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7%). Others were poor funding, non-usage of research findings by policymakers, lack of adequate facilities, and high penchant for publication in predatory journals, informed by promotion criteria not supportive of quality. Participants advocated for increased funding, reduced conference fees, and entrenchment of collaboration between reputable publishers abroad and African publishers.Autophagy has been implicated in neurodegenerative diseases. Forkhead box O3 (FoxO3) transcription factors promote autophagy in heart and inhibit oxidative damage. Here we investigate the role of FoxO3 transcription factors in regulating autophagy after oxidative stress injury in immortalized mouse hippocampal cell line (HT22). The present study confirms that hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) injury could induce autophagy and FoxO3 activation in HT22 cells. In addition, overexpression of FoxO3 enhanced H2O2-induced autophagy activation and suppressed neuronal cell damage, while knockdown of FoxO3 reduced H2O2-induced autophagy activation and exacerbated neuronal cell injury. Inhibition of autophagy by 3-Methyladenine (3-MA) resulted in reduced cell viability, increased production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), promoted nuclear condensation and decreased expression of antiapoptotic and autophagy-related proteins, indicating that autophagy may have protective effects on H2O2-induced injury in HT22 cells. Moreover, overexpression of FoxO3 prevented exacerbation of brain damage induced by 3-MA. Taken together, these results show that activation of FoxO3 could induce autophagy and inhibit H2O2-induced damage in HT22 cells. Our study demonstrates the critical role of FoxO3 in regulating autophagy in brain.Lymphomas affecting the bones of the jaws, although less frequent than carcinomas, can both present radiologically as carcinomas in addition to the more frequent "periapical-radiolucencies-of-inflammatory-origin" (PRIOs). Certainly those lymphomas arising within the maxillary alveolus have a short period of prior awareness before presentation, denoting an aggressive process. Half are provisionally diagnosed as carcinomas and the other half as PRIOs. Failure of the latter to respond to appropriate treatment, compels prompt and appropriate investigation for a malignancy. Further distinction of the malignancy into carcinoma and lymphoma is necessary, because the treatment of carcinomas is radical, achieved mainly by resection plus radiotherapy, whereas treatment of lymphomas relies on chemotherapy and in some cases, radiotherapy. The few reported cases that have been subject to cross-sectional imaging and reporting by radiologists has only appeared relatively recently. These cases reveal roles for cone-beam computer tomography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance (MR). Ultimately the diagnosis is dependant on a biopsy from the most representative area/s and the treatment plan upon the diagnosis and extent of the disease defined by the imaging.Granulomatosis with polyangiitis is a rare autoimmune condition which causes respiratory tract granulomas, small to medium vessel vasculitis and renal disease. Head and neck manifestations are some of the most common presentations of the condition, with a significant proportion of patients experiencing sinonasal disease alone. The recognition of suggestive imaging findings, in combination with clinical history and serology, aids the diagnosis and appropriate treatment. This pictorial review describes and illustrates the head and neck imaging features of granulomatosis with polyangiitis, highlighting the range of CT and MRI findings of upper aerodigestive tract, orbital and skull-base disease. Recognition of the radiological appearances is of importance, since clinical presentations may be non-specific and limited disease may have negative serology. Imaging features may overlap with other pathologies so important differential diagnoses will be considered, and these are particularly relevant in the context of treatment resistance.The prothrombotic state in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) is related to endothelial injury, the activation of platelets and the coagulation cascade. We evaluated the levels of platelet- (CD42b) and endothelial-derived (CD144) microparticles in the plasma patients with non-valvular AF treated with dabigatran at the time of expected minimum and maximum drug plasma concentrations. Following that, we determined the peak dabigatran plasma concentration (cpeak ). CD42b increased after taking dabigatran (median [IQR] 36.7 [29.4-53.3] vs. 45.6 [32.3-59.5] cells/µL; p = 0.025). The concentration of dabigatran correlated negatively with the post-dabigatran change in CD42b (ΔCD42b, r = -0.47, p = 0.021). In the multivariate model, the independent predictors of ΔCD42b were cpeak (HR -0.55; with a 95% confidence interval, CI [-0.93, -0.16]; p = 0.007), coronary artery disease (CAD) (HR -0.41; 95% CI [-0.79, -0.02]; p = 0.037) and peripheral artery disease (PAD) (HR 0.42; 95% CI [0.07, 0.74]; p = 0.019). CD144 did not increase after dabigatran administration. These data suggest that low concentrations of dabigatran may be associated with platelet activation. PAD and CAD have distinct effects on CD42b levels during dabigatran treatment.Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication of acute pancreatitis (AP) that is associated with increased mortality. GSK2126458 order Conventional assessment of AKI is based on changes in serum creatinine concentration and urinary output. link2 However, these examinations have limited accuracy and sensitivity for the diagnosis of early-stage AKI. This review summarizes current evidence on the use of advanced imaging approaches and artificial intelligence (AI) for the early prediction and diagnosis of AKI in patients with AP. CT scores, CT post-processing technology, Doppler ultrasound, and AI technology provide increasingly valuable information for the diagnosis of AP-induced AKI. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) also has potential for the evaluation of AP-induced AKI. For the accurate diagnosis of early-stage AP-induced AKI, more studies are needed that use these new techniques and that use AI in combination with advanced imaging technologies.Introduction Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended for an infant's first 6 months of life. If unable to breastfeed, expressed breast milk, including donor human milk (DHM), is recommended for optimal nutrition. Benefits of DHM in preterm infants have been established by extensive research. However, less is known about DHM use in other populations. Objective To conduct a scoping review of the literature regarding DHM use in populations other than preterm infants. Materials and Methods PubMed and Clinicaltrials.gov were used to search for articles and clinical trials published between January 1, 2000 and February 29, 2020. In total, 182 articles and reports were identified and screened by 2 independent reviewers. link3 Results Twenty-six articles met inclusion criteria and were reviewed. Studies were mostly observational in design and included infants born >35 weeks gestational age with health risks (9/26) and healthy infants (14/26). Most studies in infants with health risks (7/9) investigated clinical outcomes, with small, observational studies suggesting potential improvements in feeding tolerance and gastrointestinal health. Regarding healthy infants, no studies addressed growth, only one study measured clinical outcomes, and findings related to breastfeeding outcomes were conflicting. Over half of the studies reviewed (15/26) were not designed to establish a potential relationship between DHM use and relevant health-related outcomes. Conclusion The current evidence of DHM use in populations other than preterm infants is limited by lack of direct health measures and infrequent use of randomized trials. More research is warranted to investigate clinical, growth, and breastfeeding outcomes.Ultraviolet (UV) irradiation on the surface of Mars is an important factor that affects the survivability of microorganisms on Mars. The possibility of martian brines made from Fe2(SO4)3, MnSO4, and MgSO4 salts providing a habitable niche on Mars via attenuation of UV radiation was investigated on the bacteria Bacillus subtilis and Enterococcus faecalis. Results demonstrate that it is possible for brines containing Fe2(SO4)3 on Mars to provide protection from harmful UV irradiation, even at concentrations as low as 0.5%. Brines made from MnSO4 and MgSO4 did not provide significant UV protection, and most spores/cells died over the course of short-term experiments. However, Fe2(SO4)3 brines are strongly acidic and thus were lethal to E. faecalis, when cells were exposed for 7 days. In contrast, B. subtilis, a spore-forming bacterium resistant to pH extremes, was unaffected by the acidic conditions of the brines and did not experience any significant lethal effects in Fe2(SO4)3. Any extant microbial life in martian Fe2(SO4)3 brines (if present) would need to be capable of surviving acidic environments, if these brines are to be considered a possible habitable niche. The results from this work are important to the search for life on planets with atmospheres that do not significantly attenuate UV radiation (i.e., like Mars) and to planetary protection, since it is possible that terrestrial bacteria in the genus Bacillus are likely to survive in Fe-sulfate brines on Mars.This review is intended for scientists who may be curious about "laws" of economics. Here, I search for laws governing value, including the value of money (inflation). I begin by searching out early scientists, e.g., Aristotle, Copernicus, and Galileo, who contributed to theories of value, or who, like Isaac Newton and J. Willard Gibbs, inspired students of political economy and thereby profoundly influenced the evolution of economic thinking. From a period ranging from Aristotle to John Stuart Mill in the mid-nineteenth century, I extract two candidates for "laws" of economics, one the well-known "law of supply and demand" (LSD) and the other, less well-known, "Fisher's equation of exchange" (FEE). LSD, in one form or another, has been central to the development of economic thought, but it has proven impossible to express LSD in any compact, deterministic form with causal implications. I propose, however, that, as suggested by Irving Fisher early in the twentieth century and 100 years later by Nobelist Thomas Schelling, FEE is analogous to the first law of thermodynamics (FLT). I argue that both FEE and FLT can be viewed as "accounting identities," pertaining to energies in the case of FLT and money in the case of FEE. Both, however, suffer from a similar limitation neither provides any information concerning causal relations among the relevant variables. I reflect upon the impact of the absence of firm, fact-based, economic laws with causal implications on modern economic policy, allowing it to be dominated by ideologies damaging to American society.Purpose Difficulties in speech-in-noise understanding are often reported in individuals with tinnitus. Building on our previous findings that speech-in-noise performance is correlated with subjective loudness of tinnitus, this study aimed to investigate the effect of tinnitus pitch on consonant recognition in noise. Method Pure-tone audiometry and the Quick Speech-in-Noise Test were conducted on 66 participants categorized into four groups by their hearing sensitivity and self-report of tinnitus. Consonant recognition scores at various frequency ranges were obtained at the 5 dB SNR condition of the Quick Speech-in-Noise Test. Participants with tinnitus also completed a tinnitus pitch-matching procedure. Correlation analyses were conducted between tinnitus pitch and the frequency of the worst consonant recognition, and the error rates based on word and sentence position were compared. Results Regardless of hearing sensitivity, tinnitus pitch did not correlate with the frequency of the worst consonant recognition.