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Metformin, an insulin sensitizer, is the most common first-line antidiabetic therapy. There is increasing evidence suggesting metformin can prevent the emergence of prostate cancer (CaP). We aimed to analyze the chemopreventive role of metformin, in conjunction with other putative chemopreventive medications (statins, proton-pump-inhibitors, alpha-blockers, 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors, diabetic medications) in a population-based cohort study.

Data were incorporated from the Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences to identify all diabetic men aged 66 and above with prior history of a negative prostate biopsy (PB) between 1994 and 2016, who were not on any of the medications prior to study inclusion. Multivariable Cox regression models with time-dependent covariates were used to assess the association of metformin to CaP diagnosis, subsequent PB, and use of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). All models were adjusted for age, rurality, comorbidity, and year of study inclusion.

Overall, 2,332 diabesion of CaP.Bacteria have evolved systems dedicated to interbacterial competition. Here we highlight defenses utilized by Gram-negative cells against type VI secretion system (T6SS)-wielding competitors, including physical barriers, genetically encoded antidotes, and stress responses. Further investigation of specific and general defenses will reveal the interbacterial selective pressures impacting bacterial survival in nature.The molecular evolution of the adaptive response at the host-pathogen interface has been frequently referred to as an 'arms race' between the host and bacterial pathogens. The innate immune system employs multiple strategies to starve microbes of metals. Pathogens, in turn, develop successful strategies to maintain access to bioavailable metal ions under conditions of extreme restriction of transition metals, or nutritional immunity. Mycophenolic However, the processes by which evolution repurposes or re-engineers host and pathogen proteins to perform or refine new functions have been explored only recently. Here we review the molecular evolution of several human metalloproteins charged with restricting bacterial access to transition metals. These include the transition metal-chelating S100 proteins, natural resistance-associated macrophage protein-1 (NRAMP-1), transferrin, lactoferrin, and heme-binding proteins. We examine their coevolution with bacterial transition metal acquisition systems, involving siderophores and membrane-spanning metal importers, and the biological specificity of allosteric transcriptional regulatory proteins tasked with maintaining bacterial metallostasis. We also discuss the evolution of metallo-β-lactamases; this illustrates how rapid antibiotic-mediated evolution of a zinc metalloenzyme obligatorily occurs in the context of host-imposed nutritional immunity.The Military Acute Concussion Evaluation 2 (MACE 2), which includes the Vestibular-Ocular Motor Screening (VOMS) tool and the single-leg stance component of the modified Balance Error Scoring System (mBESS), was introduced in 2018 as an assessment of acute mTBI in US military personnel. However, the reliability of the VOMS and mBESS in this population has not been established.

The primary purpose of this study was to examine the reliability of the VOMS across a 6-month period in healthy, uninjured US Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) personnel.

Active duty/heathy military personnel (n=108) completed the VOMS and mBESS at baseline and follow-up 6 months later (±1 month).

Cronbach's alpha was used to examine the internal consistency of the VOMS and mBESS at both time points. Two-way mixed intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC) with consistency agreement were used to evaluate test-retest reliability.

VOMS demonstrated excellent internal consistency (α=0.99), whereas, the mBESS demonstrated poorBESS double-leg stance may be a more reliable measure of balance in this population.

Conduct a large-scale epidemiological study of injury characteristics (location, type, mechanism, severity, burden) and incidence in community junior rugby league.

Prospective cohort epidemiology study.

Injury surveillance was conducted in three district leagues (Penrith, Canberra, Melbourne) in under 6 (U6) to under 18 years (U18) age groups across the 2016 season. Club sports trainers recorded all match/training medical-attention injuries using a commercial electronic application which recorded injury circumstances and characteristics.

A total of 13,169 players from 897 teams participated and 408 (89% male) players sustained 485 injuries, 94% of which were match related. The overall injury incidence was 5.9 injuries/1000 player hours and highest in U13-U18 female players (22.2 injuries/1000 player hours). The mean injury severity of 16±31 days missed training/match-play caused an overall injury burden of 94.2 days missed/1000 player hours). Tackles accounted for 84% of injuries. Joint and contusion evidence-base to inform or revise policy, training and injury prevention programs and athlete development pathways in relation to game-wide safety and develop best-practice protocols in injury management for rugby league athlete support personnel.

Systematically review the literature addressing age, sex, previous injury, and intervention program as influencing factors of the Landing Error Scoring System.

Systematic review with meta-analysis.

Three databases (PubMed, Web of Science®, and Scopus®) were searched on 1 April 2020. Original studies using the Landing Error Scoring System as primary outcome and exploring age, sex, previous injury, and intervention program were included, assessed for risk of bias, and critically appraised. Three meta-analyses were performed using one random and two mixed effect models with dependent variables sex, previous injury and intervention program, respectively. Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation was used to evaluate the strength of the evidence. PROSPERO registration number CRD42018107210.

Fifty-two studies were included. Pooled data indicated that females have higher Landing Error Scoring System scores than males (p<0.001, mean difference=0.6 error). Participants with previous anterior cruciate ligament injury have higher LESS scores than healthy controls (p=0.