Thoughts on Self-Harm in Polish Pregnant and Postpartum Women During the Pandemic Period.

: The risk of depression during pregnancy and postpartum is high and has intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of this study was to estimate the risk of depressive disorders and self-harm thoughts in the third trimester of pregnancy and the first week postpartum in the pandemic period. : This study involved a total of 317 pregnant and postpartum women.

Development of a tool for predicting HNF1B mutations in children and young adults with congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract.

Background: We aimed to develop a tool for predicting HNF1B mutations in children with congenital abnormalities of the kidneys and urinary tract (CAKUT).

Methods: The clinical and laboratory data from 234 children and young adults with known HNF1B mutation status were collected and analyzed retrospectively. All subjects were randomly divided into a training (70%) and a validation set (30%).

S/Se-Terchalcogenophene-C Dyads: Synthesis and Characterization of Optical and Photosensitizing Properties.

Fullerenes have been long investigated for application as singlet oxygen sources. Even though they possess high photosensitizing efficiency, their practical use is still limited, mostly because of insufficient absorption of visible and/or near-infrared light. This limitation can be overcome by introducing organic chromophores that absorb longer-wavelength light, either by covalent attachment to C or by its encapsulation in a polymeric matrix.

CThSe/ITO interface formation: photoemission-based charge-transfer recognition for organic electronics applications.

Within the presented work, we propose a complex photoemission-based approach for the investigation of the CThSe dyad (CThSe)/indium-tin oxide (ITO) interface formation. For surface topography and basic morphology determination, atomic force microscopy was utilized, and the results showed that CThSe agglomerated into close-to-spherical crystallites and the island-like growth was the dominant type for fullerene growth on the ITO substrate. Further, detailed X-ray and UV-photoelectron spectroscopies (XPS, UPS) were used for thorough characterization of the chemical and electronic properties of the investigated structures.