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uating tissues and localize a fiducial marker. This successful feasibility study establishes a foundation for further investigation of radar technology as a non-ionizing tumor localization device for radiotherapy.Atopic dermatitis(AD)is one of the most common skin disorders in children, with a prevalence of 25-30% and up to 33% of them become moderate-to-severe severity1 . Systemic treatment options may be needed in cases of moderate-to-severe dermatitis,while none of current medications are long-term treatment options restricted by potential drug toxicity. Dupilumab is the first biological agent for type 2 inflammation, with excellent efficacy, tolerability and safety2,3 . It was approved for the treatment of adolescents and adult patients with uncontrolled AD. Data on the use of dupilumab in children are not published to date.Previous event-related potential (ERP) studies have suggested that self-related and non-self-related outcomes are processed simultaneously. However, the studies investigated situations in which individuals had sufficient attentional/cognitive resources to process both of the outcomes. It is unknown whether self-related and non-self-unrelated outcomes could still be processed simultaneously when resources are limited. To address this issue, 32 female participants in the present study were asked to perform a working memory task. To manipulate the amount of available attentional/cognitive resources, participants were asked to memorize a letter in the low load condition and five letters in the high load condition. During letter consolidation, participants were informed that they and another player each performed a gambling task and were subsequently presented with both of the outcomes. ERP results showed that others' monetary loss elicited larger P200 and late positive potential amplitudes than others' monetary gain under a low working memory load, whereas a high load reduced these effects. However, working memory load did not influence the effect of self-outcome on ERP responses. Therefore, the findings suggest that the amount of available attentional/cognitive resources alters the evaluation of non-self-related but not self-related outcomes.A contributing factor to the development of obesity is the consumption of a diet high in saturated fatty acids, such as palmitate. These fats induce hypothalamic neuroinflammation, which dysregulates neuronal function and induces orexigenic neuropeptide Y (Npy) to promote food intake. An inflammatory cytokine array identified multiple candidates that could mediate palmitate-induced up-regulation of Npy mRNA levels. Of these, visfatin or nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT), macrophage migratory inhibitory factor (MIF), and IL-17F were chosen for further study. Direct treatment of the neuropeptide Y/agouti-related peptide (NPY/AgRP)-expressing mHypoE-46 neuronal cell line with the aforementioned cytokines demonstrated that visfatin could directly induce Npy mRNA expression. Preventing the intracellular metabolism of palmitate through long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase (ACSL) inhibition was sufficient to block the palmitate-mediated increase in Npy gene expression. Furthermore, thin-layer chromatography revealed that in neurons, palmitate is readily incorporated into ceramides and defined species of phospholipids. Exogenous C16 ceramide, dipalmitoyl-phosphatidylcholine, and dipalmitoyl-phosphatidylethanolamine were sufficient to significantly induce Npy expression. This study suggests that the intracellular metabolism of palmitate and elevation of metabolites, including ceramide and phospholipids, are responsible for the palmitate-mediated induction of the potent orexigen Npy. Furthermore, this suggests that the regulation of Npy expression is less reliant on inflammatory cytokines per se than palmitate metabolites in a model of NPY/AgRP neurons. These lipid species likely induce detrimental downstream cellular signaling events ultimately causing an increase in feeding, resulting in an overweight phenotype and/or obesity.

Facial allergic contact dermatitis caused by cosmetic products is common. New allergens in cosmetics continuously emerge.

To investigate characteristics of patients with facial dermatitis (FD) between 2010 and 2019 including patch test results from cosmetic-related allergens and a new test series with cosmetic-relevant natural ingredients (CRNIs).

This is a retrospective study analysing demographics, clinical characteristics according to MOAHLFA index (male; occupation; atopic dermatitis; hand; leg; face; age ≥ 40 years), and patch test results to 27 cosmetic-relevant allergens in FD patients. A prospective study evaluating a screening test series with CRNIs in consecutive FD patients for 1 year was also conducted. These patients received a questionnaire for collecting extra characteristics (eg, concerning quality of life).

Of 8740 tested patients, 2292 (26.2%) had FD. Of these, 30.6% had cosmetic-induced FD. The most common cosmetic-related allergens were fragrances and preservatives. The most common patch test-positive CRNIs were hydroperoxides of limonene and linalool, and propolis. Potato and peanut were rare, but the most common prick test-positive CRNIs, however, without any relation to the use of cosmetic products. FD affected nearly all patients' quality of life and caused limitations to their daily life.

Updated management and quick diagnosis of FD is important to avoid negative impact on patients' quality of life.

Updated management and quick diagnosis of FD is important to avoid negative impact on patients' quality of life.Aarskog-Scott syndrome is a rare genetic X-linked disorder whose prevalence is unknown, but less than 100 cases have been reported in the literature since the first description in 19701 . Aarskog-Scott syndrome is due to a mutation of the FGD1 gene on the X chromosome (Xp11.22). The FGD1 protein plays an important role in signaling within cells and may also be involved in remodeling of the extracellular matrix of blood vessels and cell migration.

Blood components are irradiated to inactivate lymphocytes in an effort to prevent transfusion-associated graft versus host disease. Although gamma irradiators are commonly used, they are subjected to rigorous health, safety, and compliance regulations, compared with X-irradiators which have the advantage of only emitting radiation while the machine is switched on. While the effects of gamma irradiation on platelet components are well known, there is little or no data comparing the effects of X- and gamma-irradiation on the quality of these components. Therefore, this study examined the in vitro quality of platelet components (pooled and apheresis) following X- or gamma-irradiation.

Whole-blood-derived (pooled) and apheresis platelet components in platelet additive solution (n=20 pairs for each type) were irradiated (X vs. gamma). In vitro platelet quality was tested prior to irradiation (day 1) and subsequently on days 2, 5, and 7. Non-irradiated components were tested on day 5 in parallel as reference controls. Metabolic parameters, surface expression of glycoproteins and activation markers (CD62P and annexin-V binding), and agonist-induced aggregation were measured.

All components met Council of Europe specifications. There were no statistical differences in any in vitro quality measurements between X- and gamma-irradiated pooled or apheresis platelet components.

X- and gamma-irradiation have similar effects on the in vitro quality of stored blood components, indicating that either technology represents a suitable option for irradiation of platelet components.

X- and gamma-irradiation have similar effects on the in vitro quality of stored blood components, indicating that either technology represents a suitable option for irradiation of platelet components.

Studies suggest that agricultural workers and rural residents may have an elevated suicide risk. However, suicide is relatively rare, and rural and farming populations have significantly declined, limiting their representation in national surveys. Many studies have inadequate samples for meaningful analysis.

We pooled 29 years of data from the Mortality-Linked National Health Interview Survey, 1986-2014, then measured suicide mortality in groups including agriculture workers, and variation in suicide across rural and urban areas. Exposure variables indicated whether participants worked in a farm-related occupation or industry, or lived in a rural area. We used survey-weighted Poisson regression to estimate suicide mortality rates and rate ratios.

Age-adjusted suicide mortality rate per 100,000 was 22.3 for farmers and farm managers; 21.6 for farmworkers; 28.7 in farming, forestry, and fishing; 15.3 across all other occupations; 16.1 among rural residents. Among farmworkers, age-adjusted rates were 28.3 in rural areas, 17.1 in urban areas (not significantly different). The age-adjusted suicide mortality rate ratio (RR) comparing workers in the agriculture, forestry, and fishery industries to those in all other industries was 1.34 (95% confidence interval, [CI] 1.05-1.72) (not statistically significant after further adjustment for demographic characteristics). Age-adjusted results were consistent with a higher suicide risk for workers in forestry and fishing than in all other occupations (RR 1.88, 95% CI 0.79-4.46).

Workers in agriculture, forestry, and fishing may have an elevated suicide risk. National surveys should consider oversampling of rural residents, who have increased morbidity and mortality risks.

Workers in agriculture, forestry, and fishing may have an elevated suicide risk. National surveys should consider oversampling of rural residents, who have increased morbidity and mortality risks.We developed an integrated platform for analysis of parameterized data from human disease models. We report a non-negative blind deconvolution (NNBD) approach to quantify calcium (Ca2+ ) handling, beating force and contractility in human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (iPSC-CMs) at the single-cell level. We employed CRISPR/Cas gene editing to introduce a dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM)-causing mutation in troponin T (TnT), TnT-R141W, into wild-type control iPSCs (MUT). The NNDB-based method enabled data parametrization, fitting and analysis in wild-type controls versus isogenic MUT iPSC-CMs. Of note, Cas9-edited TnT-R141W iPSC-CMs revealed significantly reduced beating force and prolonged contractile event duration. The NNBD-based platform provides an alternative framework for improved quantitation of molecular disease phenotypes and may contribute to the development of novel diagnostic tools.In this paper, we propose a functional partially linear regression model with latent group structures to accommodate the heterogeneous relationship between a scalar response and functional covariates. The proposed model is motivated by a salinity tolerance study of barley families, whose main objective is to detect salinity tolerant barley plants. Our model is flexible, allowing for heterogeneous functional coefficients while being efficient by pooling information within a group for estimation. We develop an algorithm in the spirit of the K-means clustering to identify latent groups of the subjects under study. We establish the consistency of the proposed estimator, derive the convergence rate and the asymptotic distribution, and develop inference procedures. We show by simulation studies that the proposed method has higher accuracy for recovering latent groups and for estimating the functional coefficients than existing methods. The analysis of the barley data shows that the proposed method can help identify groups of barley families with different salinity tolerant abilities.