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There is limited information on contraceptive values and preferences of sex workers. We conducted a mixed-method study to explore contraceptive values and preferences among sex workers. We conducted an online survey with individuals from 38 countries (n = 239), 6 focus group discussions (FGD, n = 68) in Zimbabwe, and 12 in-depth phone interviews (IDI) across 4 world regions, in June and July of 2019. Halofuginone Participants were asked about awareness of contraceptives, methods they had used in the past, and the determinants of their choices. Differences between respondents from high-, low- and middle- income countries were examined. Qualitative data were analysed thematically. Survey participants reported an awareness of modern contraceptive methods. FGDs found that younger women had lower awareness. Reports of condomless sex were common and modern contraceptive use was inconsistent. Determinants of contraceptive choices differed by setting according to results of the survey, FGD, and IDI. Regardless of country income level, determinants of contraceptive choices included ease of use, ease of access to a contraceptive method, and fewer side effects. Healthcare provider attitudes, availability of methods, and clinic schedules were important considerations. Most sex workers are aware of contraceptives, but barriers include male partners/clients, side effects, and health system factors such as access and clinic attitudes towards sex workers.Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2 (CDK2) and Vascular-Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor 2 (VEGFR2) are promising targets for the design of novel inhibitors in anticancer therapeutics. In a recent work, our group designed a set of potential dual inhibitors predicted to occupy an allosteric back pocket near the active site of both enzymes, but their dynamic and unbinding behavior was unclear. Here, we used molecular dynamics (MD) and metadynamics (meta-D) simulations to study two of these virtual candidates (herein called IQ2 and IQ3). Their binding mode was predicted to be similar to that observed in LQ5 and BAX, well-known back-pocket binders of CDK2 and VEGFR2, respectively, including H-bonding with critical residues such as Leu83/Cys113 and Asp145/Asp190 (but excepting H-bonding with Glu51/Glu111) in CDK2/VEGFR2, correspondingly. Likewise, while LQ5 and BAX unbound through the allosteric channel as expected for type-IIA inhibitors, IQ2 and IQ3 unbound via the ATP channel (except for CDK2-IQ2) as expected for type-I½A inhibitors. Interestingly, a C-C single/double bond difference between IQ2/IQ3, respectively, resulted associated with differences in the AS/T loop flexibility observed for CDK2. These insights will help developing scaffold modifications during an optimization stage, serving as a starting point to develop dual kinase inhibitors in challenging biological targets with a promising anticancer potential.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.The authors examined the association of maternal mental health symptoms and symptom clusters with the sleeping behaviors of toddlers living in low-income homes. The sample is comprised of 174 racially diverse mother and toddler (15-19 months old) dyads who were participating in a longitudinal birth cohort study. Dyads were initially recruited from Women, Infant, and Children clinics in a Midwestern county of the United States. Maternal mental health symptoms were measured with self-reports of depression (Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression), parenting stress (Parenting Stress Index Very Short Form), and parenting self-efficacy. Toddler sleeping behaviors were measured with an adaptation of the Tayside Children's Sleep Questionnaire that assessed toddler difficulties in initiating or maintaining sleep (DIMS). Maternal mental health symptom clusters were identified with latent profile analysis and toddler DIMS were regressed on maternal mental health symptoms. We found that 1 SD worse maternal depression, parenting stress, or parenting self-efficacy predicted 0.18-0.24 SD worse toddler DIMS (p less then .05). Moreover, we found that the cluster of adverse maternal mental health symptoms predicted nearly 0.75 SD worse toddler DIMS as compared with the cluster of good maternal mental health symptoms (p less then .05). These findings provide insight into how maternal mental health symptom clusters may be important in understanding sleep behaviors in early toddlerhood, a sensitive period of sleep development, and underscore the need to support mothers with co-occurring adverse mental health symptoms, as their children may be at higher risk for DIMS.Background Late-onset retinal degeneration (L-ORD) is a rare autosomal dominant retinal dystrophy related to C1QTNF5 gene variants.Materials and methods Twenty-six patients (21-81 years) with L-ORD due to c.562C>A p.(Pro188Thr) with a mean follow-up time of 8 years (range 1-37 years) underwent an extensive ophthalmic work-up.Results Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) and visual fields were maintained up to 50 to 55 years (n = 8), with a gradual decline, but conservation of functional central vision between 55 to 65 years (n = 15), followed by a steep decrease in overall visual function beyond 65 years (n = 9). Classic anterior segment findings in L-ORD of abnormally long, anteriorly inserted lens zonules were absent in most patients (n = 24/26). In contrast, findings of iris transillumination and sphincter pupillae atrophy with poor dilation were novel. Patients presented with three completely different initial fundus phenotypes adjoining pavingstone-like atrophic patches (type 1) (n = 6/20); tiny yellow-whiscularization; LAZ Long anteriorly inserted zonules; AMPK AMP-activated protein kinase; IOP Intraocular pressure; cSLO confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy; BAF Blue light autofluorescence; NIR-AF Near-infrared autofluorescence; NIR-R Near-infrared reflectance; RF Red-free; SD-OCT Spectral domain ocular coherence tomography; HRR Hardy-Rand-Rittler pseudo-isochromatic plates; AS anterior segment; UBM ultrasound biomicroscopy; PCR Polymerase chain reaction; SNP Single nucleotide polymorphism; VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor; IZ Interdigitation zone; EZ Ellipsoid zone; ELM External limiting membrane; LP Light perception; AMD Age-related macular degeneration; SFD Sorsby fundus dystrophy.
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