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More than 15 million people have been affected by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and it has caused 640 016 deaths as of July 26, 2020. Currently, no effective treatment option is available for COVID-19 patients. Though many drugs have been proposed, none of them has shown particular efficacy in clinical trials. In this article, the relationship between the Adrenergic system and the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) is focused in COVID-19 and a vicious circle consisting of the Adrenergic system-RAAS-Angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2)-severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) (which is referred to as the "ARAS loop") is proposed. Hyperactivation of the ARAS loop may be the underlying pathophysiological mechanism in COVID-19, and beta-adrenergic blockers are proposed as a potential treatment option. Beta-adrenergic blockers may decrease the SARS-CoV-2 cellular entry by decreasing ACE2 receptors expression and cluster of differentiation 147 (CD147) in various cells in the body. Beta-adrenergic blockers may decrease the morbidity and mortality in COVID-19 patients by preventing or reducing acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and other complications. Retrospective and prospective clinical trials should be conducted to check the validity of the hypothesis. Also see the video abstract here https//youtu.be/uLoy7do5ROo.The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of daily biotin supplementation on the mineral composition and microstructure of the abaxial hoof wall in dairy heifers. The heifers were housed on a concrete floor and fed for weight gain more than 800 g per day, which is a challenging environment for the hoof. Twelve crossbred dairy heifers (Jersey × Holstein) were divided into two treatment groups. Animals in the control group (n = 6) received a diet without supplemental biotin, while the heifers in the biotin-supplemented feed group (n = 6) each received 20 mg of biotin daily for 120 days. Samples of the abaxial hoof wall were collected from the outer claw of the fore and hind limb, before and after supplementation. The samples were evaluated by X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, computed microtomography, atomic force microscopy and confocal laser scanning microscopy. Biotin supplementation increased the sulphur content and decreased the calcium and potassium content in the abaxial hoof wall. Biotin treatment also increased the percentage of horn tubules with smaller diameter marrow (17-51 µm). However, biotin did not influence the surface relief of the hoof wall, suggesting that its action is limited to the inner layers of the stratum corneum. Daily supplementation with 20 mg of biotin promoted changes in the mineral composition and microstructure of abaxial hoof wall of crossbred dairy heifers. These findings suggest biotin supplementation improves hoof quality and may help to understand the function of biotin in the stratum corneum.

The utility of the Simplified Psoriasis Index (SPI), a recently developed multidomain tool for assessing psoriasis, was investigated in a study assessing response to secukinumab.

In an open-label, multicentre study involving 17 French centres, patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis received secukinumab 300mg subcutaneously once weekly from baseline to W4, then every 4weeks until W48. Dermatologist-scored SPI psoriasis severity (proSPI-s) was compared with Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI). Patient self-assessed severity (saSPI-s) and psychosocial impact (SPI-p) were compared with PASI and Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI), respectively.

We included 120 patients (69.2% male; mean age 45.9years; mean duration of psoriasis 21.6years). Mean baseline scores were as follows proSPI-s 24.9, saSPI-s 23.5, PASI 23.1, SPI-p 8.2 and DLQI 13.6. Severity scores achieved by 16weeks (proSPI-s 2.3, saSPI-s 2.2 and PASI 2.2) were maintained to W52. Reductions in mean psychosocial impact scores were es a valid tool enabling patients to assess their own psoriasis, remotely if necessary.

To present a clinical case of a patient with Tatton-Brown-Rahman syndrome, to provide evidence of the importance of supplying patients with appropriate dental care, emphasizing in behavioral management.

Clinical case report.

This 7-year-old child, had a history of persistent ductus arteriousus, autism spectrum behavior, language disorders, dyslalias, hearing disorder, hypotonic musculature, and joint hyperlaxity. The main facial and oral diagnoses were dolichocephaly, convex profile, atypical swallowing, mixed breathing, class II malocclusion, mandibular retrognathism, maxillary prognathism, caries lesions, and biofilm associated gingivitis. A comprehensive treatment was carried out from the stage of adaptation to dental care, control of dental biofilm, motivation, and teaching of oral hygiene with appropriate strategies to the child's age and cognitive abilities. Also, resin restorations, habits management and malocclusion with the use of the modified upper and lower Sanders orthopedic device. The child began with a definitely negative behavior at dental appointments, and evolved to negative on Frankl's Behavior Rating Scale.

Dentists must manage behavior management protocols, in order to avoid situations of rejection of treatment in patients with TBRS, and thus avoid sedation or general anesthesia. Prevention is the priority for these patients supported by recreational-educational strategies.

Dentists must manage behavior management protocols, in order to avoid situations of rejection of treatment in patients with TBRS, and thus avoid sedation or general anesthesia. Prevention is the priority for these patients supported by recreational-educational strategies.Great diversity is found in morphology and functionality of arthropod appendages, both along the body axis of individual animals and between different life-cycle stages. Despite many branchiopod crustaceans being well known for displaying a relatively simple arrangement of many serially post-maxillary appendages (trunk limbs), this taxon also shows an often unappreciated large variation in appendage morphology. Diplostracan branchiopods exhibit generally a division of labor into locomotory antennae and feeding/filtratory post-maxillary appendages (trunk limbs). We here study the functionality and morphology of the swimming antennae and feeding appendages in clam shrimps and cladocerans and analyze the findings in an evolutionary context (e.g., possible progenetic origin of Cladocera). SNX-2112 We focus on Cyclestheria hislopi (Cyclestherida), sister species to Cladocera and exhibiting many "large" branchiopod characters (e.g., many serially similar appendages), and Sida crystallina (Cladocera, Ctenopoda), which likely exhibits plesiomorphic cladoceran traits (e.