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Background People with unexplained developmental disabilities or multiple congenital anomalies might have had many biochemical, metabolic, and genetic tests for a period of years without receiving a diagnosis. A genetic diagnosis can help these people and their families better understand their condition and may help them to connect with others who have the same condition. Ontario Health (Quality), in collaboration with the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) conducted a health technology assessment about the use of genome-wide sequencing for patients with unexplained developmental disabilities or multiple congenital anomalies. Ontario Health (Quality) evaluated the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and budget impact of publicly funding genome-wide sequencing. We also conducted interviews with patients and examined the quantitative evidence of preferences and values literature to better understand the patient preferences and values for these tests. Methods Ontario Health (Quality) pervalue the support and information they receive through genetic counselling when considering genome-wide sequencing and learning of a diagnosis. Conclusions Genome-wide sequencing could have a higher diagnostic yield than standard testing for people with unexplained developmental disabilities or multiple congenital anomalies. Genome-wide sequencing can also prompt some changes to medications, treatments, and referrals to specialists for some people tested; however, we are very uncertain about this. Genome-wide sequencing could be a cost-effective strategy when used after standard testing to diagnose people with unexplained developmental disabilities or multiple congenital anomalies. It could also lead to cost savings when used earlier in the diagnostic pathway. Patients and families consistently noted a benefit from seeking a diagnosis through genetic testing. Copyright © Queen's Printer for Ontario, 2020.Background Single-sided deafness refers to profound sensorineural hearing loss or non-functional hearing in one ear, with normal or near-normal hearing in the other ear. Its hallmark is the inability to localize sound and hear in noisy environments. Conductive hearing loss occurs when there is a mechanical problem with the conduction of sound vibrations. Mixed hearing loss is a combination of sensorineural and conductive hearing loss. Conductive and mixed hearing loss, which frequently affect both ears, create additional challenges in learning, employment, and quality of life. Cochlear implants and bone-conduction implants may offer objective and subjective benefits of hearing for people with these conditions who are deemed inappropriate candidates for standard hearing aids and do not meet the current indication (i.e., bilateral deafness) for publicly funded cochlear implants in Canada. Methods We conducted a health technology assessment, which included an evaluation of clinical benefits and harms, cost-effecmixed hearing loss, bone-conduction implants may be cost-effective compared with no intervention. Results and uncertainty are mainly driven by changes in health utilities associated with having a hearing implant. Hence, further research on utility values in this population is warranted with larger sample sizes and longer follow-up.The 5-year cost of publicly funding both types of hearing implant for single-sided deafness and conductive or mixed hearing loss in Ontario is estimated to be $6.7 million to $7.8 million. Copyright © Queen's Printer for Ontario, 2020.The triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) is a recent mechanical energy harvesting technology that has been attracting significant attention. Its working principle involves the combination of triboelectrification and electrostatic induction. The TENG can harvest electrical energy from both solid-solid and liquid-solid contact TENGs. Due to their physical difference, triboelectric materials in the solid-solid TENG need to have high mechanical properties and the surface of the liquid-solid contact TENG should repel water. Therefore, the surface of the TENG must be versatile for applications in both solid-solid and liquid-solid contact environments. In this work, we develop a solid-solid/liquid-solid convertible TENG that has a slippery liquid-infused porous surface (SLIPS) at the top of the electrode. The SLIPS consists of a HDFS coated hierarchical Al(OH)3 structure and fluorocarbon liquid. The convertible TENG developed in this study is capable of harvesting electricity from both solid-solid and liquid-solid contacts due to the high mechanical property of Al(OH)3 and the water-based liquid repelling nature of the SLIPS. When the contact occurs in freestanding mode, electrical output was generated through solid-solid/liquid-solid sliding motions. The convertible TENG can harvest electricity from both solid-solid and liquid-solid contacts; thus, it can be a unified solution for TENG surface fabrication. © 2020 The Author(s). Published by National Institute for Materials Science in partnership with Taylor & Francis Group.Solid electrolytes with high Mg-ion conductivity are required to develop solid-state Mg-ion batteries. The migration energies of the Mg2+ ions of 5,576 Mg compounds tabulated from the inorganic crystal structure database (ICSD) were evaluated via high-throughput calculations. Among the computational results, we focused on the Mg2+ ion diffusion in Mg0.6Al1.2 Si1.8O6, as this material showed a relatively low migration energy for Mg2+ and was composed solely of ubiquitous elements. Furthermore, first-principles molecular dynamics calculations confirmed a single-phase Mg2+ ion conductor. The bulk material with a single Mg0.6Al1.2Si1.8O6 phase was successfully prepared using the sol-gel method. The relative density of the sample was 81%. AC impedance measurements indicated an electrical conductivity of 1.6 × 10-6 Scm-1 at 500°C. The activation energy was 1.32 eV, which is comparable to that of monoclinic-type Mg0.5Zr2(PO4)3. © 2020 The Author(s). Published by National Institute for Materials Science in partnership with Taylor & Francis Group.Online analytics provides insights into the progress of an ongoing reaction without the need for extensive sampling and offline analysis. In this study, we investigated benchtop NMR as an online reaction monitoring tool for complex enzyme cascade reactions. Online NMR was used to monitor a two-step cascade beginning with an aromatic aldehyde and leading to an aromatic amino alcohol as the final product, applying two different enzymes and a variety of co-substrates and intermediates. Benchtop NMR enabled the concentration of the reaction components to be detected in buffered systems in the single-digit mM range without using deuterated solvent. selleck kinase inhibitor The concentrations determined via NMR were correlated with offline samples analyzed via uHPLC and displayed a good correlation between the two methods. In summary, benchtop NMR proved to be a sensitive, selective and reliable method for online reaction monitoring in (multi-step) biosynthesis. In future, online analytic systems such as the benchtop NMR devices described might not only enable direct monitoring of the reaction, but may also form the basis for self-regulation in biocatalytic reactions.