Dorsey Stage

Brachiopods experienced a wholesale turnover across the early warming phase and were replaced by a virtually monotypic assemblage of a smaller-sized, opportunistic species.Small organic radicals are ubiquitous intermediates in photocatalysis and are used in organic synthesis to install functional groups and to tune electronic properties and…[Read more]

Lithium is widely used to treat bipolar disorder. However, the efficacy and vulnerability as to its side effects are known to differ. Although the specific biochemical mechanism of action is still elusive, lithium may influence mitochondrial function, and consequently, metabolism. Lithium exposure in this study was conducted on a unique set of…[Read more]

RESULTS The mean utility difference between the SQ ragweed SLIT tablet and placebo was 0.025 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.011-0.038]. The SQ ragweed SLIT tablet showed an incremental quality-adjusted life-days (QALDs) benefit of 1.900 (95% CI 0.835-2.916) over 75 days. CONCLUSIONS Application of a previously developed mapping function allowed…[Read more]

The use of potentially inappropriate medication (PIMs) is frequent in nursing homes (NHs), and leads to worsened health outcomes for their residents. Numerous initiatives to curb their use have been launched. Most studies of PIMs use in NHs, however, focused on their prevalence, and provide few insights on the evolution of their use.

The…[Read more]

Mechanical thrombectomy is the standard treatment in acute ischemic stroke due to large vessel occlusion, but there is limited evidence about its efficacy in very old patients. We sought to analyse safety and effectiveness of mechanical thrombectomy in nonagenarian versus octagenarian patients.

We included consecutive patients with acute…[Read more]

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a world pandemic due to COVID-19, and several enacted measures such as compulsory confinement may have collateral consequences on both physical and mental health. We aimed to investigate associations between current physical activity (PA) and current perceived anxiety and mood among a sample of…[Read more]

A novel quaternary selenide (Na0.60Ba0.70)Ga2Se4 (1) obtained by a high-temperature method crystallizes in the non-centrosymmetric space group I4cm, and its structure features [GaSe2]-∞ chains. It exhibits phase-matchable second-harmonic generation responses with the largest intensity of 0.3 times that of AgGaS2, and its powder sample has a l…[Read more]

Our method enjoys greater flexibility than similarly inspired methods in the assumed distribution for the summary statistic and in the form of the prior for the parameter of interest. We illustrate our method by presenting interval estimates of effect size for reported genetic associations with lung cancer. Although we focus on OR, the method is…[Read more]

The interaction between 23 °C and hypoxia caused greater disturbances in oxidative stress markers, such as PSH in the gills and liver and LPO in the muscle.Probiotics have growth promoting effects even under periods of heat stress challenge. More information is needed to understand the mechanisms by which probiotics maintain the growth…[Read more]

This study was aimed to evaluate the level of furan and acrylamide contamination in cocoa and noncocoa raw materials, in masses from processing stages, and in chocolates originating from three factories. Acrylamide was determined by the gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) method using the QuEChERS procedure with dispersive solid-phase…[Read more]

Congenital airway stenosis secondary to absent tracheal or bronchial rings is a rare congenital anomaly that is difficult to manage both clinically and surgically. This typically manifests as severe segmental tracheomalacia, and only isolated cases with short-term follow-up have been previously described. We aim to describe a series of children…[Read more]