PubMed HealthSearch

SEARCH · PubMed Health

Results for “Mobility”

Explore indexed PubMed citations for clinical trials, systematic reviews and public health research. Read source abstracts and follow each citation to its original PubMed record.

Quote a phrase for an exact phrase match. Source license links do not imply unrestricted reuse.

At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources

Malaria Risk among Internally Mobile Individuals and Heterogeneous Mobility Patterns in Two Hypoendemic Communities: Implications for Malaria Elimination in the Peruvian Amazon.

BACKGROUND: Human mobility is increasingly recognized as a key factor influencing malaria transmission dynamics, particularly in low-transmission settings approaching elimination. This study aimed to assess mobility patterns and their association with malaria risk in two hypoendemic communities in the Peruvian Amazon. METHOD: A longitudinal study was conducted in the communities of Libertad and Urcomira&#xf1;o (Maz&#xe1;n River basin). Monthly population screenings were combined with weekly active and passive case detection. A total of 678 individuals were enrolled. Mobility patterns were assessed through structured questionnaires, and social network analysis was used to characterize travel connections. Log-binomial regression analysis was applied to identify risk factors associated with malaria infection. RESULT: Internally, mobile individuals in Libertad showed a higher malaria incidence (>32.47 cases per 1,000 person-months) than those in Urcomira&#xf1;o (<10.15 cases per 1,000 person-months). Travel networks were mainly connected to Mazan district and Iquitos city, followed by local streams such as Armas and Arahuana. Mobility was primarily driven by family, administrative and occupational activities. Male sex (PR = 2.15, 95% CI: 1.37 - 3.37) and age &#x2265;15 years (PR = 1.98, 95% CI: 1.24 - 3.19) were significantly associated with malaria infection (p-value < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Internally mobile populations represent a key high-risk group sustaining malaria transmission in hypoendemic settings. Targeted interventions focusing on mobile individuals should be integrated into malaria elimination strategies in the Peruvian Amazon and similar endemic regions.

Malaria elimination

A Parallel Accumulation-Mobility Aligned Fragmentation Strategy Utilizing High-Resolution Ion Mobility for High-Performance Proteomics Analysis.

Here we present a novel data-independent acquisition (DIA) mass spectrometry (MS) operating mode termed parallel accumulation-mobility aligned fragmentation (PAMAF) that offers enhanced speed and sensitivity of ion fragmentation analysis for discovery workflows such as bottom-up proteomics. This mode of operation leverages high-resolution ion mobility (HRIM) separation capabilities of the structures for lossless ion manipulation technology to achieve HRIM-based precursor isolation in place of traditional quadrupole filtering approaches. PAMAF mode increases the number of features that can be identified per MS1/MS2 acquisition cycle by employing mobility-based time alignment to associate fragment ions with their corresponding precursor ions. By using a high-speed, lossless separation technique for precursor isolation instead of the comparatively slow and wasteful quadrupole filtering, ion losses are avoided while simultaneously increasing the rate at which precursor ions are sequentially fragmented and detected. In addition, by accumulating ions while the previous packet of ions is being analyzed, the PAMAF mode achieves &#x223c;100% ion utilization efficiency. Benchmarking results of LC-PAMAF-MS analysis of a whole cell protein digest showed &#x223c;6&#xd7; more protein group identifications compared to a standard data-dependent acquisition analysis without HRIM on the same QTOF instrument, and >100 x improvement for low-load workflows. Quantitative evaluations demonstrated that PAMAF mode could quantify low abundance peptides, including those undetectable by data-dependent acquisition. In addition, since precursor isolation in PAMAF mode is size-based rather than m/z-based, coeluting isobars and isomers can be resolved prior to fragmentation, eliminating chimeric spectra that compromise identification accuracy. We also explored the benefits of combining HRIM and quadrupole isolation to achieve improved specificity termed DIA-PAMAF mode, which enabled the detection of over 8000 protein groups from a HeLa digest analysis. PAMAF mode brings a powerful new technique to the field of proteomics with the potential to improve the sensitivity and selectivity of mass spectrometry-based proteomics.

Proteomics

[Studies with the HSE-digital periodontometer on tooth mobility and for checking of clinical degrees of mobility].

The mobility of normal teeth and teeth with periodontal lesions could be measured by means of the newly constructed HSE-digital-periodontometer and specially developed measuring head. After obtaining norm values, measurements of pethological changes allowed us to determine to what degree the clinically increased mobility of teeth was subject to subjective influences (range of error 36.5 to 70.5%). These results suggest that the scale of clinical grades of tooth mobility be increased to 5 altogether and that practical objective measuring apparatus be developed especially for dental practice.

Adult

Postsynthetic modification of high mobility group proteins. Evidence that high mobility group proteins are acetylated.

High mobility group proteins were isolated from calf thymus and duck erythrocyte nuclei and the possibility was investigated that these proteins undergo acetylation similar to that occurring in some histones. Dinitrophenylation of the proteins followed by acid hydrolysis and amino acid analysis indicated that 2 to 3% of the lysine residues present were unavailable for reaction with fluorodinitrobenzene. Extensive enzymatic degradation with trypsin and pronase and subsequent amino acid analysis showed a significant amount of material eluting at the position of epsilon-N-acetyllysine. Recovery and acid hydrolysis of this material generated a peak eluting in the lysine position. In vitro radioactive labeling of calf thymus nuclei with [3H]acetate yielded labeled high mobility group proteins. All of these findings are in accord with the conclusion that high mobility group proteins are acetylated and that acetylation occurs as a postsynthetic modification of these proteins.

Acetylation

Comparison between the macrophage electrophoretic mobility (MEM) and the fixed tanned erythrocyte electrophoretic mobility (FTEEM) tests in the detection of cancer.

When peripheral lymphocytes from patients with a history of cancer are incubated with encephalitogenic factor (EF), in 90% of cases the resulting products reduce the net surface negativity of guinea-pig macrophages, used as detector cells, as revealed in the macrophage electrophoretic mobility (MEM) test. The MEM test is positive in 36% of people with no history of cancer. Formaldehyde-fixed tanned sheep erythrocytes have been used as detector cells in place of guinea-pig macrophages, in a fixed tanned erythrocyte electrophoretic mobility (FTEEM) test, with lymphocyte products identical to those used in MEM tests. In patients with a history of cancer, positive results were obtained in 28/42 cases with the FTEEM test compared with 32/42 in the MEM test. In people with no history of cancer, negative results were obtained in 16/18 cases with the FTEEM test, compared with 12/18 in the MEM test in the present series, and 51/69 in a more extensive series. These differences are not significant. Cases in which discrepancies are revealed between the two tests are discussed in terms of individual case histories.

Animals

A comparison of the kinetics of the macrophage electrophoretic mobility (MEM) and the tanned sheep erythrocyte electrophoretic mobility (TEEM) tests.

In this study the macrophage electrophoretic mobility (MEM) test was modified by using tanned sheep erythrocytes in place of guinea pig peritoneal macrophages as the indicator cells of lymphocyte sensitization to antigens. This modification is named the tanned sheep erythrocyte electrophoretic mobility (TEEM) test, and a comparison of the kinetics of the two systems allowed the following conclusions to be made: 1) Treatment of freshly drawn sheep red blood cells with a concentration of 1/40,000 tannic acid produced optimum results in the TEEM test. 2) Lymphocyte-antigen and lymphocyte-number response curves show similarity in the two test systems. 3) A plateau response with slowing factor is achieved at a lower dilution in the TEEM test than in the MEM test. 4) Whilst similarity in the first stage reaction was found in the two systems, in the second stage of the test (at 37 degrees C) tanned sheep red cells gave a plateau response after 45 min instead of the 60 min found in the MEM test. 5) The two slowing factors showed similar gel filtration patterns with molecular weights between 13,000 and 15,000 daltons, and had equivalent activity in both test systems. 6) The disadvantages of the guinea pig macrophage as an indicator cell are discussed. 7) The TEEM test seems simpler to perform than the MEM test and may be widely applicable in clinical immunology for the estimation of lymphocyte sensitization.

Animals

The isolation and partial sequence of peptides produced by cyanogen bromide cleavage of calf thymus non-histone chromosomal high-mobility-group protein 2. Sequence homology with non-histone chromosomal high-mobility-group protein 1.

Peptides produced by CNBr cleavage of non-histone chromosomal protein HMG 2 (CNBr peptides) were isolated and characterized, and their partial sequences were determined. The present sequence data account for over half of the sequence of the protein HMG (high-mobility-group) 2 molecule, and, together with previously published results, provide interesting information on the charge distribution within the molecule. Comparison of the CNBr-peptide-sequence data for protein HMG 2 with the previously published data on the CNBr peptides from protein HMG 1 reveals extensive sequence homology between the two proteins. Detailed evidence for the amino acid-sequence data has been deposited as Supplementary Publication SUP 50095 (6 pages) at the British Library Lending Division, Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 7BQ, U.K., from whom copies may be obtained on the terms given in Biochem. J. (1978) 169, 5.

Amino Acid Sequence

Treatment of ankle sprains with joint aspiration, xylocaine infiltration, and early mobilization. Ankle sprains treated with xylocaine infiltration and early mobilization.

Ninety-nine ankle sprains were arbitrarily divided into a control (54 patients) and a study (45 patients) group. Both groups were treated with elevation, ice compression wraps crutches, and early mobilization. In addition, the study group underwent ankle joint aspiration and local injection of the involved ligaments with 4-10 cc of 1% xylocaine. The difference between recovery times in the control group (mean, 10.7 days) and in the study group (mean, 4.4 days) reached statistical significance at p less than 0.001 by Wilcoxon two-sample test. Because there are inherent risks in this treatment, it is not recommended for all patients. However, for those requiring early remission of symptoms to allow early return to pre-injury activities, this treatment is suggested by the author.

Adult