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The last several years have seen exciting advances in the understanding of the structure and function of higher-order structures of RNA. Expression levels of some specific genes were shown to be directly regulated by environmentally-responsive formation of certain secondary structures such as stem-loops and pseudoknots. Even among these noncanonical structures, RNA G-quadruplexes, which form on the regions of guanine-rich sequences in mRNA, are highly stable structures that are involved in a variety of biological processes. However, many questions regarding the biological significance of RNA G-quadruplexes remain unsettled, mainly because it is difficult to locate the structures in mRNA. This review focuses on emerging methods that locate RNA G-quadruplexes in mRNA by computational and biochemical techniques. In addition, recent reports on the biological functions of RNA G-quadruplexes are also covered to highlight their various roles in cells, such as in regulating mRNA processing and translation. Relationship between autophagy and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and their application to treat cancer have been actively studied these days. Recently, a lignan [(-)-(2R, 3R)-1,4-O-diferuloylsecoisolariciresinol, DFS] from Alnus japonica has been found to reduce the viability of colon cancer cells. In this study, we have observed DFS-induced autophagy in a variety of cancer cell lines. In addition, DFS led to ER stress, based on the activation of unfolded protein response (UPR) transducers and an elevated expression of UPR target genes in prostate and colon cancer cells. Further investigation has shown that DFS triggered the activation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) signaling and nuclear translocation of transcription factor EB (TFEB). Furthermore, the cytotoxicity of DFS was potentiated by the co-treatment of autophagy inhibitor in these cancer cells. This study has provided a noble implication that the combination of DFS and autophagy inhibition exerts a synergistic effect in cancer treatment. Ferroptosis is an iron-dependent form of regulated cell death. GDF15 affects various properties of cancer cells, but the role of GDF15 in ferroptosis has not been reported. In the present study, we found that GDF15 knockdown led to decreased expression of SLC7A11, which is a key component of system Xc- and a regulator of ferroptosis, indicating that GDF15 might play important roles in ferroptosis. this website CCK8 assay showed that GDF15 knockdown promoted erastin-induced ferroptosis in MGC803 cells. qRT-PCR and western blotting results demonstrated that GDF15 inhibition attenuated the increased SLC7A11 expression induced by erastin. Further study revealed that GDF15 knockdown promoted the decreased level of extracellular glutamate and intracellular GSH as well as the increased level of lipid ROS in the presence of erastin in MGC803 cells. Overall, the study shows that GDF15 knockdown promotes erastin-induced ferroptosis in MGC803 cells by attenuating the expression of SLC7A11 and the function of system Xc-. Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) is a widely expressed 50 kDa enzyme and the first intracellular PTP to be purified from human placental tissue. It has been proved that protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B played a significant role in the negative regulation of insulin signaling pathway and overexpression of PTP1B could lead to the decrease of insulin resistance. Therefore PTP1B has emerged as a novel promising therapeutic target for the treatment of type-2 diabetes mellitus. Computer aided drug design (CADD), chemical synthesis and biological activity assay resulted in the identification of a novel potent PTP1B inhibitor, compound 1a, which shared an IC50 value of 4.46 μM. Finally, the analysis of molecular dynamics simulation provided the theoretical basis for favorable activity of compound 1a. Aiming at the problem that the differential term of Newton iterative learning law is not easy to be determined and affects the control performance, the secant iterative learning law is proposed by using the secant method in numerical analysis technology. The proposed control strategy is applied to the speed control of ultrasonic motor to verify its effectiveness. Some practical improvements for the secant iterative learning control strategy are proposed to solve the problems in practical uses of the strategy. According to the nonlinear characteristics of ultrasonic motor, a simple method for determining the value of learning gain is obtained based on the experimental data. Furthermore, online adaptive adjustment method of learning gain is proposed to compensate the nonlinearity of ultrasonic motor. Experimental results show that the motor's control performance progressively improves during the iterative learning process, featuring higher convergence speed and better performance, which indicates that the proposed control strategy is effective. In recent years, the development of autonomous health management systems received increasing attention from worldwide companies to improve their performances and avoid downtime losses. This can be done, in the first step, by constructing powerful health indicators (HI) from intelligent sensors for system monitoring and for making maintenance decisions. In this context, this paper aims to develop a new methodology that allows automatically choosing the pertinent measurements among various sources and also handling raw data from high-frequency sensors to extract the useful low-level features. Then, it combines these features to create the most appropriate HI following the previously defined multiple evaluation criteria. Thanks to the flexibility of the genetic programming, the proposed methodology does not require any expertise knowledge about system degradation trends but allows easily integrating this information if available. Its performance is then verified on two real application case studies. In addition, an insightful overview on HI evaluation criteria is also discussed in this paper. What measure of relative deprivation best predicts health? While numerous indices of relative deprivation exist, few studies have compared how well different measures account for empirical data. Hounkpatin et al. (2016) demonstrated that the relative ranked position of an individual i's income within a comparison group (their relative rank) was a better predictor of i's health than i's relative deprivation as assessed by the widely-used Yitzhaki index. In their commentary, Stark and Jakubek (2020) argue that both relative rank and relative deprivation may matter, and they develop a composite index. Here we identify some issues with their composite index, develop an alternative based on behavioural evidence, and test the various indices against data. Although almost all existing indices assume that the significance of an income yj to an individual with income yi (yj>yi) will be some increasing function of the difference between yj and yi, we find that the influence of j's income on i's health is actually a reducing function of (yj-yi). This finding - that less significance is assigned to distant higher incomes than to near higher incomes - is consistent with the well-established idea that we compare ourselves primarily to similar others. BACKGROUND MenACYW-TT is an investigational quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine intended for use in individuals ≥6 weeks of age. We evaluated the safety and immunogenicity of MenACYW-TT when compared to a licensed quadrivalent conjugate meningococcal vaccine (Menveo®; MCV4-CRM; GlaxoSmithKline, Italy), and when co-administered with tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis (Tdap) and human papilloma virus (HPV4) vaccines in healthy meningococcal vaccine-naïve adolescents (10-17 years old) in the United States of America. METHODS In this pivotal Phase II, open-label, multicenter study, 1715 participants were randomized to receive MenACYW-TT, MCV4-CRM, MenACYW-TT co-administered with Tdap and HPV4, or Tdap and HPV4 vaccines alone (NCT02199691). The primary objective was to evaluate whether antibody responses to MenACYW-TT antigens were non-inferior to antibody responses after MCV4-CRM administration. Meningococcal antibody titers were determined using human complement serum bactericidal assay (hSBA) witable when MenACYW-TT was administered with or without Tdap and HPV4 vaccines in meningococcal vaccine-naïve adolescents. BACKGROUND Nowhere in the consideration of dental care involving endodontics does a patient become more vulnerable to potentially life-changing injuries than during a root canal procedure on the mandibular dentition that may invade and injure the neurovascular anatomy. CASE DESCRIPTION The authors present a series of 5 cases wherein using calcium hydroxide as a disinfection strategy in endodontics caused serious neurologic injury to the treated patients. The mechanism in all cases was the inappropriate use of needle applications resulting in significant overfill into the inferior alveolar nerve space. Although calcium hydroxide has been recognized and used as a meaningful disinfectant in endodontic therapy for many years, the dangers and risks associated with a needle delivery technique are discussed and analyzed with recommendations based on current research to minimize risk. CONCLUSIONS AND PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS A literature search revealed that the 5 cases are not solitary cases; indeed, consequences of calcium hydroxide overfills have been described before. Therefore, a clinician initiating root canal therapy on a mandibular posterior tooth should always be mindful of the vital neurovascular anatomy, which commonly approximates the ends of these roots. Preoperative cone-beam computed tomographic imaging and the thoughtful delivery of medicaments in treatment can help the clinician manage close proximity to neural anatomy and avoid potential injuries. BACKGROUND Teeth with dens evaginatus (DE) are more commonly observed in Western countries than previously. This is due to the increase in populations of patients of Asian origin, in whom DE is more common than in people of European origin. The interest in DE has also increased with the introduction of a procedure called regenerative endodontics. CASE DESCRIPTION A narrative review of treatment options for teeth with DE is presented, based on pulpal conditions and maturity of the teeth. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS Early recognition of teeth with DE allows for treatment choices that generally lead to good outcomes and can aid in preserving developing teeth in young patients. Pressure wave reflection is associated with cardiovascular risk. The conceptual distance to a theoretical major reflection site, termed effective reflection distance (ERD), has been associated with aging and augmentation index (AIx) clinically. However, it remains unclear whether and how ERD varies and associates with AIx when the hemodynamic condition is acutely perturbed in a patient. The objective of this study was to address this issue in rigorously controlled animal experiments. In 13 anesthetized dogs, we measured arterial pressure, aortic flow and femoral arterial flow, while altering the hemodynamic condition over wide ranges by administering zatebradine (bradycardic agent), nitroprusside (vasodilator), noradrenaline (vasoconstrictor), dobutamine (inotrope), and dextran (volume-expander). Using the measured data, we determined ERD based on an arterial model comprising a tube with a complex frequency-dependent load (ERDTL), which has been considered a physiologically valid model. We also determined ERD based on wave separation (ERDWSA) and pressure-based analyses (ERDAW).