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Here we present an open-source software package as a possible initiation of bird behavior classification. It can analyze pose-estimation data generated by established deep-learning-based pose-estimation tools such as DeepLabCut for building supervised machine learning predictive classifiers for pigeon behaviors, which can be broadened to support other bird species as well. We show that by training different machine learning and deep learning architectures using multivariate time series data as input, an F1 score of 0.874 can be achieved for a set of seven distinct behaviors. In addition, an algorithm for further tuning the bias of the predictions towards either precision or recall is introduced, which allows tailoring the classifier to specific needs.Conversational User Interfaces (CUI) are widely used, with about 1.8 billion users worldwide in 2020. For designing and building CUI, dialogue designers have to decide on how the CUI communicates with users and what dialogue strategies to pursue (e.g. reactive vs. proactive). Dialogue strategies can be evaluated in user tests by comparing user perceptions and reactions to different dialogue strategies. Simulating CUI and running them online, for example on crowdsourcing websites, is an attractive avenue to collecting user perceptions and reactions, as they can be gathered time- and cost-effectively. However, developing and deploying a CUI on a crowd sourcing platform can be laborious and requires technical proficiency from researchers. We present Chatbot Language (CBL) as a framework to quickly develop and deploy CUI on crowd sourcing platforms, without requiring a technical background. CBL is a library with specialized CUI functionality, which is based on the high-level language JavaScript. In addition, CBL provides scripts that use the API of the crowd sourcing platform Mechanical Turk (MT) in order to (a) create MT Human Intelligence Tasks (HITs) and (b) retrieve the results of those HITs. We used CBL to run experiments on MT and present a sample workflow as well as an example experiment. CBL is freely available and we discuss how CBL can be used now and may be further developed in the future.The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has become a major global health problem. COVID-19 is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) and exhibits pulmonary and extrapulmonary effects, including cardiovascular involvement. There are several attempts to identify drugs that could treat COVID-19. Moreover, many patients infected with COVID-19 have underlying diseases, particularly cardiovascular diseases. These patients are more likely to develop severe illnesses and would require optimized treatment strategies. The current study gathered information from various databases, including relevant studies, reviews, trials, or meta-analyses until April 2022 to identify the impact of SARS-CoV-2 treatment on the cardiovascular system. Studies have shown that the prognosis of patients with underlying cardiovascular disease is worsened by COVID-19, with some COVID-19 medications interfering with the cardiovascular system. The COVID-19 treatment strategy should consider many factors and parameters to avoid medication-induced cardiac injury, mainly in elderly patients. Therefore, this article provides a synthesis of evidence on the impact of different COVID-19 medications on the cardiovascular system and related disease conditions.Accumulating evidence suggests that insulin deficiency is a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD); however, the underlying molecular mechanisms are not completely understood. Here, we investigated the effects of insulin deficiency on AD-like pathologies using an insulin-deficient amyloid-β (Aβ) precursor protein (APP) transgenic mouse model (Tg2576 mice). Female Tg2576 mice were injected intraperitoneally with streptozotocin (STZ) to induce insulin deficiency, and their body weights, serum glucose levels, and serum insulin levels were evaluated. STZ-treated mice showed exacerbated Aβ accumulation, tau hyperphosphorylation, glial activation, neuroinflammation, and increased Sirt2 protein levels in the brain, as determined by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) coupled with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) and Western blotting. Furthermore, our in vitro experiments revealed that insulin depletion or interleukin-6 treatment increased Sirt2 protein levels in both Neuro2a and Neuro2a-P301L cells. The overexpression of Sirt2 in these cells induced tau hyperphosphorylation through extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) activation. Conversely, Sirt2 knockdown reversed tau hyperphosphorylation in these cells. We showed for the first time that Sirt2 is upregulated in the brains of STZ-treated Tg2576 mice and is involved in tau phosphorylation through ERK activation. Our findings suggest that Sirt2 is a promising therapeutic target for the treatment of AD.HSP90 is a major molecular chaperone that helps both folding and stabilization of various client proteins often implicated in growth control and cell survival such as kinases and transcription factors. However, among HSP90 clients are also found numerous oncoproteins and, through its assistance to them, HSP90 has consequently been reported as a promising anticancer target. Several ligand chemotypes, including resorcinol type ligands, were found to inhibit HSP90, most of them in an ATP competitive manner. Binding of some of these ligands modify significantly the NMR spectrum of the HSP90 ATP binding domain compared to the apo protein spectrum, hampering assignment transfer from the previously assigned human HSP90 apo state. Here we report the assignment of the 1HN, 15N, 13C', 13Cα, 13Cβ, 1Hmethyl, and 13Cmethyl chemical shifts of the 29 kDa HSP90 N-terminal domain bound to a long residence time resorcinol type inhibitor 5-[4-(2-Fluoro-phenyl)-5-oxo-4,5-dihydro-1H-[1,2,4]triazol-3-yl]-N-furan-2-ylmethyl-2,4-dihydroxy-N-methyl-benzamide. Cytosporone B 92% of the backbone resonances and 100% of the [1H, 13C]-resonances of Aβ, Mε, Tγ, Lδ2, Vγ2 and Iδ1 methyl groups were successfully assigned, including for the first time the assignment of the segment covering the nucleotide/drug binding site. Secondary structure predictions based on the NMR assignment reveal a structural rearrangement of HSP90 N-terminal domain upon ligand binding. The long residence time ligand induces the formation of a continuous helix covering the ligand binding site of HSP90 N-terminal domain accounting for the large differences observed in the NMR spectra between the apo and bound proteins.
Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) is a newly proposed definition of fatty liver disease (FLD) independent of excessive alcohol consumption (EAC) and hepatitis viral infection. Evidence on the mortality risk in different types of FLD [nonalcoholic FLD (NAFLD), alcoholic FLD (AFLD), and MAFLD] is sparse, hindering the identification of high-risk populations for preferential clinical surveillance.

A total of 11,000 participants in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were enrolled. Participants were categorized into three groups [FLD(-), MAFLD(-), and MAFLD( +)] according to FLD and MAFLD criteria, and further categorized into six groups by EAC. Multivariate Cox proportional hazard model was used to estimate the risk of all-cause, cardiovascular-related, and cancer-related mortality.

During a median follow-up of 23.2years, a total of 3240 deaths were identified. Compared with FLD(-)/EAC(-) participants, MAFLD( +) individuals had higher all-cause mortality rihe validity of MAFLD subtype and fibrosis score, rather than the traditional definition (NAFLD and AFLD), in the risk stratification of FLD patients. These findings may be applied to guide the determination of surveillance options for FLD patients.Adolescents who befriend drug using peers may be at risk for initiated and continued substance use. The present secondary data analysis examined how drug use homophily (i.e., similarity) in justice-involved boys' friendship groups relates to their subsequent substance use variety across a period of five years. Participants were 1216 first-time adolescent offenders (Mage Baseline = 15.29; 100% male). Multilevel model analyses revealed that, among participants who entered the study with a history of substance use, drug use homophily was associated with greater subsequent substance use variety. Among participants who entered the study without a history of substance use, this association was no longer significant. The findings have implications for guiding justice system programming aimed at decreasing adolescent offenders' substance use.
Patterns of sexualized drug use, including stimulants (e.g., methamphetamine) and chemsex drugs, are key drivers of HIV incidence among sexual minority men (SMM). Although pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) mitigates HIV risk, there is no consensus regarding the associations of substance use with the PrEP care continuum.

SMM who use substances are as likely or more likely to use PrEP. Although SMM who use stimulants experience greater difficulties with daily oral PrEP adherence, some evidence shows that SMM who use stimulants or chemsex drugs may achieve better adherence in the context of recent condomless anal sex. Finally, SMM who use substances may experience greater difficulties with PrEP persistence (including retention in PrEP care). SMM who use stimulants and other substances would benefit from more comprehensive efforts to support PrEP re-uptake, adherence, and persistence, including delivering behavioral interventions, considering event-based dosing, and providing injectable PrEP.
SMM who use substances are as likely or more likely to use PrEP. Although SMM who use stimulants experience greater difficulties with daily oral PrEP adherence, some evidence shows that SMM who use stimulants or chemsex drugs may achieve better adherence in the context of recent condomless anal sex. Finally, SMM who use substances may experience greater difficulties with PrEP persistence (including retention in PrEP care). SMM who use stimulants and other substances would benefit from more comprehensive efforts to support PrEP re-uptake, adherence, and persistence, including delivering behavioral interventions, considering event-based dosing, and providing injectable PrEP.
The authors describe how attitudes and confidence in the integration of psychiatry into other areas of medicine change over time during clinical clerkship in medical school.

From January 2015 to December 2016, medical students from the University of Iowa were recruited for a prospective study of changes in the Attitudes and Confidence in the Integration of Psychiatry Scale (ACIP) scale. The survey instrument was completed before their psychiatry clerkship, after the clerkship, and at the end of the year following that and other clinical clerkships. Other information such as gender, time spent in clerkship, USMLE Step 1 score, and clerkship grades was also collected.

A total of 172 surveys were completed by 138 students. The ACIP score was significantly higher at the end of the participants' clinical clerkship (67.2 to 76.6; t=-7.72, p<0.0001). Of the two ACIP subscales, confidence increased significantly (25.6 to 33.3; t=-9.82, p<0.0001), but attitudes toward integration of psychiatry did not (41.
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