Cognitive behavioural interventions led by a physiotherapist in chronic non-specific low back pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background: The effectiveness of physiotherapist-led Cognitive Behavioural Interventions (CBI) with or without physiotherapy is still unclear.

Objective: This systematic review (PROSPERO registration number CRD42022321073) aims to determine the effectiveness of physiotherapist-led CBI with or without physiotherapy in comparison to physiotherapy alone on quality of life, disabilities and catastrophization.

Methods: MEDLINE, Web of Science, Science Direct, and PEDro were searched for randomized controlled trials that investigate the use of CBI versus conventional physiotherapy in chronic NSLBP.

Conservation priorities in a biodiversity hotspot: analysis of narrow endemic plant species in New Caledonia.

New Caledonia is a global biodiversity hotspot facing extreme environmental degradation. Given the urgent need for conservation prioritisation, we have made a first-pass quantitative assessment of the distribution of Narrow Endemic Species (NES) in the flora to identify species and sites that are potentially important for conservation action. We assessed the distributional status of all angiosperm and gymnosperm species using data from taxonomic descriptions and herbarium samples.

Phylogenetic relationships within Araucariaceae based on rbcL gene sequences.

Phylogenetic relationships were determined in the Araucariaceae, which are now found mainly in the Southern Hemisphere. This conifer family was well diversified and widely distributed in both hemispheres during the Mesozoic era. The sequence of 1322 bases of the rbcL gene of cpDNA was determined from 29 species of Araucariaceae, representing almost all the species of the family.

Characterization of a recombinant antihaemophilia-A factor (factor VIII-delta II) by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry.

Factor VIII-delta II is a genetically engineered deletion variant of factor VIII, expressed by recombinant Chinese hamster ovary cells. This 1436-residues-long protein has a molecular mass, calculated from its sequence, of 164,954 Da and exhibits seven potential glycosylation sites. The glycoprotein, secreted as a single polypeptide chain, can be cleaved after Arg740 to generate a heavy-light chain complex of 90-80 kDa as revealed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) analysis.