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BACKGROUND Harlequin syndrome presents as differences in facial coloring due to unilateral flushing. This is the result of the inability to flush on the affected side due to the disruption of vasomotor and sudomotor sympathetic activity. The neurologically intact side appears flushed. A 2°C temperature difference between the flushed and nonflushed sides of the face has been detected in patients presenting with Harlequin syndrome. This difference in temperature might be detectable even in the absence of unilateral flushing, and this subclinical manifestation of the syndrome may occur more often than realized. AIM To measure and compare the difference in the change in temperature on both sides of the face in patients with a thoracic epidural. METHODS Fifteen pediatric patients receiving thoracic epidurals for the correction of pectus excavatum via Nuss procedure were enrolled. Temperature measurements on each side of the face were collected at three time points prior to epidural placement in the holding area, oON Asymmetric effects or distribution of local anesthetic used in thoracic epidurals may result in asymmetric blockade of efferent sympathetic nervous system activity. This may cause differences in temperature between the two sides of the face without unilateral flushing. This phenomenon has previously been termed subclinical Harlequin syndrome. Subclinical Harlequin syndrome may be more common than anticipated and may be detected by comparing temperature differences in patients. © 2020 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.Hypophosphatasia (HPP) is a rare metabolic disorder characterized by low tissue-nonspecific alkaline phosphatase (TNSALP) typically caused by ALPL gene mutations. HPP is heterogeneous, with clinical presentation correlating with residual TNSALP activity and/or dominant-negative effects (DNE). We measured residual activity and DNE for 155 ALPL variants by transient transfection and TNSALP enzymatic activity measurement. Ninety variants showed low residual activity and 24 showed DNE. These results encompass all missense variants with carrier frequencies above 1/25,000 from the Genome Aggregation Database. We used resulting data as a reference to develop a new computational algorithm that scores ALPL missense variants and predicts high/low TNSALP enzymatic activity. Our approach measures the effects of amino acid changes on TNSALP dimer stability with a physics-based implicit solvent energy model. We predict mutation deleteriousness with high specificity, achieving a true-positive rate of 0.63 with false-positive rate of 0, with an area under receiver operating curve (AUC) of 0.9, better than all in silico predictors tested. Combining this algorithm with other in silico approaches can further increase performance, reaching an AUC of 0.94. This study expands our understanding of HPP heterogeneity and genotype/phenotype relationships with the aim of improving clinical ALPL variant interpretation. © 2020 The Authors. Human Mutation published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Beside sensing and delivery, another peculiar property arising from confinement in discrete molecular hosts comes from the possibility to have in close proximity, and in defined position, two different molecules (hetero co-encapsulation). This phenomenon can be tuned considering steric and electronic properties of the guests. In this work, a study on the parameters affecting homo and hetero co-encapsulation processes within a supramolecular cage is reported. In particular, different benzoate guests were bound within a supramolecular cage containing two metal binding sites and the experimental binding thermodynamics measured. Unexpectedly, from competition experiments we observed that the maximum concentration of hetero co-encapsulation is achieved if a weakly binding guest is used to partially displace a strongly binding guest. © 2020 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.Increasing the stream of recycled plastic from currently 12 wt.% necessitates an approach beyond traditional low value recycling via melting and re-extrusion. Various chemical recycling processes have great potential to enhance recycling rates, because a higher variety of plastic waste streams can be recycled leading to a higher purity and quality product than melting and re-extrusion. But despite long-standing efforts, commercial processes are still not operated at the volumes to address the recycling necessity. In this review, a summary of the various chemical recycling routes and assessment via life cycle analysis is complemented by a list of processes developed by companies active in chemical recycling. We show that each of the currently available processes is applicable for specific plastic waste streams. Thus, only a combination of different technologies can address the plastic waste problem. While pyrolysis can handle relatively mixed waste streams, it works best with polyolefins, PS and PMMA. Contaminations including PVC, PET and PU and non-plastic additives like glass fiber cause operational problems. Multilayer plastics containing these materials are best separated into mono-streams by dissolution/precipitation. Pure polyester or polyamide waste streams can be recycled by solvolysis techniques with high monomer recovery. Research should focus on more realistic, more contaminated and mixed waste streams, while collection and sorting infrastructure will need to be improved, i.e. by stricter regulation. This review aims to inspire both science and innovation for the production of higher value and quality products from plastic recycling suitable for reuse or valorization to create the necessary economic and environmental push for a circular economy. © 2020 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.Excessive growth of microalgae due to use of fertilizers, detergents, and discharge of domestic waste results in the eutrophication and degradation of the water quality of lakes and ponds. The present study aimed to improve the quality of pond water by harvesting mixed cultures of microalgae grown in a pond using moringa oleifera (MO) extract as a coagulant. The study comprises evaluating the effects of coagulant dose, pH, mixing time, mixing rate, settling time, temperature and algal biomass concentration on nutrients and microalgae cells removal. The pond water quality restoration was assessed by characterisation of raw and MO treated water. Lartesertib nmr The MO was found to be very effective for mixed culture microalgae harvesting with flocculation efficiency of 92.97% at dose of 15 ml/L of MO extract, pH 8, mixing time 5 min, mixing rate 30 rpm and 20 min settling time. The results have shown significant improvement in pond water quality with reduction in turbidity from 388.16 ± 48.23 to 8.39 ± 1.0 NTU, chlorophyll-a from 635.
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