Comparison of digital and traditional skin wound closure assessment methods in mice.

Background: Chronic skin wounds are a common complication of many diseases such as diabetes. Various traditional methods for assessing skin wound closure are used in animal studies, including wound tracing, calliper measurements and histological analysis. However, these methods have poorly defined wound closure or practical limitations.

Do diabetes-related foot ulcer wound fluid measures have clinical utility as biomarkers for healing? A systematic review.

Objective: This study aimed to identify potential biomarkers reported in wound fluid of diabetes-related foot ulcers (DRFUs), and their ability to reflect current and prospective wound healing.

Method: A systematic search was executed following the PRISMA methodology across five chosen databases: MEDLINE, Embase, Scopus, Cochrane Clinical Trials and Cochrane Systematic Reviews. Using keywords and phrases, it yielded 5022 results.

Triple-q(-->) octupolar ordering in NpO2.

We report the results of resonant x-ray scattering experiments performed at the Np M(4,5) edges in NpO2. Below T(0)=25 K, the development of long-range order of Np electric quadrupoles is revealed by the growth of superlattice Bragg peaks. The polarization and azimuthal dependence of the intensity of the resonant peaks are well reproduced assuming anisotropic tensor susceptibility scattering from a triple-q(-->) longitudinal antiferroquadrupolar structure.

The XMaS beamline at ESRF: instrumental developments and high-resolution diffraction studies.

The beamline, which is situated on a bending magnet at ESRF, comprises a unique combination of instrumentation for high-resolution and magnetic single-crystal diffraction. White-beam operation is possible, as well as focused and unfocused monochromatic modes. In addition to an eleven-axis Huber diffractometer, which facilitates simple operation in both vertical and horizontal scattering geometries, there is an in-vacuum polarization analyser and slit system, mirrors for harmonic rejection, sub 4.