Cestodiasis in 2 Puerto Rican crested anoles.

Two adult male Puerto Rican crested anoles () housed in a research facility were presented with debilitation and were euthanized. On autopsy, anole 1 had a large cystic white structure in the left pelvic limb, which protruded through the ruptured epidermis, and a large, poorly demarcated swelling in the right caudal abdomen. Anole 2 had masses in the mid-dorsum, caudal dorsum, left pelvic limb, and tail.

Opportunities and new developments for the study of surfaces and interfaces in soft condensed matter at the SIRIUS beamline of Synchrotron SOLEIL.

The SIRIUS beamline of Synchrotron SOLEIL is dedicated to X-ray scattering and spectroscopy of surfaces and interfaces, covering the tender to mid-hard X-ray range (1.1-13 keV). The beamline has hosted a wide range of experiments in the field of soft interfaces and beyond, providing various grazing-incidence techniques such as diffraction and wide-angle scattering (GIXD/GIWAXS), small-angle scattering (GISAXS) and X-ray fluorescence in total reflection (TXRF).

Body weight variation is not an independent factor in the determination of functional hypothalamic amenorrhea in anorexia nervosa.

Objective: Functional hypothalamic amenorrhea (FHA) is one of the foremost manifestations in anorexia nervosa (AN), but a subset of patients have menses despite marked weight loss and underweight. The aim of our study was to investigate parameters potentially influencing FHA in AN.

Design And Methods: In this observational retrospective study, we selected 114 female patients with AN who completed a 12 months semi-residential rehabilitation program and a subsequent 12 months outpatient follow-up.

Evaluation of Histone Demethylase Inhibitor ML324 and Acyclovir against Infection.

(CyHV-3) can cause severe disease in koi and common carp (). Currently, no effective treatment is available against CyHV-3 infection in koi. Both LSD1 and JMJD2 are histone demethylases (HD) and are critical for immediate-early (IE) gene activation essential for lytic herpesvirus replication.

Unexpected Order-Disorder Transition in Diacetylene Alcohol Langmuir Films.

The phase diagram of the Langmuir film of diacetylene alcohol-henicosa-5,7-diyn-1-ol-is investigated by means of surface pressure versus surface area isotherms, Brewster angle microscopy, X-ray reflectivity, and grazing incident X-ray diffraction. Among the usual phases described in the generic phase diagram of small head group molecules, one observes an unexpected reversible transition from an ordered condensed phase to a disordered one upon increasing the surface pressure. We postulate that the origin of this unusual, unprecedented transition results from the competition between the interactions between the diacetylene blocks in the hydrophobic chain and the hydrogen bonds between head groups and water.