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We continue our review of issues related to measurement error and misclassification in epidemiology. We further describe methods of adjusting for biased estimation caused by measurement error in continuous covariates, covering likelihood methods, Bayesian methods, moment reconstruction, moment-adjusted imputation, and multiple imputation. We then describe which methods can also be used with misclassification of categorical covariates. Methods of adjusting estimation of distributions of continuous variables for measurement error are then reviewed. Illustrative examples are provided throughout these sections. We provide lists of available software for implementing these methods and also provide the code for implementing our examples in the Supporting Information. Next, we present several advanced topics, including data subject to both classical and Berkson error, modeling continuous exposures with measurement error, and categorical exposures with misclassification in the same model, variable selection when some of the variables are measured with error, adjusting analyses or design for error in an outcome variable, and categorizing continuous variables measured with error. Finally, we provide some advice for the often met situations where variables are known to be measured with substantial error, but there is only an external reference standard or partial (or no) information about the type or magnitude of the error. Published 2020. This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the USA.OBJECTIVES The prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and associated disorders is increasing. Rural residents in the United States have less access to memory care specialists and educational and community resources than in other areas of the country. Over a decade ago, we initiated an interdisciplinary rural caregiving telemedicine program to reach Kentucky residents in areas of the state where resources for supporting individuals with dementia are limited. Telemedicine programs involve a short informational presentation followed by a question and answer session; programs are offered 4 times a year. The purpose of this study was to explore questions asked over 1 year of the rural caregiving telemedicine program-encompassing 5 programs-to identify the scope of dementia-related knowledge gaps among attendees. METHODS Questions from the 5 programs were recorded and content analyzed to identify areas of frequent informational requests. RESULTS There were a total of 69 questions over the 5 sessions. For each program, questions ended due to time constraints rather than exhausting all inquiries. The most common topical areas of questions related to risk factors, behavioral management, diagnosis, and medications. DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS This study highlights that rural caregivers in Kentucky have diverse dementia educational needs. Rural communities may benefit from additional, targeted resources addressing these common areas of unmet informational needs. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Currently, type 1 diabetes requires lifelong insulin injection and careful blood glucose control to prevent secondary complications, but, islet transplantation could make type 1 diabetic patient insulin independent. On the other hand, islet transplantation needs human donors and donor shortage is the most serious issue. To alleviate the donor shortage, non-heart beating and living donor were used, in addition, the efficacy of islet isolation and transplantation has been improved. However, the donor shortage issue will not be solved as long as human donor is the only source. To solve the donor shortage issue, islet xenotransplantation using porcine islets was initiated in 1994. Islet xenotransplantation has a potential to cure many type 1 diabetic patients, on the other hand, there is the risk of developing serious or novel infection. Therefore, WHO has been interested in the xenotransplantation, and international xenotransplantation association (IXA) has published the consensus statements to initiate xenogeneic islet transplantation. Clinical islet xenotransplantation was conducted under the official regulation, and safety and efficacy data have been accumulated. Currently efficient method to overcome xeno-rejection is an important research target. In addition to traditional immunosuppressive drugs, and immune isolation methods, the gene modification with CRISPR and blastocyst complementation have been investigated with promising outcomes. Once, xeno-rejection issue is overcome, islet xenotransplantation should become a curative treatment for type 1 diabetic patients. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Two new abietane diterpenoids , (3 S , 5 R , 10 S )-3-hydroxy-12-O-demethyl-11-deoxy-19 (4→3)- abeo -cryptojaponol ( 1 ), (4 S , 5 R , 10 S )-12,19-dihydroxy-7-oxoabieta-8,11,13-triene ( 2 ), were isolated from Selaginella moellendorffii Hieron , together with one known abietane diterpenoid ( 3) and four known tetracyclic triterpenoids ( 4-7 ) . Their structures were characterized by their 1D- and 2D-NMR, ECD and mass spectral studies . All compounds were tested for their inhibitory effects on proliferation of three human cancer cells (human non-small-cell lung carcinoma cell line A549 and human breast adenocarcinoma cell lines MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7) in vitro . Depsipeptide Among them, compounds 2 , 4 , and 6 displayed modest cytotoxic activities against the above three human cancer cell lines with IC 50 values ranging from 16.28 to 40.67 μM. © 2020 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.How do speakers learn the social meaning of different linguistic variants, and what factors influence how likely a particular social-linguistic association is to be learned? It has been argued that the social meaning of more salient variants should be learned faster, and that learners' pre-existing experience of a variant will influence its salience. In this paper, we report two artificial-language-learning experiments investigating this. Each experiment involved two language-learning stages followed by a test. The first stage introduced the artificial language and trained participants in it, while the second stage added a simple social context using images of cartoon aliens. The first learning stage was intended to establish participants' experience with the artificial language in general and with the distribution of linguistic variants in particular. The second stage, in which linguistic stimuli were accompanied by images of particular aliens, was intended to simulate the acquisition of linguistic variants in a social context.