To reflect human development,it is critical to create a substrate that can support long-term cell survival,differentiation,and *** are promising materials for 3D ***,a bulk structure consisting of dense polymer networ...
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To reflect human development,it is critical to create a substrate that can support long-term cell survival,differentiation,and *** are promising materials for 3D ***,a bulk structure consisting of dense polymer networks often leads to suboptimal microenvironments that impedes nutrient exchange and cell-to-cell ***,granular hydrogel-based scaffolds were used to support 3D human induced pluripotent stem cell(hiPSC)-derived neural networks.A custom designed 3D printed toolset was developed to extrude hyaluronic acid hydrogel through a porous nylon fabric to generate hydrogel *** and hydrogel granules were combined using a weaker secondary gelation step,forming self-supporting cell laden *** three and seven days,granular scaffolds supported higher cell viability compared to bulk hydrogels,whereas granular scaffolds supported more neurite bearing cells and longer neurite extensions(65.52±11.59μm)after seven days compared to bulk hydrogels(22.90±4.70μm).Long-term(three-month)cultures of clinically relevant hiPSC-derived neural cells in granular hydrogels supported well established neuronal and astrocytic colonies and a high level of neurite extension both inside and beyond the *** approach is significant as it provides a simple,rapid and efficient way to achieve a tissue-relevant granular structure within hydrogel cultures.
Objective:We present first-phase results of a performing arts public health intervention,‘Singing and Dancing for Health,’aiming to promote healthier behaviors in Ghana’s impoverished Northern *** hypothesize that ...
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Objective:We present first-phase results of a performing arts public health intervention,‘Singing and Dancing for Health,’aiming to promote healthier behaviors in Ghana’s impoverished Northern *** hypothesize that live music and dance drama provide a powerful technology to overcome barriers such as illiteracy,lack of adequate media access,inadequate health resources,and entrenched sociocultural *** research objective is to evaluate this ***:In this first phase,we evaluated the effectiveness of arts interventions in improv-ing knowledge and behaviors associated with reduced incidence of malaria and cholera,focusing on basic information and simple practices,such as proper hand *** with the Youth Home Cultural Group,we codeveloped two‘dance dramas’delivering health messages through di-alog,lyrics,and drama,using music and dance to attract spectators,focus attention,infuse emotion,and socialize *** also designed knowledge,attitude,and behavior surveys as measurement *** purposive sampling,we selected three contrasting test villages in the vicinity,contrasting in size and *** cooperation of chiefs,elders,elected officials,and Gha-na Health Service officers,we conducted a baseline survey in each ***,we performed the interventions,and subsequently conducted follow-up *** a more qualitative approach,we also tracked a select subgroup,conducted focus group studies,and collected ***-veys were coded and data were analyzed by Epi ***:Both quantitative and qualitative methods indicated that those who attended the dance drama performances were likelier than those who did not attend to list the causal,preven-tive,and transmission factors of malaria and ***,the same attendees were likelier than nonattendees to list some activities they do to prevent malaria,cholera,and other sanitation-related diseases,proving that dance dramas were highly effective both in raisi
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