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Kovačević IN, Vujović A, Stanišić M, Vuković-Leković J, Lansdorp-Vogelaar I, Mlakar DN, Senore C, Józwiak-Hagymásy J, Széles G, Vokó Z, Csanádi M. Roadmap to improve the organized cancer screening programs - The case of colorectal cancer screening in Montenegro. J Cancer Policy 2024; 39:100464. [PMID: 38104712 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpo.2023.100464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2023] [Revised: 12/01/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 12/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Implementation of organized cancer screening programs comes with many challenges and barriers, which may inhibit the achievement of the screening activities' desired benefits. In this paper we outline a plan for improving the colorectal cancer (CRC) screening system in Montenegro. METHODS We formulated a roadmap, which was generally defined as a country-specific strategic plan to improve cancer screening programs. The roadmap development was an iterative, step-by-step process. First, we described the current screening program, then identified and described key barriers, and finally proposed actions to overcome them. Multiple sources of information (e.g., documents, expert opinions) were collected and processed by local and international stakeholders. RESULTS The CRC screening program was implemented between 2013-2019 by gradually increasing the invitation of the target population. Key barriers of the implementation were defined: 1) Lack of colonoscopy capacity in the northern part of the country; 2) Inadequate information technology systems; 3) Inadequate public promotion of screening. The defined actions were related to overcoming lack of available resources (e.g., financial, human and technological), to improve the policy environment and the knowledge, and to facilitate information sharing. CONCLUSION The collaboration between local stakeholders of CRC screening and researchers experienced in planning and evaluating screening programs resulted in the first comprehensive description of CRC screening in Montenegro, detailed understanding of key barriers that emerged during implementation and a carefully designed list of actions. The implementation of these actions and the evaluation of whether barriers were solved will be captured in the upcoming period by maintaining this collaboration.
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- Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Epidemiology and screening Unit - CPO, University Hospital Città della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy
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- Syreon Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary; Center for Health Technology Assessment, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
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Liu A, Zhang X, Liu Z, Li Y, Peng X, Li X, Qin Y, Hu C, Qiu Y, Jiang H, Wang Y, Li Y, Tang J, Liu J, Guo H, Deng T, Peng S, Tian H, Ren TL. The Roadmap of 2D Materials and Devices Toward Chips. Nanomicro Lett 2024; 16:119. [PMID: 38363512 PMCID: PMC10873265 DOI: 10.1007/s40820-023-01273-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
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Due to the constraints imposed by physical effects and performance degradation, silicon-based chip technology is facing certain limitations in sustaining the advancement of Moore's law. Two-dimensional (2D) materials have emerged as highly promising candidates for the post-Moore era, offering significant potential in domains such as integrated circuits and next-generation computing. Here, in this review, the progress of 2D semiconductors in process engineering and various electronic applications are summarized. A careful introduction of material synthesis, transistor engineering focused on device configuration, dielectric engineering, contact engineering, and material integration are given first. Then 2D transistors for certain electronic applications including digital and analog circuits, heterogeneous integration chips, and sensing circuits are discussed. Moreover, several promising applications (artificial intelligence chips and quantum chips) based on specific mechanism devices are introduced. Finally, the challenges for 2D materials encountered in achieving circuit-level or system-level applications are analyzed, and potential development pathways or roadmaps are further speculated and outlooked.
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- Anhan Liu
- School of Integrated Circuits and Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology (BNRist), Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100049, People's Republic of China
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- School of Integrated Circuits and Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology (BNRist), Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100049, People's Republic of China
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- School of Microelectronics, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China
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- School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, People's Republic of China
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- High-Frequency High-Voltage Device and Integrated Circuits R&D Center, Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, People's Republic of China
- School of Integrated Circuits, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Dynamic Measurement Technology, Shanxi Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Sensing and Precision Measurement, North University of China, Taiyuan, 030051, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Dynamic Measurement Technology, Shanxi Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Sensing and Precision Measurement, North University of China, Taiyuan, 030051, People's Republic of China
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- High-Frequency High-Voltage Device and Integrated Circuits R&D Center, Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, People's Republic of China
- School of Integrated Circuits, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People's Republic of China
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- High-Frequency High-Voltage Device and Integrated Circuits R&D Center, Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, People's Republic of China
- School of Integrated Circuits, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, People's Republic of China
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- School of Microelectronics, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China
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- School of Microelectronics, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China
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- School of Integrated Circuits and Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology (BNRist), Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100049, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Dynamic Measurement Technology, Shanxi Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Sensing and Precision Measurement, North University of China, Taiyuan, 030051, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Dynamic Measurement Technology, Shanxi Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Sensing and Precision Measurement, North University of China, Taiyuan, 030051, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Dynamic Measurement Technology, Shanxi Province Key Laboratory of Quantum Sensing and Precision Measurement, North University of China, Taiyuan, 030051, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, People's Republic of China.
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- High-Frequency High-Voltage Device and Integrated Circuits R&D Center, Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, People's Republic of China.
- IMECAS-HKUST-Joint Laboratory of Microelectronics, Beijing, 100029, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Integrated Circuits and Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology (BNRist), Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100049, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Integrated Circuits and Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology (BNRist), Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100049, People's Republic of China.
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Sampathkumar K, Kerwin BA. Roadmap for Drug Product Development and Manufacturing of Biologics. J Pharm Sci 2024; 113:314-331. [PMID: 37944666 DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2023.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Revised: 11/04/2023] [Accepted: 11/04/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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Therapeutic biology encompasses different modalities, and their manufacturing processes may be vastly different. However, there are many similarities that run across the different modalities during the drug product (DP) development process and manufacturing. Similarities include the need for Quality Target Product Profile (QTTP), analytical development, formulation development, container/closure studies, drug product process development, manufacturing and technical requirements set out by numerous regulatory documents such as the FDA, EMA, and ICH for pharmaceuticals for human use and other country specific requirements. While there is a plethora of knowledge on studies needed for development of a drug product, there is no specific guidance set out in a phase dependent manner delineating what studies should be completed in alignment with the different phases of clinical development from pre-clinical through commercialization. Because of this reason, we assembled a high-level drug product development and manufacturing roadmap. The roadmap is applicable across the different modalities with the intention of providing a unified framework from early phase development to commercialization of biologic drug products.
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- Krishnan Sampathkumar
- SSK Biosolutions LLC, 14022 Welland Terrace, North Potomac, MD 20878, USA; Currently at Invetx, Inc., One Boston Place, Suite 3930, 201 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02108, USA
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- Kerwin BioPharma Consulting LLC, 14138 Farmview Ln NE, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110, USA; Coriolis Scientific Advisory Board, Coriolis Pharma, Fraunhoferstr. 18 b, 82152 Martinsried, Germany.
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Moens E, Degraeuwe E, Caputo Maria L, Cresta R, Arys R, Van Moorter N, Tackaert T, Benvenuti C, Auricchio A, Vercammen S. A roadmap to building first responder networks: Lessons learned and best practices from Belgium and Switzerland. Resusc Plus 2023; 16:100469. [PMID: 37779882 PMCID: PMC10539931 DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2023.100469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/03/2023] Open
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Background/Aims Limited bystander assistance and delayed emergency medical service arrival reduce the chances of survival in cardiac arrest victims. Early basic life support through trained first responders (FR) and automatic external defibrillation both improve the outcome. Well-organized FR networks have shown promise, but guidance on effective implementation is lacking. This study evaluates two FR networks, in Belgium and in Switzerland, to identify main advancements in the development of such systems. Method Direct comparison is made of the barriers and facilitators in the development of both FR systems from 2006 up until December 2022, and summarized within a roadmap. Results The Roadmap comprises four integral steps: exploration, installation, initiation, and implementation. Exploration involves understanding the national legislation, engaging with advisory bodies, and establishing local steering committees. The installation phase focuses on FR recruitment, engaging specific professional groups such as firemen, registering public Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs), and requesting feedback. The initiation step includes implementing improvement cycles and fidelity measures. Finally, implementation expands the network, leading to increased survival rates and the integration of these practices into legislation. A significant focus is placed on FR's psychological wellbeing. Moreover, the roadmap highlights the use of efficient geo-mapping to simplify optimal AED placement and automatically assign FRs to tasks. Conclusion The importance of FR networks for early resuscitation is increasingly recognized and various systems are being developed. Key developmental strategies of the EVapp and Ticino Cuore app system may serve as a roadmap for other systems and implementations within Europe and beyond.
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- Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
- Emergency Volunteer Application (EVapp) NGO, Belgium
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- Cardiocentro Ticino Institute, Lugano, Switzerland
- Fondazione Ticino Cuore, Lugano, Switzerland
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- Emergency Volunteer Application (EVapp) NGO, Belgium
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- Emergency Volunteer Application (EVapp) NGO, Belgium
- OLVG Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
- Emergency Volunteer Application (EVapp) NGO, Belgium
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- Cardiocentro Ticino Institute, Lugano, Switzerland
- Fondazione Ticino Cuore, Lugano, Switzerland
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Alnsour M, Moqbel S. Enhancing environmental sustainability through a household pharmaceuticals take-back program in Jordan. Environ Monit Assess 2023; 195:1424. [PMID: 37934353 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-023-12050-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 11/08/2023]
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Most homes have unwanted, discarded, unused, or expired pharmaceuticals. These pharmaceuticals can pose health risks if they are not properly disposed of. Active pharmaceutical ingredients have been detected in water resources at an alarming level globally and recently in Jordanian waters. Unfortunately, no programs or regulations are addressing this problem in Jordan. This study aims to provide a comprehensive evaluation of the stakeholders' potential involvement in establishing a pharmaceutical take-back program in Jordan. The study was designed to determine the focal points of establishing a pharmaceutical take-back program using a qualitative cross-sectional approach and using a force field analysis to put together a plan for a successful program in Jordan. The study conducted three surveys using structured questionnaires and interviews with officials to evaluate the attitude toward the pharmaceutical take-back program, awareness of environmental impacts, and current conditions of household pharmaceuticals in Jordan. The questionnaires were assigned to the public, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and pharmaceutical warehouses. The interviews were conducted with the Ministry of Environment, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and pharmaceutical warehouses. Most of the pharmaceutical producers (85% manufacturers and 94% warehouses) refused to participate voluntarily in the program due to the extra cost incurred. On the other hand, the public and the Ministry of Environment were supportive of establishing the program. The study revealed that there is a lack of awareness among the public toward household pharmaceuticals. About 77% of the public questionnaire respondents reported they had not received any information on how to dispose safely of their unwanted pharmaceuticals. Also, about 61% reported that they have concerns that household pharmaceuticals might contaminate the water resources in Jordan. Following the questionnaires' analysis, the study determined the main forces against establishing a pharmaceutical take-back program as the unwillingness of producers to participate, weak logistic support, lack of public awareness, and low public participation. A force field analysis (FFA) was conducted based on the forces determined from the questionnaires. Accordingly, the study recommends developing a comprehensive legislation and regulatory framework for household pharmaceuticals' recovery, establishing a monitoring entity, securing funds, and implementing a long-term awareness and education plan to support the establishment of a pharmaceutical take-back program in Jordan.
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- Mohammad Alnsour
- Civil Engineering Department, School of Engineering, University of Jordan, Queen Rania St, Amman, 11942, Jordan
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- Civil Engineering Department, School of Engineering, University of Jordan, Queen Rania St, Amman, 11942, Jordan.
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López Bernal S, Quiles Pérez M, Martínez Beltrán ET, Martín Curto MDC, Yanakiev Y, Gil Pérez M, Martínez Pérez G. Opportunities for standardization in emergency scenarios in the European Union. Int J Med Inform 2023; 179:105232. [PMID: 37797352 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2023.105232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Revised: 08/31/2023] [Accepted: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Despite current standardization actions towards the unification between European Union (EU) countries, there is still much work to do. In this context, this paper aims to offer a comprehensive analysis of the limitations of the EU concerning emergency situations, specifically in cross-border, cross-hierarchical, and cross-sectorial emergencies, as well as the analysis of emergent opportunities for improvement. The final goal of this analysis is to serve as an initial step for pre-standardizing these opportunities. MATERIALS AND METHODS This work, performed in the context of the EU H2020 VALKYRIES project, first analyzed existing gaps from three dimensions: technological, procedural, collaboration, and training. Each gap was obtained from the literature, professional experience within VALKYRIES, or a consultation process on EU emergency agencies. This research subsequently obtained a list of opportunities from these limitations, aggregating those opportunities with similarities to ease their study. Then, this work prioritized the opportunities based on their feasibility and positive impact, performing an additional consultation process to EU emergencies for validation. Finally, this investigation provided a roadmap for pre-standardization for the five top-ranked opportunities per dimension. RESULTS This paper presents a set of 303 gaps and 255 opportunities across technological, procedural, collaboration, and training dimensions. After clustering the opportunities, this work provides a final set of 82 meta opportunities for improving emergency actions in the EU, prioritized based on their feasibility for adoption and positive impact. Finally, this work documents the roadmaps for three top-ranked opportunities for conciseness. CONCLUSION This publication highlights the limitations and opportunities in the EU concerning emergency agencies and, more specifically, those existing in cross-border and multi-casualty incidents. This work concludes that there is still room for improvement despite the current measures toward harmonization and standardization.
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- Sergio López Bernal
- Department of Information and Communications Engineering, University of Murcia, Murcia, 30100, Spain.
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- Department of Information and Communications Engineering, University of Murcia, Murcia, 30100, Spain.
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- Bulgarian Defence Institute "Prof. Tsvetan Lazarov", 2 Prof. Tsvetan Lazarov Blvd., Sofia, 1592, Bulgaria.
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- Department of Information and Communications Engineering, University of Murcia, Murcia, 30100, Spain.
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- Department of Information and Communications Engineering, University of Murcia, Murcia, 30100, Spain.
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Rasmussen K, Bleeker EAJ, Baker J, Bouillard J, Fransman W, Kuhlbusch TAJ, Resch S, Sergent JA, Soeteman-Hernandez LG, Suarez-Merino B, Porcari A. A roadmap to strengthen standardisation efforts in risk governance of nanotechnology. NanoImpact 2023; 32:100483. [PMID: 37734653 DOI: 10.1016/j.impact.2023.100483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Revised: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 09/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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A roadmap was developed to strengthen standardisation activities for risk governance of nanotechnology. Its baseline is the available standardised and harmonised methods for nanotechnology developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the European Committee for Standardization (CEN), and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In order to identify improvements and needs for new themes in standardisation work, an analysis of the state-of-the-art concepts and interpretations of risk governance of nanotechnology was performed. Eleven overall areas of action were identified, each including a subset of specific topics. Themes addressed include physical chemical characterisation, assessment of hazard, exposure, risk and socio-economic factors, as well as education & training and social dialogue. This has been visualised in a standardisation roadmap spanning a timeframe of ten years and including key outcomes and highlights of the analysis. Furthermore, the roadmap indicates potential areas of action for harmonisation and standardisation (H&S) for nanomaterials and nanotechnology. It also includes an evaluation of the current level (limited, moderate, intense) of ongoing H&S activities and indicates the time horizon for the different areas of action. As the identified areas differ in their state of development, the number and type of actions varied widely amongst the different actions towards achieving standardisation. Thus, priority areas were also identified. The overall objective of these actions is to strengthen risk governance towards a safe use of nanomaterials and nano-related products. Though not explicitly addressed, risk-based legislation and policies are supported via the proposed H&S actions.
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- Kirsten Rasmussen
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Via E. Fermi 2749, 21027 Ispra, VA, Italy.
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- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), P.O. box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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- Nanotechnology Industries Association, Avenue Tervueren 143, 1150 Brussels, Belgium
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- Institut national de l'environnement industriel et des risques (INERIS), Parc Technologique Alata, BP 2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), Zeist, Princetonlaan 6, 3584 CB Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Friedrich-Henkel-Weg 1 - 25, 44149 Dortmund, Germany
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- BioNanoNet, Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Steyrergasse 17 / EG, A-8010 Graz, Austria
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- Solvay SA, Toxicological and Environmental Risk Assessment Unit, Rue de Ransbeek 310, 1120 Bruxelles, Belgium
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- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), P.O. box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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- Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca Industriale, Viale Gorizia 25C, Rome, Lazio, Italy
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Fernandes V, Matos F, Oliveira J, Neves A, Godina R. Identifying strategic opportunities through the development of a roadmap for additive manufacturing: The example of Portugal. Heliyon 2023; 9:e19672. [PMID: 37809460 PMCID: PMC10558949 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2023] [Revised: 08/25/2023] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023] Open
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Additive Manufacturing (AM) demonstrates significant potential with rapid growth and widespread industrial adoption. To support the integration and innovation of AM technologies, the development of guidance tools and support methods are crucial, and a technological roadmap can assist in this effort. Despite its widespread use in production processes, the need for further research on the potential impact of AM remains significant. The full impact of AM is still uncertain and lacks consensus, highlighting the need for increased knowledge and investment from the scientific community and organizations. While the benefits of AM are recognized, the challenges of its adoption are not entirely known. AM will bring changes in the way organizations create, distribute, and derive value. Thus, in this article, a roadmap for AM is proposed and presented as a tool to map technological knowledge on the implementation and evolution of AM and serve as a strategic guide for organizations. The methodology for its elaboration involves three phases: planning and preparation, roadmap development, and review and update. Through a literature review, database and project consultation, and questionnaires to Portuguese companies that use AM in their production process it was possible to characterize the AM technology and through the visual format, based on a time horizon, summarize in a common framework all the information about the current and future state of AM in Portugal. The results of this study show that research and development initiatives are essential to promote the evolution of knowledge of the AM technology. Throughout this study and with the development of the roadmap it is anticipated that in the near future the AM will be widely used for prototyping and manufacturing of components and may be used for direct production in the short to medium term. It was also found that the main obstacles to the implementation of AM are the economic/productivity factors and the shortage of professionals with knowledge and skills in the area.
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- V. Fernandes
- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Caparica 2829-516, Portugal
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- Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Centro de Estudos sobre a Mudança Socioeconómica e o Território (DINÂMIA’CET), 1649-026 Lisboa, Portugal
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- CENIMAT|i3N, Department of Materials Science, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, Caparica, Portugal
- UNIDEMI, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Caparica 2829-516, Portugal
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, 3504-510, Viseu, Portugal
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Caparica 2829-516, Portugal
- UNIDEMI, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Caparica 2829-516, Portugal
- Laboratório Associado de Sistemas Inteligentes, LASI, 4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
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Berggren E, Worth AP. Towards a future regulatory framework for chemicals in the European Union - Chemicals 2.0. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2023:105431. [PMID: 37315707 PMCID: PMC10390824 DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2023.105431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Revised: 06/03/2023] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The body of EU chemicals legislation has evolved since the 1960s, producing the largest knowledge base on chemicals worldwide. Like any evolving system, however, it has become increasingly diverse and complex, resulting in inefficiencies and potential inconsistencies. In the light of the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, it is therefore timely and reasonable to consider how aspects of the system could be simplified and streamlined, without losing the hard-earned benefits to human health and the environment. In this commentary, we propose a conceptual framework that could be the basis of Chemicals 2.0 - a future safety assessment and management approach that is based on the application of New Approach Methodologies (NAMs), mechanistic reasoning and cost-benefit considerations. Chemicals 2.0 is designed to be a more efficient and more effective approach for assessing chemicals, and to comply with the EU goal to completely replace animal testing, in line with Directive 2010/63/EU. We propose five design criteria for Chemicals 2.0 to define what the future system should achieve. The approach is centered on a classification matrix in which NAMs for toxicodynamics and toxicokinetics are used to classify chemicals according to their level of concern. An important principle is the need to ensure an equivalent, or higher, protection level.
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy.
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Schneider AK, Klabunde F, Buck L, Ohlhoff M, Reis L, Olvermann M, Kauffeld S, Engel B, Glatzel G, Schröder B, Frerichs L. Drawing transformation pathways for making use of joint effects of food and energy production with biodiversity agriphotovoltaics and electrified agricultural machinery. J Environ Manage 2023; 335:117539. [PMID: 36841003 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2022] [Revised: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals is being pursued worldwide. While energy production and consumption are to be oriented towards renewable energies, ecologically and socially sustainable agriculture is also a target for science and society. Due to the expansion of renewable energies, agricultural land in particular is the focus of various interest groups, from food production to energy production. In this interdisciplinary study, we show the opportunities and limits of joint synergies from the nexus of food production, energy production, energy consumption, biodiversity protection and social acceptance of renewable energies in a scenario. Biodiversity agriphotovoltaics, i.e. agriphotovoltaics in combination with biodiversity protection measures, such as flower strips, can make a valuable contribution to promoting biotope connectivity in addition to significant energy production. We show this in a GIS-based regional assessment for Lower Saxony in northern Germany. This rough spatial assessment is followed by a modelling of energy production and consumption during the cultivation of a characteristic agricultural field in the loess region of Lower Saxony. Our focus here is on the possibilities of using cable electricity or battery storage for carrying out the cultivation. In an accompanying survey of farmers regarding the use of agriphotovoltaics, we collected and evaluated their prior knowledge, experiences, and attitudes towards this technology. Finally, we show which advantages agriphotovoltaics and electrified agricultural machinery can also have for the sustainable transformation of agriculture and which challenges exist for a truly sustainable use of these technologies.
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- Anne-Kathrin Schneider
- Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute for Geoecology, Langer Kamp 19c, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany.
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- Technische Universität Braunschweig, elenia Institute for High Voltage Technology and Power Systems, Schleinitzstraße 23, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany.
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- Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute of Mobile Machines and Commercial Vehicles (IMN), Langer Kamp 19a, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany.
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- Braunschweig University of Art, Institute for Design Research, Johannes-Selenka-Platz 1, 38118 Braunschweig, Germany.
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- Technische Universität Braunschweig, Industrial/Organizational and Social Psychology, Spielmannstraße 19, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany.
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- Technische Universität Braunschweig, Industrial/Organizational and Social Psychology, Spielmannstraße 19, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany.
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- Technische Universität Braunschweig, Industrial/Organizational and Social Psychology, Spielmannstraße 19, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany.
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- Technische Universität Braunschweig, elenia Institute for High Voltage Technology and Power Systems, Schleinitzstraße 23, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany.
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- Braunschweig University of Art, Institute for Design Research, Johannes-Selenka-Platz 1, 38118 Braunschweig, Germany.
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- Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute for Geoecology, Langer Kamp 19c, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany; Berlin-Brandenburg Institute of Advanced Biodiversity Research, Berlin, Germany.
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- Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute of Mobile Machines and Commercial Vehicles (IMN), Langer Kamp 19a, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany.
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Lim S, Won JH, Seo J, Jeon S, Kim CW. A roadmap to improve usage items to enhance the operational effectiveness of occupational safety and health management expense in Korean construction. Ind Health 2023; 61:158-170. [PMID: 35314543 PMCID: PMC10079505 DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2022-0008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Occupational safety and health management expense (OSHE) in construction industry is a statutory expense used for the purpose of preventing occupational accident and health disorders for construction workers, and the detailed usage standard is stipulated in the law and regulations governed by the Ministry of Employment and Labor in Korea. Previous studies focused on improvement of the accounting rate of OSHE and institutional improvement to secure usage transparency, but analysis showed that the review of improvement directions for usage items was insufficient. Considering recent trends, such as the increase in industrial demand to improve existing usage items and the introduction of various smart safety products incorporating the Fourth Industrial Revolution technology, it is expected that it will be necessary to review ways to improve the usage items to enhance the operational efficiency of OSHE. Accordingly, this study collected opinions from various stakeholders, and presented a roadmap to improve usage items of OSHE through importance-performance analysis (IPA) based on the data. This study is expected to meet the needs demanded by industry, and to be utilized as a reference for policy preparation to enhance the safety of construction sites.
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- Sejong Lim
- Construction Industrial Accident Prevention Policy Division, Ministry of Employment and Labor, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Safety Engineering & Department of Big Data, Chungbuk National University, Republic of Korea
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- Team of Research for Public Construction Contract System, Korea Institute of Procurement, Republic of Korea
- Graduate School, School of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Korea University, Republic of Korea
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- Occupational Safety Research Bureau, Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, Republic of Korea
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- Team of Research for Public Construction Contract System, Korea Institute of Procurement, Republic of Korea
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Moore KA, Leighton T, Ostrowsky JT, Anderson CJ, Danila RN, Ulrich AK, Lackritz EM, Mehr AJ, Baric RS, Baylor NW, Gellin BG, Gordon JL, Krammer F, Perlman S, Rees HV, Saville M, Weller CL, Osterholm MT. A research and development (R&D) roadmap for broadly protective coronavirus vaccines: A pandemic preparedness strategy. Vaccine 2023; 41:2101-2112. [PMID: 36870874 PMCID: PMC9941884 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.02.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
Abstract
Broadly protective coronavirus vaccines are an important tool for protecting against future SARS-CoV-2 variants and could play a critical role in mitigating the impact of future outbreaks or pandemics caused by novel coronaviruses. The Coronavirus Vaccines Research and Development (R&D) Roadmap (CVR) is aimed at promoting the development of such vaccines. The CVR, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation, was generated through a collaborative and iterative process, which was led by the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota and involved 50 international subject matter experts and recognized leaders in the field. This report summarizes the major issues and areas of research outlined in the CVR and identifies high-priority milestones. The CVR covers a 6-year timeframe and is organized into five topic areas: virology, immunology, vaccinology, animal and human infection models, and policy and finance. Included in each topic area are key barriers, gaps, strategic goals, milestones, and additional R&D priorities. The roadmap includes 20 goals and 86 R&D milestones, 26 of which are ranked as high priority. By identifying key issues, and milestones for addressing them, the CVR provides a framework to guide funding and research campaigns that promote the development of broadly protective coronavirus vaccines.
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- Kristine A Moore
- Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, C315 Mayo Memorial Building, MMC 263, 420 Delaware Street, SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
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- Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Molecular and Cell-Based Medicine, and Center for Vaccine Research and Pandemic Preparedness (C-VaRPP), Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, New York, USA
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- Wits RHI, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, London, United Kingdom
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- Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Hamburg M, Poland GA. The time is now for committed and comprehensive action to attain more broadly protective coronavirus vaccines: The coronavirus vaccines R&D roadmap. Vaccine 2023; 41:2645-2647. [PMID: 36828718 PMCID: PMC9941882 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.02.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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- Mayo Vaccine Research Group, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA,Corresponding author at: Mayo Vaccine Research Group, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, 611C Guggenheim Building, 200 First Street, SW, Rochester, MN, USA
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Mannina G, Gulhan H, Ni BJ. Water reuse from wastewater treatment: The transition towards circular economy in the water sector. Bioresour Technol 2022; 363:127951. [PMID: 36108940 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2022] [Revised: 09/05/2022] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Water is crucial for economic development since it interacts with the agricultural, production, and energy sectors. However, the increasing demand and climate change put pressure on water sources. This paper argued the necessity of using reclaimed water for irrigation within the scope of a circular economy. The barriers (i.e., technological and economic, institutional/regulatory, and social) to water reuse practices were revealed. Lessons on how to overcome the barriers were learned from good practices. The roadmaps adopted in the European Union for the transition towards the circular economy were reviewed. It has been observed that these roadmaps are generally on the circularity of solid wastes. However, water is too important for the economy to be ignored in the transition towards circular economy. Research needs and perspective for a comprehensive roadmap to widen water-smart solutions such as water reuse were drawn.
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- Giorgio Mannina
- Engineering Department - Palermo University, Viale delle Scienze, Ed. 8, 90128 Palermo, Italy.
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- Engineering Department - Palermo University, Viale delle Scienze, Ed. 8, 90128 Palermo, Italy; Environmental Engineering Department, Civil Engineering Faculty, Istanbul Technical University, Ayazaga Campus, Maslak, 34469 Istanbul, Turkey
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- Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia
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Moore KA, Osterholm MT, Lackritz EM, Poland GA. A research and development (R&D) roadmap for broadly protective coronavirus vaccines: Setting a path to address coronavirus threats. Vaccine 2022; 40:6001-3. [PMID: 36109277 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.08.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Wu Y. Global Food Safety Strategies: Need to Develop Roadmap of Implementation in China. China CDC Wkly 2022; 4:478-482. [PMID: 35812778 PMCID: PMC9257693 DOI: 10.46234/ccdcw2022.107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Accepted: 06/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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- Yongning Wu
- Food Safety Research Unit (2019RU014) of Chinese Academy of Medical Science; National Health Commission Key Laboratory of Food Safety Risk Assessment, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, Beijing, China,Yongning Wu,
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Baker JP, Sáez-Sáez J, Jensen SI, Nielsen AT, Minton NP. A clean in-frame knockout system for gene deletion in Acetobacterium woodii. J Biotechnol 2022; 353:9-18. [PMID: 35659892 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2022.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Revised: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 05/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Acetogenic bacteria produce acetate following the fixation of CO2 via the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway. As such, they represent excellent process organisms for the production of novel chemicals and fuels from this waste greenhouse gas. Acetobacterium woodii is the model acetogen and numerous studies have been conducted investigating its biochemistry, gas consumption and use as a production chassis. However, there are a dearth of available tools for A. woodii gene modification which limits the research options available for genetic studies. Here, the previously proposed Clostridia Roadmap is implemented in A. woodii leading to the derivation of a knockout system for the generation of clean, in-frame deletions. The replicon of the Gram-positive plasmid pCD6 that originated in Clostridioides difficile was identified as being replication-defective in A. woodii, a property that was exploited to construct a pseudo-suicide knockout plasmid which was used to generate an auxotrophic, pyrE mutant. This allowed the subsequent use of a heterologous pyrE gene (from Clostridium acetobutylicum) as a counter selection marker and the deletion of a number of genes by allelic exchange. Specific mutants generated were affected in growth on glucose, fructose and ethanol as a consequence of deletion of fruA, pstG and adhE, respectively.
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Li X, Voorneveld M, de Koster R. Business transformation in an age of turbulence - Lessons learned from COVID-19. Technol Forecast Soc Change 2022; 176:121452. [PMID: 35001984 PMCID: PMC8720281 DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2021] [Revised: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused global economic turmoil. Although many companies have suffered huge losses, some have flourished by changing their old ways of doing business. We investigate the business transformation process under drastic market changes and time pressure, with a focus on decision speed and structure in the decision & planning phase, the implementation structure and monitoring in the implementation phase, and reinforcement after the implementation. Through case studies in a variety of industries, including manufacturing, e-commerce, and finance, we explore how companies in specific contexts have dealt with the above-mentioned critical factors when transforming their business during the pandemic, whether the experienced transformation processes differ from theory, and if so, how. The examples of business transformations cover eight categories, including work from home, the use of augmented reality, internet of things, and business model redesign. Our findings reveal how these transformations are perceived and evaluated by companies one year into the pandemic. In addition, we show how decision speed, structure of the decision-making process, structure of the implementation process, and scale of the implementation impact the completion time of the transformations. Based on our results, we provide suggestions to companies for an effective business transformation in times of crisis.
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- Xishu Li
- Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University, LA1 4YX Lancaster, United Kingdom
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- Leiden University, Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science, 2333 CA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Erasmus University, Rotterdam School of Management, 3062 PA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Chang JJ, Wang XY, Zhang W, Tan C, Sheng WQ, Xu MD. Comprehensive molecular characterization and identification of prognostic signature in stomach adenocarcinoma on the basis of energy-metabolism-related genes. World J Gastrointest Oncol 2022; 14:478-497. [PMID: 35317313 PMCID: PMC8919002 DOI: 10.4251/wjgo.v14.i2.478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Revised: 10/09/2021] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Stomach adenocarcinoma (STAD) is a leading cause of cancer deaths, but its molecular and prognostic characteristics has never been fully illustrated.
AIM To describe a molecular evaluation of primary STAD and develop new therapies and identify promising prognostic signatures.
METHODS We describe a comprehensive molecular evaluation of primary STAD based on comprehensive analysis of energy-metabolism-related gene (EMRG) expression profiles.
RESULTS On the basis of 86 EMRGs that were significantly associated to patients’ progression-free survival (PFS), we propose a molecular classification dividing gastric cancer into two subtypes: Cluster 1, most of which are young patients and display more immune and stromal cell components in tumor microenvironment and lower tumor priority; and Cluster 2, which show early stages and better PFS. Moreover, we construct a 6-gene signature that can classify the prognostic risk of patients after a three-phase training test and validation process. Compared with patients with low-risk score, patients with high-risk score had shorter overall survival. Furthermore, calibration and DCA analysis plots indicate the excellent predictive performance of the 6-gene signature, and which present higher robustness and clinical usability compared with three previous reported prognostic gene signatures. According to gene set enrichment analysis, gene sets related to the high-risk group were participated in the ECM receptor interaction and hedgehog signaling pathway.
CONCLUSION Identification of the EMRG-based molecular subtypes and prognostic gene model provides a roadmap for patient stratification and trials of targeted therapies.
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- Jin-Jia Chang
- Department of Medical Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai 200032, China
- Department of Medical Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Laboratory of Immunology and Virology, Experiment Center for Science and Technology, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
- Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
- Department of Pathology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai 200032, China
- Institute of Pathology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
- Department of Pathology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai 200032, China
- Institute of Pathology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
- Department of Pathology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai 200032, China
- Institute of Pathology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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Nemeh F, Buchbinder R, Hawley CM, Nelson MR, Waterkeyn JG, Reid CM. Activities supporting the growth of Clinical Trial Networks in Australia. Trials 2022; 23:81. [PMID: 35090533 PMCID: PMC8795956 DOI: 10.1186/s13063-021-05974-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
Abstract
Clinical Trial Networks in which trialists work collaboratively enable multi-site, large-scale, high-quality clinical trials to be efficiently run. Although the benefits of Clinical Trial Networks are largely known, establishing a Clinical Trial Network can be complex. There are many factors for clinicians and researchers to consider, and there is currently a paucity of information on how to form a Clinical Trial Network. This article provides a suggested roadmap on how to establish a Clinical Trial Network. The Australian Clinical Trials Alliance (ACTA) is the peak body for Clinical Trial Networks, Coordinating Centres and Registries in Australia, and has produced several resources to support the effective and efficient running of clinical trials. This guide has come about through discussions with members of the ACTA Clinical Trial Network Sector Expansion Reference Group consisting of clinical trialists, clinicians, researchers, and consumers.
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- Fiona Nemeh
- Australian Clinical Trials Alliance, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Prahran, Victoria, Australia.,Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute, Malvern, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Nephrology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.,Australasian Kidney Trials Network, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.,Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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- Australian Clinical Trials Alliance, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Prahran, Victoria, Australia.,Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Australian Clinical Trials Alliance, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. .,School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Prahran, Victoria, Australia. .,School of Public Health, Curtin University, Bentley, Western Australia, Australia.
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Fana SE, Esmaeili F, Esmaeili S, Bandaryan F, Esfahani EN, Amoli MM, Razi F. Knowledge discovery in genetics of diabetes in Iran, a roadmap for future researches. J Diabetes Metab Disord 2021; 20:1785-1791. [PMID: 34900825 DOI: 10.1007/s40200-021-00838-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Accepted: 06/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Purpose The pathogenesis of diabetes is considered polygenic as a result of complex interactions between genetic/epigenetic and environmental factors. This review intended to evaluate the scientometric and knowledge gap of diabetes genetics researches conducted in Iran as a case of developing countries, and drawn up a roadmap for future studies. Methods We searched Scopus and PubMed databases from January 2015 until December 2019 using the keywords: (diabetes OR diabetic) AND (Iran). All publications were reviewed by two experts and after choosing relevant articles, they were categorized based on the subject, level of evidence, study design, publication year, and type of genetic studies. Results Of 10,540 records, 428 articles were met the inclusion criteria. Generally, the number of researches about diabetes genetics rose since 2015. Case-control/cross-sectional and animal studies were the common types of study design and based on the subject, the most frequent researches were about genetic factors involved in diabetes development (38%). Briefly, the top seven genes that were evaluated for T2DM were TCF7L2, APOAII, FTO, PON1, ADIPOQ, MTHFR, and PPARG respectively, and also, CTL4 for T1DM. miR-21, miR-155, and miR-375 respectively were the most micro-RNAs that were evaluated. Furthermore, there were six studies about lncRNAs. Discussion and Conclusion Investigation about the genetic of diabetes is progressed although there are some limitations like non-homogenous data from Iran, heterogeneity of ethnicity, and rationale of studies. Compared to the previous analysis in Iran, still, GWAS and large-scale studies are required to achieve better policies for manage and control of diabetes disease. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40200-021-00838-8.
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- Saeed Ebrahimi Fana
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Student Scientific Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Student Scientific Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Metabolomics and Genomics Research Center Endocrinology and Metabolism Molecular- Cellular Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Diabetes Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Metabolic Disorders Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Molecular -Cellular Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Diabetes Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Namazi N, Esmaeili S, Ahmadikhatir S, Razi F, Nasli-Esfahani E, Larijani B. Nutrition and Diet Therapy in Diabetes Mellitus: A Roadmap based on available evidence. J Diabetes Metab Disord 2021; 20:1913-1918. [PMID: 34900833 PMCID: PMC8630236 DOI: 10.1007/s40200-021-00876-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Nutrition is considered as a primary approach for diabetes management. It needs a comprehensive assessment of evidence to identify nutritional dimensions that should be explored in the future. We aimed to provide a roadmap on diabetes and nutrition and clarify research gaps in this field. METHODS In the present review, we searched Scopus and PubMed electronic databases to collect eligible publications with English and Farsi languages from 2015 to December 2019 in the field of nutrition and diabetes. Relevant papers were classified into six subgroups including biochemistry/ animal studies, clinical nutrition, food industry, genetic, public health, and dietary supplements. Based on evidence-based pyramid, publications were categorized as well. Publications trend from 2015 to 2019 and frequency of publications in each category were provided. RESULTS Finally, we reached 438 eligible papers. Most studies (40.86%) were clinical trials and in most human studies (n = 224) patients with type 2 diabetes were considered. Probiotic/prebiotic/ symbiotic, vitamin D, and omega-3/fish oil were the most frequent studied dietary supplements. Low portions of studies were dedicated to diabetic children (n = 3), type 1 diabetes (n = 6), diabetes complications (n = 23) and GDM (n = 25). CONCLUSION An increasing trend in nutrition publications in the field of diabetes was observed. Publications were mostly dedicated to clinical trials with a focus on dietary supplements. Low portion of studies have been dedicated to children with diabetes, diabetes complications, and GDM. More attention to high quality basic research, product-based projects, and interdisciplinary studies in the field of nutrition and diabetes are needed.
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- Nazli Namazi
- Diabetes Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Metabolic Disorders Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Molecular -Cellular Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, PO Box: 1411413137, Tehran, Iran
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- Nutrition Research Center, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Science, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Diabetes Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Diabetes Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Metabolomics and Genomics Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Molecular‐Cellular Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, PO Box: 1411413137, Tehran, Iran
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Jareczek FJ, Padmanaban V, Church EW, Simon SD, Cockroft KM, Wilkinson DA. Balloon-Assisted Roadmap Technique to Enable Flow Diversion of a High-Flow Direct Carotid-Cavernous Fistula. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 2021; 31:106180. [PMID: 34823090 DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2021.106180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Revised: 10/06/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The use of flow diverters as a first-line treatment for direct carotid cavernous fistula (CCF) is a relatively new approach in the neurointerventional field which allows obliteration of the fistula with less mass effect from coils in the cavernous sinus. Safe and successful deployment of a flow diverter requires adequate imaging of the parent vessel, which may be challenging in the setting of high-flow CCF without antegrade flow. OBJECTIVE To facilitate adequate parent vessel imaging in the setting of high-flow CCF to enable the safe development of a flow diverter device. METHODS Here we present the case of a patient with delayed presentation of post-traumatic direct CCF after a motor vehicle accident, with no antegrade flow past the fistulous connection. We used temporary balloon occlusion of the fistulous connection to enable road-map imaging of the parent vessel and flow-diverter placement. "Drag and drop" device opening in the middle cerebral artery facilitated better deployment of the flow-diverter against retrograde cavernous flow through the fistula. RESULTS Temporary balloon occlusion of the fistulous connection was used to acquire a roadmap to facilitate safe deployment of a flow diverter and subsequent treatment of the CCF with transvenous coil embolization, with complete resolution of symptoms. CONCLUSION Balloon-assisted roadmap use is a novel means of visualizing the parent vessel in direct CCF to facilitate safe flow diverter deployment.
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- Francis J Jareczek
- Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Department of Neurosurgery, 500 University Dr. Hershey, PA, 17033, USA
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- Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Department of Neurosurgery, 500 University Dr. Hershey, PA, 17033, USA
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- Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Department of Neurosurgery, 500 University Dr. Hershey, PA, 17033, USA
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- Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Department of Neurosurgery, 500 University Dr. Hershey, PA, 17033, USA
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- Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Department of Neurosurgery, 500 University Dr. Hershey, PA, 17033, USA
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- Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Department of Neurosurgery, 500 University Dr. Hershey, PA, 17033, USA.
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Moore KA, Ostrowsky JT, Kraigsley AM, Mehr AJ, Bresee JS, Friede MH, Gellin BG, Golding JP, Hart PJ, Moen A, Weller CL, Osterholm MT. A Research and Development (R&D) roadmap for influenza vaccines: Looking toward the future. Vaccine 2021; 39:6573-6584. [PMID: 34602302 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2021] [Revised: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Improved influenza vaccines are urgently needed to reduce the burden of seasonal influenza and to ensure a rapid and effective public-health response to future influenza pandemics. The Influenza Vaccines Research and Development (R&D) Roadmap (IVR) was created, through an extensive international stakeholder engagement process, to promote influenza vaccine R&D. The roadmap covers a 10-year timeframe and is organized into six sections: virology; immunology; vaccinology for seasonal influenza vaccines; vaccinology for universal influenza vaccines; animal and human influenza virus infection models; and policy, finance, and regulation. Each section identifies barriers, gaps, strategic goals, milestones, and additional R&D priorities germane to that area. The roadmap includes 113 specific R&D milestones, 37 of which have been designated high priority by the IVR expert taskforce. This report summarizes the major issues and priority areas of research outlined in the IVR. By identifying the key issues and steps to address them, the roadmap not only encourages research aimed at new solutions, but also provides guidance on the use of innovative tools to drive breakthroughs in influenza vaccine R&D.
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- Kristine A Moore
- Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA; Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, C315 Mayo Memorial Building, MMC 263, 420 Delaware Street, SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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- Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- The Global Funders Consortium for Universal Influenza Vaccine Development, The Task Force for Global Health, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Cheff DM, Muotri AR, Stockwell BR, Schmidt EE, Ran Q, Kartha RV, Johnson SC, Mittal P, Arnér ESJ, Wigby KM, Hall MD, Ramesh SK. Development of therapies for rare genetic disorders of GPX4: roadmap and opportunities. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2021; 16:446. [PMID: 34688299 PMCID: PMC8542321 DOI: 10.1186/s13023-021-02048-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 09/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Background Extremely rare progressive diseases like Sedaghatian-type Spondylometaphyseal Dysplasia (SSMD) can be neonatally lethal and therefore go undiagnosed or are difficult to treat. Recent sequencing efforts have linked this disease to mutations in GPX4, with consequences in the resulting enzyme, glutathione peroxidase 4. This offers potential diagnostic and therapeutic avenues for those suffering from this disease, though the steps toward these treatments is often convoluted, expensive, and time-consuming. Main body The CureGPX4 organization was developed to promote awareness of GPX4-related diseases like SSMD, as well as support research that could lead to essential therapeutics for patients. We provide an overview of the 21 published SSMD cases and have compiled additional sequencing data for four previously unpublished individuals to illustrate the genetic component of SSMD, and the role of sequencing data in diagnosis. We outline in detail the steps CureGPX4 has taken to reach milestones of team creation, disease understanding, drug repurposing, and design of future studies. Conclusion The primary aim of this review is to provide a roadmap for therapy development for rare, ultra-rare, and difficult to diagnose diseases, as well as increase awareness of the genetic component of SSMD. This work will offer a better understanding of GPx4-related diseases, and help guide researchers, clinicians, and patients interested in other rare diseases find a path towards treatments. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13023-021-02048-0.
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- Dorian M Cheff
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA.,Division of Biochemistry, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.,Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.,Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA
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- Department of Cell Systems and Anatomy, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.,Research and Development Service, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology, Center for Orphan Drug Research, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.,Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.,Center for Integrative Brain Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Biochemistry, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden.,Department of Selenoprotein Research, National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, 1521, Hungary
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics, San Diego and Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA.,Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine, San Diego, CA, USA
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA
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Field MT, Lamble AJ, Holtzclaw SL, Tucker SA, Ketterl TG. Chemotherapy roadmaps in pediatric oncology: A digital electronic medical record integrated solution. J Oncol Pharm Pract 2021; 28:1722-1730. [PMID: 34558367 DOI: 10.1177/10781552211040450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND Delivery of antineoplastic regimens in the pediatric setting is facilitated by a paper roadmap. Paper roadmaps are the key safety tool required for safe ordering. Electronic medical record systems offer technological solutions for ordering antineoplastic regimens, however, do not offer a solution that integrates paper roadmaps digitally. METHODS A multidisciplinary project team implemented real-time clinician scanning of paper roadmaps into the electronic medical record. RESULTS The rate of missing roadmaps decreased from an average of 1.6 to 0.8 per week. Pharmacists gained 3 h of productivity daily. Providers spend an average of 35-45 s and a total of seven clicks each time a roadmap is scanned. Overall, the clinical systems analyst spent less than 1 h of total build time. CONCLUSION Implementing roadmap scanning decreased the rate of missing roadmaps, increased pharmacist productivity, and required a nominal amount of analyst and provider time. In addition, this solution allows for concurrent viewing of the roadmap files from any connected computer, facilitating an easier co-signature process for providers, pharmacists, and nurses. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS These results suggest that implementing real-time scanning of roadmaps can improve oncology care efficiency while maintaining the same safety rigor that paper roadmaps offer.
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- Mary T Field
- Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Seattle Children's Hospital, USA
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- Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Seattle Children's Hospital, USA.,Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, 7284University of Washington, USA
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- Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Seattle Children's Hospital, USA
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- Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Seattle Children's Hospital, USA.,Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, 7284University of Washington, USA
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Cavaller-Bellaubi M, Faulkner SD, Teixeira B, Boudes M, Molero E, Brooke N, McKeaveney L, Southerton J, Vicente MJ, Bertelsen N, García-Burgos J, Pirard V, Reid K, Ferrer E. Sustaining Meaningful Patient Engagement Across the Lifecycle of Medicines: A Roadmap for Action. Ther Innov Regul Sci 2021; 55:936-53. [PMID: 33970465 DOI: 10.1007/s43441-021-00282-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND There is increased recognition that incorporating patients' perspectives and insights into the medicines development process results in better health outcomes and benefits for all involved stakeholders. Despite the increased interest and the existence of frameworks and practical recommendations, patient engagement (PE) is not yet considered standard practice. The objective of this work was to provide a roadmap to support systematic change in all stakeholder organisations involved in medicines development across Europe, patients and patient organisations, medicines developers, academia, regulatory authorities, Health Technology Assessment bodies, payers, policy-makers and public research funders, to sustain PE practices. METHODS A mixed-methods approach was used by the EU-funded Innovative Medicines Initiative PARADIGM Consortium to co-develop the sustainability roadmap including background work to identify success factors and scenarios for sustainable PE. The roadmap development was based on the Theory of Change concept and populated with findings from (1) interviews with national/ and international institutions with the potential to increase PE uptake by other stakeholders; (2) multi-stakeholder workshops and webinars; and (3) consultations with specific stakeholder groups, Consortium members and a consultative body formed by international PE initiatives. RESULTS This roadmap sets strategic goals for the PE community to achieve meaningful and systematic PE through changes in the culture, processes and resources of stakeholder organisations. It brings in key PARADIGM outputs to work in a coordinated fashion with existing frameworks and mechanisms to achieve system-wide sustained PE. CONCLUSIONS The roadmap provides a framework for all stakeholders to take collective action within their organisations and across Europe to implement PE in a sustainable manner.
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BACKGROUND Vaccination is the effective and long-term pharmacological solution to deal with COVID-19. Information technology (IT) and electronic immunization can be effective in accelerating and improving vaccine coverage. The aim of this paper is to develop multi-dimensional framework of e-health roadmap to response Covod-19 pandemic and examine the role of IT for improving vaccine distribution in Iran. METHODS The study methodology was based on a two-stage Delphi method which included literature studies at the beginning. Key steps in creating a roadmap in this study include definition, development and evaluation. The initial conceptual model was developed after literature review. Proposed roadmap was reviewed and evaluated in two stages based on the Delphi method by experts in the fields of E-health. RESULTS In the e-health roadmap model, 14 stages of vaccine distribution were presented in three phases of vaccination and then were determined the type of technology in each phase. The 4 conceptual models were approved based on the two stages Delphi approach in a survey of 14 e-health experts. In the second phase of the Delphi process, the selected items were sent back to the specialists to verification. Then e-health roadmap was confirmed by experts and was finalized the approved model. CONCLUSIONS The technology-based roadmap is one plan in the form of a transfer strategy that aligns goals with specific technical solutions and helps to meet them. This roadmap empowers decision makers to decide on alternative paths and achieve goals.
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- Elham Maserat
- Department of Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Health Information Management, Department of Medical Library and Information Sciences School of Allied Medical Sciences, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
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- Department of Health Information Management, School of Paramedicine, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran
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- Department of Health Information Technology, School of Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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Damari B, Kamrava SK, Kazemi-Asl S, Rostamigooran N. Iranian centers of excellence in medical sciences: A qualitative study to analyze the current state and design of a future roadmap. Med J Islam Repub Iran 2021; 34:143. [PMID: 33437739 PMCID: PMC7787043 DOI: 10.34171/mjiri.34.143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background: Due to the law for the fifth development plan and Iran’s 20- year economic perspective, Centers of Excellence (COEs) were expected to upgrade the level of research and education besides improving infrastructures in Iran. This study is aimed to analyze the current state of national centers of excellence and designing a future roadmap.
Methods: In this qualitative study, data was gathered by reviewing relevant national & international literature and upstream documents, interview with experts, and focused group discussions with stakeholders. Finally, a roadmap was prepared for approval.
Results: Lack of common understanding of the COEs definition, lack of clear professional orientation for each center, lack of mandate and commitment in using COEs in the health system and community health promotion, weakness in enticing elites, and unresponsive to basic needs of the country were five major challenges COEs encountered. The consensus prospective vision for centers of excellence was developed based on the establishment and management of special institutions of thought and technology in centers of excellence to advise health policymakers and provide the highest level of the regional and global position.
Conclusion: Despite over a decade of development of medical COEs, their goals have not been reached yet. Enactment of designed roadmap and its subprojects in the Supreme Council of Centers is the primary steps for functional improvement of COEs.
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- Behzad Damari
- Governance and Health Department, Neuroscience Institue, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Head and Neck Research Center, Hazrat Rasoul Akram Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Dey A, Dhumal CV, Sengupta P, Kumar A, Pramanik NK, Alam T. Challenges and possible solutions to mitigate the problems of single-use plastics used for packaging food items: a review. J Food Sci Technol 2020; 58:3251-3269. [PMID: 34366444 DOI: 10.1007/s13197-020-04885-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 10/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Single-use plastic (SUP) being a versatile material, is adopted as an alternate to traditional materials specifically for the use in food packaging due to its inherent characteristics like high durability, inertness, and protecting ability but has become a curse for living being today due to its random usage and unplanned rejection to nature. Mostly plastics used in packaging of beverages, fresh meats, fruits and vegetables are under concern today. Single-use packages result in generation of several billion tons of garbage till date, which pollutes the environment. At the immediate past, it has come to light that micro plastics obtained due to slow degradation of SUP present in oceans, are also being consumed by marine organisms such as fishes and shellfish species which disturbs the marine life extensively. Hence, finding right strategy to mitigate the plastic waste related issues has becoming inevitable today. This review paper briefs various strategies undertaken worldwide to mitigate the pollution due to generation of plastic waste. Various notable impact of adopted strategies and recent innovations to replace the SUP products are also discussed and in view of this a roadmap is also suggested which can be used to achieve the milestone of Zero Plastic Waste.
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- Ayan Dey
- Indian Institute of Packaging, Plot E-2 M.I.D.C. Area, Andheri East, Mumbai, 400093 Maharashtra India
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- Indian Institute of Packaging, Plot E-2 M.I.D.C. Area, Andheri East, Mumbai, 400093 Maharashtra India
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- Indian Institute of Packaging, Plot E-2 M.I.D.C. Area, Andheri East, Mumbai, 400093 Maharashtra India
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- Indian Institute of Packaging, Plot E-2 M.I.D.C. Area, Andheri East, Mumbai, 400093 Maharashtra India
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- Indian Institute of Packaging, Plot E-2 M.I.D.C. Area, Andheri East, Mumbai, 400093 Maharashtra India
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- Indian Institute of Packaging, Plot E-2 M.I.D.C. Area, Andheri East, Mumbai, 400093 Maharashtra India
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ABSTRACT As the world increasingly looks to renewable energy sources to deal with climate change, South Korea is aiming to become a leader in the development of hydrogen as an alternative energy source. In developing an ecosystem for a hydrogen economy, South Korea is focused on increasing the production and use of hydrogen vehicles, establishing an ecosystem for the production and distribution of hydrogen and related technologies, and expanding the production of fuel cells. The government's vision has the backing of key industrial firms, most importantly the Hyundai Motors Group which plans on investing 7.6 trillion won ($6.7 billion) under its "FCEV Vision 2030" and is part of the HyNet consortium to build 100 new hydrogen refueling stations in South Korea by 2022. If South Korea's vision is successful, it expects hydrogen to account for 5% of its projected power consumption in 2040, to see its economy grow by 43 trillion won, 420,000 new jobs created, and significant reductions in both fine dust and greenhouse gas emission.
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Kucera R, Pecen L, Topolcan O, Dahal AR, Costigliola V, Giordano FA, Golubnitschaja O. Prostate cancer management: long-term beliefs, epidemic developments in the early twenty-first century and 3PM dimensional solutions. EPMA J 2020; 11:399-418. [PMID: 32843909 PMCID: PMC7429585 DOI: 10.1007/s13167-020-00214-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 06/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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In the early twenty-first century, societies around the world are facing the paradoxal epidemic development of PCa as a non-communicable disease. PCa is the most frequently diagnosed cancer for men in several countries such as the USA. Permanently improving diagnostics and treatments in the PCa management causes an impressive divergence between, on one hand, permanently increasing numbers of diagnosed PCa cases and, on the other hand, stable or even slightly decreasing mortality rates. Still, aspects listed below are waiting for innovate solutions in the context of predictive approaches, targeted prevention and personalisation of medical care (PPPM / 3PM).A.PCa belongs to the cancer types with the highest incidence worldwide. Corresponding economic burden is enormous. Moreover, the costs of treating PCa are currently increasing more quickly than those of any other cancer. Implementing individualised patient profiles and adapted treatment algorithms would make currently too heterogeneous landscape of PCa treatment costs more transparent providing clear "road map" for the cost saving.B.PCa is a systemic multi-factorial disease. Consequently, predictive diagnostics by liquid biopsy analysis is instrumental for the disease prediction, targeted prevention and curative treatments at early stages.C.The incidence of metastasising PCa is rapidly increasing particularly in younger populations. Exemplified by trends observed in the USA, prognosis is that the annual burden will increase by over 40% in 2025. To this end, one of the evident deficits is the reactive character of medical services currently provided to populations. Innovative screening programmes might be useful to identify persons in suboptimal health conditions before the clinical onset of metastasising PCa. Strong predisposition to systemic hypoxic conditions and ischemic lesions (e.g. characteristic for individuals with Flammer syndrome phenotype) and low-grade inflammation might be indicative for specific phenotyping and genotyping in metastasising PCa screening and disease management. Predictive liquid biopsy tests for CTC enumeration and their molecular characterisation are considered to be useful for secondary prevention of metastatic disease in PCa patients.D.Particular rapidly increasing PCa incidence rates are characteristic for adolescents and young adults aged 15-40 years. Patients with early onset prostate cancer pose unique challenges; multi-factorial risks for these trends are proposed. Consequently, multi-level diagnostics including phenotyping and multi-omics are considered to be the most appropriate tool for the risk assessment, prediction and prognosis. Accumulating evidence suggests that early onset prostate cancer is a distinct phenotype from both aetiological and clinical perspectives deserving particular attention from view point of 3P medical approaches.
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- Radek Kucera
- Department of Immunochemistry Diagnostics, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Pilsen, Czech Republic
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- Department of Immunochemistry Diagnostics, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Pilsen, Czech Republic
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- Department of Immunochemistry Diagnostics, University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Pilsen, Czech Republic
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- Center of Molecular Biotechnology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Bonn, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Predictive, Preventive and Personalised (3P) Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Bonn, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany
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Witham MD, Anderson E, Carroll C, Dark PM, Down K, Hall AS, Knee J, Maier RH, Mountain GA, Nestor G, Oliva L, Prowse SR, Tortice A, Wason J, Rochester L. Developing a roadmap to improve trial delivery for under-served groups: results from a UK multi-stakeholder process. Trials 2020; 21:694. [PMID: 32738919 PMCID: PMC7395975 DOI: 10.1186/s13063-020-04613-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2019] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Participants in clinical research studies often do not reflect the populations for which healthcare interventions are needed or will be used. Enhancing representation of under-served groups in clinical research is important to ensure that research findings are widely applicable. We describe a multicomponent workstream project to improve representation of under-served groups in clinical trials. Methods The project comprised three main strands: (1) a targeted scoping review of literature to identify previous work characterising under-served groups and barriers to inclusion, (2) surveys of professional stakeholders and participant representative groups involved in research delivery to refine these initial findings and identify examples of innovation and good practice and (3) a series of workshops bringing together key stakeholders from funding, design, delivery and participant groups to reach consensus on definitions, barriers and a strategic roadmap for future work. The work was commissioned by the UK National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network. Output from these strands was integrated by a steering committee to generate a series of goals, workstream plans and a strategic roadmap for future development work in this area. Results ‘Under-served groups’ was identified and agreed by the stakeholder group as the preferred term. Three-quarters of stakeholders felt that a clear definition of under-served groups did not currently exist; definition was challenging and context-specific, but exemplar groups (e.g. those with language barriers or mental illness) were identified as under-served. Barriers to successful inclusion of under-served groups could be clustered into communication between research teams and participant groups; how trials are designed and delivered, differing agendas of research teams and participant groups; and lack of trust in the research process. Four key goals for future work were identified: building long-term relationships with under-served groups, developing training resources to improve design and delivery of trials for under-served groups, developing infrastructure and systems to support this work and working with funders, regulators and other stakeholders to remove barriers to inclusion. Conclusions The work of the INCLUDE group over the next 12 months will build on these findings by generating resources customised for different under-served groups to improve the representativeness of trial populations.
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- Miles D Witham
- NIHR Clinical Research Network Cluster E, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle University, Newcastle, NE4 5PL, UK.,NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre, Newcastle University and Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust, Newcastle, UK
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- NIHR Clinical Research Network Cluster E, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle University, Newcastle, NE4 5PL, UK
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- University of Plymouth, Faculty of Health, Plymouth, Devon, UK
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- NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, University of Manchester and Northern Care Alliance NHS Group, Manchester, UK
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- NIHR Clinical Research Network Cluster E, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle University, Newcastle, NE4 5PL, UK
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- Cardiology Department, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, LS1 3EX, UK
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- NIHR Clinical Research Network Coordinating Centre, 21 Queen Street, Leeds, LS1 2TW, UK
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- Newcastle Clinical Trials Unit, 1-4 Claremont Terrace, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4AE, UK
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- Centre for Applied Dementia Studies, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK
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- NIHR Clinical Research Network Cluster E, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle University, Newcastle, NE4 5PL, UK
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- NIHR Clinical Research Network Coordinating Centre, London, UK
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- Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
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- NIHR Yorkshire and Humber Local Clinical Research Network, Yorkshire and Humber, UK
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- Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.,MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- NIHR Clinical Research Network Cluster E, Campus for Ageing and Vitality, Newcastle University, Newcastle, NE4 5PL, UK. .,Translational Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
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Xiao N, Li SZ, Qian MB, Xia ZG, Yu Q, Liu Q, Lv S, Zhou XN. Contribution of NIPD-CTDR to the parasitic diseases control and elimination in China: Memory of the 70th anniversary for NIPD-CTDR. Adv Parasitol 2020; 110:401-427. [PMID: 32563333 DOI: 10.1016/bs.apar.2020.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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China has achieved a great success in control and elimination of key parasitic diseases. In 2007, the elimination of lymphatic filariasis was verified by WHO. The schistosomiasis incidence and snail-distributed areas have reduced to the lowest level in the history. The transmission and disease burden of echinococcosis have been contained largely, and the populations infected with soil-transmitted trematode and food-borne parasites have also shown a significantly declining trend. Because of rapid globalization and climate changes, however, many new challenges have arisen. In his paper, the 2020-2030 roadmaps towards the control and elimination of these key parasitic diseases are described. Moreover, China is actively implementing its global health strategy, and will be more and more engaged into global health affairs, in which a series of China-Africa health cooperation projects have been in planning with a wish of making a greater contribution to the SDGs.
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- Ning Xiao
- National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research; Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health; National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Ministry of Science and Technology; WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
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- National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research; Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health; National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Ministry of Science and Technology; WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research; Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health; National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Ministry of Science and Technology; WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research; Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health; National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Ministry of Science and Technology; WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research; Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health; National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Ministry of Science and Technology; WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research; Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health; National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Ministry of Science and Technology; WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research; Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health; National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Ministry of Science and Technology; WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research; Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health; National Center for International Research on Tropical Diseases, Ministry of Science and Technology; WHO Collaborating Centre for Tropical Diseases, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
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Darwich I, Stephan D, Klöckner-Lang M, Scheidt M, Friedberg R, Willeke F. A roadmap for robotic-assisted sigmoid resection in diverticular disease using a Senhance™ Surgical Robotic System: results and technical aspects. J Robot Surg 2020; 14:297-304. [PMID: 31161448 PMCID: PMC7125057 DOI: 10.1007/s11701-019-00980-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Accepted: 05/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Since the turn of the century, robotic-assisted colorectal surgery has been synonymous with the da Vinci® robotic surgical system. We report in this study our first results in robotic-assisted sigmoid resection for diverticular disease using the Senhance™ Surgical Robotic System, while introducing a standardized roadmap for engaging the robotic arms. 12 patients underwent a sigmoid resection using the Senhance™ Surgical Robotic System. All four arms of the robotic system were engaged during all procedures according to a previously devised roadmap. A 4-trocar technique was used in all patients. Perioperative data, including those regarding technical difficulties, were collected and analyzed. Two procedures were converted into standard laparoscopy. There were no conversions to open surgery. The mean age of the patients was 62.5 years (47-79). One third of the patients were males. The mean BMI was 27 kg/m2 (19-38). The mean operative time, the mean console time and the mean docking time were 219 min (204-305), 149 min (124-205) and 10 min (6-15), respectively. The mean length of stay was 9 days (6-15). There was one major complication (8.3%, Clavien-Dindo IIIb). There were no mortalities. No other complications were observed. No patients were readmitted after discharge. The Senhance™ Surgical Robotic System can be used safely in sigmoid resection for diverticular disease after adequate training and systematic planning of the different steps of the procedure. Further experience is needed to judge the benefit for patient and surgeon, as well as the cost and time effectiveness.
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- Ibrahim Darwich
- Department of Surgery, St. Marien Hospital Siegen, Kampenstr. 51, 57074, Siegen, Germany.
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- Department of Surgery, St. Marien Hospital Siegen, Kampenstr. 51, 57074, Siegen, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, St. Marien Hospital Siegen, Kampenstr. 51, 57074, Siegen, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, St. Marien Hospital Siegen, Kampenstr. 51, 57074, Siegen, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, St. Marien Hospital Siegen, Kampenstr. 51, 57074, Siegen, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, St. Marien Hospital Siegen, Kampenstr. 51, 57074, Siegen, Germany
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Bickler G, Morton S, Menne B. Health and sustainable development: an analysis of 20 European voluntary national reviews. Public Health 2020; 180:180-4. [PMID: 31981936 DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2019.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2019] [Revised: 10/09/2019] [Accepted: 10/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVES United Nations member states agreed Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015. Countries report their progress through Voluntary National Reviews. In this paper, we look at the extent to which the World Health Organisation (WHO) Europe SDG Roadmap (the Roadmap) on Agenda 2030 implementation is reflected in the first 20 Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) submitted from the WHO European region. In particular, we wanted to look at how integrated the three dimensions of sustainable development were, the identification of health co-benefits and potential-added value from the health sector. STUDY DESIGN This was a semi-quantitative analysis of 20 VNRs using an ordinal scale (no evidence, limited evidence, good evidence). Results are presented as frequency tables by criteria and by country. METHODS We devised an assessment template consisting of 41 criteria based on the nine key areas and a selection of the proposed areas for action in the Roadmap. Each VNR was then assessed and scored against these criteria to produce country-specific and average scores for each of the nine key areas and the 25 measures we selected. RESULTS Countries generally have good evidence on key areas such as governance, monitoring, leaving no-one behind and multipartner cooperation. They have less evidence on the key areas of health determinants, healthy settings, health literacy and investing for health. Many countries link the economic and environmental dimensions of sustainable development but not the interplay with the social (health and well-being) dimension. Some countries specifically highlighted commitments to support developing nations but few recognised the impact of domestic policies on planetary boundaries or the health of future generations. CONCLUSIONS We found little evidence that the health sector has had a major strategic influence on actions which affect wider determinants (or health co-benefits). The WHO Europe SDG Roadmap offers a means and an opportunity for redressing this weakness, but this may require health professionals to work within their communities across all three dimensions of sustainable development.
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Cursiefen C, Cordeiro F, Cunha-Vaz J, Wheeler-Schilling T, Scholl HPN. Unmet Needs in Ophthalmology: A European Vision Institute-Consensus Roadmap 2019-2025. Ophthalmic Res 2019; 62:123-133. [PMID: 31382265 DOI: 10.1159/000501374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2019] [Accepted: 06/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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PURPOSE To define unmet needs in ophthalmology that can realistically be addressed in the next 5 years (2019-2025) and describe potential avenues for research to address these challenges. METHODS Outcomes of a consensus process within the European Vision institute (Brussels) are outlined. Disease areas that are discussed comprise glaucoma, retinal dystrophies, diabetic retinopathy, dry eye disease, corneal diseases, cataract and refractive surgery. RESULTS Unmet needs in the mentioned disease areas are discussed and realistically achievable research projects outlined. CONCLUSIONS Considerable progress can be made in the ophthalmic field and patient-relevant outcomes in the near future.
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- Claus Cursiefen
- Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, .,Center for Molecular Medicine , University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany,
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Association for Innovation and Biomedical Research on Light and Image, Coimbra, Portugal.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel, Basel, Switzerland.,Department of Ophthalmology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.,Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Creasey AA, Stacey G, Bharti K, Sato Y, Lubiniecki A. A strategic road map to filing a Biologics License Application for a pluripotent stem cell derived therapeutic product. Biologicals 2019; 59:68-71. [PMID: 31053443 DOI: 10.1016/j.biologicals.2019.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2019] [Accepted: 03/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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- Abla A Creasey
- California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), Oakland, CA, USA.
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- International Alliance for Biological Standardization (IABS), Geneva, Switzerland
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- National Eye Institute, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Institute of Health Sciences, Kawasaki, Japan
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- International Alliance for Biological Standardization (IABS), Geneva, Switzerland
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Hendrix AR, Hurford TA, Barge LM, Bland MT, Bowman JS, Brinckerhoff W, Buratti BJ, Cable ML, Castillo-Rogez J, Collins GC, Diniega S, German CR, Hayes AG, Hoehler T, Hosseini S, Howett CJ, McEwen AS, Neish CD, Neveu M, Nordheim TA, Patterson GW, Patthoff DA, Phillips C, Rhoden A, Schmidt BE, Singer KN, Soderblom JM, Vance SD. The NASA Roadmap to Ocean Worlds. Astrobiology 2019; 19:1-27. [PMID: 30346215 PMCID: PMC6338575 DOI: 10.1089/ast.2018.1955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2018] [Accepted: 09/21/2018] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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In this article, we summarize the work of the NASA Outer Planets Assessment Group (OPAG) Roadmaps to Ocean Worlds (ROW) group. The aim of this group is to assemble the scientific framework that will guide the exploration of ocean worlds, and to identify and prioritize science objectives for ocean worlds over the next several decades. The overarching goal of an Ocean Worlds exploration program as defined by ROW is to "identify ocean worlds, characterize their oceans, evaluate their habitability, search for life, and ultimately understand any life we find." The ROW team supports the creation of an exploration program that studies the full spectrum of ocean worlds, that is, not just the exploration of known ocean worlds such as Europa but candidate ocean worlds such as Triton as well. The ROW team finds that the confirmed ocean worlds Enceladus, Titan, and Europa are the highest priority bodies to target in the near term to address ROW goals. Triton is the highest priority candidate ocean world to target in the near term. A major finding of this study is that, to map out a coherent Ocean Worlds Program, significant input is required from studies here on Earth; rigorous Research and Analysis studies are called for to enable some future ocean worlds missions to be thoughtfully planned and undertaken. A second finding is that progress needs to be made in the area of collaborations between Earth ocean scientists and extraterrestrial ocean scientists.
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- Amanda R. Hendrix
- Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, Arizona
- Address correspondence to: Amanda R. Hendrix, Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, AZ 85719
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
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- Astrogeology Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, Arizona
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- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
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- Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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- NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
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- Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
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- Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, Arizona
- Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- NASA HQ/Universities Space Association, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
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- School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
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Biobanks have during last two decades gained an important role in the whole process of biomedical research and health care not only in Europe but also worldwide. Biobanks are one of the pillars in personalised medicine tackling all its aspects such as prevention, diagnosis, treatment and monitoring closely the specific characteristics of an individual patient. The current and future power of biobanks is the amount of samples of high-quality and related information available for current and future research of diseases, for optimising patients´ prevention, diagnosis, treatment and monitoring. The material stored in biobanks is a treasure for future technologies that will be able to utilise the currently uncovered information and knowledge. A great and growing number of samples and related information also opens new ways in how to tackle the big data problems and population studies. Biobanks play a substantial role in drug discovery, development and validation. Biobanks are not only an issue of biomedical research, but are becoming a public issue involving patients, to actively participate in biobanking with respect to ethical, legal and social issues. And, finally, biobanking as a multidisciplinary and modern field of science requires appropriate education at all levels of society. To be a world leader in the field of biobanking requires wide international and interdisciplinary collaboration. The topic-dedicated programmes released by the European Commission sustainably support biobank development in Europe and the main tool is the biggest European Union (EU) research and innovation programme ever—Horizon 2020. This article reviews the main Horizon 2020 biobanking projects, financing schemes and the future perspectives.
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- Judita Kinkorová
- Department of Immunochemistry, University Hospital Pilsen, Edvarda Benese 1128/13, 305 99 Pilsen, CZ Czech Republic
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- Department of Immunochemistry, University Hospital Pilsen, Edvarda Benese 1128/13, 305 99 Pilsen, CZ Czech Republic
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Hait TA, Amar D, Shamir R, Elkon R. FOCS: a novel method for analyzing enhancer and gene activity patterns infers an extensive enhancer-promoter map. Genome Biol 2018; 19:56. [PMID: 29716618 PMCID: PMC5930446 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-018-1432-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2017] [Accepted: 04/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Recent sequencing technologies enable joint quantification of promoters and their enhancer regions, allowing inference of enhancer–promoter links. We show that current enhancer–promoter inference methods produce a high rate of false positive links. We introduce FOCS, a new inference method, and by benchmarking against ChIA-PET, HiChIP, and eQTL data show that it results in lower false discovery rates and at the same time higher inference power. By applying FOCS to 2630 samples taken from ENCODE, Roadmap Epigenomics, FANTOM5, and a new compendium of GRO-seq samples, we provide extensive enhancer–promotor maps (http://acgt.cs.tau.ac.il/focs). We illustrate the usability of our maps for deriving biological hypotheses.
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- Tom Aharon Hait
- Blavatnik School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University, 69978, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Department of Human Molecular Genetics & Biochemistry, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, 69978, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Blavatnik School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University, 69978, Tel Aviv, Israel.,Stanford Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- Blavatnik School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University, 69978, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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- Department of Human Molecular Genetics & Biochemistry, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, 69978, Tel Aviv, Israel. .,Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Ten Kate M, Barkhof F, Boccardi M, Visser PJ, Jack CR, Lovblad KO, Frisoni GB, Scheltens P. Clinical validity of medial temporal atrophy as a biomarker for Alzheimer's disease in the context of a structured 5-phase development framework. Neurobiol Aging 2017; 52:167-182.e1. [PMID: 28317647 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2016.05.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2015] [Revised: 05/01/2016] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Research criteria for Alzheimer's disease recommend the use of biomarkers for diagnosis, but whether biomarkers improve the diagnosis in clinical routine has not been systematically assessed. The aim is to evaluate the evidence for use of medial temporal lobe atrophy (MTA) as a biomarker for Alzheimer's disease at the mild cognitive impairment stage in routine clinical practice, with an adapted version of the 5-phase oncology framework for biomarker development. A literature review on visual assessment of MTA and hippocampal volumetry was conducted with other biomarkers addressed in parallel reviews. Ample evidence is available for phase 1 (rationale for use) and phase 2 (discriminative ability between diseased and control subjects). Phase 3 (early detection ability) is partly achieved: most evidence is derived from research cohorts or clinical populations with short follow-up, but validation in clinical mild cognitive impairment cohorts is required. In phase 4, only the practical feasibility has been addressed for visual rating of MTA. The rest of phase 4 and phase 5 have not yet been addressed.
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- Mara Ten Kate
- Department of Neurology, Alzheimer Center, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; European Society of Neuroradiology (ESNR); Institutes of Neurology and Healthcare Engineering, University College London, London, UK
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- Laboratory of Alzheimer's Neuroimaging and Epidemiology (LANE), IRCCS S.Giovanni di Dio - Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy; LANVIE (Laboratory of Neuroimaging of Aging) - Department of Psychiatry, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology, Alzheimer Center, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Psychiatry & Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Institutes of Neurology and Healthcare Engineering, University College London, London, UK; Memory Clinic - Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology, Alzheimer Center, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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What makes the molecular study of psychiatric and other neurological conditions particularly challenging compared with other complex traits is the difficulty of accessing the relevant tissue. The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project was one of the earliest producers of brain-derived epigenetic functional genomic data, albeit initially from only two cancerous brain cell lines for a limited number of epigenetic marks. It has only been in very recent years that such data from human brain tissue have been made available from various sources. Yet, these data are scattered throughout the literature with no central organization. This review summarizes the availability and accessibility of brain epigenetic and functional genomic data as a single resource to allow investigators to easily access available brain annotations and thus incorporate this wealth of information into their research to make important advances in the field of neuroscience.
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- Sarah A Gagliano
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Toronto, Canada; Department of Medical & Molecular Genetics, Guy's Hospital, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
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Nasli-Esfahani E, Farzadfar F, Kouhnavard M, Ghodssi-Ghassemabadi R, Khajavi A, Peimani M, Razmandeh R, Vala M, Shafiee G, Rambod C, Sanjari M, Aalaa M, Ghodsi M, Razi F, Bandarian F, Larijani B. Iran diabetes research roadmap (IDRR) study: a preliminary study on diabetes research in the world and Iran. J Diabetes Metab Disord 2017; 16:9. [PMID: 28239599 PMCID: PMC5316224 DOI: 10.1186/s40200-017-0291-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2016] [Accepted: 02/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Backgrounds Diabetes is one of the most common metabolic disorders worldwide. This study aim was to provide detail analysis of diabetes research output and its trend in Iran as well as in the world and compare them. Methods Data was retrieved from PubMed database using a suitable search strategy and application of proper operator “AND”, “OR” and “NOT”. All English documents published from 2008 to 2012 were included. Meeting abstract, letter to the editor, guidelines, consensus and reviews were excluded. Obtained documents for Iran and world were categorized in eleven groups including diabetes management, education, paediatrics, nutrition, epidemiology, diabetes complications, stem cells, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), psychiatrics, genetics and prevention and were compared. Results Total number of DM publications was 59513 for world and 648 for Iran. Trend of DM publications was increasing during the 5 years with a growth rate of 22.5% for world and 23.4% for Iran. Contribution of Iran in the world diabetes output reached 1.08 in 2012. The most and the least number of DM documents were related to complications and preventions, respectively both in Iran and the world. Three leading countries with highest proportion of RCTs (randomized clinical trial) to their total DM publications were Italy, Germany and Iran. Conclusion The most number of diabetes research was in the field of diabetes complication, management and genetics in the world as well as in Iran. During the 5-year period, despite of the world sanctions against Iran, diabetes research trend was increasing in Iran relatively parallel to the world research and sanction had no significant effect on Iran.
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- Ensieh Nasli-Esfahani
- Diabetes Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Diabetes Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Diabetes Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Department of Health Education & Promotion, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Diabetes Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Metabolic Disorders Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Molecular -Cellular Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Chronic Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Diabetes Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Elderly Health Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Obesity and Eating Habits Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Molecular -Cellular Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Diabetes Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Cameron JD, Ramaprasad A, Syn T. An ontology of and roadmap for mHealth research. Int J Med Inform 2017; 100:16-25. [PMID: 28241934 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2017.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2016] [Revised: 12/05/2016] [Accepted: 01/07/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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PURPOSE Mobile health or mHealth research has been growing exponentially in recent years. However, the research on mHealth has been ad-hoc and selective without a clear definition of the mHealth domain. Without a roadmap for research we may not realize the full potential of mHealth. In this paper, we present an ontological framework to define the mHealth domain and illuminate a roadmap. METHODS We present an ontology of mHealth. The ontology is developed by systematically deconstructing the domain into its primary dimensions and elements. We map the extent research on mHealth in 2014 onto the ontology and highlight the bright, light, and blind/blank spots which represent the emphasis of mHealth research. FINDINGS The emphases of mHealth research in 2014 are very uneven. There are a few bright spots and many light spots. The research predominantly focuses on individuals' use of mobile devices and applications to capture or obtain health-related data mostly to improve quality of care through mobile intervention. CONCLUSIONS We argue that the emphases can be balanced in the roadmap for mHealth research. The ontological mapping plays an integral role in developing and maintaining the roadmap which can be updated periodically to continuously assess and guide mHealth research.
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- Joshua D Cameron
- Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, 1600 NW 10th Avenue #1140, Miami, FL, USA.
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- Department of Information and Decision Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 601 S Morgan Street (MC 294), Chicago, IL, USA.
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- Division of International Business and Technology Studies, Texas A&M International University, 5201 University Boulevard, Laredo, TX, USA.
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Shafiee G, Nasli-Esfahani E, Bandarian F, Peimani M, Yazdizadeh B, Razi F, Farzadfar F, Larijani B. Iran Diabetes Research Roadmap (IDRR): the study protocol. J Diabetes Metab Disord 2016; 15:58. [PMID: 28018867 PMCID: PMC5160021 DOI: 10.1186/s40200-016-0277-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2016] [Accepted: 11/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus is a common metabolic disorder which is increasing worldwide. This study aimed to undertake a survey of the diabetes research in Iran to identify gaps and highlight strengths in order to develop a roadmap for diabetes research in Iran for the next years. METHODS To develop a roadmap and to identify major areas of diabetes research, we carried out a systematic assessment of Iranian diabetes research publications. All obtained studies were categorized to 11 groups and each group was classified according to the "study design", "subject area", "World Health Organization (WHO) classification", and "Australian Standard Research Classifications". The number of publications per each year was calculated. Research trends in publications in each area were assessed and compared. CONCLUSION By this study, we will provide the highlighted priorities, the gaps of research and strategic mapping of each area of diabetes research that could serve as a precious guideline for national research initiatives in the field of diabetes. By a strategic map, we can achieve many advances in the all aspects of diabetes research that finally impact on the health, quality of life and well-being of diabetic patients.
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- Gita Shafiee
- Chronic Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Diabetes Researcher Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 5th floor, Diabetes Clinic, Cross Heyat Ave., Shahrivar Ave., North Kargar St., Tehran, Iran
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- Diabetes Researcher Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 5th floor, Diabetes Clinic, Cross Heyat Ave., Shahrivar Ave., North Kargar St., Tehran, Iran
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- Diabetes Researcher Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 5th floor, Diabetes Clinic, Cross Heyat Ave., Shahrivar Ave., North Kargar St., Tehran, Iran
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- Knowledge Utilization Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Diabetes Researcher Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 5th floor, Diabetes Clinic, Cross Heyat Ave., Shahrivar Ave., North Kargar St., Tehran, Iran
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- Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Endocrinology and Metabolism Researcher Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Clarke LJ, Kitney RI. Synthetic biology in the UK - An outline of plans and progress. Synth Syst Biotechnol 2016; 1:243-257. [PMID: 29062950 PMCID: PMC5625736 DOI: 10.1016/j.synbio.2016.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2016] [Revised: 09/22/2016] [Accepted: 09/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Synthetic biology is capable of delivering new solutions to key challenges spanning the bioeconomy, both nationally and internationally. Recognising this significant potential and the associated need to facilitate its translation and commercialisation the UK government commissioned the production of a national Synthetic Biology Roadmap in 2011, and subsequently provided crucial support to assist its implementation. Critical infrastructural investments have been made, and important strides made towards the development of an effectively connected community of practitioners and interest groups. A number of Synthetic Biology Research Centres, DNA Synthesis Foundries, a Centre for Doctoral Training, and an Innovation Knowledge Centre have been established, creating a nationally distributed and integrated network of complementary facilities and expertise. The UK Synthetic Biology Leadership Council published a UK Synthetic Biology Strategic Plan in 2016, increasing focus on the processes of translation and commercialisation. Over 50 start-ups, SMEs and larger companies are actively engaged in synthetic biology in the UK, and inward investments are starting to flow. Together these initiatives provide an important foundation for stimulating innovation, actively contributing to international research and development partnerships, and helping deliver useful benefits from synthetic biology in response to local and global needs and challenges.
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- L J Clarke
- UK Synthetic Biology Leadership Council, UK
- Department of BioEngineering, Imperial College, UK
- Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
- BionerG, UK
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- UK Synthetic Biology Leadership Council, UK
- EPSRC National Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation, UK
- Institute of Systems and Synthetic Biology, UK
- BioMedical Systems Engineering, Imperial College, UK
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Silva TC, Colaprico A, Olsen C, D'Angelo F, Bontempi G, Ceccarelli M, Noushmehr H. TCGA Workflow: Analyze cancer genomics and epigenomics data using Bioconductor packages. F1000Res 2016; 5:1542. [PMID: 28232861 PMCID: PMC5302158 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.8923.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/24/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Biotechnological advances in sequencing have led to an explosion of publicly available data via large international consortia such as
The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA),
The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE), and
The NIH Roadmap Epigenomics Mapping Consortium (Roadmap). These projects have provided unprecedented opportunities to interrogate the epigenome of cultured cancer cell lines as well as normal and tumor tissues with high genomic resolution. The
Bioconductor project offers more than 1,000 open-source software and statistical packages to analyze high-throughput genomic data. However, most packages are designed for specific data types (e.g. expression, epigenetics, genomics) and there is no one comprehensive tool that provides a complete integrative analysis of the resources and data provided by all three public projects. A need to create an integration of these different analyses was recently proposed. In this workflow, we provide a series of biologically focused integrative analyses of different molecular data. We describe how to download, process and prepare TCGA data and by harnessing several key Bioconductor packages, we describe how to extract biologically meaningful genomic and epigenomic data. Using Roadmap and ENCODE data, we provide a work plan to identify biologically relevant functional epigenomic elements associated with cancer. To illustrate our workflow, we analyzed two types of brain tumors: low-grade glioma (LGG) versus high-grade glioma (glioblastoma multiform or GBM). This workflow introduces the following Bioconductor packages:
AnnotationHub,
ChIPSeeker,
ComplexHeatmap,
pathview,
ELMER,
GAIA,
MINET,
RTCGAToolbox,
TCGAbiolinks.
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- Tiago C Silva
- Department of Genetics, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Interuniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels, Brussels, Belgium; Machine Learning Group, ULB, Brussels, Belgium
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- Interuniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels, Brussels, Belgium; Machine Learning Group, ULB, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Science and Technology, University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy; Biogem, Istituto di Ricerche Genetiche Gaetano Salvatore, Avellino, Italy
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- Interuniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels, Brussels, Belgium; Machine Learning Group, ULB, Brussels, Belgium; Department of Science and Technology, University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy
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- Department of Genetics, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil; Department of Neurosurgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA
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Biotechnological advances in sequencing have led to an explosion of publicly available data via large international consortia such as The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE), and The NIH Roadmap Epigenomics Mapping Consortium (Roadmap). These projects have provided unprecedented opportunities to interrogate the epigenome of cultured cancer cell lines as well as normal and tumor tissues with high genomic resolution. The Bioconductor project offers more than 1,000 open-source software and statistical packages to analyze high-throughput genomic data. However, most packages are designed for specific data types (e.g. expression, epigenetics, genomics) and there is no one comprehensive tool that provides a complete integrative analysis of the resources and data provided by all three public projects. A need to create an integration of these different analyses was recently proposed. In this workflow, we provide a series of biologically focused integrative analyses of different molecular data. We describe how to download, process and prepare TCGA data and by harnessing several key Bioconductor packages, we describe how to extract biologically meaningful genomic and epigenomic data. Using Roadmap and ENCODE data, we provide a work plan to identify biologically relevant functional epigenomic elements associated with cancer. To illustrate our workflow, we analyzed two types of brain tumors: low-grade glioma (LGG) versus high-grade glioma (glioblastoma multiform or GBM). This workflow introduces the following Bioconductor packages: AnnotationHub, ChIPSeeker, ComplexHeatmap, pathview, ELMER, GAIA, MINET, RTCGAToolbox, TCGAbiolinks.
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- Tiago C Silva
- Department of Genetics, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Interuniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels, Brussels, Belgium; Machine Learning Group, ULB, Brussels, Belgium
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- Interuniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels, Brussels, Belgium; Machine Learning Group, ULB, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Science and Technology, University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy; Biogem, Istituto di Ricerche Genetiche Gaetano Salvatore, Avellino, Italy
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- Interuniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels, Brussels, Belgium; Machine Learning Group, ULB, Brussels, Belgium; Department of Science and Technology, University of Sannio, Benevento, Italy
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- Department of Genetics, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil; Department of Neurosurgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA
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Gottlieb SL, Deal CD, Giersing B, Rees H, Bolan G, Johnston C, Timms P, Gray-Owen SD, Jerse AE, Cameron CE, Moorthy VS, Kiarie J, Broutet N. The global roadmap for advancing development of vaccines against sexually transmitted infections: Update and next steps. Vaccine 2016; 34:2939-2947. [PMID: 27105564 PMCID: PMC6759054 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.03.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2016] [Accepted: 03/31/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
In 2014, the World Health Organization, the US National Institutes of Health, and global technical partners published a comprehensive roadmap for development of new vaccines against sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Since its publication, progress has been made in several roadmap activities: obtaining better epidemiologic data to establish the public health rationale for STI vaccines, modeling the theoretical impact of future vaccines, advancing basic science research, defining preferred product characteristics for first-generation vaccines, and encouraging investment in STI vaccine development. This article reviews these overarching roadmap activities, provides updates on research and development of individual vaccines against herpes simplex virus, Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and Treponema pallidum, and discusses important next steps to advance the global roadmap for STI vaccine development.
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute, University of the Witswatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- University of Sunshine Coast, Queensland Australia and Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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- Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD, USA
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