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process.Previously published data from our group and others demonstrate that human milk oligosaccharide (HMOs), as well as milk and infant fecal microbial profiles, vary by geography. However, little is known about the geographical variation of other milk-borne factors, such as lactose and protein, as well as the associations among these factors and microbial community structures in milk and infant feces. Ceftaroline ic50 Here, we characterized and contrasted concentrations of milk-borne lactose, protein, and HMOs, and examined their associations with milk and infant fecal microbiomes in samples collected in 11 geographically diverse sites. Although geographical site was strongly associated with milk and infant fecal microbiomes, both sample types assorted into a smaller number of community state types based on shared microbial profiles. Similar to HMOs, concentrations of lactose and protein also varied by geography. Concentrations of HMOs, lactose, and protein were associated with differences in the microbial community structures of milk and infant feces and in the abundance of specific taxa. Taken together, these data suggest that the composition of human milk, even when produced by relatively healthy women, differs based on geographical boundaries and that concentrations of HMOs, lactose, and protein in milk are related to variation in milk and infant fecal microbial communities.NOBIN and BINAM derivatives harboring biaryl frameworks are recognized as a class of important atropisomers with versatile applications. Here, we present an efficient synthetic route to access such compounds through copper-catalyzed domino arylation of N-arylhydroxylamines or N-arylhydrazines with diaryliodonium salts and [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement. This reaction features mild conditions, good substrate compatibility, and excellent efficiency. The practicality of this protocol was further extended by the synthesis of biaryl amino alcohols.This paper presents a methodology to quantify oxidizing and reducing gases using n-type and p-type chemiresistive sensors, respectively. Low temperature sensor heating with pulsed UV or visible light modulation is used together with the application of the fast Fourier transform (FFT) to extract sensor response features. These features are further processed via principal component analysis (PCA) and principal component regression (PCR) for achieving gas discrimination and building concentration prediction models with R2 values up to 98% and RMSE values as low as 5% for the total gas concentration range studied. UV and visible light were used to study the influence of the light wavelength in the prediction model performance. We demonstrate that n-type and p-type sensors need to be used together for achieving good quantification of oxidizing and reducing species, respectively, since the semiconductor type defines the prediction model's effectiveness towards an oxidizing or reducing gas. The presented method reduces considerably the total time needed to quantify the gas concentration compared with the results obtained in a previous work. The use of visible light LEDs for performing pulsed light modulation enhances system performance and considerably reduces cost in comparison to previously reported UV light-based approaches.In this paper, the physical properties of a new series of multilayer structures of oxide/metal/oxide type deposited on glass and plastic substrates were studied in the context of their use as transparent conductive layers for solar cells. The optical properties of TiO2/Ag/TiO2, TiO2Nb/Ag/TiO2Nb and NiO/Ag/NiO tri-layers were investigated by spectrophotometry and ellipsometry. Optimized ellipsometric modeling was employed in order to correlate the optical and electrical properties with the ones obtained by direct measurements. The wetting surface properties of single layers (TiO2, TiO2Nb and NiO) and tri-layers (TiO2/Ag/TiO2 TiO2Nb/Ag/TiO2Nb and NiO/Ag/NiO) were also studied and good correlations were obtained with their morphological properties.Means of in-plane loading of thin laminates with concentrated loads are of high practical importance. The purpose of this work was to investigate experimentally and numerically the mechanism of load transfer, load capacity, damage and associated failure modes of a specific, mechanical lock joint intended for in-plane loading of thin laminate plates with concentrated loads. The experimental investigations were carried out with the digital image corelation (DIC) and computed tomography (CT), and numerical ones with the help of a non-linear FE modelling, accounting for progressive damage. For this purpose, a special algorithm was developed accounting for a continuous degradation of the stiffness moduli of the laminate with strains according to the custom defined degradation law. Due to the specific design, the joint loaded a laminate plate with its front and rear parts, unlike a typical bolt joint transferring a load only by contact pressure developed at the front side of a bolt. Due to this feature, the load capacity of the joint was almost two times higher than that of a typical bolt joint of the same relevant dimensions.Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) is an often-fatal disease caused by New World hantaviruses, such as Sin Nombre orthohantavirus (SNV). In the US, >800 cases of HPS have been confirmed since it was first discovered in 1993, of which 43 were reported from the state of Montana. The primary cause of HPS in the US is SNV, which is primarily found in the reservoir host Peromyscus maniculatus (deer mouse). The reservoir host covers most of the US, including Montana, where multiple studies found SNV in local deer mouse populations. This study aimed to check the prevalence of SNV in the deer mice at popular recreation sites throughout the Bitterroot Valley in Western Montana as compared to previous studies in western Montana. We found high prevalence (up to 20%) of deer mice positive for SNV RNA in the lungs. We were unable to obtain a SNV tissue culture isolate from the lungs but could passage SNV from lung tissue into naïve deer mice. Our findings demonstrate continuing circulation of SNV in western Montana.