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A 71-year-old woman with a history of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and recently diagnosed metastatic pancreatic head adenocarcinoma presented for a repeat single-balloon enteroscopy-assisted endoscopic retrograde cholangiography (SBE-ERC) for stent exchange for worsening jaundice. Three 7Fr double-pigtail plastic stents were placed during her last procedure (Figure 1A). SBE-ERC was performed using the Olympus SBE system (SIF-Q180, Olympus America, with a 2.8 mm diameter instrument channel). This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Some birds are viewed as pests and vectors of foodborne pathogens in farmlands, yet birds also benefit growers by consuming pests. While many growers seek to prevent birds from accessing their farms, few studies have attempted to quantify the net effects of bird services and disservices, let alone how net effects shift across farm management strategies. We quantified the net effect of birds on crop production across 20 California strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) farms that varied in local management practices and landscape context. We surveyed farms for berry damage and bird droppings (as potential sources of pathogens), and implemented a large-scale exclusion experiment to quantify the impact of birds on production. We found that birds had only a slightly negative overall impact on strawberry production, reducing economic value by 3.6%. Direct bird damage and intraguild predation contributed equally to this net effect, underscoring the importance of indirect trophic interactions that may be less apparent to elation to locations within a farm, local farm attributes, and the surrounding landscape. This context-specific variation must be considered in order to optimize the management of wild birds in agroecosystems. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.OBJECTIVES To investigate the prevalence of frailty, and the relationship of frailty based on the Kihon Checklist criteria with dialysis duration before transplantation and time after transplantation in kidney transplant recipients. METHODS This study was a single-center, cross-sectional investigation carried out on kidney transplant recipients. To examine the association between the total Kihon Checklist score with time after transplant and dialysis duration before transplant, the multivariable proportional odds logistic regression model was used with adjustment for age, sex, body mass index, estimated glomerular filtration rate and serum albumin levels. RESULTS Out of 205 kidney transplant recipients enrolled in this study, frail, prefrail and robust recipients accounted for 11.2%, 26.8% and 62.0%, respectively. Dialysis duration before transplantation was associated with frailty, but time after transplant was not associated with frailty. CONCLUSIONS The prevalence of frailty in kidney transplant recipients is approximately 11%, and it is associated with the duration of pretransplant dialysis. These findings suggest that a shorter dialysis duration might be beneficial for preventing frailty in kidney transplant recipients. U0126 MEK inhibitor © 2020 The Japanese Urological Association.OBJECTIVES To investigate the correlation between the Erection Hardness Score and both erectile function and metabolic and lifestyle factors. METHODS This study included 548 men who underwent a complete standard medical checkup at Yokohama Shin-midori General Hospital between 1 July 2016 and 31 August 2018, and answered the question about erectile hardness. The following variables were evaluated age, erectile hardness on the Erection Hardness Score, erectile function on the Sexual Health Inventory for Men, current medical history (diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, heart disease, stroke), metabolic risk factors (abdominal circumference, hyperglycemia, high blood pressure, lipid abnormality) and lifestyle factors. First, to examine the correlation between erectile hardness and erectile function, the mean Sexual Health Inventory for Men score by Erection Hardness Score grade was determined for each age group. Then, an analysis was carried out to examine the association between erectile hardness and age, current medical history, metabolic risk factors, and lifestyle factors. RESULTS In each age group, a lower Erection Hardness Score grade was associated with a lower mean Sexual Health Inventory for Men score. Lipid abnormality, diabetes and age were independent risk factors for decreased erectile hardness. CONCLUSIONS Erection Hardness Score is a useful tool that can easily and accurately assess erectile function in the settings of medical checkups and clinical practice. Diabetes and lipid abnormality affect erectile hardness. © 2020 The Japanese Urological Association.Chloride intracellular channel 4 (CLIC4) functions in diverse actin-dependent processes. Upon Rho activation, CLIC4 reversibly translocates from the cytosol to the plasma membrane to regulate cell adhesion and migration. At the plasma membrane, CLIC4 counters the formation of filopodia, which requires actin assembly by the formin mDia2. To this end, mDia2 must be activated through conversion from the closed to the open conformation. Thus, CLIC4 could harness the activation or the open conformation of mDia2 to inhibit filopodium formation. Here, we find that CLIC4 silencing enhances the filopodia induced by two constitutively active mDia2 mutants. Furthermore, we report that CLIC4 binds the actin-regulatory region of mDia2 in vitro. These results suggest that CLIC4 modulates the activity of the open conformation of mDia2, shedding new light into how cells may control filopodia. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.INTRODUCTION Multiple studies have investigated the role of β2 -adrenoreceptor agonists on the risk of Parkinson's disease (PD). However, whether β2 -agonist use is associated with the risk of PD in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has not been examined to date. OBJECTIVES To examine the association between use of β2 -agonist and the risk of PD in patients with COPD. METHODS A case-control study nested within a cohort of patients with COPD using the British Columbia health administrative databases from 1997-2015 was performed. Among a cohort of patients with COPD, all cases of PD were identified, and matched each case to up to five controls by age and calendar time. The use of β2 -agonists was assessed between the 3rd and 4th year preceding the date of PD diagnosis, followed by additional two years of grace period (between the 1st and 2nd year preceding PD incidence) to control for PD latency. The use of β2 -agonists was categorized into three levels regular use (≥1 dispensation for every six months), irregular use (no dispensation in 1-3 six-month periods), and no use.