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BACKGROUND Intradialytic hypotension is the most common complication of haemodialysis (HD) treatments. Excessive ultrafiltration results in reduced cardiac preload. We aimed to determine whether a fall in systolic blood pressure during HD was greater in patients starting HD with (1) less overhydration measured by extracellular water (ECW) and (2) lower cardiac pre-load by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). METHODS Pre-HD measurements of ECW and total body water (TBW) were performed using multi-frequency bioimpedance (MFBIA). Cardiac chamber sizes and function were determined by MRI. RESULTS 26 patients, 18 males (69.2%), 11 (42.3%) with diabetes, mean age 63.9 ± 15.9 years were studied. Systolic blood pressure (SBP) fell in 15 (57.7%) patients, and either did not change or increased in 9. There was no difference in demographics between groups. Patients with a fall in SBP had lower pre-HD ECW/TBW (0.400 ± 0.018 vs 0.418 ± 0.021), indexed right ventricular end diastolic volume (81.2 ± 37.6 vs 100.8 ± 33.7 mL/m2 ), and indexed left atrial size (13.7 ± 3.9 vs 18.3 ± 5.0 mL/m2 ), all P less then  0.05 respectively. There were univariate correlations between the change in SBP and pre-HD ECW/TBW for the trunk (r = 0.50, P = 0.009) and indexed left atrial volume (r = 0.54, P = 0.005). CONCLUSION A fall in blood pressure occurred more commonly in patients starting HD with lower overhydration as measured by bioimpedance, and those with smaller cardiac chamber sizes. Patients with the lowest ECW/TBW and smallest cardiac chamber sizes had the greater falls in SBP. This study reinforces the importance of determining physiological target weights and avoiding inappropriately low target weights for HD patients. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Recent advances in diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) analysis techniques have improved our understanding of fibre-specific variations in white matter microstructure. Increasingly, studies are adopting multi-shell dMRI acquisitions to improve the robustness of dMRI-based inferences. However, the impact of b-value choice on the estimation of dMRI measures such as apparent fibre density (AFD) derived from spherical deconvolution is not known. Here, we investigate the impact of b-value sampling scheme on estimates of AFD. First, we performed simulations to assess the correspondence between AFD and simulated intra-axonal signal fraction across multiple b-value sampling schemes. We then studied the impact of sampling scheme on the relationship between AFD and age in a developmental population (n = 78) aged 8-18 (mean = 12.4, SD = 2.9 years) using hierarchical clustering and whole brain fixel-based analyses. Multi-shell dMRI data were collected at 3.0T using ultra-strong gradients (300 mT/m), using 6 diffusion-weighted shells ranging from b = 0 to 6,000 s/mm2 . Simulations revealed that the correspondence between estimated AFD and simulated intra-axonal signal fraction was improved with high b-value shells due to increased suppression of the extra-axonal signal. These results were supported by in vivo data, as sensitivity to developmental age-relationships was improved with increasing b-value (b = 6,000 s/mm2 , median R2 = .34; b = 4,000 s/mm2 , median R2 = .29; b = 2,400 s/mm2 , median R2 = .21; b = 1,200 s/mm2 , median R2 = .17) in a tract-specific fashion. Overall, estimates of AFD and age-related microstructural development were better characterised at high diffusion-weightings due to improved correspondence with intra-axonal properties. © 2020 The Authors. Human Brain Mapping published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.Traditionally, structures of cytoskeletal components have been studied ex situ, that is, with biochemically purified materials. There are compelling reasons to develop approaches to study them in situ in their native functional context. BRD0539 supplier In recent years, cryo-electron tomography emerged as a powerful method for visualizing the molecular organization of unperturbed cellular landscapes with the potential to attain near-atomic resolution. Here, we review recent works on the cytoskeleton using cryo-electron tomography, demonstrating the power of in situ studies. We also highlight the potential of this method in addressing important questions pertinent to the field of cytoskeletal biomechanics. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. © 2020 The Protein Society.We report the preparation of lithium salt free KDA (potassium diisopropylamide; 0.6 m in hexane) complexed with TMEDA (N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine) and its use for the flow-metalation of (hetero)arenes between -78 °C and 25 °C with reaction times between 0.2 s and 24 s and a combined flow rate of 10 mL/min using a commercial flow set-up. The resulting potassium organometallics react instantaneously with various electrophiles, such as ketones, aldehydes, alkyl and allylic halides, disulfides, Weinreb amides and Me3SiCl, affording functionalized (hetero)arenes in high yields. This flow procedure is successfully extended to the lateral metalation of methyl-substituted arenes and heteroaromatics resulting in the formation of various benzylic potassium organometallics. A metalation scale-up was possible without further optimization. © 2020 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.INTRODUCTION Kinsenoside is a characteristic component of Anoectochilus roxburghii and accounts for this herb's medicinal and edible values. No international certified standard method is available for kinsenoside analysis as well as extraction and preservation. OBJECTIVE To develop a more accurate analytical method of kinsenoside. The effects of extraction and drying methods of A. roxburghii on kinsenoside efficiency were investigated for the first time, as well as to examine the kinsenoside stability. MATERIAL AND METHODS The amino (NH2 ) and AQ-C18 columns for detecting kinsenoside extract was systematically compared by high-performance liquid chromatography evaporative light-scattering detector (HPLC-ELSD) and HPLC-diode-array detector (DAD), respectively. Kinsenoside, its epimer goodyeroside A and the degradation product during preservation were identified through HPLC-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). RESULTS An accurate method of kinsenoside detection by HPLC-ELSD with dual columns of NH2 and AQ-C18 was established.BRD0539 supplier