Planck Cold Clumps in the <i>λ</i> Orionis Complex. II. Environmental Effects on Core Formation

Yi, Hee-Weon,Lee, Jeong-Eun,Liu, Tie,Kim, Kee-Tae,Choi, Minho,Eden, David,II, Neal J. Evans,Francesco, James Di,Fuller, Gary,Hirano, N.,Juvela, Mika,Kang, Sung-ju,Kim, Gwanjeong,M. Koch, Patrick,Lee, American Astronomical Society 2018 The Astrophysical journal, Supplement series Vol.236 No.2

<P>Based on the 850 mu m dust continuum data from SCUBA-2 at James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT), we compare overall properties of Planck Galactic Cold Clumps (PGCCs) in the lambda Orionis cloud to those of PGCCs in the Orion A and B clouds. The Orion A and B clouds are well-known active star-forming regions, while the A Orionis cloud has a different environment as a consequence of the interaction with a prominent OB association and a giant H-II region. PGCCs in the lambda Orionis cloud have higher dust temperatures (T-d = 16.13 +/- 0.15 K) and lower values of dust emissivity spectral index (beta = 1.65 +/- 0.02) than PGCCs in the Orion A (T-d = 13.79 +/- 0.21 K, beta = 2.07 +/- 0.03) and Orion B (T-d = 13.82 +/- 0.19 K, beta =1.96 +/- 0.02) clouds. We find 119 substructures within the 40 detected PGCCs and identify them as cores. Out of a total of 119 cores, 15 cores are discovered in the lambda Orionis cloud, while 74 and 30 cores are found in the Orion A and B clouds, respectively. The cores in the lambda Orionis cloud show much lower mean values of size R = 0.08 pc, column density N(H-2) (9.5 +/- 1.2) x 10(22)cm(-2) , number density n(H-2) - (2.9 +/- 0.4) x 10 5 CM -3 , and mass M-core = 1.0 +/- 0.3 M(circle dot)compared to the cores in the Orion A [R = 0.11 pc, N(H-2) = (2.3 +/- 0.3) x 10(23) cm(-2), n(H-2) = (3.8 +/- 0.5) x 10(5)cm(-3) , and M-core = 2.4 +/- 0.3 M-circle dot] and Orion B [R = 0.16 pc, N(H-2) (3.8 +/- 0.4) x 10(23) cm(-2), n(H-2) = (15.6 +/- 1.8) x 10(5) cm(-3) , and M-core = 2.7 +/- 0.3 M-circle dot] clouds. These core properties in the A Orionis cloud can be attributed to the photodissociation and external heating by the nearby H rr region, which may prevent the PGCCs from forming gravitationally bound structures and eventually disperse them. These results support the idea of negative stellar feedback on core formation.</P>

Effect of Treatment of Helicobacter pylori Infection on the Long-term Recurrence of Gastric or Duodenal Ulcer -A Randomized, Controlled Study-

( David Y. Graham ),( Ginger M. Lew ),( Peter D. Klcin ),( Dolores G. Evans ),( Doyle J. Evans Jr ),( Zahid A. Saccd ),( Hoda M,Malty ) 대한소화기학회 1993 SIDDS Vol.2 No.-

Review of Qualitative Approaches for the Construction Industry: Designing a Risk Management Toolbox

Zalk, David M.,Spee, Ton,Gillen, Matt,Lentz, Thomas J.,Garrod, Andrew,Evans, Paul,Swuste, Paul Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute 2011 Safety and health at work Vol.2 No.2

Objectives: This paper presents the framework and protocol design for a construction industry risk management toolbox. The construction industry needs a comprehensive, systematic approach to assess and control occupational risks. These risks span several professional health and safety disciplines, emphasized by multiple international occupational research agenda projects including: falls, electrocution, noise, silica, welding fumes, and musculoskeletal disorders. Yet, the International Social Security Association says, "whereas progress has been made in safety and health, the construction industry is still a high risk sector." Methods: Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) employ about 80% of the world's construction workers. In recent years a strategy for qualitative occupational risk management, known as Control Banding (CB) has gained international attention as a simplified approach for reducing work-related risks. CB groups hazards into stratified risk 'bands', identifying commensurate controls to reduce the level of risk and promote worker health and safety. We review these qualitative solutions-based approaches and identify strengths and weaknesses toward designing a simplified CB 'toolbox' approach for use by SMEs in construction trades. Results: This toolbox design proposal includes international input on multidisciplinary approaches for performing a qualitative risk assessment determining a risk 'band' for a given project. Risk bands are used to identify the appropriate level of training to oversee construction work, leading to commensurate and appropriate control methods to perform the work safely. Conclusion: The Construction Toolbox presents a review-generated format to harness multiple solutions-based national programs and publications for controlling construction-related risks with simplified approaches across the occupational safety, health and hygiene professions.

Effects of Body Mass Index on Perioperative Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Surgery

Roberto J. Perez-Roman,David McCarthy,Evan M. Luther,Julian G. Lugo-Pico,Roberto Leon-Correa,Wendy Gaztanaga,Karthik Madhavan,Steven Vanni 대한척추신경외과학회 2021 Neurospine Vol.18 No.1

Objective: Obesity has become a public health crisis and continues to be on the rise. An elevated body mass index has been linked to higher rates of spinal degenerative disease requiring surgical intervention. Limited studies exist that evaluate the effects of obesity on perioperative complications in patients undergoing anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). Our study aims to determine the incidence of obesity in the ACDF population and the effects it may have on postoperative inpatient complications. Methods: The National Inpatient Sample was evaluated from 2004 to 2014 and discharges with International Classification of Diseases procedure codes indicating ACDF were identified. This cohort was stratified into patients with diagnosis codes indicating obesity. Separate univariable followed by multivariable logistic regression analysis were performed for the likelihood of perioperative inpatient outcomes among the patients with obesity. Results: From 2004 to 2014, estimated 1,212,475 ACDFs were identified in which 9.2% of the patients were obese. The incidence of obesity amongst ACDF patients has risen dramatically during those years from 5.8% to 13.4%. Obese ACDF patients had higher inpatient likelihood of dysphagia, neurological, respiratory, and hematologic complications as well as pulmonary emboli, and intraoperative durotomy. Conclusion: Obesity is a well-established modifiable comorbidity that leads to increased perioperative complications in various surgical specialties. We present one of the largest retrospective analyses evaluating the effects of obesity on inpatient complications following ACDF. Our data suggest that the number of obese patients undergoing ACDF is steadily increasing and had a higher inpatient likelihood of developing perioperative complications.

National Trends and Correlates of Dysphagia After Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion Surgery

Roberto J. Perez-Roman,Evan M. Luther,David McCarthy,Julian G. Lugo-Pico,Roberto Leon-Correa,Steven Vanni,Michael Y. Wang 대한척추신경외과학회 2021 Neurospine Vol.18 No.1

Objective: Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is the most common performed surgery in the cervical spine. Dysphagia is one of the most frequent complications following ACDF. Several studies have identified certain demographic and perioperative risk factors associated with increased dysphagia rates, but few have reported recent trends. Our study aims to report current trends and factors associated with the development of inpatient postoperative dysphagia after ACDF. Methods: The National Inpatient Sample was evaluated from 2004 to 2014 and discharges with International Classification of Diseases procedure codes indicating ACDF were selected. Time trend series plots were created for the yearly treatment trends for each fusion level by dysphagia outcome. Separate univariable followed by multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to evaluate predictors of dysphagia. Results: A total of 1,212,475 ACDFs were identified in which 3.3% experienced postoperative dysphagia. A significant increase in annual dysphagia rates was observed from 2004–2014. Frailty, intraoperative neuromonitoring, 4 or more level fusions, African American race, fluid/electrolyte disorders, blood loss, and coagulopathy were all identified as significant independent risk factors for the development of postoperative dysphagia following ACDF. Conclusion: Postoperative dysphagia is a well-known postsurgical complication associated with ACDF. Our cohort showed a significant increase in the annual dysphagia rates independent of levels fused. We identified several risk factors associated with the development of postoperative dysphagia after ACDF.

Semi-quantitative models for identifying potent and selective transthyretin amyloidogenesis inhibitors

Connelly, Stephen,Mortenson, David E.,Choi, Sungwook,Wilson, Ian A.,Powers, Evan T.,Kelly, Jeffery W.,Johnson, Steven M. Pergamon Press 2017 Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters Vol.27 No.15

<P><B>Abstract</B></P> <P>Rate-limiting dissociation of the tetrameric protein transthyretin (TTR), followed by monomer misfolding and misassembly, appears to cause degenerative diseases in humans known as the transthyretin amyloidoses, based on human genetic, biochemical and pharmacologic evidence. Small molecules that bind to the generally unoccupied thyroxine binding pockets in the native TTR tetramer kinetically stabilize the tetramer, slowing subunit dissociation proportional to the extent that the molecules stabilize the native state over the dissociative transition state—thereby inhibiting amyloidogenesis. Herein, we use previously reported structure-activity relationship data to develop two semi-quantitative algorithms for identifying the structures of potent and selective transthyretin kinetic stabilizers/amyloidogenesis inhibitors. The viability of these prediction algorithms, in particular the more robust <I>in silico</I> docking model, is perhaps best validated by the clinical success of tafamidis, the first-in-class drug approved in Europe, Japan, South America, and elsewhere for treating transthyretin aggregation-associated familial amyloid polyneuropathy. Tafamidis is also being evaluated in a fully-enrolled placebo-controlled clinical trial for its efficacy against TTR cardiomyopathy. These prediction algorithms will be useful for identifying second generation TTR kinetic stabilizers, should these be needed to ameliorate the central nervous system or ophthalmologic pathology caused by TTR aggregation in organs not accessed by oral tafamidis administration.</P> <P><B>Graphical abstract</B></P> <P>[DISPLAY OMISSION]</P>

Teaching Soils and Telling Stories with Digital Maps

Darrell G. Schulze,Alfred E. Hartemink,Minerva J. Dorantes,David M. Evans,John G. Graveel,Phillip R. Owens,George E. Van Scoyoc 한국토양비료학회 2014 한국토양비료학회 학술발표회 초록집 Vol.2014 No.6

LC, Acute : O-055 ; Protection from liver fibrosis by a PPAR agonist

( Keiko Iwaisako ),( Yong Han Paik ),( Michael Haimer ),( Kojiro Taura ),( Yuzo Kodama ),( Claude Sirlin ),( Elizabeth Yu ),( Ruth T Yu ),( Michael Downes ),( Ronald M Evans ),( David A Brenner ),( Be 대한간학회 2012 춘·추계 학술대회 (KASL) Vol.2012 No.1

Background: Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor delta (PPAR), a member of the nuclear receptor family, is emerging as a key metabolic regulator with pleiotropic actions on various tissues including fat, skeletal muscle and liver. The aim of our study was to assess the effect of a new and highly selective PPAR agonist KD3010 in experimental mouse models of liver fibrosis induced by carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) injections or bile duct ligation (BDL). Methods: Male adult C57/B6 mice were treated daily with vehicle or KD3010 by oral gavage. Liver fibrosis was induced by repeated intraperitoneal injections of CCl4 or BDL. For in vitro study, primary hepatocytes were isolated and incubated with/without KD3010. Results: PPAR agonist KD3010 ameliorates liver injury induced by CCl4 injections. Deposition of extracellular matrix proteins was lower in the KD3010 group as compared to the control group. The hepatoprotective and antifibrotic effect of KD3010 was confirmed in a model of cholestasis-induced liver injury and fibrosis using BDL for three weeks. Primary hepatocytes incubated with KD3010 were protected from serum starvation or CCl4-induced cell death, in part due to reduced reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. Conclusions: The PPAR agonist KD3010 has hepatoprotective and antifibrotic effects in animal models of liver fibrosis suggesting a new mechanistic and therapeutic approach in treating patients with chronic liver diseases.