Doxazosin in prostate cancer

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Overcoming barriers to manufacturing digitalization:Policies across EU countries

The digital transformation of manufacturing activities is expected to bring large societal benefits in terms of productivity and sustainability. However, uptake of digital technologies is slower than desirable. As a result, governments are taking action to try to overcome some of the barriers to adoption. However, the mechanisms through which government may act are quite diverse. In this paper, we compare the national strategies across the 27 countries members of the European Union. We map each country's initiative to 14 barriers to the adoption of digital technologies in manufacturing observed in the literature. We observe that most institutional efforts focus on providing funding, developing new regulatory frameworks related to data privacy and security, and creating human capital. Some known barriers to adoption observed at the firm level, such as the lack of off-the-shelf solutions, or the need for retrofitting old equipment, are largely overlooked. We do not find any relationship between the number of initiatives proposed by each country, and the country's existing level of digitalization. We conclude by proposing several policy recommendations, as well as directions for future research

Gene expression profiling reveals overexpression of TSPAN13 in prostate cancer.

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An End-2-End tunnel header compression solution for nested mobile networks

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Evaluación clínica aleatoria de restauraciones tra y de resina compuesta clase II.

La caries dental es la patología más prevalente de la cavidad bucal. Diversos recursos para su prevención y tratamiento se han propuesto desde su identificación, asociando los abordajes convencionales actuales de las lesiones por caries con los elementos de mayor temor en la figura del odontólogo: la infiltración anestésica y efecto sonoro y vibratorio del instrumental rotatorio para la remoción de tejido cariado. El Tratamiento Restaurador Atraumático (ART) se ha reportado en publicaciones científicas como una alternativa exitosa, en la cual se remueve tejido descompuesto por caries con instrumental de excavación manual, restaurando la cavidad resultante con un material bioactivo, con características adhesivas. Sin embargo, dichos estudios clínicos revelan bajas tasas de sobrevida para cavidades de múltiples superficies, adjudicando el fracaso de las restauraciones a deficiencias del material de obturación. En función de estos hallazgos, la industria de los materiales dentales ha desarrollado nuevos productos superadores que podrían igualar a aquellos utilizados en técnicas convencionales, con la ventaja de asegurar una respuesta biológica más eficaz en la reparación del daño ocasionado por la enfermedad de caries, sustituyendo el uso de materiales resinosos o metálicos para la restauración. El objetivo general del presente estudio es comparar restauraciones convencionales y ART en cavidades de múltiples superficies (clase II) en premolares y molares

Phytosterolemia associated with parenteral nutrition administration in adult patients

Vegetable lipid emulsions (LE) contain non-declared phytosterols (PS). We aimed to determine PS content depending on the brand and LE batch; and in adult hospitalized patients treated with parenteral nutrition (PN), to establish the association between plasma and administered PS. I. LE study: Totals and fractions of PS in 3-4 non-consecutive batches from 6 LE were analysed. II. Patient study: randomized, double-blind study of patients with at least 7 previous days of PN with 0.8 g/kg/day of an olive/soybean LE, were randomized (Day 0) 1:1 to olive/soybean (O/S) or 100% fish oil (FO) at a dose of 0.4 g/kg/day for 7 days (Day 7). Plasma PS, its fractions, total cholesterol on Days 0 and 7, their clearance, and their association with PS administered by LE were studied. In part I. LE study: differences were found in the total PS, their fractions and cholesterol among different LE brands and batches. Exclusive soybean LE had the highest content of PS (422.36 ± 130.46 μg/mL). II. Patient study: 19 patients were included. In the O/S group, PS levels were maintained (1.11±6.98 μg/mL) from Day 0 to 7, while in the FO group, significant decreases were seen in total PS (-6.21±4.73 μg/mL) and their fractions, except for campesterol and stigmasterol. Plasma PS on Day 7 were significantly associated with PS administered (R2=0.443). PS content in different LE brands had great variability. PS administered during PN resulted in accumulation and could be prevented with the exclusive administration of FO LE

The effect of intracellular tacrolimus exposure on calcineurin inhibition in immediate- and extended-release tacrolimus formulations

Despite intensive monitoring of whole blood tacrolimus concentrations, acute rejection after kidney transplantation occurs during tacrolimus therapy. Intracellular tacrolimus concentrations could better reflect exposure at the site of action and its pharmacodynamics (PD). Intracellular pharmacokinetic (PK) profile following different tacrolimus formulations (immediate-release (TAC-IR) and extended-release (TAC-LCP)) remains unclear. Therefore, the aim was to study intracellular tacrolimus PK of TAC-IR and TAC-LCP and its correlation with whole blood (WhB) PK and PD. A post-hoc analysis of a prospective, open-label, crossover investigator-driven clinical trial (NCT02961608) was performed. Intracellular and WhB tacrolimus 24 h time-concentration curves were measured in 23 stable kidney transplant recipients. PD analysis was evaluated measuring calcineurin activity (CNA) and simultaneous intracellular PK/PD modelling analysis was conducted. Higher dose-adjusted pre-dose intracellular concentrations (C0 and C24) and total exposure (AUC0-24) values were found for TAC-LCP than TAC-IR. Lower intracellular peak concentration (Cmax) was found after TAC-LCP. Correlations between C0, C24 and AUC0-24 were observed within both formulations. Intracellular kinetics seems to be limited by WhB disposition, in turn, limited by tacrolimus release/absorption processes from both formulations. The faster intracellular elimination after TAC-IR was translated into a more rapid recovery of CNA. An Emax model relating % inhibition and intracellular concentrations, including both formulations, showed an IC50, a concentration to achieve 50% CNA inhibition, of 43.9 pg/million cells

Evaluación clínica aleatoria de restauraciones tra y de resina compuesta clase II

La caries dental es la patología más prevalente de la cavidad bucal. Diversos recursos para su prevención y tratamiento se han propuesto desde su identificación, asociando los abordajes convencionales actuales de las lesiones por caries con los elementos de mayor temor en la figura del odontólogo: la infiltración anestésica y efecto sonoro y vibratorio del instrumental rotatorio para la remoción de tejido cariado. El Tratamiento Restaurador Atraumático (ART) se ha reportado en publicaciones científicas como una alternativa exitosa, en la cual se remueve tejido descompuesto por caries con instrumental de excavación manual, restaurando la cavidad resultante con un material bioactivo, con características adhesivas. Sin embargo, dichos estudios clínicos revelan bajas tasas de sobrevida para cavidades de múltiples superficies, adjudicando el fracaso de las restauraciones a deficiencias del material de obturación. En función de estos hallazgos, la industria de los materiales dentales ha desarrollado nuevos productos superadores que podrían igualar a aquellos utilizados en técnicas convencionales, con la ventaja de asegurar una respuesta biológica más eficaz en la reparación del daño ocasionado por la enfermedad de caries, sustituyendo el uso de materiales resinosos o metálicos para la restauración. El objetivo general del presente estudio es comparar restauraciones convencionales y ART en cavidades de múltiples superficies (clase II) en premolares y molares.Fil: Molina, Gustavo Fabián. Universidad Católica de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud; Argentin

Sustained inhibition of calcineurin activity with a Melt‐Dose Once‐daily Tacrolimus formulation in renal transplant recipients

Tacrolimus (Tac) is the cornerstone calcineurin inhibitor in transplantation. Extended-release Meltdose formulation (Tac-LCP) offers better bioavailability compared with immediate-release formulation (Tac-IR). We postulated that the less fluctuating pharmacokinetic (PK) profile of Tac-LCP might maintain a sustained inhibition of calcineurin activity (CNA) between dose intervals. Higher concentrations (peak plasma concentration (Cmax )) after Tac-IR may not result in a more potent CNA inhibition due to a capacity-limited effect. This study was aimed at evaluating the pharmacodynamic (PD)/PK profiles of Tac-IR compared with Tac-LCP. An open-label, prospective, nonrandomized, investigator-driven study was conducted. Twenty-five kidney transplant recipients receiving Tac-IR were switched to Tac-LCP. Before and 28 days after conversion, intensive CNA-PD and PK sampling were conducted using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem accurate mass spectrometry. PD nonlinear mixed effects model was performed in Phoenix-WinNonlin. Statistically significant higher Cmax (P < 0.001) after Tac-IR did not result in lower CNA as compared with after Tac-LCP (P = 0.860). Tac-LCP showed a statistically more maintained CNA inhibition between dose intervals (area under the effect-time curve from 0 to 24 hours (AUE0-24h )) compared with Tac-IR, in which CNA returned to predose levels after 4 hours of drug intake (373.8 vs. 290.5 pmol RII·h/min·mg prot, Tac-LCP vs. Tac-IR; P = 0.039). No correlation was achieved between any PD and PK parameters in any formulations. Moreover, Tac concentration to elicit a 50% of the maximum response (half-maximal inhibitory concentration) was 9.24 ng/mL. The higher Cmax after Tac-IR does not result in an additional CNA inhibition compared with Tac-LCP attributable to a capacity-limited effect. Tac-LCP may represent an improvement of the PD of Tac due to the more sustained CNA inhibition during dose intervals