Supplemental material, sj-tif-2-acr-10.1177_02841851221080521 for Diagnostic values of MRI indexes for polycystic ovary syndrome by Shaojuan Wang, Meimei Zhang, Xuyu Hu, Na Duan, Xiao Chen, Yanyun Yin and Zhongqiu Wang in Acta Radiologica

BackgroundMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a useful non-invasive modality for observation of ovarian morphologic characteristics. Few studies have focused on the value of MRI-derived indexes in reproductive-aged women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).PurposeTo assess the diagnostic value of MRI in women with PCOS.Material and MethodsThis prospective case-control study included 85 women with PCOS and 50 controls who underwent pelvic MRI during 2017–2019. Ovarian volume (OV), follicle count (FC; counts of follicles sizing 2–3, 4–6, 7–9,...

Supplemental material, sj-tif-3-acr-10.1177_02841851221080521 for Diagnostic values of MRI indexes for polycystic ovary syndrome by Shaojuan Wang, Meimei Zhang, Xuyu Hu, Na Duan, Xiao Chen, Yanyun Yin and Zhongqiu Wang in Acta Radiologica

Objectives: We investigated the relationship between the cognitive status of participants’ spouses and participants’ own cognitive outcomes, controlling for mid-life factors. Methods: Participants (n = 1845; baseline age 66–90 years) from the prospective Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study were followed from 2011 to 2019. We used linear regression and Cox proportional hazard models to estimate whether spouses of people with MCI/dementia had lower cognitive functioning and elevated risk of incident dementia. Results: Having a spouse...

Background During evolution, genes can experience duplications, gene losses, inversions and gene conversions. Why certain genes are more dynamic than others is poorly understood. Here we examine how a family of genes encoding glue proteins, which make up a bioadhesive that sticks the animal during metamorphosis, have evolved in Drosophila species. Results We examined high-quality genome assemblies of 24 Drosophila species to study the evolutionary dynamics of the Sgs1-Sgs3-Sgs7-Sgs8 family glue genes at an unprecedented...

Abstract Restoration of native tropical forests is crucial for protecting biodiversity and ecosystem functions, such as carbon stock capacity. However, little is known about the contribution of early stages of forest regeneration to crop productivity through the enhancement of ecosystem services, such as crop pollination and pest control. Using data from 610 municipalities along the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (30 m spatial resolution), we evaluated if young regenerating forests (less than 20 years old) are positively...

The systemic review and meta-analysis aimed to identify the predictors for short-term successful weaning from CRRT in severe AKI patients. PubMed, Embase, the Cochrane Library, and grey literature were searched for relevant studies investigating variables for short-term successful weaning from CRRT to August 2022. Our criteria included patients with AKI who required CRRT but excluded patients with kidney failure. The pooled odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated using fixed-effect (I2≤50% and...

Symbiotic nitrogen (N)-fixing plants can enrich ecosystems with N, which can alter the cycling and demand for other nutrients. Researchers have hypothesized that fixed N could be used by plants and soil microbes to produce extracellular phosphatase enzymes, which release P from organic matter. Consistent with this speculation, the presence of N-fixing plants is often associated with high phosphatase activity, either in the soil or on root surfaces, although other studies have not found this...

Endometritis is an inflammation of the surface of the endometrium that does not penetrate the submucosa and can cause infertility and increase the elimination rate in cows. Endometrial epithelial cells are the first barrier of the endometrium against foreign stimuli and bacterial infection. Understanding the genetic changes in stimulated endometrial epithelial cells will help in the efforts to prevent and treat endometritis. This study investigated changes in bovine endometrial epithelial (BEEC) gene expression induced by...

3D chiral materials with intrinsic chirality play a crucial role in achieving strong chiral response and flexible light manipulation. Reconfigurable chirality through the 3D morphological transformation of chiral materials is significant for greater freedom in tailoring light but remains a challenge. Inspired by the unique 3D morphological memory capability of shape memory alloys (SMAs), we demonstrated and discussed a chiral resonator in the microwave regime, which can realize reconfigurable chirality through 3D morphological transformation. The...

Seven novel syringaldehyde α-aminophosphonate derivatives (1–7) were synthesized based on syringaldehyde together with different aryl amines and diethyl phosphite in a one-pot, solvent free, and catalyst free reaction. All of the obtained compounds were characterized by analysis of their 1H NMR and 13C NMR, IR spectra, and FT mass spectra. The UV and fluorescence emission spectra of 1–7 were investigated in the concentration range of 0.1–250 μM. As the results, the maximum emission wavelength of...

Commercial hair perming uses strong reducing agents and harms hair fiber’s quality even human health. In this study, tyrosine is adopted as a cross-linking agent between thiols and/or amines as the shape-changing of hair involves the breakage of disulfide bonds and the rearrangement of new bonds between keratin molecules. To investigate the mechanism of keratin cross-linking, bovine serum albumin (BSA) is used as a model protein. Disulfide bonds in BSA are successfully reduced by L-cysteine...

Thrombosis is the second leading cause of mortality in cancer patients. This study aimed to investigate the association between cyclin-dependent kinase 4 and 6 inhibitors (CDK4/6i) and thrombosis. A retrospective pharmacovigilance analysis based on real-world data combined with a systematic review was used to explore the thrombotic risk profiles of CDK4/6i. The study has been registered with Prospero (CRD42021284218). In the pharmacovigilance analysis, CDK4/6i showed a higher rate of reported venous thromboembolism (VTE) (ROR =...

Convergent local adaptation offers a glimpse into the role of constraint and stochasticity in adaptive evolution, in particular the extent to which similar genetic mechanisms drive adaptation to common selective forces. Here, we investigated the genomics of local adaptation in two non-sister woodpeckers that are co-distributed across an entire continent and exhibit remarkably convergent patterns of geographic variation. We sequenced the genomes of 140 individuals of Downy (Dryobates pubescens) and Hairy (D. villosus) woodpeckers and...

Supplemental Material for Trends in Comprehensive Thoracic Case Experience Among General Surgery Residents in the Modern Integrated Cardiothoracic Residency Era: Review of Twenty Years of Resident Case Logs by David Blitzer1, Andrew J. Benintende, Samantha Nemeth, Paul Kurlansky, Mark Antkowiak, Katherine Fischkoff, Michael Argenziano and Hiroo Takayama in The American Surgeon

BackgroundThoracic surgery training among general surgery residents in the United States is regulated by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to ensure exposure to subspecialty fields during residency. Thoracic surgery training has changed over time with the placement of work hour restrictions, the emphasis on minimally invasive surgery, and increased subspecialization of training like integrated six-year cardiothoracic surgery programs. We aim to investigate how these changes over the past twenty years have affected...

This dataset will be used to upload and manage HCS study measures by data source that are intended to be transferred to RTI. Data is expressed in the Common Data Model ( CDM ).

Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-acr-10.1177_02841851221080521 for Diagnostic values of MRI indexes for polycystic ovary syndrome by Shaojuan Wang, Meimei Zhang, Xuyu Hu, Na Duan, Xiao Chen, Yanyun Yin and Zhongqiu Wang in Acta Radiologica

3D chiral materials with intrinsic chirality play a crucial role in achieving strong chiral response and flexible light manipulation. Reconfigurable chirality through the 3D morphological transformation of chiral materials is significant for greater freedom in tailoring light but remains a challenge. Inspired by the unique 3D morphological memory capability of shape memory alloys (SMAs), we demonstrated and discussed a chiral resonator in the microwave regime, which can realize reconfigurable chirality through 3D morphological transformation. The...

Supplemental Material for Spousal Cognitive Status and Risk for Declining Cognitive Function and Dementia: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study by Mark Lee, Ryan T. Demmer, Anna Kucharska-Newton, B. Gwen Windham, Priya Palta, Tetyana Shippee, Pamela L. Lutsey in Journal of Aging and Health.

BackgroundThoracic surgery training among general surgery residents in the United States is regulated by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to ensure exposure to subspecialty fields during residency. Thoracic surgery training has changed over time with the placement of work hour restrictions, the emphasis on minimally invasive surgery, and increased subspecialization of training like integrated six-year cardiothoracic surgery programs. We aim to investigate how these changes over the past twenty years have affected...

Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-css-10.1177_24705470231156571 for Correlates of Skin Conductance Reactivity to Stroke-Related Trauma Reminders During Hospitalization for Stroke by Corinne Meinhausen, Gabriel J. Sanchez, Theodore F. Robles, Donald Edmondson, Ian M. Kronish, Rebecca Hinrichs, Tanja Jovanovic and Jennifer A. Sumner in Chronic Stress

ObjectiveAlthough several risk factors for stroke-induced posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have been identified, objective risk measures that can be detected in the acute aftermath of these events are needed. This study is the first to collect an objective measure of psychophysiological arousal—skin conductance (SC) reactivity to a trauma interview—in patients after stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) and investigate correlates of SC reactivity.MethodsMobile SC measurement during a resting baseline and standardized trauma interview was performed...

Studies have shown acute flares of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) might be related to immunologic changes that occur during pregnancy. However, the indicators for predicting acute flares of CHB among pregnant women still need further study. We aimed to distinguish the relevance between serum levels of HBcrAg and acute flares of CHB in pregnant women in the immune-tolerant phase of chronic HBV infection after short-course antiviral therapy. A total of 172 chronic HBV-infected pregnant women...

A common genome composition pattern in eubacteria is an asymmetry between the leading and lagging strands resulting in opposite skew patterns in the two replichores that lie between the origin and terminus of replication. Although this pattern has been reported for a couple of isolated plastid genomes, it is not clear how widespread it is overall in this chromosome. Using a random walk approach, we examine plastid genomes outside of the land plants, which are...