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OR [95%CI, 95% confidence interval] per doubling NT-proBNP 1.26 [1.07-1.49]; per 10 mL/min/1.73 m2 eGFR decrease 1.16 [1.03-1.31]). Infigratinib mw Higher loop diuretic doses, lower aldosterone antagonist doses, and higher eGFR predicted WRF (furosemide per 40 mg increase 1.32 [1.08-1.62]; spironolactone per 25 mg decrease 1.76 [1.07-2.89]; per 10 mL/min/1.73 m2 eGFR increase 1.40 [1.20-1.63]). WRF and higher rank of tubular injury individually entailed higher risk of the composite endpoint (adjusted hazard ratios, adj. HR [95%CI] WRF 1.9 [1.1-3.4], tubular 8.4 [2.6-27.9]; when combined risk was highest 15.0 [2.0-111.0]). CONCLUSION Slopes of tubular damage and WRF biomarkers had different clinical determinants. Both predicted clinical outcome, but this association was stronger for tubular injury. Prognostic effects of both appeared independent and additive. © 2020 The Authors. Clinical Cardiology published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.BACKGROUND AND METHODS There is an added level of complexity in the management of head and neck cancer patients with underlying immunosuppressive disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic. Head and neck oncologists are tasked with balancing the dual risks of cancer progression in the setting of impaired tumor immunity and increased susceptibility to life-threatening complications from exposure to viral infection for patients and providers. Through two cases of immunocompromised patients with newly diagnosed head and neck malignancies, we aim to provide guidance to clinicians struggling with how to best counsel and manage this unique subset of patients under these difficult circumstances. RESULTS After careful consideration of the options, we took different approaches in the care of these two patients. CONCLUSIONS Ultimately, there is no uniform set of rules to apply to this heterogeneous group of immunocompromised patients. We provide some general principles to help guide patient management during the current pandemic. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of 2016 ASE/EACVI guidelines on Diastolic Function (DF) reporting during routine clinical practice. METHODS Transthoracic echos performed 9 months before and 18 months after the 2016 guidelines (DF2016) were retrospectively analyzed. RESULTS Twenty thousand eight hundred forty three echos performed between July 1, 2015, and September 30, 2017, were analyzed. Quarterly trends showed a stable proportion of normal DF (nDF), diastolic dysfunction (DD), indeterminate DF (DF-I), and nonreported DF (DF-NR) for 3 quarters preceding DF2016. After DF2016 release, reporting of DD decreased by 57% (P  less then  .001), nDF increased by 76% (P  less then  .001), DF-NR increased by 266% (P  less then  .001), and DF-I did not change significantly (P = .40). Grade 1 DD decreased by 64% (P  less then  .001), grade 2 DD decreased by 51% (P  less then  .001), and grade 3 DD did not change significantly (P = .18). Provider level analysis showed increased heterogeneity in grade 1 DD reporting and decreased heterogeneity in DD grades 2 or higher, after DF2016. Systolic dysfunction reporting remained relatively stable (22%→21%→20%) compared to a significant decrease in isolated DD (35%→21%→10%). CONCLUSION The 2016 guidelines update has impacted DF reporting patterns significantly. The likelihood of reporting DD decreased significantly, especially for grades 1 and 2. Inter-provider heterogeneity in DF reporting improved for grades 2 and 3 but worsened for grade 1. There was more than threefold increase in failure to report DF, suggesting a decrease in provider confidence. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.INTRODUCTION Pedicled perforator flaps are widely used for soft tissue reconstruction, but evidence in literature about risk factors associated with complications is still controvert. The aim of this study is to evaluate risk factors and outcomes associated with pedicled perforator-based flaps harvested at different anatomical sites. PATIENTS AND METHODS Seventy-one propeller and 59 V-Y advancement flaps were performed to reconstruct defects of the face (24 cases), trunk (47 cases), and extremities (59 cases). Mean defect and flap area were 32.43 and 43.2 cm2 , respectively. The average age recorded was 66 years. We statistically analyzed whether patient and flap-related variables had an impact on flap vascular complications rate. Patients were asked to rate on a 5-point Likert scale the aesthetic and functional outcomes of the surgery. RESULTS Overall flap complications rate was 23.07%. Coronary heart disease was an independent risk factor for flap complications (p = .010), while hypertension was associated with a lower complication rate (p = .010). The increasing degree of pedicle rotation had a significant impact on the development of flap vascular complications (p = .008). Mean patients' aesthetic and functional ratings were 4.23 of 5 and 4.37 of 5, respectively. CONCLUSIONS We found a positive correlation between both coronary heart disease and increasing degree of pedicle rotation and complications. Other factors tested were not significantly associated with complications. Patients were overall satisfied with both the aesthetic and functional outcomes of the procedure. The decisional algorithm hereby suggested yields a 93.1% overall success rate and we believe it could be of help to plastic surgeons approaching soft tissue defects. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.As social animals, many primates use acoustic communication to maintain relationships. Vocal individuality has been documented in a diverse range of primate species and call types, many of which have presumably different functions. Auditory recognition of one's neighbors may confer a selective advantage if identifying conspecifics decreases the need to participate in costly territorial behaviors. Alternatively, vocal individuality may be nonadaptive and the result of a unique combination of genetics and environment. Pair-bonded primates, in particular, often participate in coordinated vocal duets that can be heard over long distances by neighboring conspecifics. In contrast to adult calls, infant vocalizations are short-range and used for intragroup communication. Here, we provide two separate but complementary analyses of vocal individuality in distinct call types of coppery titi monkeys (Plecturocebus cupreus) to test whether individuality occurs in call types from animals of different age classes with presinfant trills are less individually distinct, which may be due to the different functions of the vocalizations. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.BACKGROUND The development of accurate, non-invasive markers to diagnose and stage non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is critical to reduce the need for an invasive liver biopsy and to identify patients who are at the highest risk of hepatic and cardio-metabolic complications. Disruption of steroid hormone metabolic pathways has been described in patients with NAFLD. AIM(S) To assess the hypothesis that assessment of the urinary steroid metabolome may provide a novel, non-invasive biomarker strategy to stage NAFLD. METHODS We analysed the urinary steroid metabolome in 275 subjects (121 with biopsy-proven NAFLD, 48 with alcohol-related cirrhosis and 106 controls), using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) coupled with machine learning-based Generalised Matrix Learning Vector Quantisation (GMLVQ) analysis. RESULTS Generalised Matrix Learning Vector Quantisation analysis achieved excellent separation of early (F0-F2) from advanced (F3-F4) fibrosis (AUC receiver operating characteristics [ROC] 0.92 [0.91-0.94]). Furthermore, there was near perfect separation of controls from patients with advanced fibrotic NAFLD (AUC ROC = 0.99 [0.98-0.99]) and from those with NAFLD cirrhosis (AUC ROC = 1.0 [1.0-1.0]). This approach was also able to distinguish patients with NAFLD cirrhosis from those with alcohol-related cirrhosis (AUC ROC = 0.83 [0.81-0.85]). CONCLUSIONS Unbiased GMLVQ analysis of the urinary steroid metabolome offers excellent potential as a non-invasive biomarker approach to stage NAFLD fibrosis as well as to screen for NAFLD. A highly sensitive and specific urinary biomarker is likely to have clinical utility both in secondary care and in the broader general population within primary care and could significantly decrease the need for liver biopsy. © 2020 The Authors. Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.The ecological impacts of extreme climatic events on population dynamics and/or community composition are profound and predominantly negative. Here, using extensive data of an ecological model system, we test whether predictions from ecological models remain robust when environmental conditions are outside the bounds of observation. First, we report a 10-fold demographic decline of the Glanville fritillary butterfly metapopulation on the Åland islands (Finland). Next, using climatic and satellite data we show that the summer of 2018 was an anomaly in terms of water balance and vegetation productivity indices across the habitats of the butterfly, and demonstrate that population growth rates are strongly associated with spatio-temporal variation in climatic water balance. Finally, we demonstrate that covariates that have previously been identified to impact the extinction probability of local populations in this system are less informative when populations are exposed to (severe) drought during the summer months. Our results highlight the unpredictable responses of natural populations to extreme climatic events. Article impact statement A demographic crash of an iconic metapopulation reveals that extreme climatic events reduce the value of predictive models. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Nanographenes (NGs) with tunable electronic and magnetic properties have attracted enormous attention in the realm of carbon-based nanoelectronics. In particular, NGs with biradical character at the ground state are promising building units for molecular spintronics. However, most of the biradicaloids are susceptible to oxidation under ambient conditions and photolytic degradation, which hamper their further applications. Here, we demonstrated the feasibility of tuning the magnetic properties of zigzag-edged NGs in order to enhance their stability via the controlled Diels-Alder reactions of peri -tetracene ( 4-PA ). The unstable 4-PA ( y 0 = 0.72; half-life, t 1/2 = 3 h) was transformed into the unprecedented benzo-peri-tetracenes ( BPTs ) by one-side Diels-Alder reaction, which is featured a biradical character at the ground state ( y 0 = 0.60) and exhibits remarkable stability under ambient conditions for several months. In addition, the fully zigzag-edged circumanthracenes ( CAs ) were achieved by two-fold or step-wise Diels-Alder reactions of 4-PA , in which the magnetic property could be controlled by employing the corresponding dienophiles. Our work reported herein opens avenues for the synthesis of novel zigzag-edged NGs with tailor-made magnetic properties. © 2020 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.