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Background Advance care planning conversations and preparations do not occur as frequently as they should. Framing advance care planning as a health behavior and an opportunity for community engagement can help improve community-dwellers' intentions to have discussions and preparations regarding facing serious illness, death and dying.Methods A multi-setting confidential pre/post paper survey assessing advance care planning discussions and preparation intentions was given to community-dwelling citizens residing in the New York metropolitan area. Survey items were adapted from a previous end of life survey to include questions on chronic illnesses, important conversations, comfort levels and concerns about end of life. The intervention was a 1-hour presentation on advance care planning (importance, laws, effective communication and audience questions)Results Our study found significant interest in discussing advanced care planning across age groups. There were significant changes for participant intentions regarding having conversations with loved ones, a health care proxy or similar document and none; as well as differences in participant intentions for discussions with caregiver, family, friends, primary physician and no-one.Conclusion Educating individuals on the importance of advance care planning may be effective in changing community dwellers' intentions to start the conversation and put advanced care planning measures in place.Abbreviations ACP Advance Care Planning; CHAT Conversations Health and Treatments; EoL End of Life; HCP Health Care Proxy; MOLST Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatments; PCP Primary Care Physician.The intestinal mucosal barrier, which is composed of epithelial cells and mucus layers secreted by goblet cells and contains commensal bacteria, constitutes the first line of defense against pathogenic gut microbiota. However, homeostasis between the microbiota and mucus layer is easily disrupted by certain factors, resulting in alteration of the gut microbiota and entry of pathogens to the intestinal mucosal barrier. In this review, we describe the structures and functions of the mucus layer, expound several crucial influencing factors, including diet styles, medications and host genetics, and discuss how pathogenic microorganisms interact with the mucus layer and commensal microbiota, with the understanding that unraveling their complex interactions under homeostatic and dysbiosis conditions in the colon would help reveal some underlying pathogenic mechanisms and thus develop new strategies to prevent pathogenic microbiological colonization.This study used time to exhaustion (TTE) to predict V̇O2max in female recreational master runners. Forty-two middle-aged women (mean = 40.5 ± 5.9 years) who had trained for recreational running performed two Université de Montréal Track Tests in the facilities of the University of Barcelona (Spain). The first was performed on a treadmill (t), the second, on an athletics track (field f). After measuring TTE and V̇O2max on the treadmill, a first-order equation was obtained to estimate fV̇O2max from fTTE. No significant difference was observed between the estimated fV̇O2max (46.5 ± 2.9 mL·kg-1·min-1) and the measured tV̇O2max (46.2 ± 5.3), with a mean value of the absolute differences of less than 8% of the tV̇O2max average. High agreement between the two V̇O2max values was also evident, as shown by the low bias of the differences and the Bland-Altman plot. The equation obtained is of interest to evaluate performance in middle-aged female recreational runners. It will allow coaches and runners to set running paces for training and could be used in training routines to determine improvements after a training program. Moreover, these tools could be used in the field to assess the physical fitness of middle-aged women, in efforts to preserve their health and physical function.Tumor metastasis is a major cause of cancer treatment failure and death, and chemotherapy efficiency for gastric cancer patients is usually unsatisfactory due to tumor cell metastasis, poor targeting and serious adverse reactions. In this study, a kind of R8GD modified epirubicin plus tetrandrine liposomes was prepared to enhance the antitumor efficiency via killing tumor cells, destroying tumor metastasis and inhibiting energy supply for tumor cells. In order to investigate the antitumor efficiency of the targeting liposomes, morphology observation, intracellular uptake, cytotoxic effects, and inhibition on tumor metastasis and energy supply were carried out in vitro, and tumor-bearing mice models were established to investigate the antitumor efficiency in vivo. In vitro results showed that R8GD modified epirubicin plus tetrandrine liposomes with ideal physicochemical properties could kill the most tumor cells, inhibit tumor metastasis and cut off energy supply for tumor cells. In vivo results exhibited that R8GD modified epirubicin plus tetrandrine liposomes could enhance the accumulation in tumor site and display an obvious antitumor efficiency. Therefore, R8GD modified epirubicin plus tetrandrine liposomes could be used as a potential therapy for treatment of gastric cancer.A series of unexpected triterpenic C17-[5-methyl-1,3]-oxazoles along with targeted N-propargylamides was synthesized by an interaction of acid chlorides with propargylamine hydrochloride. We proposed that the formation of methyl oxazole passes through an alternative pathway by the participation of the terminal alkyne carbon atom and acid chloride intermediate with following intramolecular rearrangements. The synthesized compounds were evaluated for their cytotoxicity at the U.S. National Cancer Institute. 28-Nor-17-(5-methyloxazol-2-yl)-2-cyano-2,4-seco-3-nor-lup-4(23),20(29)-diene has demonstrated the highest activity with GI50 ranged from 1.03 to 16.4 μM against different cancer cell lines. Molecular docking in Kelch domain of Keap1 protein was performed to study a possible molecular target. Thus, we have shown for the first time that triterpenic C17-[5-methyl-1,3]-oxazoles are alternative products of the interaction of triterpenic acid chlorides with propargylamine hydrochloride and they have an advantage over corresponding N-propargylamides as cytotoxic agents.A careful selection of culture mediums and feeds has become necessary to maximize yields of recombinant proteins during bioprocesses of mammalian cells. Supplements contain a variety of concentrate nutrients, and their beneficial effects vary according to recombinant cell lines. In this study, the effects of PowerFeed A on growth kinetics, productivity and cellular metabolism were evaluated for two Chinese hamster ovary cell lines producing a monoclonal antibody in a batch culture. Supplemented cultures increased integral viable cell density of CRL-12444 and CRL-12445 cells by 2.4 and 1.6 times through extension of culture time at which viability was above 90% in 72 and 36 h, respectively, and increment of maximal cell concentration in 3.25 × 106 cells/ml (69%) for CRL-12445 cells. Product titer augmented 1.9 and 2.5 times for CRL-12444 and CRL-12445 cells, respectively, without changes in growth rate and specific productivity. Feed supplementation also stimulated full consumption of glucose and free glutamine and reduced 10 times lactate accumulation, while ammonium, sodium and potassium remained at similar concentrations at the end of the culture. About 44% of calcium, mainly provided by feed, was consumed by both cell lines. Maximization of cellular growth, viability and protein titer through feeding encourages extending its use to other cell lines and exploring novel combinations with other basal mediums or feeds. A thorough investigation of its impact on protein quality and the molecular mechanisms behind these effects will allow designing effective feeds and strategies to rationally optimize protein production in the biomanufacturing industry.Aims This study aims to develop a mapping algorithm that can be used to predict 5-level EQ-5D (EQ-5D-5L) utility scores from the Psoriasis Disability Index (PDI) for further use in cost-utility analysis among psoriasis patients.Materials and Methods A total of 321 participants with psoriasis were recruited in a dermatology clinic from a tertiary hospital in China. The EQ-5D-5L utility scores were scored using the Chinese-specific value set. Three model specifications were used and each one was estimated using three different statistical techniques, including the ordinary least squares (OLS), the Tobit regression and the generalized linear model (GLM). The goodness-of-fit of mapping performance was estimated by using two common indicators the mean absolute error (MAE) and the mean square error (MSE).Results A final validated sample of 321 psoriasis patients was analyzed in the study. The patients had a mean ± standard deviation (SD) age of 39.7 ± 12.9 years, and the EQ-5D-5L state utility score is 0.899 ± 0.106. Among all the models considered, the OLS linear model based on the four PDI item scores was selected as the best model due to higher accuracy (MAE =0.1334 and 0.1557 for the estimation and validation sample separately).Limitations The main limitation of this study is that the survey site was limited to one hospital and not more broadly representing the whole of China. Additionally, there are some missing data in the full sample and an absence of an external dataset to validate the algorithms.Conclusions The mapping algorithms reported in this paper can be used to predict the EQ-5D-5L utilities from the PDI; however, similar to other mapping studies in the literature it can only serve as the second-best approach to elicit utilities from disease-specific instruments.Introduction Gene fusions are strong driver alterations in various cancers, increasingly diagnosed with multiple testing techniques. ROS1 fusions can be found in 1-2% of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and several tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) have been tested in this oncogene-driven disease. NTRK fusions are characteristic of a few rare types of cancer, also infrequently seen in some common cancers including NSCLC. Entrectinib is a newer ROS1 and NTRK inhibitor developed across different tumor types harboring rearrangements in these genes. Entrectinib was granted FDA accelerated approval in August 2019 for the treatment of ROS1+ NSCLC and NTRK-driven solid tumors.Areas covered This review covers the mechanism of action, safety, and efficacy of entrectinib in patients with metastatic NSCLC.Expert opinion Entrectinib is an orally bioavailable TKI of TrkA, TrkB, TrkC, and ROS1, with the ability to cross the blood-brain barrier. Entrectinib was effective and well-tolerated in patients harboring ROS1- or NTRK-rearranged NSCLC treated within phase I and II studies. Entrectinib appears to be the most appropriate treatment choice for TKIs-naïve patients, especially in those presenting brain metastasis. Conversely, in case of systemic progression with the evidence of acquired resistance mutations in ROS1 or Trk proteins, a sequential therapy with entrectinib could not be successful.Introduction Endovenous stenting is being increasingly used for the management of iliofemoral venous outflow obstruction due to thrombotic or non-thrombotic iliac vein lesions (NIVL). Dedicated venous stents have replaced re-purposed arterial stents but there are limited data on their relative safety and efficacy.Areas covered This review looks at the available literature on the safety and efficacy of the Veniti Vici Venous stent (Boston Scientific), a specific venous stent, and compares its outcomes with the other venous stents that are currently available. Reported outcomes include patency, clinical efficacy and the number of adverse events.Expert opinion The initial clinical trials of the Vici venous stent have shown both good clinical and safety outcomes at 12-24 months follow-up. ML324 manufacturer Longer follow-up data are pending and further trials comparing available stents are required. Current evidence supports its use in the management of deep venous reconstruction, especially in occlusive post-thrombotic disease. Patients should, however, be made aware of the paucity of long-term data and need for monitoring within a dedicated surveillance programme following stent placement.