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The pathogenesis of hyponatremia occurring in patients with preeclampsia is still unclear. Termination of the pregnancy led to a stabilization of the sodium level, ICU monitoring was necessary, and fluid restriction and hypertonic saline intake were applied; however, there was no evidence of the effectiveness of the treatments.This study was undertaken to investigate the potential of bioscouring in the processing of undegummed sisal fibers, using xylano-pectinolytic enzymes. Optimum bioscouring was obtained at pH 8.5 and 50 mM buffer molarity, using xylanase (10 IU) and pectinase (8 IU), with a material to liquor proportion of 125 (gml), EDTA (2 mM) and Tween 80 (0.5%), at 50 °C temperature with agitation rate of 55 rpm and treatment period of 60 min. Enzymatic treatment of sisal fibers enhanced the brightness and whiteness by 11.52 and 6.83%, respectively, and reduced the yellowness by 7.14% in comparison to control. The use of xylanase and pectinase enzymes completely replaced the chemical scouring method for removing non-cellulosic impurities. Thus, enzymatic scouring is energy saving and ecofriendly, since it completely eliminated the use of toxic chemicals used in alkaline scouring. An increase of 23.75% and 11.58% in brightness and whiteness of enzymatically scoured cum bleached fibers, as compared to chemically scoured cum bleached fibers was finally obtained, along with reduction in yellowness by 27.99%. This is the first report demonstrating environmentally sustainable enzymatic approach for scouring of undegummed sisal fibers, using enzymes, simultaneously produced from a bacterial isolate.Are shorter telomeres causal risk factors for facial aging on a large population level? To examine if longer, genetically predicted telomeres were causally associated with less facial aging using Mendelian randomization analysis. Two-sample Mendelian randomization methods were applied to the summary statistics of a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for self-reported facial aging from 417, 772 participants of the UK Biobank data. Twenty single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that were of genome-wide significance were selected as instrumental variables for leukocyte telomere length. The main analyses were performed primarily using the random-effects inverse-variance weighted method and were complemented with the MR-Egger regression, weighted median, and weighted mode approaches. The intercept of MR-Egger regression was used to assess horizontal pleiotropy. Longer genetically predicted telomeres were associated with a lower likelihood of facial aging (β = - 0.02, 95% confidence interval - 0.04, - 0.002). Comparable results were obtained using MR-Egger regression, weighted median, and weighted mode approaches. The intercept of MR-Egger regression was close to zero (0.002) that was not suggestive of horizontal pleiotropy. Our findings provided evidence to support a potential causal relationship between longer genetically predicted telomeres and less facial aging.
To investigate and compare radiomics and clinical information for preoperative prediction of futile resection in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC).

A total of 203 ICC patients from two centers were included and randomly allocated with a ratio of 73 into the training cohort and the validation cohort. Clinical characteristics and radiomics features were selected using random forest algorithm and logistic models to construct a clinical model and a radiomics model, respectively. A combined logistic model that incorporated the developed radiomics signature and clinical risk factors was then built. Shikonin solubility dmso The performance of these models was evaluated and compared by plotting the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve and calculating the area under the curve (AUC).

The radiomics model showed a higher AUC than the clinical model in the validation cohort (AUC 0.804 (95% CI 0.697, 0.912) vs. 0.590 (95% CI 0.415, 0.765), p = 0.043) for predicting futile resection in ICC. The radiomics model reached a sensitivity of 0.846 (95% CI 0.546, 0.981) and a specificity of 0.771 (95% CI 0.627, 0.880) in the validation cohort. Moreover, the radiomics model had comparable AUCs with the combined model in training and validation cohorts.

We presented an internally validated radiomics model for the prediction of futile resection in ICC patients. Compared with clinical information, radiomics using CT images had greater potential for predicting futile resection accurately before surgery.

• Radiomics model using CT images could predict futile resection in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma preoperatively. • Radiomics model using CT images was superior to clinical information for predicting futile resection accurately before surgery.
• Radiomics model using CT images could predict futile resection in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma preoperatively. • Radiomics model using CT images was superior to clinical information for predicting futile resection accurately before surgery.
We investigated whether liver stiffness (LS) quantified using magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) could predict the prognosis of advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients treated with sorafenib.

We selected 50 sorafenib-treated advanced HCC patients who underwent MRE within 3 months before drug administration from a prospectively maintained cohort of chronic liver disease patients, according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to evaluate the prognostic role of laboratory data, tumor characteristics, and MRE-assessed LS for overall survival (OS), progression-free survival (PFS), and significant liver injury (grade ≥ 3) after sorafenib administration.

High MRE-assessed LS either as continuous (per kPa, hazard ratio (HR) 1.54; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.23-1.92, p < 0.001) or categorical (> 7.5 kPa, HR 4.06, 95% CI 1.40-11.79, p < 0.01) variable was significantly associated with poor OS along with higher serum alpha-fetoproteinequired termination of the therapy. • Patients with high pretreatment LS by MRE should be monitored carefully for potential liver injury during sorafenib treatment.
 7.5 kPa), higher AFP (≥ 400 ng/mL), and advanced tumor stage (mUICC IVb) were associated with poor OS in advanced HCC patients treated with sorafenib. • Higher pretreatment LS by MRE was associated with developing significant (grade ≥ 3) liver injury during sorafenib treatment, which required termination of the therapy. • Patients with high pretreatment LS by MRE should be monitored carefully for potential liver injury during sorafenib treatment.
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