Abstract Background Depression and diabetes are major health challenges, with heavy economic social burden, and comorbid depression in diabetes could lead to a wide range of poor health outcomes.Although many descriptive studies have highlighted the prevalence of comorbid depression and its associated factors, the situation in Hunan, China, remains
Abstract Background Complete surgical removal of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is central to all curative treatment approaches for this aggressive disease, yet this is only possible in patients technically amenable to resection.Hence, an accurate assessment of whether patients are suitable for surgery is of paramount importance.The SCANPa
Study region: A large, densely populated area nearby Padova (Veneto Region, Italy) is exposed to floods owing to the Brenta-Bacchiglione river network, which is formed by two main rivers and by a set of interconnected channels, control structures and pump stations.Study focus: The Brenta and Bacchiglione rivers suffer from an increasing pressure in
IntroductionWood digestion in insects relies on the maintenance of a mosaic of numerous microhabitats, each colonized by distinct microbiomes.Understanding the division of digestive labor between these microhabitats- is central to understanding the physiology and evolution of symbiotic wood digestion.A microhabitat that has emerged to be of direct
Little progress has been made in modern lymphatic medicine since Dr.Kinmonth first described pedal lymphangiography in the 1950s.The clinical need for an effective treatment modality for managing lymphatic leakage greatly increased only after intranodal lymphangiography, which enabled Baby One-Pieces the depiction of the exact location of the leaka