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Das Glioblastom ist ein hochmaligner und aggressiver Hirntumor, der von der WHO als Grad IV eingestuft wird. Die Betroffenen haben eine mittlere Überlebenszeit von 12 bis 15 Monaten, was auf dem invasiven Wachstum und der Chemo- und Radioresistenz des Tumors beruht. Dadurch existiert keine kurative Behandlung und es kommt in nahezu allen Fällen zu Rezidiven. Zunehmend wird deutlich, dass das Glioblastom einen stark veränderten Energiestoffwechsel aufweist, wobei das sogenannte lipidomic remodelling (Koundouros und Poulogiannis, 2020), welches für maßgebliche Alterationen im Fettsäuremetabolismus sorgt, besonders interessant erscheint. Die Fettsäureoxidation sowie damit assoziierte Prozesse und Proteine sind als eine bedeutende Energiequelle in den Fokus der Forschung getreten. So auch der hoch-affine Carnitintransporter OCTN2 (SLC22A5), welcher essentiell für den Carnitinhaushalt und damit die β-Oxidation der Zelle ist. In der vorgelegten Arbeit wurde daher das komplexe OCTN2/L-Carnitin System in seiner Funktion als potenzielle pharmakologische Zielstruktur zur therapeutischen Intervention beim Glioblastom tiefergehend untersucht und vorhandenes Wissen weiter ausgebaut. Hierzu diente eine Vielzahl experimenteller Bedingungen und Methoden, um Teilcharakteristiken des Glioblastoms darzustellen und die Bedeutung des OCTN2/L-Carnitin System zu überprüfen.
Da in vorausgegangenen Studien eine erhöhte Expression von OCTN2 mit einem signifikant schlechteren Überleben von Patienten mit Glioblastom nachgewiesen werden konnte, wurden als weitere potentiell interessante Zielstrukturen der niedrig-affine Carnitintransporter OCTN1 (SLC22A4) sowie Komponenten der β-Oxidation (CPT1C, CRAT) in die Patientenanalysen eingeschlossen. Zwar konnte für OCTN1 eine signifikant erhöhte mRNA-Expression in den humanen Glioblastomproben festgestellt werden, diese war jedoch nicht mit dem Überleben der Patienten assoziiert. Auch CPT1C und CRAT zeigten sich nicht als relevante Zielstrukturen beim Glioblastom.
In den durchgeführten Zellkulturexperimenten mit humanen LN-18 und murinen GL261 Glioblastomzellen zeigten sich partiell signifikante Effekte auf die wachstumsfördernden Kinasen AKT1 und ERK1/2, deren Phosphorylierungsgrad durch L-Carnitin moduliert wurde und die damit möglicherweise an carnitinvermittelten Wirkungen beteiligt sein könnten. Auf die Zellviabilität und Zellvitalität ließen sich hemmende Wirkungen des OCTN2-Inhibitors Meldonium sowie des CPT1-Hemmstoffes Etomoxir nachweisen, welche teilweise durch die zusätzliche Gabe von L-Carnitin revertiert wurden. Hinsichtlich der durch Zytostatika (Doxorubicin, Carmustin, Vincristin und Temozolomid) induzierten Apoptose konnte L-Carnitin nur die durch Carmustin in niedriger Dosierung ausgelöste Caspase-3 Aktivierung verhindern. Ein durch L-Carnitin ausgelöster Effekt auf die Migration der Glioblastomzellen konnte nicht nachgewiesen werden, jedoch wurde die migratorische Aktivität durch die Zytostatika Temozolomid und Carmustin, sowie interessanterweise auch durch den CPT1-Inhibitor Etomoxir, beeinträchtigt.
Um die Möglichkeit einer zielgerichteten Therapie gegen das OCTN2/L-Carnitin System präklinisch zu evaluieren, wurden tierexperimentelle Studien durchgeführt. Unter Verwendung eines orthotopen Glioblastommodelles der Maus konnte gezeigt werden, dass Etomoxir und Meldonium einen hemmenden Einfluss auf das in vivo Tumorwachstum besitzen, wobei dieser Effekt nur für den OCTN2-Inhibitor Meldonium signifikant ausfiel. In den OCTN2-defizienten jvs(-/-)-Mäusen konnte keine ausreichende Anzahl von Versuchstieren erreicht werden, um zuverlässige und finale Aussagen zu tätigen. In den heterozygoten jvs(+/-)-Mäusen, die zwar phänotypisch unauffällig sind, aber durch die geringere OCTN2 Ausstattung verminderte Carnitin-Gewebespiegel aufweisen, zeigte sich eine leichte, nicht signifikante Reduktion des intrazerebralen Tumorwachstums im Vergleich zu den C57BL/6-Wildtyp Mäusen.
Zusammenfassend wurde in der vorliegenden Arbeit das OCTN2/L-Carnitin System und seine Bedeutung für das Glioblastom umfassend dargelegt und experimentell überprüft. Als Endresultat dieser Studie können Etomoxir und Meldonium als Substanzen zur zielgerichteten Beeinflussung des Glioblastomwachstums angesehen werden und sollten in weiteren Versuchsreihen detailliert auf ihre Eignung für die Entwicklung neuer Therapieformen überprüft werden.
Bei spezifischen klinischen Konstellationen ist eine Lumbalpunktion zur Liquoranalytik
wichtig, um die Ätiologie der epileptischen Anfälle bzw. eines Status epilepticus zu klären und
alternative Erkrankungen auszuschließen. Die im Rahmen der vorliegenden Studie entwickelte
IDEAL-Checkliste stellt vor diesem Hintergrund einen einfach umzusetzenden und in den
klinischen Alltag leicht zu implementierenden Algorithmus dar, der behandelnde Ärztinnen
und Ärzte bei der Entscheidung für oder gegen die Durchführung einer Liquoruntersuchung
unterstützt. Gleichzeitig bewahrt die Anwendung der Checkliste Patientinnen und Patienten vor
einer nicht notwendigen Liquorpunktion mit entsprechenden Risiken. In den hier vorliegenden
Studien hätte bei etwa der Hälfte der Fälle (43 % in der prospektiven bzw. 49 % in der
retrospektiven Kohorte) auf eine Lumbalpunktion verzichtet werden können. Damit hätten die
periprozedurale Belastung der Patientinnen und Patienten sowie potentielle Komplikationen
einer Lumbalpunktion vermieden werden können.
Gleichzeitig besteht aufgrund des hohen negativen prädiktiven Wertes von 99-100 % eine hohe
Wahrscheinlichkeit eine liquorrelevante Ätiologie auch nicht zu übersehen, wenn kein Item der
kombinierten IDEAL-Checkliste zutrifft und damit auf eine Lumbalpunktion zur Liquoranalyse
verzichtet wird.
Eine multizentrische, prospektive Beobachtungsstudie sollte unter Anwendung der nationalen
und demographischen MoCA-Werte und auch im Hinblick auf unterschiedliche
Diagnostikstrategien bzw. Indikationskriterien, die breite klinische Anwendung, aber auch die
Erfassung seltener Ätiologien (z. B. immunsupprimierte Patientinnen und Patienten,
systemische Autoimmunerkrankungen) zur weiteren Validierung der IDEAL-Checkliste
erfolgen.
Purpose
The German Retina.net ROP registry and its Europe-wide successor, the EU-ROP registry, collect data from patients treated for ROP. This analysis compares input parameters of these two registries to establish a procedure for joint analyses of different registry data using exemplary datasets from the two registries.
Methods
Exemplary datasets from the two databases over a 1-year period each (German Retina.net ROP Registry, 2011, 22 infants; EU-ROP Registry, 2021, 44 infants) were compared. The parameters documented in the two databases were aligned and analysed regarding demographic parameters, treatment modalities, complications within first 24 h and retreatments.
Results
The current analysis showed that data can be aligned for joint analyses with some adjustments within the data structure. The registry with more detailed data collection (EU-ROP) needs to be reduced regarding granularity in order to align the different registries, as the registry with lower granularity determines the level of analyses that can be performed in a comparative approach. In the exemplary datasets, we observed that the overall most common ROP severity in both registries was zone II, 3+ (2011: 70.5%; 2021: 65%), with decreasing numbers of clock hours showing preretinal neovascularisations (2011: 10–12 clock hours in 29% of cases, 2021: 4–6 clock hours in 38%). The most prevalent treatment method was laser coagulation in 2011 (75%) and anti-VEGF therapy in 2021 (86.1%). Within the anti-VEGF group, all patients were treated with bevacizumab in 2011 and with ranibizumab in 2021. Retreatment rates were comparable in 2011 and 2021.
Conclusion
Data from two different ROP registries can be aligned and jointly analysed. The analysis reveals a paradigm shift in treatment modalities, from predominantly laser to anti-VEGF, and within the anti-VEGF group from bevacizumab to ranibizumab in Germany. In addition, there was a trend towards earlier treatment in 2021.
Hibernation is a widespread adaptation in animals to seasonally changing environmental conditions. In the face of global anthropogenic change, information about plastic adjustments to environmental conditions and associated mortality costs are urgently needed to assess population persistence of hibernating species. Here, we used a five-year data set of 1047 RFID-tagged individuals from two bat species, Myotis nattereri and Myotis daubentonii that were automatically recorded each time they entered or left a hibernaculum. Because the two species differ in foraging strategy and activity pattern during winter, we expected species–specific responses in the timing of hibernation relative to environmental conditions, as well as different mortality costs of early departure from the hibernaculum in spring. Applying mixed-effects modelling, we disentangled population-level and individual-level plasticity in the timing of departure. To estimate mortality costs of early departure, we used both a capture mark recapture analysis and a novel approach that takes into account individual exposure times to mortality outside the hibernaculum. We found that the timing of departure varied between species as well as among and within individuals, and was plastically adjusted to large-scale weather conditions as measured by the NAO (North Atlantic Oscillation) index. Individuals of M. nattereri, which can exploit milder temperatures for foraging during winter, tuned departure more closely to the NAO index than individuals of M. daubentonii, which do not hunt during winter. Both analytical approaches used to estimate mortality costs showed that early departing individuals were less likely to survive until the subsequent hibernation period than individuals that departed later. Overall, our study demonstrates that individuals of long-lived hibernating bat species have the potential to plastically adjust to changing climatic conditions, although the potential for adjustment differs between species.
We apply the charge simulation method (CSM) in order to compute the logarithmic capacity of compact sets consisting of (infinitely) many “small” components. This application allows to use just a single charge point for each component. The resulting method therefore is significantly more efficient than methods based on discretizations of the boundaries (for example, our own method presented in Liesen et al. (Comput. Methods Funct. Theory 17, 689–713, 2017)), while maintaining a very high level of accuracy. We study properties of the linear algebraic systems that arise in the CSM, and show how these systems can be solved efficiently using preconditioned iterative methods, where the matrix-vector products are computed using the fast multipole method. We illustrate the use of the method on generalized Cantor sets and the Cantor dust.
An already existing shortage of nurses was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Inactive (former) nurses were regarded as a so-called silent reserve and were called upon by various agencies to volunteer for nursing. The question arose as to what factors might encourage or hinder such volunteering and facilitate deployment.
First, inactive nurses were asked via an online survey whether they had registered for deployment or not and what the reasons were for this decision. Further information on professional background was collected, including the reason for having left the profession in the first place. Based on the results of the online survey, focus group discussions were conducted with registered and unregistered inactive nurses, with nurses who had returned to the profession permanently, and with care home managers.
Only one third of the participants in the online survey said they had registered for a temporary assignment during the pandemic. The main reasons for registering were that inactive nurses ‘wanted to do their bit’ to manage the crisis, felt it was their duty and/or felt a sense of belonging to the nursing profession. The main reasons given for not having registered was that respondents ‘could not see a reason at the moment’, had health concerns, and ‘other relevant job commitments’. The majority of respondents still had jobs related to health, care or nursing.
The topics covered in the focus group discussions included the following: perception of the pandemic as a crisis, identity as a nurse and sense of professional commitment, role of current occupation in the decision to register, winning over inactive nurses with a very negative attitude towards returning to care during a crisis situation, support measures and offers regarding a deployment in nursing.
Both in the online survey and in the focus group discussions, a sense of belonging to the nursing profession was evident among many participants. However, this identity does not necessarily lead to a willingness to return to nursing during a crisis situation. Weighing up the risk of deployment against the positive or negative experiences gained during the active period can influence willingness. However, the possibility of taking a break from current work and returning to nursing at short notice is not always given. Many inactive nurses continue to work in the health sector and fulfil equally important tasks during a crisis situation which render them unavailable for deployment.
Different kinds of support for those willing to return to nursing during a crisis situation and communication on conditions of deployments need to be implemented and continuously improved to offer the inactive nurses the greatest possible security and to enable a largely unbureaucratic deployment.
Background
Neuroinflammation and maladaptive neuroplasticity play pivotal roles in migraine (MIG), trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias (TAC), and complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). Notably, CRPS shares connections with calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) in its pathophysiology. This study aims to assess if the documented links between CRPS and MIG/TAC in literature align with clinical phenotypes and disease progressions. This assessment may bolster the hypothesis of shared pathophysiological mechanisms.
Methods
Patients with CRPS (n = 184) and an age-/gender-matched control group with trauma but without CRPS (n = 148) participated in this case–control study. Participant answered well-established questionnaires for the definition of CRPS symptoms, any headache complaints, headache entity, and clinical management.
Results
Patients with CRPS were significantly more likely to suffer from migraine (OR: 3.23, 95% CI 1.82–5.85), TAC (OR: 8.07, 95% CI 1.33–154.79), or non-classified headaches (OR: 3.68, 95% CI 1.88–7.49) compared to the control group. Patients with MIG/TAC developed CRPS earlier in life (37.2 ± 11.1 vs 46.8 ± 13.5 years), had more often a central CRPS phenotype (60.6% vs. 37.0% overall) and were three times more likely to report allodynia compared to CRPS patients with other types of headaches. Additionally, these patients experienced higher pain levels and more severe CRPS, which intensified with an increasing number of headache days. Patients receiving monoclonal antibody treatment targeting the CGRP pathway for headaches reported positive effects on CRPS symptoms.
Conclusion
This study identified clinically relevant associations of MIG/TAC and CRPS not explained by chance. Further longitudinal investigations exploring potentially mutual pathomechanisms may improve the clinical management of both CRPS and primary headache disorders.
Trial registration
German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS00022961).
Perception of climate change-related forest dieback in mountain forests among the local population
(2023)
Mountain forests provide multiple benefits but are threatened by climate change-induced forest dieback. Although many studies summarize perceptions of forest ecosystem services, relatively few deal with mountain forests. The local population’s perception of forest dieback in mountain forests in relation to climate change has rarely been investigated so far. Their perspective is relevant as local people are often deeply attached to “their” forests, they actively use forest ecosystems and—as voters and taxpayers—they need to support the state’s adaptation and funding measures. Therefore, this study investigates the climate change and forest dieback perception of local inhabitants in two mountain areas of Southern Germany (the German Alps and the Bavarian Forest) with a quantitative survey based on representative online samples (n = 709). Relying conceptually on van der Linden’s (J Environ Psychol 41:112–124, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2014.11.012) climate change risk perception model, the results show that experiential processing, cognitive and socio-cultural factors are related to locals’ forest dieback and climate change perception, while socio-demographics show no or few connections. Nearly two-thirds (64.7%) of the respondents perceive moderate to strong forest dieback, while more than half (55.0%) of the respondents already observe consequences of climate change. The perceptions of climate change and forest dieback are positively correlated with medium to high strength. This shows that forest dieback could be interpreted as an indicator of climate change, which is difficult to observe due to its long-term nature. We identify three groups of respondents regarding preferred forest adaptation strategies to climate change. In general, respondents support nature-based forest adaptation strategies over intense measures.
Toarciconiopteryx dipterosimilis gen. et sp. nov. is described from the Lower Toarcian of Grimmen (Western Pomerania, Germany) based on a hind wing. This enigmatic wing superficially resembles a dipteran forewing, but analysis in detail establishes that it belongs to the Neuroptera. We assign it to the Coniopterygidae with great confidence by its great concordance with the hind wings of that family, but a small possibility remains that it might belong to the Dipteromantispidae, although the very derived haltere-like hind wings of all its known members are entirely unlike it. We, therefore, consider it to be the oldest record of Coniopterygidae. We create the new subfamily Toarciconiopteryginae subfam. nov. for it, which is distinguished from other Coniopterygidae by its hind wings possessing two branches of RP and a proximal forking of M. These conditions are also known in some Sialidae (Megaloptera), supporting the hypothesis that Coniopterygidae is the sister group of all other Neuroptera, as Megaloptera is considered by most authors to be sister to Neuroptera. New interpretations of some aspects of the Coniopterygidae venation are proposed.
Seventeen bacterial strains able to suppress plant pathogens have been isolated from healthy Vietnamese crop plants and taxonomically assigned as members of the Bacillus cereus group. In order to prove their potential as biocontrol agents, we perform a comprehensive analysis that included the whole-genome sequencing of selected strains and the mining for genes and gene clusters involved in the synthesis of endo- and exotoxins and secondary metabolites, such as antimicrobial peptides (AMPs). Kurstakin, thumolycin, and other AMPs were detected and characterized by different mass spectrometric methods, such as MALDI-TOF-MS and LIFT-MALDI-TOF/TOF fragment analysis. Based on their whole-genome sequences, the plant-associated isolates were assigned to the following species and subspecies: B. cereus subsp. cereus (6), B. cereus subsp. bombysepticus (5), Bacillus tropicus (2), and Bacillus pacificus. These three isolates represent novel genomospecies. Genes encoding entomopathogenic crystal and vegetative proteins were detected in B. cereus subsp. bombysepticus TK1. The in vitro assays revealed that many plant-associated isolates enhanced plant growth and suppressed plant pathogens. Our findings indicate that the plant-associated representatives of the B. cereus group are a rich source of putative antimicrobial compounds with potential in sustainable agriculture. However, the presence of virulence genes might restrict their application as biologicals in agriculture.
Peatlands contribute to a wide range of ecosystem services. They play an important role as carbon sinks in their natural state, but when they are drained, they cause carbon emissions. Rewetting drained peatlands is required to reduce carbon emissions and create new carbon sinks. However, drained peatlands are commonly used as grassland or croplands; therefore, alternative agriculture schemes are required following rewetting. Paludiculture, i.e., agriculture on wet and rewetted peatlands, is an option in these areas after rewetting to produce biomass sustainably. Monitoring of peatland management is challenging, yet needed to ensure a successful rewetting and plantation of, e.g., Phragmites australis and Typha spp., two plants which are commonly used in paludiculture. Remote sensing is an excellent tool for monitoring the vegetation composition of vast rewetted peatland regions. However, because many peatland species have similar spectral characteristics, such monitoring is ideally based on high-spatial, high-temporal hyperspectral images. Data that complies with all these requirements does not exist on a regular basis. Therefore, we assessed the potential for mapping peatland vegetation communities in the Peene and Trebel river basins of the federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, using multi-date hyperspectral (PRISMA) data. We used regression-based unmixing to map fractions of different peatland vegetation classes. Results were analyzed with regard to the contribution of multi-date observations and, in comparison, to multispectral datasets (Landsat-8/Sentinel-2). Our results showed that different classes are best mapped at different observation dates. The multi-date hyperspectral datasets produced less Mean Absolute Error (MAE = 16.4%) than the single-date hyperspectral images (ΔMAE + 1%), with high accuracies for all classes of interest. Compared to the results obtained with multispectral data from similar acquisition dates and annual spectral-temporal metrics (STM), the results from hyperspectral data were always clearly superior (ΔMAE + 4%). Besides the superior performance during comparisons, our results also indicate that information that can be derived from the hyperspectral data with the regression-based unmixing goes clearly beyond that of discrete classification. With more hyperspectral sensors coming up and an expected higher availability of multi-data hyperspectral imagery, these data can be expected to play a bigger role in the future monitoring of peatlands.
The male genitalia of pholcid spiders, which is one of the most species-rich spider families, are characterized by a procursus, which is a morphologically diverse projection of the copulatory organ. It has been shown that the procursus interacts with the female genitalia during copulation. Here, we investigate the function of the procursus in Gertschiola neuquena, a species belonging to the early branched and understudied subfamily Ninetinae, using behavioural and morphological data. Although many aspects of the copulatory behaviour of G. neuquena follow the general pattern described for the family, males use only one pedipalp during each copulation. Based on our micro-CT analysis of cryofixed mating pairs using virgin females, we can show that the long and filiform procursus is inserted deeply into the unpaired convoluted female spermatheca, and the intromittent sclerite, the embolus, is rather short and stout only reaching the most distal part of the female sperm storage organ. Histological data revealed that sperm are present in the most proximal part of the spermatheca, suggesting that the procursus is used to allocate sperm deeply into the female sperm storage organ. This represents the first case of a replacement of the sperm allocation function of the intromittent sclerite in spiders.
Fortbildungen sind zentrale Lerngelegenheiten für die Professionalisierung pädagogischen Personals in Kindertageseinrichtungen. Inwiefern Inhalte von Fortbildungen in der alltäglichen Praxis Anwendung finden, stellt ein zentrales Qualitätskriterium von Fortbildungen dar. Daher existieren vielfältige Vorstellungen und Konzepte darüber, wie diese Anwendung – der Transfer – unterstützt werden kann. Der vorliegende Beitrag greift theoretische und empirische Erkenntnisse aus der Bildungs- und Lehr-Lernforschung auf und stellt ein Modell der Wissenstransformation von der Theorie in Handlungen und von Handlungen in die Theorie vor. Zentral an diesem Modell ist die Vorstellung, dass Wissen durch verschiedene Akteure (Fortbildner_innen sowie pädagogische Fachkräfte) transformiert wird und kontextuelle sowie individuelle Merkmale diesen Transformationsprozess beeinflussen. Implikationen für Forschung und -praxis werden diskutiert.
The multi-cell Penning–Malmberg trap concept has been proposed as a way to accumulate and confine unprecedented numbers of antiparticles, an attractive but challenging goal. We report on the commissioning and first results (using electron plasmas) of the World's second prototype of such a trap, which builds and improves on the findings of its predecessor. Reliable alignment of both ‘master’ and ‘storage’ cells with the axial magnetic field has enabled confinement of plasmas, without use of the ‘rotating wall’ (RW) compression technique, for over an hour in the master cell and tens of seconds in the storage cells. In the master cell, attachment to background neutrals is found to be the main source of charge loss, with an overall charge-confinement time of 8.6 h. Transfer to on-axis and off-axis storage cells has been demonstrated, with an off-axis transfer rate of 50% of the initial particles, and confinement times in the storage cells in the tens of seconds (again, without RW compression). This, in turn, has enabled the first simultaneous plasma confinement in two off-axis cells, a milestone for the multi-cell trap concept.
Das Zurücktreten der Erzählstimme in der Literatur der Hebräischen Bibel wurde oft benannt. Dies wurde allerdings nur selten mit der erzähltheoretischen Analysekategorie des Modus fundiert. Letzteres gilt besonders für die Darstellung von Figurenrede. Dabei ist umstritten, ob sich neben direkter und indirekter Rede auch erlebte Rede in der Hebräischen Bibel nachweisen lässt. Diese vor allem von Meir Sternberg vertretene Möglichkeit hat Cynthia L. Miller abgelehnt. Millers Einwände lassen sich aber mit einer linguistisch fundierten Erzählanalyse hinterfragen, was die grundsätzliche Möglichkeit erlebter Rede bei wᵉhinne-Phrasen begründet.
The controlled formation and adjustment of size and density of magnetic skyrmions in Ta/CoFeB/MgO trilayers with low Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction is demonstrated. Close to the out-of-plane to in-plane magnetic spin reorientation transition, we find that small energy contributions enable skyrmion formation in a narrow window of 20 pm in CoFeB thickness. Zero-field stable skyrmions are established with proper magnetic field initialization within a 10 pm CoFeB thickness range. Using magneto-optical imaging with quantitative image processing, variations in skyrmion distribution and diameter are analyzed quantitatively, the latter for sizes well below the optical resolution limit. We demonstrate the controlled merging of individual skyrmions. The overall demonstrated degree of comprehension of skyrmion control aids to the development of envisioned skyrmion based magnetic memory devices.
Recent experimental campaigns in the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator, a
plasma-confining device designed to investigate the Magnetic Confinement Fusion
(MCF) approach to generating electrical power, have shown that the injection of
fuelling pellets had an unexpected and considerable impact on the performance of
the plasma. Rather than simply refuelling the device and `diluting' the plasma
energy, pellet injection is followed by a significant increase in the ratio of
the ion temperature to the electron temperature. It has been suggested that this
is not merely due to the improved confinement following the reduction of
turbulent transport after the pellet material has homogenised with the bulk
plasma, but also due to a direct transfer of energy from electrons to ions. The
proposed mechanism for this energy transfer is the ambipolar expansion of the
pellet plasmoid, the localised plasma structure produced by the
ionisation of ablated pellet material, along magnetic field lines.
Early work on pellet plasmoid expansion predicted that half the heating power
deposited in plasmoid electrons by collisions with hot ambient electrons is
transferred to plasmoid ions in the form of flow velocity as the plasmoid
expands. The complicated nature of the system of the pellet plasmoid embedded in
the ambient plasma, particularly the behaviour of electrons, which experience
many collisional and collisionless phenomena on multiple disparate timescales,
means that early models of the expansion were not wholly self-consistent, but
rather made use of strong approximations that apply in some regions of the
plasmoid but not in others. For example, only electrons and ions associated with
the plasmoid were rigorously treated, meaning that the framework was one of
`expansion into vacuum'. Combined with the assumption of Maxwellian electrons,
this led to an electric potential that was unbounded at infinity. Naturally, the
validity of the conclusions of such a model are called into question because the
approximations lose their validity far from the plasmoid and as time advances,
yet predictions about the final state of the plasma are desired. A deeper
investigation is required: careful consideration of the phenomena in question
and the timescales (and lengthscales) on which they act must be made in order to
rigorously construct a model that is valid throughout the entire expansion.
The first two papers presented in this thesis iterate on the model established
in the paper that first predicted the electron-to-ion energy transfer; their aim
was to find out how the character of the expansion changes with a more
sophisticated and accurate description of various phenomena, while remaining
within the existing framework of expansion into vacuum. Ultimately, we find that
the qualitative character is unchanged, and that approximately half the heating
power deposited in plasmoid electrons is transferred to ions.
Two other papers in this thesis address the limitations of the original model.
This is achieved by properly considering the electron kinetic problem in a
plasmoid. One paper considers the electron kinetic problem when electrons are
highly isotropised. In this case the kinetic equation can be integrated to
remove all but two independent variables, which is the maximum possible
reduction considering it is a time-dependent problem. The full nonlinear
integro-differential Landau self-collision operator is integrated exactly and
few approximations are made, leading to a rather general kinetic equation.
However, for fuelling pellets some anisotropy in the electron distribution is
expected. Another paper considers the electron kinetic problem (and the entire
plasmoid expansion) allowing for electron anisotropy. Careful consideration of
the ordering of timescales of electron phenomena in a pellet plasmoid leads to a
steady-state kinetic problem that we call collisional quasi-equilibrium (QE). QE
appears in many ways similar to the collisional steady-state characterising a
true thermal equilibrium. It was found that the time-dependent kinetic problem
of the earlier paper, with isotropic electrons, produces the QE distribution
function, corroborating the existence of the QE state. We then take moments of
the electron kinetic equation that is valid on the expansion timescale, assuming
that the electron distribution is that given as the solution to the QE kinetic
problem. This is completely analogous to what is done to obtain the Braginskii
equations or any Chapman-Enskog theory. The result is a set of equations for the
long-term evolution of the macroscopic quantities that describe the distribution
function existing in a quasi-steady-state at each point in time. It is from this
point that one may feasibly describe the plasmoid expansion with an accurate
picture of the electron kinetics and finally obtain the electron-to-ion energy
transfer so desired in a rigorous model of the expansion.
From a broader point of view, the two frameworks provided by these rigorous
investigations of the electron kinetic problem serve as a basis for the future
study of plasmoids. Such a `first-principles' approach to plasmoid dynamics is
novel and interesting in its own right, but it will be demonstrated that such an
approach is essential for pellet plasmoids owing to the fact that they are
poorly described by the `standard tools' of plasma physics.
Using the QE framework it was found that, once more, about half the heating
power experienced by plasmoid electrons is transferred to plasmoid ions. The
incredible robustness of the prediction of such an energy transfer is, in the
author's opinion, the result of the self-similar nature of the expansion found
as a solution to the original model. As a rule, the profiles of self-similar
solutions tend to be attractors for the `real', more complicated, system, and
the qualitative predictions involving no parameters, of which the
electron-to-ion energy transfer is one, tend to be very sturdy.
Aside from fuelling pellets, composed of hydrogen or deuterium, one paper in
this thesis investigates the physics of high-Z pellets that are designed to
terminate the plasma safely in the event of a `disruption', where much of the
magnetic field energy is channelled into a runaway electron beam with
potentially disastrous consequences if the beam encounters a plasma-facing
component. The paper draws on the work carried out in the paper concerning the
kinetic problem of isotropised electrons in a plasmoid.
This thesis is `cumulative'; the vast majority of the work carried out is
described within a set of Papers, labelled A-E, placed at the back of the text.
There is a preceding `wrapper text' (given in numbered Sections) tasked with
introducing the reader to the topic, guiding the reader through the papers, and
expounding some of their main results. Some amount of material not present in
the papers is also provided in the wrapper text. Naturally, the wrapper text
mainly focusses on the results of the papers which are under my first
authorship. In the course of publishing papers over an extended period of time
the nomenclature is bound to vary. Although it is mostly consistent between the
papers, a few difference do arise, and the section `Common symbols and
subscripts' is provided in the frontmatter to alleviate confusion. Particular
care should be taken with the symbols x and z; both can refer to the
coordinate parallel to the magnetic field line, but in papers where z is used
for this purpose x tends to have another definition. In the wrapper text the
choice of symbols is generally chosen to reflect those in the corresponding
paper.
Minced Cartilage Implantation in Acetabular Cartilage Defects: Case Series with 2-Year Results
(2023)
Objective
The objective was to evaluate clinical outcome and safety of arthroscopic, autologous minced cartilage implantation for acetabular cartilage lesions observed during hip arthroscopy to treat femoroacetabular impingement syndrome (FAIS).
Design
Eleven male patients, average age: 29.4 ± 5.4 years, average body mass index (BMI): 24.2 ± 2.2 kg/m2, scheduled for hip arthroscopy due to FAIS accompanied by an acetabular cartilage lesion were included in the case series. Cartilage tissue was harvested and minced from the loose cartilage flap at the chondrolabral lesion by arthroscopic shaver, augmented with autologous conditioned plasma, implanted into the defect, and fixated by autologous thrombin. Concomitant interventions were performed as indicated. The patients were evaluated preoperatively and at 24-month follow-up, using the International Hip Outcome Tool-12 (iHOT-12) and Visual Analog Scale (VAS) pain score and by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using the Magnetic Resonance Observation of Cartilage Repair Tissue (MOCART) grading scale at the 2-year follow-up.
Results
The defect size was on average 3.5 cm2 (1.5-4.5 cm2). From preoperatively to 2 years postoperatively, the iHOT-12 significantly improved from 50.2 ± 18 to 86.5 ± 19 (P < 0.0001), and pain score decreased from 5.6 ± 1.8 to 1.0 ± 1.5 (P < 0.0001) on the Visual Analog Scale pain score. Regarding functional outcome and pain, 10 of the 11 patients and all patients reached the minimal clinically important difference (MCID), respectively. The postoperative average MOCART score was 87.2 (± 9.2). No adverse events or reoperations were observed.
Conclusions
Arthroscopic, autologous minced cartilage implantation for treating full-thickness acetabular cartilage lesions in FAIS shows statistically and clinically significant improvement at short-term follow-up.
Background:
Minced cartilage implantation (MCI) has seen a renaissance in recent years. In this evolved technique, human articular cartilage is harvested with an arthroscopic shaver, augmented with platelet-rich plasma (PRP), and implanted with autologous thrombin. This modified technique combines the possibility of cell-based surgical cartilage repair with a minimally invasive autologous 1-step procedure. However, evidence on cell survival and preserved function after shaver-based mincing and PRP supplementation is limited.
Purpose:
To evaluate the effects of arthroscopic shaver mincing and augmentation with PRP on human cartilage tissue.
Study Design:
Controlled laboratory study.
Methods:
Standardized samples were taken from 12 donors during autologous MCI. A comparison of cell outgrowth, cell viability, proliferation capacity, and ability to produce extracellular matrix–specific proteoglycans after chondrogenic redifferentiation was made between cartilage taken by curettage from the border of the cartilage defect, cartilage tissue minced by an arthroscopic shaver, and cartilage tissue minced by an arthroscopic shaver that was additionally augmented with autologous PRP.
Results:
There was no difference between all 3 groups in terms of cell outgrowth or proliferation capacity. Metabolic activity relative to the cell number of chondrocytes isolated from shaver-minced cartilage was higher compared with chondrocytes isolated from cartilage that was derived by curettage or shaver-minced cartilage that was augmented with PRP. After chondrogenic stimulation, the normalized proteoglycan content was higher in spheroids of cells derived from shaver-minced cartilage augmented with PRP than in spheroids of cells derived from curettage. A high correlation of cell outgrowth, proliferation capacity, and viability between isolated cells from all 3 groups taken from an individual donor was observed.
Conclusion:
Chondrocytes isolated from human cartilage tissue that was harvested and minced with an arthroscopic shaver remained viable and proliferative. The augmentation of shaver-minced cartilage with PRP led to the enhanced proteoglycan production of chondrogenic spheroids in vitro, pointing toward the development of a cartilage-specific extracellular matrix. This in vitro study yields promising results regarding the use of an arthroscopic shaver and augmentation with PRP in the context of MCI.
Clinical Relevance:
Knowledge that shaver mincing and augmentation with PRP are feasible for processing articular cartilage during MCI is highly relevant for surgical cartilage repair.
Introduction: Vessel-associated retinal diseases are a major cause of blindness and severe visual impairment. The identification of appropriate biomarkers is of great importance to better anticipate disease progression and establish more targeted treatment options. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short, single-stranded, noncoding ribonucleic acids that are involved in the posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression through hybridization with messenger RNA. The expression of certain miRNAs can be different in patients with pathological processes and can be used for the detection and differentiation of various diseases. In this study, we investigate to what extent previously in vitro identified miRNAs are present as cell-free circulating miRNAs in the serum and vitreous of human patients with and without vessel-associated retinal diseases. Methods: Relative quantification by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction was used to analyze miRNA expression in patients with vessel-associated retinal diseases such as age-related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetic retinopathy (DR), and retinal vein occlusion compared with control patients. Results: In serum samples, miR-29a-3p and miR-192-5p showed increased expression in patients with neovascular AMD relative to control patients. Similarly, miR-335-5p, miR-192-5p, and miR-194-5p showed increased expression in serum from patients with proliferative DR. In vitreous samples, miR-100-5p was decreased in patients with proliferative DR. Differentially expressed miRNAs showed good diagnostic accuracy in receiver operating characteristic (ROC) and area under the ROC curve analysis. Conclusion: The miRNAs investigated in this study may have the potential to serve as biomarkers for vessel-associated retinal diseases. Combining multiple miRNAs may enhance the predictive power of the analysis.
In future fusion reactors disruptions must be avoided at all costs. Disruptions due to the density limit (DL) are typically described by the power-independent Greenwald scaling. Recently, a power dependence of the disruptive DL was predicted by several authors (Zanca et al 2019 Nucl. Fusion 59 126011; Giacomin et al 2022 Phys. Rev. Lett. 128 185003; Singh and Diamond 2022 Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 64 084004; Stroth et al 2022 Nucl. Fusion 62 076008; Brown and Goldston 2021 Nucl. Mater. Energy 27 101002). It is investigated whether this increases the operational range of the tokamak. Increasing the heating power in the L-mode can induce an L-H transition, and therefore a power-dependent DL and the L-H transition cannot be considered independently. The different models are tested on a data base for separatrix parameters at the separatrix of ASDEX Upgrade and compared with the concept (SepOS) presented in Eich and Manz (2021 Nucl. Fusion 61 086017). The disruptive separatrix density scales with the power ne ∝ P0.38±0.08 in good agreement to all models. Also the back transition from high to low (H-L) confinement shows an approximately Greenwald scaling with an additional power dependence ne ∝ P0.4 according to the SepOS concept. For future devices operating at much higher heating power such a power scaling may allow operation at much higher separatrix densities than are common in H-mode operation. Preconditions to extrapolation for future devices are discussed.
The pulse length dependence of a reactive high power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) discharge with a tungsten cathode in an argon+oxygen gas mixture gas was investigated. The HiPIMS discharge is operated with a variable pulse length of 20–500 µs. Discharge current measurements, optical emission spectroscopy of neutral Ar, O, and W lines, and energy-resolved ion mass spectrometry are employed. A pronounced dependence of the discharge current on pulse length is noted while the initial discharge voltage is maintained constant. Energy-resolved mass spectrometry shows that the oxygen-to-tungsten (O+/W+) and the tungsten oxide-to-tungsten (WO+/W+) ion ratio decreases with pulse length due to target cleaning. Simulation results employing the SDTrimSP program show the formation of a non-stoichiometric sub-surface compound layer of oxygen which depends on the impinging ion composition and thus on the pulse length.
Der vorliegende Aufsatz untersucht aus systematisch-theologischer Sicht den von dem Heidelberger und Marburger Praktischen Theologen Friedrich Niebergall (1866–1932) zwischen ca. 1900 bis 1925 ausgeabeiteten Ansatz einer „Praktischen Dogmatik“. Niebergall wollte damit primär eine pastoraltheologisch orientierte Dogmatik entwickeln, die dem christlichen Prediger Handwerkszeug für seine „Erziehungsarbeit“ an der Gemeinde bereitstellt, mit deren Hilfe er die Gemeindeglieder zur Integration christlicher Ideale in die Pluralität ihres sozialen Alltags anleiten soll. Der Aufsatz unternimmt eine kritische Sichtung von theologischen Voraussetzungen, Inhalt, Aufbau und Folgen von Niebergalls Ansatz und stellt auch die Frage nach der Möglichkeit einer heutigen Adaption.
The current study analyzes the trajectory of the goose vowel in Received Pronunciation (RP) over ten decades (1920s-2010s). Recordings of eighty-seven RP speakers were transcribed in ELAN, and vowel tokens were extracted by FAVE, measuring F1 and F2 values at the midpoint. Showing the life-cycle of a sound change from start to (almost) completion, the results confirm that goose-fronting has been an active sound change for many decades in RP, with F2 starting to increase in the middle of the twentieth century and accelerated changes in the 1970s and the 2010s. We observe similar predictor strengths of linguistic factors as in previous studies. The results are interpreted in light of the social changes in the social composition of the RP group in the second part of the twentieth century, involving increased dialect contact.
Properties of self-excited dust acoustic waves under the influence of active compression of the dust particle system were experimentally studied in the laboratory and under microgravity conditions (parabolic flight). Ground based laboratory experiments clearly show that wave properties can be manipulated by changing the discharge volume, its aspect ratio, and thus the dust particle density. Complementary experiments under microgravity conditions, performed to exclude the effects of gravity inflicted sedimentation and anisotropic behavior, were less conclusive due to residual fluctuations in the planes acceleration indicating the need for a better microgravity environment. A theoretical model, using plasma parameters obtained from particle-in-cell simulations as input, supports the experimental findings. It shows that the waves can be described as a new observation of the dust acoustic mode, which demonstrates their generic character.
This article is the first to show that gender shapes the degree to which legislators use formal mechanisms to oversee government activities. Extensive scholarly work has analysed the use of oversight instruments, especially regarding who monitors whom. Whether, how, and why the conformity of men and women with institutional roles differs, has not yet received scholarly attention. We hypothesise that women become more active than men in overseeing the executive when in opposition while reducing their monitoring activities even more strongly than men when in government because of different social roles ascribed to men and women as well as differences in risk aversity between sexes. We analyse panel data for three oversight tools from the German Bundestag between 1949 and 2013 to test this proposition. Our findings imply that characteristics of political actors influence even a strongly institutionalised process as oversight and further clarify the gender bias in political representation.
Objective: In acute pancreatitis (AP), bacterial translocation and subsequent infection of pancreatic necrosis are the main risk factors for severe disease and late death. Understanding how immunological host defence mechanisms fail to protect the intestinal barrier is of great importance in reducing the mortality risk of the disease. Here, we studied the role of the Treg/Th17 balance for maintaining the intestinal barrier function in a mouse model of severe AP.
Design: AP was induced by partial duct ligation in C57Bl/6 or DEREG mice, in which regulatory T-cells (Treg) were depleted by intraperitoneal injection of diphtheria toxin. By flow cytometry, functional suppression assays and transcriptional profiling we analysed Treg activation and characterised T-cells of the lamina propria as well as intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) regarding their activation and differentiation. Microbiota composition was examined in intestinal samples as well as in murine and human pancreatic necrosis by 16S rRNA gene sequencing.
Results: The prophylactic Treg-depletion enhanced the proinflammatory response in an experimental mouse model of AP but stabilised the intestinal immunological barrier function of Th17 cells and CD8+/γδTCR+ IELs. Treg depleted animals developed less bacterial translocation to the pancreas. Duodenal overgrowth of the facultative pathogenic taxa Escherichia/Shigella which associates with severe disease and infected necrosis was diminished in Treg depleted animals.
Conclusion: Tregs play a crucial role in the counterbalance against systemic inflammatory response syndrome. In AP, Treg-activation disturbs the duodenal barrier function and permits translocation of commensal bacteria into pancreatic necrosis. Targeting Tregs in AP may help to ameliorate the disease course.
In den Weltmeeren findet rund die Hälfte der jährlichen globalen Kohlenstofffixierung statt, davon ein großer Anteil in küstennahen Regionen. Hier kommt es zu wiederkehrenden saisonalen Algenblüten, die durch eine zeitlich begrenzte explosionsartige Vermehrung von Mikroalgen (hauptsächlich Diatomeen und Coccolithophoren) charakterisiert sind. Vor allem Frühjahrsblüten (März-Mai) haben aufgrund ihrer zeitlichen und räumlichen Vorhersagbarkeit einen hohen Stellenwert als Modellsysteme, anhand deren sich der Kohlenstoffkreislauf der Meere untersuchen lässt.
Mikroalgen produzieren eine große Vielfalt an Makromolekülen, die für die mit ihnen vergesellschafteten Bakterien als Nahrungsgrundlage dienen. Besonders im Fokus stehen hier die für den Kohlenstoffkreislauf relevanten Polysaccharide. Im Gegensatz zu anderen natürlichen Makromolekülen wie DNA oder Proteinen können Polysaccharide aus vielen verschiedenen Monomeren mit unterschiedlichsten Bindungen bestehen. Zusätzlich finden sich an diesen Zuckermonomeren viele Modifikationen wie Acetylierungen, Methylierungen oder Sulfatierungen, die die Komplexität weiter erhöhen. Diese Variabilität bedingt eine hohe strukturelle und funktionale Diversität. So können Polysaccharide Speicherstoffe, Zellwandbestandteile oder Teile der extrazellulären Matrix darstellen.
Komplementär hierzu besitzen Polysaccharid-verwertende Bakterien entsprechend komplexe, enzymatische Abbaumechanismen. Besonders hervorzuheben sind hier die Bakterien des Phylums Bacteroidota, die sich in verschiedensten Nischen auf den Abbau von Polysacchariden spezialisiert haben. Sie finden sich in Bodenproben, als Teil der menschlichen Darmflora, oder eben auch als bedeutende Begleiter von Algenblüten.
Bacteroidota (und in marinen Systemen hauptsächlich die zu ihnen gehörenden Flavobakterien) besitzen zum Abbau diverser Polysaccharide sogenannte Polysaccharide utilization loci (PULs), genomische Inseln, die alle notwendigen Proteine zur Aufnahme und Abbau eines bestimmten Polysaccharids codieren. Hierzu gehören hochspezifische Enzyme (Carbohydrate-active enzymes, CAZymes), transkriptionelle Regulatoren sowie Transportersysteme, die initial gespaltene Oligosaccharide über die Membran in das Bakterium transportieren, wo sie von weiteren Enzymen vollständig abgebaut werden. Diese Co-Lokalisation der benötigten Gene und deren gemeinsame Regulation stellt einen enormen Selektionsvorteil der Bacteroidota dar und ist der Grund, warum sie, ähnlich wie Algen, einer jährlich wiederkehrenden Sukzession folgen, die sich gut untersuchen lässt.Die Forschungsartikel, die Teil dieser Doktorarbeit sind, untersuchen das Zusammenspiel von Polysaccharid-produzierenden Algen mit den Bakterien, die sie abbauen, aber auch darauf basierende Beziehungen der Bakterien untereinander. Die erste Publikation beschäftigt sich mit dem weit verbreiteten Speicherpolysaccharid α-Glucan, für das der Großteil der blütenbegleitenden Bakterien einen spezifischen aktiven PUL besitzt. Eine Untersuchung der in der Blüte vorhandenen Algenarten bestätigte, dass die Blüte von β-Glucan-produzierenden Algen dominiert wird. Da Bakterien aber selbst α-Glucane als Speicherpolysaccharide verwenden, konnte gezeigt werden, dass nicht die Algen selbst, sondern die Bakterien Hauptproduzent dieser Polysaccharide während einer Phytoplanktonblüte sind. Bakterielle Proteine, die dem Abbau von Algen-β-Glucan und dem daraus folgenden Aufbau von bakteriellem α-Glucan dienen, waren in Umweltproben und in Laborkulturen unter ähnlichen Bedingungen abundant. Die Untersuchung von extrahiertem bakteriellem Polysaccharid bewies, dass dieses nicht nur α-Glucan enthält, sondern dass dieses Polysaccharid auch in der Lage war, α-Glucan PULs mariner Bakterien zu induzieren. Hier zeigte sich ein innerhalb des marinen Kohlenstoffkreislaufs bisher wenig berücksichtigter Kreislauf, indem Bakterien Polysaccharide anderer Bakterien nutzen, die z.B. durch Viren lysiert wurden.
Die anderen zwei Artikel dieser Arbeit befassen sich mit dem Abbau von Zellwandpolysacchariden durch blütenassoziierte Modellbakterien. In einer der Studien wird detailliert der Abbau eines β-Mannans (ein Polysaccharid das hauptsächlich aus dem Monosaccharid Mannose besteht) durch ein Bakterium des Genus Muricauda beschrieben. Die PUL-Struktur dieses Bakteriums kam in mehreren anderen Phytoplanktonblüten-assoziierten Bakterien vor. Diese Beobachtung wies darauf hin, dass es sich hier um ein Mannan mit zusätzlichen Galactose- und Glucose-Substitutionen handelte. Proteom-Untersuchungen bestätigten, dass das Bakterium derartige Substrate unter Induktion des β-Mannan-PULs nutzen können. β-Mannan konnte durch Antikörpermarkierung in Blütenproben sowie spezifischen Mikroalgenarten (Chaetoceros, Coscinodiscus) nachgewiesen werden. Die in dieser Publikation charakterisieren β-Mannan-PUL-codierten Enzyme waren in der Lage, dieses Signal zu löschen, was bewies, dass Muricauda sp. Mannan-basierte Zellwandpolysaccharide bestimmter Arten von Mikroalgen abbauen kann.
Die dritte Studie geht näher auf den Abbau von Xylanen (bestehend aus Xylose) durch ein blütenassoziiertes Bakterium des Genus Flavimarina ein. In diesem Bakterium wurden anhand der enthaltenen Xylanasen zwei putative Xylan-PULs annotiert. Wachstumsexperimente und Proteom-Untersuchungen zeigten, dass einer dieser PULs hauptsächlich bei Wachstum auf Glucoronoxylan induziert wird, während der andere PUL aufArabinoxylane stärker reagierte. Untersuchung der PUL-CAZymes bestätigte diese Ergebnisse durch Charakterisierung mehrerer Xylanasen sowie Glucoronidasen und Arabinofuranosidasen. Zusätzlich codierten beide PULs für Esterasen, die eine Modifikation der natürlichen Substrate durch Acetylierungen oder Methylierungen nahelegen. Da all diese Merkmale von terrestrischen Xylanen geteilt werden und in Blütenproben aus Küstennahen Regionen Xylane nachgewiesen wurden, ist es möglich, dass Bakterien aus solchen Regionen sowohl Xylane terrestrischen Ursprungs (z.B. durch Flusseinspeisung) sowie marinen Ursprungs abbauen können.
Decreased inflammatory profile in oral leukoplakia tissue exposed to cold physical plasma ex vivo
(2023)
Background
Oral leukoplakia (OL) is an unfavorable oral disease often resistant to therapy. To this end, cold physical plasma technology was explored as a novel therapeutic agent in an experimental setup.
Methods
Biopsies with a diameter of 3 mm were obtained from non-diseased and OL tissues. Subsequently, cold atmospheric pressure plasma (CAP) exposure was performed ex vivo in the laboratory. After 20 h of incubation, biopsies were cryo-conserved, and tissue sections were quantified for lymphocyte infiltrates, discriminating between naïve and memory cytotoxic and T-helper cells. In addition, the secretion pattern related to inflammation was investigated in the tissue culture supernatants by quantifying 10 chemokines and cytokines.
Results
In CAP-treated OL tissue, significantly decreased overall lymphocyte numbers were observed. In addition, reduced levels were observed when discriminating for the T-cell subpopulations but did not reach statistical significance. Moreover, CAP treatment significantly reduced levels of C-X-C motif chemokine 10 (CXCL10) and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in the OL biopsies' supernatants. In idiopathically inflamed tissues, ex vivo CAP exposure reduced T-cells and CXCL10 as well but also led to markedly increased interleukin-1β secretion.
Conclusion
Our findings suggest CAP to have immuno-modulatory properties, which could be of therapeutic significance in the therapy of OL. Future studies should investigate the efficacy of CAP therapy in vivo in a larger cohort.
Purpose
The significance of the underlying literature in clinical guidelines can be weakened by the risk of bias, which could negatively affect the recommendations. Especially in controversial matters, such as fluoride use for caries prevention in children, biased results may be not reliable and lead to incorrect conclusions. This study was performed to detect bias in underlying literature of the German guideline for caries prevention using fluoride in children, where no consensus was reached between paediatricians and paediatric dentists.
Methods
Three tools used for risk of bias assessments of different study designs were RoB 2 for RCTs, ROBINS-I for non-randomized studies, and ROBIS for systematic reviews. For each study cited in the guideline two independent risk of bias assessments were performed. Disagreements were resolved by consensus.
Results
Out of 58 papers, 48.3% (n = 28) showed high risk of bias, with the majority in sections regarding fluoride tablets, fluoridated toothpaste, and paediatricians’ recommendations. 9 out of 20 recommendations and statements were based on studies with high risk of bias, all of which were in these three controversial sections. 13 out of 29 RCTs showed high risk of bias (44.8%), as all 13 non-randomized trials did, while only 2 of 16 (12.5%) systematic reviews had high risk of bias.
Conclusion
Considering risk of bias of cited studies in clinical guidelines may result in substantial changes in its recommendations and aid in reaching consensus. Efforts should be made to assess risk of bias of underlying literature in future clinical guidelines.
Urbanization, industrialization, and intensification of agriculture have led to considerable heavy metal pollution across the globe, harming our ecosystems. Concentrations of arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), and lead (Pb) have been analysed in 249 eggshells collected between 2006 and 2021 from 83 female Common Cranes (Grus grus) nesting within north-eastern Germany. Information on the presence of trace elements in cranes from Europe and their potential adverse effects on the reproduction are largely missing. Only Cu and Pb were found to be present in eggshell samples. Levels of both metals did not exceed concentrations considered potentially toxic in birds and unhatched eggs did not contain higher metal concentrations compared to eggshell residues from hatched eggs. Statistical analysis revealed that trace element concentrations decreased significantly over the course of the study period. The ban of leaded gasoline in the early twenty-first century and strict limitations of heavy metal-based biocontrol products are likely responsible for this decrease over the years. However, as Cu levels gradually increase with increasing proportions of agricultural areas within the cranes’ home ranges, we suggest that considerable amounts of Cu originating from agricultural practises are still being released into the environment. We found no increase in metal concentrations in eggshells with increasing female age, suggesting that heavy metals do not accumulate in the circulatory systems of the adults over time. This study is the first to assess heavy metal contamination in Common Cranes and indicates the suitability of crane’s eggshells as bioindicator for monitoring environmental pollution.
Comparative neuroanatomy of the central nervous system in web-building and cursorial hunting spiders
(2023)
Spiders (Araneae) include cursorial species that stalk their prey and more stationary species that use webs for prey capture. While many cursorial hunting spiders rely on visual cues, web-building spiders use vibratory cues (mechanosensation) for prey capture. We predicted that the differences in primary sensory input between the species are mirrored by differences in the morphology/architecture of the central nervous system (CNS). Here, we investigated the CNS anatomy of four spider species, two cursorial hunters Pardosa amentata (Lycosidae) and Marpissa muscosa (Salticidae), and two web-building hunters Argiope bruennichi (Araneidae) and Parasteatoda tepidariorum (Theridiidae). Their CNS was analyzed using Bodian silver impregnations, immunohistochemistry, and microCT analysis. We found that there are major differences between species in the secondary eye pathway of the brain that pertain to first-order, second-order, and higher order brain centers (mushroom bodies [MB]). While P. amentata and M. muscosa have prominent visual neuropils and MB, these are much reduced in the two web-building species. Argiope bruennichi lacks second-order visual neuropils but has specialized photoreceptors that project into two distinct visual neuropils, and P. tepidariorum lacks MB, suggesting that motion vision might be absent in this species. Interestingly, the differences in the ventral nerve cord are much less pronounced, but the web-building spiders have proportionally larger leg neuropils than the cursorial spiders. Our findings suggest that the importance of visual information is much reduced in web-building spiders, compared to cursorial spiders, while processing of mechanosensory information requires the same major circuits in both web-building and cursorial hunting spiders.
o-Hydroxyarylphosphanes are fascinating compounds by their multiple-reactivity features, attributed to the ambident hard and soft Lewis- and also Brønstedt acid-base properties, wide tuning opportunities via backbone substituents with ±mesomeric and inductive, at P and in o-position to P and O also steric effects, and in addition, the configurational stability at three-valent phosphorus. Air sensitivity may be overcome by reversible protection with BH3, but the easy oxidation to P(V)-compounds may also be used. Since the first reports on the title compounds ca. 50 years ago the multiple reactivity has led to versatile applications. This includes various P−E−O and P=C−O heterocycles, a multitude of O-substituted derivatives including acyl derivatives for traceless Staudinger couplings of biomolecules with labels or functional substituents, phosphane-phosphite ligands, which like the o-phosphanylphenols itself form a range of transition metal complexes and catalysts. Also main group metal complexes and (bi)arylphosphonium-organocatalysts are derived. Within this review the various strategies for the access of the starting materials are illuminated, including few hints to selected applications.
Aim
To investigate the medium-term associations of serum protein subfractions derived from proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H-NMR) spectroscopy with periodontitis and tooth loss.
Materials and Methods
A total of 3031 participants of the cohort Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP-TREND) were included. In addition to conventional serum testing, serum lipoprotein contents and subfractions were analysed by 1H-NMR spectroscopy. Confounder-adjusted associations of lipoprotein variables with periodontitis and the number of missing teeth variables were analysed using mixed-effects models with random intercepts for time across individuals, accounting for multiple testing.
Results
While only spurious associations between lipoprotein levels from conventional blood tests were found—that is, triglycerides were associated with mean clinical attachment level (CAL) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C/HDL-C) ratio with the number of missing teeth - several associations emerged from serum lipoprotein subfractions derived from 1H-NMR analysis. Specifically, elevated LDL triglycerides were associated with higher levels of mean probing depth (PD), mean CALs, and increased odds of having <20 teeth. HDL-4 cholesterol levels were inversely associated with mean PD. Systemic inflammation (C-reactive protein) might mediate the effects of LDL and HDL triglyceride contents on periodontitis severity.
Conclusions
Several associations between serum lipoprotein subfractions and periodontitis were observed. As the underlying biochemical mechanisms remain unclear, further research is needed.
Aim
Climate change challenges temperate forest trees by increasingly irregular precipitation and rising temperatures. Due to long generation cycles, trees cannot quickly adapt genetically. Hence, the persistence of tree populations in the face of ongoing climate change depends largely on phenotypic variation, that is the capability of a genotype to express variable phenotypes under different environmental conditions, known as plasticity. We aimed to quantify phenotypic variation of central Europe's naturally dominant forest tree across various intraspecific scales (individuals, mother trees (families), populations) to evaluate its potential to respond to changing climatic conditions.
Location
Europe.
Time Period
2016–2019.
Major Taxa Studied
European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.).
Methods
We conducted a fully reciprocal transplantation experiment with more than 9000 beech seeds from seven populations across a Europe-wide gradient. We compared morphological (Specific Leaf Area), phenological (leaf unfolding) and fitness-related (growth, survival) traits across various biological scales: within single mother trees, within populations and across different populations under the contrasting climates of the translocation sites.
Results
The experiment revealed significant phenotypic variation within the offspring of each mother tree, regardless of geographic origin. Initially, seedling height growth varied among mother trees and populations, likely due to maternal effects. However, the growth performance successively aligned after the first year. In summary, we observed a consistent growth response in different beech populations to diverse environments after initial maternal effects.
Main Conclusions
The study strikingly demonstrates the importance of considering intraspecific variation. Given the surprisingly broad spectrum of phenotypes each mother tree holds within its juvenile offspring, we conclude that Fagus sylvatica might have the potential for medium-term population persistence in face of climate change, provided that this pattern persists into later life stages. Hence, we also suggest further investigating the inclusion of passive adaptation and natural dynamics in the adaptive management of forests.
Protein engineering is essential for altering the substrate scope, catalytic activity and selectivity of enzymes for applications in biocatalysis. However, traditional approaches, such as directed evolution and rational design, encounter the challenge in dealing with the experimental screening process of a large protein mutation space. Machine learning methods allow the approximation of protein fitness landscapes and the identification of catalytic patterns using limited experimental data, thus providing a new avenue to guide protein engineering campaigns. In this concept article, we review machine learning models that have been developed to assess enzyme-substrate-catalysis performance relationships aiming to improve enzymes through data-driven protein engineering. Furthermore, we prospect the future development of this field to provide additional strategies and tools for achieving desired activities and selectivities.
Boronate esters, formed by the reaction of an oligonucleotide bearing a 5′-boronic acid moiety with the 3′-terminal cis-diol of another oligonucleotide, support the assembly of functional nucleic acid architectures. Reversible formation of boronate esters occurs in templated fashion and has been shown to restore the activity of split DNA and RNA enzymes as well as a split fluorescent light-up aptamer. Apart from their suitability for the design and application of split nucleic acid enzymes and aptamers in the field of biosensing, boronate esters may have played an important role in early life as surrogates of the natural phosphodiester bond. Their formation is reversible and thus fulfills an important requirement for biological self-assembly. Here we discuss the general concept of stimuli-dependent boronate formation and its application in biomolecules with implications for future research.
Aim
To estimate association between the use of interdental cleaning aids (IDAs) and type on 7-year follow-up levels of interdental plaque, interdental gingival inflammation, interdental periodontitis severity, the number of interdental sound surfaces and the number of missing teeth in a population-based cohort study.
Materials and Methods
We used 7-year follow-up data of 2224 participants from the Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP-TREND). We applied generalized linear and ordinal logistic models, adjusting for confounding and selection bias using inverse probability treatment weighting and multiple imputation.
Results
Flossers were 32% less likely to have higher interdental plaque (iPlaque) levels than non-users of IDAs (odds ratio [OR] = 0.68; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.50–0.94); flossing resulted in 5% lower means of iPlaque. Effects on interdental bleeding on probing (iBOP), mean interdental probing depths and mean interdental clinical attachment levels were direction-consistent but statistically non-significant. Interdental brushing was associated with lower follow-up levels for interdental plaque (OR = 0.73; 95% CI: 0.57–0.93) and iBOP (OR = 0.69; 95% CI: 0.53–0.89). IDAs were more effective in reducing iPlaque in participants with periodontitis, whereas iBOP reduction was more pronounced in participants with no or mild periodontitis. The analyses did not suggest that the use of IDAs affected caries. Finally, applying change score analyses, flossing reduced tooth loss incidence (incidence rate ratio [IRR] = 0.71) compared with non-users of IDAs.
Conclusions
Recommending flossing and interdental brushing in dental practices represents an approach to the prevention of gingivitis and consequently periodontitis.
Animals face strong environmental variability even on short time scales particularly in shallow coastal habitats, forcing them to permanently adjust their metabolism. Respiration rates of aquatic ectotherms are directly influenced by water temperature, whereas ingestion rates might additionally be influenced by behavior. We aim to understand how respiration and ingestion rates of an aquatic invertebrate respond to changing temperature during a diurnal thermal fluctuation cycle and how both processes are related. We studied the benthopelagic mysid Neomysis integer as an important food web component of coastal ecosystems. Mysids were collected at the southern Baltic Sea coast and exposed in the laboratory to either constant temperature of 15°C or daily temperature fluctuation of 15 ± 5°C. Short-term (1–2 h) respiration and ingestion rates were measured at four equidistant time points within 24 h and did not differ among time points at constant temperature, but differed among time points in the fluctuating treatment. Respiration was highest at the thermal maximum and lowest at the thermal minimum. Ingestion rates showed the opposite pattern under fluctuation, likely due to differences in underlying thermal performance curves. When temperature transited the average, the direction of temperature change influenced the animals' response in respiration and ingestion rates differently. Our results suggest that respiration is not only instantaneously affected by temperature, but also influenced by the previously experienced direction of thermal change. Our experiment, using an important non-model organism, delivered new insights on the relationship between the crucial organismal processes ingestion and respiration under thermal variability.
Introduction
The number of mentally altered patients a dentist meets in practice is increasing and interaction with them can be very challenging. As a baseline for an interventional study, we want to assess the attitude of dental students and identify areas of improvement in patient communication. This work compares the attitude of dental students towards people suffering from dementia to the attitudes of trained medical caregivers and the general population. Our aim is to use the results to assess the need for training in communicating with mentally altered patients.
Materials and Methods
Fourth-year dental students attended two lectures on dementia given by a psychiatrist as part of the geriatric dentistry lecture and were questioned afterwards using the Dementia Attitude Scale. In 2016 and 2017, 73 students at the University of Greifswald were interviewed. The response rate was 84%. Using a factor analysis, the Dementia Attitude Scale's validated questions were interpreted and compared with data from nursing staff from Switzerland and the USA.
Results
The factor analysis of the data showed the same two-factor loadings as the comparative groups, and that dental students' attitude is more comparable to the general population than to medically trained nursing staff.
Conclusion
Given the results, we conclude that the implementation of a communication module can serve in improving the attitude of dental students towards patients with dementia.
Poor sleep quality or sleep deprivation may be related to decreased bone mineral density. We aimed to assess whether associations of sleep characteristics and bone turnover or strength are present in adults from the general population and whether these are independent of common risk factors such as sex, age, and obesity. A total of 1037 participants from the Study of Health in Pomerania-TREND underwent laboratory-based polysomnography and quantitative ultrasound measurements at the heel. Of these participants, 804 completed standardised questionnaires to assess daytime sleepiness, insomnia, and sleep quality. Serum concentrations of two bone turnover markers, intact amino-terminal propeptide of type 1 procollagen (P1NP) and carboxy-terminal telopeptide of type 1 collagen (CTX) were measured. Cross-sectional associations of polysomnography variables (total sleep time, sleep efficiency, time spent wake after sleep onset, oxygen desaturation index, apnea–hypopnea index, and obstructive sleep apnea [OSA]), as well as sleep questionnaire scores with the bone turnover markers and the ultrasound-based stiffness index were assessed in linear regression models. In adjusted models, higher insomnia scores and lower sleep quality scores were related to a higher bone turnover in women but not in men. However, associations between polysomnography variables or questionnaire scores and the stiffness index were absent. Our study provides limited evidence for relationships between sleep characteristics and bone turnover and strength independent of common risk factors for OSA and osteoporosis. Nevertheless, women reporting poor sleep or insomnia in combination with risk factors for osteoporosis might benefit from an evaluation of bone health.
In this article, we address the transition of the Kolbe electrolysis of valeric acid (VA) to n-octane as an exemplary electrosynthesis process from a batch reaction to a continuous, self-regulated process. Based on a systematic assessment of chemical boundary conditions and sustainability aspects, we propose a continuous electrosynthesis including a simple product separation and electrolyte recirculation, as well as an online-pH-controlled VA feeding. We demonstrate how essential performance parameters such as product selectivity (S) and coulombic efficiency (CE) are significantly improved by the transition from batch to a continuous process. Thus, the continuous and pH-controlled electrolysis of a 1 M valeric acid, starting pH 6.0, allowed a constantly high selectivity of around 47 % and an average Coulomb efficiency about 52 % throughout the entire experimental duration. Under otherwise identical conditions, the conventional batch operation suffered from lower and strongly decreasing performance values (Sn-octane, 60min=10.4 %, Sn-octane, 240min=1.3 %; CEn-octane, 60min=7.1 %, CEn-octane, 240min=0.5 %). At the same time, electrolyte recirculation significantly reduces wastes and limits the use of electrolyte components.
Aims
To investigate factors that influence the willingness of inactive nurses to return to nursing in a crisis situation and to identify aspects that need to be considered with regard to a possible deployment.
Design
A deductive and inductive qualitative content analysis of semi-structured focus group interviews.
Methods
Semi-structured focus group interviews with inactive or marginally employed nurses, nurses who have been inactive for some time and nursing home managers in October and November 2021. The participating inactive nurses had declared their willingness for a deployment during the COVID-19 pandemic or not. Data were analysed using qualitative content analysis.
Results
Communication was seen as essential by the participants for an informed decision for or against a temporary return to nursing and to potential or actual deployments. To make them feel safe, inactive nurses need to know what to expect and what is expected of them, for example, regarding required training and responsibilities. Considering their current employment status, some flexibility in terms of deployment conditions is needed.
A remaining attachment to care can trigger a sense of duty. Knowledge of (regular) working conditions in nursing can lead to both a desire to support former colleagues and a refusal to be exposed to these conditions again.
Conclusion
Past working experiences and the current employment situation play a major role in the willingness of inactive nurses to return to nursing in a crisis situation. Unbureaucratic arrangements must be provided for those who are willing to return.
Summary Statement
What already is known - In crisis situations, not every inactive nurse is willing or able to return to nursing and therefore, the ‘silent reserve’ may not be as large as suspected.
What this paper adds - Inactive nurses need to know what to expect and what is expected of them for their decision regarding a return to active patient care during a crisis situation.
Implications for practice/policy – Inactive nurses need to be informed and should be offered free training and refresher courses to ensure patient safety.
Impact
This research shows that the group of inactive nurses are not a silent workforce which can be activated anytime. Those who are able and willing to return to direct patient care in crisis situations need the best possible support – during and between crises.
Reporting Method
This study adhered to COREQ guidelines.
No Patient or Public Contribution
The involvement of patients or members of the public did not apply for the study, as the aim was to gain insight into the motivations and attitudes of the group of inactive nurses.
Enzymatic degradation and recycling can reduce the environmental impact of plastics. Despite decades of research, no enzymes for the efficient hydrolysis of polyurethanes have been reported. Whereas the hydrolysis of the ester bonds in polyester‐polyurethanes by cutinases is known, the urethane bonds in polyether‐polyurethanes have remained inaccessible to biocatalytic hydrolysis. Here we report the discovery of urethanases from a metagenome library constructed from soil that had been exposed to polyurethane waste for many years. We then demonstrate the use of a urethanase in a chemoenzymatic process for polyurethane foam recycling. The urethanase hydrolyses low molecular weight dicarbamates resulting from chemical glycolysis of polyether‐polyurethane foam, making this strategy broadly applicable to diverse polyether‐polyurethane wastes.
Aim
To determine the long-term effects of the use of powered tooth brush (PTB) in comparison to manual tooth brush (MTB) on periodontitis severity, coronal caries experience, and the number of missing teeth using in a population-based cohort study.
Materials and Methods
Using 7-year follow-up data of 2214 participants of the Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP-TREND), comprehensively adjusted linear models using generalized least squares and ordinal regression models estimated the effects of PTB usage on dental outcomes in complete case and imputed data.
Results
At follow-up, PTB users had lower medians for mean probing depth (PD; 2.21 mm) and mean clinical attachment levels (1.73 mm) than MTB users (2.30 and 1.96 mm, respectively). Adjusted models revealed the beneficial effects of PTB usage on follow-up levels of plaque, bleeding on probing, mean PD, percentage of sites with PDs ≥4 mm, mean clinical attachment levels (all, interdental, and non-interdental sites, respectively), and the number of missing teeth. For the number of missing teeth, the effects were more pronounced in participants aged ≥50 years. No significant effects of PTB usage on the number of decayed or filled surfaces (all and interdental sites) were found.
Conclusions
A recommendation of PTB usage in dental practice could contribute to the long-term promotion of oral health.
Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) is a water‐soluble synthetic vinyl polymer with remarkable physical properties including thermostability and viscosity. Its biodegradability, however, is low even though a large amount of PVA is released into the environment. Established physical‐chemical degradation methods for PVA have several disadvantages such as high price, low efficiency, and secondary pollution. Biodegradation of PVA by microorganisms is slow and frequently involves pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ)‐dependent enzymes, making it expensive due to the costly cofactor and hence unattractive for industrial applications. In this study, we present a modified PVA film with improved properties as well as a PQQ‐independent novel enzymatic cascade for the degradation of modified and unmodified PVA. The cascade consists of four steps catalyzed by three enzymes with in situ cofactor recycling technology making this cascade suitable for industrial applications.
For the characterization of Kv7.2/3 channel activators, several analytical methods are available that vary in effort and cost. In addition to the technically elaborate patch-clamp method, which serves as a reference method, there exist several medium to high-throughput screening methods including a rubidium efflux flame-atomic absorption spectrometry (F-AAS) assay and a commercial thallium uptake fluorescence-based assay. In this study, the general suitability of a graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (GF-AAS)-based rubidium efflux assay as a screening method for Kv7.2/3 channel activators was demonstrated. With flupirtine serving as a reference compound, 16 newly synthesizedcompounds and the known Kv7.2/3 activator retigabine were first classified as either active or inactive by using the GF-AAS-based rubidium (Rb) efflux assay. Then, the results were compared with a thallium (Tl) uptake fluorescence-based fluorometric imaging plate reader (FLIPR) potassium assay. Overall, 16 of 17 compounds were classified by the GF-AAS-based assay in agreement with their channel-activating properties determined by the more expensive Tl uptake, fluorescence-based assay. Thus, the performance of the GF-AAS-based Rb assay for primary drug screening of Kv7.2/3-activating compounds was clearly demonstrated, as documented by the calculated Z’-factor of the GF-AAS-based method. Moreover, method development included optimization of the coating of the microtiter plates and the washing procedure, which extended the range of this assay to poorly adherent cells such as the HEK293 cells used in this study.
In temperate regions, climate warming alters temperature and precipitation regimes. During winter, a decline in insulating snow cover changes the soil environment, where especially frost exposure can have severe implications for soil microorganisms and subsequently for soil nutrient dynamics. Here, we investigated winter climate change responses in European beech forests soil microbiome. Nine study sites with each three treatments (snow exclusion, insolation, and ambient) were investigated. Long-term adaptation to average climate was explored by comparing across sites. Triplicated treatment plots were used to evaluate short-term (one single winter) responses. Community profiles of bacteria, archaea and fungi were created using amplicon sequencing. Correlations between the microbiome, vegetation and soil physicochemical properties were found. We identify core members of the forest-microbiome and link them to key processes, for example, mycorrhizal symbiont and specialized beech wood degraders (fungi) and nitrogen cycling (bacteria, archaea). For bacteria, the shift of the microbiome composition due to short-term soil temperature manipulations in winter was similar to the community differences observed between long-term relatively cold to warm conditions. The results suggest a strong link between the changes in the microbiomes and changes in environmental processes, for example, nitrogen dynamics, driven by variations in winter climate.
Being a master of metaphors
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