Laser Scanner-Based Hyperboloid Cooling Tower Geometry Inspection: Thickness and Deformation Mapping.

Hyperboloid cooling towers are counted among the largest cast-in-place industrial structures. They are an essential element of cooling systems used in many power plants in service today. Their main structural component, a reinforced-concrete shell in the form of a one-sheet hyperboloid with bidirectional curvature continuity, makes them stand out against other towers and poses very high construction and service requirements.

Meningeal lymphatic function promotes oligodendrocyte survival and brain myelination.

The precise neurophysiological changes prompted by meningeal lymphatic dysfunction remain unclear. Here, we showed that inducing meningeal lymphatic vessel ablation in adult mice led to gene expression changes in glial cells, followed by reductions in mature oligodendrocyte numbers and specific lipid species in the brain. These phenomena were accompanied by altered meningeal adaptive immunity and brain myeloid cell activation.

Legal abortion requests and outcomes for women when the law is restrictive - experience from a referral centre in south-eastern Brazil.

Methods: Retrospective cohort study with review of medical records of women assisted between 2015 and 2020. The variables were socio-demographic and SV characteristics, gestational age, reactions towards pregnancy and outcome. We compared outcome groups using the chi-square test, Fisher's exact test and the Kruskal-Wallis test.

Age-associated B cell infiltration in salivary glands represents a hallmark of Sjögren's-like disease in aging mice.

Sjögren's disease (SjD), characterized by circulating autoantibodies and exocrine gland inflammation, is typically diagnosed in women over 50 years of age. However, the contribution of age to SjD pathogenesis is unclear. C57BL/6 female mice at different ages were studied to investigate how aging influences the dynamics of salivary gland inflammation.