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Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Neuroscience, Volume 44 is July 2021. Please see http//www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive, fibrotic interstitial lung disease whose underlying mechanisms have been primarily investigated in mice after intratracheal instillation of a single dose of bleomycin. However, the model has significant limitations including the transient fibrosis which spontaneously resolves and its failure to fully recapitulate the epithelial remodeling in the lungs of IPF patients. Thus, there remains an unmet need for a pre-clinical model with features that more closely resemble the human disease. Repetitive intratracheal instillation of bleomycin has previously been shown to recapitulate some of these features, but the instillation procedure is complex and the long-term consequences on epithelial remodeling and fibrosis persistence and progression remain poorly understood. Here, we developed a simplified repetitive bleomycin instillation strategy consisting of three bi-weekly instillations that leads to persistent and progressive pulmonary fibrosis. CX-5461 Lung histology demonstrates increased collagen deposition, fibroblast accumulation, loss of type I and type II alveolar epithelial cells (AEC1s and AEC2s) within fibrotic areas, bronchiolization of the lung parenchyma with CCSP+ cells, remodeling of the distal lung into cysts reminiscent of simple honeycombing, and the accumulation of hyperplastic transitional KRT8+ epithelial cells. MicroCT imaging demonstrated significant traction bronchiectasis and subpleural fibrosis. Thus, the simplified repetitive bleomycin instillation strategy leads to progressive fibrosis and recapitulates the histological and radiographic characteristics of IPF. Compared to the single bleomycin instillation model, we suggest that the simplified repetitive instillation model may be better suited to address mechanistic questions about IPF pathogenesis and pre-clinical studies of anti-fibrotic drug candidates.
Rural hospitals in New Zealand provide broad generalist clinical services, including procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA). This study was designed to explore patterns of procedural sedation use including indications, equipment, medications, logistical and medical staff support available by rural hospitals, and whether current professional guidelines support rural sedation practice.
Through the New Zealand Rural Hospital Research Network, 17 rural hospitals were enrolled in an online survey during February 2018. The electronic survey consisted of 31 questions, regarding general information, staffing level and procedural sedation practice. Further questions sought information on clinical documentation and training guidelines.
Most participating sites represented larger rural hospitals and were distributed equally throughout New Zealand. All performed procedural sedation. The distance of rural hospitals to their referral hospitals varied, with the closest being 65 km and the furthest at 326 km away. Thi and whānau (Māori-language word for extended family) centred, saves patient transfers, and should be supported by a safe, pragmatic and realistic framework of tools, recommendations and training for rural practitioners.Selective catalytic reduction of CO2 to methanol has tremendous importance in the chemical industry. It mitigates two critical issues in the modern society, the overwhelming climate change and the dependence on fossil fuels. The most used catalysts are currently based on mixed copper and zinc phases, where the high surface of active copper species is a critical factor for the catalyst performance. Motivated by the recent breakthrough in the controllable synthesis of bimetallic MOF-74 materials by ball milling, we targeted to study the potential of ZnCu-MOF-74 for catalytic CO2 reduction. Here, we tested whether the nanosized channels decorated with readily accessible and homogeneously distributed Zn and Cu metal sites would be advantageous for the catalytic CO2 reduction. Unlike the inactive monometallic Cu-MOF-74, ZnCu-MOF-74 shows moderate catalytic activity and selectivity for the methanol synthesis. Interestingly, the postsynthetic mechanochemical treatment of desolvated ZnCu-MOF-74 resulted in amorphizatcarrier storage. Acknowledging scale, the costs of fabrication are paramount.This work enables highly "uniform" and "reversible" deposition of Li metal in carbonate electrolytes through a one-time rapid oxidation and reduction (ROAR) treatment. Over the years, Li metal has been plagued with irreversible dendritic growths that create isolated and unusable structures called "dead Li". Accumulation of dead Li negatively impacts the ion transport, performance, and safety of Li metal batteries. To address this long-standing problem, we have developed an in situ process to uniformly create reversible Li deposits. Our results demonstrate that a combination of high-voltage pulses, which rapidly oxidize and reduce Li in both directions (ROAR treatment), leads to strikingly more homogeneous morphology and eliminates reaction pathway transitions. We validate that ROAR treatments eliminate traditional "mossy dendrites" under extended cycling ( less then 250 cycles) in standard carbonate-based electrolytes. Moreover, ROAR treatments create a 500% reduction in overpotential for electrodissolution/deposition and eliminate "peaking" voltage behavior.Nanomechanics signifies a key tool to interpret the macroscopic mechanical properties of a porous solid in the context of molecular-level structure. However, establishing such a correlation has proved to be significantly challenging in porous covalent organic frameworks (COFs). Structural defects or packing faults within the porous matrix, poor understanding of the crystalline assembly, and surface roughness are critical factors that contribute to this difficulty. In this regard, we have fabricated two distinct types of COF thin films by controlling the internal order and self-assembly of the same building blocks. Interestingly, the defect density and the nature of supramolecular interactions played a significant role in determining the corresponding thin films' stress-strain behavior. Thin films assembled from nanofibers (∼1-2 μm) underwent large deformation on the application of small external stress (Tp-Azofiber film E ≈ 1.46 GPa; H ≈ 23 MPa) due to weak internal forces. On the other hand, thin films threaded with nanospheres (∼600 nm) exhibit a much stiffer and harder mechanical response (Tp-Azosphere film E ≈ 15.
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