Efficacy of Pembrolizumab Monotherapy for Advanced Gastric/Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer with Programmed Death Ligand 1 Combined Positive Score ≥10.

Purpose: Pembrolizumab demonstrated efficacy in PD-L1-positive [combined positive score (CPS) ≥1] advanced gastric/gastroesophageal junction (G/GEJ) cancer in the first-, second-, and third-line setting in KEYNOTE-062, KEYNOTE-061, and KEYNOTE-059, respectively. To better delineate the specificity of CPS as a predictor of clinical outcomes, we analyzed pembrolizumab efficacy in patients with CPS ≥ 10 in these trials.

Patients And Methods: Included were patients with CPS ≥ 10 tumors from KEYNOTE-059 cohort 1 (pembrolizumab, = 46; ), KEYNOTE-061 (pembrolizumab, = 53; chemotherapy, = 55; ), and KEYNOTE-062 (pembrolizumab, = 92; chemotherapy, = 90; primary).

Comparison of working length control consistency between hand K-files and Mtwo NiTi rotary system.

Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the consistency of working length control between hand instrumentation in comparison to engine driven Mtwo nickel-titanium rotary files.

Material And Methods: Forty extracted maxillary molars were selected and divided onto two parallel groups. The working lengths of the mesiobuccal root canals were estimated.

Pretreatment of reed by wet oxidation and subsequent utilization of the pretreated fibers for ethanol production.

Common reed (Phragmites australis) is often recognized as a promising source of renewable energy. However, it is among the least characterized crops from the bioethanol perspective. Although one third of reed dry matter is cellulose, without pretreatment, it resists enzymatic hydrolysis like lignocelluloses usually do.

High solid simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of wet oxidized corn stover to ethanol.

In this study ethanol was produced from corn stover pretreated by alkaline and acidic wet oxidation (WO) (195 degrees C, 15 min, 12 bar oxygen) followed by nonisothermal simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF). In the first step of the SSF, small amounts of cellulases were added at 50 degrees C, the optimal temperature of enzymes, in order to obtain better mixing condition due to some liquefaction. In the second step more cellulases were added in combination with dried baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) at 30 degrees C.

Optimization of steam pretreatment of corn stover to enhance enzymatic digestibility.

Among the available agricultural byproducts, corn stover, with its yearly production of 10 million t (dry basis), is the most abundant promising raw material for fuel ethanol production in Hungary. In the United States, more than 216 million t of corn stover is produced annually, of which a portion also could possibly be collected for conversion to ethanol. However, a network of lignin and hemicellulose protects cellulose, which is the major source of fermentable sugars in corn stover (approx 40% of the dry matter [DM]).

Pretreatment of corn stover using wet oxidation to enhance enzymatic digestibility.

Corn stover is an abundant, promising raw material for fuel ethanol production. Although it has a high cellulose content, without pretreatment it resists enzymatic hydrolysis, like most lignocellulosic materials. Wet oxidation (water, oxygen, mild alkali or acid, elevated temperature and pressure) was investigated to enhance the enzymatic digestibility of corn stover.

Chemical pretreatments of corn stover for enhancing enzymatic digestibility.

Corn stover, the most abundant agricultural residue in Hungary, is a potential raw material for the production of fuel ethanol as a result of its high content of carbohydrates, but a pretreatment is required for its efficient hydrolysis. In this article, we describe the results using various chemicals such as dilute H2SO4, HCl, and NaOH separately as well as consecutively under relative mild conditions (120 degrees C, 1 h). Pretreatment with 5% H2SO4 or 5% HCl solubilized 85% of the hemicellulose fraction, but the enzymatic conversion of pretreated materials increased only two times compared to the untreated corn stover.