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A novel design of an MR-compatible water calorimeter was successfully used to measure absorbed dose in an MR-linac and determine an experimental value of k Q mag for a clinically used ionization chamber.
Emerging adulthood is a critical neurodevelopment period in which extreme drinking has a potentially pronounced neurotoxic effect. Therefore, extreme drinking, even a single episode, could be particularly harmful to the developing brain's structure. Relatedly, heavy alcohol use in emerging adults has been associated with structural brain damage, especially in the corpus callosum. However, it is unclear whether and how much a single extreme drinking episode would affect brain morphometry.

For the first time in the literature, the current study prospectively examined the impact of an extreme drinking episode (i.e., twenty-first birthday celebration) on the brain morphometry of emerging adults immediately following their birthday celebration (n=50) and approximately 5weeks post-birthday celebration (n=29).

We found evidence that a single extreme drinking episode was associated with structural changes immediately post-birthday celebration. Specifically, higher twenty-first birthday estimated blood-alcohol concentration was associated with decreased volume of the posterior and central corpus callosum immediately post-birthday celebration. This extreme drinking episode was not associated with further structural changes, or recovery, 5weeks post-twenty-first birthday celebration.

Overall, results suggest that a single episode of heavy drinking in emerging adulthood may be associated with immediate structural changes of the corpus callosum. Thus, emerging adulthood, which is characterized by high rates of extreme drinking, could be a critical period for targeted prevention and intervention.
Overall, results suggest that a single episode of heavy drinking in emerging adulthood may be associated with immediate structural changes of the corpus callosum. Thus, emerging adulthood, which is characterized by high rates of extreme drinking, could be a critical period for targeted prevention and intervention.Cognitive reappraisal plays an important role in individuals' mental health and adaptation and depends on individual differences in emotion differentiation. Zasocitinib However, it is unclear how individual differences in emotion differentiation modulate the electrocortical dynamics of cognitive reappraisal. To this end, we employed event-related potentials (ERPs) and source analysis to characterize temporal dynamics and cortical functions of cognitive reappraisal related with positive emotion differentiation. The electroencephalogram (EEG) data from 36 participants (aged 18-25 years) were recorded when they were required to view neutral, pleasant emotional stimuli, or positively reappraise neutral emotional stimuli. Results showed that, compared with the individuals with low positive emotion differentiation, the individuals with high positive emotion differentiation presented larger late positive potential (LPP) amplitude enhancement during positive reappraisal. Source analysis further found that individuals with high positive emotion differentiation exhibited more activations in the middle frontal gyrus (Brodmann area [BA] 11), superior temporal gyrus (BA 38), and inferior frontal gurus (BA 47) when they implemented cognitive reappraisal as compared with their counterparts. Our findings deepen our understanding of the dynamic cortical organization of how positive emotion differentiation impacts cognitive reappraisal and informs cognitive reappraisal interventions for individuals with low emotion differentiation.The combination of density functional theory and Monte Carlo simulations is a powerful approach for the atomistic modeling of defect transport in solid electrolytes. The present contribution introduces the MOCASSIN software (Monte Carlo for Solid State Ionics) for kinetic and Metropolis Monte Carlo simulations of crystalline materials. MOCASSIN combines model building, visualization, and simulation, aiming to provide accessible MC for end users. Developed for the investigation of solid electrolytes, MOCASSIN is ideal for screening common variation parameters, such as temperature and doping fraction. The input effort is minimized using space groups for processing symmetry. The graphical interface for model building allows complex model input, including multiple mobile species, multiple migration paths, small polaron hopping, vehicle movements, multiple complex migration mechanisms, and custom interaction clusters. The software is provided free of charge for noncommercial usage.Experimental and modeling work, described in this article, is focused on the metabolic pathway of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, which are the preferred expression system for monoclonal antibody protein production. CHO cells are one of the primary hosts for monoclonal antibodies production, which have extensive applications in multiple fields like biochemistry, biology and medicine. Here, an approach to explain cellular metabolism with in silico modeling of a microkinetic reaction network is presented and validated with unique experimental results. Experimental data of 25 different fed-batch bioprocesses included the variation of multiple process parameters, such as pH, agitation speed, oxygen and CO2 content, and dissolved oxygen. A total of 151 metabolites were involved in our proposed metabolic network, which consisted of 132 chemical reactions that describe the reaction pathways, and include 25 reactions describing N-glycosylation and additional reactions for the accumulation of the produced glycoforms. Additional eight reactions are considered for accumulation of the N-glycosylation products in the extracellular environment and one reaction to correlate cell degradation. The following pathways were considered glycolysis, pentose phosphate pathway, nucleotide synthesis, tricarboxylic acid cycle, lipid synthesis, protein synthesis, biomass production, anaplerotic reactions, and membrane transport. With the applied modeling procedure, different operational scenarios and fed-batch techniques can be tested.
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