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A 10-item short form (SCQOLS-10) may serve as a quick, valid and reliable assessment of the overall level of quality of life. OBJECTIVE A conceptually oriented pre-processing of a large number of potential prognostic factors may improve the development of a prognostic model. This study investigated whether various forms of conceptually oriented pre-processing or the preselection of established factors was superior to using all factors as input. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING We made use of an existing project which developed two conceptually oriented subgroupings of low back-pain patients. Based on the prediction of six outcome variables by seven statistical methods, this type of pre-processing was compared with medical experts' preselection of established factors, as well as with using all 112 available baseline factors. RESULTS Subgrouping of patients was associated with low prognostic capacity. Applying a Lasso-based variable selection to all factors or to domain-specific principal component scores performed best. The preselection of established factors showed a good compromise between model complexity and prognostic capacity. CONCLUSION The prognostic capacity is hard to improve by means of a conceptually oriented pre-processing when compared to purely statistical approaches. However, a careful selection of already established factors combined in a simple linear model should be considered as an option when constructing a new prognostic rule based on a large number of potential prognostic factors. Autoantibodies play an important role in the destruction of non-infected red blood cells (nRBCs) during malaria. However, the relationship between this clearance and ABO blood groups is yet to be fully enlightened, especially for Plasmodium vivax infections. Here we show that anti-RBC IgG and IgM are increased in anemic patients with acute vivax malaria. Furthermore, both antibodies are able to decrease the deformability of nRBCs, but only IgG can induce in vitro erythrophagocytosis. Such effects are enhanced in type O erythrocytes, suggesting that individuals from this blood group infected with P. vivax malaria may be more susceptible to develop anemia. Postoperative adhesions protect, repair, and supply nutrients to injured tissues; however, such adhesions often remain permanent and complicate otherwise successful surgeries by tethering tissues together that are normally separated. An ideal adhesion barrier should not only effectively prevent unwanted adhesions but should be easy to use, however, those that are currently available have inconsistent efficacy and are difficult to handle or to apply. A robust hydrogel film composed of alginate and a photo-crosslinkable hyaluronic acid (HA) derivative (glycidyl methacrylate functionalized hyaluronic acid (GMHA)) represents a solution to this problem. A sacrificial porogen (urea) was used in the film manufacture process to impart macropores that yield films that are more malleable and tougher than equivalent films produced without the sacrificial porogen. The robust mechanical behavior of these templated alginate/GMHA films directly facilitated handling characteristics of the barrier film. In a rat peritoneal abogy on the market, Seprafilm®, suggesting that such films represent a promising strategy for the prevention of postoperative adhesions. As a revolutionary gene editing tool based on the adaptive immune defense mechanism of bacteria and archaea against exogenous DNA invasion, CRISPR/Cas system shows many remarkable characteristics over ZFNs and TALENs. However, off-target effect remains as one of the major imperfection of CRISPR/Cas system, hindering its further application in translational research. In this review, we highlight major breakthrough cross the development/application of this powerful toolkit, and summarize feasible methods for detecting potential off-target effects during genetic manipulation. We hope this review will assist scientists for accurate genomic editing in their future research. During the last two decades, new criniviruses emerged in green bean crops in the south-east of Spain. Bean yellow disorder virus (BnYDV) was first detected in 2003 and caused major economic damage in crops grown in greenhouses. It was characterized as the first crinivirus to infect a member species of the Leguminosae family. Ko143 Symptoms induced during BnYDV infection include interveinal chlorosis and yellowing on leaves, and reduced fruit yield and quality. Similar symptoms, although more severe, were observed in bean crops in the same region during the fall of 2011. From that moment on, BnYDV was not detected anymore in diseased plants, but instead lettuce chlorosis virus (LCV) was associated with the diseased plants. Previously, LCV was detected only in California, USA, infecting lettuce and sugarbeets. The host range and partial genomic sequences lead to the description of the new strain, LCV-SP. The complete sequence of its genome revealed the virus as a recombinant of BnYDV and LCV, in which the latter had s in bean crops will depend on efficient control of the vector. Physical control with greenhouses that prevent viruliferous whiteflies from gaining access to crops reduces BnYDV infection in plants and loss of production. Integrated pest management in beans would be preferred and the use of natural enemies to reduce secondary spread within greenhouses must be investigated. V.Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) is an essential metabolite that is reported to decline in concentration in tissues of aged animals. Strategies to increase NAD+ availability have shown promise in treating many conditions in rodents, including age-related degeneration, which has in turn driven intense interest in the effects of supplements on human health. However, many aspects of NAD+ metabolism remain poorly understood, and human data are limited. Here, we discuss the state of the evidence for an age-related decline in NAD+, along with potential mechanistic explanations, including increased consumption or decreased synthesis of NAD+ and changes in the composition of cells or tissues with age. Key challenges for the field involve the development of better tools to resolve information on the NAD+ content of specific cells and subcellular compartments as well as determining the threshold levels at which NAD+ depletion triggers physiological consequences in different tissues. Understanding how NAD+ metabolism changes with age in humans may ultimately allow the design of more targeted strategies to maintain its availability, such as inhibition of key consumers in specific tissues or direct delivery of precursors to sites of deficiency.
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