To better understand the thermal decomposition of polycyclanes, the pyrolysis of tricyclodecane has been studied in a jet-stirred reactor at temperatures from 848 to 933 K, for residence times between 0.5 and 6 s and at atmospheric pressure, corresponding to a conversion between 0.01% and 25%. The main products of the reaction are hydrogen, methane, ethylene, ethane, propene, 1,3-cyclopentadiene, cyclopentene, benzene, 1,5-hexadiene, toluene, and 3-cyclopentylcyclopentene. A primary mechanism containing all the possible initiation steps, including those involving diradicals, as well as propagation reactions has been developed and allows experimental results to be satisfactorily modeled. The main reaction pathways of consumption of tricyclodecane and of formation of the main products have been derived from flow rate and sensitivity analyses.
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Ann Neurol
January 2025
Department of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA.
Objective: Approximately 20% of familial cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are caused by mutations in the gene encoding superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1). Epidemiological data have identified traumatic brain injury (TBI) as an exogenous risk factor for ALS; however, the mechanisms by which TBI may worsen SOD1 ALS remain largely undefined.
Methods: We sought to determine whether repetitive TBI (rTBI) accelerates disease onset and progression in the transgenic SOD1 mouse ALS model, and whether loss of the primary regulator of axonal degeneration sterile alpha and TIR motif containing 1 (Sarm1) mitigates the histological and behavioral pathophysiology.
Yi Chuan
January 2025
State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Bio-Resource in Yunnan, School of Life Sciences of Yunnan University, Kunming 650500, China.
Speciation research represents our thinking and exploration about how new species are generated and maintained, and it is one of the most important parts of evolutionary biology. Revealing new species formation modes, processes of reproductive isolation establishment and their intrinsic genetic mechanisms, are not only important issues and primary tasks in the field of speciation, but also the key clues for our understandings about the species diversity in nature. Here, by focusing on animal groups, we first introduced different definitions of species concept, and then summarized present research progress and important breakthroughs made in the speciation modes and molecular mechanism of reproductive isolation.
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January 2025
School of Clinical Dentistry, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Aim: To explore the views of patients, caregivers, and dental professionals on the factors that influence implementation, processes, and effectiveness of a guided self-help cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) intervention, 'Your teeth, you are in control' (YTYAIC), in the CALM trial.
Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted as part of this qualitative component of the process evaluation, and data were analysed using a framework approach based on the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) and the Five Areas Model of CBT.
Results: Thirty-seven participants were recruited.
Protein Pept Lett
January 2025
Scientific Research Center, Beijing ChosenMed Clinical Laboratory Co., Ltd. Beijing100176, China.
Background: The role of Zona pellucida glycoprotein 3 (ZP3) is unclear in pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PAAD).
Objective: This study aimed to explore the role of ZP3 in PAAD.
Methods: A comparative analysis of ZP3 gene expression was performed to discern differences between various types of cancer and PAAD, leveraging data sourced from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA).
Ann Thorac Surg Short Rep
December 2024
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Augusta University Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia.
Traumatic tracheobronchial tree injuries are rarely survivable. We present the case of a 31-year-old male patient who had a delayed discovery of a complete right mainstem bronchus avulsion following a motor vehicle collision. Despite initial respiratory stability, the patient rapidly deteriorated on hospital day 4.
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