INTRODUCTION: To evaluate the performance of first trimester nuchal translucency scan screening among pregnant women in Nigeria.Methods: A prospective observational and questionnaire based study involving 510 pregnant women between 11+0 and 13+6 weeks.Routine counselling and nuchal translucency measurement was conducted using the FMF, London guidel
Abstract Passive acoustic monitoring is a standard technique for studying bat ecology and behavior.However, an issue that has received little attention is how to appropriately analyze data within a long‐term acoustic monitoring dataset when the equipment has been replaced and updated.Equipment changes are often inevitable, especially for micropho
The current spread of dementia is engendering an emergency that is not limited to the medical issues but also involves its social dimension.Accordingly, it is necessary to promote a perspective change about the disease that supports a more inclusive view of people with dementia.To ensure this, Dementia-Friendly Communities (DFCs) have recently been
Abstract Communication between embryo and maternal endometrium occurs during a specific time frame in which implantation is possible.Here we demonstrate for the first time that conditioned media from non-manipulated human embryos cultured in vitro for 3 days or up to the blastocyst stage contain extracellular vesicles (EVs) with a diameter of 50 Le
We investigated a cluster of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections among persons RUTIN at a wilderness canoe camp.Isolates from the investigation had identical profiles for susceptibility, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, and toxins.Participants in activities that involve skin injury, person-to-person contact,