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Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), with attractive properties such as high surface area, tunable porosity, designable functionality and excellent stability, have aroused tremendous interests of researchers as the matrices for enzyme immobilization. Recently, several efficient strategies including surface immobilization, post-synthetic infiltration and in situ encapsulation have been explored. The MOFs-immobilized enzymes, named enzymes@MOFs, show remarkably enhanced stability and recyclability, accelerating the cell-free biocatalysis in diverse applications. This concept will impart the typical strategies for enzyme immobilization with MOFs, and their potential applications. © 2020 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.Delirium is an acute disorder of attention and cognition. It occurs across the life span, yet it is particularly common among older adults, and is closely linked with underlying neurocognitive disorders. Evidence is mounting that intervening on delirium may represent an important opportunity for delaying the onset or progression of dementia. To accelerate the current understanding of delirium, the Network for Investigation of Delirium Unifying Scientists (NIDUS) held a conference "Advancing Delirium Research A Scientific Think Tank" in June 2019. This White Paper encompasses the major knowledge and research gaps identified at the conference advancing delirium definition and measurement, understanding delirium pathophysiology, and prevention and treatment of delirium. A roadmap of research priorities is proposed to advance the field in a systematic, interdisciplinary, and coordinated fashion. A call is made for an international consortium and biobank targeted to delirium, as well as a public health campaign to advance the field. © 2020 The Authors. Alzheimer's & Dementia published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Alzheimer's Association.Mollusks have a wide variety of body plans, which develop through conserved early embryogenesis, namely spiral embryonic development and trochophore larvae. Although the comparative study of mollusks has attracted the interest of evolutionary developmental biology researchers, less attention has been paid to bivalves. In this review, we focused on the evolutionary process from single-shell ancestors to bivalves, which possess bilaterally separated shells. Our study tracing the lineage of shell field cells in bivalves did not support the old hypothesis that shell plate morphology is due to modification of the spiral cleavage pattern. Rather, we suggest that modification of the shell field induction process is the key to understanding the evolution of shell morphology. The novel body plan of bivalves cannot be established solely via separating shell plates, but rather requires the formation of additional organs, such as adductor muscles. The evolutionary biology of bivalves offers a unique view on how multiple organs evolve in a coordinated manner to establish a novel body plan. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Photocatalytic reactions, including hydrogen/oxygen generation, water splitting and hydrogen peroxide production, are regarded as a renewable and promising method to harvest and use solar energy. https://www.selleckchem.com/products/gpna.html The key to achieving this goal is to explore efficient photocatalysts with high productivity. Recently, two-dimensional (2D) polymeric carbon nitride nanosheets were reported as efficient photocatalysts toward various products because of their outstanding properties, such as high specific surface area, more reactive sites, the quantum effect in thickness and unique electronic properties. This minireview attempts to overview recent advances in the preparation, structure and properties of crystalline and amorphous carbon nitride nanosheets, and their applications in photocatalytic hydrogen/oxygen evolution, water splitting and hydrogen peroxide production. We also thoroughly discuss the effect of defects, dopants and composites on the photocatalytic efficiency of these carbon nitride nanosheets. Finally, we outlook the ongoing opportunities and future challenges for 2D carbon nitride nanosheets in the field of photocatalysis. © 2020 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.Caecal volvulus is responsible for about 15% of colonic obstructions in the United States. It usually arises due to congenital incomplete dorsal mesenteric fixation of the ascending colon or caecum, which increases mobility of the ascending colon and subsequent risk of torsion. Patients diagnosed with caecal volvulus should receive surgical intervention within 48-72 hours, as delayed treatment is associated with a 30-40% mortality rate. Optimal treatment of caecal volvulus is a right hemicolectomy and has historically been repaired by both laparoscopic and open approaches with negligible risk of recurrence, as compared with colopexy which has resulted in a 30% to 75% recurrence rate. However, with the evolution of minimally invasive platforms, surgeons may implement intracorporeal anastomosis, without compromising operative times and surgical outcomes. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.The crossed molecular beam reactions of the methylidyne radical (CH; X 2 Π) with 1,3-butadiene (CH 2 CHCHCH 2 ; X 1 Ag) along with their (partially) deuterated counterparts were performed at collision energies of 20.8 kJ mol -1 under single collision conditions. Combining our laboratory data with ab initio calculations, we reveal that the methylidyne radical may add barrierlessly to the terminal carbon atom and/or carbon-carbon double bond of 1,3-butadiene, leading to doublet C 5 H 7 intermediates with life times longer than the rotation periods. These collision complexes undergo non-statistical unimolecular decomposition through hydrogen atom emission yielding the cyclic cis- and trans-3-vinyl-cyclopropene products with reaction exoergicities of 119 ± 42 kJ mol -1 . Since this reaction is barrierless, exoergic, and all transition states are located below the energy of the separated reactants, these cyclic C 5 H 6 products are predicted to be accessed even in low-temperature environments, such as in hydrocarbon-rich atmospheres of planets and cold molecular clouds such as TMC-1.