Publications by authors named "Daniel Wood"

We present new exclusion bounds obtained at the European X-Ray Free Electron Laser facility (EuXFEL) on axionlike particles in the mass range 10^{-3}  eV≲m_{a}≲10^{4}  eV. Our experiment exploits the Primakoff effect via which photons can, in the presence of a strong external electric field, decay into axions, which then convert back into photons after passing through an opaque wall. While similar searches have been performed previously at a third-generation synchrotron [Yamaji et al.

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Self-administration of addictive substances like heroin can couple the rewarding/euphoric effects of the drug with drug-associated cues, and opioid cue reactivity contributes to relapse vulnerability in abstinent individuals recovering from an opioid use disorder (OUD). Opioids are reported to alter the intrinsic excitability of medium spiny neurons (MSNs) in the nucleus accumbens (NAc), a key brain reward region linked to drug seeking, but how opioids alter NAc MSN neuronal excitability and the impact of altered MSN excitability on relapse-like opioid seeking remain unclear. Here, we discovered that self-administered, but not experimenter-administered, heroin reduced NAc protein levels of the voltage-gated sodium channel auxiliary subunit, SCN1b, in male and female rats.

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Background: Repeated use of illicit drugs produces long-lasting and prepotent drug-cue associations that increase vulnerability for relapse in individuals with a substance use disorder. Epigenetic factors, like histone deacetylase 5 (HDAC5), play a key role in regulating the formation of drug-cue associations, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear.

Methods: We used a combination of molecular biology, cultured cells, tandem mass spectrometry, deacetylase activity measurements, co-immunoprecipitation, and molecular dynamics simulations to assess HDAC5 structure-activity relationships.

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Phenotypic plasticity may pave the way for rapid adaptation to newly encountered environments. Although it is often contested, there is growing evidence that initial plastic responses of ancestral populations to new environmental cues may promote subsequent adaptation. However, we do not know whether plasticity to cues present in the ancestral habitat (past-cue plasticity) can facilitate adaptation to novel cues.

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Emotional experiences often evoke neural plasticity that supports adaptive changes in behavior, including maladaptive plasticity associated with mood and substance use disorders. These adaptations are supported in part by experience-dependent activation of immediate-early response genes, such as (neuronal PAS domain protein 4). Here we show that a conserved long noncoding enhancer RNA (lnc-eRNA), transcribed from an activity-sensitive enhancer, produces DNA:RNA hybrid R-loop structures that support three-dimensional chromatin looping between enhancer and proximal promoter and rapid gene induction.

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Repeated cocaine use produces adaptations in brain function that contribute to long-lasting behaviors associated with cocaine use disorder (CUD). In rodents, the activity-regulated cytoskeleton-associated protein (Arc) can regulate glutamatergic synaptic transmission, and cocaine regulates Arc expression and subcellular localization in multiple brain regions, including the nucleus accumbens (NAc)-a brain region linked to CUD-related behavior. We show here that repeated, non-contingent cocaine administration in global Arc KO male mice produced a dramatic hypersensitization of cocaine locomotor responses and drug experience-dependent sensitization of conditioned place preference (CPP).

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Powerful associations that link drugs of abuse with cues in the drug-paired environment often serve as prepotent relapse triggers. Drug-associated contexts and cues activate ensembles of nucleus accumbens (NAc) neurons, including D1-class medium spiny neurons (MSNs) that typically promote, and D2-class MSNs that typically oppose, drug seeking. We found that in mice, cocaine conditioning upregulated transiently the activity-regulated transcription factor, Neuronal PAS Domain Protein 4 (NPAS4), in a small subset of NAc neurons.

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  • The opioid epidemic has led to increased use of non-opioid pain relief methods in post-surgery settings, particularly in children undergoing lower urinary tract reconstruction, yet some pediatric urologists hesitate to use NSAIDs due to concerns over kidney injury.
  • This study aims to compare the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients who received NSAIDs versus those who did not, using established criteria to measure kidney function post-surgery.
  • The findings revealed no significant difference in AKI rates between patients who received NSAIDs and those who did not, while opioid usage was reduced in the NSAID group, indicating NSAIDs may be a safe analgesic option in this patient population.
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Childhood and adolescent stress increase the risk of postpartum depression (PPD), often providing an increased probability of treatment refractoriness. Nevertheless, the mechanisms linking childhood/adolescent stress to PPD remain unclear. Our study investigated the longitudinal effects of adolescent stress on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and postpartum behaviors in mice and humans.

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  • The offshore Multi-use Setting (MUS) aims to combine marine industrial activities like wind farms and aquaculture to optimize space and resources while addressing global policy priorities.
  • A study using expert predictions assessed the potential social and environmental impacts of co-locating seaweed aquaculture with a wind farm, revealing both risks, such as species mortality and stakeholder conflict, and benefits, like improved habitat functionality.
  • The findings highlight the complexity and uncertainty in managing MUS, suggesting the need for further integrated assessments and alternative strategies to minimize trade-offs and risks in such ventures.
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Background: In cases of fractures in children with suspicion of non-accidental injury (NAI), biochemical markers of calcium homeostasis should be performed.

Objectives: To describe the pattern of biochemistry in children with fractures NAI is suspected.

Participants And Setting: Children ≤2 years of age who had undergone a skeletal survey as part of a child protection investigation where 1/+ fracture was identified over a ten-year period (2012-2021) at the Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow.

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Previous gastric procedures often make endoscopic interventions challenging. Our case study focuses specifically on performing an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) through a gastroscope (EVIS EXERA III GIF-HQ190, Olympus, Center Valley, USA) in a patient with a history of Billroth II gastrojejunostomy. Successful ERCP in Billroth II using a gastroscope with traditional ERCP instrumentation has been very rarely reported in case reports in the literature review.

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Precise control over guest release and recapture using external stimuli is a valuable goal, potentially enabling new modes of chemical purification. Including redox moieties within the ligand cores of molecular capsules to trigger the release and uptake of guests has proved effective, but this technique is limited to certain capsules and guests. Herein, the construction of a series of novel metal-organic capsules from ditopic, tritopic, and tetratopic ligands is demonstrated, all of which contain redox-active azo groups coordinated to Fe centers.

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The New York City metropolitan area was hard hit by COVID-19, and the pandemic brought with it unprecedented challenges for New York City Transit. This paper addresses the techniques used to estimate dramatically changing ridership, at a time when previously dependable sources suddenly became unavailable (e.g.

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Background: , a treatment-as-prevention intervention among men who have sex with men and transgender women in Lima, Peru, was developed to identify HIV during early primary infection (<3 months from acquisition) through monthly serologic assays and HIV RNA tests. Newly diagnosed individuals were rapidly linked to care and offered to initiate ART. In this study we sought to study the cost-effectiveness of compared to the standard of care (SOC) for HIV testing and initiation of treatment.

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  • - Opioid use creates strong associations between drug reward and environmental cues, which can lead to relapse in recovering individuals.
  • - The study focused on the role of HDAC5, an epigenetic enzyme, in regulating behaviors associated with heroin seeking, particularly in the nucleus accumbens, a key region in the brain.
  • - Findings indicate that HDAC5 helps limit relapse by suppressing cue-induced and drug-primed heroin-seeking behaviors without affecting responses to other rewards like sucrose, suggesting it modulates specific neuronal responses related to addiction.
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Phenotypic plasticity in ancestral populations is hypothesized to facilitate adaptation, but evidence is piecemeal and often contradictory. Further, whether ancestral plasticity increases the probability of parallel adaptive changes has not been explored. The most general finding is that ancestral responses to a new environment are reversed following adaptation (known as reversion).

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Ion microscopy allows for high-throughput mass spectrometry imaging. In order to resolve congested mass spectra, a high degree of timing precision is required from the microscope detector. In this paper we present an ion microscope mass spectrometer that uses a Timepix3 hybrid pixel readout with an optimal 1.

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The development of ligands for biological targets is critically dependent on the identification of sites on proteins that bind molecules with high affinity. A set of compounds, called FragLites, can identify such sites, along with the interactions required to gain affinity, by X-ray crystallography. We demonstrate the utility of FragLites in mapping the binding sites of bromodomain proteins BRD4 and ATAD2 and demonstrate that FragLite mapping is comparable to a full fragment screen in identifying ligand binding sites and key interactions.

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Introduction: Pain management after elective, unilateral total hip and knee arthroplasty (THA and TKA) should use a multimodal approach. At discharge, challenges include ensuring correct prescribing practices to optimise analgesia and rationalise opioid use as well as ensuring patients are adequately educated to take these medications safely and effectively in the community. This audit cycle reports on a prescriber and patient education intervention using printed guidelines, educational outreach and prescription standardisation along with a patient information sheet to address the high unplanned readmission rate following THA and TKA at our institution.

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The impact of human-mediated environmental change on the evolutionary trajectories of wild organisms is poorly understood. In particular, capacity of species to adapt rapidly (in hundreds of generations or less), reproducibly and predictably to extreme environmental change is unclear. Silene uniflora is predominantly a coastal species, but it has also colonized isolated, disused mines with phytotoxic, zinc-contaminated soils.

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Objective: To describe the impact of a novel communication and triage pathway called fast track dialysis (FTD) on the length of stay (LOS), resource utilization, and charges for unscheduled hemodialysis for end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients presenting to the emergency department (ED).

Methods: Prospective and retrospective cohorts of ESRD patients meeting requirements of routine or urgent hemodialysis at a tertiary academic hospital from September 25th, 2016 to September 25th, 2018 in 1 year cohorts. Two sample t-tests were used to compare most outcomes of the cohorts with a Mann-Whitney U test used for skewed data.

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The SCF ubiquitin ligase relieves G1 checkpoint control of CDK-cyclin complexes by promoting p27KIP1 degradation. We describe reconstitution of stable complexes containing SKP1-SKP2 and CDK1-cyclin B or CDK2-cyclin A/E, mediated by the CDK regulatory subunit CKS1. We further show that a direct interaction between a SKP2 N-terminal motif and cyclin A can stabilize SKP1-SKP2-CDK2-cyclin A complexes in the absence of CKS1.

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