Scientific Opinion on Flavouring Group Evaluation 7, Revision 5 (FGE.07Rev5) : saturated and unsaturated aliphatic secondary alcohols, ketones and esters of secondary alcohols and saturated linear or branched‐chain carboxylic acids from chemical group 5

Acknowledgements: The Panel wishes to thank the members of the Working Group on Flavourings: Ulla Beckman Sundh, Leon Brimer, Karl-Heinz Engel, Paul Fowler, Rainer Gürtler, Trine Husøy, Wim Mennes and Gerard Mulder for the preparatory work on this scientific opinion and the Working Group on Genotoxicity: Mona-Lise Binderup, Claudia Bolognesi, Riccardo Crebelli, Rainer Gürtler, Francesca Marcon, Daniel Marzin and Pasquale Mosesso for the preparatory work on this scientific opinion and the hearing experts: Vibe Beltoft and Karin Nørby, and EFSA staff: Maria Anastassiadou, Maria Carfi and Annamaria Rossi for the support provided to this scientific opinion.Publisher PD

Safety evaluation of the food enzyme α-amylase from a genetically modified Aspergillus niger (strain NZYM-SB)

Acknowledgements: The Panel wishes to thank EFSA staff members: Jaime Aguilera, Ana Gomes,Christine Horn, Joaquim Maia and Annamaria Rossi for the support provided to this scientic outputPublisher PD

Exposure assessment of food enzymes

Acknowledgements: The Panel wishes to thank the following for the support provided to thisstatement: Andrew Chesson, Margarita Aguilera-Gomez, Magdalena Andryszkiewicz, Boet Glandorf,Marina Goumenou, Lieve Herman, Klaus-Dieter Jany, Francesca Marcon, Claudia Roncancio Pe~na,Annamaria Rossi, Kim Rygaard, Alessandra Tard, Anne Theobald and DavorZeljezic.Publisher PD

Scientific Opinion of Flavouring Group Evaluation 411 (FGE.411) : 2-(4-methylphenoxy)-N-(1H-pyrazol-3-yl)-N-(thiophen-2-ylmethyl)acetamide from chemical group 30 (miscellaneous substances)

Acknowledgements: The Panel wishes to thank the expert of the EFSA Panel on Food Contact Materials, Enzymes and Processing Aids: Jean-Pierre Cravedi, the hearing experts: Vibe Beltoft and Karin Nørby and EFSA staff Annamaria Rossi, Siiri Saarma and Giorgia Vianello for the support provided to this scientific output.Publisher PD

Scientific Guidance for the preparation of applications on smoke flavouring primary products

Acknowledgments: The FAF Panel wishes to thank the following for the support provided to this scientific output: Caroline Merten and Gianluca Rossi. The Panel wishes to thank the hearing experts: Emanuela Corsini, Andrew Hart and Henk Van Loveren. This article was originally published on the EFSA website http://www.efsa.europa.eu on 26 February 2021 as part of EFSA’s publication procedures.Publisher PD

Decision Fusion with Unknown Sensor Detection Probability

In this correspondence we study the problem of channel-aware decision fusion when the sensor detection probability is not known at the decision fusion center. Several alternatives proposed in the literature are compared and new fusion rules (namely 'ideal sensors' and 'locally-optimum detection') are proposed, showing attractive performance and linear complexity. Simulations are provided to compare the performance of the aforementioned rules.Comment: To appear in IEEE Signal Processing Letter

Pd nanoparticles confined in mesoporous N-doped carbon silica supports: a synergistic effect between catalyst and support

Palladium nanoparticles of similar size were deposited on different supports, layers of carbon materials (with and without nitrogen doping) on the surface of a MCF (mesocellular foam) silica. For the generation of the N-doped carbon coatings, three different N sources were used to also investigate a possible influence of the N-doped carbon precursor and thus the structure of the N-doped carbons on their performance as catalyst support. These catalysts were tested for the Suzuki coupling and hydrogenation reactions. For the Suzuki reaction, the carbon coatings showed to increase dramatically the stability of the MCF material. Furthermore, when N-doped carbon coatings were applied, strong improvement of the stability of the catalysts was observed due to an enhanced interaction between metal nanoparticles and the support, preventing metal particle growth. In hydrogenation reactions, the presence of the N-doped carbon coating on the silica support increases the adsorption of aromatic compounds causing an enhancement of the catalytic activity of Pd NPs when compared to the non-doped supports.TU Berlin, Open-Access-Mittel - 2020DFG, 390540038, EXC 2008: UniSysCa

Immunological backbone of uveal melanoma: is there a rationale for immunotherapy?

No standard treatment has been established for metastatic uveal melanoma (mUM). Immunotherapy is commonly used for this disease even though UM has not been included in phase III clinical trials with checkpoint inhibitors. Unfortunately, only a minority of patients obtain a clinical benefit with immunotherapy. The immunological features of mUM were reviewed in order to understand if immunotherapy could still play a role for this disease

Borderline personality in patients with poly-diagnoses treated for a Bipolar Disorder

Some patients with dysphoria, explosive behaviour, or suicidal ideation, may receive a diagnosis of, and treatment for Bipolar Disorder (BD) and, not infrequently. The coexistence of these two diagnoses has been explained in different ways. Some authors include the BPD in the bipolar spectrum; others are sceptical about the existence of real comorbidity, suggesting a misdiagnosis. This study aimed to assess the personality of this group of poly-diagnosed patients (PolyD) and hypothesised they had a pathological borderline organisation. Via the administration of the Schedler Westen Assessment Procedure (SWAP-200), we compared PolyD patients with those suffering from BPD or BD only. We performed two different MANCOVAs to test PolyD, BPD and BD patients' differences in PD-factors, Q-traits and age. The sample comprised 45 patients (Mean age=43.3, SD=15.7; Females 57.7%, N=26). BD patients (N=15) did not present any personality disorder, they had a higher functioning and Obsessive Q-traits, and a lower Histrionic PD-factor than both PolyD (N=20) and BPD (N=10) patients. Compared to PolyD patients, BD had inferior PD-Borderline, PD-Antisocial factor and Dependent-Masochistic Q-traits, but there were no other differences with BPD patients. PolyD did not differ from BPD patients in any of the PD-factors and Q-traits. Our results suggest that PolyD patients are different from BD patients and propose to consider the pathological borderline personality as a central core of their disease