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To assess the value of preoperative joint aspiration in detecting periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) in patients undergoing revision hip arthroplasty and to compare these with the clinical findings, serum markers, and intraoperative findings.

Fluoroscopically guided hip aspirations in patients with pain after hip arthroplasty were retrospectively reviewed from January 2014 to December 2018. All hips underwent subsequent revision hip arthroplasty. Antibiotics were discontinued at least 2weeks before the aspiration. The 2018 Musculoskeletal Infection Society (MSIS) criteria served as a standard of reference for PJI. Clinical, serum, synovial, and intraoperative parameters were recorded in all patients. Correlations between all parameters with PJI diagnosis were analyzed using linear and logistic regression models with ROC analysis.

In 202 hips that included 91 septic hips, hip aspiration (AUC = 0.78) and intraoperative (0.80) parameters performed better than serum-based tests (0.64) and clinical parametfter hip arthroplasty.The program "HaLT - Hart am LimiT" is a national community-based alcohol prevention program for children and adolescents. It responds to harmful alcohol consumption with early intervention (reactive module) and builds strategic prevention networks on a community level (proactive module). It was initiated in 2003 by the Villa Schöpflin gGmbH. HaLT was one of the first programs funded by the German Prevention Act (PrävG), which came into force in 2015. Since March 2018, the program has been developed further and the respective innovations are described in a framework concept. This article presents the program, its network, and the updated concept.There are 152 HaLT sites in Germany; primarily, the covered regions are counties and (district-free) cities. Curzerene One aim of the further development is to modularize the program prevention measures for funding and to implement a specific quality management (QM) concept. Additionally, there is a development with regard to new topics and target groups, including young people who consume alcohol and illegal drugs and young adults between 18 and 21 years old. Another example is a classroom workshop in secondary schools that addresses the prevention of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).In July 2019, the first stage of funding for the HaLT reactive module started. In January 2020, the second stage of funding started, which accepted applications for QM measures and community-based alcohol prevention. The new framework concept is already being implemented in practice, including the qualification of professionals within the network of HaLT and new prevention measures for the target group of 18- to 21- year-olds in the reactive and proactive modules.The position and configuration of carbon-carbon double bonds in unsaturated fatty acids is crucial for their biological functions and influences health and disease. However, double bond isomers are not routinely distinguished by classical mass spectrometry workflows. Instead, they require sophisticated analytical approaches usually based on chemical derivatization and/or instrument modification. In this work, a novel strategy to investigate fatty acid double bond isomers (181) without prior chemical treatment or modification of the ion source was implemented by non-covalent adduct formation in the gas phase. Fatty acid adducts with sodium, pyridinium, trimethylammonium, dimethylammonium, and ammonium cations were characterized by a combination of cryogenic gas-phase infrared spectroscopy, ion mobility-mass spectrometry, and computational modeling. The results reveal subtle differences between double bond isomers and confirm three-dimensional geometries constrained by non-covalent ion-molecule interactions. Overall, this study on fatty acid adducts in the gas phase explores new avenues for the distinction of lipid double bond isomers and paves the way for further investigations of coordinating cations to increase resolution.

To describe the bilateral coracohumeral morphological discrepancy in rotator cuff rupture patients with and without subscapularis (SSC) involvement and to investigate its association with SSC tears.

Two hundred and thirteen consecutive patients who were scheduled to have arthroscopic rotator cuff repair were prospectively enrolled in the current study. Patients with acute traumatic rotator cuff rupture, glenohumeral osteoarthritis, bilateral rotator cuff rupture, recurrent shoulder instability, systemic inflammatory disease, and previous shoulder surgery history were excluded. Coracohumeral distance (CHD), coracoid overlap (CO), lesser tuberosity index (LTI) and acromiohumeral interval (AHI) were measured bilaterally using CT scans. Based on arthroscopic findings, patients were included in either the SSC tear group (n = 72) or the control group (n = 141).

In the SSC tear group, the affected shoulder possessed a significantly smaller CHD [95% confidence interval (CI) 6.1-7.2 vs. 7.2-8.0mm, p < 0.0001], larger LTI (95% CI 9.4-9.9 vs. 9.0-9.6mm, p < 0.0001), and smaller AHI (95% CI 5.0-5.5 vs. 7.1-7.5mm, p < 0.0001) than the contralateral normal shoulder. In the control group, there was no significant difference between bilateral CHD and CO, and the AHI bilateral discrepancy was less distinct. CO did not differ significantly in the bilateral comparison in either group. Among all evaluated parameters, bilateral CHD discrepancy was the best predictor of SSC tears, with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.882. A cutoff value of 0.5mm had a sensitivity of 76.4% and specificity of 99.3% for SSC tears.

The CHD values are significantly different between affected and contralateral shoulders in SSC tear patients. Bilateral CHD discrepancy is closely associated with subcoracoid impingement and SSC tears, and its presence warrants specific intraoperative SSC inspection.

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Level II.In the chlorophyll biosynthesis pathway, the 8-vinyl group of the chlorophyll precursor is reduced to an ethyl group by 8-vinyl reductase. Two isozymes of 8-vinyl reductase have been described in oxygenic photosynthetic organisms one encoded by BciA and another by BciB. Only BciB contains an [Fe-S] cluster and most cyanobacteria harbor this form; whereas a few contain BciA. Given this disparity in distribution, cyanobacterial BciA has remained largely overlooked, which has limited understanding of chlorophyll biosynthesis in these microorganisms. Here, we reveal that cyanobacterial BciA encodes a functional 8-vinyl reductase, as evidenced by measuring the in vitro activity of recombinant Synechococcus and Acaryochloris BciA. Genomic comparison revealed that BciB had been replaced by BciA during evolution of the marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus, and coincided with replacement of Fe-superoxide dismutase (SOD) with Ni-SOD. These findings imply that the acquisition of BciA confers an adaptive advantage to cyanobacteria living in low-iron oceanic environments.