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Age 45+ years at cohort-entry (hazard ratio versus 25-34 years 3.1, 95% CI 2.4-4.2), top quintile for baseline daily-dose of prescribed methadone (versus 50-70 mg 1.9, 1.1-3.1) and being female (1.3, 1.0-1.6) significantly increased clients' risk of methadone-specific DRD. Conclusions Extra care is needed when methadone daily-dose exceeds 90mg. Females' higher risk for methadone-specific DRD is new; and needs validation. Further analyses of prescribed daily-dose linked to mortality for large cohorts of methadone-clients are needed internationally; together with greater pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic understanding of methadone by age and gender. Balancing age-related risks is challenging for prescribers who manage chronic opiate dependency against additional uncertainty about the nature, strength and pharmacological characteristics of drugs from illegal markets. [249 words].Aim Acenocoumarol is a vitamin-K antagonist (VKA) primarily used in certain countries (e.g India, Netherlands, Spain). The half-life of acenocoumarol is similar to that of non-VKA oral anticoagulants (NOAC), unlike warfarin, and this could affect comparative effectiveness and safety (CES). However, data on CES for NOAC come almost exclusively from studies using warfarin as the comparator. We aimed to assess outcomes of NOAC and acenocoumarol in people with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) in real-world clinical practice. Methods Population-based retrospective cohort study. All new users of oral anticoagulants from Nov2011 to Dec2015 with NVAF were included (N= 41,560). XMU-MP-1 datasheet Data were obtained by linking several health electronic records of the Valencia Region, Spain. Incidence rates were estimated. We used the inverse probability of treatment weighted Cox analysis to control for indication bias when assessing the risk of effectiveness and safety outcomes for each NOAC compared with acenocoumarol. Several sensitivity analyses were performed. Results We did not find differences in the risk of mortality, ischaemic stroke or any gastrointestinal bleeding. However, we did find a decreased risk of intracranial haemorrhage for dabigatran (HR 0.34, 95%CI0.20-0.56) and rivaroxaban (HR0.55, 95%CI0.35-0.85) as compared to acenocoumarol. In sub-analyses, apixaban showed a higher risk of ischaemic stroke in high-risk persons (≥75y and CHA2DS2-VASC score ≥ 2). Conclusions No differences in clinical outcomes were found between NOAC and acenocoumarol overall, although dabigatran and rivaroxaban showed a lower risk of intracranial haemorrhage. Findings on the potential inferiority of specific NOAC in high-risk subgroups should be studied further.Amino acids are essential compounds for living organisms, and their determination in biological fluids is crucial for the clinical analysis and diagnosis of many diseases. However, the detection of most amino acids is hindered by the lack of a strong chromophore/fluorophore or electrochemically active group in their chemical structures. The highly sensitive determination of amino acids often requires derivatization. Capillary electrophoresis is a separation technique with excellent characteristics for the analysis of amino acids in biological fluids. Moreover, it offers the possibility of precapillary, on-capillary, or postcapillary derivatization. Each derivatization approach has specific demands in terms of the chemistry involved in the derivatization, which is discussed in this review. The family of homocyclic o-dicarboxaldehyde compounds, namely o-phthalaldehyde, naphthalene-2,3-dicarboxaldehyde, and anthracene-2,3-dicarboxaldehyde, are powerful derivatization reagents for the determination of amino acids and related compounds. In the presence of suitable nucleophiles they react with the primary amino group to form both fluorescent and electroactive derivatives. Moreover, the reaction rate enables all of the derivatization approaches mentioned above. This review focuses on articles that deal with using these reagents for the derivatization of amino acids and related compounds for ultraviolet-visible spectrometry, fluorescence, or electrochemical detection. Applications in capillary and microchip electrophoresis are summarized and discussed.The mechanical behaviour of regenerated bone tissue during fracture healing is key in determining its ability to withstand physiological loads. However, the strain distribution in the newly formed tissue and how this influences the way a fracture heals it is still unclear. X-ray Computed Tomography (XCT) has been extensively used to assess the progress of mineralised tissues in regeneration and when combined with in situ mechanics and digital volume correlation (DVC) has been proven a powerful tool to understand the mechanical behaviour and full-field three-dimensional (3D) strain distribution in bone. The purpose of this study is therefore to use in situ XCT mechanics and DVC to investigate the strain distribution and load-bearing capacity in a regenerating fracture in the diaphyseal bone, using a rodent femoral fracture model stabilised by external fixation. Rat femurs with 1 mm and 2 mm osteotomy gaps were tested under in situ XCT step-wise compression in the apparent elastic region. High strain was present in the newly formed bone (εp1 and εp3 reaching 29 000 µε and -43 000 µε, respectively), with a wide variation and inhomogeneity of the 3D strain distribution in the regenerating tissues of the fracture gap, which is directly related to the presence of unmineralised tissue observed in histological images. The outcomes of this study will contribute in understanding natural regenerative ability of bone and its mechanical behaviour under loading.Background Spectral reflectance measurements and vegetation indices analysis have been widely concerned for monitoring plant nutritional status. Remote sensing methods are very fast, convenient and non-destructive for estimating crop nutrition indices. Currently, with the rapid development of remote sensing satellite, unmanned aerial vehicles remote sensing and Internet of things, remote sensing will be more and more widely used in crop nutrition diagnosis which can cause lower operating cost in fertilization and minimize acute loss of productivity. Results In this study, satellite images were used to evaluate the use of vegetation indices for crop nutrition mapping for two years, in two regions which are located in Ray and Karaj cities. For each farm, eight reference points in each year were selected to determine crop nutrition status for model development and accuracy assessment. Then, ten spectral vegetation indices were used to calculate the crop nutrition content at mid-season and end-of-season. The results indicated that Transformed chlorophyll absorption in reflectance (TCARI) and Modified chlorophyll absorption in reflectance index (MCARI) had the highest R2 and the lowest RMSE values, respectively (R2 TCARI =0.