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CONCLUSIONS The present study reports that high levels of miR-99a-5p were observed in patients with SRC, particularly those with early stage SRC. In addition, miR-99a-5p expression was found to be related to cell proliferation. Therefore, miR-99a-5p could emerge as a diagnostic biomarker for early SRC and lymph node metastases or related adverse prognosis in patients. BACKGROUND Routine chest x-rays (CXRs) ordered on thoracic surgery inpatients are common, costly, and of unclear clinical utility. We sought to investigate CXR ordering practices and their impact on clinical care. MATERIALS AND METHODS A single-center, retrospective cohort study of adult patients admitted after undergoing thoracic surgery with an intraoperative chest tube (CT) placed was performed over a 1-y period. Our primary outcome was a CXR-driven change in care. We evaluated routine CXR orders immediately after surgery in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) and after final CT removal. "Routine" was defined as not ordered during a workup for a clinical concern. Patients were excluded if they underwent pleurodesis, were discharged with a CT, or had an immediate post-CT removal clinical change prompting intervention. RESULTS A total of 241 patients met inclusion. All patients received a routine PACU CXR, and 48% (117) had abnormal radiographic findings (e.g., pneumothorax, consolidation, effusion, etc). Secondary to this CXR, one patient (0.4%) experienced a change in care a repeat CXR only. All patients received a routine final CT removal CXR, and 58% (140) had abnormal radiographic findings. After this CXR, 33 patients (14%) experienced a change in care 32 underwent repeat CXR and one was clinically observed. Overall, no patients experienced a procedural intervention. CONCLUSIONS Routine post-thoracic surgery CXRs in the PACU and after CT removal have limited clinical impact. Quality initiatives should be pursued to decrease empiric CXR use and reserve ordering for specific clinical concerns. Southwestern Brazilian Amazonia has suffered intense forest conversion in a short period of time (~60 years) and deforestation is ongoing. Around 70% of the deforested area has been designated for cattle ranching. This forest clearing and pasture establishment is abruptly disrupting the functioning of the ecosystem. In this paper, we provide an overview of the effects of land conversion from forest to pasture on the soil and aquatic systems. Forest conversion to pasture has two clear effects a) an on-site effect on the hillslope domain and 2) an off-site effect on the river system. The conversion of forest to pasture affects the soil physical-chemical properties, soil carbon content, water resources, and aquatic system. However, many of these changes are not straightforward or obvious. For example, in some conditions, the soil carbon stock increases in pasture. Despite the advances in our understanding of the effects of land conversion on environmental processes, knowledge gaps persist, and we identify some research needs. BACKGROUND Taiwan is geographically located in a zone that is vulnerable to earthquakes, typhoons, floods, and landslide hazards and has experienced various disasters. Six Regional Emergency Medical Operation Centers (REMOCs) are integrated and administered by the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) to be responsible for emergency situations during disastrous events, such as the emission of chemical toxicants, traffic accidents, industrial materials containment, and typhoons. OBJECTIVE To analyze events reported by the six REMOCs during the 2014 to 2018 for the government policy reference. METHODS Data were collected from injured and death toll reports provided by local designated hospitals in the emergency medical reporting system. Disaster events were categorized into three categories natural disaster (NDs), disasters associated with technology (DTs), and disasters associated with security/violence/others (DSVOs). The three categories were further subdivided into sub-categories. Variables considered for tn), DSVOs were the most reported, especially in Taichung City. CONCLUSION Our data revealed that extreme weather precautions reported in the Taipei branch were increasing. Disaster characteristics were different in each metropolitan city. Upgrading the ability to respond to natural disasters is ineluctable. The results of the assessment of burned residential and wildland areas associated with the July 2018 western Attica wildfire are summarised. The dispersion of major and trace elements in a fire impacted suburban landscape which is adjacent in the north with a Natura 2000 area is evaluated. The dataset includes 35 elements and 27 sampling sites spatially distributed in wildland and residential areas. Field observations and a macroscopic method were applied for investigating the wildfire severity. Statistical and spatial analysis tools were used for data treatment. Major and trace element contents were compared to levels and criteria provided by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment and Australian Department of Environment and Conservation. Aluminum, As, Co, Fe, Mn, Ni, Sb and Zn concentrations observed in wildfire ash pose potential risk to human health. Median ash concentrations for Al, As, B, Ba, Cd, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, S, Sb, and Zn exceeds the plant-avian-mammalian screening levels in wildland and residential areas. Geogenic or anthropogenic origin of the elements is discussed. The associated health risk on human health and terrestrial ecological receptors (plant, avian, mammalian) is assessed. BACKGROUND Studies with behavioural and neuropsychological tests have supported the developmental taxonomy theory of antisocial behaviour, which specifies abnormal brain development as a fundamental aspect of life-course-persistent antisocial behaviour, but no study has characterised features of brain structure associated with life-course-persistent versus adolescence-limited trajectories, as defined by prospective data. SIS17 clinical trial We aimed to determine whether life-course-persistent antisocial behaviour is associated with neurocognitive abnormalities by testing the hypothesis that it is also associated with brain structure abnormalities. METHODS We used structural MRI data collected at 45 years of age from participants in the Dunedin Study, a population-representative longitudinal birth cohort of 1037 individuals born between April 1, 1972, and March 31, 1973, in Dunedin, New Zealand, who were resident in the province and who participated in the first assessment at 3 years of age. Participants underwent MRI, and mean global cortical surface area and cortical thickness were extracted for each participant.