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The recent rise of antibiotic resistance amongst Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) populations has made treating Staph-based infections a global medical challenge. Therapies that specifically target the peptidoglycan layer of S. aureus have emerged as new treatment avenues, towards which bacteria are less likely to develop resistance. While the majority of antibacterial polymers/oligomers have the ability to disrupt bacterial membranes, the design parameters for the enhanced disruption of peptidoglycan outer layer of Gram-positive bacteria remain unclear. Here, the design of oligomeric structures with favorable conformational characteristics for improved disruption of the peptidoglycan outer layer of Gram-positive bacteria is reported. Molecular dynamics simulations were employed to inform the structure design and composition of cationic oligomers displaying collapsed and expanded conformations. The most promising diblock and triblock cationic oligomers were synthesized by photo-induced atom transfer radical polymerization (photo ATRP). Following synthesis, the diblock and triblock oligomers displayed average antibacterial activity of ~99% and ~98% for S. aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA), respectively, at the highest concentrations tested. Importantly, triblock oligomers with extended conformations showed significantly higher disruption of the peptidoglycan outer layer of S. aureus compared to diblock oligomers with more collapsed conformation, as evidenced by a number of characterization techniques including scanning electron, confocal and atomic force microscopy. This work provides new insight into the structure/property relationship of antibacterial materials and advances the design of functional materials for combating the rise of drug-resistant bacteria.
High serum uric acid seems to be associated with pre-eclampsia. The expected utility of uric acid is related to the probability of occurrence of maternal and neonatal complications. We evaluated the accuracy of uric acid in predicting adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes in pregnant women with high blood pressure.

We performed an electronic search for studies evaluating the accuracy of high serum uric acid levels in pregnant women with high blood pressure. The assessment of risk of bias was performed using the QUIPS tool. For each included study, we collected data about study characteristics and diagnostic test accuracy to construct 2 × 2 tables. Pooled sensitivity (Se), specificity (Sp) and diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) were estimated using a bivariate model. Grading the quality of the evidence was assessed using the GRADE approach.

Twenty-one studies, testing more than 6,000 women, met the inclusion criteria. The majority of studies were at low risk of bias. Ten studies evaluated the role of serum uric acid to predict pre-eclampsia, the pooled Se was 0.74 (95%CI 0.71-0.77), Sp was 0.66 (95%CI 0.63-0.68), and DOR was 9.67 (95%CI 4.57-20.47). The overall quality of evidence was evaluated as low. The GRADE rating was downgraduate for risk of bias and inconsistency.

No robust evidence currently exists to suggest that uric acid measurement is useful in predicting maternal and perinatal adverse outcomes.
No robust evidence currently exists to suggest that uric acid measurement is useful in predicting maternal and perinatal adverse outcomes.Polychoro-1,3-butadienes (CBDs) were widely found in aqueous environment and resistant to conventional water treatment. In this study, the abatement of CBDs during UV/chlorine treatment was investigated. In comparison to UV irradiation alone, free chlorine addition brought benefits for the reduction of tetra-CBDs (TCBDs), but to lesser extent for penta-CBDs (PCBDs), and virtually no benefit for hexa-CBD (HCBD). At a UV dose of 128 mJ cm-2 and a chlorine dose of 10 mg L-1, about 71.7-97.8% CBDs were degraded by UV/chlorine treatment within 10 min. UV irradiation contributed 32.8%-97.6%, HO• contributed 2.6%-14.4%, and reactive chlorine species (RCS) contributed less than 0.5%-42.3% to CBDs degradation. The percentages of RCS contribution generally followed the order of TCBDs (except (Z,Z)-1,2,3,4-TCBD) > PCBDs > HCBD. The chlorine oxide radical (ClO•) was the dominant RCS contributing to the degradation of CBDs. The second-order reaction rate constants of ClO• with CBDs ( [Formula see text] ) were at ∼ 107 M-1s-1 except (Z,Z)-1,2,3,4-TCBD and HCBD ( less then 106 M-1s-1). [Formula see text] generally decreased with increasing numbers of chlorine atoms and was also affected by the positions of chlorine atoms in CBDs. A distinct reaction pathway of ClO•, with (Z)-1,1,2,3,4-PCBD as a representative CBD, was proposed. Selleckchem AGI-6780 Photoisomers of CBDs from Z or E configuration were observed at lower concentrations in UV/chlorine treatment than under UV irradiation alone due to the radical-involved oxidation, but more organic acids including oxalic acid were observed. In a natural water sample, UV/chlorine treatment also exhibited a good performance in abatement of TCBDs and PCBDs, but not in abatement of HCBD.Capacitive deionization (CDI) devices use cyclical electrosorption on porous electrode surfaces to achieve water desalination. Process modeling and design of CDI systems requires accurate treatment of the coupling among input electrical forcing, input flow rates, and system responses including salt removal dynamics, water recovery, energy storage, and dissipation. Techno-economic analyses of CDI further require a method to calculate and compare between a produced commodity (e.g. desalted water) versus capital and operational costs of the system. We here demonstrate a new modeling and analysis tool for CDI developed as an installable Matlab program that allows direct numerical simulation of CDI dynamics and calculation of key performance and cost parameters. The program is provided for free and is used to run open-source Simulink models. The Simulink environment sends information to the program and allows for a drag and drop design space where users can connect CDI cells to relevant periphery blocks such as grid energy, battery, solar panel, waste disposal, and maintenance/labor cost streams. The program allows for simulation of arbitrary current forcing and arbitrary flow rate forcing of one or more CDI cells. We employ validated well-mixed reactor formulations together with a non-linear circuit model formulation that can accommodate a variety of electric double layer sub-models (e.g. for charge efficiency). The program includes a graphical user interface (GUI) to specify CDI plant parameters, specify operating conditions, run individual tests or parameter batch-mode simulations, and plot relevant results. The techno-economic models convert among dimensional streams of species (e.g. feed, desalted water, and brine), energy, and cost and enable a variety of economic estimates including levelized water costs.
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