Laparoscopic herniorrhaphy for inguinal hernia with thanatophoric dysplasia: A case report.

Thanatophoric dysplasia (TD) is a rare and severe type of skeletal dysplasia. Typical clinical findings include macrocephaly, shortening of the four limbs, underdeveloped lungs, and thoracic hypoplasia. Neonates with TD develop severe respiratory problems due to thoracic hypoplasia and require respiratory management for survival.

Tough-interface-enabled stretchable electronics using non-stretchable polymer semiconductors and conductors.

Semiconducting polymer thin films are essential elements of soft electronics for both wearable and biomedical applications. However, high-mobility semiconducting polymers are usually brittle and can be easily fractured under small strains (<10%). Recently, the improved intrinsic mechanical properties of semiconducting polymer films have been reported through molecular design and nanoconfinement.

Directly Probing the Fracture Behavior of Ultrathin Polymeric Films.

Understanding fracture mechanics of ultrathin polymeric films is crucial for modern technologies, including semiconductor and coating industries. However, up to now, the fracture behavior of sub-100 nm polymeric thin films is rarely explored due to challenges in handling samples and limited testing methods available. In this work, we report a new testing methodology that can not only visualize the evolution of the local stress distribution through wrinkling patterns and crack propagation during the deformation of ultrathin films but also directly measure their fracture energies.

Enrichment of denitrifying methane-oxidizing microorganisms using up-flow continuous reactors and batch cultures.

Denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidizing (DAMO) microorganisms were enriched from paddy field soils using continuous-flow and batch cultures fed with nitrate or nitrite as a sole electron acceptor. After several months of cultivation, the continuous-flow cultures using nitrite showed remarkable simultaneous methane oxidation and nitrite reduction and DAMO bacteria belonging to phylum NC10 were enriched. A maximum volumetric nitrite consumption rate of 70.

Design, synthesis and destructive dynamic effects of BODIPY-containing and curcuminoid boron tracedrugs for neutron dynamic therapy.

Background: We previously designed the boron tracedrugs UTX-42, UTX-43, and UTX-44, which possess antioxidant potency. In order to explore their destructive dynamic effects when bombarded by weak thermal neutrons, we performed thermal neutron irradiation of bovine serum albumin (BSA) treated with the boron tracedrugs.

Materials And Methods: Boron tracedrugs, including the boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY)-containing compounds UTX-42, UTX-44, and UTX-47 and the curcuminoid compounds UTX-50 and UTX-51, were designed for neutron dynamic therapy based on their molecular orbital calculation.

A mobile secretory vesicle cluster involved in mass transport from the Golgi to the plant cell exterior.

Secretory proteins and extracellular glycans are transported to the extracellular space during cell growth. These materials are carried in secretory vesicles generated at the trans-Golgi network (TGN). Analysis of the mammalian post-Golgi secretory pathway demonstrated the movement of separated secretory vesicles in the cell.

ARC3, a chloroplast division factor, is a chimera of prokaryotic FtsZ and part of eukaryotic phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinase.

The arc3 (accumulation and replication of chloroplast) mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana has a small number of abnormally large chloroplasts in the cell, suggesting that chloroplast division is arrested in the mutant and ARC3 has an important role in the initiation of chloroplast division. To elucidate the role of ARC3, first we identified the ARC3 gene, and determined the location of ARC3 protein during chloroplast division because the localization and spatial orientation of such division factors are vital for correct chloroplast division. Sequencing analysis showed that ARC3 was a fusion of the prokaryotic FtsZ and part of the eukaryotic phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinase (PIP5K) genes.