Enhanced Photocatalytic Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer by Ligand Design in a Zr Coordination Cage.

Developing excited state, proton and electron donors is a promising area of research that merges the benefits of proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) with the use of light as energy input. Based on the demonstrated PCET reactivity of Zr coordination cages for reductive photocatalysis, here we synthetize and characterize a new Zr cage with enhanced photocatalytic PCET reactivity. The new design targets the extended biphenyl-4,4-dicarboxylate linker with an amino group in a "meta-" position relative to the metal node.

Molecular phylogeny by Bayesian analysis and description of a new species of Henneguya, a parasitic cnidarian from Astyanax bimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Characiformes: Acestrorhamphidae) in Caatinga: A biome with neglected biodiversity data.

Myxozoans are cnidarian parasites with a worldwide distribution and represent some of the most spectacular examples of parasite radiation. Based on an integrative taxonomic approach that includes spore morphology and molecular data, as well as other phenotypic characters such as host specificity, a new myxozoan, Henneguya caraubensis n. sp.

A smartphone-based application to improve breastfeeding duration and self-efficacy: a randomized controlled clinical trial.

A novel breastfeeding mobile app was created. We aim to determine if patients who utilize the app will have longer breastfeeding duration, improved breastfeeding self-efficacy scores at 1-year follow-up, and higher exclusive breastfeeding rates at 6 months postpartum. Participants were randomized, with 45 to the intervention and 48 to the control groups.

Arthroscopy Treatment of Scaphoid Pseudarthrosis: Description of the Technique and Case Series.

 To describe the procedure and evaluate the results of a series of patients with stable and unstable pseudarthrosis of the scaphoids treated with the use of arthroscopy associated with cancellous bone graft and compression screw.  Twenty-three patients were treated with this technique. The minimum postoperative follow-up was 12 months, and pre- and postoperative functional, clinical, and imaging analyses were performed.

Autoantibodies immuno-mechanically modulate platelet contractile force and bleeding risk.

Altered mechanotransduction has been proposed as a putative mechanism for disease pathophysiology, yet evidence remains scarce. Here we introduce a concept we call single cell immuno-mechanical modulation, which links immunology, integrin biology, cellular mechanics, and disease pathophysiology and symptomology. Using a micropatterned hydrogel-laden coverslip compatible with standard fluorescence microscopy, we conduct a clinical mechanobiology study, specifically focusing on immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), an autoantibody-mediated platelet disorder that currently lacks a reliable biomarker for bleeding risk.