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The ductus was absent for all distal APW fetuses, while it was normal for proximal APW fetuses. In 9 of 10 fetuses (90%), the 4D rendered image could be successfully obtained, which clearly showed the abnormal blood communication between the two great arteries in space. CONCLUSION It is essential to scan around the three-vessel view and three-vessel trachea view to identify fetal APW using grayscale and color Doppler echocardiography. Distal APW is always with an increasing angulation between aorta and the pulmonary artery, and without the presence of normal ductus. 4D STIC technique may provide additional spatial relationships of the great arteries and thus help the diagnosis and consultation. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Alternative splicing regulates trans-synaptic adhesions and synapse development, but supporting in vivo evidence is limited. PTPδ, a receptor tyrosine phosphatase adhering to multiple synaptic adhesion molecules, is associated with various neuropsychiatric disorders; however, its in vivo functions remain unclear. Here, we show that PTPδ is mainly present at excitatory presynaptic sites by endogenous PTPδ tagging. Global PTPδ deletion in mice leads to input-specific decreases in excitatory synapse development and strength. This involves tyrosine dephosphorylation and synaptic loss of IL1RAPL1, a postsynaptic partner of PTPδ requiring the PTPδ-meA splice insert for binding. Importantly, PTPδ-mutant mice lacking the PTPδ-meA insert, and thus lacking the PTPδ interaction with IL1RAPL1 but not other postsynaptic partners, recapitulate biochemical and synaptic phenotypes of global PTPδ-mutant mice. Behaviorally, both global and meA-specific PTPδ-mutant mice display abnormal sleep behavior and non-REM rhythms. Therefore, alternative splicing in PTPδ regulates excitatory synapse development and sleep by modulating a specific trans-synaptic adhesion. © 2020 The Authors. Published under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license.BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES A worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected millions of people. A 'closed-off management' protocol has been launched nationwide in China to cope with this major public health emergency. However, these procedures may cause a crisis for blood donation and blood supply. In this study, we assessed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on blood donation and supply in Zhejiang province, which could provide reference and insight for developing countermeasures in other countries. MATERIALS AND METHODS Blood donor and supply information from 38 blood centres during the Spring Festival of 2019 and 2020 were reviewed. A self-administered questionnaire was carried out. RESULTS Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of whole blood donors dropped by 67%. The success rate of recruitment for donations dropped by 60%. Most respondents (81·2%) were worried about the 'possibility of acquiring COVID-19 during blood donation'. The total amount of RBCs supply dropped by 65%. In the first week of the outbreak, the weekly amount of issued RBC units (10171·5 u) was almost six times higher than the collected units (1347·5 u). The mean haemoglobin value for RBCs transfusion was about 6·3 g/dl. About 4% of RBCs and 2·8% of frozen plasma were used in COVID-19 patients. CONCLUSION The secondary consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic are blood shortages caused by the unavailability of blood donors, and this is likely to be replicated in many countries with high burdens of COVID-19. Practical actions to broaden sources and reduce use for the global crisis must be taken proactively. © 2020 International Society of Blood Transfusion.Trichorhinophalangeal syndrome type 1 (TRPS1; Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man #190350) is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by mutations in TRPS1. We report a Thai male with TRPS1 who carried a c.1842C>T (p.Arg615Ter) mutation. He had 15 supernumerary teeth, double mental foramina, hypoplastic mandibular condyles with slender condylar necks and unique ultrastructural hair findings. Body hair was absent. The hair in the area of a congenital melanocytic nevus had a greater number of hair cuticles than normal. Occipital hair had abnormal hair follicles and cuticles. The scale edges of the hair cuticles were detached and rolled up. Hypoplastic mandibular condyles with slender condylar necks, double mental foramina and the rolled up edges of hair cuticles have not been reported in patients with TRPS1. © 2020 Japanese Dermatological Association.PURPOSE A relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of 1.1 is commonly used in clinical proton therapy, irrespective of tissue type and depth. This in-vitro study was conducted to quantify the RBE of scanned protons as a function of the dose-averaged linear energy transfer (LETd ) and the sensitivity factor (α/ß)X . Additionally, three phenomenological models (McNamara, Rørvik and Jones) and one mechanistic model (Repair-Misrepair-Fixation, RMF) were applied to the experimentally derived data. METHODS Four human cell lines (FaDu, HaCat, Du145, SKMel) with differential (α/ß)X ratios were irradiated in a custom-designed irradiation set-up with doses between 0 and 6 Gy at proximal, central and distal positions of a 80 mm spread-out Bragg peak (SOBP) centered at 80 mm (set-up A proton energies 66.5-135.6 MeV) and 155 mm (set-up B proton energies 127.2-185.9 MeV) depth, respectively. LETd values at the respective cell positions were derived from Monte Carlo simulations performed with the treatment planning system (Tsensitivity parameter (α/ß)X was observed to be a major influencing factor for the RBE of protons and its sensitivity towards LETd changes. RBE prediction models are applicable for high (α/ß)X cell lines but do not estimate RBE values with sufficient accuracy in low (α/ß)X cell lines. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.A 10-year-old intact male Golden Retriever was presented to The Ohio State University Veterinary Medical Center for acute, non-painful facial swelling of the right mandibular region. On physical examination, the right mandibular swelling was found to represent marked lymphadenopathy of the submandibular lymph node. At this time, marked lymphadenopathy of the prescapular and popliteal lymph nodes was also appreciated. The CBC showed a moderate leukocytosis (38.4 × 109 cells/L, reference interval [RI] 4.8-13.9 × 109 cells/L) characterized by a moderate lymphocytosis (28.4 × 109 cells/L, RI 1.0-4.6 × 109 cells/L). Evaluation of peripheral blood and enlarged prescapular and popliteal lymph nodes revealed two morphologically different populations of homogeneous lymphocytes, with the lymphocyte population in the lymph nodes being distinct from that in the blood smear. Flow cytometry of peripheral blood revealed CD45-, CD5+, CD4-, CD8-, variably CD21+ neoplastic lymphocytes compatible with T-zone lymphocytes due to the absence of CD45 expression. Flow cytometry of the lymph node aspirate indicated a distinct population of CD21+ lymphocytes consistent with a B-cell phenotype along with a smaller proportion of the T-zone lymphocytes observed in the blood confirming the presence of two distinct populations of neoplastic lymphocytes, one involving T cells, and the other involving B cells. © 2020 American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology.PURPOSE Dual energy (DE) x-ray imaging has many clinical applications in radiography, fluoroscopy, and CT. This work characterizes a prototype dual layer (DL) flat panel detector (FPD) and investigates its DE imaging capabilities for applications in 2D radiography/fluoroscopy and quantitative 3D cone-beam CT. Unlike other DE methods like kV switching, a DL FPD obtains DE images from a single exposure, making it robust against patient and system motion. METHODS The DL FPD consists of a top layer with a 200 µm-thick CsI scintillator coupled to an amorphous silicon (aSi) FPD of 150 µm pixel size and a bottom layer with a 550 µm thick CsI scintillator coupled to an identical aSi FPD. The two layers are separated by a 1 mm Cu filter to increase spectral separation. Images (43×43 cm2 active area) can be read out in 2×2 binning mode (300 µm pixels) at up to 15 frames per second. Detector performance was first characterized by measuring the MTF, NPS, and DQE for the top and bottom layers. For 2D applications, a quali and temporal registration between its constituent images, and less complicated acquisition sequences. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Solar radiation has been measured in the high Andes near Laguna Lejia (latitude 23° 26' 23.30" S, longitude 67° 38' 14.29" W) at an elevation of 4715 m between December 2016 and December 2017. Irradiances were monitored in four wavelength channels PAR (400 - 700 nm), UV-A (315 - 400 nm), UV-B (295 - 315 nm) and short-wavelength UV-B (295 - 310 nm) with a new radiometer. In addition, ambient temperatures were recorded. Record values have been found for PAR (exceeding 600 W m-2 ), UV-A (close to 95 W m-2 ), UV-B (3.13 W m-2 ) and short-wavelength UV-B (0.144 W m-2 ) during Austral spring. The winter irradiance values slightly exceeded 50 % of these values. Maximal cloud effects due to multiple reflections were 45, 38, 32 and 35 % higher than values under cloudless skies for PAR, UV-A, UV-B and short-wavelength UV-B, respectively. Record irradiance for this site shows a UV index reaching and exceeding 20, which is due to low solar zenith angles, the altitude, low water vapor and aerosol concentrations in the atmosphere as well as low total column ozone concentrations. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.AIM This study examined (a) the impact of nurses' workplace ostracism on unethical behavior; (b) mediating role of emotional exhaustion between nurses' workplace ostracism and unethical behavior; and (c) moderating effect of hostile attribution bias. BACKGROUND While unethical behavior is a workplace phenomenon that can negatively influence the sustainable development of settings, few nurse studies have explored it. This study identified an interpersonal antecedent of unethical behavior workplace ostracism. DESIGN A time-lagged three-wave survey was conducted over three months (November 2016 to January 2017) to collect data. METHODS Nurses (N=530) from three hospitals in China completed three anonymous self-reported questionnaires. Descriptive statistics, linear regression and moderated mediation tests were performed, and data analyzed using SPSS 23.0 and Mplus7.4. this website RESULTS Workplace ostracism positively influenced nurses' unethical behavior and emotional exhaustion mediated the relationship between workplace ostracism and unethical behavior. Nurses' hostile attribution bias moderated the effect of workplace ostracism on emotional exhaustion and unethical behavior. CONCLUSION Workplace ostracism was an important interpersonal factor predicting unethical behavior. Nurse supervisors should establish a harmonious interpersonal environment and be aware of hostile attribution bias to prevent nurses' unethical behavior. Impact Workplace ostracism is a pervasive phenomenon in the nursing workplace that contributes to unethical behavior. Nurse supervisors and staff should together establish harmonious working environments without workplace ostracism. Nurse supervisors should pay attention to nurses' emotions and conduct psychological counseling to minimize the negative effects of workplace ostracism. This study contributed to understanding how and why nurses engaged in unethical behavior. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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