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Purification, characterization, and cloning of a bifunctional molybdoenzyme with hydratase and alcohol dehydrogenase activity
A bifunctional hydratase/alcohol dehydrogenase was isolated from the cyclohexanol degrading bacterium Alicycliphilus denitrificans DSMZ 14773. The enzyme catalyzes the addition of water to α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds and the subsequent alcohol oxidation. The purified enzyme showed three subunits in SDS gel, and the gene sequence revealed that this enzyme belongs to the molybdopterin binding oxidoreductase family containing molybdopterins, FAD, and iron-sulfur clusters
Maternal attachment style and depression associated with childbirth ; preliminary results from a European and US cross-cultural study
BACKGROUND:
Insecure attachment style relates to major depression in women, but its relationship to depression associated with childbirth is largely unknown. A new UK-designed measure, the Attachment Style Interview (ASI), has potential for cross-cultural use as a risk marker for maternal disorder.
AIMS:
To establish there liability of the ASI across centres, its stability over a 9-month period, and its associations with social context and major or minor depression.
METHOD:
The ASI was used by nine centres antenatally on 204 women, with 174 followed up 6 months postnatally. Interrater reliability was tested and the ASI was repeated on a subset of 96 women. Affective disorder was assessed by means of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV.
RESULTS:
Satisfactory interrater reliability was achieved with relatively high stability rates at follow-up. Insecure attachment related to lower social class position and more negative social context. Specific associations of avoidant attachment style (angry-dismissive or withdrawn) with antenatal disorder, and anxious style (enmeshed or fearful) with postnatal disorder were found.
CONCLUSIONS:
The ASI can be used reliably in European and US centres as a measure for risk associated with childbirth. Its use will contribute to theoretically under pinned preventive action for disorders associated with childbirth
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Measurement of mother-infant interactions and the home environment in a European setting: preliminary results from a cross-cultural study
Background Infant development is adversely affected in the context of postnatal depression. This relationship may be mediated by both the nature of early mother-infant interactions and the quality of the home environment. Aim To establish the usefulness of the Global Ratings Scales of Mother-Infant Interaction and the Infant-Toddler version of the Home Observation for the Measurement of the Environment (IT-HOME), and to test expected associations of the measures with characteristics of the social context and with major or minor depression. Method Both assessments were administered postnatally in four European centres; 144 mothers were assessed with the Global Ratings Scales and 114 with the IT-HOME. Affective disorder was assessed by means of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Disorders. Results Analyses of mother-infant interaction indicated no main effect for depression but maternal sensitivity to infant behaviour was associated with better infant communication, especially for women who were not depressed. Poor overall emotional support also reduced sensitivity scores. Poor support was also related to poorer IT-HOME scores, but there was no effect of depression. Conclusions The Global Ratings Scales were effectively applied but there was less evidence of the usefulness of the IT-HOME. Declaration of interest None
Maternal attachment style and depression associated with childbirth ; preliminary results from a European and US cross-cultural study
BACKGROUND:
Insecure attachment style relates to major depression in women, but its relationship to depression associated with childbirth is largely unknown. A new UK-designed measure, the Attachment Style Interview (ASI), has potential for cross-cultural use as a risk marker for maternal disorder.
AIMS:
To establish there liability of the ASI across centres, its stability over a 9-month period, and its associations with social context and major or minor depression.
METHOD:
The ASI was used by nine centres antenatally on 204 women, with 174 followed up 6 months postnatally. Interrater reliability was tested and the ASI was repeated on a subset of 96 women. Affective disorder was assessed by means of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV.
RESULTS:
Satisfactory interrater reliability was achieved with relatively high stability rates at follow-up. Insecure attachment related to lower social class position and more negative social context. Specific associations of avoidant attachment style (angry-dismissive or withdrawn) with antenatal disorder, and anxious style (enmeshed or fearful) with postnatal disorder were found.
CONCLUSIONS:
The ASI can be used reliably in European and US centres as a measure for risk associated with childbirth. Its use will contribute to theoretically under pinned preventive action for disorders associated with childbirth
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Contextual assessment of the maternity experience (CAME): development of an instrument for cross-cultural research
Background: There is evidence that
stressors may trigger the onset of a
depressive episode in vulnerable women.
A new UK interview measure, the
Contextual Assessment of the Maternity
Experience (CAME), was designed to
assess major risk factors for emotional
disturbances, especially depression,
during pregnancy and post-partum.
Aims: Within the context of a cross-
cultural study, to establish the usefulness of
the CAME, and to test expected
associations of the measure with
characteristics of the social context and
with major or minor depression.
Method: The CAME was administered
antenatally and postnatally in ten study
sites, respectively to 296 and 249 women.
Affective disorder throughout pregnancy
and up to 6 months postnatally was
assessed by means of the Structured
Clinical Interview for DSM IV Axis I
Disorders.
Results: Adversity, poor relationship
with either a partner or a confidant, and
negative feelings about the pregnancy all
predicted onset of depression during the
perinatal period.
Conclusions: The CAME was able to
assess major domains relevant to the
psychosocial context of the maternity
experience in different cultures.Overall,
the instrument showed acceptable
psychometric properties in its first use in
different cultural settings.Fernand Seguin Research Centre (Montreal,
Canada)
The Preparation of New Phosphorus-Centered Functional Groups for Modified Oligonucleotides and Other Natural Phosphates
Efforts to develop synthetic methodologies allowing the preparation of α,α– difluorophosphonothioates, α,α–difluorophosphonodithioates, α,α–difluorophosphono- trithioates, and α,α–difluorophosphinates are reviewed in the light of applications in the field of modified oligonucleotides and cyclitol phosphates. Two successful approaches have been developed, based either on the addition of phosphorus-centered radicals onto gem–difluoroalkenes or on a process involving the addition of lithiodifluorophosphono- thioates 91 onto a ketone and the subsequent deoxygenation reaction of the adduct. The radical route successfully developed a practical route to α,α–difluoro–H–phosphinates which proved to be useful intermediates to a variety of phosphate isosters. The ionic route led to the first preparation of phosphonodifluoromethyl analogues of nucleoside– 3’–phosphates