Microalgae and cyanobacteria as microbial substrate and their influence on the potential postbiotic capability of a bacterial probiotic.

Postbiotics are metabolic by-products from microorganisms that provide health benefits to the host. Their secretion can be influenced by various conditions affecting bacterial metabolism. This study presents a novel approach for producing potential postbiotics, specifically extracellular products (ECPs), from the probiotic strain Shewanella putrefaciens SpPdp11, grown under different culture conditions.

Knowledge-based planning, multicriteria optimization, and plan scorecards: A winning combination.

Background And Purpose: The ESTRO 2023 Physics Workshop hosted the Fully-Automated Radiotherapy Treatment Planning (Auto-RTP) Challenge, where participants were provided with CT images from 16 prostate cancer patients (6 prostate only, 6 prostate + nodes, and 4 prostate bed + nodes) across 3 challenge phases with the goal of automatically generating treatment plans with minimal user intervention. Here, we present our team's winning approach developed to swiftly adapt to both different contouring guidelines and treatment prescriptions than those used in our clinic.

Materials And Methods: Our planning pipeline comprises two main components: 1) auto-contouring and 2) auto-planning engines, both internally developed and activated via DICOM operations.

Introducing KICK-MEP: exploring potential energy surfaces in systems with significant non-covalent interactions.

Context: Exploring potential energy surfaces (PES) is fundamental in computational chemistry, as it provides insights into the relationship between molecular energy, geometry, and chemical reactivity. We introduce Kick-MEP, a hybrid method for exploring the PES of atomic and molecular clusters, particularly those dominated by non-covalent interactions. Kick-MEP computes the Coulomb integral between the maximum and minimum electrostatic potential values on a 0.

Ensuring High Quality Treatment Plans with a Plan Quality Review Checklist.

Treatment plan quality is a crucial component for a successful outcome of radiation therapy treatments. As the complexity of radiation therapy planning and delivery techniques increases, the role of the medical physicist in assessing treatment plan quality becomes more critical. Integrating plan quality review throughout the treatment planning process allows improvements without delaying treatment or rushing to produce changes at the last minute.

Partnerships Between Faith Communities and the Mental Health Sector: A Scoping Review.

Objective: Faith communities are increasingly providing services to address the mental health needs of their congregations and communities. However, many feel limited in their capacity to address serious illness and experience challenges to collaborating with the mental health sector. To inform the development of faith community-mental health sector partnerships, the authors conducted a scoping review to assess the characteristics and evidence base of partnership approaches to addressing mental health needs.