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Biomaterial engineering strategies for modeling the Bruch's membrane in age-related macular degeneration

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neural Regeneration Research 2024年第12期19卷 2626-2636页

作者： Blanca Molins Andrea Rodríguez Víctor Llorenç Alfredo Adán Group of Ocular Inflammation:Clinical and Experimental Studies Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques AgustíPi I Sunyer(IDIBAPS)BarcelonaSpain Institut Clínic d’Oftalmologia(ICOF) Hospital Clínic BarcelonaSpain

Age-related macular degeneration,a multifactorial inflammatory degenerative retinal disease,ranks as the leading cause of blindness in the ***,there is a scarcity of curative therapies,especially for the atrophic advanced form of age-related macular degeneration,likely due to the lack of models able to fully recapitulate the native structure of the outer blood retinal barrier,the prime to rget tissue of age-related macular *** in vitro systems rely on 2D monocultures unable to adequately reproduce the structure and function of the outer blood retinal barrier,integrated by the dynamic interaction of the retinal pigment epithelium,the Bruch's membrane,and the underlying *** Bruch's membrane provides structu ral and mechanical support and regulates the molecular trafficking in the outer blood retinal barrier,and therefo re adequate Bruch's membrane-mimics are key for the development of physiologically relevant models of the outer blood retinal barrie *** the last years,advances in the field of biomaterial engineering have provided novel approaches to mimic the Bruch's membrane from a variety of *** review provides a discussion of the integrated properties and function of outer blood retinal barrier components in healt hy and age-related macular degeneration status to understand the requirements to adequately fabricate Bruch's membrane biomimetic ***,we discuss novel materials and techniques to fabricate Bruch's membrane-like scaffolds for age-related macular degeneration in vitro modeling,discussing their advantages and challenges with a special focus on the potential of Bruch's membrane-like mimics based on decellularized tissue.

关键词： age-related macular degeneration Bruch's membrane decellularization retinal pigment epithelium scaffold

Contribution of Genomic Surveillance in the Detection and Monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 Variants during the 6 Pandemic Waves in the Central African Republic from 2020 to 2023

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Journal of Tuberculosis Research 2024年第3期12卷 151-164页

作者： Clotaire Donatien Rafaï Ernest Lango-Yaya Marie Roseline Darnicka Belizaire Ouoko Fa-Ti-Gbia Maurel Annicet Adonis Marcel Mbeko Simaleko Jean-Baptiste Roungou Oscar Senzongo Karl G. njuwa Fai Boniface koffi national Laboratory of Clinical Biology and Public Health of Bangui Bangui Republic Central African University of Bangui Bangui Central African Republic World Health Organization Geneva Switzerland Ministry of Health and Population Bangui Central African Republic Africa CDC Addis-Abeba Ethiopia Homegrown Solutions for Health Yaounde Cameroon

Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to strengthen diagnosis and genomic surveillance capacities. In 2021, Central African managed five waves of COVID-19 by integrating genomic surveillance into their health monitoring system. This study sought to report surveillance data from the national Laboratory of Clinical Biology and Public Health and describe the circulation of SARS-CoV-2 variants. Materials and Methods: This retrospective, descriptive observational study spans three years, from April 2020 to november 2023. It was conducted on a population of consenting volunteers from across the Central African Republic, who were tested using RT-PCR on nasopharyngeal samples. Data with sufficient information were obtained from the national Laboratory of Clinical Biology and Public Health (LnBCSP) databases. Sequencing was largely carried out at the national Institute of Biomedical Research (InRB) in Kinshasa until May 2023, and subsequently at the LnBCSP. Results and Discussion: Out of 97,864 RT-PCR tests performed, 9,764 were positive, resulting in a prevalence of 9.98%. The average age of the patients was 39.97 years ± 13.76, and the male-to-female sex ratio was 2.12. RT-PCR test positivity was significantly associated with age (p = 0.001), sex (p = 0.013) and clinical manifestations. Ten variants circulated during the five recorded waves, with Omicron (B.1.1.529), Delta (B.1.617.2) variants being predominant. notably, the B.1.620 and B.640 variants were prominent during the second wave. Conclusion: This retrospective study provides key insights into the COVID-19 pandemic in the CAR. It identifies risk factors and details the circulation of various SARS-CoV-2 variants. Enhancing national genomic surveillance capacities would enable the country to better respond to future pandemic challenges.

关键词： SARS-CoV-2 Variants Central African Republic RT-PCR

Large dinosaur egg accumulations and their significance for understanding nesting behaviour

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Geoscience Frontiers 2024年第5期15卷 467-488页

作者： L.Ezquerro R.Coimbra B.Bauluz C.núñez-Lahuerta T.Román-Berdiel M.Moreno-Azanza Departamento de Geodinámica Estratigrafía y PaleontologíaFacultad de Ciencias GeológicasUniversidad Complutense de MadridC/JoséAntonio Novais1228040MadridSpain Aragosaurus-IUCA:Recursos Geológicos y Paleoambientales.Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra.Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de ZaragozaC/Pedro Cerbuna 1250009 ZaragozaSpain Museu da Lourinha LourinhaPortugal GeoBioTec Department of Earth SciencesNOVA School of Science and TechnologyUniversidade Nova de LisboaCaparicaPortugal GeoBioTec Departamento de GeocienciasUniversidade de AveiroAveiroPortugal Insitut Catalàde Paleoecologia Humana i EvolucióSocial(IPHES-CERCA) Zona Educacional 4Campus Sescelades URV(Edifici W3)43007 TarragonaSpain Departament d´Història i Història de l´Art Universitat Rovira i VirgiliAv.Catalunya 3543002 TarragonaSpain Geotransfer IUCA Departamento de Ciencias de La TierraFacultad de CienciasUniversidad de ZaragozaZaragozaSpain

The accurate identification of dinosaur egg accumulations as nests or clutch.s is crucial for understanding the reproductive behaviour of these extinct ***,existing methods often rely on the presence of complete eggs and embryo remains,and sedimentological criteria that are only applicable to well-structured *** this study,we introduce an innovative approach to characterize egg accumulations in structureless sediments,where traditional nest structures may not be *** methodology employs a unique combination of sedimentological,taphonomic,geochemical,and geophysical proxies for the study of egg *** applied this approach to the egg accumulation from Paimogo(Jurassic,Portugal),traditionally interpreted as a *** findings reveal that the Paimogo egg assemblage is a secondary deposit,resulting from a flooding event in a fluvial plain that dismantled several allosauroid and crocodylomorph *** eggshell vapor conductance results,coupled with sedimentological evidence,suggest that allosauroid dinosaurs buried their eggs in the dry terrain of overbank areas close to a main channel during the breeding season,likely during the dry season to prevent the embryos from *** research underscores the necessity of multidisciplinary approaches in interpreting egg accumulations and offers a novel methodology for studying these accumulations in structureless *** findings provide new insights into the breeding behaviour and nesting preferences of these extinct organisms,contributing to our understanding of dinosaur ecology.

关键词： Breeding behaviour Theropod Taphonomy Stable isotopes Magnetic susceptibility Jurassic

Machine learning in liver surgery:Benefits and pitfalls

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World Journal of Clinical Cases 2024年第12期12卷 2134-2137页

作者： Rafael Calleja Manuel Durán María Dolores Ayllón Ruben Ciria Javier Briceño Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation Unit Hospital Universitario Reina SofíaMaimonides Biomedical Research Institute of CordobaCórdoba 14004Spain

The application of machine learning(ML)algorithms in various fields of hepatology is an issue of ***,we must be cautious with the *** this letter,based on a published ML prediction model for acute kidney injury after liver surgery,we discuss some limitations of ML models and how they may be addressed in the *** the future faces significant challenges,it also holds a great potential.

关键词： Machine learning Liver surgery Artificial intelligence Random forest Prediction model

Plant cell wall-mediated disease resistance:Current understanding and future perspectives

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Molecular Plant 2024年第5期17卷 699-724页

作者： Antonio Molina Lucıa Jorda Miguel Angel Torres Marina Martın-Dacal Diego Jose Berlanga Patricia Fernandez-Calvo Elena Gomez-Rubio Sonsoles Martın-Santamarıa Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas Universidad Politécnica de Madrid(UPM)-Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria(INIA/CSIC)Campus de Montegancedo UPMPozuelo de Alarcon(Madrid)Spain Departamento de Biotecnologıa-Biología Vegetal Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenierıa AgronomicaAlimentarıa y de BiosistemasUPMMadridSpain Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas Margarita Salas Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas(CSIC)Ramiro de Maeztu 928040 MadridSpain Misión Biológica de Galicia Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas(CSIC)Campus de Montegancedo UPMPozuelo de Alarcón(Madrid)Spain

Beyond their function as structural barriers,plant cell walls are essential elements for the adaptation of plants to environmental *** walls are dynamic structures whose composition and integrity can be altered in response to environmental challenges and developmental *** wall changes are perceived by plant sensors/receptors to trigger adaptative responses during development and upon stress *** cell wall damage caused by pathogen infection,wounding,or other stresses leads to the release of wall molecules,such as carbohydrates(glycans),that function as damage-associated molecular patterns(DAMPs).DAMPs are perceived by the extracellular ectodomains(ECDs)of pattern recognition receptors(PRRs)to activate pattern-triggered immunity(PTI)and disease ***,glycans released from the walls and extracellular layers of microorganisms interacting with plants are recognized as microbe-associated molecular patterns(MAMPs)by specific ECD-PRRs triggering PTI *** number of oligosaccharides DAMPs/MAMPs identified that are perceived by plants has increased in recent ***,the structural mechanisms underlying glycan recognition by plant PRRs remain ***,this knowledge is mainly focused on receptors of the LysM-PRR family,which are involved in the perception of various molecules,such as chitooligosaccharides from fungi and lipo-chitooligosaccharides(i.e.,nod/MYC factors from bacteria and mycorrhiza,respectively)that trigger differential physiological ***,additional families of plant PRRs have recently been implicated in oligosaccharide/polysaccharide *** include receptor kinases(RKs)with leucine-rich repeat and Malectin domains in their ECDs(LRR-MAL RKs),Catharanthus roseus RECEPTOR-LIKE KInASE 1-LIKE group(CrRLK1L)with Malectin-like domains in their ECDs,as well as wall-associated kinases,lectin-RKs,and *** characterization of structural basis of glycans recogniti

关键词： Arabidopsis thaliana cell wall damage-associated molecular patterns DAMPs disease resistance glycans oligosaccharides pattern-triggered immunity PTl pattern recognition receptor PRRs

Children with obesity have poorer circadian health as assessed by a global circadian health score

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World Journal of Pediatrics 2024年第8期20卷 787-800页

作者： María Rodríguez-Martín nuria Martínez-Lozano Vicente Santaclara-Maneiro Antonio Gris-Peñas Diego Salmerón Rafael Ríos Asta Tvarijonaviciute Marta Garaulet Department of Physiology Regional Campus of International Excellence University of Murcia Murcia Spain Biomedical Research Institute of Murcia IMIB-Arrixaca-UMU University Clinical Hospital Murcia Spain Health Area of Lorca Lorca Spain Health and Social Sciences Department University of Murcia Murcia Spain Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health Madrid Spain Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Clinical Analysis (Interlab-UMU) University of Murcia Murcia Spain Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and Division of Sleep Medicine Harvard Medical School Boston USA

Background Circadian health refers to individuals’well-being and balance in terms of their circadian *** is influenced by external *** adults,a close relationship between circadian-related alterations and obesity has been ***,studies in children are scarce,and circadian health and its association with obesity have not been evaluated *** aimed to assess whether circadian health differed between children with and without obesity as determined by a global circadian score(GCS)in a school-age *** Four hundred and thirty-two children(7–12 years)were recruited in ***-invasive tools were used to calculate the GCS:(1)7-day rhythm of wrist temperature(T),activity(A),position(P),an integrative variable that combines T,A,and P(TAP);(2)cortisol;and(3)7-day food and sleep *** mass index,body fat percentage,waist circumference(WC),melatonin concentration,and cardiometabolic marker levels were *** Circadian health,as assessed by the GCS,differed among children with obesity,overweight,and normal weight,with poorer circadian health among children with *** with obesity and abdominal obesity had 3.54 and 2.39 greater odds of having poor circadian health,respectively,than did those with normal weight or low *** percentage of rhythmicity,a marker of the robustness of the TAP rhythm,and the amplitude,both components of the GCS,decreased with increasing *** lifestyle behaviors were involved in the association between circadian health and obesity,particularly protein intake(P=0.024),physical activity level(P=0.076)and chronotype(P=0.029).Conclusions The GCS can capture the relationship between circadian health and obesity in school-age *** intake,physical activity level,and chronotype were involved in this *** intervention based on improving circadian health may help to prevent childhood obesity.

关键词： Children Chronodisruption Circadian Lifestyle Obesity

A concise review on surface and structural modification of porous zeolite scaffold for enhanced hydrogen storage

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Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering 2024年第6期70卷 33-53页

作者： B.A.Abdulkadir R.S.R.Mohd Zaki A.T.Abd Wahab S.n.Miskan Anh-Tam nguyen Dai-Viet n.Vo H.D.Setiabudi Centre for Research in Advanced Fluid&Processes Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan AbdullahLebuh Persiaran Tun Khalil YaakobGambangPahang 26300Malaysia Faculty of Chemical&Process Engineering Technology Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan AbdullahLebuh Persiaran Tun Khalil YaakobGambangPahang 26300Malaysia Center of Excellence for Green Energy and Environmental nanomaterials(CE@GrEEn) Nguyen Tat Thanh University300A Nguyen Tat ThanhDistrict 4Ho Chi Minh City 755414Viet Nam

Investigating zeolites as hydrogen storage scaffolds is imperative due to their porous nature and favorable physicochemical ***,the storage capacity of the unmodified zeolites has been rather unsatisfactory(0.224%-1.082%(mass))compared to its modified ***,the contemporary focus on enhancing hydrogen storage capacities has led to significant attention towards the utilization of modified zeolites,with studies exploring surface modifications through physical and chemical treatments,as well as the integration of various active *** enhanced hydrogen storage properties of zeolites are attributed to the presence of aluminosilicates from alkaline and alkaline-earth metals,resulting in increased storage capacity through interactions with the charge density of these ***,there is a great demand to critically review their role such as well-defined topology,pore structure,good thermal stability,and tunable hydrophilicity in enhanced hydrogen *** article aimed to critically review the recent research findings based on modified zeolite performance for enhanced hydrogen *** of the factors affecting the hydrogen storage capacities of zeolites that can affect the rate of reaction and the stability of the adsorbent,like pressure,structure,and morphology were studied,and ***,future perspectives,recommendations,and directions for modified zeolites were discussed.

关键词： Zeolites Hydrogen storage Surface modification Adsorption Active metal

Assessment of large-scale multiple forest disturbance susceptibilities with AutoML framework: an Izmir Regional Forest Directorate case

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Journal of Forestry Research 2024年第4期35卷 73-88页

作者： Remzi Eker Kamber Can Alkiş Abdurrahim Aydın Department of Forest Engineering Faculty of ForestryIzmir KatipÇelebi University35620 IzmirTurkey Graduate School of natural and Applied Sciences Izmir KatipÇelebi University35620 IzmirTurkey Department of Forest Engineering Faculty of ForestryDüzce University81620 DüzceTurkey

Disturbances such as forest fires,intense winds,and insect damage exert strong impacts on forest ecosystems by shaping their structure and growth dynamics,with contributions from climate ***,there is a need for reliable and operational methods to monitor and map these disturbances for the development of suitable management *** susceptibility assessment using machine learning methods has increased,most studies have focused on a single ***,there has been limited exploration of the use of“Automated Machine Learning(AutoML)”in the *** this study,susceptibility assessment for multiple forest disturbances(fires,insect damage,and wind damage)was conducted using the PyCaret AutoML framework in the Izmir Regional Forest Directorate(RFD)in *** AutoML framework compared 14 machine learning algorithms and ranked the best models based on AUC(area under the curve)*** extra tree classifier(ET)algorithm was selected for modeling the susceptibility of each disturbance due to its good performance(AUC values>0.98).The study evaluated susceptibilities for both individual and multiple disturbances,creating a total of four susceptibility maps using fifteen driving factors in the *** to the results,82.5%of forested areas in the Izmir RFD are susceptible to multiple disturbances at high and very high ***,a potential forest disturbances map was created,revealing that 15.6%of forested areas in the Izmir RFD may experience no damage from the disturbances considered,while 54.2%could face damage from all three *** SHAP(Shapley Additive exPlanations)methodology was applied to evaluate the importance of features on prediction and the nonlinear relationship between explanatory features and susceptibility to disturbance.

关键词： AutoML Forest disturbances Forest fire Insect Susceptibility Wind

new trends in diagnosis and management of gallbladder carcinoma

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World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology 2024年第1期16卷 13-29页

作者： Efstathios T Pavlidis Ioannis n Galanis Theodoros E Pavlidis ^(nd)Propedeutic Department of Surgery Hippokration General HospitalSchool of MedicineAristotle University of ThessalonikiThessaloniki 54642Greece

Gallbladder(GB)carcinoma,although relatively rare,is the most common biliary tree cholangiocarcinoma with aggressiveness and poor *** is closely associated with cholelithiasis and long-standing large(>3 cm)gallstones in up to 90%of *** other main predisposing factors for GB carcinoma include molecular factors such as mutated genes,GB wall calcification(porcelain)or mainly mucosal microcalcifications,and GB polyps≥1 cm in *** is made by ultrasound,computed tomography(CT),and,more precisely,magnetic resonance imaging(MRI).Preoperative staging is of great importance in decisionmaking regarding therapeutic *** staging is based on MRI findings,the leading technique for liver metastasis imaging,enhanced three-phase CT angiography,or magnetic resonance angiography for major vessel *** is also necessary to use positron emission tomography(PET)-CT or ^(18)F-FDG PET-MRI to more accurately detect metastases and any other occult deposits with active metabolic *** laparoscopy may detect dissemination not otherwise found in 20%-28.6%of *** treatment is needed,including surgical resection,targeted therapy by biological agents according to molecular testing gene mapping,chemotherapy,radiation therapy,and *** is of great importance to understand the updated guidelines and current treatment *** extent of surgical intervention depends on the disease stage,ranging from simple cholecystectomy(T1a)to extended resections and including extended cholecystectomy(T1b),with wide lymph node resection in every case or IV-V segmentectomy(T2),hepatic trisegmentectomy or major hepatectomy accompanied by hepaticojejunostomy Roux-Y,and adjacent organ resection if necessary(T3).Laparoscopic or robotic surgery shows fewer postoperative complications and equivalent oncological outcomes when compared to open surgery,but much attention must be paid to avoiding *** addition to surgery,novel targe

关键词： Biliary tract neoplasms Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma Gallbladder carcinoma Gallbladder diseases Biliary tree diseases Gastrointestinal malignancies