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© 2020 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.Here, we report a simple and green quasi-solid-phase (QSP) method for facile synthesis of proton-type ZSM-5 avoiding use of excessive water, dry gel, Na + cation and fluoride. Crystallization using the stoichiometric amount of TPAOH at 180 °C for only 12 h yields well-structured HZSM-5 crystals having high specific surface area of 429 m 2 /g and high thermal stability. 5MRs is observed to closely relate the formation of MFI structure and QSP method exhibits shorter induction period ( t 0 ), higher nucleation rate ( V n ), and faster growth rate ( V g ). Moreover, HZ-12-180 shows extremely better and rather stable catalytic activity for methanol-to-propylene reaction by comparison with commercial HZSM-5. © 2020 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.The Matching Assessment using Photographs with Scars assessment tool, published in 2005, enables accurate relocation and reassessment of scars. While used in Australia, uptake has been hampered by its paper manual format. With electronic records and increasing use of smart devices in health, here we report the development of the Matching Assessment using Photographs with Scars manual into a mobile application format ClinMAPSTM Pro. At the time of development, no other digital scar assessment applications were available. For clinical validation, the digitized Matching Assessment using Photographs with Scars module within ClinMAPSTM Pro was used for intra- and inter-rater reliability testing. Convenience sampling was utilized to recruit burns patients representing 44 scars, based on predetermined power calculations. Three therapists, one experienced and two novice, acted as the assessors. Each therapist assessed preselected scars with the digitized Matching Assessment using Photographs with Scars. Re-assessments within the ClinMAPSTM Pro application is now readily available for clinicians and researchers internationally. © 2020 by the Wound Healing Society.BACKGROUND Telehealth postoperative visits are an attractive strategy to minimize exposure, especially during the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic. The use of a surgical drain often prevents this minimal-exposure approach in that patients return to the outpatient clinic for drain removal. METHODS AND RESULTS Following unilateral neck dissection, the customary closed-suction drain was replaced with a self-removing, passive drain dressing to facilitate same-day discharge and telehealth postoperative follow-up. The patient removed the dressing and drain at home during a telehealth visit on postoperative day 4 and she healed favorably without any signs of infection or seroma. CONCLUSIONS When thoughtfully applied in the appropriate clinical context, small practice adaptations like this can facilitate telehealth solutions that diminish unnecessary exposure for patients, their caregivers, and health care staff. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.In tropical rainforests, trees size and number density are influenced by disturbance history, soil, topography, climate, and biological factors that are difficult to predict without detailed and widespread forest inventory data. Here, we quantify tree size-frequency distributions over an old-growth wet tropical forest at the La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica by using an individual tree crown (ITC) algorithm on airborne lidar measurements. The ITC provided tree height, crown area, the number of trees greater than 10 m height and, predicted tree diameter and aboveground biomass from field allometry. The number density showed strong agreement with field observations at the plot- (97.4%; 3% bias) and tree height classes-level (97.4%; 3% bias). The lidar trees size spectra of tree diameter and height closely follow the distributions measured on the ground but showed less agreement with crown area observations. The model to convert lidar-derived tree height and crown area to tree diameter produced unbiased (0.8%) estimates of plot-level basal area and with low uncertainty (6%). Predictions on basal area for tree height classes were also unbiased (1.3%) but with larger uncertainties (22%). The biomass estimates had no significant bias at the plot- and tree height classes-level (-5.2% and 2.1%). Our ITC method provides a powerful tool for tree- to landscape-level tropical forest inventory and biomass estimation by overcoming the limitations of lidar area-based approaches that require local calibration using a large number of inventory plots. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A (CMT1A) is the most common type of hereditary neuropathy worldwide and diabetes mellitus (DM) is the most frequent cause of peripheral neuropathy in the Western world. CMT1A typically manifest as a predominant motor neuropathy, while, DM-related neuropathy often manifests as a predominant sensory disorder. There are some evidences that CMT1A patients that also had DM had a more severe neuropathy. Although the real frequency and the underlying mechanisms related to this association has not yet been addressed in the literature. We sought to characterize the phenotypic variability of CMT1A patients with persistent high glucose levels (DM or impaired glucose tolerance [IGT]). Nineteen patients with CMT1A and DM (CMTdiab), seven with CMT1A and IGT (CMTintol) and 27 with CMT1A without comorbidities were analyzed. They were evaluated through clinical assessment, application of the following scales visual analogue scale, McGill, CMTNS, SF-36 and COMPASS 31 and electrophysiological studies. Patients CMTdiab had a more severe motor and sensory neuropathy, more intense autonomic symptoms and worse quality of life. Surprisingly, proximal weakness and temporal dispersion on nerve conduction studies are frequently observed in this group. this website Patients CMTintol also had a more severe neuropathy. Curiously, we observed that the association of CMT1A and glucose metabolism disorders (CMTglic) clustered in some families. Patients CMTglic develop a more severe neuropathy. As there is yet no cure to CMT1A, a strict blood sugar control may be a useful measure. © 2020 Peripheral Nerve Society.
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