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For 1 wetland, concentrations of 4 pesticides were greater than the prescribed guideline values. Individually the vast majority of aquatic species would be protected but in some wetlands diuron would affect 49% of species and atrazine up to 24 per cent of species. Statistically significant correlations between the number pesticides and the percentage of intensive land use, primarily sugar cane growing in a 1 km radius of the wetlands were found. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.The hippocampus is a medial temporal lobe structure in the brain and is widely studied for its role in memory and learning, in particular, spacial memory and emotional responses. It was thought to be a homogenous structure but emerging evidence shows differentiation along the dorsoventral axis and even microdomains for functional and cellular markers. We have examined in two cell-types of the hippocampal projection neurons, the dentate gyrus (DG) granule cells and CA3 pyramidal neurons, if the GABA-activated tonic current density varied between the dorsal (septal) and the ventral (temporal) poles of the male mouse hippocampus. Tonic synaptic currents, arising from spontaneous and miniature inhibitory postsynaptic currents (sIPSC, mIPSC), and extrasynaptic tonic currents were evaluated. The results revealed different levels of sIPSC but not mIPSC density between the dorsal and ventral hippocampal neurons for both the DG granule cells and the CA3 pyramidal neurons. The extrasynaptic tonic current density was larger in the DG granule cells as compared to the CA3 pyramidal neurons but did not vary between the dorsal and ventral regions. IPSC bursting was observed in both cell-types in the ventral hippocampus but was more common in the CA3 pyramidal neurons. Only in the dorsal DG granule cells was the level of the sIPSC and mIPSC density similar. The results indicate that the tonic GABAergic inhibition is particularly strong in the ventral hippocampal DG granule cells and enhanced in the dorsal as compared to the ventral hippocampal CA3 pyramidal neurons.Very preterm born (VPT) children are those born before 32/40 weeks' gestational age and comprise 10% of the 15 million babies born prematurely worldwide each year. Due to advancements in neonatal medicine, the survival rate of VPT birth has increased, but few studies have investigated the nonmedical, social-cognitive morbidities that affect these children. In this study, we examined emotional face processing networks in VPT compared to age and sex matched full-term born (FT) children. Magnetoencephalography (MEG) was used to test VPT and FT born children at 6 years (n = 78) and 8 years (n = 83). Children were assessed using an implicit emotion face-processing task. Happy, fearful, and angry faces were presented for 150 ms, but children were asked to respond by button press to the location of a control pixelated image of the face displayed on the side of the screen opposite to the face. Children rated the valence of the images on a five-point scale. Group differences showed that VPT children rated angry faces more positively than their FT peers. VPT children had reduced connectivity for angry and fearful faces at 8 years in networks including regions such as the bilateral amygdala, superior temporal sulci, and anterior cingulate gyrus. Interventions should target both emotion recognition, as well as higher cognitive processes related to emotional control and thinking about one's own emotions.A major threat to public health is the resistance and persistence of Gram-negative bacteria to multiple drugs during antibiotic treatment. The resistance is due to the ability of these bacteria to block antibiotics from permeating into and accumulating inside the cell, while the persistence is due to the ability of these bacteria to enter into a nonreplicating state that shuts down major metabolic pathways but remains active in drug efflux. Resistance and persistence are permitted by the unique cell envelope structure of Gram-negative bacteria, which consists of both an outer and an inner membrane (OM and IM, respectively) that lay above and below the cell wall. Unexpectedly, recent work reveals that m1 G37 methylation of tRNA, at the N1 of guanosine at position 37 on the 3'-side of the tRNA anticodon, controls biosynthesis of both membranes and determines the integrity of cell envelope structure, thus providing a novel link to the development of bacterial resistance and persistence to antibiotics. The impact of m1 G37-tRNA methylation on Gram-negative bacteria can reach further, by determining the ability of these bacteria to exit from the persistence state when the antibiotic treatment is removed. These conceptual advances raise the possibility that successful targeting of m1 G37-tRNA methylation can provide new approaches for treating acute and chronic infections caused by Gram-negative bacteria. This article is categorized under Translation > Translation Regulation RNA Processing > RNA Editing and Modification RNA Structure and Dynamics > Influence of RNA Structure in Biological Systems.Aims Employers in the United States incur substantial costs associated with substance use disorders. Our goal was to examine the effectiveness of employer-led interventions to reduce the adverse effects of drug misuse in the workplace. Methods We conducted a systematic review of studies that evaluated the effectiveness of recommended workplace interventions for opioids and related drugs employee education, drug testing, employee assistance programs, supervisor training, written workplace drug-free policy, and restructuring employee health benefit plans. We searched PubMed MEDLINE, EMBASE (embase.com), PsycINFO (Ebsco), ABI Inform Global, Business Source Premier, EconLit, CENTRAL, Web of Science (Thomson Reuters), Scopus (Elsevier), Proquest Dissertations, and Epistemonikos from inception through May 8, 2019, with no date or language restrictions. We included randomized controlled trials, quasi-experimental studies, and cross-sectional studies with no language or date restrictions. The Downs and Black questione meantime, there is a reason to believe that commonly recommended, employer-led interventions may be effective in some environments.Syndromic congenital ichthyoses (CI) are genetically determined disorders of cornification that are characterized by generalized scaling along with systemic symptoms. L-Histidine monohydrochloride monohydrate clinical trial Data on congenital syndromic ichthyosis from developing countries are scarce. To assess the prevalence, phenotype-genotype correlation, and management of syndromic CI patients presenting to our outpatient during the specified period Retrospective study of congenital syndromic ichthyosis patients attending a dermatology clinic in a tertiary care center from 2105-2018. We reviewed epidemiological and comorbidities data, phenotype-genotype correlations, and treatments of syndromic congenital ichthyosis patients. Six patients of Syndromic CI were diagnosedamongst 86 patients of CI (8.1%). Amongst these, three patients of Sjogren-Larrson syndrome (SLS), two patients of Netherton syndrome (NS), and one of Chanarin-Dorfman disease (CDD) were reported. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) was performed withnovel variants reported in one patient each of SLS, NS, and CDD. An atypical phenotype was observed in a patient with NS with associated growth hormone and adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiencybut with favorable clinical response to intravenous immunoglobulin. Our reports point towards the unreported pool of genetic mutations in CI from India. Novel mutations were associated with variable cutaneous and systemic involvement. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Adaptive angiogenesis is necessary for tissue repair, however, it may also be associated with the exacerbation of injury and development of chronic disease. In these studies, we demonstrate that lung mesenchymal vascular progenitor cells (MVPC) modulate adaptive angiogenesis via lineage trace, depletion of MVPC, and modulation of β-catenin expression. Single cell sequencing confirmed MVPC as multipotential vascular progenitors, thus, genetic depletion resulted in alveolar simplification with reduced adaptive angiogenesis. Following vascular endothelial injury, Wnt activation in MVPC was sufficient to elicit an emphysema-like phenotype characterized by increased MLI, fibrosis, and MVPC driven adaptive angiogenesis. Lastly, activation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling skewed the profile of human and murine MVPC toward an adaptive phenotype. These data suggest that lung MVPC drive angiogenesis in response to injury and regulate the microvascular niche as well as subsequent distal lung tissue architecture via Wnt signaling.Objective Extrapulmonary involvement such as balance and reaction time is unclear in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate visuomotor reaction time (VMRT) and dynamic balance in children with CF and non-CF bronchiectasis compared to healthy children. Design/methods Demographic and clinical characteristics were recorded. All children were evaluated with pulmonary function test (PFT) using a spirometer, incremental shuttle walk test (ISWT) for exercise capacity, Fitlight Trainer for VMRT, and functional reach test (FRT) for dynamic balance. Results Fourteen children with CF (10.71 ± 2.94 years, 7 females), 17 children with non-CF bronchiectasis (12.75 ± 2.81 years, 8 females), and 21 healthy children (11.36 ± 3.28 years, 11 females) were included. Children with CF had longer total VMRT (P = .027), poorer FRT performance (P = .001), and shorter ISWT distances (P = .03) compared to the children with non-CF bronchiectasis and controls. Although total VMRT was longest in the CF group, there was no significant difference in mean VMRT among the CF, non-CF bronchiectasis, and control groups (P > .05). Conclusion Dynamic balance and VMRT show greater impairment in children with CF than in children with non-CF bronchiectasis compared to healthy controls. Our findings suggest that VMRT and dynamic balance should be taken into consideration for assessments and exercise programs in pulmonary rehabilitation.The virus, commonly known as COVID-19 which emerged in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, has spread in 213 countries, areas or territories around the globe, with nearly 144 683 deaths worldwide on 18 April 2020. In the wake of this pandemic, we have witnessed a massive infodemic with the public being bombarded with vast quantities of information, much of which is not scientifically correct. Fighting fake news is now the new front in the COVID-19 battle. This regular feature comments on the role of health sciences librarians and information professionals in combating the COVID-19 infodemic. To support their work, it draws attention to the myth busters, fact-checkers and credible sources relating to COVID-19. It also documents the guides that libraries have put together to help the general public, students and faculty recognise fake news.Background The insecticidal efficacy of selected mosquito larvicides [teflubenzuron, s-methoprene, diflubenzuron, temephos, Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (Bti), polydimethylsiloxane], applied alone or in combination, was comparatively investigated against two Culex pipiens biotypes, i.e., Cx. p. biotype pipiens and Cx. p. biotype molestus, under laboratory and semi-field conditions. Registered larvicides were evaluated at their label dose, while those not registered for mosquito control were tested at their label dose per area, i.e., as plant protection products. Teflubenzuron and temephos were evaluated also at half of their label dose, alone or in combination with a non-ionic surfactant. Larval mortalityand adult emergence were assessed after 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 16 and 20 d of exposure. Results In all cases, polydimethylsiloxane provided complete (100%) larval control after 3 d of exposure against both biotypes. With temephos, all larvae were dead after 1 d of exposure, even at half of its label dose.