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OBJECTIVE Zambia is among the world's top 10 countries with higher fertility rate (5.5 births/woman); unmet family planning need for births spacing (14%) and limiting births (7%). Women in rural Zambia (24%) are reported to have unmet need for family planning than those in urban areas (17%). This study was conducted to ascertain factors associated with modern contraceptive use among rural Zambian women. Epacadostat DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Rural Zambia. PARTICIPANTS Secondary data of 4903 married or cohabiting rural women (15-49 years) after filtering out the pregnant, urban based and unmarried women from 2013 to 2014 Zambian Demographic and Health Survey (ZDHS) were analysed using SPSS V.22. Multiple logistic regression, Pearson's χ2 and descriptive statistics were performed to examine factors associated with modern contraceptive use. RESULTS Factors that were positively associated with contraceptive use were respondent's education (secondary adjusted ORs (AOR = 1.61, p≤0.002); higher (AOR = 2.39, p≤0.050))heir employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.INTRODUCTION Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing problem globally especially in Sub-Saharan Africa including Kenya. Without any intervention, lower/middle-income countries (LMICs) will be most affected due to already higher AMR levels compared with higher income countries and due to the far higher burden of diseases in the LMICs. Studies have consistently shown that inappropriate use of antimicrobials is the major driver of AMR. To address this challenge, hospitals are now implementing antibiotic stewardship programmes (ASPs), which have been shown to achieve reduced antibiotic usage, to decrease the prevalence of resistance and lead to significant economic benefits. However, the implementation of the guideline is highly dependent on the settings in which they are rolled out. This study, employing an implementation science approach, aims to address the knowledge gap in this area and provide critical data as well as practical experiences when using antibiotic guidelines and stewardship programmes in thrmission to conduct the study at each of the participating hospitals. Study findings will be presented to policy stakeholders and published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. It is anticipated that the findings will inform the appropriate antibiotic use guidelines within our local context. © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.Two novel homodimer metabolites were identified in rat samples collected during the in vivo study of GDC-0994. In this study, we investigated the mechanism of the formation of these metabolites. We generated and isolated the dimer metabolites using a biomimetic oxidation system for NMR structure elucidation. A symmetric dimer, via formation of a new carbon-carbon bond between two pyrazoles, and an asymmetric dimer, via a new aniline-nitrogen to pyrazole-carbon bond, were identified. In vitro experiments demonstrated formation was catalyzed by cytochrome P450 enzymes, with CYP3A4/5 being the most efficient at forming these dimers. Using Density Functional Theory (DFT), we determined these metabolites share a mechanism of formation, initiated by an N-H hydrogen atom abstraction by the catalytically active iron-oxo of CYPs. Molecular modeling studies also show these dimer metabolites fit in the CYP3A4 binding site in low energy conformations with minimal protein rearrangement. Collectively, the results of these experiments suggest that formation of these two homodimer metabolites is mediated by CYP3A likely involving two GDC-0994 molecules binding within the active site of the P450 enzyme and proceeding through a diradical coupling mechanism. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT These studies identified structures and enzymology for two distinct homodimer metabolites, and indicate a novel biotransformation reaction mediated by CYP3A. In it, two molecules may bind within the active site and combine through diradical coupling. The mechanism of dimerization was elucidated using density functional theory computations and supported by molecular modeling. The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.It has been reported that formation of H2S from the metabolism of anetholedithiolethione (ADT, Sulfarlem) and anetholedithiolone (ADO) by liver microsomes mainly derived from their oxidation by cytochrome P450 (CYP)-dependent monooxygenases, and that ADO was a better H2S-donor than ADT under these conditions. This article compares the H2S-donor abilities of 18 dithiolethione and dithiolone analogs of ADT and ADO in the presence of rat liver microsomes. It shows that, for all the studied compounds, maximal H2S formation was obtained in microsomal incubations in the presence of NADPH, and that this formation greatly decreased in the presence of N-benzyl imidazole (Bz-ImH), an usual inhibitor of CYP. This indicates that H2S formation from all the studied compounds requires, as previously observed in the case of ADT and ADO, oxidations catalyzed by CYP-dependent monooxygenases. Under these conditions, the studied dithiolones were almost always better H2S-donors than the corresponding dithiolethiones. Epacadostat Interestinglthiole-3-one-1-sulfoxide, a metabolite of the choleretic and sialologic drug Sulfarlem. The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.BACKGROUND The emerging role of next-generation sequencing (NGS) targeted panels is revolutionising our approach to cancer patients, providing information on gene alterations helpful for diagnosis and clinical decision, in a short time and with acceptable costs. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this work, we evaluated the clinical application of FoundationOne CDx test, a hybrid capture-based NGS. This test identifies alterations in 324 genes, tumour mutational burden and genomic signatures as microsatellite instability. The decision to obtain the NGS assay for a particular patient was done according to investigator's choice. RESULTS Overall, 122 tumour specimens were analysed, of which 84 (68.85%) succeeded. The success rate was influenced by type of specimen formalin-fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE block vs FFPE slides), by origin of the sample (surgery vs biopsy) and by time of fixation ( less then 5 years vs ≥5 years). The most frequent subgroups of effective reports derived from colorectal cancer (25 samples), non-small-cell lung cancer (16 samples), ovarian cancer (10 samples), biliary tract cancer (9 samples), breast cancer (7 samples), gastric cancer (7 samples).