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BACKGROUND Antimalarial medication (AM) plays an important role in the treatment of rheumatic diseases. OBJECTIVE Updated evidence-based recommendations on the safety management of rheumatological treatment with AM are presented. METHODS A systematic literature search in the databases Medline (PubMed) and Cochrane identified 1160 studies on the safety of treatment with AM in rheumatology. In addition, a manual search was carried out and 67 publications considered to be particularly relevant by the authors were analyzed in more detail. These publications served as a basis for consensus-based recommendations. RESULTS Treatment with AM in rheumatology should be carried out with hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) with a dosage not exceeding 5 mg/kg body weight/day. Patients should undergo a basic ophthalmological examination within the first 6 months of AM treatment. Pre-existing maculopathy, renal insufficiency (glomerular filtration rate, GFR 5 mg/kg HCQ or treatment with chloroquine (CQ) show an increased risk for AM-indiac imaging should be considered depending on the situation. An intake of HCQ is safe during pregnancy and breastfeeding according to the current state of knowledge and is protective for mother and child in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. CONCLUSION The updated recommendations on AM treatment in rheumatology in particular include a more rigorous measuring of doses, risk stratification in monitoring and defined ophthalmological examination methods to detect a possible retinopathy.The halophilic archaeal strain ZS-3T (= CGMCC 1.12866T = JCM 30239T) was isolated from a sediment sample of Zhoushan marine solar saltern, P. R. China. Phylogenetic analyses based on 16S rRNA, rpoB' genes and the concatenation of 738 protein sequences reveal that strain ZS-3T was related to members of the genus Halorussus. The OrthoANI and in silico DDH values between strain ZS-3T and the current Halorussus members are much lower than the threshold values proposed as the species boundary (ANI 95-96% and in silico DDH 70%), suggesting that strain ZS-3T represents a novel species of Halorussus (Halorussus halophilus sp. nov.). Diverse phenotypic characteristics differentiate strain ZS-3T from current Halorussus members. Since the strain expressed diverse hydrolyzing enzyme activity, its complete genome was sequenced. The genome of strain ZS-3T was found to be 4,450,731 bp with total GC content of 61.51%, and comprises one chromosome and three plasmids. A total of 4694 protein coding genes, 43 tRNA genes and 6 rRNA genes were predicted. A CRISPR-Cas system was also detected. EVP4593 supplier The genome encodes sixteen putative glycoside hydrolases, nine extracellular proteases, seventeen aminopeptidases, seven carboxypeptidases, one esterase and one nitrite reductase. The exploration of the hydrolase genes may expand our understanding of adapted mechanism of halophilic archaea surviving optimally in hypersaline environments where containing organic matter. Meanwhile, various hydrolyzing enzymes may extend this microorganism for further applications in salt-based fermentation.Catastrophic global accumulation of non-biodegradable plastic has led to efforts for production of alternative eco-friendly biopolymer. Here, we attempted to produce a biodegradable, cytocompatible and eco-friendly polyhydroxy-butyrate (PHB) from a pigmented Bacillus sp. C1 (2013) (KF626477) through submerged (SmF) and solid-state fermentation (SSF). Under SmF and SSF, 0.60 g l-1 and 1.56 g l-1 of PHB with 0.497 g l-1 of yellow fluorescent pigment (YFP) was produced. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) absorption bands at 1719-1720 cm-1 indicate the presence of C=O group of PHB. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) exhibited the typical chemical shift patterns of PHB, and crystallinity was confirmed from X-ray diffraction (XRD). The melting temperature (Tm), degradation temperature (Td) and crystallinity (Xc) of extracted PHB were found to be 171 °C, 288 °C and 35%, respectively. FACS (Fluorescence-activated cell sorting) confirmed cytocompatibility of PHB at 400 µg ml-1 in mouse fibroblast line. Moreover, biodegradability and elevated cytocompatibility of the PHB produced through SSF make them highly potential biomaterials to be used as a drug delivery carrier in future.PURPOSE Patients with neuromuscular disease (NMD) experience weakened cough due to progressive respiratory muscle weakness. Peak cough flow (PCF) measurements derived from adult populations are used to recommend initiation of assisted cough therapies. The objective of this study was to characterize PCF values among pediatric patients with NMD. METHODS Retrospective chart review was performed for patients seen in the multidisciplinary pediatric muscular dystrophy clinic from 2010 to 2016. Clinical and demographic variables included age, gender, ambulation status, and PCF measurements. RESULTS 366 patients with an established diagnosis of NMD (median age 11.8 years) were included in this study. 102 (27.8%) out of the 366 patients were affected by Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), 42 (11.5%) by congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD), 42 (11.5%) by Charcot Marie Tooth disease (CMT) and 24 (6.5%) by Becker's muscular dystrophy (BMD). The mean PCF values in DMD (255.8 L/min) and CMD (249.1 L/min) were lower than CMT (321.5 L/min) with p-values of 0.007 and 0.02, respectively. The mean PCF of BMD (333.3 L/min) was higher than that of DMD and CMD but the difference was not statistically significant. PCFs were not statistically different between ambulatory and non-ambulatory status (263.0 L/min versus 290.8 L/min, p = 0.12). Children under 10 years of age had lower PCF relative to older subjects (179.5 L/min versus 300.9 L/min, p  less then  0.0001). CONCLUSION Baseline PCF values in young children are below the adult-specific values suggested for starting assisted cough techniques. Further longitudinal trials are required to derive pediatric-specific reference values for PCF in patients with NMD.The modulated visual pathway (MVP) hypothesis attempts to explain a range of differences observed in the processing of objects in the proximal as compared to the distal region of the hand. However, there has been no account of how 'hand proximity' interacts with task relevance within the MVP framework. In the present study, we used a visual search task to test whether the task relevance of a unique feature (motion in Expt. 1, and color in Expt. 2) influences its processing with respect to the hand. The feature was either relevant (Expt. 1a and 2a) or irrelevant (Expt. 1b and 2b) to the search task. The hand proximity effect was observed only in the experiments in which the unique feature was task irrelevant. However, the effect of hand proximity was overridden when the unique feature was predictive of the target location. We propose that it is difficult to accomplish active distractor rejection of magnocellular features near the hand. Similarly, there is improved active distractor rejection of parvocellular features in the distal region of the hand.