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effectiveness of ivermectin mass drug administration in the control of soil-transmitted helminth infections in endemic populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2024年第1期13卷 1-15页

作者： brandon Le Naomi e.Clarke Nicolas Legrand Susana Vaz Nery The Kirby Institute University of New South WalesLevel 6Wallace Wurth BuildingSydneyNSW2052Australia

Background Current soil-transmitted helminth(STH)control guidelines endorse the use of albendazole or meben-dazole for school-based targeted preventive chemotherapy(PC),yet their reduced efficacy against Strongyloides sterc-oralis and Trichuris trichiura presents significant *** evidence indicates that community-wide PC[or mass drug administration(MDA)]using ivermectin,commonly used in other neglected tropical disease(NTD)control programs,may play an important role in controlling these *** conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of ivermectin PC in reducing STH prevalence in endemic *** We searched Pubmed,eMBASe,and Web of Science on February 14,2023,for studies that investigated the effectiveness of ivermectin PC,either alone or in combination with other anthelmintic drugs,on STH infec-tions,and provided a measure of STH prevalence before and after *** calculated pooled prevalence reductions for each STH using random-effects *** protocol is available on PROSPeRO(registration number CRD42023401219).Results A total of 21 were eligible for the systematic review,of which 15 were eligible for *** studies delivered ivermectin through *** pooled prevalence reduction of *** following MDA with ivermec-tin alone was 84.49%(95%CI:54.96-94.66)across five studies and 81.37%(95% CI:61.62-90.96)across seven studies with or without *** prevalence reduction of *** was 49.93%(95%CI:18.23-69.34)across five studies with ivermectin alone,and 89.40%(95%CI:73.66-95.73)across three studies with the addition of *** was high heterogeneity for all syntheses(I^(2)>65%).Conclusions This study underscores the key role of ivermectin-based MDA in addressing limitations in current global STH guidelines in terms of limited efficacy against *** and *** on these findings,revising inter-national STH guidelines to include i

关键词： Soil-transmitted helminths Ivermectin Albendazole Mass drug administration Preventive chemotherapy

A machine learning driven 3D+1D model for efficient characterization of proton exchange membrane fuel cells

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energy and AI 2024年第3期17卷 281-294页

作者： Yuwei Pan Haijun Ruan Billy Wu Yagya N.Regmi Huizhi Wang Nigel P.brandon Department of earth Science and engineering Imperial College LondonLondon SW72AZUK Dyson School of Design engineering Imperial College LondonLondon SW72AZUK Centre for e-Mobility and Clean Growth Coventry UniversityCoventry CV15FBUK Manchester Fuel Cell Innovation Centre Department of Natural SciencesManchester Metropolitan UniversityManchester M15GDUK Department of Mechanical engineering Imperial College LondonLondon SW72AZUK

The computational demands of 3D continuum models for proton exchange membrane fuel cells remain substantial. One prevalent approach is the hierarchical model combining a 2D/3D flow field with a 1D sub-model for the catalyst layers and membrane. However, existing studies often simplify the 1D domain to a linearized 0D lumped model, potentially resulting in significant errors at high loads. In this study, we present a computationally efficient neural network driven 3D+1D model for proton exchange membrane fuel cells. The 3D sub-model captures transport in the gas channels and gas diffusion layers and is coupled with a 1D electrochemical sub-model for microporous layers, membrane, and catalyst layers. To reduce computational intensity of the full 1D description, a neural network surrogates the 1D electrochemical sub-model for coupling with the 3D domain. Trained by model-generated large synthetic datasets, the neural network achieves root mean square errors of less than 0.2%. The model is validated against experimental results under various relative humidities. It is then employed to investigate the nonlinear distribution of internal states under different operating conditions. With the neural network operating at 0.5% of the computing cost of the 1D sub-model, the hybrid model preserves a detailed and nonlinear representation of the internal fuel cell states while maintaining computational costs comparable to conventional 3D+0D models. The presented hybrid data-driven and physical modeling framework offers high accuracy and computing speed across a broad spectrum of operating conditions, potentially aiding the rapid optimization of both the membrane electrode assembly and the gas channel geometry.

关键词： Proton exchange membrane fuel cell Hierarchical model Neural network Hybrid model

Determinants of COVID-19 Face Mask Litter in Coastal Urban Parking Lots: Implications for Source Modelling of Potential Microplastic Pollution

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Journal of environmental Protection 2024年第8期15卷 874-886页

作者： Robert France brandon Heung Department of Plant Food and Environmental Science Dalhousie University Nova Scotia Canada

Despite cities being recognized as being potential sources of microplastic pollution to the wider environment, most surveys of COVID-19 plastic-based litter have been undertaken through linear transects of marine beaches. For the far fewer number of studies conducted on inland and urban locations, the site-specific focus has primarily been surveys along the length of streets. The present study is the first to specifically assess the standing stock (i.e., moment-in-time) of littered face masks for the entire surface area of urban parking lots. The density of face masks in 50 parking lots in a Canadian coastal town (0.00054 m2 ± 0.00051 m2) was found to be significantly greater than the background level of littering of town streets. Face mask density was significantly related to visitation “usage” of parking lots as gauged by the areal size of the lots and of their onsite buildings, as well as the number of vehicles present. Neither parking lot typology nor estimates of inferred export (various measures of wind exposure) and entrapment (various metrics of obstruction) of face masks had a significant influence on the extent of whole-lot littering. In consequence, modelling of the potential input of mask-derived microplastics to the marine environment from coastal communities can use the areal density of face masks found here in association with the total surface area of lots for individual municipalities as determined through GIS analysis.

关键词： COVID Face Masks Parking Lot Litter Prediction Areal Abundance

A Bayesian model calibration framework for stochastic compartmental models with both time-varying and timeinvariant parameters

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Infectious Disease Modelling 2024年第4期9卷 1224-1249页

作者： brandon Robinson Philippe Bisaillon Jodi D.edwards Tetyana Kendzerska Mohammad Khalil Dominique Poirel Abhijit Sarkar Department of Civil and environmental engineering Carleton UniversityOttawaON K1S 5B6Canada School of epidemiology and Public Health University of Ottawa and University of Ottawa Heart InstituteOttawaOntarioCanada ICeS OttawaOntarioCanada The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute OttawaOntarioCanada Department of Medicine Faculty of MedicineDivision of RespirologyUniversity of OttawaOttawaOntarioCanada Quantitative Modeling&Analysis Department Sandia National LaboratoriesLivermoreCAUSA Department of Mechanical and Aerospace engineering Royal Military College of CanadaKingstonONCanada

We consider state and parameter estimation for compartmental models having both timevarying and time-invariant *** this manuscript,we first detail a general Bayesian computational framework as a continuation of our previous ***,this framework is specifically tailored to the susceptible-infectious-removed(SIR)model which describes a basic mechanism for the spread of infectious diseases through a system of coupled nonlinear differential *** SIR model consists of three states,namely,the susceptible,infectious,and removed *** coupling among these states is controlled by two parameters,the infection rate and the recovery *** simplicity of the SIR model and similar compartmental models make them applicable to many classes of infectious ***,the combined assumption of a deterministic model and time-invariance among the model parameters are two significant impediments which critically limit their use for long-term *** tendency of certain model parameters to vary in time due to seasonal trends,non-pharmaceutical interventions,and other random effects necessitates a model that structurally permits the incorporation of such time-varying *** to this,is the need for a robust mechanism for the estimation of the parameters of the resulting model from *** this end,we consider an augmented state vector,which appends the time-varying parameters to the original system states whereby the time evolution of the time-varying parameters are driven by an artificial noise process in a standard *** between time-varying and time-invariant parameters in this fashion limits the introduction of artificial dynamics into the system,and provides a robust,fully Bayesian approach for estimating the timeinvariant system parameters as well as the elements of the process noise covariance *** computational framework is implemented by leveraging the robustness of the Markov chain Mont

关键词： Time-varying parameter estimation Bayesian inference Stochastic compartmental models

Neurosurgical and pharmacological management of dystonia

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World Journal of Psychiatry 2024年第5期14卷 624-634页

作者： Ali Ahmed Mohamed Steven Faragalla Asad Khan Garrett Flynn Gersham Rainone Phillip Mitchell Johansen brandon Lucke-Wold Charles e Schmidt College of Medicine Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca RatonFL 33431United States Department of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair University of South FloridaTampaFL 33606United States Department of Neurosurgery University of FloridaGainesvilleFL 32611United States

Dystonia characterizes a group of neurological movement disorders characterized by abnormal muscle movements,often with repetitive or sustained contraction resulting in abnormal *** types of dystonia present based on the affected body regions and play a prominent role in determining the potential efficacy of a given *** most patients afflicted with these disorders,an exact cause is rarely identified,so treatment mainly focuses on symptomatic *** agents,such as oral anticholinergic administration and botulinum toxin injection,play a major role in the initial treatment of *** more severe and/or refractory cases,focal areas for neurosurgical intervention are identified and targeted to improve quality of *** brain stimulation(DBS)targets these anatomical locations to minimize dystonia *** ablation procedures and peripheral denervation surgeries also offer potential treatment to patients who do not respond to *** management options grant providers and patients the ability to weigh the benefits and risks for each individual patient *** review article explores these pharmacological and neurosurgical management modalities for dystonia,providing a comprehensive assessment of each of their benefits and shortcomings.

关键词： Botulinum toxin Magnetic resonance imaging-guided focused ultrasound Surgical ablation Deep brain stimulation Peripheral denervation surgery Antipsychotics

Updates on management of gliomas in the molecular age

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World Journal of Clinical Oncology 2024年第2期15卷 178-194页

作者： Ali Ahmed Mohamed Rakan Alshaibi Steven Faragalla Youssef Mohamed brandon Lucke-Wold Charles e.Schmidt College of Medicine Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca RatonFL 33431United States Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Florida International UniversityMiamiFL 33199United States College of Osteopathic Medicine Kansas City UniversityJoplinMO 64804United States Department of Neurosurgery University of FloridaGainesvilleFL 32611United States

Gliomas are primary brain tumors derived from glial cells of the central nervous system,afflicting both adults and children with distinct characteristics and therapeutic *** developments have ushered in novel clinical and molecular prognostic factors,reshaping treatment paradigms based on classi-fication and grading,determined by histological attributes and cellular *** review article delves into the diverse treatment modalities tailored to the specific grades and molecular classifications of gliomas that are currently being discussed and used clinically in the year *** adults,the therapeutic triad typically consists of surgical resection,chemotherapy,and *** contrast,pediatric gliomas,due to their diversity,require a more tailored *** complete tumor excision can be curative based on the location and grade of the glioma,certain non-resectable cases demand a chemotherapy approach usually involving,vincristine and ***-tionally,if surgery or chemotherapy strategies are unsuccessful,Vinblastine can be *** recent advancements in treatment methodologies,there remains a need of exploration in the literature,particularly concerning the efficacy of treatment regimens for isocitrate dehydrogenase type mutant astrocytomas and fine-tuned therapeutic approaches tailored for pediatric *** review article explores into the therapeutic modalities employed for both adult and pediatric gliomas in the context of their molecular classification.

关键词： Gliomas Chemotherapy Radiotherapy Isocitrate dehydrogenase type mutant Pediatric gliomas Astrocytoma Oligodendroglioma 1p/19q-codeleted

Recovery rates of persistent post-COVID-19 olfactory dysfunction using psychophysical assessment:A longitudinal cohort study

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World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2024年第2期10卷 79-87页

作者： Jeremy P.Tervo Patricia T.Jacobson brandon J.Vilarello Tiana M.Saak Francesco F.Caruana Liam W.Gallagher Joseph B.Gary David A.Gudis Paule V.Joseph D.P.Devanand Terry e.Goldberg Jonathan B.Overdevest Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons New YorkNew YorkUSA Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical CenterNew YorkNew YorkUSA Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery University of PittsburghPittsburghPennsylvaniaUSA Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery University of MinnesotaMinneapolisMinnesotaUSA National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Section of Sensory Science and Metabolism&National Institute of Nursing ResearchBethesdaMarylandUSA New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center New YorkNew YorkUSA

Objectives:Persistent olfactory dysfunction(OD)following loss of smell associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection is a major feature of long *** on the prevalence of persistent OD predominantly rely on self-reported olfactory *** studies have tracked longitudinal rates of recovery using psychophysical assessment among patients presenting for evaluation of persistent OD beyond a window of acute *** anchored in standardized testing methods are needed to counsel patients who fail to acutely regain their sense of *** study aims to quantify the degree of persistent OD in post-COVID-19 patients who experience subjective and psychophysical ***:We grouped participants presenting for OD evaluation into cohorts based on both subjective and psychophysical olfactory status at a baseline assessment and assessed their olfactory abilities with a visual analogue scale and the Sniffin'Sticks extended test at baseline and 1-year time *** had confirmed a history of COVID-19 by lab evaluation or clinical diagnosis if lab evaluation was not ***:Baseline olfactory evaluation was completed by 122 participants,53 of whom completed the 1-year follow-up *** participants presenting with perceived OD,74.5%had confirmed psychophysical OD at baseline,with 55.1%at 1-year *** had reliable trends in self-rated versus psychophysically tested olfactory function at both time *** total threshold,discrimination,and identification(TDI)score improved by+3.25 points in the cohort with psychophysical OD(p=0.0005),with this improvement largely attributable to an increase in median threshold scores(+2.75 points;p=0.0004).Conclusions:OD persists in a significant number of patients who fail to acutely recovery their sense of smell after COVID-19,with many demonstrating lingering deficits at *** in threshold,but not discrimination or identification,most significantly mediate improvement

关键词： long COVID olfaction post-COVID condition smell dysfunction

Gasdermin D in pyroptosis

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Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B 2021年第9期11卷 2768-2782页

作者： brandon e.Burdette Ashley N.esparza Hua Zhu Shanzhi Wang Biology Department University of Arkansas at Little RockAR 72204USA Department of Surgery the Ohio State University Wexner Medical CenterOH 43210USA

Pyroptosis is the process of inflammatory cell *** primary function of pyroptosis is to induce strong inflammatory responses that defend the host against microbe *** pyroptosis,however,leads to several inflammatory diseases,including sepsis and autoimmune *** can be canonical or *** microbe infection,the canonical pathway responds to pathogen-associated molecular patterns(PAMPs) and damage-associated molecular patterns(DAMPs),while the noncanonical pathway responds to intracellular lipopolysaccharides(LPS) of Gram-negative *** last step of pyroptosis requires the cleavage of gasdermin D(GsdmD) at D275(numbering after human GSDMD) into N-and C-termini by caspase 1 in the canonical pathway and caspase 4/5/11(caspase 4/5 in humans,caspase 11 in mice) in the noncanonical *** cleavage,the N-terminus of GsdmD(GsdmD-N) forms a transmembrane pore that releases cytokines such as IL-1β and IL-18 and disturbs the regulation of ions and water,eventually resulting in strong inflammation and cell *** GsdmD is the effector of pyroptosis,promising inhibitors of GsdmD have been developed for inflammatory *** review will focus on the roles of GsdmD during pyroptosis and in diseases.

关键词： Pyroptosis Inflammasome Caspase Gasdermin Sepsis Inflammation Pathogen-associated molecular patterns(PAMPs) Damage-associated molecular patterns(DAMPs)

A reproducible and sensitive method for generating high-quality transcriptomes from single whitefly salivary glands and other low-input tissues

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Insect Science 2022年第5期29卷 1318-1328页

作者： Marco Gebiola brandon H.Le Kerry eMauck Department of entomology University of California RiversideRiversideCalifornia Department of Botany and Plant Sciences University of California RiversideRiversideCalifornia Institute of Integrative Genome Biology University of California RiversideRiversideCaliforniaUSA

Transcriptomic studies are an important tool for understanding the molecular pathways underlying host plant use by agricultural pests,including vectors of damaging plant *** far,bulk RNA-Seq has been the main approach for non-model *** method relies on pooling large numbers of whole organisms or hundreds of individually dissected *** latter approach is logistically challenging,may introduce artifacts of handling and storage,and is not compatible with biological ***,we tested an approach to generate transcriptomes of individual salivary glands and other low-input body tissues from whiteflies(Bemisia tabaci MeAM1),which are major vectors of plant *** comparing our outputs to published bulk RNA-Seq datasets for whole whitefly bodies and pools of salivary glands,we demonstrate that this approach recovers similar numbers of transcripts relative to bulk RNA-Seq in a tissue-specific manner,and for some metrics,exceeds performance of bulk tissue *** generated from individual salivary glands also yielded additional novel transcripts not identified in pooled salivary gland datasets,and had hundreds of enriched transcripts when compared with whole head ***,our study demonstrates that it is feasible to produce high quality,replicated transcriptomes of whitefly salivary glands and other low-input *** anticipate that our approach will expand hypothesis-driven research on salivary glands of whiteflies and other Hemiptera,thus enabling novel control strategies to disrupt feeding and virus transmission.

关键词： Aleyrodidae Bemisia tabaci bulk RNA-Seq insect vectors low-input RNA-Seq plant pathogens