Impact analysis of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in patients treated with monoclonal antibodies: A monocentric experience.

Background: Since the discovery of SARS-CoV-2, no treatment has been able to completely eradicate the virus. The study aimed to evaluate the virological and clinical impact of the vaccination in SARS-CoV-2 infected patients treated with monoclonal antibodies (mAbs).

Methods: This single-centre, observational, retrospective, real-life study was performed on SARS-CoV-2 symptomatic outpatients and inpatients treated with mAbs from March 2021 to November 2022 includes 726 patients.

Chiral Diketopyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole-1,2,3-1H-triazole Dyes with Highly Tuneable Properties in Solution and Thin Films.

Invited for the cover of this issue are the research groups of Lorenzo Di Bari at the University of Pisa and Gianluca Maria Farinola at the University of Bari Aldo Moro. The image depicts three diketopyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole-1,2,3-1H-triazole dyes with the same chiral appendage R* but different achiral substituent groups Y showing profoundly different features in their aggregated form. Read the full text of the article at 10.

The Influence of Carbonaceous Matrices and Electrocatalytic MnO₂ Nanopowders on Lithium-Air Battery Performances.

Here, we report new gas diffusion electrodes (GDEs) prepared by mixing two different pore size carbonaceous matrices and pure and silver-doped manganese dioxide nanopowders, used as electrode supports and electrocatalytic materials, respectively. MnO₂ nanoparticles are finely characterized in terms of structural (X-ray powder diffraction (XRPD), energy dispersive X-ray (EDX)), morphological (SEM, high-angle annular dark field (HAADF)-scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM)/TEM), surface (Brunauer Emmet Teller (BET)-Barrett Joyner Halenda (BJH) method) and electrochemical properties. Two mesoporous carbons, showing diverse surface areas and pore volume distributions, have been employed.