Dinuclear cobalt(III) and mixed valence trinuclear Mn-III-Mn-II-Mn-III complexes with a tripodal bridging pyridylaminophenol ligand

A dinuclear cobalt(II), [Co2(kappa(4)-O,O', N,N'-L)(2)(mu-O,O'-HCOO)](ClO4)center dot(C2H5)(2)O (1) and a linear mixed valence trinuclear manganese, [Mn-3(kappa(4)-O,O', N,N'-L)(2)(mu-CH3O)(2)(mu-O,O'-CH3COO)(2)]center dot 2(C2H5)(2)O (2) complexes with the ligand N-(2-pyridyl-methyl)-N, N-bis-[2'-hydroxy-5'-methyl-benzyl]-amine (H2L) are reported. For both complexes the ligand is present in the deprotonated form. The coordination sphere of the cobalt centres can be described as slightly distorted octahedral with two bridging O-phenoxo, one N-pyridine, one N-amine, one terminal O-phenoxo and one bridging O-formate donor atoms. Interestingly, the bridging formate resulted from the aerial oxidation of methanol. The manganese complex (2) has a linear mixed valence Mn-III-Mn-II-Mn-III, with the Mn-II and Mn-III centres bridged by alkoxo, carboxylate and phenoxo groups. Cyclic voltammetry studies show both metal and ligand centred redox processes consistent with the structure of the complexes. Complex (2) has an S = 3/2 ground state; magnetic susceptibility measurements indicate a weak antiferromagnetic interaction. The best fit of the magnetic susceptibility data as a function of temperature was obtained using a conventional trinuclear linear model [H = -2J(S1S2 + S1S3)] with J = -0.79 cm(-1) and g = 1.99

Immunoassay for SARS-CoV-2 Humoral Response Monitorization: A Study of the Antibody Response in COVID-19 Patients with Different Clinical Profiles during the First and Second Waves in Cadiz, Spain

There is still a long way ahead regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, since emerging waves remain a daunting challenge to the healthcare system. For this reason, the development of new preventive tools and therapeutic strategies to deal with the disease have been necessary, among which serological assays have played a key role in the control of COVID-19 outbreaks and vaccine development. Here, we have developed and evaluated an immunoassay capable of simultaneously detecting multiple IgG antibodies against different SARS-CoV-2 antigens through the use of Bio- PlexTM technology. Additionally, we have analyzed the antibody response in COVID-19 patients with different clinical profiles in Cadiz, Spain. The multiplex immunoassay presented is a high-throughput and robust immune response monitoring tool capable of concurrently detecting anti-S1, anti-NC and anti-RBD IgG antibodies in serum with a very high sensitivity (94.34–97.96%) and specificity (91.84–100%). Therefore, the immunoassay proposed herein may be a useful monitoring tool for individual humoral immunity against SARS-CoV-2, as well as for epidemiological surveillance. In addition, we show the values of antibodies against multiple SARS-CoV-2 antigens and their correlation with the different clinical profiles of unvaccinated COVID-19 patients in Cadiz, Spain, during the first and second waves of the pandemic.Project grant number COV20-00173 of the 2020 Emergency Call for Research Projects about the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the COVID-19 disease of the Institute of Health “Carlos III” from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation; Project grant number PECART-0096-2020, Consejería de Salud y Familias, Junta de Andalucía, Spain

Trend and Representativeness of Acoustic Features of Broiler Chicken Vocalisations Related to CO₂

The concentration of CO2 is relatively large in poultry farms and high accumulations of this gas reduce animal welfare. Good control of its concentration is crucial for the health of the animals. The vocalizations of the chickens can show their level of well-being linked to the presence of carbon dioxide. An audio recording system was implemented and audio raw data was processed to extract acoustical features from four cycles of forty days, three of them from the same farm. This research aims to find the most relevant acoustic features extracted from the broiler’s calls that are related to the CO2 concentration and that could help to automate procedures. The results are encouraging since MFCC 6, 9, 4 and 3 are the most important features that relate the vocalizations of the chickens to the gas concentration, furthermore there is a clear and more similar representativeness trend during birds’ life period from day 15 to day 40