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Fundus photography detects a clinically significant proportion of fundus pathology and urgent diagnoses. Telehealth specialist image review is important to detect some important, time-critical illnesses that can be missed in routine care. This offers an accurate alternative to direct ophthalmoscopy that warrants further research in Australian EDs.

Fundus photography detects a clinically significant proportion of fundus pathology and urgent diagnoses. Telehealth specialist image review is important to detect some important, time-critical illnesses that can be missed in routine care. This offers an accurate alternative to direct ophthalmoscopy that warrants further research in Australian EDs.Ferroptotic cell death results from glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4) inactivation and/or glutathione (GSH) depletion. Elevated GSH levels are often found in multidrug-resistant (MDR) tumor cells, reducing their sensitivity to chemotherapeutic drugs and the efficacy of treatment. MDR cells also acquire a dependency on GPX4, reducing their oxidative stress and promoting their survival. Therefore, the depletion of GSH and inactivation of GPX4 has the potential to be a superior treatment strategy for MDR tumors. Platinum-decorated gold nanostars (Pt-AuNS) are presented as a novel metal nanoprodrug for ferroptotic therapy against MDR tumors. Under dark conditions, the synthesized Pt-AuNS exhibit negligible levels of toxicity. Upon exposure of the Pt-AuNS to near-infrared (NIR) light, active metallic (Pt and Au) species are released, subsequently inducing cytotoxicity. The mechanism of action is attributed to GSH depletion and GPX4 inactivation, accumulating lipid hydroperoxides, which in turn leads to ferroptosis. In in vivo xenograft, the MDR cancer model confirmed the NIR light-activation of Pt-AuNS prodrugs, resulting in efficient ferroptotic therapeutic action against MDR tumors without long-term side effects. The findings lay the groundwork for using Pt-AuNS prodrugs responsive to NIR light as ferroptosis-inducing agents in chemo-resistant cancer cells and demonstrate their potential for use in future clinical applications.A versatile breast cancer-targeting nanocomposite therapeutic combining docetaxel (DXL), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) network for controlled release, and silica-protected magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (Fe3 O4 NPs) for targeted delivery and gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) for plasmonic photothermal therapy (PPTT) is presented in this work. First, the designed nanocomposite is magnetically directed for cancer-targeted therapy confirmed by computerized tomography (CT) scans. selleck kinase inhibitor Second, 10% DXL by mass is loaded into PVA, a pH and temperature responsive gel, for controlled release. Third, PPTT is confirmed with Au/Fe3 O4 /PVA-10%DXL using a prototype circulation system and then for tumor treatment in vivo; Au/Fe3 O4 /PVA-10%DXL is conveniently directed and the entrapped DXL is selectively released (≈96%) via the interaction of green and near-infrared (NIR) light with the localized surface plasmon resonance of AuNPs. A 75% cell death is reported from in vitro studies with DXL doses as low as 20 µg mL-1 of Au/Fe3 O4 /PVA-10%DXL, and a 70% tumor growth inhibition is demonstrated by in vivo experiments with the biosafety studies confirming minimal side effects to other organs. Overall, the developed Au/Fe3 O4 /PVA-10%DXL has a strong potential to simultaneously enhance CT imaging contrast together with the targeted delivery of DXL.

Defining reliable brain markers for the prediction of abnormal behavioral outcomes remains an urgent but extremely challenging task in neuroscience research. This is particularly important for infant studies given the most dramatic brain and behavioral growth during infancy.

In this study, we proposed a novel prediction scheme through abstracting individual newborn's whole-brain functional connectivity pattern to three outlier measures (Triple O) and tested the hypothesis that neonates identified as "brain outliers" based on Triple O were more likely to develop as IQ outliers at 4years of age. Without need for training with behavioral data, Triple O represents a novel proof-of-concept approach to predict later IQ outcomes based on neonatal brain data.

Triple O correctly identified 42.1% true IQ outliers among a mixed cohort of 175 newborns with different term, twin, and maternal disorder statuses. Triple O also reached a high level of specificity (96.2%) and overall accuracy (90.3%). Further incorporatihe very high level of specificity, each outlier predicted by Triple O represents a meaningful risk but future efforts are needed to explore ways to identify the rest of outliers. Overall, with no need for training, a high level of robustness, and a minimal requirement on sample size, the proposed Triple O approach demonstrates great potential to predict later outlying IQ performances using neonatal functional connectivity data.Due to a widespread organ shortage, the use of expanded criteria donors (ECDs) in kidney transplantation has increased persistently, reaching approximately 40% in recent years. Whether human leucocyte antigen (HLA) matching between donor and recipient should be part of allocation algorithms in transplantation of ECD kidneys, and especially of ECD kidneys from ≥70-year-old donors, is still in question. To this end, 135,529 kidney transplantations performed between 2000 and 2017 and reported to the Collaborative Transplant Study were analysed and the impact of HLA-A+B+DR mismatches on death-censored graft and patient survival as well as on rejection episodes was investigated. Results were stratified according to donor status (standard criteria donor (SCD) versus ECD) and age of ECD. HLA incompatibility increased the five-year death-censored graft failure risk similarly strong in recipients of ECD and SCD transplants (hazard ratio (HR) per HLA mismatch 1.078 and 1.075, respectively; p less then .001 for both). Its impact on rejection treatments during the first post-transplant year was also significant but slightly weaker for recipients of ECD transplants (risk ratio (RR) per HLA mismatch 1.10 for ECD transplants and 1.13 for SCD transplants; p less then .001 for both). Mortality increased gradually from zero to six HLA mismatches in recipients of SCD transplants, whereas for ECD transplants a significant increase was notable only from zero to more than zero mismatches. A significant but slightly less pronounced impact of HLA incompatibility on graft failure was observed in transplants from ≥70- compared with less then 70-year-old ECDs (HR per mismatch 1.047 and 1.093; p = .009 and less then 0.001, respectively). The influence of HLA mismatches on rejection treatments was the same for both ECD age groups (RR = 1.10, p less then .001 and p = .004, respectively). Our data indicate that HLA matching should be part of allocation algorithms not only in transplantation of kidneys from SCDs but also from ECDs.