Case report: a special case of cryptococcal infection-related inflammatory syndrome in a non-HIV infected and non-transplant patient.

Background: Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis (CM) is a severe infection of central nervous system with high mortality and morbidity. Infection-related inflammatory syndrome is a rare complication of CM. Herein, we report a case of CM complicated by infection-related inflammatory syndrome.

Relativistic DFT Probe for Reaction Energies and Electronic/Bonding Properties of Polypyrrolic Hetero-Bimetallic Actinide Complexes: Effects of Uranyl -Oxo Functionalization.

A series of hetero-bimetallic actinide complexes of the Schiff-base polypyrrolic macrocycle (L), featuring cation-cation interactions (CCIs), were systematically investigated using relativistic density functional theory (DFT). The tetrahydrofuran (THF) solvated complex [(THF)(OUOU)(THF)(L)] has high reaction free energy (Δ), and its replacement with electron-donating iodine promotes the reaction thermodynamics to obtain uranyl iodide [(I)(OUOU)(I)(L)] (-). Retaining this coordination geometry, calculations have been extended to other An(IV) (An = Th, Pa, Np, Pu), i.

Main-Group Metals Stabilized Polypyrrolic Uranyl(V) Complexes via Cation-Cation Interaction with the Uranyl -Oxo Atom: A Relativistic Density Functional Theory Study.

To explore the innovative uranyl(V) complexes by deeply understanding their coordination stability, relativistic density functional theory calculations have been performed to investigate the experimentally reported [(py)(RAlOUO)(py)(HL)] [R = Me (), Bu ()] and [{(py)MOUO}(py)(HL)] [M = Li (), Na (), K ()] and their uranyl(VI) counterparts. Structural and topological analyses along with transformation-reaction energies and redox potentials were systematically studied. Geometrical and quantum theory of atoms in molecules analyses implied a linear U-O-M feature in - and a bent one in and .

Repair mechanism of astrocytes and non-astrocytes in spinal cord injury.

Background: Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a destructive disease that incurs huge personal and social costs, and there is no effective treatment. Although the pathogenesis and treatment mechanism of SCI has always been a strong scientific focus, the pathogenesis of SCI is still under investigation.

Aim: To determine the key genes based on the modularization of in-depth analysis, in order to identify the repair mechanism of astrocytes and non-astrocytes in SCI.

A relativistic DFT probe of polypyrrolic macrocyclic diuranium(III) complexes with terminal solvents and iodines.

Relativistic density functional theory finds that two isomers of a diuranium(III) complex of a polypyrrolic macrocycle (H4L) feature active sites on uranium moieties, allowing for their potential application in activating industrially and economically important small molecules. To address this, a series of adducts [(X)nU2(L)]((2-m)+) (X = THF, I(-) and HI; n = 1 and 2; m = 0, 1 and 2) have been examined. The coordination from X to the exposed uranium(s) changes the general geometry and electronic structure slightly.

Relativistic DFT and experimental studies of mono- and bis-actinyl complexes of an expanded Schiff-base polypyrrole macrocycle.

The computationally- and experimentally-determined molecular structures of a bis-uranyl(vi) complex of an expanded Schiff-base polypyrrolic macrocycle [(UO)(L)] are in close agreement only if the pyridine in the fifth equatorial donor site on the uranium is included in the calculations. The relativistic density functional theory (DFT) calculations presented here are augmented from those on previously reported simpler frameworks, and demonstrate that other augmentations, such as the incorporation of condensed-phase media and the changes in the peripheral groups of the ligand, have only a slight effect. Synthetic routes to pure samples of the bis- and mono-uranyl(vi) complexes have been developed using pyridine and arene solvents, respectively, allowing the experimental determination of the molecular structures by X-ray single crystal diffraction; these agree well with the calculated structures.

Spinal Cord Kinking in Thoracic Myelopathy Caused by Ossification of the Ligamentum Flavum.

Background: Ossification of the ligamentum flavum (OLF) is being increasingly recognized as a cause of thoracic myelopathy. This study was to describe a rare clinical entity of spinal cord kinking (SK) in thoracic myelopathy secondary to OLF.

Methods: The data of 95 patients with thoracic myelopathy secondary to OLF were analyzed retrospectively.

Highly valence-diversified binuclear uranium complexes of a schiff-base polypyrrolic macrocycle: prediction of unusual structures, electronic properties, and formation reactions.

On the basis of relativistic density functional theory calculations, homo- and heterovalent binuclear uranium complexes of a polypyrrolic macrocycle in a U-O-U bridging fashion have been investigated. These complexes show a variety of oxidation states for uranium ranging from III to VI, which have been confirmed by the calculated electron-spin density on each metal center. An equatorially 5-fold uranyl coordination mode is suitable for hexavalent uranium complexes, while silylation of the uranyl oxo is favored by pentavalent uranium.

Poly[[aqua-(μ(5)-1H-benzimidazole-5,6-dicarboxyl-ato)(μ(4)-1H-benzimidazole-5,6-dicarboxyl-ato)dibarium] 4.5-hydrate].

The polymeric title compound, {[Ba(2)(C(9)H(4)N(2)O(4))(2)(H(2)O)]·4.5H(2)O}(n), adopts a layer structure parallel to (001) in which adjacent Ba(II) atoms are connected by two benzimidazole-5,6-dicarboxyl-ate dianions, one functioning in a μ(4)-bridging mode and the other in a μ(5)-bridging mode. The Ba atom having water in its coordination environment as well as the Ba atom without water exist in a nine-coordinate polyhedron of O atoms; the geometry is difficult to derive.

[Experimental study of biocompatibility of LIFEs in peripheral fascicles].

Objective: To study the biocompatibility of longitudinally implanted intrafascicular electrodes (LIFEs) in a rabbit sciatic nerve model. And to discuss the possibility of peripheral fascicular signals as a new signal source to control an electronic prosthetic hand.

Methods: LIFEs were implanted chronically into sciatic peripheral fascicles of rabbits as recording and stimulating electrodes.