Sex Differences Among Participants in the Latin American Stroke Registry.

Background Reports on sex differences in stroke outcome and risk factors are scarce in Latin America. Our objective was to analyze clinical and prognostic differences according to sex among participants in the LASE (Latin American Stroke Registry). Methods and Results Nineteen centers across Central and South America compiled data on demographics, vascular risk factors, clinical stroke description, ancillary tests, and functional outcomes at short-term follow-up of patients included from January 2012 to January 2017.

Crystal structures of two chiral piperidine derivatives: 1-[(1R)-2-hy-droxy-1-phenyl-eth-yl]piperidin-4-one and 8-[(1S)-1-phenyl-eth-yl]-1,4-dioxa-8-aza-spiro-[4.5]decane-7-thione.

The crystal structures of the two title piperidine derivatives show different conformations for the six-membered heterocycle. The N-substituted 4-piperidinone 1-[(1R)-2-hy-droxy-1-phenyl-eth-yl]piperidin-4-one, C13H17NO2, (I), has a chair conformation, while the piperidine substituted in position 2 with a thio-carbonyl group, 8-[(1S)-1-phenyl-eth-yl]-1,4-dioxa-8-aza-spiro-[4.5]decane-7-thione, C15H19NO2S, (II), features a half-chair conformation.

Disparities in stroke type and vascular risk factors between 2 Hispanic populations in Miami and Mexico city.

Background: The heterogeneous nature and determinants of stroke among different Hispanic groups was examined by comparing hospitalized Hispanic stroke patients in Miami, where the Hispanic population is largely of Caribbean origin, to a Mestizo population in Mexico City.

Methods: Consecutive Hispanic patients who were admitted with stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) and included in the prospective stroke registries of 2 tertiary care teaching hospitals were studied. Demographic factors, stroke subtypes, vascular risk factors, stroke severity, and outcomes were compared.

[Aspirin versus anticoagulation in young patients with cerebral infarction secondary to primary antiphospholipid syndrome].

Introduction: The primary antiphospholipid syndrome (PAS) is an independent risk factor for cerebral infarction. AIM. To evaluate the risk of recurrence, to compare different treatments and determine the risk factors associated with recurrence and hemorrhagic complications in patients with cerebral infarction and PAS.

Dissonance is required for assisted optimal state discrimination.

The roles of quantum correlations, entanglement, discord, and dissonance needed for performing unambiguous quantum state discrimination assisted by an auxiliary system are studied. In general, this procedure for conclusive recognition between two nonorthogonal states relies on the availability of entanglement and discord. However, we find that there exist special cases for which the procedure can be successfully achieved without entanglement.

Synthesis, structure, and E-Z isomerization of beta-(hetero)aryl-alpha-nitro-alpha,beta-enals.

The first general methodology for the gram-scale preparation of previously overlooked beta-(hetero)aryl-alpha-nitro-alpha,beta-enals (3) is reported. Condensation of (hetero)aromatic aldehydes with 2-nitroethanol gave the E-isomers of uncommon beta-(hetero)aryl-alpha-hydroxymethyl-alpha,beta-unsatured-nitroalkenes (2), as determined by NOE and X-ray studies. alpha-Nitro-alpha,beta-enals 3 were subsequently obtained by hypervalent iodine oxidation of 2 as E-Z-mixtures in solid form.

Crystal structure of trans(3R,2aS)-(-)-3-phenyl-hexahydro-oxazolo[3,2-a]pyridin-5-one.

Chiral, non-racemic hexahydro-oxazolo[3,2-a]pyridin-5-ones are strategic starting materials for the asymmetric synthesis of alkaloids, via the stereoselective C-C bond formation at the position a to the nitrogen atom. The stereoselectivity of this key step is mainly driven by the geometry of the fused rings of the oxazolopyridine moiety. In this work, the synthesis and X-ray structure of trans(3R,2aS)-(-)-3-phenyl-hexahydro-oxazolo[3,2-a]pyridin-5-one is reported.