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© 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.We describe two adolescent patients with pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) involving the face. Subsequent gastrointestinal evaluation revealed microscopic bowel inflammation suggestive of inflammatory bowel disease. While PG is rarely localized to the face, this brief report reveals two cases of pediatric facial PG and suggests a correlation between facial PG and microscopic colitis. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC.OBJECTIVE Genome sequencing (GS) is promising for unsolved leukodystrophies, but its efficacy has not been prospectively studied. METHODS A prospective time-delayed cross-over design trial of GS to assess the efficacy of GS as a first-line diagnostic tool for genetic white matter disorders took place between 12/01/2015 - 09/27/2017. Patients were randomized to receive GS immediately with concurrent standard of care (SoC) testing, or to receive SoC testing for four months followed by GS. RESULTS 34 individuals were assessed at interim review. The genetic origin of two patient's leukoencephalopathy was resolved before randomization. Nine patients stratified to the immediate intervention group and 23 patients to the delayed-GS arm. The efficacy of GS was significant relative to SoC in the Immediate (5 of 9 [56%] vs. 0 of 9 [0%]; Wild-Seber p less then  0.005) and Delayed (control) arms (14 of 23 [61%] vs 5 of 23 [22%]; Wild-Seber p less then  0.005). The time to diagnosis was significantly shorter in the immediate-GS group (log rank test, p=0.04). The overall diagnostic efficacy of combined GS and SoC approaches was 26 of 34 (76.5% [95% CI = 58.8% to 89.3%]) in less than 4 months, greater than historical norms of less than 50% over 5 years. Owing to loss of clinical equipoise, the trial design was altered to a single-arm observational study. INTERPRETATION In this study, first-line GS provided earlier and greater diagnostic efficacy in white matter disorders. We provide an evidence-based diagnostic testing algorithm to enable appropriate clinical GS utilization in this population. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.RATIONALE Acquisition quality in analytical science is key to obtaining optimal data from a sample. In very high-resolution mass spectrometry, quality is driven by the optimization of multiple parameters, including the use of scans and micro-scans (or transients) for performing a Fourier transformation. METHODS 39 mass spectra of a single synthesized complex sample were acquired using various numbers of scan and micro-scan determined through a simple experimental design. An electrospray ion source coupled with an LTQ-Orbitrap-XL mass spectrometer was used and acquisition was performed using a single mass range. All the resulting spectra were treated in the same way to enable comparisons of assigned stoichiometric formulae between acquisitions. click here RESULTS Converting the number of scans into micro-scans enhances signal quality by lowering noise and reducing artifacts. This modification also increases the number of attributed stoichiometric formulae for an equivalent acquisition time, giving access to a larger molecular diversity for the analyzed complex sample. CONCLUSION For complex samples, the use of long acquisition times leads to optimal data quality, and the use of micro-scans instead of scans-only maximizes the number of attributed stoichiometric formulae. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.The development and implementation of novel MRI pulse sequences remains challenging and laborious. Gradient waveforms are typically designed using a combination of analytical and ad hoc methods to construct each gradient waveform axis independently. This strategy makes coding the pulse sequence complicated, in addition to being time inefficient. As a consequence, nearly all commercial MRI pulse sequences fail to maximize use of the available gradient hardware or efficiently mitigate physiological effects. This results in expensive MRI systems that underperform relative to their inherent hardware capabilities. To address this problem, a software solution is proposed that incorporates numerical optimization methods into MRI pulse sequence programming. Examples are shown for rotational variant vs. invariant waveform designs, acceleration nulled velocity encoding gradients, and mitigation of peripheral nerve stimulation for diffusion encoding. The application of optimization methods to MRI pulse sequence design incorporates gradient hardware limits and the prescribed MRI protocol parameters (e.g. field-of-view, resolution, gradient moments, and/or b-value) to simultaneously construct time-optimal gradient waveforms. In many cases, the resulting constrained gradient waveform design problem is convex and can be solved on-the-fly on the MRI scanner. The result is a set of multi-axis time-optimal gradient waveforms that satisfy the design constraints, thereby increasing SNR-efficiency. These optimization methods can also be used to mitigate imaging artifacts (e.g. eddy currents) or account for peripheral nerve stimulation. The result of the optimization method is to enable easier pulse sequence gradient waveform design and permit on-the-fly implementation for a range of MRI pulse sequences. © 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.CLINICAL RELEVANCE The control of myopia progression is currently considered an evidence-based therapeutic need. BACKGROUND To determine the efficacy and safety of the Esencia lens, a new soft contact lens (SCL) designed to slow down myopia progression in paediatric patients. METHODS This study was a randomised, parallel, double-masked clinical trial. Seventy myopic (-0.50 to -8.75 D) boys and girls, 7-15 years of age, were randomised and allocated to one of two groups (i) study (n = 36) or (ii) control (n = 34). Study group patients were given the Esencia lens, a progressive multifocal and reverse geometry SCL. Control group patients were given conventional SCLs. Efficacy measurements (change in cycloplegic autorefraction and axial length) were measured at baseline and at the six-month intervals over a 12- month period. Visual performance measurements were corneal power, comfort, quality of vision and contact lens fitting. Safety measures included detection of adverse events. RESULTS Mean changes in cycloplegic autorefraction after 12 months were -0.
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