVB3 is exceedingly rare as causes of meningo-encephalitis in immunocompetent adults, whereas some cases have been reported in neonates due to perinatal acquired infections or in immunocompromised patients.
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Infecções por Coxsackievirus , Infecções por Enterovirus , Enterovirus , Miocardite , Recém-Nascido , Humanos , Adulto , Infecções por Coxsackievirus/diagnóstico , Enterovirus Humano B/genética , Miocardite/tratamento farmacológicoRESUMO
A long, narrow, relativistic charged particle bunch propagating in plasma is subject to the self-modulation (SM) instability. We show that SM of a proton bunch can be seeded by the wakefields driven by a preceding electron bunch. SM timing reproducibility and control are at the level of a small fraction of the modulation period. With this seeding method, we independently control the amplitude of the seed wakefields with the charge of the electron bunch and the growth rate of SM with the charge of the proton bunch. Seeding leads to larger growth of the wakefields than in the instability case.
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OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the construct validity of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales-21 (DASS-21) for menopausal women in Indonesia. METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 236 women aged 45-60 years and assessed internal consistency using Cronbach's α. The study used convenience sampling. Test-retest reliability was measured twice on an extra 30 women at 1-week and 2-week intervals. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was employed to investigate its structural model fit. RESULTS: The intraclass correlation coefficient for the test-retest reliability ranged between 0.95 and 0.96. The overall Cronbach's α coefficient of the DASS-21 was 0.95. The CFA results indicated that the goodness-of-fit index was 0.85, comparative fit index was 0.95, root-mean-square error of approximation was 0.07, related fit index was 0.91 and normed fit index was 0.92. CONCLUSIONS: This study's results indicated that the DASS-21 has satisfactory validity and reliability for detecting depression, anxiety and stress in menopausal women in Indonesia.
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Ansiedade , Depressão , Ansiedade/diagnóstico , Estudos Transversais , Depressão/diagnóstico , Feminino , Humanos , Indonésia , Menopausa , Psicometria , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Inquéritos e QuestionáriosRESUMO
We use a relativistic ionization front to provide various initial transverse wakefield amplitudes for the self-modulation of a long proton bunch in plasma. We show experimentally that, with sufficient initial amplitude [≥(4.1±0.4) MV/m], the phase of the modulation along the bunch is reproducible from event to event, with 3%-7% (of 2π) rms variations all along the bunch. The phase is not reproducible for lower initial amplitudes. We observe the transition between these two regimes. Phase reproducibility is essential for deterministic external injection of particles to be accelerated.
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether gestational age at intervention (< or ≥ 16 weeks) and other factors affect the risk of loss of the cotwin after selective fetal reduction using radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in monochorionic (MC) pregnancy. METHODS: This was a single-center retrospective analysis of 63 consecutive RFA procedures performed at our institution from January 2011 to October 2019 for selective fetal reduction in complicated MC pregnancies. Indications for RFA were twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence (13 cases), twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (12 cases), twin anemia-polycythemia sequence (two cases), selective fetal growth restriction (10 cases), discordant anomalies (17 cases) and multifetal pregnancy reduction in triplets or quadruplets with a MC pair (nine cases). Twenty-six (41.3%) of these procedures were performed before and 37 (58.7%) after 16 weeks. Potential factors that could affect the risk of loss of the cotwin, including gestational age at RFA, order of multiple pregnancy, amnionicity, indication for RFA and number of ablation cycles, were assessed first by univariate analysis and then by multivariate analysis. RESULTS: There were 17 (27.0%) cotwin losses. Ablation cycles numbering four or more was the only factor among those investigated to be associated with loss of the cotwin after RFA (P = 0.035; odds ratio, 5.21), while the indication for RFA, order of multiple pregnancy, amnionicity and gestational age at RFA had no effect. Comparing RFA performed at < 16 vs ≥ 16 weeks, there was no difference in the rate of cotwin loss (23.1% vs 29.7%; P = 0.558) or preterm prelabor rupture of the membranes before 34 weeks (7.7% vs 5.4%; P = 0.853), or in the median gestational age at delivery (36.2 vs 37.3 weeks; P = 0.706). CONCLUSIONS: RFA is a promising tool for early selective fetal reduction in MC pregnancy before 16 weeks. Four or more ablation cycles is a major risk factor for cotwin loss. Careful assessment pre- and post-RFA, together with proficient operative skills to minimize the number of ablation cycles, are the mainstay to ensure that this procedure is effective and safe. © 2020 International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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Redução de Gravidez Multifetal , Gravidez Múltipla , Adulto , Feminino , Idade Gestacional , Humanos , Recém-Nascido , Complicações Pós-Operatórias , Gravidez , Resultado da Gravidez , Trimestres da Gravidez , Ablação por Radiofrequência , Estudos RetrospectivosRESUMO
INTRODUCTION: Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) practices improve postoperative recovery and reduce postoperative length of stay (LOS) in patients undergoing primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) or total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Our study investigated whether these promising results could be reproduced in a private hospital setting. METHODS: In total, 228 patients were included in the study cohort: the conventional group comprised 117 patients from 2012 to 2014, while the ERAS group comprised 111 patients from 2017 to 2018. All patients had undergone unilateral primary THA or TKA at a private hospital in Hong Kong. The outcome was postoperative LOS; factors affecting LOS were also investigated. RESULTS: No significant differences were found in any baseline parameters between the two groups of patients. The mean LOS was significantly shorter in the ERAS group than in the conventional group (3.28 ± 1.04 vs 5.16 ± 2.06 days, P<0.001). Moreover, a significantly greater proportion of patients could be discharged on or before postoperative day 3 in the ERAS group, compared with the conventional group (77.5% vs 13.7%, P<0.001). A significant difference in LOS was observed between general ward and private ward patients (3.06 ± 0.59 vs 3.66 ± 1.46 days, P=0.003). Sex, age, and nature of surgery (TKA vs THA) did not have significant effects on LOS. CONCLUSIONS: The ERAS practices yielded a significant improvement in postoperative LOS, compared to conventional practices, among patients who underwent unilateral primary THA or TKA in a private hospital.
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Artroplastia de Quadril , Artroplastia do Joelho , Recuperação Pós-Cirúrgica Melhorada , Hospitais Privados , Humanos , Tempo de Internação , Readmissão do Paciente , Complicações Pós-Operatórias/epidemiologiaRESUMO
We demonstrate a widely applicable technique to absolutely calibrate the energy scale of x-ray spectra with experimentally well-known and accurately calculable transitions of highly charged ions, allowing us to measure the K-shell Rydberg spectrum of molecular O_{2} with 8 meV uncertainty. We reveal a systematic â¼450 meV shift from previous literature values, and settle an extraordinary discrepancy between astrophysical and laboratory measurements of neutral atomic oxygen, the latter being calibrated against the aforementioned O_{2} literature values. Because of the widespread use of such, now deprecated, references, our method impacts on many branches of x-ray absorption spectroscopy. Moreover, it potentially reduces absolute uncertainties there to below the meV level.
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We study experimentally the effect of linear plasma density gradients on the self-modulation of a 400 GeV proton bunch. Results show that a positive or negative gradient increases or decreases the number of microbunches and the relative charge per microbunch observed after 10 m of plasma. The measured modulation frequency also increases or decreases. With the largest positive gradient we observe two frequencies in the modulation power spectrum. Results are consistent with changes in wakefields' phase velocity due to plasma density gradients adding to the slow wakefields' phase velocity during self-modulation growth predicted by linear theory.
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We give direct experimental evidence for the observation of the full transverse self-modulation of a long, relativistic proton bunch propagating through a dense plasma. The bunch exits the plasma with a periodic density modulation resulting from radial wakefield effects. We show that the modulation is seeded by a relativistic ionization front created using an intense laser pulse copropagating with the proton bunch. The modulation extends over the length of the proton bunch following the seed point. By varying the plasma density over one order of magnitude, we show that the modulation frequency scales with the expected dependence on the plasma density, i.e., it is equal to the plasma frequency, as expected from theory.
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We measure the effects of transverse wakefields driven by a relativistic proton bunch in plasma with densities of 2.1×10^{14} and 7.7×10^{14} electrons/cm^{3}. We show that these wakefields periodically defocus the proton bunch itself, consistently with the development of the seeded self-modulation process. We show that the defocusing increases both along the bunch and along the plasma by using time resolved and time-integrated measurements of the proton bunch transverse distribution. We evaluate the transverse wakefield amplitudes and show that they exceed their seed value (<15 MV/m) and reach over 300 MV/m. All these results confirm the development of the seeded self-modulation process, a necessary condition for external injection of low energy and acceleration of electrons to multi-GeV energy levels.
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BACKGROUND: Current methods for assessing strength of evidence prioritize the contributions of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). The objective of this study was to characterize strength of evidence (SOE) tools in recent use, identify their application to lifestyle interventions for improved longevity, vitality, or successful aging, and to assess implications of the findings. METHODS: The search strategy was created in PubMed and modified as needed for four additional databases: Embase, AnthropologyPlus, PsycINFO, and Ageline, supplemented by manual searching. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of intervention trials or observational studies relevant to lifestyle intervention were included if they used a specified SOE tool. Data was collected for each SOE tool. Conditions necessary for assigning the highest SOE grading and treatment of prospective cohort studies within each SOE rating framework were summarized. The expert panel convened to discuss the implications of findings for assessing evidence in the domain of lifestyle medicine. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: A total of 15 unique tools were identified. Ten were tools developed and used by governmental agencies or other equivalent professional bodies and were applicable in a variety of settings. Of these 10, four require consistent results from RCTs of high quality to award the highest rating of evidence. Most SOE tools include prospective cohort studies only to note their secondary contribution to overall SOE as compared to RCTs. We developed a new construct, Hierarchies of Evidence Applied to Lifestyle Medicine (HEALM), to illustrate the feasibility of a tool based on the specific contributions of diverse research methods to understanding lifetime effects of health behaviors. Assessment of evidence relevant to lifestyle medicine requires a potential adaptation of SOE approaches when outcomes and/or exposures obviate exclusive or preferential reliance on RCTs. This systematic review was registered with the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews, PROSPERO [CRD42018082148].
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Pesquisa Biomédica/métodos , Medicina Baseada em Evidências/métodos , Comportamentos Relacionados com a Saúde , Estilo de Vida , Ensaios Clínicos Controlados Aleatórios como Assunto/métodos , Projetos de Pesquisa , Idoso , Envelhecimento , Pesquisa Biomédica/classificação , Medicina Baseada em Evidências/classificação , Humanos , Ensaios Clínicos Controlados Aleatórios como Assunto/classificaçãoRESUMO
In this article, we briefly summarize the experiments performed during the first run of the Advanced Wakefield Experiment, AWAKE, at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research). The final goal of AWAKE Run 1 (2013-2018) was to demonstrate that 10-20 MeV electrons can be accelerated to GeV energies in a plasma wakefield driven by a highly relativistic self-modulated proton bunch. We describe the experiment, outline the measurement concept and present first results. Last, we outline our plans for the future. This article is part of the Theo Murphy meeting issue 'Directions in particle beam-driven plasma wakefield acceleration'.