43 research outputs found
Genetic, abiotic and social influences on sex differentiation in cichlid fishes and the evolution of sequential hermaphroditism
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/73799/1/j.1467-2979.2005.00184.x.pd
Measurement of the splashback feature around SZ-selected Galaxy clusters with DES, SPT, and ACT
We present a detection of the splashback feature around galaxy clusters selected using the Sunyaev–Zel’dovich (SZ) signal. Recent measurements of the splashback feature around optically selected galaxy clusters have found that the splashback radius, rsp, is smaller than predicted by N-body simulations. A possible explanation for this discrepancy is that rsp inferred from the observed radial distribution of galaxies is affected by selection effects related to the optical cluster-finding algorithms. We test this possibility by measuring the splashback feature in clusters selected via the SZ effect in data from the South Pole Telescope SZ survey and the Atacama Cosmology Telescope Polarimeter survey. The measurement is accomplished by correlating these cluster samples with galaxies detected in the Dark Energy Survey Year 3 data. The SZ observable used to select clusters in this analysis is expected to have a tighter correlation with halo mass and to be more immune to projection effects and aperture-induced biases, potentially ameliorating causes of systematic error for optically selected clusters. We find that the measured rsp for SZ-selected clusters is consistent with the expectations from simulations, although the small number of SZ-selected clusters makes a precise comparison difficult. In agreement with previous work, when using optically selected redMaPPer clusters with similar mass and redshift distributions, rsp is ∼2σ smaller than in the simulations. These results motivate detailed investigations of selection biases in optically selected cluster catalogues and exploration of the splashback feature around larger samples of SZ-selected clusters. Additionally, we investigate trends in the galaxy profile and splashback feature as a function of galaxy colour, finding that blue galaxies have profiles close to a power law with no discernible splashback feature, which is consistent with them being on their first infall into the cluster
Efficacy of halopeRIdol to decrease the burden of Delirium In adult Critically ill patiEnts (EuRIDICE): study protocol for a prospective randomised multi-centre double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial in the Netherlands
Introduction Delirium in critically ill adults is associated
with prolonged hospital stay, increased mortality and
greater cognitive and functional decline. Current practice
guideline recommendations advocate the use of nonpharmacological strategies to reduce delirium. The
routine use of scheduled haloperidol to treat delirium is
not recommended given a lack of evidence regarding its
ability to resolve delirium nor improve relevant short-term
and longer-term outcomes. This study aims to evaluate
the efficacy and safety of haloperidol for the treatment of
delirium in adult critically ill patients to reduce days spent
with coma or delirium.
Methods and analysis EuRIDICE is a prospective, multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled
trial. Study population consists of adult intensive care
unit (ICU) patients without acute neurological injury who
have delirium based on a positive Intensive Care Delirium
Screening Checklist (ICDSC) or Confusion Assessment
Method for the ICU (CAM-ICU) assessment. Intervention
is intravenous haloperidol 2.5mg (or matching placebo)
every 8 hours, titrated daily based on ICDSC or CAMICU positivity to a maximum of 5mg every 8 hours,
until delirium resolution or ICU discharge. Main study
endpoint is delirium and coma-free days (DCFD) up
to 14 days after randomisation. Secondary endpoints
include (1) 28-day and 1-year mortality, (2) cognitive and
functional performance at 3 and 12 months, (3) patient
and family delirium and ICU experience, (4) psychological
sequelae during and after ICU stay, (4) safety concerns
associated with haloperidol use and (5) cost-effectiveness.
Differences in DCFDs between haloperidol and placebo
group will be analysed using Poisson regression analysis.
Study recruitment started in February 2018 and continues.
Ethics and dissemination The study has been approved
by the Medical Ethics Committee of the Erasmus University
Medical Centre Rotterdam (MEC2017-511) and by the
Institutional Review Boards of the participating sites. Its
results will be disseminated via peer-reviewed publication
and conference presentations
Determining the optimal size of small molecule mixtures for high throughput NMR screening
Vascular Remodeling in Health and Disease
The term vascular remodeling is commonly used to define the structural changes in blood vessel geometry that occur in response to long-term physiologic alterations in blood flow or in response to vessel wall injury brought about by trauma or underlying cardiovascular diseases.1, 2, 3, 4 The process of remodeling, which begins as an adaptive response to long-term hemodynamic alterations such as elevated shear stress or increased intravascular pressure, may eventually become maladaptive, leading to impaired vascular function. The vascular endothelium, owing to its location lining the lumen of blood vessels, plays a pivotal role in regulation of all aspects of vascular function and homeostasis.5 Thus, not surprisingly, endothelial dysfunction has been recognized as the harbinger of all major cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, atherosclerosis, and diabetes.6, 7, 8 The endothelium elaborates a variety of substances that influence vascular tone and protect the vessel wall against inflammatory cell adhesion, thrombus formation, and vascular cell proliferation.8, 9, 10 Among the primary biologic mediators emanating from the endothelium is nitric oxide (NO) and the arachidonic acid metabolite prostacyclin [prostaglandin I2 (PGI2)], which exert powerful vasodilatory, antiadhesive, and antiproliferative effects in the vessel wall
The determination of absolute configuration using vibrational circular dichroism spectroscopy: chiral substituted tiepanes
Determination of Absolute Configuration Using Ab Initio Calculation of Optical Rotation
Ab initio Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations of transparent
spectral region, discrete frequency specific rotations were used to assign the absolute
configurations (ACs) of: 1, 2H-naphtho[1,8-bc]thiophene 1-oxide; 2, m-F-phenyl glycidic
acid methyl ester; 3, o-Br-phenyl glycidic acid methyl ester; 4, p-CH3-phenyl glycidic
acid methyl ester; 5, 2-(1-hydroxyethyl)-chromen-4-one; and 6, 6-Br-2-(1-hydroxyethyl)-
chromen-4-one. The ACs of 5 and 6 were previously determined via X-ray crystallography
to be: 5, R(−)/S(+); 6, R(+)/S(−). The ACs obtained using []D are the same for
both 5 and 6: R(+)/S(−). We conclude that the previously reported AC of 5 is incorrec
Terrestrial pollutant runoff to the Great Barrier Reef: an update of issues, priorities and management responses
The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is a World Heritage Area and contains extensive areas of coral reef, seagrass meadows and fisheries resources. From adjacent catchments, numerous rivers discharge pollutants from agricultural, urban, mining and industrial activity. Pollutant sources have been identified and include suspended sediment from erosion in cattle grazing areas; nitrate from fertiliser application on crop lands; and herbicides from various land uses. The fate and effects of these pollutants in the receiving marine environment are relatively well understood. The Australian and Queensland Governments responded to the concerns of pollution of the GBR from catchment runoff with a plan to address this issue in 2003 (Reef Plan; updated 2009), incentive-based voluntary management initiatives in 2007 (Reef Rescue) and a State regulatory approach in 2009, the Reef Protection Package. This paper reviews new research relevant to the catchment to GBR continuum and evaluates the appropriateness of current management responses