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Pregnancy with Suspected Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Referral for Confirmation...
Cody Schwartz
Neeraj Jain

Cody Schwartz

and 3 more

February 12, 2021
Certain cardiovascular conditions pose a significant maternal-fetal risk during pregnancy with the greatest risk seen in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Current guidelines clearly recommend the avoidance of pregnancy in women with PAH and termination when pregnancy does occur but only after the diagnosis of PAH has been confirmed by right heart catheterization (RHC).
LINKING CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA AND NASAL OBSTRUCTION: A CFD APPROACH
Manuel Antonio Burgos Olmos
Alejandro Antunez

Manuel Antonio Burgos Olmos

and 6 more

February 12, 2021
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVES: To investigate a possible relationship between altered nasal flow and chronic otitis media (COM) using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). DESIGN: Retrospective cohort sample of CT scans from patients with COM and controls without COM to compare the results of various nasal airflow parameters determined by CFD between a group of patients with COM (N=60) and a control group of subjects without any evidence of ear disease (N=81). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The CT were subjected to various procedures to carry out CFD studies, determining the resistance to nasal flow, the proportion of flow through the right and left nasal cavity, and two nondimentional estimators. The results of CFD studies between patients with COM and controls were compared. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Whereas only 12.3% of the controls had CFD alteration (10 out of 81), 43.3% of the patients suffering COM displayed alterations of our nondimentional parameters (26 out of 60). According to our results, the incidence of alterations in nasal airflow by studying with CFD is significantly higher in patients with COM than in controls IMPLICATIONS: To our knowledge, this is the first paper linking nasal cavity and COM using a CFD approach. Our results support the hypothesis that nasal flow alterations could be implicated in the etiopathogenesis of the COM.
Microfluidic Devices for Behavioral Screening of Multiple Zebrafish Larvae: Design In...
Arezoo Khalili
Ellen  van Wijngaarden

Arezoo Khalili

and 4 more

February 11, 2021
Microfluidic devices have been introduced for phenotypic screening of zebrafish larvae in both fundamental and pre-clinical research. One of the remaining challenges for the broad use of microfluidic devices is their limited throughput, especially in behavioural assays. Previously, we introduced the tail locomotion of a semi-mobile zebrafish larva evoked on-demand with electric signal in a microfluidic device. Here, we report the lessons learned for increasing the number of specimens from one to four larvae in this device. Multiple parameters including loading and testing time per fish and loading and orientation efficiencies were refined to optimize the performance of modified designs. Simulations of the flow and electric field within the final device provided insight into the flow behavior and functionality of traps when compared to previous single-larva devices. Outcomes led to a new design which decreased the testing time per larva by approximately 60%. Further, loading and orientation efficiencies increased by more than 80%. Critical behavioural parameters such as response duration and tail beat frequency were similar in both single and quadruple-fish devices. The optimized microfluidic device has significant advantages for greater throughput and efficiency when behavioral phenotyping is required in various applications, including chemical testing in toxicology and gene screening.
Infrahyoid thyroglossal cyst and Neck trauma - A diagnostic conundrum
PRAMOD CHIRAKKAL
Amira Al Hail

PRAMOD CHIRAKKAL

and 4 more

February 11, 2021
Thyroglossal duct cysts are most commonly located inferior to the hyoid bone in close relation with the thyrohyoid membrane. Very rarely, they may occupy the posterior hyoid space, and present with dysphagia. We present the clinical, pathophysiologic features and the iintraoperative findings of thisrarely described clinical entity
Tonsilloloth
Kiyoshi Shikino
Masatomi Ikusaka

Kiyoshi Shikino

and 1 more

February 11, 2021
Tonsilloloth Kiyoshi Shikino, MD, PhD1, and Masatomi Ikusaka, MD, PhD11Department of General Medicine, Chiba University Hospital, JapanFunding: None.Conflicts of Interest : None.Authorship: All authors had access to the data and a role in writing the manuscript.Acknowledgments: NA.Article type: Images in Clinical MedicineRunning head: TonsillolothText word count: 166 wordsNumber of figures: 2References: 2
The role of quercetin in plants
Priyanka Singh
Yamshi Arif

Priyanka Singh

and 3 more

February 11, 2021
Flavonoids are a special category of hydroxylated phenolic compounds having an aromatic ring structure. Quercetin is a special subclass of flavonoid. It is a bioactive natural compound built upon the flavon structure nC6(ring A)-C3(ring C)-C6(ring B). Quercetin facilitates several plant physiological processes, such as seed germination, pollen growth, antioxidant machinery, and photosynthesis, as well as induces proper plant growth and development. Quercetin is a powerful antioxidant, so it potently provides plant tolerance against several biotic and abiotic stresses. This review highlights quercetin’s role in increasing several physiological and biochemical processes in under stress and non-stress environments. Additionally, this review briefly assesses quercetin’s role in mitigating biotic and abiotic stresses (e.g., salt, heavy metal, and UV stress). The biosynthesis of flavonoids, their signaling pathways, and quercetin’s role in plant signaling are also discussed.
Refining analyses of existing datasets is valuable for macrogenetics: a response to P...
Katie Millette
Vincent Fugère

Katie Millette

and 5 more

February 11, 2021
Paz-Vinas et al. (2021) comment on methodological and data-related limits of our paper (Millette et al. 2020), which affect a small proportion of our datasets and analyses. These points do not refute our conclusions. We address their comments and support the call for the development of best practices for future macrogenetics research.
CIVIL JUSTICE DISCRETION CONSCIOUSNESS MINDFULNESS
Olga Nickole Kuyan (Papkova)

Olga Nickole Kuyan (Papkova)

February 16, 2023
A document by Olga Nickole Kuyan (Papkova). Click on the document to view its contents.
Successful management of fetal atrial flutter at term pregnancy with postnatal electr...
Nnadozie Igbokwe
Asha Firzana  Ibrahim

Nnadozie Igbokwe

and 3 more

May 11, 2021
Fetal Atrial flutter (AF) is an uncommon condition accounting for about 30% of all fetal tachyarrhythmias. It is associated with structural heart anomalies and hydrops, with 10% fetal mortality rate. This case demonstrates a successfully managed atrial flutter at term with postnatal electrocardioversion using multidisciplinary team approach.
Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (ECPR) Survival: A Quaternary Center Ana...
Lucas Marinacci
Nino Mihatov

Lucas Marinacci

and 6 more

February 11, 2021
Background: Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) has emerged as a rescue strategy for non-responders to conventional CPR (CCPR) in cardiac arrest. Definitive guidelines for ECPR deployment do not exist. Prior studies suggest that arrest rhythm and cardiac origin of arrest may be variables used to assess candidacy for ECPR. Aim: To describe a single center experience with ECPR and to assess associations between survival and physician-adjudicated origin of arrest and arrest rhythm. Methods: A retrospective review of all patients who underwent ECPR at a quaternary care center over a 7-year period was performed. Demographic and clinical characteristics were extracted from the medical record and used to adjudicate origin of cardiac arrest, etiology, rhythm, survival, and outcomes. Univariate analysis was performed to determine association of patient and arrest characteristics with survival. Results: Between 2010 and 2017, 47 cardiac arrest patients were initiated on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) at the time of active CPR. ECPR patient survival to hospital discharge was 25.5% (n=12). Twenty-six patients died on ECMO (55.3%) while 9 patients (19.1%) survived decannulation but died prior to discharge. Neither physician-adjudicated arrest rhythm nor underlying origin were significantly associated with survival to discharge, either alone or in combination. Younger age was significantly associated with survival. Nearly all survivors experienced myocardial recovery and left the hospital with a good neurological status. Conclusions: Arrest rhythm and etiology may be insufficient predictors of survival in ECPR utilization. Further multi-institutional studies are needed to determine evidenced based criteria for ECPR deployment.
Application of seed oils and its bioactive compounds in sunscreen formulations
Chee Chin Chu
Kar Lin Nyam

Chee Chin Chu

and 1 more

February 11, 2021
The photoprotective skincare products are in high demand to meet the consumer market with concern on skin health. Seed oils are commonly used as ingredients in many cosmetic products due to their natural antioxidants and now being increasingly recognised for their effects on skin health and photoprotection. This article briefly reviews the application of seed oils in sunscreen development focusing on the antioxidants that contribute to photoprotection, thus preventing UV-induced erythema and photoaging. The addition of seed oils that contain specific natural bioactive compounds were discussed in the review. Besides that, seed oils acting in molecular pathways that benefit in photoprotection were also summarized. Seed oils (pomegranate seed oil, castor oil, cocoa butter, jojoba oil, rosehip oil, grapeseed oil, kenaf seed oil and pumpkin seed oil) utilization have high potential to act as natural UV filters and at the same time help in skin repairing. The seed oils contributed beneficial properties to the sunscreen formulation by their synergistic effect with antioxidants, antiaging properties, anti-inflammatory effect, and potential hormetic effect. The finding of specific bioactive compound from seed oils provide better understanding on the contribution of seed oils in sunscreen formulation.
“Unplanned breast-conserving surgery after systemic therapy in locally advanced breas...
mehmet gulcelik
Lütfi Doğan

mehmet gulcelik

and 1 more

February 11, 2021
BACKGROUND: In patients with breast cancer for whom neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) is planned, it is recommended to mark the primary tumor before treatment (planned surgery). However, surgeons may have to perform breast-conserving surgery on patients whose tumors are not marked (unplanned surgery). This study focused on the results obtained with planned and unplanned level II oncoplastic surgery (OPS) techniques applied to patients after NAC. METHODS: Patient groups who underwent planned, unplanned OPS and mastectomy after NAC were compared. Surgical margin status, re-operation and re-excision requirements, ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence (IBTR) and axillary recurrence rates recorded. Long-term local recurrence-free survival (LRFS), disease-free survival and overall survival were evaluated. RESULTS: There was no significant difference between the planned and unplanned OPS groups in terms of surgical margin status, re-excision requirement, and mastectomy rates. During an average follow-up period of 43 months, 5.3% and 4% of the patients in the planned OPS group developed IBTR and axillary recurrence, respectively, whereas these rates were 6.6% and 5.3% in the unplanned OPS group. In the mastectomy group, the rates of IBTR and axillary recurrence were found to be 4.1% and 3.8%, respectively. There was no significant difference between the three groups in terms of IBTR (p: 0.06) and axillary recurrence (p: 0.08) rates. CONCLUSION: Breast conserving surgery can be applied using level II OPS techniques with the post-NAC radiological examination and marking even if primary tumor marking is not done in the pre-NAC period.
The clinical efficacy of continuous renal replacement in the treatment of acute pancr...
sijia Ma
mingming Zhao

sijia Ma

and 5 more

February 11, 2021
Abstract:Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of continuous renal replacement therapy(CRRT) on patients with acute pancreatitis(AP). Methods: A comprehensive search of seven databases without language restrictions includes PubMed, Cochrane Library, Scopus, Embase, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure(CNKI) and Wan fang database. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) for the treatment of acute pancreatitis with CRRT were searched. All the included literatures were published before December 2020. Two review authors independently selected the study and extracted the data according to the inclusion criteria. A third review author will and discuss with the first two review authors and resolve the differences. Weighted mean difference(WMD), risk ratio (RR), and 95% confidence interval (CI) were used for estimating the clinical efficacy of AP in CRRT and control treatment. Results: Fifty-three RCTs met the inclusion criteria and were used in the meta-analysis, with a total of 3,382 effective samples. A comprehensive review of the system shows that the mortality rate of the CRRT group was significantly lower than that of the control group, and the difference was statistically significant(RR=0.44,95%CI0.34 to 0.57,P< 0.000001), the patients using CRRT had lower APACHE Ⅱ scores level(WMD=-3.78, 95%CI-4.66 to -2.90,P<0.00001),higher CRP, PCT,TNF-αand IL-6 clearance effect. According to liver function, the patients using CRRT had lower ALT and AST levels. In the same way, according to renal function, the patients using CRRT had lower SCr (WMD=-94.28, 95%CI-125.47 to -63.10, P<0.00001). The patients using CRRT also had higher ALB levels(WMD=2.32, 95%CI-1.05 to 3.59 ,P=0.0003). Moreover, Results shown no statistical difference in Serum potassium level (WMD=-0.00, 95%CI-0.31 to 0.31,P=1.00)between the two groups. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that treatment with CRRT for acute pancreatitis may be more beneficial than conventional treatment. However, high-quality studies with a larger sample size are still needed to confirm our results.
Gastrin/CCK2R alleviates mucus barrier loss via β-arrestin1/NF-κBp65 signaling in ulc...
Siwei Tan
Xiuying Peng

Siwei Tan

and 9 more

February 11, 2021
Background and Purpose: The defective colonic mucus barrier is a feature of ulcerative colitis (UC) that enables increased bacterial contact with the epithelium, which triggers mucosal damage, and gastrin has been reported to be able to promote healing through the cholecystokinin 2 receptor (CCK2R) signaling to increase epithelial regeneration and protect against colonic injury. However, the role of gastrin in UC remains unclear. Experimental Approach: Colonic samples from human sections and mouse models using β-arrestin1 wild-type (β-arr1-WT) and β-arrestin1 knockout (β-arr1-KO) littermates, intestinal epithelial cells specific NF-κBp65 deletion (NF-κBp65IEC-KO) and wild-type (NF-κBp65IEC-WT) mice were analyzed. The mucosal injury, goblet cells status, MUC2 expression and bacteria penetration/colonisation were examined, and the effect of gastrin in colitis was also investigated. Key Results: We demonstrate that mucus barrier loss and bacterial colonisation of the crypts were observed in colitis, and exogenous gastrin could restore the mucus barrier, reduce bacterial colonisation of the colonic crypts and alleviate colitis via CCK2R. Furthermore, targeting CCK2R by YF476, β-arrestin1 (β-arr1) deletion or intestinal epithelial NF-κBp65 deficiency breached gastrin-mediated mucus barrier restoration and mucosal protection in colitis. Conclusion and Implications: These data demonstrate that gastrin alleviates mucus barrier loss and bacterial colonisation of the colonic crypts via CCK2R/β-arr1/NF-κBp65 signaling in colitis, and this network may be a potential therapeutic target for UC.
Efficacy and safety of minimally invasive surfactant administration in preterm infant...
Xiao Hong Wu
Zhoushan Feng

Xiao Hong Wu

and 8 more

February 11, 2021
Abstract Background: The effects of minimally invasive surfactant administration (MISA) in preterm infants with neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (NRDS) are unclear. Methods: We searched randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and compared MISA techniques with intubation for surfactant delivery in preterm infants with NRDS in PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science. Results: Thirteen RCTs (1931 infants) were included in the meta-analysis. The use of MISA techniques decrease the incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) at 36 weeks, pneumothorax, and hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus (hsPDA) (Risk Ratio(RR) : 0.59, 95% confidence interval (CI) : 0.46 to 0.75, p < .0001; RR : 0.60, 95% CI : 0.39 to 0.93, p= .02 and RR : 0.88, 95% CI : 0.78 to 1.00, p= .04, respectively). In addition, infants in the MISA group required less mechanical ventilation within 72 h of life or during hospitalization (RR : 0.60, 95% CI : 0.48 to 0.75, p< .00001 and RR : 0.64, 95% CI : 0.49 to 0.82, p = .0005, respectively) compared with infants in the control group. However, the rate of surfactant reflux was higher in the MISA group than that in the control group (RR : 2.12, 95% CI : 1.37 to 3.29, p = .0008). There were no significant differences in mortality and other outcomes beteween the MISA group and the control group. Conclusions: The administration of surfactant with MISA techniques could lower the requirement for mechanical ventilation, and decrease the incidence of BPD at 36 weeks, pneumothorax, and hsPDA.
Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia and neutropenia associated with maternal human l...
Mengya Sun
Yan Liu

Mengya Sun

and 4 more

February 11, 2021
Fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT) is commonly associated with antibodies against platelet antigens, and alloimmune neonatal neutropenia (ANN) is frequently caused by anti-neutrophil antibodies. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibodies are rarely reported to result in FNAIT or ANN, let alone the combination of FNAIT and ANN. We report here a very unusual case of a first twin pregnancy produced in vitro by donated oocytes where the mother developed markedly elevated HLA antibodies in the absence of anti-platelet or anti-neutrophil antibodies that provoked severe thrombocytopenia and neutropenia in one of the twins. In addition, drug-induced hemolytic anemia (DIHA) that required red blood cell transfusion was detected in this twin. We hypothesize that the complete HLA-incompatible twin pregnancy due to oocyte donation might have contributed to the severity of the clinical manifestations.
Time lags and the invasion debt in plant naturalisations
Richard Duncan

Richard Duncan

February 11, 2021
Ecological processes often exhibit time lags. For plant invasions, lags of decades to centuries between species’ introduction and establishment in the wild (naturalisation) are common, leading to the idea of an invasion debt: accelerating rates of introduction result in an expanding pool of introduced species that will naturalise in the future. Here, I show how a concept from survival analysis, the hazard function, provides an intuitive way to understand and forecast time lags. For plant naturalisation, theoretical arguments predict that lags between introduction and naturalisation will have a unimodal distribution, and that increasing horticultural activity will cause the mean and variance of lag times to decline over time. These predictions were supported by data on introduction and naturalisation dates for plant species introduced to Britain. While increasing trade and horticultural activity can generate an invasion debt by accelerating introductions, the same processes could lower that debt by reducing lag times.
Combining point counts and autonomous recording units improves survey efficacy across...
Anna Drake
Devin de Zwaan

Anna Drake

and 7 more

February 11, 2021
1. Accurate biodiversity and population monitoring is a requirement for effective conservation decision-making. Survey method bias is therefore a concern, particularly when research programs face logistical and cost limitations. 2. We employed point counts (PCs) and autonomous recording units (ARUs) to survey avian biodiversity across elevational gradients in comparable temperate mountain habitats at opposite ends of the Americas (9 mountains in British Columbia (BC), Canada and 10 in southern Chile). We compared detected species richness against multi-year species inventories and examined differences in detection probability by family. By incorporating time costs, we assessed the performance and efficiency of single vs. combined methods. 3. ARUs were predicted to capture ~92% of species present in BC but only ~58% in Chile, despite Chilean mountain communities being less diverse. Community, rather than landscape composition, appears to be the driver of this dramatic difference. Chilean communities contain less-vocal species, which ARUs missed. Further, 6/14 families in BC were better detected by ARUs while 11/11 families in Chile were better detected by PCs. Where survey conditions differentially impacted methods, PC detection varied over the morning and with canopy cover in BC and ARU detection probability mostly varied seasonally in Chile. Within a single year of monitoring, neither method alone was predicted to capture the full avian community, with the exception of ARUs in the alpine and subalpine of BC. PCs contributed little to detected diversity in BC, but including this method resulted in negligible increases in total time costs. Combining PCs with ARUs in Chile significantly increased species detections, again, for little cost. 4. Combined methods were among the most efficient and accurate approaches to capturing diversity. We recommend conducting observer point counts, where possible, when ARUs are deployed and retrieved, in order to capture additional diversity and flag methodology biases with minimal additional effort.
The Model of Internet of Medical Things for Electrocardiography(ECG) 
अनुब्रत डंगोल
Lavsen Dahal

अनुब्रत डंगोल

and 1 more

March 03, 2021
Literature Review(From Proposal) Men are generally at greater risk for cardiovascular diseases (Reckelhoff, 2001). The death of people has been increasing rapidly with an increase in death, there are more deaths caused by Non-Communicable Diseases (WHO, 2010). Mostly diseases related to Heart E.g.: Cardiovascular and diabetes diseases (WHO, 2010).            The scholar jambukia, has tried to identify the issue of arrythmia in which rhythm of heart rate decrease (Jambukia, et al., 2015). Detecting an arrhythmia is a important aspect for resolving it quickly so that diseases can be cured properly (Jambukia, et al., 2015). The scholar uses the Artificial Neural Network (ANN) (Jambukia, et al., 2015). ECG can be used to detect the issue of chest pain & to detect the abnormal heart rhythm or cardiac abnormalities (Jambukia, et al., 2015). Patient might suffer from heart related problem because of the family history. The heart rhythms can help to know about the problem that might occur like heart attack, and enlargement of heart (Jambukia, et al., 2015). There is high Mortality rate of people because of heart related problem (Jambukia, et al., 2015). The preliminary detection and cure of heart required for those peoples (Jambukia, et al., 2015).The scholar Bulbul extract the dataset of about 48 patients and their feature. There were sixteen types of diseases were in a trained classis (Bulbul, et al., 2017). The Scholar used a MATLAB for analysis of this diseases (Bulbul, et al., 2017). The two classifier Support Vector Machine and Multilayer Sensor classifiers were used because of good results (Bulbul, et al., 2017).            The Scholar Goovaerts has made an model for making chunk of QRS complex (Goovaerts, et al., 2014). QRS complex features is splinted using variational mode decomposition and phase rectified signal averaging method (Goovaerts, et al., 2014). The scholar makes model of 616 patients using 12 leads (Goovaerts, et al., 2014). By using Support vector method, the scholar achieved the 95.0% accuracy (Goovaerts, et al., 2014).1.1           Classification FeaturesElectrocardiography (ECG) is used as a tool to measure the rhythms of heartbeat and to visualize the status of heart (Christov, et al., 2005). There are 10 types of electrode for ECG. Six electrodes for Body, 2 electrodes for hands and 2 electrodes for legs. Mostly, Recording of ECG is done to know the status of heart in future days and to analysis the status of Heart state (Christov, et al., 2005).ECG plays an important role in an emergency cases, when an operation of takes place the ECG plays an important role to detect an issue in blood circulation and contraction. When there is little change in ECG graph then operation is considered as thoughtful. Classifying the normality and abnormality in real time scenario is important to track the ECG data (Christov, et al., 2005). The Scholar follows the KNN Classification approach to classify the data (Christov, et al., 2005).According to the Alarsan’s journal (Alarsan & Younes, 2019), this journal proposed an classification of ECG using Machine Learning for extracting its several features (Alarsan & Younes, 2019). The ECG measures the electric activity which occurs in heart. In this journal MATLAB’s Libraries and Apache Framework has been used (Alarsan & Younes, 2019). ECG classification were used to properly manage the irregularities in the ECG Signal and to properly identify the types of diseases in the patients’ health status. The scholar follows the different classification methods like Decision Tree, Random Forests and Gradient-Boosted Trees. The scholar has taken the dataset of 205,143 records to evaluate the model. By using Gradient-Boosted Trees classification algorithm there was an accuracy of 96.75% and by using Random Forests classification algorithm there was 97.98% accuracy for binary classification. But for multiple classification there was an accuracy of 98.03% from Random Forest.According to the scholar Marisa (Faraggi & Sayadi, 2019), For extracting features from time series data, the scholar used an Fourier and Wavelet techniques to extract features.1.2           Remote ECGAccording to the journal published by Meenu Singh, Tele-ECG has greater possibilities for rural area in which there are less ratio of trained Medical staffs (Singh, et al., 2014). Tele-ECG can be use for those patients who has been discharged from hospital and has been called for follow up then those tools can be for those patients. That help to provide the status of patients to the medical staffs from co-location (Singh, et al., 2014). Tele-ECG were tested in India’s Chandigarh, where 70% of patients where from Normal Heart patients and there were an patient having problems on left ventricular hypertrophy were 9.3% (Singh, et al., 2014). This problem was considered as normal disease for many people. Secondly, people suffering from old myocardial infarction were 5.3%. The patient who was diagnosed from that tools they were high number of people who were satisfied by the diagnosis & its result (Singh, et al., 2014). Tele-ECG is good in many prospective, It can transported easily, it’s less costly, and good tools for diagnosis and visualizing of heart diseases. These tools will be good for rural areas (Singh, et al., 2014).According to a journal published in 2017, Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the cause of cardiac death worldwide (Acharya, 2016). ECG has been portable for recording devices at home or outdoors and sends them to smartphones or desktops (Irfan , 2020). IOT has a wide range of scope as a self-configuring, adaptive, Complex network that interconnects ‘things’ to the internet using standard communication protocols (Irfan , 2020).1.3           SummaryIn the meantime, we are facing difficulties from many factors. According to the scholar there has been more occurrence of death because of cardiovascular disease. We must cure those diseases timely. We must use proper techniques for filtering features in ECG data. There must a proper provision of ECG technology so that people from remote location can be benefited.
A big cheese in biotherapeutics: Lactoyl leucine and isoleucine are bioavailable alte...
Corinna Schmidt
Maria Wehsling

Corinna Schmidt

and 8 more

February 11, 2021
Increasing demands for protein-based therapeutics such as monoclonal antibodies, fusion proteins, bispecific molecules and antibody fragments require researchers to constantly find innovative solutions. To increase yields and decrease costs of next generation bioprocesses, highly concentrated cell culture media formulations are developed but often limited by the low solubility of amino acids such as tyrosine, cystine, leucine and isoleucine, in particular at physiological pH. This work sought to investigate highly soluble and bioavailable derivatives of leucine and isoleucine that are applicable for fed-batch processes. N-lactoyl-leucine and N-lactoyl-isoleucine sodium salts were tested in cell culture media and proved to be beneficial to increase the overall solubility of cell culture media formulations. These modified amino acids proved to be bioavailable for various Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells and were suitable for replacement of canonical amino acids in cell culture feeds. The quality of the final recombinant protein was studied in bioprocesses using the derivatives, and the mechanism of cleavage was investigated in CHO cells. Altogether, both N-lactoyl amino acids represent an advantageous alternative to canonical amino acids to develop highly concentrated cell culture media formulations to support next generation bioprocesses.
Production of Butyrate and Branched Chain Amino Acid Catabolic Byproducts by CHO Cell...
Cameron Harrington
Taylor Kalomeris

Cameron Harrington

and 4 more

February 11, 2021
Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells in fed-batch cultures produce several metabolic byproducts derived from amino acid catabolism, some of which accumulate to growth inhibitory levels. Controlling the accumulation of these byproducts has been shown to significantly enhance cell proliferation. Interestingly, some of these byproducts have physiological roles that go beyond inhibition of cell proliferation. In this study, we show that, in CHO cell fed-batch cultures, branched chain amino acid (BCAA) catabolism contributes to the formation of butyrate, a novel byproduct that is also a well-established specific productivity enhancer. Further, the other byproducts of BCAA catabolism, isovalerate and isobutyrate, which accumulate in CHO cell fed-batch cultures also enhance specific productivity. Additionally, the rate of production of these BCAA catabolic byproducts was negatively correlated with glucose uptake and lactate production rates. Limiting glucose supply to suppress glucose uptake and lactate production, like in case of fed-batch cultures employing HiPDOG technology, significantly enhances BCAA catabolic byproduct accumulation resulting in higher specific productivities.
Blow up of nonlinear multi-time fractional differential equations
Weike Tang

Weike Tang

February 11, 2021
In this paper, we study the well-posedness of nonlinear multi-time fractional differential equations and show that the solutions of the system will blow up in finite time under certain assumptions. In particular, we apply the results to the nonlinear time fractional Burgers equations.
Crystal Storing Histiocytosis and Bing-Neel-like syndrome revealing a marginal zone l...
Hippolyte Lequain
Mathieu Gerfaud-Valentin

Hippolyte Lequain

and 7 more

February 11, 2021
Crystal Storing Histiocytosis and Bing Neel Syndrome are two diseases induced by paraprotein. Herein, we report a rare case of Crystal Storing Histiocytosis associated with Bing-Neel-like neurological manifestations in the context of marginal zone lymphoma with plasmacytic differentiation.
(0091) Control of Open end Induction Motor by Multi-objective GA based Selective Harm...
kalyankumarkoppolu
anuyalavarti

kalyan kumar koppolu

and 2 more

March 05, 2021
A Double inverter powered induction motor with open stator winding has few benefits, including excessive error forbearance functionality, great flexibility and lesser rating of dc input voltage etc. For this Configuration, two types of Modules can implement they are Non-isolated DC link and Isolated DC link. In these two, Non-isolated DC link is a good choice due to effective DC-link utilization and ruggedness, which is very beneficial in many applications. However, this module produces more zero sequence currents (Z-SC) by means of common mode (CMMD) voltage, which flows through Dc bus. The circulation of Z-SC must as little as feasible since it merely does rise the amplitude of currents in all phases. High ripple frequency of currents and torque, In addition resulting extra loss, which not alone reduces the efficiency, but loading ability and quickens the aging of drive. The triplen harmonics can denote meticulously as harmonics with integer of three times the frequency at fundamental, when they are in Phase in all Phases forms the Z-SC. In this paper, a novel SHE method is chosen to target triplen harmonics in Single DC Source Module (Non- isolated) and holding preferred fundamental quantity, which aids in improving the torque handling ability of the motor. In addition, the investigation of dual inverter fed OEW-IM with both common DC source as well as separate DC sources also explored by SHE for different number of switching angles and variable Modulation Index (MI) towards the torque ripples and Z-SC reduction are given. The foremost challenge related with SHE method is that resolving a set of higher order nonlinear equations with number of variables. A Multi-objective GA method provided for that challenge which effects the reduction in Z-SC so that torque ripples will be minimised. Moreover, the novel SHE method reduces more number of harmonics than the conventional SHE, which further decreases TH-D with decent fundamental quantity. For validation, the essential mathematical formulations and simulation results presented.
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