Researchers report practice-based evidence built on clinical findings where an intensive therapeutic approach called ACQUIRE Therapy was used as a rehabilitation/habilitation tool for children diagnosed with CASK mutations. Receptive communication improved in all children. The most common motor skill improvements occurred in trunk control occurring in 33 percent of children. Documentation of cognitive-motor pairing of skills was documented in all children.

In 2015, the Chinese Society of Hepatology and the Chinese Society of Gastroenterology published a consensus on primary biliary cholangitis (PBC). In the past years, numerous clinical studies have been published in the field of PBC. To guide the clinical diagnosis and management of PBC patients, the Chinese Society of Hepatology invited a panel of experts to assess the new clinical evidence and formulate the current guidelines.

Elastomers similar to paint coating developed at the University of Luxembourg and the Technical University of Darmstadt, were proven to help detect and monitor potential concrete cracks of existing or future buildings. Much of the tunnels and bridge infrastructure in Europe is over 50 years old, and are approaching end of life with important maintenance needs, posing the threat of more disastrous accidents such as the Morandi Bridge in Genoa in 2018 in Italy (43 deaths and 16 injured). Cost-effective and scalable, this technology could have a revolutionary impact in the safety of critical infrastructure, such as bridges or dams.

Electrons possess electrical charge but also magnetic spin and orbital angular momentum. While charge and spin currents have driven advancements in electronics and spintronics, respectively, generating “orbital currents” has remained a challenge. An international research team has now successfully observed “orbital pumping,” a new phenomenon in which orbital currents are generated from the precession of magnetization in magnetic materials. The discovery could provide the foundation for “orbitronic” technologies based on orbital currents.

With the rising epidemic of obesity, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes mellitus in China, metabolic dysfunction-associated non-alcoholic fatty liver disease has become the most prevalent chronic liver disease. This condition frequently occurs in Chinese patients with alcoholic liver disease and chronic hepatitis B. To address the impending public health crisis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and its underlying metabolic issues, the Chinese Society of Hepatology and the Chinese Medical Association convened a panel of clinical experts to revise and update the “Guideline of prevention and treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (2018, China)”. The new edition, titled “Guideline for the prevention and treatment of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (Version 2024)”, offers comprehensive recommendations on key clinical issues, including screening and monitoring, diagnosis and evaluation, treatment, and follow-up for metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease. Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease is now the preferred English term and is used interchangeably with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease. Additionally, the guideline emphasizes the importance of multidisciplinary collaboration among hepatologists and other specialists to manage cardiometabolic disorders and liver disease effectively.