Marco Minella, Khan M. G. Mostofa, Cong-Qiang Liu, Davide Vione
Received: September 5, 2019; Published: January 21, 2020; doi:10.21926/obm.acr.2001004

Abstract: Superoxide, produced photochemically as well as microbially, is an important reactant present in seawater and a major source of hydrogen peroxide. Superoxide decay may occur through catalyzed or uncatalyzed dismutation forming H2O2 and O2, through oxidation to O2, or through reduction into H2O2. Und [...]

Garuth Eliot Chalfont, Jane Simpson, Fiona J R Eccles, Christine Milligan
Received: September 06, 2019; Published: January 21, 2020; doi:10.21926/obm.geriatr.2001102

Abstract: The urgent need for innovative approaches to dementia treatment that are acceptable, effective and affordable underlies this research. Growing evidence supports ‘integrative medicine’ as a potential treatment approach aligned with and including conventional medicine. However, success will depend on [...]

Kim Lawson
Received: November 05, 2019; Published: January 20, 2020; doi:10.21926/obm.neurobiol.2001049

Abstract: Fibromyalgia, characterised by persistent pain, sleep disturbance, fatigue and cognitive dysfunction, is a central sensitivity syndrome that also involves abnormality in peripheral generators and in the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis. Heterogeneity of clinical expression of fibromyalgia with a [...]

Julia Henderson
Received: November 05, 2019; Published: January 17, 2020; doi:10.21926/obm.geriatr.2001101

Abstract: none

Michael Fossel
Received: January 14, 2020; Published: January 15, 2020; doi:10.21926/obm.geriatr.2001100

Abstract: none

Jeanie Youngwerth, Heather Coats, Amy Jones, Angela Wibben, Elizabeth Somes, Sue Felton, Ashley Anderson, Kathleen Flarity, Kellar Elliott, Jean Kutner
Received: November 17, 2019; Published: January 14, 2020; doi:10.21926/obm.icm.2001004

Abstract: The University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) implemented a Creative Arts Therapy (CAT) program offering CAT to hospitalized patients as a component of comprehensive palliative care (PC) services. The objective of this pilot program evaluation study was to evaluate short-term effects of CAT on patient s [...]

Satoshi Migita, Tomoya Yamaguchi
Received: September 18, 2019; Published: January 14, 2020; doi:10.21926/rpm.2001003

Abstract: The surface roughness of titanium could regulate various cellular functions such as survival and growth. In the context of cell adhesion to materials, cell spreading and cell shape are also closely linked to various cellular functions. Previously, we found that Ti substrate with a 100-nm scale surfa [...]

Yan Yang, Gerhard Litscher
Received: January 08, 2020; Published: January 14, 2020; doi:10.21926/obm.icm.2001003

Abstract: Acupuncture, being a unique method, is a millennia-old tradition in the field of Chinese medicine. However, it is surprising that there are very few scientific publications on acupuncture and its gender-specific effects. This article summarizes the previous work from the perspective of both Western [...]

Joep Geraedts
Received: January 14, 2020; Published: January 14, 2020; doi:10.21926/obm.genet.2001102

Abstract: At the beginning of a new year it is always good to look both backwards and forwards and to highlight a few items that are relevant with respect to the long-term development of our journal. As everybody knows, the principle of open access publishing is that the authors pay fees (the article‐processi [...]

Charisse Chehovich, Tammie Lee Demler
Received: October 14, 2019; Published: January 10, 2020; doi:10.21926/obm.geriatr.2001099

Abstract: Second-generation antipsychotics, have known metabolic side effects; specifically, clozapine is implicated in worsening or causing hyperglycemia, hypercholesterolemia and weight gain. Recently, there has been an increased interest in the safe use of clozapine in patients with diabetes. In March 2018 [...]