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We evaluated the performance of three chromogenic media (BBL CHROMagar™ Staph aureus, ChromID™ S. aureus SAID, ChromID™ S. aureus Elite SAIDE) for the isolation of Staphylococcus aureus in respiratory samples in patients with cystic fibrosis in comparison with CNA media. We reported a similar ability of the four media to support the growth of S. aureus and that sensitivity increased when incubation lasted more than 24 h. SAIDE had the higher sensitivity compared to the other media and kept a high specificity even after 72 h.

Chronic subordinate colony housing (CSC, 19 days), an established and preclinically-validated mouse model for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), causes evening hypocorticism and a reduced adrenal in vitro ACTH (adrenocorticotropic hormone) sensitivity despite pronounced adrenal hyperplasia. #link# However, until now it remains unclear at what time point during CSC exposure evening hypocorticism and adrenal in vitro ACTH insensitivity develop and whether the repeated change of dominant aggressor mice plays an important role in this context. It is, therefore, the aim of the current study, to explore the detailed time course of these stress-induced adrenal changes.

Adrenal weight, plasma corticosterone (CORT) and ACTH were assessed in the morning of days 8 (right before exposure to the 2nd aggressor), 9 (24 h after exposure to the 2nd aggressor), 15 (right before exposure to the 3rd aggressor), 16 (24 h after exposure to the 3rd aggressor) and 20 or in the evening of days 8 (10 h after exposure to the 2nd aggresrm of adrenal ACTH insensitivity seems to allow prevention of morning hypercorticism on day 8 of CSC, despite functional adrenal mass being increased, while a moderate and severe form of adrenal ACTH insensitivity in CSC mice seems to promote HPA axis adaptation to repeated homotypic stressor exposure (i.e. dominant aggressor mice) and basal evening hypocorticism in CSC mice, respectively. Our results might, therefore, be the basis for future clinical studies assessing CORT supplementation as novel treatment regimen for somatic and affective pathologies linked to chronic and/or traumatic stress.

A considerable amount of research has identified inhibition differences, including slower inhibition of manual responses, in people who stutter. Recent investigations have failed to link slowed motor inhibition with overt stuttering severity. Fatostatin investigated the potential relationship between slowed manual response inhibition and the negative impact of stuttering upon individual lives of adults who stutter (AWS).

Thirty-four adults (AWS, n = 17; AWNS, n = 17) matched by nonverbal IQ completed a manual stop-signal task and provided a conversational speech sample. Motor inhibition latency for AWS and AWNS were compared. For AWS, motor inhibition latency was compared to the four subsections of the Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience with Stuttering (OASES; Yaruss & Quesal, 2006; General Information, Reactions to Stuttering, Communication in Daily Situations, Quality of Life).

Similar to previous studies, AWS were significantly slower to inhibit inaccurate manual responses than AWNS. Quality of Life subtest of the OASES was found to significantly predict inhibition latency.

These data replicate findings that indicate that AWS exhibit slower manual inhibition latency, and suggest that these inhibition differences may be associated with an individual's negative experience with stuttering rather than stuttering severity.

These data replicate findings that indicate that AWS exhibit slower manual inhibition latency, and suggest that these inhibition differences may be associated with an individual's negative experience with stuttering rather than stuttering severity.A novel sol-gel method was employed in this study to efficiently synthesize SnO2 nanoparticles to catalyze the ozonation of acetaminophen (ACT) from aqueous solutions. The influence of various parameters including Sn source, type of capping and alkaline agents, and calcination temperature on the catalytic activity of the SnO2 preparations was investigated. The SnO2 nanoparticles prepared by tin tetrachloride as Sn source, NaOH as gelatin agent, CTAB as capping agent and at calcination temperature of 550 °C (SnNaC-550) exhibited the maximum performance in the catalysis of ACT. link2 The optimized catalyst (SnNaC-550) had spherical-homogeneous and cubic-shaped nanocrystalline particles with 5.5 nm mean particle size and a BET surface area of 81 m2/g, which resulted in 98% degradation and 84% mineralization of 50 mg/L ACT at 20 and 30 min reaction time, respectively when combined with ozonation (COP). Based on the radical scavenger experiments, •OH was the major oxidizing agent involved in the removal of ACT. LC/MS analysis showed that short-chain carboxylic acids were the main intermediates. Furthermore, the SnNaC-550 catalytic activity was preserved after four successive cycles. Collectively, the new method has the potential to efficiently synthesize stable and reusable SnO2 nanoparticles to catalyze the ozonation of ACT from aquatic environments.The adsorption of Cr(VI) on biochars can be suppressed by coexisting anions, but the roles of O-containing functional groups and in particular N-containing functional groups are unclear. In this study, we combined spectroscopic and molecular simulation approaches to investigate the selective adsorption of Cr(VI) on the O-rich (PB, UB1) and N-rich (UB3, UB5) biochars under strong competition of anions. The elemental analysis and pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry indicated that the structures of PB and UB1 were similar, and so were the UB3 and UB5. Quantification of functional groups showed that for UB1, 75.3% of Cr(VI) removal was attributed to O-containing groups, while 53.3-72.7% of that was mediated by N-containing groups in UB3 and UB5. X-ray photoelectron spectra and density functional theory calculations confirmed that for O-rich biochars, surface complexation and strong H-bonds between carboxyl/hydroxyl and HCrO4- improved Cr(VI) removal in the presence of anions, while for N-rich biochars, Cr(VI) adsorption was depressed by coexisting anions in the order of Cl->NO3- >SO42- because of the weaker H-bond between protonated amino groups and HCrO4-. This study presents a novel approach for quantitative, molecular-level evaluation of the roles of biochar functional groups in the Cr(VI) removal from complex environmental systems.A novel class of hybrid solvents (mEIPTetz) comprising of N-methylated ethylene imine polymer (mEIP) and 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrazolate ([Emim][Tetz]) were developed for the highly efficient and reversible capture of SO2. The synergistic interactions rather than simple mixing between mEIP and [Emim][Tetz] were confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Besides, it was experimentally demonstrated that mEIPTetz mixtures exhibited improved kinetics for SO2 absorption, and the production of viscous solids were completely eliminated, compared with using mEIP alone. More significantly, an exceedingly high solubility of 0.308 g SO2·g-1 absorbent in 2mEIP8Tetz was received for trapping SO2 from simulated flue gas containing 2000 ppm SO2, which was much higher than most of the results reported in previous literatures under the same conditions. Finally, the absorption and desorption mechanisms were proposed according to the results of FTIR and 1H NMR analysis.The development of magnesium oxychloride cement (MOC) can convert wastes in the potash industry into valuable products and reduce CO2 emission. The use of acid radicals has the potential to enhance the water resistance of MOC. However, because of the internal stress formed during the crystallization process, the occurrence of cracks accompanied by a significant decrease in the mechanical properties is inevitable. Inspired by the sandcastle worm and organic-inorganic copolymerization, a novel strategy was proposed, which employed phytic acid (PA) to copolymerize with phase 5 crystals to reduce the internal stress and prevent crack generation. XPS and TG-DSC analyses revealed that organic-inorganic copolymers were successfully produced. Furthermore, the compressive strength (CS) and water resistance of MOC-PA were significantly enhanced. The enhanced properties were associated with the coordination bonds and high tension of the rigid rings in phytic acid, which was sufficient to overcome the internal stress. Additionally, the repeated hydrolysis of rod-like phase 5 generated a gel-like phase from the outside inward, enhancing their water resistance. Compared with MOC-0, MOC-0.6 showed a 17.8% increase in CS and a 102.3% increase in water resistance. The microscopic mechanisms of the enhanced CS and water resistance of high-performance greener cements were proposed.In this study, peroxydisulfate (PDS) was used as electron acceptor to improve the photocatalytic activity of WO3. The results indicated that the degradation of carbamazepine by UVA-LED/WO3/PDS process followed pseudo-first order and PDS addition significantly enhanced the degradation rate by inhibiting the recombination of electrons and holes. The observed pseudo-first order rate constant (kobs) was in linear relationship with the dosage of WO3, while inversely proportional to the initial concentration of CBZ. link3 PDS decreased the kobs slightly when its concentration exceeded 0.5 mM. The 365 nm UVA-LED performed much better than 385 nm or 405 nm even though its energy efficiency was the lowest. Based on the steady-state kinetic model, sulfate radical was the dominant radical. The effects of water matrix were complex bicarbonate ion and humic acid showed strong inhibitory effect; increasing the pH above 7 led to significant drop in CBZ removal; sulfate ion slightly decreased the kobs while 5 mM chloride ion more than doubled the kobs. The interactions between anions and WO3 surface were theoretically analysed to explain the effects of anions. The electrical energy per order values suggest that UVA-LED/WO3/PDS process is suitable for water with low organic carbon.Herein, two new swarm intelligence based algorithms namely; grey wolf optimization (GWO) and antlion optimization (ALO) algorithms were presented, for the first time, as variable selection tools in spectroscopic data analysis. In order to assess the performance of these algorithms, they were applied along with the recently introduced firefly algorithm (FFA) and the well-established genetic algorithm (GA) and particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm on four different spectroscopic datasets of varying sizes and nature (UV and IR). Partial least squares (PLS) regression models were built using the selected variables by these algorithms along with the full spectral data as the reference models. The obtained results prove that the ALO and GWO optimization algorithms select variables in most cases less than GA and PSO while keeping the PLS performance almost the same. Accordingly, these algorithms can be successfully used for variable selection in spectroscopic data analysis.The Stoeber reaction was used to grow silica microparticles in the presence of the fluorescent dye Tris(bipyridine)ruthenium (II) chloride. The diameter of the obtained particles varies from about 150 to 280 nm depending on the dye concentration. Using spectrofluorometry methods, concentration quenching of fluorescence of dye solutions was studied before and after growing the microparticles. It was found out that the concentration quenching of fluorescence decreases significantly after its incorporation into the silicon dioxide microparticles upon excitation in the short-wavelength region of the spectrum.