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Supplementary information is available atBioinformaticsonline. The data and analysis scripts used in this article are available athttps//doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4352762.

Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
Unknown parameters of dynamical models are commonly estimated from experimental data. However, while various efficient optimization and uncertainty analysis methods have been proposed for quantitative data, methods for qualitative data are rare and suffer from bad scaling and convergence.

Here, we propose an efficient and reliable framework for estimating the parameters of ordinary differential equation models from qualitative data. In this framework, we derive a semi-analytical algorithm for gradient calculation of the optimal scaling method developed for qualitative data. This enables the use of efficient gradient-based optimization algorithms. We demonstrate that the use of gradient information improves performance of optimization and uncertainty quantification on several application examples. On average, we achieve a speedup of more than one order of magnitude compared to gradient-free optimization. Selleck CDK inhibitor Additionally, in some examples, the gradient-based approach yields substantially improved objective function values and quality of the fits. Accordingly, the proposed framework substantially improves the parameterization of models from qualitative data.

The proposed approach is implemented in the open-source Python Parameter EStimation TOolbox (pyPESTO). pyPESTO is available at https//github.com/ICB-DCM/pyPESTO. All application examples and code to reproduce this study are available at https//doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4507613.

Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
To explore the presence of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) in inflamed temporal artery biopsies (TABs) of patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA).

Ten patients with GCA [5 with limited and 5 with associated generalized vascular involvement, as defined by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron-emission tomography with computed tomography (PET/CT)] and 8 with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) were studied. The presence, location, quantitation, and decoration of NETs with IL-6, IL-1β, and IL-17A were assessed in TABs at the time of disease diagnosis by tissue immunofluorescence and confocal microscopy. Paired serum levels of IL-6 and IL-17A were also evaluated in all patients.

All temporal artery biopsies from GCA, but not PMR patients, had NETs located mainly in the adventitia, adjacent to the vasa vasorum. NETs decorated with IL-6 were present in 8/10 TABs of GCA patients, of whom 5 were -PET/CT(+) and 3 PET/CT(-) patients. IL-17A(+) NETs were observed in all GCA patients. IL-1β(+)NETs were not detected in any GCA patient. No relation was found between serum IL-6 and IL-17A levels and NETs containing IL-6 and/or IL-17A.

NETs bearing pro-inflammatory cytokines are present in inflamed GCA-TABs. Future studies with a larger number of patients from different centers will show whether the findings regarding neutrophils/NETs in the TAB are consistent and disclose their clinical impact.
NETs bearing pro-inflammatory cytokines are present in inflamed GCA-TABs. Future studies with a larger number of patients from different centers will show whether the findings regarding neutrophils/NETs in the TAB are consistent and disclose their clinical impact.
Reference sequences are essential in creating a baseline of knowledge for many common bioinformatics methods, especially those using genomic sequencing.

We have created refget, a Global Alliance for Genomics and Health API specification to access reference sequences and sub-sequences using an identifier derived from the sequence itself. We present four reference implementations across in-house and cloud infrastructure, a compliance suite and a web report used to ensure specification conformity across implementations.

The Refget specification can be found at https//w3id.org/ga4gh/refget.

Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
To assess the outcomes of patients with early esophageal cancer and high-grade dysplasia comparing esophagectomy, the historical treatment of choice, to endoscopic eradication therapy (EET).

Retrospective cohort study of consecutive patients with early esophageal cancer/high-grade dysplasia, treated between 2000 and 2018 at a tertiary center. Primary outcomes were all-cause and disease-specific mortality assessed by multivariable Cox regression and a propensity score matching sub analysis, providing hazard ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) adjusted for age, tumor grade (G1/2 vs. G3), tumor stage, and lymphovascular invasion. Secondary outcomes included complications, hospital stay, and overall costs.

Among 269 patients, 133 underwent esophagectomy and 136 received EET. Adjusted survival analysis showed no difference between groups regarding all-cause mortality (HR 1.85, 95% CI 0.73, 4.72) and disease-specific mortality (HR 1.10, 95% CI 0.26, 4.65). In-hospital and 30-day mortality was 0% inpatients with early esophageal cancer. Those with adverse prognostic features may still benefit from esophagectomy.
In an effort to expedite the publication of articles related to the COVID-19 pandemic, AJHP is posting these manuscripts online as soon as possible after acceptance. Accepted manuscripts have been peer-reviewed and copyedited, but are posted online before technical formatting and author proofing. These manuscripts are not the final version of record and will be replaced with the final article (formatted per AJHP style and proofed by the authors) at a later time.

Gabapentin has increasingly been identified as a drug of abuse, especially when used concurrently with opioids. Rescheduling gabapentin as a schedule V controlled substance may strengthen monitoring and prescribing restrictions. The purpose of this study was to characterize the impact of rescheduling gabapentin from a nonscheduled to a schedule V substance in Virginia on discharge prescribing patterns in a health system.

This was a retrospective, pre-post, multicenter chart review conducted at 4 sites. Data from 3 months before gabapentin rescheduling (prerescheduling group) and 3 months after gabapentin rescheduling (postrescheduling group) were evaluated.
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