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Although analyzes were performed (Chi-square (χ2)), comparing the participation between girls and boys in each team; no significant differences were found (p>.05). Greater complexity was pointed out throught T-Pattern analysis in Monkeys and Ants teams than in the Bears team. Girls showed greater variability than boys in Monkey and Ants teams. When girls used 3 different roles, boys only used 2 of them, being the conduct to realease peers (p less then 0.005) recurrent in Monkeys. The boys as a team (p less then 0.005) used subroles that directly modified the outcome in the Ants team. Similar T-Patterns were found in girls (p less then .05) when analyzed individually. The use of TPA allows the detection of hidden features while girls and boys were playing. The apparent neutrality of the game may have a seemingly random decision-making process but TPA revealed specificities highly applicable to the study of gender through triadic motor games.We conducted a small-area ecological longitudinal study to analyze neighborhood contextual influences on the spatio-temporal variations in intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW) risk in a southern European city over an eight-year period. We used geocoded data of IPVAW cases with associated protection orders (n = 5867) in the city of Valencia, Spain (2011-2018). The city's 552 census block groups were used as the neighborhood units. Neighborhood-level covariates were income, education, immigrant concentration, residential instability, alcohol outlet density, and criminality. We used a Bayesian autoregressive approach to spatio-temporal disease mapping. Neighborhoods with low levels of income and education and high levels of residential mobility and criminality had higher relative risk of IPVAW. Spatial patterns of high risk of IPVAW persisted over time during the eight-year period analyzed. Areas of stable low risk and with increasing or decreasing risk were also identified. Our findings link neighborhood disadvantage to the existence and persistence over time of spatial inequalities in IPVAW risk, showing that high risk of IPVAW can become chronic in disadvantaged neighborhoods. Our analytic approach provides specific risk estimates at the small-area level that are informative for intervention purposes, and can be useful to assess the effectiveness of prevention efforts in reducing IPVAW.

Chronic corneal endothelial cell (CEC) loss results in corneal edema and vision loss in conditions such as pseudophakic bullous keratopathy (PBK), Fuchs' dystrophy, and corneal graft failure. Low CEC density has been associated with an elevation of intraocular pro-inflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and interferon (INF)-γ. These cytokines are capable of triggering pyroptosis, a programmed cell death mechanism mediated by the inflammasome, prompting the activation of the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-1β, the perpetuation of inflammation, and subsequent damage of corneal endothelial tissue. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the deleterious contribution of the inflammasome and pyroptosis to CEC loss.

CECs from human donor corneas were treated ex vivo with TNF-α and IFN-γ for 48h. Lixisenatide Glucagon Receptor agonist Levels of caspase-1 and IL-1β were then assayed by ELISA, and the expression of caspase-1 and gasdermin-D (GSDM-D) were confirmed by immunofluorescence. Endothelial cell damage was analyzed by a lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release assay, and oxidative stress was determined by measuring the levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the culture media.

Inflammasome activation and oxidative stress were elevated in CECs following exposure to TNF-α and IFN-γ, which resulted in cell death by pyroptosis as determined by LDH release which was inhibited by the caspase-1 inhibitor Ac-YVAD-cmk.

CEC death is induced by the pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF-α and IFN-γ, which contribute to inflammasome activation. Moreover, the inflammasome is a promising therapeutic target for the treatment of chronic CEC loss.

CEC death is induced by the pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF-α and IFN-γ, which contribute to inflammasome activation. Moreover, the inflammasome is a promising therapeutic target for the treatment of chronic CEC loss.

This study explored whether the non-polar lipids in the human tear fluid lipidome show diurnal variation with and without contact lens wear. It also addressed the relationship between changes in ocular comfort during the day with the level of non-polar lipids.

Tear samples were collected in the morning and evening with and without contact lenses using fine glass capillary tubes and were analysed by chip-based nano-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometric techniques. Tear levels of cholesteryl esters (CE), wax esters (WE) and triacylglycerides (TAG) were quantified.

TAG 480, 520 and WE 260/160, and 270/170 increased from morning to evening. TAG 522, WE 210/160, 210/181 and 280/181 decreased during the day when no lenses were worn. CE 210 was the only non-polar lipid that increased from morning to evening in contact lens wear. WE 210/160 and 270/170 were lower in the morning in contact lens wear compared to no lens wear (p≤0.05). The level of non-polar lipids did not correlate with ocular comfort at the end of the day.

Even though the level of some of non-polar lipid species changed from morning to evening the total level of major tear non-polar lipids remained unchanged during the day with and without contact lens wear. The effect of change in the quantity and structure of lipid species on tear stability and ocular comfort warrants more investigation.

Even though the level of some of non-polar lipid species changed from morning to evening the total level of major tear non-polar lipids remained unchanged during the day with and without contact lens wear. The effect of change in the quantity and structure of lipid species on tear stability and ocular comfort warrants more investigation.Diabetic retinopathy is a multifactorial microvascular complication, and its pathogenesis hasn't been fully elucidated. The irreversible oxidation of cysteine 674 (C674) in the sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase 2 (SERCA2) was increased in the type 1 diabetic retinal vasculature. SERCA2 C674S knock-in (SKI) mouse line that half of C674 was replaced by serine 674 (S674) was used to study the effect of C674 inactivation on retinopathy. Compared with wild type (WT) mice, SKI mice had increased number of acellular capillaries and pericyte loss similar to those in type 1 diabetic WT mice. In the retina of SKI mice, pro-apoptotic proteins and intracellular Ca2+-dependent signaling pathways increased, while anti-apoptotic proteins and vessel density decreased. In endothelial cells, C674 inactivation increased the expression of pro-apoptotic proteins, damaged mitochondria, and induced cell apoptosis. These results suggest that a possible mechanism of retinopathy induced by type 1 diabetes is the interruption of calcium homeostasis in the retina by oxidation of C674.