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The fasting proinsulin to c-peptide or fasting proinsulin to insulin ratios did not differ between groups and did not predict subsequent β-cell responsivity to glucose during the glycerol or Intralipid study days in either group.

Among nondiabetic individuals, the fasting proinsulin to insulin ratio is not a useful marker of β-cell function.

Among nondiabetic individuals, the fasting proinsulin to insulin ratio is not a useful marker of β-cell function.

Treating substance use disorder (SUD) in patients with co-occurring attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and SUD may lower medical, psychiatric, and social complications. We conducted a systematic review with meta-analysis to investigate the clinical benefits of pharmacological interventions to treat SUD in patients with ADHD.

Articles were searched on Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, PubMed, EBSCO, Google Scholar, Embase, Web of Science, and Ovid MEDLINE from 1971 to 2020. Data for SUD treatment as primary study endpoints and ADHD symptoms management as secondary outcomes were synthesized using random-effects model meta-analysis. Studies (N = 17) were included. The principal measure of effect size was the standardized mean difference (SMD). PROSPERO registration CRD42020171646.

The pooled effect of pharmacological interventions compared with placebo was small for the reduction in substance use (SMD = 0.405, 95% confidence interval [CI] [0.252, 0.557], P < .001), abstinence (SMD = 0.328, 95% CI [0.149, 0.507], P < .001), craving (SMD = 0.274, 95% CI [0.103, 0.446], P = .002), and the reduction in the frequency of ADHD symptoms (SMD = 0.420, 95% CI [0.259, 0.582], P < .001). The pooled effect was moderate for the management of withdrawal symptoms (SMD = 0.577, 95% CI [0.389, 0.764], P = .001]) and the decrease in the severity of ADHD symptoms (SMD = 0.533, 95% CI [0.393, 0.672], P < .001).

The magnitude of benefits for pharmacological interventions varies. Despite some limitations, it was positive. This meta-analysis is the first to appraise the benefits of medications to treat SUD in ADHD. It is the groundwork for treatment and risk mitigation. (Am J Addict 2020;0000-00).

The magnitude of benefits for pharmacological interventions varies. Despite some limitations, it was positive. This meta-analysis is the first to appraise the benefits of medications to treat SUD in ADHD. It is the groundwork for treatment and risk mitigation. PP2 (Am J Addict 2020;0000-00).

von Willebrand disease (vWD) is a heterogeneous hereditary bleeding disorder and is associated with risk of primary postpartum haemorrhage (PPH).

An observational study at a tertiary referral centre in Australia of 16 women with 23 deliveries with a median age of 27.5years (range, 21-39; IQR=9). Median gestational age at delivery was 39weeks (range, 35-41; IQR=1.1).

All cases had type 1 vWD, apart from one case with type 2. link2 Patients were managed in combined obstetrics and haematology clinics. PPH occurred in ten deliveries (44%). Intravenous desmopressin was administered in 6 cases, and IV human vWF was administered in 4 cases. Two cases with mild vWD had received oral tranexamic acid. The median Apgar score at 1 and 5min was 9 (IQR=1.0), while the median Apgar score at 10min was 10.0 (IQR=0.0). One case required transfusion of blood products postdelivery. There were no other significant complications observed.

vWD was associated with a high incidence of primary PPH. Individualised treatment to restore haemostasis, according to the severity of the disease, could achieve as possible, normal haemostasis with favourable outcomes for both mothers and their infants. Further studies to confirm our findings are warranted.

vWD was associated with a high incidence of primary PPH. Individualised treatment to restore haemostasis, according to the severity of the disease, could achieve as possible, normal haemostasis with favourable outcomes for both mothers and their infants. Further studies to confirm our findings are warranted.Following a recent proposal of normalizing the experimentally derived biomagnification factor (BMF) to a 5% lipid content in fish, we explore the normalization of the BMF of lipophilic chemicals in fish. We illustrate with theoretical models and experimental data that the BMF of lipophilic chemicals is a function of the lipid content of the diet and that poorly metabolizable, lipophilic chemicals biomagnify in organisms to a greater degree when present in higher-lipid content food. The proposed normalization of the laboratory BMF to the lipid content of the fish and subsequent standardization to a 5% fish lipid content, which is numerically identical to normalizing the BMF to a 5% dietary lipid content, has the potential to underestimate the biomagnification potential of lipophilic substances in aquatic food webs. The BMF normalized to both the lipid content of the fish and the lipid content of the diet, which is the biomagnification metric included in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's bioaccumulation testing guideline 305, better represents real-world biomagnification than the proposed BMF normalized and standardized to a 5% lipid content in fish. Environ Toxicol Chem 2021;401204-1211. © 2020 SETAC.Ultrathin layers of oxides deposited on atomically flat metal surfaces have been shown to significantly influence the electronic structure of the underlying metal, which in turn alters the catalytic performance. Upscaling of the specifically designed architectures as required for technical utilization of the effect has yet not been achieved. Here, we apply liquid crystalline phases of fluorohectorite nanosheets to fabricate such architectures in bulk. Synthetic sodium fluorohectorite, a layered silicate, when immersed into water spontaneously and repulsively swells to produce nematic suspensions of individual negatively charged nanosheets separated to more than 60 nm, while retaining parallel orientation. Into these galleries oppositely charged palladium nanoparticles were intercalated whereupon the galleries collapse. Individual and separated Pd nanoparticles were thus captured and sandwiched between nanosheets. As suggested by the model systems, the resulting catalyst performed better in the oxidation of carbon monoxide than the same Pd nanoparticles supported on external surfaces of hectorite or on a conventional Al2 O3 support. XPS confirmed a shift of Pd 3d electrons to higher energies upon coverage of Pd nanoparticles with nanosheets to which we attribute the improved catalytic performance. DFT calculations showed increasing positive charge on Pd weakened CO adsorption and this way damped CO poisoning.Cerebral small vessel disease is a common finding in the elderly and associated with various clinical sequelae. Previous studies suggest disturbances in the integration capabilities of structural brain networks as a mediating link between imaging and clinical presentations. To what extent cerebral small vessel disease might interfere with other measures of global network topology is not well understood. Connectomes were reconstructed via diffusion weighted imaging in a sample of 930 participants from a population based epidemiologic study. Linear models were fitted testing for an association of graph-theoretical measures reflecting integration and segregation with both the Peak width of Skeletonized Mean Diffusivity (PSMD) and the load of white matter hyperintensities of presumed vascular origin (WMH). The latter were subdivided in periventricular and deep for an analysis of localisation-dependent correlations of cerebral small vessel disease. The median WMH volume was 0.6 mL (1.4) and the median PSMD 2.18 mm2 /s x 10-4 (0.5). The connectomes showed a median density of 0.880 (0.030), the median values for normalised global efficiency, normalised clustering coefficient, modularity Q and small-world propensity were 0.780 (0.045), 1.182 (0.034), 0.593 (0.026) and 0.876 (0.040) respectively. An increasing burden of cerebral small vessel disease was significantly associated with a decreased integration and increased segregation and thus decreased small-worldness of structural brain networks. Even in rather healthy subjects increased cerebral small vessel disease burden is accompanied by topological brain network disturbances. link3 Segregation parameters and small-worldness might as well contribute to the understanding of the known clinical sequelae of cerebral small vessel disease.

This study aimed to identify the epidemiological characteristics and transmission dynamics of paediatric cases.

Information on 1369 paediatric cases with COVID-19 from 8 December 2019 to 7 March 2020 in Hubei province was extracted from the National Infectious Disease Surveillance System. The analysis included epidemic curves, temporal-spatial distribution, clinical classification and interval times between onset and diagnosis.

Among 1369 paediatric cases, the median age was 9 years and 58.2% of them were males. The proportion of severe and critical cases in children was lower than that in adults and the proportion of asymptomatic cases in children was five times greater than for adult cases. The first paediatric case was reported on 2 January 2020, and the daily number of new paediatric cases remained high from 1 February through to 22 February. The epidemiological curve of paediatric cases lagged behind that of adults by 19 days, and the first spike of the epidemic curve in senior high school students occurred 1 week earlier than in other paediatric groups. The proportion of clustered cases among children was about twice that for adults. The median of the interval in paediatric cases between onset and diagnosis, isolation and notification were 3, 0 and 3 days, respectively, and all of those were significantly shorter than in adults.

The epidemic curve of child cases lagged behind that of adult cases by 19 days, and the major form of transmission observed was in clusters.

The epidemic curve of child cases lagged behind that of adult cases by 19 days, and the major form of transmission observed was in clusters.Most corn (Zea mays) seeds planted in the United States in recent years are coated with a seed treatment containing neonicotinoid insecticides. Abrasion of the seed coating generates insecticide-laden planter dust that disperses through the landscape during corn planting and has resulted in many "bee-kill" incidents in North America and Europe. We investigated the linkage between corn planting and honey bee colony success in a region dominated by corn agriculture. Over 3 yr we consistently observed an increased presence of corn seed treatment insecticides in bee-collected pollen and elevated worker bee mortality during corn planting. Residues of seed treatment neonicotinoids, clothianidin and thiamethoxam, detected in pollen positively correlated with cornfield area surrounding the apiaries. Elevated worker mortality was also observed in experimental colonies fed field-collected pollen containing known concentrations of corn seed treatment insecticides. We monitored colony growth throughout the subsequent year in 2015 and found that colonies exposed to higher insecticide concentrations exhibited slower population growth during the month of corn planting but demonstrated more rapid growth in the month following, though this difference may be related to forage availability.