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Three ARGs (blaCTXM, sul2, and tetA) and czcA were present in at least 43% of the analysed samples, whereas ermB and qnrS were never detected. In particular, sul2 abundances increased significantly in coastal location, whereas tetA increased with sampling depth. These findings point out the Black Sea as a source of ARGs and HMRGs distributed along the whole water column.The ability of denitrifying microorganisms to respond to different ecological pressures remains unknown, especially in marine sediments rich in various heavy metals. Here, gene abundance and transcriptional abundance of five functional denitrification genes (narG, nirK, nirS, norB, and nosZ) in Bohai Sea sediments were examined, and high-throughput Illumina sequencing was used to analyze the community structure of nirK and nirS denitrifying bacteria. The nirS- and nirK-type denitrifying bacteria were classified into different genera. The heavy metal content in sediments was negatively correlated with transcriptional abundance of denitrifying genes, and RNA DNA ratio for each gene was highest in central Bohai Sea. These results indicated the distribution of nitrite reductase denitrifying bacterial communities was affected by depth, total nitrogen, total phosphorus and sediment grain size. Heavy metal contamination in sediment environment may negatively regulate the transcriptional abundance of denitrifying genes and cause geographical differences in the denitrifying bacterial community structure.This review aims to briefly describe the potential role of dehalogenase-producing halophilic bacteria in decontamination of organohalide pollutants. Hypersaline habitats pose challenges to life because of low water activity (water content) and is considered as the largest and ultimate sink for pollutants due to naturally and anthropogenic activities in which a substantial amount of ecological contaminants are organohalides. Several such environments appear to host and support substantial diversity of extremely halophilic and halotolerant bacteria as well as halophilic archaea. Biodegradation of several toxic inorganic and organic compounds in both aerobic and anaerobic conditions are carried out by halophilic microbes. Therefore, remediation of polluted marine/hypersaline environments are the main scorching issues in the field of biotechnology. Although many microbial species are reported as effective pollutants degrader, but little has been isolated from marine/hypersaline environments. Therefore, more novel microbial species with dehalogenase-producing ability are still desired.Automated decision aids can undoubtedly benefit system performance, but have the potential to provide incorrect advice, creating the possibility for automation disuse or misuse. This paper examined the extent to which increased automation transparency could improve the accuracy of automation use in a simulation of unmanned vehicle control. Participants were required to assign the best unmanned vehicle to complete missions. An automated recommender system provided advice but was not always reliable. Three levels of automation transparency were manipulated between-participants. Providing transparency regarding the reasoning underlying automated recommendations improved the accuracy of automation use, with no cost to decision time or subjective workload. Higher transparency in the form of projected decision outcome visualizations led to faster decisions, but less accurate automation use and an automation bias. Implications for the design of transparent interfaces to improve human-autonomy teaming outcomes in time-pressured environments are discussed.

In this multicenter retrospective analysis of the Polish Myeloma Group we assessed the real-life application of allogeneic transplantations (alloHCT) in multiple myeloma (MM) outside clinical trials in Poland.

Anonymized clinical data of patients who underwent alloHCT were retrospectively collected from eight transplant centers and analyzed to identify factors affecting the outcome.

Sixty patients (34 males, 26 females) at median age of 45 (22-59) years who received alloHCT between 1993 and 2016 were included. In this group, 16 (27%) patients underwent myeloablative conditioning and 44 (73%) reduced-intensity conditioning alloHCT. Acute graft versus host disease (GvHD) occurred in 27 (45%) patients, while chronic GvHD was diagnosed in 13 (22%) patients. With the median observation time after alloHCT of 10 months, the relapse rate was 38%. Median progression-free survival (PFS) reached 9 months (0-183) while median overall survival (OS) was 23 months (0-183). Main causes of death included disease progression in 16 (43%), infections in 10 (27%), and GvHD in 7 patients (19%). Presence of chronic GvHD was the only factor associated with prolonged PFS (28 vs. click here 6 months; p=0.05), however its impact on OS was not statistically significant (73 vs. 8 months; p=0.09).

In this relatively small and heterogeneous study we observed that alloHCT was associated with high risk of severe complications, but resulted in long-term survival in a proportion of patients. Decisions on optimal indications and timing of the alloHCT in MM need to be taken in the broader context of reported outcomes including data from large studies.

In this relatively small and heterogeneous study we observed that alloHCT was associated with high risk of severe complications, but resulted in long-term survival in a proportion of patients. Decisions on optimal indications and timing of the alloHCT in MM need to be taken in the broader context of reported outcomes including data from large studies.

We investigated N

-hydroxy l-Arginine (NOHA) predictive response in serous ovarian carcinoma based on estrogen-hormone receptor expression status; and assessed the distinctive NOHA response between estrogen-receptor-negative (ER-) tumor subtypes of ovarian and breast cancer.

Three-dimensional (3D) spheroids models of ER- and estrogen-receptor-positive (ER+) from breast and ovarian tumor, cultured for 9 weeks, were assayed for cellular levels of inducible nitric oxide synthase (NOS2), nitric oxide (as total nitrite) and l-Arginine, and compared to NOHA in culture medium. Statistical difference was set at p<0.01.

Nine-week in vitro studies showed a progressive NOHA reduction in culture medium by at least 0.4-0.8 fold, and 0.65-0.92 fold only in the ER- breast tumor and ER- ovarian tumor 3D spheroids, respectively; with increases in cellular NOS2 and nitric-oxide levels, by at least 1.0-2.45 fold in both ER- tumor subtype 3D spheroids (p<0.01; n=6). Within ER- subtypes, medium NOHA decreased by≥38.9% in ovarian cancer over breast cancer 3D-spheroids, with cellular increases in NOS2 (by≥17.