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011, 95% CI, 0.6-4.7%). In the CT group, univariate analyses demonstrated a significant effect of age on the aspect of occipital condyles (P = .016). Horses with regular occipital condyles were older (median age = 881 days; interquartile range = 1054) than horses with a defect (median age = 109 days, interquartile range = 318). All horses above 156 days (5.1 months) of age and 550 days (18.1 months) of age had regular occipital condyles on radiographic and CT images, respectively. This study describes occipital condyle defects as a potential normal finding in young horses and provides guidelines for interpretation of the occipital condyle ossification process.Magnetic resonance imaging hyperintensity on T2-weighted turbo SE and STIR sequences of the paraspinal musculature in canine patients being imaged for thoracolumbar intervertebral disc extrusion is frequently observed but poorly understood in veterinary medicine. The objective of this prospective analytical study was to describe the histopathology of muscle hyperintensity in dogs with thoracolumbar intervertebral disc extrusions and to determine if a relationship exists between the presence of this hyperintensity and various patient factors. Twenty privately owned dogs who underwent surgical decompression of intervertebral disc extrusions diagnosed on MRI were enrolled (10 normal "control or nonaffected cases" without MRI paraspinal musculature hyperintensity and 10 "affected cases" with hyperintensity). Surgical biopsies of the epaxial musculature at the region of hyperintensity (affecteds) and at the site of the disc herniation (controls) were submitted for histopathology. Escin in vitro The degree of myofiber degeneration and necrosis was scored using an ordinal scoring system absent (0), minimal (10), mild (20), moderate (30), marked/severe (40), and massive (50). Associations between hyperintensity presence and patient age, weight, body condition, neurologic status, acuteness of onset, number of disc herniation sites, degree of spinal cord compression, and volume of herniated material were investigated. Nonaffected patients were significantly older (median age = 9.4 years) than affected patients (median age = 3.5 years), but no other significant associations were found. Acute myofiber degeneration/necrosis and intramuscular inflammation were observed in half of affected patients. Therefore, T2/STIR muscle hyperintensity in some patients with intervertebral disc extrusion may represent muscle degeneration and inflammation.Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have recently emerged as appealing platforms to construct microlasers owing to their compelling characters combining the excellent stability of inorganic materials and processable characters of organic materials. However, MOF microstructures developed thus far are generally composed of multiple edge boundaries due to their crystalline nature, which consequently raises significant scattering losses that are detrimental to lasing performance. In this work, we propose a strategy to overcome the above drawback by designing spherically shaped MOFs microcavities. Such spherical MOF microstructures are constructed by amorphizing MOFs with a topological distortion network through introducing flexible building blocks into the growth environment. With an ultra-smooth surface and excellent circular boundaries, the acquired spherical microcavities possess a Q factor as high as ≈104 and can provide sufficient feedback for high-quality single-mode lasing oscillations. We hope that these results will pave an avenue for the construction of new types of flexible MOF-based photonic components.

The Reduced Uterine Perfusion Pressure (RUPP) rat model of placental ischemia recapitulates many characteristics of preeclampsia including maternal hypertension, intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), and increased cytolytic natural killer cells (cNKs). While we have previously shown a 5-fold higher cytotoxicity of RUPP NKs versus normal pregnant NKs, their role in RUPP pathophysiology remains unclear. In this study, we tested the hypotheses that (1) adoptive transfer of RUPP-stimulated NKs will induce maternal hypertension and IUGR in normal pregnant control (Sham) rats and (2) adoptive transfer of Sham NKs will attenuate maternal hypertension and IUGR in RUPP rats.

On gestation day (GD)14, vehicle or 5×10

RUPP NKs were infused i.v. into a subset of Sham rats (Sham+RUPP NK), and vehicle or 5×10

Sham NKs were infused i.v. into a subset of RUPP rats (RUPP+Sham NK; n=12/group). On GD18, Uterine Artery Resistance Index (UARI) was measured. On GD19, mean arterial pressure (MAP) was measured, animals were sacrificed, and blood and tissues were collected for analysis.

Adoptive transfer of RUPP NKs into Sham rats resulted in elevated NK activation, UARI, placental oxidative stress, and preproendothelin expression as well as reduced circulating nitrate/nitrite. This led to maternal hypertension and IUGR. RUPP recipients of Sham NKs demonstrated normalized NK activation, sFlt-1, circulating and placental VEGF, and UARI, which led to improved maternal blood pressure and normal fetal growth.

These data suggest a direct role for cNKs in causing preeclampsia pathophysiology and a role for normal NKs to improve maternal outcomes and IUGR during late gestation.

These data suggest a direct role for cNKs in causing preeclampsia pathophysiology and a role for normal NKs to improve maternal outcomes and IUGR during late gestation.Recent industrial developments have resulted in an increase in the use of so-called technology-critical elements (TCEs), for which the potential impacts on aquatic biota remain to be evaluated. In the present study, quantitative ion character-activity relationships (QICARs) have been developed to relate intrinsic metal properties to their toxicity toward freshwater aquatic organisms. In total, 23 metal properties were tested as predictors of acute median effect concentration (EC50) values for 12 data-rich metals, for algae, daphnids, and fish (with and without species distinction). Simple and multiple linear regressions were developed using the toxicological data expressed as a function of the total dissolved metal concentrations. The best regressions were then tested by comparing the predicted EC50 values for the TCEs (germanium, indium, gold, and rhenium) and platinum group elements (iridium, platinum, palladium, rhodium, and ruthenium) with the few measured values that are available. The 8 "best" QICAR models (adjusted r2  > 0.