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First, as a proof of concept, we demonstrate that we can estimate the strategies used to produce these flakes at a high success rate even when flakes from early stages of core reduction are included. We frame the significance of this finding against archaeological classifications from several key Middle Paleolithic assemblages in France (n = 4 sites, n = 28 layers, n = 16,467 flakes). Second, we show that 3D geometric morphometrics captures subtle differences in these strategies that influence flake formation on a flake-by-flake basis and that reflect decisions made by knappers about platform selection, preparation, and core-surface management. We explore the broader potential of our model with a cross-validation approach, and we describe a means of assessing flake form on a continuum wherein variability among assemblages separated by large expanses of space and time can be meaningfully explored.The current study aimed to investigate the effects of a Namaste care program on the quality of life of 25 women with late-stage Alzheimer's disease. The program was implemented two hours daily and four days per week for six months in a nursing facility, Tehran, Iran. Women's quality of life was measured using the Persian version of the Quality of Life in Late-Stage Dementia scale before and after the program implementation. After a six-month intervention with the Namaste care program, the total score of quality of life significantly decreased (17.79 ± 1.10 at the end of trial compared with 24.67 ± 1.62 at baseline, P = 0.01), indicating improved quality of life. This effect was obtained after controlling for demographic variables and comorbidities. Hence, it seems that the Namaste care program might be an effective supportive method to improve the quality of life of women with late-stage Alzheimer's disease in Iranian culture. However, further large-sample studies are needed to investigate the generalizability of the findings.

We evaluated the risk of dementia in patients with nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) after undergoing radiation therapy (RT).

Between January 1, 2000, and December 31, 2015, 594 patients newly diagnosed with NPC and treated with RT (NPC cohort) were identified from the Longitudinal Health Insurance Database (LHID) for this nationwide population-based matched cohort study. LHID is a subset of the National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan. We selected 2376 controls (non-NPC comparison cohort) using a four-fold propensity score-matched by sex, age, comorbidities, education level, tobacco abuse, and index date (the date when the patient received first RT). After adjusting for confounding factors, Fine and Gray's competing risk analysis compared dementia development between the NPC study cohort and non-NPC comparison cohort over the observation period from 2000 to 2015.

Dementia development was 6.57% (39 of 594) and 4.42% (105 of 2376) in the NPC study cohort and non-NPC comparison cohort, respectively. Patients with NPC receiving RT were more likely to develop dementia than the comparison cohort, with a crude hazard ratio (HR) of 1.63 [95% confidence interval (CI)=1.25-2.13, P<0.001]. After adjusting for age, sex, education level, tobacco abuse, comorbidity, geographic area, urbanization level of the residence, and care level, the adjusted HR was 1.91 (95% CI=1.42-2.51, P<0.001).

Patients with NPC receiving RT had a 1.91-fold higher risk of dementia than the non-NPC comparison controls.

Patients with NPC receiving RT had a 1.91-fold higher risk of dementia than the non-NPC comparison controls.

Flies have been implicated in the dispersal of medically important bacteria including members of the genus Klebsiella between different environmental compartments. The aim of this study was to retrieve and characterize antibiotic-resistant bacteria from flies collected near to hospitals.

Flies were collected in the vicinity of medical facilities and examined for bacteria demonstrating phenotypic resistance to ceftriaxone, followed by determination of phenotypic and genotypic resistance profiles. In addition, whole genome sequencing followed by phylogenetic analysis and resistance genotyping were performed with the multidrug-resistant (MDR) strain Lemef23, identified as Klebsiella quasipneumoniae subsp. similipneumoniae.

The strain Lemef23, classified by multiple locus sequence typing as novel ST 3397, harboured numerous resistance genes. The bla

was located on a Tn3000 element, a common genetic platform for the carriage of this gene in Brazil. Inference of phylogenetic orthology of strain Lemef23 and other clinical isolates suggested an anthropogenic origin.

The findings of this study support the role of flies as vectors of MDR bacteria of clinical importance and provide the first record of bla

and bla

in a Brazilian isolate of K. quasipneumoniae subsp. similipneumoniae, demonstrating the value of surveying insects as reservoirs of antibiotic resistance.

The findings of this study support the role of flies as vectors of MDR bacteria of clinical importance and provide the first record of blaNDM-1 and blaCTXM-15 in a Brazilian isolate of K. quasipneumoniae subsp. Talabostat clinical trial similipneumoniae, demonstrating the value of surveying insects as reservoirs of antibiotic resistance.

Eravacycline is a novel synthetic halogenated tetracycline derivative with a broad antibacterial spectrum. Antibiotics, including tetracyclines, have been used for prophylaxis and, more rarely, for the treatment of malaria for several decades. The rise in drug-resistant malaria parasites renders the search for new treatment candidates urgent. We determined the in vitro potency of eravacycline against Plasmodium falciparum and investigated the apicoplast as a potential drug target.

Four tetracyclines, including eravacycline, tetracycline, tigecycline, and doxycycline, and the lincosamide clindamycin, were tested in 3-day and 6-day in vitro susceptibility assays of P. falciparum laboratory strain 3D7 and/or of clinical isolates obtained from 33 P. falciparum infected individuals from Gabon in 2018. Assays with isopentenyl pyrophosphate substitution were performed to investigate whether apicoplast-encoded isoprenoid biosynthesis is inhibited by these antibiotics.

Eravacycline showed the highest activity of all tetracyclines tested in clinical isolates in the 3-day and 6-day assays.