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Omics analyses often result in dozens to hundreds of potential targets, requiring validation for their biological relevance. Current high-throughput functional investigation methods are frequently labor-intensive, expensive, and display low reproducibility. The Immune Co-Culture Cell Microarray (ICCM) is a formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded cell block microarray based on co-cultures of patient-derived tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes and their autologous melanoma cells. Each ICCM slide represents the same experiment and can be stained using standard immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence techniques. Functional dynamics assessment of both proteins and microRNAs using ICCM stained slides demonstrated similar findings to flow cytometry assays and to previously published patient-derived biopsy reports. © 2020 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.The 12th Annual European CME Forum (#12ECF) was held 6-8 November 2019 at the Barnes Wallis building in the University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. An international group of attendees participated in highly interactive learning sessions, ranging from workshops to panel discussions to oral presentations by poster authors. Breakout session themes addressed continuing medical education (CME) from the perspective of the learner (micro-practice); collaborations, partnerships and interprofessional approaches (meso-practice); and consideration of compliance and regulatory issues (macro-practice). Topics covered included standards for accreditation, doctor-patient communication, a framework for CME educators' professional development, capacity building and a futurist viewpoint of continuing professional development (CPD) from a global perspective. The high level of engagement by learners set a solid foundation for further collaboration among stakeholders in European CME. © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.For hospital physicians, alignment of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) with quality improvement efforts is often absent or rudimentary. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a CPD development process that created accessible learning opportunities and aligned CPD with practice data. We conducted a chart audit to identify patient safety and quality of care issues within the institution, then established an eLearning approach that supported quick and cost effective development of high-quality interactive CPD opportunities. We tested a pilot module on the management of common infections in sub-acute care settings with fifteen (68%) residents and three staff physicians to evaluate the approach. One resident and three staff agreed to a follow-up interview. The satisfaction survey indicated that participants felt the content was generally appropriate and the module well designed. Significant improvements to knowledge were reported in the multi-drug resistance (Mean Difference = 25%, p = 0.002), infection management (MD = 32%, p less then  0.001), and cellulitis risk factor (MD = 22%, p = 0.02) questions, as well as in the overall score (MD = 19%, p less then  0.001). Streptozocin In terms of confidence in their answers, the mean rating pre-module was 3.17, rising significantly to 3.92 post-module (p  less then  0.001). In this way, collaboration between quality management and education committees allowed for the development of relevant CPD for physicians, with eLearning providing a timely and accessible way to deliver training on emerging issues. © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.Traditional compartmental models such as SIR (susceptible, infected, recovered) assume that the epidemic transmits in a homogeneous population, but the real contact patterns in epidemics are heterogeneous. Employing a more realistic model that considers heterogeneous contact is consequently necessary. Here, we use a contact network to reconstruct unprotected, protected contact, and airborne spread to simulate the two-stages outbreak of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) on the "Diamond Princess" cruise ship. We employ Bayesian inference and Metropolis-Hastings sampling to estimate the model parameters and quantify the uncertainties by the ensemble simulation technique. During the early epidemic with intensive social contacts, the results reveal that the average transmissibility t was 0.026 and the basic reproductive number R 0 was 6.94, triple that in the WHO report, indicating that all people would be infected in one month. The t and R 0 decreased to 0.0007 and 0.2 when quarantine was implemented. The reconstruction suggests that diluting the airborne virus concentration in closed settings is useful in addition to isolation, and high-risk susceptible should follow rigorous prevention measures in case exposed. This study can provide useful implications for control and prevention measures for the other cruise ships and closed settings. © 2020 Science China Press. Published by Elsevier B.V. and Science China Press. All rights reserved.Amyloid fibrils are found in systemic amyloidosis diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and type II diabetes. Currently, these diseases are diagnosed by observation of fibrils or plaques, which is an ineffective method for early diagnosis and treatment of disease. The goal of this study was to develop a simple and quick method to predict the possibility and speed of fibril formation before its occurrence. Oligomers generated from seven representative peptide segments were first isolated and detected by ion-mobility mass spectrometry (IM-MS). Then, their assemblies were disrupted using formic acid (FA). Interestingly, oligomers that showed small ion intensity changes upon FA addition had rapid fibril formation. By contrast, oligomers that had large ion intensity changes generated fibrils slowly. Two control peptides (aggregation/no fibrils and no aggregation/no fibrils) did not show changes in their ion intensities, which confirmed the ability of this method to predict amyloid formation. In summary, the developed method correlated MS intensity ratio changes of peptide oligomers on FA addition with their amyloid propensities. This method will be useful for monitoring peptide/protein aggregation behavior and essential for their mechanism studies. © 2019 Xi'an Jiaotong University. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V.