Prior Bariatric Surgery Is Associated With Improved Total Hip Arthroplasty Outcomes in Patients Who Have Obesity: A National Cohort Study With 6 Years of Follow-Up.

Background: Obesity is a risk factor for end-stage hip osteoarthritis. While total hip arthroplasty (THA) is commonly performed to reduce pain and improve function associated with osteoarthritis, obesity has been associated with an increased risk of complications after THA. Although bariatric surgery may also be utilized to reduce weight, the impact of bariatric surgery on THA outcomes remains inadequately understood.

Patient and Caregiver Impressions of the Impact of Madelung Deformity: A CoULD Registry Analysis.

Purpose: This study seeks to investigate demographics of patients with Madelung deformity in a large, geographically diverse sample and understand patient and caregiver perceptions of the impact of this condition. We hypothesized that patients with untreated Madelung deformity have greater pain and lower function compared to the normal population but are less affected than the chosen control group, namely, patients with proximal radioulnar synostosis (PRUS).

Methods: This retrospective study queried the Congenital Upper Limb Differences (CoULD) Registry, a multicenter registry of patients treated in tertiary care pediatric hospitals.

Long-term survival, growth, and reproduction of sexual recruits outplanted onto Mexican Caribbean reefs.

is a foundational yet endangered Caribbean reef-building coral species. The lack of recovery after a disease outbreak and low recruitment has led to widespread use of fragmentation to restore populations. Another option is the production of sexual recruits (settlers) via assisted reproduction to improve the genetic diversity of depleted populations; however, the viability of this approach has not been tested over the long term.

Estimated versus field measured soil gas radon concentration and soil gas permeability.

Prediction of areas with elevated natural radiation is fundamental for the prevention of human exposure. Soil gas radon activity concentration and soil gas permeability are predictive parameters for the radon potential, which has great importance in areas where future urban development is planned. In this study, the soil gas radon equilibrium concentration (C∞) and soil gas permeability (K) were estimated through the application of theoretical and empirical models found in the literature.

A Novel Glutathione -Transferase Gtt2 Class (VpGSTT2) Is Found in the Genome of the AHPND/EMS Shrimp Pathogen.

Glutathione S-transferases are a family of detoxifying enzymes that catalyze the conjugation of reduced glutathione (GSH) with different xenobiotic compounds using either Ser, Tyr, or Cys as a primary catalytic residue. We identified a novel GST in the genome of the shrimp pathogen FIM- S1708, a bacterial strain associated with Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease (AHPND)/Early Mortality Syndrome (EMS) in cultured shrimp. This new GST class was named Gtt2.

Comparative Studies of Structures and Peroxidase-like Activities of Copper(II) and Iron(III) Complexes with an EDTA-Based Phenylene-Macrocycle and Its Acyclic Analogue.

With the objective of studying the conformational and macrocyclic effects of selected metal chelates on their peroxidase activities, Cu and Fe complexes were synthesized with a macrocyclic derivative of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid and -phenylenediamine (abbreviated as edtaodH) and its new open-chain analogue (edtabzH). The Fe complex of edtaodH has a peroxidase-like activity, whereas the complex of edtabzH does not. The X-ray study of the former shows the formation of a dimeric molecule {[Fe(edtaod)]O} in which each metal with an octahedral coordination is overposed over the macrocyclic cavity, as a result of rigid macrocyclic frame, to form an Fe-O-Fe bridge; the exposure of the central metal to the environment facilitates the capture of oxygen to drive the biomimetic activity.

Syntheses, Characterization, and Antioxidant Evaluation of Cu, Mn, and Fe Complexes with a 14 Membered EDTA-Derived Macrocycle.

The Cu, Mn, and Fe complexes of a 14 membered macrocycle were synthesized and their antioxidant capacities were evaluated against ABTS and DPPH radicals, with the objective of collecting insights into the biomimetic role of the central metal ions. The macrocycle, abbreviated as HL14, is a derivative of EDTA cyclized with 1,4-diamine, and the moderately flexible macrocyclic frame permits the formation of [ML14·HO] chelates with octahedral coordination geometries common among the metal ions. The metal complexes were characterized by electrospray-ionization mass spectrometry, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and Raman and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic methods, as well as thermogravimetric analysis; the octahedral coordination geometries with water coordination were optimized by DFT calculations.

Complete mitochondrial genome of the nesting Colombian Caribbean Hawksbill Turtle.

The hawksbill turtle, (Linnaeus, 1766), is an endangered sea turtle in Colombian Caribbean beach. In this study, we report the complete mitochondrial DNA sequences of hawksbill turtle. The entire genome comprised 16,386 base pairs, and a nucleotide frequency of T: 25.

Assessment of Acropora palmata in the Mesoamerican Reef System.

The once-dominant shallow reef-building coral Acropora palmata has suffered drastic geographical declines in the wider Caribbean from a disease epidemic that began in the late 1970s. At present there is a lack of quantitative data to determine whether this species is recovering over large spatial scales. Here, we use quantitative surveys conducted in 107 shallow-water reef sites between 2010 and 2012 to investigate the current distribution and abundance of A.

Distribution and prevalence of coral diseases in the Veracruz Reef System, Southern Gulf of Mexico.

Ten reefs of the Veracruz Reef System (VRS) were surveyed to evaluate the distribution and prevalence of diseases that affect stony corals. Total disease prevalence on corals in the VRS was 4.8%.

Screening for potential adjuvants administered by the pulmonary route for tuberculosis vaccines.

Tuberculosis (TB) infects one third of the world's population, and new infections occur at a rate of 1/s. Better vaccines are needed than the live mycobacterium Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG). Alveolar macrophages (AMPhis) play a central role in pulmonary manifestations of TB.