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CONCLUSION In general, factors that improve the cuticle thickness appear to be important at the fruit-coloring stage. At the fruit-ripening stage, larger cell sizes of the epidermis, hypodermis, and parenchyma cells lower cracking incidence, indicating the importance of flexibility and elasticity of the epidermis. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry. © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry.Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is curative in sickle cell disease (SCD); however, the lack of available matched donors makes this therapy out of reach for the majority of patients with SCD. Alternative donor sources such as haploidentical HSCT expand the donor pool to nearly all patients with SCD, with recent data showing high overall survival, limited toxicities, and effective reduction in acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). Simultaneously, multiple gene therapy strategies are entering clinical trials with preliminary data showing their success, theoretically offering all patients yet another curative strategy without the morbidity and mortality of GVHD. As improvements are made for alternative donors in the allogeneic setting and as data emerge from gene therapy trials, the optimal curative strategy for any individual patient with SCD will be determined by many critical factors including efficacy, transplant morbidity and mortality, safety, patient disease status and preference, cost and applicability. Haploidentical may be the preferred choice now based mostly on availability of data; however, gene therapy is closing the gap and may ultimately prove to be the better option. Progress in both strategies, however, makes cure more attainable for the individual with SCD. © 2020 British Society for Haematology and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Vismodegib (Erivedge® ), a hedgehog pathway inhibitor, is approved to treat metastatic or locally advanced basal cell carcinoma (BCC) not suitable for surgery or radiotherapy. Our main objectives were to study the objective response rate (ORR) assessed by treating physicians and safety of vismodegib in a real-world practice setting in Argentina. MATERIAL AND METHODS This is a prospective cohort study in real-world practice. We included consecutive adult patients treated in Argentina with locally advanced or metastatic BCC not suitable for surgery or radiotherapy. Patients were followed until the end of the study, death, or loss to follow-up, whichever occurred first. Patients received 150 mg vismodegib PO daily. RESULT We included in the analysis 63 patients who received treatment. Locally advanced BCC was present in 57 (90.4%) and metastatic disease in two (3.2%). ORR was observed in 46 patients (73%; 95% CI 60.3-83.4), with partial response in 36 (57%; 95% CI 44-69.5) and complete response in 10 (16%; 95% CI 7.8-27.2). As to safety, 48 (76.2%) patients had at least one adverse event (AE). The most frequently observed AEs were muscular spasms in 25 (39.6%); dysgeusia in 23 (36.5%); alopecia in nine (14.2%); weight loss in seven (11.1%); and ageusia in (9.5%) patients. Serious AEs were observed in 11 (17%) patients with one episode of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism resulting in death. CONCLUSION Our study provides additional evidence of the efficacy and tolerability of vismodegib in patients with locally advanced or metastatic BCC in a real-world practice. © 2020 The International Society of Dermatology.The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the effects of different magnitudes of escape for compliance relative to the magnitudes of escape for problem behavior in a concurrent-schedule arrangement. Three individuals who exhibited escape-maintained problem behavior participated. A large differential magnitude condition (240-s escape for compliance, 10-s escape for problem behavior) was compared to equal (30-s escape for compliance and problem behavior) and moderate differential magnitude (90-s escape for compliance, 10-s escape for problem behavior) conditions. The authors also evaluated the impact of correcting for reinforcer access time (i.e., time on escape intervals) on intervention interpretation. For all participants, problem behavior decreased during only the large differential magnitude condition, and including reinforcer access time in the overall session time did not affect interpretation of treatment outcomes. Providing larger escape magnitudes for compliance relative to problem behavior may facilitate treatment involving concurrent-reinforcement schedules for escape-maintained problem behavior. © 2020 Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior.BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Responding to national and local pressures to reduce the amount of blood transfused, the haematology department of Oxford University Hospitals (OUH), UK implemented an electronic blood-ordering system with clinical decision support. This intervention targeted junior doctors, giving regular feedback on their transfusion practices with respect to clinical guidelines. METHODS We evaluated the incremental costs of the intervention using interrupted time series methods to compare red blood cell and platelet usage before and after the intervention was implemented. Difference-in-differences analysis was used to control for external factors that would affect the use of blood products over time. LY2874455 chemical structure Reductions in blood usage were balanced against intervention costs. RESULTS The base case analysis showed an average cost saving to the department of £89 304 annually as a result of the intervention. Scenario analyses suggested that the savings may have been greater still, had the increasing trend in blood use prior to the intervention continued in the absence of the intervention. CONCLUSION An electronic blood-ordering system with clinical decision support can reduce blood transfusions and associated healthcare costs. Focusing on improving junior doctors' transfusion practice is expected to have a knock-on benefit in terms of dissemination of good transfusion practice both within their own department and others as they continue their training. © 2020 International Society of Blood Transfusion.