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Common bean plants (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) showing different virus-like symptoms were collected in northwestern Argentina. Dot-blot hybridization tests showed that the begomoviruses bean golden mosaic virus and tomato yellow vein streak virus were the most prevalent, but they also revealed the presence of unknown begomoviruses. The complete genome sequence of one of these unknown begomoviruses was determined. Sequence analysis showed that the virus is a typical New World begomovirus, for which the name "bean bushy stunt virus" (BBSV) is proposed. Biological assays based on biolistic inoculations showed that BBSV induced leaf roll and stunting symptoms similar to those observed in the field-collected common bean sample.The Brazilian guidelines for prevention and treatment of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis were updated and important topics were included such as assessment of risk fracture using FRAX Brazil, use of denosumab, and also recommendations for the use of glucocorticoid pulse therapy and inhaled glucocortiocoid.

Glucocorticoids (GCs) are used in almost all medical specialties and the incidences of vertebral/nonvertebral fractures range from 30 to 50% in individuals treated with GCs for over 3 months. Thus, osteoporosis and frailty fractures should be prevented and treated in patients initiating treatment or already being treated with GCs. The Committee for Osteoporosis and Bone Metabolic Disorders of the Brazilian Society of Rheumatology (BSR) established in 2012 the Brazilian Guidelines for glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (GIO). Herein, we provide a comprehensive update of the original guidelines based on improved available scientific evidence and/or expert experience.

From March to June 2020, the Osteoupdated the Brazilian guidelines for the prevention/treatment of GIO. New topics were added in this update, such as the assessment of risk fracture using FRAX Brazil, the use of denosumab, and approaches for the treatment of children and adolescents. Furthermore, we included recommendations for the use of inhaled GCs and GC pulse therapy in clinical settings.Microbiological monitoring of air and surfaces is a valuable tool for assessing the level of environmental contamination by bacteria and fungi in hospitals, especially in high-risk wards. The presence of these microorganisms requires strict control in view of their role as opportunistic pathogens. Alofanib As regard yeasts, Candida albicans is one of the main opportunistic pathogens. However, in recent years, many other "non-Albicans" species have been identified that are implicated in the onset of both localised infections in immunocompetent patients and systemic infections in immunocompromised patients. The aim of the work was to evaluate the frequency of isolation of Rhodotorula spp. in environmental samples of hospital origin in order to highlight how its presence may represent an increased risk for hospitalised patients. The samples were taken in at-risk wards, divided into six types of environments, in three hospitals in southern Sardinia between 2016 and 2019. The presence of moulds and yeasts was higher in the air (55.7%) than on surfaces (44.3%) in the hospital environments (p less then 0.001). Similarly, the isolation frequency of Rhodotorula spp. was found to be greater (p less then 0.001) in the air (14.2%) than on surfaces (9.2%). This study made it possible to evaluate the presence of pathogenic fungi in hospital environments, paying particular attention to Rhodotorula spp. since it is an emerging opportunistic yeast. It also highlights the importance of control measures especially in those where immunocompromised patients are present.Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) surface functionalization was performed with a catechol-containing polymer sodium alginate (SA) and dopamine (DA) through simultaneous MoS2 exfoliation and self-polymerization of DA. The MoS2/SA-PDA nanocomposite was characterized using spectroscopic, microscopic, and electroanalytical techniques to evaluate its electrocatalytic performance. The electrocatalytic behavior of the MoS2/SA-PDA nanocomposite modified electrode for the detection of acebutolol (ACE), a cardio-selective β-blocker drug was explored through cyclic voltammetric and differential pulse voltammetric techniques. The influence of scan rate, concentration, and pH value on the oxidation peak current of ACE was investigated to optimize the deducting condition. The electrochemical activity of the MoS2/SA-PDA nanocomposite electrode was attributed to the existence of reactive functional groups being contributed from SA, PDA, and MoS2 exhibiting a synergic effect. The MoS2/SA-PDA nanocomposite modified electrode exhibits admirable electrocatalytic activity with a wide linear response range (0.009 to 520 μM), low detection limit (5 nM), and high sensitivity (0.354 μA μM-1 cm-2) also in the presence of similar (potentially interfering) compounds. The fabricated MoS2/SA-PDA nanocomposite modified electrode can be useful for the detection of ACE in pharmaceutical analysis.Many chemical and biological systems involve reacting species with vastly different numbers of molecules/agents. Hybrid simulations model such phenomena by combining discrete (e.g., agent-based) and continuous (e.g., partial differential equation- or PDE-based) descriptors of the dynamics of reactants with small and large numbers of molecules/agents, respectively. We present a stochastic hybrid algorithm to model a stage of the immune response to inflammation, during which leukocytes reach a pathogen via chemotaxis. While large numbers of chemoattractant molecules justify the use of a PDE-based model to describe the spatiotemporal evolution of its concentration, relatively small numbers of leukocytes and bacteria involved in the process undermine the veracity of their continuum treatment by masking the effects of stochasticity and have to be treated discretely. Motility and interactions between leukocytes and bacteria are modeled via random walk and a stochastic simulation algorithm, respectively. Since the latter assumes the reacting species to be well mixed, the discrete component of our hybrid algorithm deploys stochastic operator splitting, in which the sequence of the diffusion and reaction operations is determined autonomously during each simulation step. We conduct a series of numerical experiments to ascertain the accuracy and computational efficiency of our hybrid simulations and, then, to demonstrate the importance of randomness for predicting leukocyte migration and fate during the immune response to inflammation.