Different clinical characteristics and outcomes of adult hospitalized SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia patients complicated by cardiovascular events during the first, delta and omicron waves of COVID-19.

Background: The effects of SARS-CoV-2 have varied between significant waves of hospitalization.

Research Question: Are cardiovascular complications different among the first, delta and omicron waves of hospitalized COVID-19 pneumonia patients?

Study Design And Methods: This was a multi-centre retrospective study of patients hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia: 632 were hospitalized during the (March-July 2020), 1013 during the (September 2020-March 2021), and 323 during the (January 2022-July 2022). Patients were stratified by wave and occurrence of cardiovascular events.

ASVmaker: A New Tool to Improve Taxonomic Identifications for Amplicon Sequencing Data.

The taxonomic assignment of sequences obtained by high throughput amplicon sequencing poses a limitation for various applications in the biomedical, environmental, and agricultural fields. Identifications are constrained by the length of the obtained sequences and the computational processes employed to efficiently assign taxonomy. Arriving at a consensus is often preferable to uncertain identification for ecological purposes.

Date Palm Waste Compost Application Increases Soil Microbial Community Diversity in a Cropping Barley ( L.) Field.

Application of date palm waste compost is quite beneficial in improving soil properties and crop growth. However, the effect of its application on soil microbial communities is less understood. High-throughput sequencing and quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) were used to evaluate the effect of compost application on the soil microbial composition in a barley field during the tillering, booting and ripening stages.

Exploring the Electrochemistry of Iron Dithiolene and Its Potential for Electrochemical Homogeneous Carbon Dioxide Reduction.

In this work, the dithiolene complex iron(III) bis-maleonitriledithiolene [Fe(mnt)] is characterised and evaluated as a homogeneous CO reduction catalyst. Electrochemically the Fe(mnt) is reduced twice to the trianionic Fe(mnt) state, which is correspondingly found to be active towards CO. Interestingly, the first reduction event appears to comprise overlapping reversible couples, attributed to the presence of both a dimeric and monomeric form of the dithiolene complex.

Habituation to thaxtomin A increases resistance to common scab in 'Russet Burbank' potato.

Common scab is a potato disease characterized by the formation of scab-like lesions on the surface of potato tubers. The actinobacterium Streptomyces scabiei is the main causal agent of common scab. During infection, this bacterium synthesizes the phytotoxin thaxtomin A which is essential for the production of disease symptoms.