Blending Cultures in BTS’s “Blood Sweat and Tears” by Daniel Nedelcu

“…BTS, the Korean band who have made K-pop a truly global phenomenon, exemplify the blending of high culture with pop culture, as well as the blending of Eastern and Western cultures, especially in the video to their 2016 song “Blood Sweat & Tears.” …”
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Recent Status on Lactate Monitoring in Sweat Using Biosensors: Can This Approach Be an Alternative to Blood Detection? by Leonardo Messina, Maria Teresa Giardi

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Recent Developments in Sweat Analysis and Its Applications by Saima Jadoon, Sabiha Karim, Muhammad Rouf Akram, Abida Kalsoom Khan, Muhammad Abid Zia, Abdul Rauf Siddiqi, Ghulam Murtaza

“…Currently, the clinical use of sweat as biofluid is limited. The collection of sweat and its analysis for determining ethanol, drugs, ions, and metals have been encompassed in this review article to assess the merits of sweat compared to other biofluids, for example, blood or urine. …”
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Effect of icatibant on sweating-induced dermal pain by Shunsuke Takahagi, Shunsuke Takahagi, Daiki Matsubara, Emi Murakami, Yumi Aoyama, Shinya Imamura, Atsushi Fukunaga, Atsushi Fukunaga, Yoshiko Oda, Hiroyuki Murota, Michihiro Hide, Michihiro Hide

“…BackgroundExposure to sweating stimuli triggers transient and severe dermal pain in certain individuals. …”
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Histomorphometrical Study on Regional Variation in Distribution of Sweat Glands in Buffalo Skin by Debajit Debbarma, Varinder Uppal, Neelam Bansal, Anuradha Gupta

“…Large number of blood vessels and nerve fibers were observed in the vicinity of the sweat glands. …”
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Assessment of Exercise-Induced Dehydration Status Based on Oral Mucosal Moisture in a Field Survey by Gen Tanabe, Tetsuya Hasunuma, Yasuo Takeuchi, Hiroshi Churei, Kairi Hayashi, Kaito Togawa, Naoki Moriya, Toshiaki Ueno

“…<b>Background/Objective:</b> Conventional techniques for evaluating hydration status include the analysis of blood, urine, and body weight. Recently, advancements in dentistry have introduced capacitance sensor-based oral epithelial moisture meters as promising avenues for assessment. …”
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Functional Tests and Surveys Used to Assess Nervous System Dysfunction in Patients with Fabry Disease – A Review by Stanislaw Jesionek, Jakub Parys, Agnieszka Mikosińska, Martyna Kaźmierczak, Partycja Kałuziak, Marta Jajczak, Maciej Mossakowski, Aleksandra Witek, Mateusz Litwin, Justyna Jankowska

“…QSART showed reduced sweating responses in pain patients but no differences in non-pain patients. …”
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Hematohidrosis in Pediatric Practice  – a Case Report and Review of the Literature by Oksana Matsyura, Lesya Besh, Svitlana Jefimova, Khrystyna Slivinska-Kurchak, Sergiy Gerasymov

“… Hematohidrosis (bloody sweat) is a symptom of trophic damage to the vascular wall, in which sweat mixes with blood and seeps onto undamaged areas of the skin in the form of red or pink liquid (depending on the ratio of sweat to blood).  …”
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Fiscal Success During COVID-19 Says Believe the Good News by Adam S. Posen

“…Abstract Too much blood in terms of unemployment and sweat in terms of intellectual effort has been spent on trying to determine the amount of fiscal space that economies have — our policy focus instead should be on what to do with the fiscal space that almost all advanced economies (and a surprising number of emerging market economies) actually have.…”
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A Meta-Analysis on Quantitative Sodium, Potassium and Chloride Metabolism in Horses and Ponies by Isabelle Maier, Ellen Kienzle

“…Horses showed higher Na and K retention plus sweat losses compared to ponies. These effects are likely attributable to greater sweat losses in working equines, particularly horses. …”
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Aluminum Poisoning with Emphasis on Its Mechanism and Treatment of Intoxication by Mehrdad Rafati Rahimzadeh, Mehravar Rafati Rahimzadeh, Sohrab Kazemi, Roghayeh Jafarian Amiri, Marzieh Pirzadeh, Ali Akbar Moghadamnia

“…Aluminum poisoning can affect blood content, musculoskeletal system, kidney, liver, and respiratory and nervous system, and the extent of poisoning can be diagnosed by assaying aluminum compounds in blood, urine, hair, nails, and sweat. …”
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Chikungunya virus infection in the skin: histopathology and cutaneous immunological response by Natália Gedeão Salomão, Natália Gedeão Salomão, Luciana Araújo, Luiz José de Souza, Anna Luiza Young, Carlos Basílio-de-Oliveira, Rodrigo Panno Basílio-de-Oliveira, Jorge José de Carvalho, Priscilla Conrado Guerra Nunes, Juliana Fernandes da Silva Amorim, Douglas Valiati dos Santos Barbosa, Marciano Viana Paes, Kíssila Rabelo, Kíssila Rabelo, Flavia Dos Santos

“…TNF-α, IL-6, RANTES, and VEGFR2 were expressed in the epidermis, blood vessels, sweat glands, and migrating cells. …”
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Excès et sacré dans la littérature victorienne et édouardienne by Annie Escuret

“…If heterology centers on the sacred as posited by those things which are hidden, objects of revulsion such as the body’s excreta (tears, sweat, blood…), the sacrificial banquet stands for the opposite, for ingestion and communion.…”
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Differential phase angle spectrum for liquid detection in functionalized surface roughness polymeric electrode by Gomez-Sanchez John Alexander, Bueno Luciano de Souza Ribero

“…These electrodes could be applied to make measurements in aqueous media such as ponds, pools, lakes, rivers, and oceans to detect contaminants, as well as in human fluids to recognize metabolites in sweat, urine, saliva, and blood.…”
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Quantitative ultrasound rating of liver fibrosis in children with cystic fibrosis by G. M. Dvoryakovskaya, O. I. Simonova, S. A. Ivleva, I. V. Dvoryakovsky, A. N. Surkov, M. O. Gorbunova, I. E. Smirnov

“…The diagnosis was established according to clinical and laboratoric investigation with analysis of past history data, DNA-diagnostics with assessment of genotype and positive sweat test.Results. Evaluation of liver parenchyma with the help of traditional ultrasound investigation with assessment of blood flow in portal vessels and celiac trunk allows to determine degree of hepatic fibrosis severity and to reveal initial signs of portal hypertension. …”
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A modular, human body-mimicking phantom with active thermoregulation capabilities for validation and verification of convective hyperthermia devices by L. Van den Bossche, W. Vertessen, J. Van den Bossche, O. Rudenko, J. Bogers, L. Brancato

“…Objectives This study aims to design and fabricate a modular phantom for hyperthermia applications, addressing interpatient variability in thermal regulation mechanisms like sweating rate, metabolic heat production, and blood redistribution.Materials & methods The phantom can be constructed in various weights and dimensions by connecting identical units. …”
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The volatilome – investigation of volatile organic metabolites (VOM) as potential tumor markers in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) by Philipp Opitz, Olf Herbarth

“…Until now, human VOM have been detected in various body media, such as on the skin, in the exhaled air as well as in body fluids such as saliva, mother’s milk, sweat, blood and urine. Methods In this retrospective case-control study urinary VOM of 53 therapy-naive patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and 82 healthy controls were semi-quantified by headspace solid-phase micro extraction (SPME) gas chromatography (GC) mass spectrometry (MS). …”
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Iron deficiency in endure athletes by Michał Rogulski, Yauheniya Patarocha, Aleksandra Ślusarska, Jolanta Mędyk, Paulina Błasiak, Małgorzata Wirkijowska, Patryk Mikołajec, Ruslan Huk, Barbara Bilecka, Jakub Wirkijowski

“…Especially in marathon and half-marathon runners - these groups of endurance athletes are at high risk for iron deficiency via several mechanisms, such as sweating, gastrointestinal bleeding, urinary-tract blood loss, hemolysis, and others.   …”
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Predictive biomarkers of performance under stress: a two-phase study protocol to develop a wearable monitoring system by Cassandra Pattinson, Graham Kerr, Simon S Smith, Chamindie Punyadeera, Ian Stewart, Kerrie Mengersen, Karen A Sullivan, Jonathan M Flintoff, Sarah Ahamed, Shahnewaz Ali, Angus Bagley, Daniel Broszczak, Blair Crewther, Louis de Waal, Shannon L Edmed, Tharindu Fernando, Clinton Fookes, Francesca D Frentiu, Andrew P Hunt, Ottmar V Lipp, Ben McMaster, Luke Ney, Senn L Oon, Ajay Pandey, Parth Pandit, Jonathan M Peake, Muthukuttige Madusha Nuwanthi Perera, Virginie Perlo, Luke Schmidt, Kirsten Spann, Danielle Young, Tony J Parker

“…Biomarkers will be identified from molecular markers in biological samples (eg, blood, saliva, sweat and stool), physiological measures and psychological assessments to predict cognitive and physical performance under stress. …”
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Newborn Screening Program for Cystic Fibrosis in Türkiye: Experiences from False-Negative Tests and Requirement for Optimization by Fevziye Çoksüer, Gökçen Kartal Öztürk, Handan Duman Şenol, Meral Barlık, Mehmet Mustafa Özaslan, Bahar Girgin Dindar, Ece Ocak, Ece Halis, Şükrü Atacan Öğütcü, Figen Gülen, Esen Demir

“…Methods: Screening for CF was conducted in accordance with the national CF-NBS program within 48-72 hours of birth by collecting a few drops of heel blood on Guthrie paper. A cut-off value of 90 µg/l was accepted for the first IRT, while 70 µg/l was accepted for the second sample. …”
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