36 research outputs found
A reference map of potential determinants for the human serum metabolome
The serum metabolome contains a plethora of biomarkers and causative agents of various diseases, some of which are endogenously produced and some that have been taken up from the environment(1). The origins of specific compounds are known, including metabolites that are highly heritable(2,3), or those that are influenced by the gut microbiome(4), by lifestyle choices such as smoking(5), or by diet(6). However, the key determinants of most metabolites are still poorly understood. Here we measured the levels of 1,251 metabolites in serum samples from a unique and deeply phenotyped healthy human cohort of 491 individuals. We applied machine-learning algorithms to predict metabolite levels in held-out individuals on the basis of host genetics, gut microbiome, clinical parameters, diet, lifestyle and anthropometric measurements, and obtained statistically significant predictions for more than 76% of the profiled metabolites. Diet and microbiome had the strongest predictive power, and each explained hundreds of metabolites-in some cases, explaining more than 50% of the observed variance. We further validated microbiome-related predictions by showing a high replication rate in two geographically independent cohorts(7,8) that were not available to us when we trained the algorithms. We used feature attribution analysis(9) to reveal specific dietary and bacterial interactions. We further demonstrate that some of these interactions might be causal, as some metabolites that we predicted to be positively associated with bread were found to increase after a randomized clinical trial of bread intervention. Overall, our results reveal potential determinants of more than 800 metabolites, paving the way towards a mechanistic understanding of alterations in metabolites under different conditions and to designing interventions for manipulating the levels of circulating metabolites.The levels of 1,251 metabolites are measured in 475 phenotyped individuals, and machine-learning algorithms reveal that diet and the microbiome are the determinants with the strongest predictive power for the levels of these metabolites
KneeTex: an ontologyâdriven system for information extraction from MRI reports
Background. In the realm of knee pathology, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has the advantage of visualising all structures within the knee joint, which makes it a valuable tool for increasing diagnostic accuracy and planning surgical treatments. Therefore, clinical narratives found in MRI reports convey valuable diagnostic information. A range of studies have proven the feasibility of natural language processing for information extraction from clinical narratives. However, no study focused specifically on MRI reports in relation to knee pathology, possibly due to the complexity of knee anatomy and a wide range of conditions that may be associated with different anatomical entities. In this paper we describe KneeTex, an information extraction system that operates in this domain. Methods. As an ontologyâdriven information extraction system, KneeTex makes active use of an ontology to strongly guide and constrain text analysis. We used automatic term recognition to facilitate the development of a domainâspecific ontology with sufficient detail and coverage for text mining applications. In combination with the ontology, high regularity of the sublanguage used in knee MRI reports allowed us to model its processing by a set of sophisticated lexicoâsemantic rules with minimal syntactic analysis. The main processing steps involve named entity recognition combined with coordination, enumeration, ambiguity and coâreference resolution, followed by text segmentation. Ontologyâbased semantic typing is then used to drive the template filling process. Results. We adopted an existing ontology, TRAK (Taxonomy for RehAbilitation of Knee conditions), for use within KneeTex. The original TRAK ontology expanded from 1,292 concepts, 1,720 synonyms and 518 relationship instances to 1,621 concepts, 2,550 synonyms and 560 relationship instances. This provided KneeTex with a very fineâgrained lexicoâsemantic knowledge base, which is highly attuned to the given sublanguage. Information extraction results were evaluated on a test set of 100 MRI reports. A gold standard consisted of 1,259 filled template records with the following slots: finding, finding qualifier, negation, certainty, anatomy and anatomy qualifier. KneeTex extracted information with precision of 98.00%, recall of 97.63% and Fâmeasure of 97.81%, the values of which are in line with humanâlike performance. Conclusions. KneeTex is an openâsource, standâalone application for information extraction from narrative reports that describe an MRI scan of the knee. Given an MRI report as input, the system outputs the corresponding clinical findings in the form of JavaScript Object Notation objects. The extracted information is mapped onto TRAK, an ontology that formally models knowledge relevant for the rehabilitation of knee conditions. As a result, formally structured and coded information allows for complex searches to be conducted efficiently over the original MRI reports, thereby effectively supporting epidemiologic studies of knee conditions
Multifaceted highly targeted sequential multidrug treatment of early ambulatory high-risk SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19)
The SARS-CoV-2 virus spreading across the world has led to surges of COVID-19 illness, hospitalizations, and
death. The complex and multifaceted pathophysiology of life-threatening COVID-19 illness including viral mediated
organ damage, cytokine storm, and thrombosis warrants early interventions to address all components of the devastating
illness. In countries where therapeutic nihilism is prevalent, patients endure escalating symptoms and without
early treatment can succumb to delayed in-hospital
care and death. Prompt early initiation of sequenced multidrug
therapy (SMDT) is a widely and currently available
solution to stem the tide of hospitalizations and death. A
multipronged therapeutic approach includes 1) adjuvant
nutraceuticals, 2) combination intracellular anti-infective
therapy, 3) inhaled/oral corticosteroids, 4) antiplatelet
agents/anticoagulants, 5) supportive care including supplemental
oxygen, monitoring, and telemedicine. Randomized
trials of individual, novel oral therapies have not
delivered tools for physicians to combat the pandemic in
practice. No single therapeutic option thus far has been
entirely effective and therefore a combination is required
at this time. An urgent immediate pivot from single drug to
SMDT regimens should be employed as a critical strategy
to deal with the large numbers of acute COVID-19 patients
with the aim of reducing the intensity and duration
of symptoms and avoiding hospitalization and death
Medial collateral ligament calcification: a rare knee pain entity with literature review
Large-scale mapping of gene regulatory logic reveals context-dependent repression by transcriptional activators
Transcription factors (TFs) are key mediators that propagate extracellular and intracellular signals through to changes in gene expression profiles. However, the rules by which promoters decode the amount of active TF into target gene expression are not well understood. To determine the mapping between promoter DNA sequence, TF concentration, and gene expression output, we have conducted in budding yeast a large-scale measurement of the activity of thousands of designed promoters at six different levels of TF. We observe that maximum promoter activity is determined by TF concentration and not by the number of binding sites. Surprisingly, the addition of an activator site often reduces expression. A thermodynamic model that incorporates competition between neighboring binding sites for a local pool of TF molecules explains this behavior and accurately predicts both absolute expression and the amount by which addition of a site increases or reduces expression. Taken together, our findings support a model in which neighboring binding sites interact competitively when TF is limiting but otherwise act additively.This work was supported by the Spanish Ministerio de EconomÃa y Competitividad and FEDER through project BFU2015-68351-P to L.B.C. and by grant 2014SGR0974 from the AgÃĻncia de GestiÃģ dâAjuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) to L.B.C. This work was supported by grants from the European Research Council (ERC) and the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) to E.S. D.vD. was supported by Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO) Rubicon fellowship 825.14.016
Large-scale mapping of gene regulatory logic reveals context-dependent repression by transcriptional activators
Transcription factors (TFs) are key mediators that propagate extracellular and intracellular signals through to changes in gene expression profiles. However, the rules by which promoters decode the amount of active TF into target gene expression are not well understood. To determine the mapping between promoter DNA sequence, TF concentration, and gene expression output, we have conducted in budding yeast a large-scale measurement of the activity of thousands of designed promoters at six different levels of TF. We observe that maximum promoter activity is determined by TF concentration and not by the number of binding sites. Surprisingly, the addition of an activator site often reduces expression. A thermodynamic model that incorporates competition between neighboring binding sites for a local pool of TF molecules explains this behavior and accurately predicts both absolute expression and the amount by which addition of a site increases or reduces expression. Taken together, our findings support a model in which neighboring binding sites interact competitively when TF is limiting but otherwise act additively.This work was supported by the Spanish Ministerio de EconomÃa y Competitividad and FEDER through project BFU2015-68351-P to L.B.C. and by grant 2014SGR0974 from the AgÃĻncia de GestiÃģ dâAjuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) to L.B.C. This work was supported by grants from the European Research Council (ERC) and the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) to E.S. D.vD. was supported by Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO) Rubicon fellowship 825.14.016
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In operation. First, plan the implementation of the project. Then, study subject content such as Computational Fluid Dynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Aerodynamics, TSAE competition rules, and steps to using the SOLIDWORKS Program. We use SOLIDWORKS to compare the aerodynamic performance of each front and rear wing and analyze the results.
Flow Simulation using the SOLIDWORKS Program We have got "Flow Simulation" performed on the front wing and rear wing of 1, 2 and 3 elements. In terms of flow simulation, we use a 50 km/h wind speed to hit the front and rear wings. The results showed that the front wing and rear wing when assembled with a car. We have studied and selected the angle of attack that has the highest life coefficient to be assembled on the Student Formula Racing Car. The Front Wing and Rear Wing are 2 elements of the Front Wing and 2 elements, of the Rear Wing. They have a Drag Coefficient of 0.38 and a Lift Coefficient of 0.30.Rajamangala University of Technology Phra Nakho