Since the beginning of the pandemic due to the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and its related disease, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), several articles reported negative outcomes in surgery of infected patients. Aim of this study is to report results of patients with COVID-19-positive swab, in the…[Read more]

160, 95% CI = 0.037-0.698, P = 0.015), and time to Montreal Cognitive Assessment 3-point decrease (HR = 0.389, 95% CI = 0.160-0.946, P = 0.037), but had no relationship with time to tremor 4-point increase (HR = 1.638, 95% CI = 0.822-3.266, P = 0.161) and time to death (HR = 0.713, 95% CI = 0.219-2.319, P = 0.574). Our study indicated that ET…[Read more]

Professional dancers demonstrate an amazing ability to control their balance. However, little is known about how they coordinate their body segments for such superior control. In this study, we investigated how dancers coordinate body segments when a physical perturbation is given to their body. A custom-made machine was used to provide a short…[Read more]

As proof-of-concept, we evaluated these adsorbents for purification of laboratory water samples prepared to independently recapitulate each of two strongly polluted rivers the Bone (Indonesia) and Buringanga (Bangladesh) rivers. In both cases, our microbeads reduced the levels of all the metal contaminants to below the corresponding permissible…[Read more]