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Univariable analysis showed that GWG that exceeded the IOM recommendation might be associated with risk of GDM (PP95 versus P5 -P95 1.45 [1.16-1.81]). CONCLUSIONS Excessive GWG in the first and second trimester might be a risk factor for GDM, which highlights the importance of appropriate weight gain during pregnancy. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Glucose dehydrogenase (GDH) is a general tool for driving nicotinamide (NAD(P)H) regeneration in synthetic biochemistry. An increasing number of synthetic bioreactions are being carried out in media containing high amounts of organic cosolvents or hydrophobic substrates/products, which often cause denaturation of native enzymes, including those for cofactor regeneration. In this work, we attempted to improve the chemical stability of Bacillus megaterium GDH ( Bm GDH M0 ) in the presence of large amounts 1-phenylethanol by directed evolution. Among the resulting mutant strains, Bm GDH M6 (Q252L/E170K/S100P/K166R/V72I/K137R) exhibited a 9.2-fold increase in tolerance against 10% (v/v) 1-phenylethanol. Moreover, Bm GDH M6 was also more stable than Bm GDH M0 when exposed to hydrophobic and enzyme-inactivating compounds such as acetophenone, ethyl 2-oxo-4-phenylbutyrate, and ethyl (  R  )-2-hydroxy-4-phenylbutyrate. Coupled with a Candida glabrata carbonyl reductase, Bm GDH M6 was successfully used for the asymmetric reduction of deactivating ethyl 2-oxo-4-phenylbutyrate with high total turnover number (~ 202,000) for the nicotinamide cofactor, making it attractive for commercial application. Overall, the evolution of chemically robust GDH facilitates its more wide use as a general tool for NAD(P)H regeneration in biocatalysis. © 2020 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.It has become clear that hybridization between species is much more common than previously recognized. As a result, we now know that the genomes of many modern species, including our own, are a patchwork of regions derived from past hybridization events. Increasingly researchers are interested in disentangling which regions of the genome originated from each parental species using local ancestry inference methods. Due to the diverse effects of admixture, this interest is shared across disparate fields, from human genetics to research in ecology and evolutionary biology. However, local ancestry inference methods are sensitive to a range of biological and technical parameters which can impact accuracy. Here we present paired simulation and ancestry inference pipelines, mixnmatch and ancestryinfer, to help researchers plan and execute local ancestry inference studies. mixnmatch can simulate arbitrarily complex demographic histories in the parental and hybrid populations, selection on hybrids, and technical variables such as coverage and contamination. ancestryinfer takes as input sequencing reads from simulated or real individuals, and implements an efficient local ancestry inference pipeline. We perform a series of simulations with mixnmatch to pinpoint factors that influence accuracy in local ancestry inference and highlight useful features of the two pipelines. mixnmatch is a powerful tool for simulations of hybridization while ancestryinfer facilitates local ancestry inference on real or simulated data. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Nowadays, medical doctors are fighting with new coronavirus, COVID-19 problem in all countries. Corona means a circular crown, from the Latin word for "crown or garland." We summarized some corona-associated skin problems and also skin involvement like-crown in dermatology. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC.In order to promote the development of photodynamic therapy (PDT), undesired side effects like low tumor specificity and the "always-on" phenomenon should be avoided. An effective solution is to construct an adaptive photosensitizer that can be activated to generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the tumor microenvironment. Herein, we design and synthesize a supramolecular switch based on a host-guest complex containing a water-soluble pillar[5]arene (WP5) and an AIEgen photosensitizer (G). The formation of the host-guest complex WP5⊃G quenches the fluorescence and inhibits ROS generation of G. Benefitting from the pH-responsiveness of WP5, the binding site between G and WP5 changes in an acidic environment through a shuttle movement. Consequently, fluorescence and ROS generation of the host-guest complex can be switched on at pH 5.0. This work offers a new paradigm for the construction of adaptive photosensitizers by using a supramolecular method. © 2020 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.A highly bent neutral triarylborane, 9-boratriptycene, has been generated in solution by selective protodeboronation of the corresponding tetra aryl boron-ate complex with the strong Brønsted acid HNTf2 . selleck The iptycene core confers enhanced Lewis acidity to 9-boratriptycene making it unique in terms of structure and reactivity.  We studied the stereoelectronic properties of 9-boratriptycene by quantifying its association with small N and O-centred Lewis bases, as well as with sterically hindered phosphines. The resultant Lewis adducts exhibited unique structural, spectroscopic and photophysical properties. Beyond the high pyramidalization of the 9-boratriptycene scaffold and its low reorganization energy upon Lewis base coordination, quantum chemical calculations revealed that the absence of p donation from the triptycene aryl rings to the boron vacant p z orbital is one of the main reasons for its high Lewis acidity. © 2020 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.The near-infrared window of fluorescent heptamethine cyanine dyes greatly facilitates biological imaging because there is deep penetration of the light and negligible background fluorescence. However, dye instability, aggregation, and poor pharmacokinetics are current drawbacks that limit performance and the scope of possible applications. All these limitations are simultaneously overcome with a new molecular design strategy that produces a charge balanced and sterically shielded fluorochrome. The key design feature is a meso-aryl group that simultaneously projects two shielding arms directly over each face of a linear heptamethine polyene. Cell and mouse imaging experiments compared a shielded heptamethine cyanine dye (and several peptide and antibody bioconjugates) to benchmark heptamethine dyes and found that the shielded systems possess an unsurpassed combination of photophysical, physiochemical, and biodistribution properties that greatly enhance bioimaging performance. © 2020 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co.