Michael Lott

Background Cancer is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the world. It results in considerable mental, physical, and emotional stress for patients. Because of the nature and impact of the disease, and its treatment, measurements of patient satisfaction are important to bring to the attention of health-care providers in order to…[Read more]

Clinical guidelines recommend that physicians educate patients about illnesses and antibiotics to eliminate inappropriate preferences for antibiotics. We expected that information provision about illnesses and antibiotics would reduce but not eliminate inappropriate preferences for antibiotics and that cognitive biases could explain why some…[Read more]

Currently, there are no standardized methods for quantitatively measuring fracture repair. Physicians rely on subjective physical examinations and qualitative evaluation of radiographs to detect mineralized tissue. Since most fractures heal indirectly through a cartilage intermediate, these tools are limited in their diagnostic utility of early…[Read more]

The results showed high expression levels of lacZ and galKTM genes and reabsorption of extracellular galactose. WNK-IN-11 S. thermophilus MN-ZLW-002 can metabolize and utilize galactose. Overall, this comprehensive network of carbohydrate metabolism is useful for further studies of the control of glycolytic pathway during the high-density culture…[Read more]

How tissues migrate robustly through changing guidance landscapes is poorly understood. SB1518 Here, quantitative imaging is combined with inducible perturbation experiments to investigate the mechanisms that ensure robust tissue migration in vivo. We show that tissues exposed to acute “chemokine floods” halt transiently before they perfectly…[Read more]

Data were statistically analyzed with analysis of variance for repeated measurement and Bonferroni correction, t test, Fisher’s exact probability test, and Mann-Whitney U test. Results (1) After matching, during the first to third 24 h post injury, the total fluid replacement coefficient and glucose input volume of patients in inhalation injury…[Read more]