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88, 95% CI=0.55 to 1.21; IgA SMD=0.98, 95% CI=0.68 to 1.28). The pooled sensitivity, specificity and area under the SROC curve of anti-CD74 IgG antibodies were 0.61, 0.90 and 0.8881, while these indicators of anti-CD74 IgA antibodies were 0.59, 0.95 and 0.8671, respectively.

Anti-CD74 IgG and IgA antibodies were significantly increased in spondyloarthritis patients and suggest a high diagnostic specificity of spondyloarthritis. Anti-CD74 antibody could potentially be a biomarker for the diagnosis of spondyloarthritis, but many open questions remain.

Anti-CD74 IgG and IgA antibodies were significantly increased in spondyloarthritis patients and suggest a high diagnostic specificity of spondyloarthritis. Anti-CD74 antibody could potentially be a biomarker for the diagnosis of spondyloarthritis, but many open questions remain.

To assess drug retention rates (DRRs) and reasons for discontinuation of biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) in a large monocentric cohort of patients withadult onset Still's disease (AOSD).

Clinical data of AOSD patients treated with at least one bDMARD and followed up at our Center were retrospectively evaluated. Data about disease duration, number of previous bDMARDs, concomitant treatments, and reasons for therapy discontinuation were collected. Survival curves were examined by the Kaplan-Meier method and compared using a stratified log-rank test. 24-month DRRs were calculated for each bDMARD. Hazard ratio (HR) for previous bDMARD use was evaluated.

Forty-two AOSD patients received a total of 79 bDMARD-courses. Anakinra (ANK; n=41) was the most frequently used bDMARD, followed by tocilizumab (TCZ; n = 21) and Tumor Necrosis Factor inhibitors (TNFi; n=17). Biologic agents were administered concomitantly with prednisone in all cases (mean dose, 23±18mg/day) and with csDMARD therapy in 54 (68%) of courses. Thirty-six (46%) treatment courses were discontinued by 24 months. DRRs at 24 months were 62.5% for TCZ, 53.1% for ANK, and 11.8% for TNFi. ANK and TCZ DRRs were similar (p=0.576), but significantly higher than TNFi (p=0.015). Previous biologic therapies did not impact DRR (HR 0.73, 95% CI=0.40 - 1.31, p=0.288).

In our AOSD study population, 24 months DRRs of TCZ and ANK were similar and significantly higher than the TNFi DRR. Previous use of biologic agents did not affect DRRs.

In our AOSD study population, 24 months DRRs of TCZ and ANK were similar and significantly higher than the TNFi DRR. Previous use of biologic agents did not affect DRRs.Ultrasonic testing has been used for many decades, proving itself very efficient for detecting defects in many industrial sectors. The desire to apply ultrasonic testing to geometrically complex structures, and to anisotropic, inhomogeneous materials, together with the advent of more powerful electronics and software, is constantly pushing the applicability of ultrasonic waves to their limits. General ray tracing models, suitable for calculating the proper incident angle of single element probes and the proper time delay of phased array, are currently required. They can support the development of new imaging techniques, as Full Matrix Capture and Total Focusing Method, and the execution of very challenging ultrasonic inspections. This paper introduces a generalized iterative method for the computation of ultrasonic ray paths, when ultrasonic source and target are separated by multiple complex material interfaces in the two dimensional and three dimensional domains. The manuscript starts with a review of the well-known bisection method, and extends the applicability of the method to cases with increasing complexity. An application example, in the field of in-process weld inspection, shows that the introduced generalised bisection method can enable the computation of optimum incidence angles and focal delays for accurate ultrasonic focusing. There is no restriction on the analytical interfaces to be surjective. Interface folding is permitted. It is not necessary to know, a priori, with what sequence the interfaces are crossed by the rays. The presented implementation of the method completes each iteration of the bisection method in 4 ms, for a case with a single interface, and in 960 ms for the case with 52 interfaces.The importance of RAC tracking in human biofluids has boosted many demands for designing an ultrasensitive tool to determine the trace value of the RAC from clinical, judicial, and forensic centers. In this study, an electrochemical biodevice has developed for the highly selective detection of this illegal feed additive under a double recognition strategy of the aptamer (Apt) and molecular imprinting polymer (MIP) on a glassy carbon electrode (GCE). The sensing relies on this fact that both the MIP and Apt act synergistically to trap the RAC molecules. The sensing surface fabrication steps have been monitored by some electrochemical techniques such as electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and cyclic voltammetry (CV(. The charge transfer resistance (Rct) value of the redox probe as a representative of the biodevice response has increased linearly with the RAC concentration increasing in a dynamic range of 1 fM to 1.90 µM. The detection limit (LOD) value has been estimated to be 330 aM, lower than all of the reported methods in the RAC sensing. Furthermore, the practical feasibility of biodevice has been evaluated in some human blood serum and urine samples. This strategy offers some useful advantages in reliable detection of the RAC, which may help in the routine analysis, as mandated by regulatory agencies.A range of energy fuels (ethanol, char, oil/wax and gas) was produced from fibre waste contaminated with plastic through the application of a fermentation-pyrolysis route. The fibre component was first converted to ethanol by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF), achieving an ethanol concentration of 39.8 g/L. The residue, enriched in lignin and plastics, was subjected to fast pyrolysis at temperatures between 350 and 550 °C. Pomalidomide A wax product with a higher heating value (HHV) higher than 28 MJ/kg was obtained for temperatures higher than 450 °C, while values lower than 15 MJ/kg were observed for the oils produced from the untreated waste stream. Pyrolysis at 550 °C produced a wax with an HHV as high as 32.1 MJ/kg, where 51.8% of the energy content of the fermentation residue was transferred. The attractive energy contents of the pyrolysis products were enabled by oxygen removal from the feedstock during fermentation to ethanol.