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The prevention of acid generation from sulfidic mine wastes is a problem that challenges the global scientific community for decades. A promising strategy is related to the formation of coating layer around sulfides for inhibiting surface oxidation. In the current research, the conditions favoring the formation of an efficient silicate-based coating around pyrite and arsenopyrite were studied, using batch tests. The coating solutions contained silicate-oxyanions, an oxidant (H2O2) and buffered at pH 6. The effect of Si concentration (0.1-50 mM), liquid/solid ratio (5-100 mL/g) and contact time (up to 24 h) was investigated. Pyrite tailings treated with a solution of 1 mM Si/0.1 M H2O2 at L/S100 mL/g for 24 h resulted in the optimum formation of a coating, which reduced the amount of SO4-2-released by 72%, compared to the sample treated in the absence of Si. However, silicate treatment had a negative effect on arsenopyrite tailings inducing As mobilization.Light pollution, or the presence of artificial light at night (ALAN), is among the fastest growing but least understood anthropogenic stressor on the planet. While historically light pollution has not received attention comparable to climate change or chemical pollution, research over the past several decades has revealed the plethora of negative effects on humans, animals, and supporting ecosystems. As light pollution continues to grow in spatial, spectral, and temporal extent, we recognize the urgent need to understand how this affects circadian physiology, organismal fitness, life history traits and tradeoffs, population trends, and community interactions. Here, we aim to highlight background and foundational evidence of the effects of light pollution to present context and the basis for early light pollution studies. Next, we touch on several understudied topics where research is underway to fill gaps in our knowledge and provide the basis for future research. FDA-approved Drug Library molecular weight Last, we focus on questions that are vital to understanding the effects of ALAN on diverse natural systems and discuss the barriers we face conducting research on light pollution.

Evidence about the clinical relevance of appropriate co-medication among older colorectal cancer (CRC) patients is sparse.

A cohort study was conducted with 3,239 CRC patients aged 65 years and older. To assess co-medication quality, we calculated the total Fit fOR The Aged (FORTA) score and its sub-scores for medication overuse, underuse, and potentially inappropriate medication use. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards or logistic regression models were performed to evaluate the association of co-medication quality with up to 5-year overall survival, CRC-specific survival, and chemotherapy-related adverse drug reactions (ADRs).

Overall, 3,239 and 1,209 participants were included in analyses on survival and ADRs, respectively. The hazard ratios [95%-confidence intervals] for the total FORTA score ≥ 7 vs. 0-1 points were 1.83 [1.40-2.40] and 1.76 [1.22-2.52] for up to 5-year overall and CRC-specific survival, respectively. Worse up to 5-year OS and CSS was also evident for FORTA sub-scores for PIM use and overuse whereas no association was observed for underuse. Although results for the total FORTA and potentially inappropriate medication score were much stronger among patients receiving chemotherapy, no significant associations with chemotherapy-related ADRs were observed. Moreover, associations were particularly strong among men and rectal cancer patients as compared to women and colon cancer patients.

Poor total co-medication quality was significantly associated with worse up to 5-year overall and CRC-specific survival. Randomized controlled trials are needed to test whether improved cancer co-medication management in older CRC patients prolongs survival.

Poor total co-medication quality was significantly associated with worse up to 5-year overall and CRC-specific survival. Randomized controlled trials are needed to test whether improved cancer co-medication management in older CRC patients prolongs survival.Components of the intraflagellar transport (IFT) system that regulates the assembly of the primary cilium are co-opted by the non-ciliated T cell to orchestrate polarized endosome recycling and to sustain signaling during immune synapse formation. Here we have investigated the potential role of BBS1, an essential core component of the Bardet-Biedl syndrome complex that cooperates with the IFT system in ciliary protein trafficking, in the assembly of the T cell synapse. We demonstrate that BBS1 allows for centrosome polarization towards the immune synapse. This function is achieved through the clearance of centrosomal F-actin and its positive regulator WASH, a process that we demonstrate to be dependent on the proteasome. We show that BBS1 regulates this process by coupling the 19S proteasome regulatory subunit to the microtubule motor dynein for its transport to the centrosome. Our data identify the ciliopathy-related protein BBS1 as a new player in T cell synapse assembly that acts upstream of the IFT system to set the stage for polarized vesicular trafficking and sustained signaling.

Surveillance programmes undertaken in infants born to hepatitis B virus (HBV) infected mothers provide an opportunity to analyse virological markers from the neonate and early infancy. These data inform on mechanisms of HBV transmission and how available interventions can be better utilised for control of HBV infections arising at the mother/child interface.

Retrospective analysis of HBV serological markers was undertaken in Dried Blood Spots collected from infants born to HBV-infected mothers. In addition, molecular analysis was performed in newborn blood spot cards, collected after birth, from infants identified as HBV-infected despite receiving prophylaxis.

Perinatal exposure could not account for all transmissions with at least one quarter (22%) of infants already infected in utero. All harboured a wild type HBsAg, with identical sequences noted in the neonatal and early infancy samples. In contrast, in infants infected perinatally (43%), selection of viruses harbouring amino acid changes in the HBseduce the risk of intrauterine transmission together with completion of the immunisation schedule also to reduce the perinatal risk of HBV transmission.This study aimed to characterize the surface topography, effect of polishing on surface roughness, residual stresses, and hardness in two glass-ceramic veneers. Fifty-two (52) upper incisors were collected, prepared, and scanned for ceramic veneers. Half of the teeth were restored with veneers made up of feldspathic ceramic (FE), and the other half with zirconia-reinforced lithium silicate ceramic (SZ). All the veneers were designed and milled using a CAD/CAM system and later cemented following the manufacturer's guideline. An optical microscope analyzed the topography of the specimens before and after polishing. The surface roughness was measured using the roughness meter (n=12) and the topographical analysis was carried out using an atomic force microscope (n=6). The residual stresses and Vickers' hardness were evaluated by the indentation method in a micro-hardness indenter (n=6). The surface roughness was analyzed using a three-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by a post hoc Tukey test. The Student t-test was used to compare the residual stresses and hardness between the two ceramics. The topographical analysis revealed that both glass-ceramic veneers had similar percentages of specimens with cracks, before (34.6%) and after (42.3%) polishing. The surface roughness decreased after polishing (p less then 0.001), and the polishing smoothed out the surface of the veneers. The zirconia-reinforced lithium silicate veneer had a lower roughness as compared to the feldspathic one after polishing, while the residual stresses (p=0.722) and hardness (p=0.782) were statistically similar for both ceramic veneers.

The use of digitalis has been plagued by controversy since its initial use. We aimed to determine the relationship between digoxin use and outcomes in hospitalized patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACSs) complicated by heart failure (HF) accounting for sex difference and prior heart diseases.

Of the 25,187 patients presenting with acute HF (Killip class≥2) in the International Survey of Acute Coronary Syndromes (ISACS)-Archives (NCT04008173) registry, 4,722 (18.7%) received digoxin on hospital admission. The main outcome measure was all cause 30-day mortality. Estimates were evaluated by inverse probability of treatment weighting models. Women who received digoxin had a higher rate of death than women who did not receive it (33.8%vs. 29.2%; relative risk [RR] ratio1.24;95% confidence interval [CI] 1.12-1.37). Similar odds for mortality with digoxin were observed in men (28.5%vs. 24.9%; RR ratio 1.20; 95% CI1.10-1.32). Comparable results were obtained in patients with no prior coronary heart disease (RR ratios1.26; 95% CI 1.10 to 1.45 in women and RR1.21; 95% CI 1.06 to 1.39 in men) and those in sinus rhythm at admission (RR ratios1.34; 95% CI 1.15 to 1.54 in women and 1.26; 95% CI 1.10 to 1.45 in men).

Digoxin therapy is associated with an increased risk of early death among women and men with ACS complicated by HF. This finding highlights the need for re-examination of digoxin use in the clinical setting of ACS.

Digoxin therapy is associated with an increased risk of early death among women and men with ACS complicated by HF. This finding highlights the need for re-examination of digoxin use in the clinical setting of ACS.With historically similar patterns of high and stable cohort fertility and high levels of gender equality, the Nordic countries of Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland are seen as forerunners in demographic behavior. Furthermore, Nordic fertility trends have strongly influenced fertility theories. However, the period fertility decline that started around 2010 in many countries with relatively high fertility is particularly pronounced in the Nordic countries, raising the question of whether Nordic cohort fertility will also decline and deviate from its historically stable pattern. Using harmonized data across the Nordic countries, we comprehensively describe this period decline and analyze the extent to which it is attributable to tempo or quantum effects. Two key results stand out. First, the decline is mostly attributable to first births but can be observed across all ages from 15 to the mid-30s. This is a reversal from the previous trend in which fertility rates in the early 30s increased relatively steadily in those countries in the period 1980-2010. Second, tempo explains only part of the decline. Forecasts indicate that the average Nordic cohort fertility will decline from 2 children for the 1970 cohort to around 1.8 children for the late 1980s cohorts. Finland diverges from the other countries in terms of its lower expected cohort fertility (below 1.6), and Denmark and Sweden diverge from Finland, Iceland, and Norway in terms of their slower cohort fertility decline. These findings suggest that the conceptualization of the Nordic model of high and stable fertility may need to be revised.