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The use of cardiac PET, and in particular of quantitative myocardial perfusion PET, has been growing during the last years, because scanners are becoming widely available and because several studies have convincingly demonstrated the advantages of this imaging approach. Therefore, there is a need of determining the procedural modalities for performing high-quality studies and obtaining from this demanding technique the most in terms of both measurement reliability and clinical data. Although the field is rapidly evolving, with progresses in hardware and software, and the near perspective of new tracers, the EANM Cardiovascular Committee found it reasonable and useful to expose in an updated text the state of the art of quantitative myocardial perfusion PET, in order to establish an effective use of this modality and to help implementing it on a wider basis. Together with the many steps necessary for the correct execution of quantitative measurements, the importance of a multiparametric approach and of a comprehensive and clinically useful report have been stressed.The World Professional Association for Transgender Health's Standards of Care (WPATH SOC), now in its seventh edition, is a frequently cited, internationally recognized, evidence-based document that details a comprehensive framework for gender-related care of trans people. However, the WPATH SOC still relies heavily in some cases on gatekeeping practices, dubbed "triadic therapy," or a process where a trans patient is encouraged to seek out psychotherapy, and hormone therapy, and only then be able to engage in surgical options for transitioning. I use G. Alan Marlatt's harm reduction framework to argue that the triadic process creates its own set of harms that trans people have to contend with, especially insofar as it focuses on resolving gender dysphoria in a demanding, moralizing, and top-down way as opposed to enriching trans lives by reducing harms that prevent us from flourishing. Using Marlatt's criterion that harm reduction ought to be bottom-up, low threshold, and not moralizing, I develop a list of suggestions for what ought to be centrally considered in treating trans patients.Plantar fat pad syndrome has received little attention in the literature. A variety of structural changes of the plantar fat pad have been described in the literature, including atrophy, contusion, and fractured fat pad. This case series presents 4 patients (5 heels) with subluxation of a fractured plantar fat pad on dynamic ultrasound. Patients with subluxing fractured fat pad typically present with heel pain and a "snapping" or "popping" sensation when weight-bearing. Other causes of heel pain were excluded, and all patients in this series had an MRI that initially did not report any findings in the fat pad. Retrospective review of the MRI showed evidence of diffuse low T1 and T2 infiltration. To the authors' knowledge, subluxation of the plantar fat pad and the respective correlation to MRI findings have not been described in the literature. Here we describe the sonographic findings of this novel condition.
To report the diagnosis of three childhood patients with blue-cone monochromatism (BCM) using S-cone electroretinograms (ERG) recorded with RETeval
Complete.

Prospective clinical study.

We examined three boys initially suspected of having rod monochromatism. S-cone ERG was performed with red background and blue flashed light stimulation using two different intensities 0.25cd × s/m
and 1cd × s/m
.

Case 1 was a 12-year-old boy with a visual acuity of 0.1 OU. Case 2 was an 8-year-old boy with a visual acuity of 0.3 OD and 0.2 OS. Both cases showed a myopic fundus and nystagmus without any other ocular abnormalities. Case 3 was a 6-year-old boy with a visual acuity of 0.3 OD and 0.4 OS. He also showed myopic fundus changes, but nystagmus was not observed. Rod and maximal responses recorded with RETeval
were likely to be within normal range; however, cone responses were absent in all cases. S-cone ERGs showed positive responses at 40ms with 0.25cd × s/m
intensity in Case 2, and at approximately 30-40ms with 1.0cd × s/m
intensity in all three cases. These ERG findings led to a diagnosis of BCM.

S-cone ERG of RETeval
was helpful in diagnosing with minimal invasion BCM in childhood patients.
S-cone ERG of RETeval® was helpful in diagnosing with minimal invasion BCM in childhood patients.Chalcone Isomerase (CHI) catalyzes the biosynthesis of flavonoids and secondary metabolism in plants. Currently, there is no systematic analysis of CHIs gene family in Fagaceae which is available. In this study, twenty-two CHI proteins were identified in five species of the Fagaceae family. The CHI superfamily in Fagaceae can be classified into three subfamilies and five groups using phylogenetic analysis, analysis of physicochemical properties, and structural prediction. Results indicated that serine (Ser) and isoleucine (Ile) residues determine the substrate preferred by active Type I Fagaceae CHI, and the chalcone isomerase-like (CHIL) of Fagaceae had active site residues. Adaptive analysis of CHIs showed that CHIs are subject to selection pressure. The active CHI gene of Fagaceae was located in the cytoplasm, and it had the typical gene structure of CHI and contains four exons. All the twenty-two identified CHIs had the conserved domain motif 3, and the different groups had their own structural characteristics. In the process of fatty acid binding protein (FAP) evolution to CHIL and CHI, the physical and chemical properties of proteins also had significant differences in addition to changes in protein functions.Rab35 is a small G protein involved in various cellular events including clathrin-dependent endocytosis, phagocytosis, and autophagy. DENND1B, a DENN family member, acts as a guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for Rab35 to convert it to the GTP-bound active form from the GDP-bound inactive form. DENND1B contains the DENN domain which harbors GEF activity for Rab35 in the N-terminus, while the clathrin binding motif and adaptor protein-2-interaction motif are at the C-terminus. In this study, we investigated the intracellular localization of DENN1B in various cell types and found novel DENND1B-localized gathered line structures in BS-C-1 cells and in some other cell types. The localization of DENND1B to gathered line structures was dependent on a specific region located in the C-terminus of DENND1B protein. DENND1B-localized gathered lines were partially associated with microtubules but not with F-actin; instead, F-actin bundles surrounded the assembly of gathered lines. We also show that the gathered line structures appeared at the bottom of spreading lamellipodia and disappeared at the retracting site during cell motility in EGF-stimulated BS-C-1 cells. These results shed light on a new role for DENND1B in the regulation of cell migration.This work presents a corrosion study of 2-aminobenzimidazole (ABI) as a corrosion inhibitor for brass in chloride solution. Electrochemical, field emission scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and contact angle measurements showed that ABI mitigates brass corrosion after short-, medium-, and long-term immersion periods. Next, a detailed surface analysis of the ABI adsorbed on the brass surface was performed using attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) techniques. XPS imaging was performed in association with principal component analysis to determine the different phases on the surface. In order to describe the in-depth composition of the ABI surface, an angle-resolved XPS analysis was performed. This analysis was further supported by gas cluster ion beam sputtering to gradually remove the ABI surface layer, and XPS analysis was performed after each sputtering cycle. Finally, TOF-SIMS analyses showed the formation of Cu/Cu2-ABI and Zn-ABI compounds, the 2D distribution of ABI-related compounds, and their thermal stability on the brass surface. Graphical abstract.Data on the involvement of the ocular surface and its relationship with Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID- 19) are still minimal and not univocal. The respiratory tract is the structure most affected by COVID-19, and the serious form of the disease is characterized by severe pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome and hypercoagulation. However, accumulating evidence shows that other organs could be reached by the virus, thus causing further comorbidities. To date, the exact route/routes of transmission of COVID-19 are still unclear. The respiratory tract is probably not the only route of transmission for this viral infection and some authors have also speculated that COVID-19 droplets, or infected hands, could contaminate the conjunctiva, which could therefore represent the initial site of an infection spread. Theoretically, the role of the ocular surface, a biological site still relatively unexplored, appears scientifically relevant in understanding the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - Coronavirus - 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the current literature in order to elucidate the potential role of tear and conjunctival sampling to detect SARS-CoV-2 for the diagnosis of COVID-19 and to monitor patients during follow-up.The establishment of gut microbiota is reportedly aberrant in newborns admitted to neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), with detrimental long-term health impacts. Here, we vertically tracked the developing gut bacterial communities of newborns hosted in an NICU during an outbreak sustained by ESBL Klebsiella pneumoniae and compared colonized and non-colonized patients. Most communities were highly variable from one sampling point to the next, and dominated by few taxa, often Proteobacteria and Enterobacteriaceae, with marked interindividual variability. This picture was retrieved independently of colonization status or clinical covariates. Our data support the emerging idea of preterm infants as a population in which no defined microbial signatures are clearly associated to clinical status. Instead, the strong pressure of the nosocomial environment, antibiotics and, in this case, the ongoing outbreak, possibly drive the evolution of microbiota patterns according to individual conditions, also in non-colonized patients.We describe the outcome of a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) IgG/IgM rapid test, and discuss the potential suitability of antibody testing. Retrospective single cohort study on patients with suspected Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and asymptomatic Healthcare Workers, enrolled from March to April 2020. Subjects had quantitative PCR (qPCR) test for detection of SARS-CoV-2 via nasal swab and serological testing using the COVID-19 IgG/ IgM Rapid Test (PRIMA Lab SA) immunochromatographic assay. Some subjects underwent chemiluminescence immunoassay (CLIA) after rapid test. The aim of the study was to analyse the proportion of those who developed a positive IgM/IgG response for SARS-CoV-2. The correspondence between the results from rapid testing and CLIA, when available, was evaluated. 97 subjects underwent qPCR for SARS-CoV-2 through nasal swab, which resulted positive in 40/43 (93.0%) of symptomatic patients, 2/40 (5%) of asymptomatic HCW, in no subjects with suspected COVID- 19 (clinical and radiological findings) then excluded by repeated nasal swabs and alternative diagnosis (COVID-19-negative patients, CNPs), and in 6/6 (100%) of patients with confirmed diagnosis and negative follow-up nasal swabs (COVID-19-recovered patients, CRPs).
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