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All 40 T.indotineae isolates exhibiting amino acid substitutions Phe397Leu or Leu393Phe identified by SQLE gene sequencing were evaluated for detection of non-wild-type strains by real-time PCR. Antifungal susceptibility testing for terbinafine was done by CLSI microbroth dilution method.

All terbinafine-resistant isolates harbouring amino acid substitutions Phe397Leu or Leu393Phe in SQLE gene were correctly recorded as SQLE mutants by the DermaGenius

Resistance real-time PCR assay.

The DermaGenius

Resistance real-time PCR assay effectively identified Trichophyton species and distinguished wild-type from SQLE mutant genotype that harbour Phe397Leu and Leu393Phe amino acid substitutions.

The DermaGenius® Resistance real-time PCR assay effectively identified Trichophyton species and distinguished wild-type from SQLE mutant genotype that harbour Phe397Leu and Leu393Phe amino acid substitutions.A new theory is proposed of mechanisms of navigation in primates including humans in which spatial view cells found in the primate hippocampus and parahippocampal gyrus are used to guide the individual from landmark to landmark. MSC2530818 mw The navigation involves approach to each landmark in turn (taxis), using spatial view cells to identify the next landmark in the sequence, and does not require a topological map. Two other cell types found in primates, whole body motion cells, and head direction cells, can be utilized in the spatial view cell navigational mechanism, but are not essential. If the landmarks become obscured, then the spatial view representations can be updated by self-motion (idiothetic) path integration using spatial coordinate transform mechanisms in the primate dorsal visual system to transform from egocentric to allocentric spatial view coordinates. A continuous attractor network or time cells or working memory is used in this approach to navigation to encode and recall the spatial view sequences involved. I also propose how navigation can be performed using a further type of neuron found in primates, allocentric-bearing-to-a-landmark neurons, in which changes of direction are made when a landmark reaches a particular allocentric bearing. This is useful if a landmark cannot be approached. The theories are made explicit in models of navigation, which are then illustrated by computer simulations. These types of navigation are contrasted with triangulation, which requires a topological map. It is proposed that the first strategy utilizing spatial view cells is used frequently in humans, and is relatively simple because primates have spatial view neurons that respond allocentrically to locations in spatial scenes. An advantage of this approach to navigation is that hippocampal spatial view neurons are also useful for episodic memory, and for imagery.

We showed previously that a thick three-dimensional epidermal equivalent can be constructed with passaged keratinocytes on a patterned surface.

We first carried out computer simulations of a three-dimensional epidermal equivalent model built on close-packed arrays of 10µm, 15µm, 20µm, 30µm, and 60µm diameter pillars. Based on these predictions, we evaluated epidermal equivalents built on a series of porous plastic membranes bearing arrays of pillars 15µm, 20µm, 25µm, 30µm, and 50µm in diameter.

The simulations predicted that a model having near-physiological thickness would be formed on 15~30µm pillars. In the results of in vitro study, the thickest epidermal equivalent was obtained on the 20µm pillars. Epidermal differentiation markers, filaggrin and loricrin, were expressed at the upper layer of the epidermal equivalent model, and tight-junction proteins, claudin-1 and ZO-1, were expressed on the cell membranes. BrdU-positive cells were observed at the base and also at the top of the pillars.

The results of the study suggested that mathematical modeling might be a useful tool to guide biological studies.

The results of the study suggested that mathematical modeling might be a useful tool to guide biological studies.

To better understand those patients with anorexia nervosa who do not show early response to treatment and are likely to have poorer outcome.

From an existing data set of 187 patients with anorexia nervosa across 22 eating disorder outpatient services in the United Kingdom, participants who had started treatment and had at least one body mass index (BMI) observation in the first 6 weeks of treatment were eligible for these secondary analyses (N = 65), a latent class analysis of BMI change over the first 6 weeks of treatment. Fifty-six patients showed no early change in BMI. We used logistic regression to examine predictors of good outcome in the 40 participants who had 12-month follow-up data. Predictors included global EDE-Q, negative affect (Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scales) and functional impairment (Work and Social Adjustment Scale).

Good outcome was achieved by 23% of patients and remission by 15%. Good outcome was predicted by less functional impairment at baseline.

Further work that can identify sub-groups of patients with anorexia nervosa who do not achieve good outcome after treatment will inform the development of targeted engagement approaches.

Further work that can identify sub-groups of patients with anorexia nervosa who do not achieve good outcome after treatment will inform the development of targeted engagement approaches.

Ovarian cancer is characterized by poor prognosis, high levels of distress, disturbed sleep, and compromised quality of life (QOL). Although life stressors have been shown to significantly impact physical and psychological health in cancer populations, no studies have used a high-resolution stress assessment to differentiate effects of acute versus chronic stressors among women with ovarian cancer. We addressed this issue in the present prospective longitudinal study by examining how acute and chronic stress exposure in the year pre-diagnosis relate to depressive symptoms, sleep quality, and QOL over the first year post-diagnosis in women with ovarian cancer.

One hundred thirty-seven women completed the Life Events and Difficulties Schedule within a month of initial treatment for suspected ovarian cancer. Depressive symptoms, sleep, and QOL were measured pre-treatment, at six months, and one-year post-diagnosis. Mixed models were used to examine associations of acute and chronic stress pre-diagnosis with (a) change in psychosocial outcomes over the first year post-diagnosis and (b) levels of psychosocial outcomes across all time points.