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Human L-asparaginase-like protein 1 (ASRGL1) has hydrolytic activity against L-asparagine and isoaspartyl dipeptides. As an N-terminal nucleophile hydrolase family member, its activation depends on an intramolecular autoprocessing step between G167 and T168. In vitro, autoprocessing reaches only 50% completion, which restrains the activity and hampers the full understanding of the activation process. The ASRGL1 dimer interface plays a critical role in intramolecular processing, and the interactions within oligomers can offer relevant information about autoprocessing. In this work, a fully processed trimeric conformation of ASRGL1 was observed for the first time, and we combined biophysical and structural proteomics assays to characterize trimeric ASRGL1. Our analyses show that oligomerization is critical for autoprocessing, hydrolytic activity and thermal stability. The newest trimeric ASRGL1 conformation enhances protein activity and presents a melting temperature deviation of 4.33 °C in comparison to the monomeric conformation. The interaction of the third monomer in the trimeric conformation is driven by an α-helix comprising residues KVNLARLTLF (227-236).The roots of modern neurosurgery in Iraq can be traced back to the dawn of civilization; the Mesopotamian culture. Archaeological evidence has provided us with new insights regarding Mesopotamian medical practices. Back then, two forms of medicine co-existed; therapeutic and divinatory which were practiced by the "Asu" and "Asipu" physicians respectively. Despite their lack of knowledge of the human anatomy and physiology, our ancestors performed elementary surgical procedures that were strictly regulated by the Code of Hammurabi. In present-day Iraq, neurosurgery is facing many challenges; the specialty is limping with an inadequate number of neurosurgeons who strive to perform under conditions of political, social and economic instability. Nevertheless, non-dismissible progress has been made in recent years propelled by the efforts of our local neurosurgeons.Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, different types of cutaneous manifestations have been reported. In Spain, there were reports in the first weeks of April 2020 of an increase in purpuric acral lesions similar to perniosis on the hands and especially the feet of children and young adults. These patients do not normally present with clinical manifestations linked to COVID-19, and their PCR and serological tests are usually negative for specific IgM and IgG.The emergence of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has required an unprecedented response to control the spread of the infection and protect the most vulnerable within society. Whilst the pandemic has focused society on the threat of emerging infections and hand hygiene, certain infection control and antimicrobial stewardship policies may have to be relaxed. Cyclopamine price It is unclear whether the unintended consequences of these changes will have a net-positive or -negative impact on rates of antimicrobial resistance. Whilst the urgent focus must be on controlling this pandemic, sustained efforts to address the longer-term global threat of antimicrobial resistance should not be overlooked.The World Health Organization recently launched the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer (GICC) aiming to substantially increase survival among children with cancer by 2030. The ultimate goal concerns particularly less developed countries where survival estimates are considerably lower than in high-income countries where children with cancer attain approximately 80% survival. Given the vast gap in high-quality data availability between more and less developed countries, measuring the success of the GICC will also require substantial support to childhood cancer registries to enable them to provide survival data at the population level. Based on our experience acquired at the International Agency for Research on Cancer in global cancer surveillance we hereby review crucial aspects to consider in the development of childhood cancer registration and present our vision on how the Global Initiative for Cancer Registry Development (GICR) can accelerate the measurement of the outcome of children with cancer.We employ an empirical coarse-grained model to describe proteins at curved fluid-fluid interfaces such as occurring in bubbles and droplets. We consider the air-water and oil-water interfaces. We study the mass distributions and the geometry of the aqueous proteins as a function of the radius of curvature for protein G and two lipid transfer proteins. At curved interfaces the distortion of the proteins is different than at flat interfaces. We find that the proteins come closer to the surface of a bubble than to the surface of similarly curved droplet. In addition, the bubbles adsorb more proteins. We identify the pinning residues. We demonstrate the existence of the second layer in the density profile for sufficiently dense solutions.Severe cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are usually accompanied by an exuberant immune response comparable to cytokine release syndrome (CRS), with markedly elevated serum levels of proinflammatory cytokines which are thought to be a major drivers of morbidity and mortality for these patients (Huang, et al 2020). Several drugs with anti-inflammatory properties (tocilizumab, siltuximab, sarilumab, anakinra, among others) have been suggested as adjuncts to supportive care in the management of COVID-19, and several clinical trials are underway (NCT04315298, NCT04317092, NCT04306705).Background Patients with a low post PCI fractional flow reserve (FFR) are at increased risk for future adverse cardiac events. The aims of the present study was to assess the impact of specific intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) findings in patients with a low post percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) FFR on long-term clinical outcome. Methods In a subgroup analysis, 100 vessels with an FFR value ≤0.85 underwent post PCI IVUS to further assess the potential determinants for low post PCI FFR. No further action was taken to improve post PCI FFR. The primary endpoint of this study was the event free survival of target vessel failure (TVF) at two years in patients with a post PCI FFR ≤0.85, which was defined as a composite of cardiac death, target vessel myocardial infarction or target vessel revascularization. Results In patients with a post PCI FFR ≤0.85, TVF free survival rates were 88.5% vs. 95.5% for patients with versus without residual proximal lesions and 88.2% vs. 95.5% for patients with versus without residual distal lesions respectively (HR = 2.