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  • Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) is a progressive eye condition that affects the corneal endothelium, leading to the formation of guttae and a loss of endothelial cells, eventually causing corneal swelling and vision problems.
  • A study used shotgun proteomics to analyze Descemet's membranes (DMs) from FECD patients and identified 32 unique proteins associated with the disease, which are linked to extracellular matrix pathways.
  • Immunostaining and spatial imaging techniques revealed the presence and distribution of key proteins (like hemoglobin and tenascin-C) in FECD-affected DMs, highlighting their potential role in the disease's progression.
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Background: A massage is a tool that is frequently used in sports and exercise in general for recovery and increased performance. In this review paper, we aimed to search and systemize current literature findings relating to massages' effects on sports and exercise performance concerning its effects on motor abilities and neurophysiological and psychological mechanisms.

Methods: The review has been written following the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis) guidelines.

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Pharmaceutical companies often enter into contractual arrangements with other companies to advance the development or expand patient access of licensed medicines. These partnerships include specific agreements detailing the exchange of safety-related data between the companies. Such agreements are used to fulfil regulatory reporting obligations, thereby ensuring timely awareness of potential safety considerations and formal maintenance of clinical trial applications and marketing authorisations.

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Quality of amoxicillin/clavulanic acid oral formulations for intended veterinary use in the UK, Malaysia, Serbia and Thailand.

J Small Anim Pract

October 2023

Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, J2S 2M2, Canada.

Objectives: Amoxicillin/clavulanate is the most commonly used oral antimicrobial drug in companion animals. The objective of the study was to detect types and frequency of deficits in the quality of veterinary oral formulations of amoxicillin/clavulanate in various countries.

Materials And Methods: In a prospective study with purposive sampling, amoxicillin/clavulanate tablet formulations for canine use were collected in four countries (wholesalers or veterinary practice) and shipped to a central bioanalytical laboratory.

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Melatonin-vorinostat hybrid ligands show higher histone deacetylase and cancer cell growth inhibition than vorinostat.

Arch Pharm (Weinheim)

September 2023

Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, The German University in Cairo, New Cairo City, Cairo, Egypt.

Anticancer drug conjugates are an emerging approach for future cancer treatment. Here, we report a series of hybrid ligands merging the neurohormone melatonin with the approved histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor vorinostat, using melatonin's amide side chain (3a-e), its indolic nitrogen (5a-d), and its ether oxygen (7a-d) as attachment points. Several hybrid ligands showed higher potency thanvorinostat in both HDAC inhibition and cellular assays on different cultured cancer cell lines.

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Objectives: To evaluate the Versius surgical system for robot-assisted prostatectomy in a preclinical cadaveric model using varying system setups and collect surgeon feedback on the performance of the system and instruments, in line with IDEAL-D recommendations.

Materials And Methods: Procedures were performed in cadaveric specimens by consultant urological surgeons to evaluate system performance in completing the surgical steps required for a prostatectomy. Procedures were conducted using either a 3-arm or 4-arm bedside unit (BSU) setup.

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Comparing fast-acting interventions for treatment-resistant depression: An explorative study of accelerated HF-rTMS versus intranasal esketamine.

Brain Stimul

November 2023

Department of Neurosciences, Imaging and Clinical Sciences, Università Degli Studi G. D'Annunzio, Chieti, Italy; Department of Mental Health, ASL 2 Abruzzo Lanciano-Vasto-Chieti, Chieti, Italy; Psychopharmacology, Drug Misuse and Novel Psychoactive Substances Research Unit, School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, AL10 9AB, UK.

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The aim of this scoping review was to evaluate research approaches that quantify changes to non-linear movement dynamics during running in response to fatigue, different speeds, and fitness levels. PubMed and Scopus were used to identify appropriate research articles. After the selection of eligible studies, study details and participant characteristics were extracted and tabulated to identify methodologies and findings.

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  • Cercospora leaf spot (CLS) is a harmful disease affecting sugar beet, caused by a fungal pathogen that induces cell death and produces harmful substances.
  • This research analyzed the early infection stages of CLS in both susceptible and resistant sugar beet varieties using confocal microscopy over the first 5 days after inoculation.
  • Findings revealed that the susceptible variety experienced significantly more fungal growth, cell death, and disease severity compared to the resistant one, with infection processes varying depending on the time post-inoculation and plant genotype.
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Aims: The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a demand for vaccines, cures, and the need of related documentation for travel, work and other purposes. Our project aimed to identify the illicit availability of such products across the Dark Web Markets (DWMs).

Methods: A retrospective search for COVID-19 related products was carried out across 118 DWMs since the start of the pandemic (March 2020-October 2021).

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Novel systems to study vector-pathogen interactions in malaria.

Front Cell Infect Microbiol

June 2023

Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IPBLN, CSIC), Granada, Spain.

Some parasitic diseases, such as malaria, require two hosts to complete their lifecycle: a human and an insect vector. Although most malaria research has focused on parasite development in the human host, the life cycle within the vector is critical for the propagation of the disease. The mosquito stage of the lifecycle represents a major demographic bottleneck, crucial for transmission blocking strategies.

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Background: Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an immunogenically hot tumor. The immune checkpoint blockades (ICBs) have been recently emerged as promising therapeutic candidates for several malignancies including TNBC. Yet, the development of innate and/or adaptive resistance by TNBC patients towards ICBs such as programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) inhibitors (e.

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Cardiovascular disease and its concurrent risk factors are prevalent after liver transplant (LT). Most of these risk factors are modifiable by diet. We aimed to synthesise the literature reporting the nutritional intake of liver transplant recipients (LTR) and the potential determinants of intake.

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Background: The Hyperhidrosis Quality of Life Index (HidroQoL ©) is a well-developed and validated patient-reported outcome measure assessing the quality-of-life impacts in hyperhidrosis with 18 items. Our aim was to extend the already existing validity evidence for the HidroQoL, especially in relation to structural validity. Especially Rasch analysis has not been applied to the final 18-item HidroQoL before.

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Introduction: Internet gaming disorder (IGD) is an emerging condition within the field of behavioural addictions. IGD has been demonstrated to be highly comorbid with many other mental health disorders. Among these, substance use has been associated with IGD, and there are underlying similarities between behavioural addictions and substance use disorders.

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Imidacloprid (IMI) insecticide is rapidly metabolized in mammals and contributes to neurotoxicity via the blocking of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, as in insects. retains its great antioxidant potential in both fresh and dry forms. No data is available on the neuroprotective effect of this plant in laboratory animals.

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Negotiating Your Way Through the Vigilance Agreement Maze-is There a Better Way?

Ther Innov Regul Sci

September 2023

Global Drug Development, Novartis Pharma GmbH, Wehr, Germany.

The pharmacovigilance agreements (PVA) landscape has evolved over recent decades with rapid growth in the number and complexity of partnerships, mergers, and acquisitions between pharmaceutical companies. Simultaneously there has been increasing scrutiny from regulatory authorities. Detailed regulations and guidance are lacking in this domain; hence companies have developed their own processes, templates, and tools, which have headed in different directions.

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Background: Chemotherapeutic agents are used to treat a wide range of cancer types, but they cause serious side effects which must be managed after treatment. Cyclophosphamide (CYP) is one of chemotherapeutic drugs that causes hemorrhagic cystitis (HC) induced by acrolein.

Objective: The current investigation intended to uncover the role of chrysin (CHR) in CYP-induced HC in rats and explore the signaling pathway beyond this effect.

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Editorial: Prescribing psychotropics: Misuse, abuse, dependence, withdrawal and addiction, Volume II.

Front Psychiatry

October 2022

Psychopharmacology, Drug Misuse and Novel Psychoactive Substances Research Unit, School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, United Kingdom.

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Effective strategies for the detection and identification of explosives are highly desirable. Herein, we illustrate the efficient optoelectronic detection of nitroaromatic and peroxide-based explosives using amine- and phosphine-substituted diketopyrrolopyrroles. Selective quenching and an unprecedented enhancement of thin-film emission in the presence of nitroaromatic vapors are demonstrated the judicious choice of amine substituents.

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A pre-workout supplement's (PWS; 200 mg caffeine, 3.3 g creatine monohydrate, 3.2 g β-alanine, 6 g citrulline malate and 5 g branched chained amino acid (BCAA) per dose) acute effects on the alactic (jumping, sprinting, agility), lactic (Running-Based Anaerobic Sprint Test, RAST) and aerobic performance (Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Test Level 1, Yo-Yo IRL1 VO) of well-trained basketball players was investigated in this double-blind placebo-controlled study.

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