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Our experimental and computational results reveal that while X3- is the source of the redox mediator, LiX at the MoS2 cathode, In3+ reacts on the lithium anode side to form a protective layer on the surface, thus acting as an effective bifunctional RM in a dry air environment. This evidence for a simultaneous improvement in the current rates and cycle life of a battery in a dry air atmosphere opens a new direction for research for advanced energy storage systems.The ultimate goal of photocatalytic CO2 reduction is to achieve high selectivity for a single product with high efficiency. One of the most significant challenges is that expensive catalysts prepared through complex processes are usually used. Herein, gram-scale cubic silicon carbide (3C-SiC) nanoparticles are prepared through a top-down ball-milling approach from low-priced 3C-SiC powders. This facile mechanical milling strategy ensures large-scale production of 3C-SiC nanoparticles with an amorphous silicon oxide (SiO x ) shell and simultaneously induces abundant surface states. The surface states are demonstrated to trap the photogenerated carriers, thus remarkably enhancing the charge separation, while the thin SiO x shell prevents 3C-SiC from corrosion under visible light. The unique electronic structure of 3C-SiC tackles the challenge associated with low selectivity of photocatalytic CO2 reduction to C1 compounds. In conjugation with efficient water oxidation, 3C-SiC nanoparticles can reduce CO2 into CH4 with selectivity over 90%.We present a female patient with a mutation of the POLG gene (POLG DNA polymerase gamma, catalytic subunit; *174763) in which the clinical course suggested a mitochondrial disease, a neuropathological examination identified the syndrome more closely, and a genetic test confirmed the disease. Apart from the morphological lesions typical of Alpers-Huttenlocher syndrome, rarely observed symmetrical degenerative changes in the accessory olivary nuclei were found. It was unusual in the clinical course of the disease that pancreatitis was diagnosed before symptoms of liver failure appeared.Diffuse midline gliomas, H3 K27M-mutant, World Health Organization (WHO) grade IV represent a distinct glioma entity with a predominantly paediatric presentation and remarkably poor prognosis. This report presents a case of a 73-year-old woman with a diffuse midline glioma, H3 K27M-mutant, WHO grade IV with a remarkable longitudinal extension, extending from the cervical myelon to the basal ganglia. On imaging, the lesion was predominantly suggestive of inflammatory oedema, and it was clinically associated with progressive hemi- and later tetraparesis with severe autonomic and bulbar symptoms. Laboratory examinations suggested a generalized inflammatory process; however, neither infectious nor autoimmune aetiology could be confirmed. Biopsy was deemed unfeasible given the critical localization. Presuming a seronegative autoimmune encephalomyelitis, high-dose corticosteroid therapy and plasma exchanges were conducted, resulting in a modest but transient relief. The patient passed away two months after hospitalization. Neuropathological examination of the lesion revealed a high-grade diffuse glioma with H3 K27M mutation (grade IV). Although originally considered as a paediatric entity, our case confirms reports from recent years that diffuse midline gliomas, H3 K27M-mutant, WHO grade IV can occur in adults, even among the elderly, and can mimic inflammatory alterations, posing diagnostic difficulty. Our case is one of the oldest patients reported with this pathology, the oldest with an extensive diffusely infiltrating growth pattern, and with the most extensive lesion reported in adulthood.
We aimed to explore the role of anovel traditional herbal compound medicine (HCM) in Alzheimer's disease (AD).

72 rats were randomized into control, AD, Donepezil and HCM groups. Injection of -amyloid peptide (A1-42) into the lateral ventricle was used to induce AD in rats. Rats in treatment groups received HCM (1.5, 3.0 and 6.0 g/kg) and Donepezil (0.92 mg/kg) for 21 days, respectively. The spatial learning and memory ability were observed by Morris water maze (MWM) test. Haematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining was carried out for pathological morphology. The contents of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and malondialdehyde (MDA) in the hippocampus were determined using the spectrophotometric method. A expression was measured by immunohistochemistry and Western blotting.

Rats in HCM groups spent less time to locate the platform and performed better in spatial learning and memory than the AD group (p < 0.05). Hippocampus in the HCM (6.0 g/kg) group had acomplete pyramidal cell layer, in which the structure of morphology was normal and the number of neurons was larger than in the AD group (p < 0.01). The contents of SOD, CAT, GSH-Px were notably increased and MDA content was significantly decreased in the hippocampus in HCM groups than in the AD group (p < 0.01). The expression levels of A1-42 in HCM groups were markedly decreased than in the AD group (p < 0.01).

HCM has aprotective effect on the learning and memory capacity in AD in rats, indicating that HCM had cognitive enhancing potentials on AD.
HCM has a protective effect on the learning and memory capacity in AD in rats, indicating that HCM had cognitive enhancing potentials on AD.
Transsphenoidal surgery is the treatment of choice in Cushing's disease (CD), although even late recurrences occur in some patients. Low expression of O-6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) has been linked to ahigh risk of relapse in pituitary tumours, but the evidence for corticotroph adenomas is limited. Therefore, we investigated whether MGMT expression was associated with CD remission or clinicopathological markers of tumour aggressiveness among patients with corticotroph adenomas.

We included 72 consecutive patients (83% female, mean age ±SD 44.15 ±15.15 years) with CD, who underwent transsphenoidal adenomectomy between 2012 and 2018. The invasiveness of corticotroph tumours was assessed based on the Knosp scale. Immunohistochemistry was used to analyse MGMT expression as well as the proliferation markers (Ki-67, p53, mitotic index). Electron microscopy was used to categorise tumours into densely or sparsely granulated. Pifithrin-μ Early biochemical remission was evaluated in all patients 6 months after pituitary surgery.
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