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Our ultimate goal is to raise the public awareness of the harm of PM2.5 to ischemic stroke, and to provide a certain level of health guidance for stroke-susceptible populations, as well as point out some interesting ideas and directions for future clinical and basic research.The natural occurrence of arsenic (As) in groundwater & soils and its bioaccumulation in rice grains is a major health concern worldwide. To combat the problem, best combination of irrigation management and suitable rice variety altering As content in grains must be ensured. With this aim, a field trial was conducted with two rice varieties and water management including alternate wetting and drying (AWD) and continuous flooding (CF) irrigation regimes with As contaminated groundwater (AsW) and temporarily stored groundwater (TSG) and river water for only CF (as control). Results revealed that As content in different portions of paddy plant was significantly different (P less then 0.001) with irrigation practices and rice varieties. AWD irrigation with TSG accumulated lower As in rice grains compared with CF-AsW for both varieties. Data showed that AWD-TSG practice led to 61.37% and 60.34% grain As reduction for BRRI dhan28 and BRRI dhan29, respectively, compared with CF-AsW. For Principle Component Analysis (PCA), first principle component (PC1) explained 91.7% of the variability and irrigation water As, soil total and available As, straw As, root As and husk As were the dominating parameters. With significant (P less then 0.05) variation in yields between the genotypes, AWD increased grain yield by 29.25% in BRRI dhan29 Compared with CF. However, translocation factor (TF) and bioconcentration factor (BCF) for both varieties were less than one for all the treatments. The addition of this study to our knowledge base is that, AWD-TSG with BRRI dhan29 can be an As-safe practice without compromising yields.Screening of DNA-encoded libraries is an emerging technology for discovering hits against protein targets. With the recent launch of the DELopen platform, a facile screening of 4.4 billion compounds is available to accelerate the drug discovery process. Here we report an affinity-based screening of the DELopen library for the first time. The screening was performed against two bacterial enzymes of the peptidoglycan biosynthetic pathway, N-acetylglucosamine-enolpyruvyl transferase (MurA) and d-alanined-alanine ligase (DdlB). Several binders were obtained and selected for off-DNA synthesis. Hits with confirmed inhibitory potency were deconstructed into smaller fragments. In this way, two new MurA inhibitors with antibacterial activity were obtained and are available for further optimization.We synthesized new analogues of the anti-AML agent VS-II-173. We studied the effect of the substitution at the 1- and 5-positions of the pyrazolo[4,3-a]phenanthridine scaffold on Pim-1 kinase inhibition and cytotoxicity against AML MOLM-13 cells. We found that compounds 20 and 21, substituted at the 1-position exhibited stronger Pim-1 inhibition together with a high potency toward MOLM-13 cells, associated with apoptosis induction and selectivity over non-cancerous NRK cells.
To assess whether AI-based decision support allows more reproducible and standardized assessment of treatment response on MRI in neuro-oncology as compared to manual 2-dimensional measurements of tumor burden using the RANO criteria.
A series of 30 patients (15 lower-grade gliomas, 15 glioblastoma) with availability of consecutive MRI scans was selected. The time to progression (TTP) on MRI was separately evaluated for each patient by 15 investigators over two rounds. In the 1 st round the TTP was evaluated based on the RANO-criteria, whereas in the 2 nd round the TTP was evaluated by incorporating additional information from AI-enhanced MRI-sequences depicting the longitudinal changes in tumor volumes. The agreement of the TTP-measurements between investigators was evaluated using concordance correlation coefficients (CCC) with confidence intervals (CI) and p-values obtained using bootstrap resampling.
The CCC of TTP-measurements between investigators was 0.77 (95%CI=0.69,0.88) with RANO alone and incro manual 2-dimensional measurements of tumor burden, particularly in patients with lower-grade gliomas. A fully-functional version of this AI-based processing pipeline is provided as open-source (https//github.com/NeuroAI-HD/HD-GLIO-XNAT).Ringer's lactate has been the most widely used fluid for burn resuscitation for decades. Selleckchem Eltanexor Plasmalyte® (PL), a newer balanced crystalloid, is gaining popularity for use in the critically ill, including patients with burns. This popularity is partly due to the fact that PL theoretically offers a favorable metabolic profile, but may also be attributed to its relatively lower cost. Patients who are critically ill with large burns receive enormous volumes of fluids, especially during the resuscitation period. The choice of balanced crystalloid solution used is likely to have an impact on the metabolic status of patients and their overall outcomes. The choice of fluid for burn resuscitation has been one of the most researched topics in burn care and various types of fluids have been superseded based on research findings. This narrative review examines the evidence guiding fluid management in burns and explores the data supporting the use of balanced crystalloid solutions, in particular PL for burn resuscitation. Our literature search revealed only one study that focused on a direct comparison between PL and standard Ringer's Lactate for burn resuscitation. Based on the limited literature on the use of PL in burns, it is difficult to draw meaningful conclusions. Further research, into the suitability of PL for use in burns, is needed before formulary changes are instituted widely.Fifty-four Angus-cross steers (297 kg ± 12) were stratified by body weight (BW) to pens (six steers per pen) to determine the effects of supplemental Zn on posttransit growth performance and blood and muscle metabolites. Dietary treatments started 25 d before trucking control (CON; analyzed 54 mg Zn/kg DM), industry (IND; CON + 70 mg supplemental Zn/kg DM), and supranutritional Zn (SUPZN; CON + 120 mg supplemental Zn/kg DM). Supplemental Zn was bis-glycinate bound Zn (Plexomin Zn; Phytobiotics North America, Cary, NC). On day 0, steers were loaded onto a commercial trailer and transported in 18 h (1,822 km). Individual BW was recorded on days -26, -25, -1, and 0 (pre-transit), 1 (posttransit), 6, 27, and 28. Blood was collected on days -1, 1, 6, and 27. Longissimus thoracis biopsies were collected on days -1, 1, and 28. Daily individual feed disappearance was recorded via GrowSafe bunks. Data were analyzed using Proc Mixed of SAS with fixed effect of diet and steer as the experimental unit (growth performanceovered pretransit DMI quicker than CON (by d 2 P = 0.01), while IND had greater overall posttransit DMI than CON with SUPZN intermediate (P = 0.04), and Zn-fed steers had greater ADG posttransit (P = 0.04). Zinc supplementation mitigated muscle or serum lactate increases due to transit and increased posttransit ADG.
Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in pregnancy is an obstetric emergency with risk of maternofetal death.
This work aimed to evaluate DKA events in pregnant women admitted to our inpatient obstetric service, and to examine associated clinical risk factors, presentation, and pregnancy outcomes.
A retrospective cohort study was conducted at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA, and included women aged 17 to 45 years who were treated for DKA during pregnancy between January 1, 2004 and December 31, 2021. Main outcome measures included maternal and fetal death along with a broad spectrum of maternal and fetal pregnancy outcomes.
A total of 71 DKA events were identified in 58 pregnancies among 51 women, 48 (82.8%) of whom had type 1 diabetes. There were no maternal deaths, but fetal demise occurred in 10 (17.2%) pregnancies (6 miscarriages and 4 stillbirths). Maternal social stressors were frequently present (n = 30, 51.0%), and glycemic control was suboptimal (median first trimester glycated hemoglobin A1c = 9.0%). Preeclampsia was diagnosed in 17 (29.3%) pregnancies. Infants born to women with DKA were large for gestational age (n = 16, 33.3%), suffered from neonatal hypoglycemia (n = 29, 60.4%) and required intensive care unit admission (n = 25, 52.1%).
DKA is associated with a high rate of maternofetal morbidity and fetal loss. Prenatal education strategies for women with diabetes mellitus should include a strong focus on DKA prevention, and clinicians and patients should have a high index of suspicion for DKA in all pregnant women who present with symptoms that could be attributed to this condition.
DKA is associated with a high rate of maternofetal morbidity and fetal loss. Prenatal education strategies for women with diabetes mellitus should include a strong focus on DKA prevention, and clinicians and patients should have a high index of suspicion for DKA in all pregnant women who present with symptoms that could be attributed to this condition.
Circulating branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) are associated with the risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D).
We examined to what extent lifestyle intervention aiming to prevent T2D interacts with this association and how BCAA concentrations change during the intervention.
We computed trajectory clusters by k-means clustering of serum fasting BCAAs analyzed annually by mass spectrometry during a 4-year intervention. We investigated whether baseline BCAAs, BCAA trajectories, and BCAA change trajectories predicted T2D and whether BCAAs predicted T2D differently in the intervention (n = 198) and control group (n = 196).
Elevated baseline BCAAs predicted the incidence of T2D in the control group (hazard ratio [HR] 1.05 per 10 μmol/L, P = 0.01), but not in the intervention group. BCAA concentration decreased during the first year in the whole cohort (mean -14.9 μmol/L, P < 0.001), with no significant difference between the groups. We identified 5 BCAA trajectory clusters and 5 trajectory clusters for the change in BCAAs. Trajectories with high mean BCAA levels were associated with an increased HR for T2D compared with the trajectory with low BCAA levels (trajectory with highest vs lowest BCAA, HR 4.0; P = 0.01). A trajectory with increasing BCAA levels had a higher HR for T2D compared with decreasing trajectory in the intervention group only (HR 25.4, P < 0.001).
Lifestyle intervention modified the association of the baseline BCAA concentration and BCAA trajectories with the incidence of T2D. Our study adds to the accumulating evidence on the mechanisms behind the effect of lifestyle changes on the risk of T2D.
Lifestyle intervention modified the association of the baseline BCAA concentration and BCAA trajectories with the incidence of T2D. Our study adds to the accumulating evidence on the mechanisms behind the effect of lifestyle changes on the risk of T2D.
There is little information on Internet use for obtaining mental health information among individuals with chronic psychiatric disorders, who are receiving services from community mental health centres (CMHCs).
To investigate the mental health information-seeking behaviour of individuals with chronic psychiatric disorders who attend CMHCs.
This is a cross-sectional descriptive study. The data was collected by questionnaire (structured interview format) (n=135 participants). The collected data were analysed with descriptive statistics and chi-square test.
It was found that 75.6% of the participants used the internet to search for information about mental health problems. Although the information retrieved from the internet was frequently or occasionally shared with the mental health team (19.6% and 40.2% of the participants, respectively), general online communication with professionals was rare (93.1% of the participants had not contacted mental health professionals).
Most participants looked for information about their mental health on the internet.
