Young Adults with Ischemic Stroke in Argentina: A National Multicenter Retrospective Registry Analysis (JACARANDA).

Background: Young adults account for up to 15% of all ischemic strokes, yet data from Latin America remain scarce. Understanding their clinical profile and outcomes is essential to inform targeted interventions and public health strategies. We aimed to characterize demographics, vascular risk factors, stroke etiology, access to acute reperfusion therapies, and 90-day outcomes in Argentine patients aged 18-50 years with ischemic stroke.

Evaluating the Diagnostic Accuracy of a Portable, Motorized, and Remotely Controlled Slit Lamp Imaging Adaptor Prototype for Head-Mounted Displays.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to validate the performance of a portable and remotely controlled slit lamp imaging adaptor.

Methods: Twenty patients with anterior eye segment conditions participated in a randomized masked clinical trial. Imaging was performed using a Haag-Streit AG, BX 900 slit lamp biomicroscope and a new slit lamp prototype.

Portable Anterior Eye Segment Imaging System for Teleophthalmology.

Objective: This study aims to compare a new prototype for a portable anterior eye segment imaging system with the standard method for ophthalmology examination.

Methods: The new imaging system consisted of two IMX219 Arducam autofocus sensors (Arducam, China, Nanjing) for Raspberry Pi V2 camera module connected to a Raspberry Pi Zero W (Raspberry Pi Foundation, UK, Cambridge) that clips to a wearable headset. The 2D videos of the anterior eye segment were recorded with the new system and a 720p FaceTime HD camera (Apple, Cupertino, CA).

Novel antimicrobial agents as alternative to chlorine with potential applications in the fruit and vegetable processing industry.

There has been an increasing demand for fresh fruit and vegetables in recent years. Along the processing line in fresh-cut vegetable production, disinfection is one of the most important processing steps affecting the quality and safety, and the shelf-life of the end produce. Although a range of antimicrobial compounds commonly termed biocides or disinfectants are available, chlorine has long been used to disinfect washing waters of fresh-cut vegetables.

Etiologic spectrum and functional outcome of the acute inflammatory myelitis.

Clinical, neuroimaging, and laboratory features are not specific enough to establish the etiological diagnosis of the acute inflammatory myelitis (AIM). Longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis (LETM) seen on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been associated with a poor functional prognosis. The aim of this study was to assess the functional outcomes of a first AIM event comparing patients with LETM vs.