REDUCING THE RISK OF VISUAL DISABILITY FOR CHILDREN WITH JUVENILE IDIOPATHIC ARTHRITIS UVEITIS THROUGH DISEASE SURVEILLANCE: PAST AND FUTURE CHALLENGES

Reducing the risk of visual disability for children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis uveitis through disease surveillance: past and future challenges

Abstract Childhood blindness significantly impacts development, education, employment, and mental health, creating burden for families and society.Between 8% and 30% of children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) develop a potentially blinding chronic inflammatory eye disease, uveitis (JIAU).Alongside the use of disease-modifying agents and a

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Quantum Lock: A Provable Quantum Communication Advantage

Physical unclonable functions(PUFs) provide a unique fingerprint to a physical entity by exploiting the inherent physical randomness.Gao et al.discussed the vulnerability of most current-day PUFs to sophisticated machine learning-based attacks.We address this problem by integrating classical PUFs and existing quantum communication technology.Specif

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Phage therapy against Enterococcus faecalis in dental root canals

Antibiotic resistance is an ever-growing problem faced by all major sectors of health care, including dentistry.Recurrent infections related to multidrug-resistant bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in hospitals are untreatable and questio

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Benefits of fermented synbiotic soymilk containing Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidobacterium lactis, and inulin towards lead toxicity alleviation

This study aims to evaluate the effect of fermented synbiotic soy milk containing Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bifidobacterium lactis, and inulin on a series of hematological and oxidative stress parameters, as well as serum lead levels in rats.In this study, 56 male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned to assess probiotics (L.acidophilus or B.

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