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Impact of Xpert® Carba-R-based screening for carbapenem-resistant organisms on infection-related mortality in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients
CONCLUSIONS: Our study showed a positive effect of more rapid CRO colonization screening using rectal swabs with Xpert Carba-R and culture, which can guide potent CRO preemptive therapy for subsequent infections based on the detected carbapenemase mechanism, thereby reducing mortality and the spread of CRO infection in HSCT patients. →
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Why It’s So Hard to Battle Corporate Debt with Policy
When Donald Trump signed the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), it seemed like a huge win for corporations. The new law slashed the corporate tax rate from as high as 39 percent to a flat 21 percent. But beneath that business-friendly benefit lurked some less-favorable changes to how companies calculate their tax burden,… →
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Say Hello to Your New AI Study Buddy
It’s perhaps the classroom’s worst-kept secret: students are using generative AI to do their homework. Large-language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT are getting so good, in fact, that they’re starting to make traditional homework like essays and conceptual questions feel almost obsolete. “The no-AI case doesn’t exist anymore,” says Robert Bray, a Kellogg associate professor of… →
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When It Comes to Creativity, AI Doesn’t Always Have the Answer
When Kellogg professor Brian Uzzi wanted to challenge how his students thought about artificial intelligence, he started by giving them a simple test called the Divergent Aptitude Test (DAT), which measures general creativity. Test-takers have four minutes to come up with a list of ten words that are as different as possible from one another.… →
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Telehealth insulin titration in adults with diabetes: a randomized controlled trial comparing bluetooth-enabled versus traditional glucometers
CONCLUSION: BTG did not demonstrate glycemic superiority over TG in telehealth insulin titration; however, its association with reduced emergency department visits suggests potential benefits for healthcare utilization. Future studies should investigate the integration of BTG with comprehensive diabetes care platforms, with a focus on long-term outcomes and cost-effectiveness. →
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Functional, Radiological, and Scapular Motion Evaluation of Surgical Versus Nonsurgical Treatment of Type 3 Acromioclavicular Dislocations: A Randomized Controlled Trial With 24 months’ Follow-up
CONCLUSION: Surgical management of type 3 AC joint dislocations resulted in similar DASH scores and range of motion compared with nonoperative management, although some secondary outcomes-including higher UCLA scores and cosmetic satisfaction scores-favored surgery.The trial was registered in the Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials (RBR-4r6jhy6). →
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Smart Document Scanning with Live OCR using OpenCV.js
Imagine uploading an image of a document into your browser and watching it automatically detect page boundaries, correct perspective distortion, extract searchable text, and generate a clean, professional PDF, all without transmitting a single byte to a remote server. This isn’t science fiction; it’s the result of modern, high-performance web technologies running entirely on the… →
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Clinical effectiveness of early surgical fixation versus cast immobilization for adults with a scaphoid waist fracture: five-year follow-up of the Scaphoid Waist Internal Fixation for Fractures Trial
CONCLUSION: The clinical effectiveness of the two forms of treatment remained similar at five years. The recommendation that adult patients with a fracture of the waist of the scaphoid which is displaced by ≤ 2 mm should be treated inially with immobilization in a cast, followed by early fixation of a nonunion, is further corroborated… →
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Impact of Real-Time, On-Demand Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Testing at Point-of-Care on Antibiotic Prescribing and Clinical Outcome in Pediatric Outpatients With Acute Respiratory Illness: A Prospective, Quasi-Randomized, Controlled Study
CONCLUSIONS: Use of Xpert Xpress Flu/RSV at point-of-care in pediatric outpatients with ARI reduced antibiotic prescription, which has the potential to improve antibiotic stewardship. →
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Effects of Individualized Step Targets on Physical Activity in COPD. A Randomized Study
CONCLUSION: Providing individualized step targets did not increase the proportion of subjects who achieved their targets, but it increased their step counts after six months. GDF-15 may be involved in the increase in the step count. →
