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Similarly, body size dispersion and the degree of spatial taxonomic turnover of communities remained similar across the PETM. We suggest that invasion by new taxa had little impact on Paleocene-Eocene mammal communities because niches were not saturated. Our findings are consistent with the numerous studies of modern communities that record little change in community-scale richness despite turnover in taxonomic composition during invasion. What remains unknown is whether long-term robustness to biotic and abiotic perturbation are retained by modern communities given global anthropogenic landscape modification.Natural and technological disasters cause long-term psychological trauma and increase substance use in adults. It is unclear whether these problems also occur in children and whether trauma influences long-term psychological outcomes due to developmental stages at the time of trauma. One community of interest is located in southeastern Louisiana, where, as children, many locals were exposed to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in 2010. We hypothesized individuals exposed to these disasters in early childhood would exhibit higher rates of anxiety, depression, and alcohol use as adolescents than the general population. To test this, we developed a questionnaire with a focus on severity of disaster exposure, indicators of psychological resilience, and current levels of anxiety, depression, and alcohol use. This survey was administered to over 1000 adolescents in local high schools throughout southeastern Louisiana. Structural equation modeling was performed to test correlations and moderation effects. FM19G11 concentration We found disaster exposure was positively associated with trauma-like symptoms and substance use and psychological resilience was negatively related to these outcomes. These findings demonstrate childhood disaster exposure has the potential to cause chronic psychological distress and predispose individuals to substance use later in life. They also suggest resilience may be protective for disaster survivors. Future studies should expand these concepts to other age groups and types of disasters. Whether resilience-focused psychotherapy may be beneficial in these populations is also a relevant topic for exploration.
Small extracellular vesicles (sEV) produced by tumors and called TEX mediate communication and regulate the tumor microenvironment. As a 'liquid tumor biopsy' and with the ability to induce pro-tumor reprogramming, TEX offer a promising approach to monitoring cancer progression or response to therapy.

TEX isolation from body fluids and separation by immunoaffinity capture from other EVs enables TEX molecular and functional characterization in vitro and in vivo. TEX carry membrane-bound PD-L1 and a rich cargo of other proteins and nucleic acids that reflect the tumor content and activity. TEX transfer this cargo to recipient cells, activating various molecular pathways and inducing pro-tumor transcriptional changes. TEX may interfere with immune therapies, and TEX plasma levels correlate with patients' responses to therapy. TEX induce local and systemic alterations in immune cells which may have a prognostic value.

TEX have a special advantage as potential cancer biomarkers. Their cargo emerges as a correlate of developing or progressing malignant disease; their phenotype mimics that of the tumor; and their functional reprogramming of immune cells provides a reading of the patients' immune status prior and post immunotherapy. Validation of TEX and T-cell-derived sEV as cancer biomarkers is an impending future task.
TEX have a special advantage as potential cancer biomarkers. Their cargo emerges as a correlate of developing or progressing malignant disease; their phenotype mimics that of the tumor; and their functional reprogramming of immune cells provides a reading of the patients' immune status prior and post immunotherapy. Validation of TEX and T-cell-derived sEV as cancer biomarkers is an impending future task.
Understanding the physiology of CO
stores mobilization is a prerequisite for intermittent Extracorporeal CO
Removal (ECCO
R) in chronically hypercapnic patients.

To describe the dynamics of CO
stores Methods Fifteen pigs (61.7±4.3 kg) were randomized to 48 hours hyperventilation (group "Hyper", n=4); 48 hours hypoventilation (group "Hypo", n=4), 24 hours hypoventilation plus 24 hours normoventilation (group "Hypo-Baseline", n=4); 24 hours hypoventilation + 24 hours hypoventilation+ECCO
R (group "Hypo-ECCO
R", n=3). Forty-eight hours after randomization the current minute ventilation was reduced by 50% in every pig.

CO
elimination (V̇CO
), oxygen consumption (V̇O
), metabolic V̇CO
(V̇O
times the metabolic respiratory quotient). Changes in the CO
stores were calculated as VO
-metabolic VCO
.

After 48 hours the CO
stores decreased by 0.77±0.17 l⸱kg-1 in group "Hyper" and increased by 0.32±0.27 l⸱kg-1 in group "Hypo" (p=0.030). In group "Hypo-Baseline" they increased by 0.08±0.19 l⸱kg-1 while in group "Hypo-ECCO
R" they decreased by 0.32±0.24 l⸱kg-1 (p=0.197). In the second 24 hours period, in group "Hypo-Baseline" and "Hypo-ECCO
R", the CO
stores decreased by 0.15±0.09 l⸱kg-1 and 0.51±0.06 l⸱kg-1, respectively (p=0.002). At the end of the experiment, the 50% reduction of minute ventilation caused a PaCO
rise of 9.3±1.1, 32.0±5.0, 16.9±1.2 and 11.7±2.0 mmHg⸱hr-1 in group "Hyper", "Hypo", "Hypo-Baseline" and "Hypo-ECCO
R", respectively (p<0.001). The PaCO
rise was inversely related to the previous CO
stores mobilization (p< 0.001).

CO
from body stores can be mobilized over 48 hours without reaching a steady state. This provides a physiological rationale for intermittent ECCO
R in chronically hypercapnic patients.
CO2 from body stores can be mobilized over 48 hours without reaching a steady state. This provides a physiological rationale for intermittent ECCO2R in chronically hypercapnic patients.
Transoral surgery for head and neck cancer provides excellent oncologic outcomes while preserving speech and swallowing function. When neck dissection and resection of oropharynx are performed concomitantly, there is a risk of creating a communication defect or developing a pharyngocutaneous fistula. To prevent pharyngocutaneous fistula, we performed the reconstruction using a posteriorly based lateral tongue flap for communication defect.

A 72-year-old male with oropharyngeal cancer (tonsil cancer) T2N1M0 underwent concomitant transoral videolaryngoscopic surgery and neck dissection. The lateral wall of the oropharynx was resected with the pharynx constrictor muscle and parapharyngeal fat due to infiltration of the parapharyngeal space by the tonsil cancer. The posteriorly based lateral tongue flap was used to close the perforation. There was no leakage to the neck postoperatively. The patient had no problem with phonation or oral intake and remained free of disease at 12 months after treatment.

For a small defect confined to the oropharyngeal lateral wall, the posteriorly based lateral tongue flap should be considered as a useful option for reconstruction of the oropharynx without impairment of posterior function.
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