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Thus, camps appear to offer opportunities to enjoy typical childhood experiences while restoring a sense of security, increasing understanding of ABI and validating attendees' experiences. Camps may, therefore, offer low-cost interventions to support children with ABI and their families.Background Test and Treat has been widely adopted throughout sub-Saharan Africa, whereby all HIV-positive individuals initiate antiretroviral therapy (ART) immediately upon diagnosis and continue for life. However, clients who feel healthy may delay ART initiation, despite being eligible under new treatment guidelines.Objective We examined health care worker (HCW) perceptions and experiences on how feeling healthy positively or negatively influences treatment initiation among HIV-positive clients in Malawi.Methods We conducted 12 focus group discussions with 101 HCWs across six health facilities in Central Malawi. 3-TYP Data were analyzed through constant comparison methods using Atlas.ti7.5.Results Feeling healthy influences perceptions of ART initiation among HIV-positive clients. HCWs described that healthy clients feel that there are few tangible benefits to immediate ART initiation, but numerous risks. Fear of stigma and unwanted disclosure, disruption of daily activities, fear of side effects, and limited knowledge about the benefits of early initiation were perceived by HCWs to deter healthy clients from initiating ART.Conclusion Feeling healthy may exacerbate barriers to ART initiation. Strategies to reach healthy clients are needed, such as chronic care models, differentiated models of care that minimize disruptions to daily activities, and community sensitization on the benefits of early initiation.none.Growing stockpiles of waste oil sludge (WOS) are an outstanding problem worldwide. Self-sustaining Treatment for Active Remediation applied ex situ (STARx) is a treatment technology based on smoldering combustion. Pilot-scale experiments for the STARx Hottpad prove this new concept for the mobile treatment of WOS mixed intentionally with sand or contaminated soil. The experiments also allowed for the calibration and validation of a smoldering propagation numerical model. The model was used to systematically explore the sensitivity of Hottpad performance to system design, operational parameters, and environmental factors. Pilot-scale (~1.5 m width) simulations investigated sensitivity to injected air flux, WOS saturation, heterogeneity of intrinsic permeability, and heterogeneity of WOS saturation. Results reveal that Hottpad design is predicted to be successful for WOS treatment across a wide range of scenarios. The operator can control the rate of WOS destruction and extent of treatment by increasing the air flux injected into the bed. The potential for smoldering channeling to develop was demonstrated for the first time. Under certain conditions, such as WOS saturations of 80%, high heterogeneity of WOS saturations, or moderate to high heterogeneity of soil permeability, smoldering channeling was predicted to accelerate to the point that remedial performance was degraded. Field-scale simulations (~10 m width) predicted successful treatment, with WOS destruction rates an order of magnitude higher than the pilot-scale and treatment times increasing only linearly with bed height. This work is a key step toward the design and effective operation of field STARx Hottpad systems for eliminating WOS.Rationale Excessive angiotensin II (Ang II) levels lead to a pro-fibrotic and hypertrophic milieu that produces deleterious remodeling and dysfunction in hypertension-associated heart failure. Agents that disrupt Ang II-induced cardiac dysfunction may have clinical utility in the treatment of hypertension-associated heart failure. Objective We have examined the potential effect of Celastrol, a bioactive compound derived from the Celastraceae family, on Ang II-induced cardiac dysfunction. Methods and Results In rat primary cardiomyocytes and H9C2 cells, Celastrol attenuates Ang II-induced cellular hypertrophy and fibrotic responses. Proteome microarrays, surface plasmon resonance, competitive binding assays, and molecular simulation were used to identify the molecular target of Celastrol. Our data showed that Celastrol directly binds to and inhibits signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 (STAT3) phosphorylation and nuclear translocation. Functional tests demonstrated that the protection of Celastrol is afforded through targeting STAT3. Overexpression of STAT3 dampens the effect of Celastrol by partially rescuing STAT3 activity. Finally, we investigated the in vivo effect of Celastrol treatment in mice challenged with Ang II and in the Transverse aortic constriction (TAC) model. We show that Celastrol administration protected heart function in Ang II- and TAC-challenged mice by inhibiting cardiac fibrosis and hypertrophy. Conclusions Our studies show that Celastrol inhibits Ang II-induced cardiac dysfunction by inhibiting STAT3 activity.Background Overdiagnosis is the leading factor contributing to the rapid increase in thyroid cancer incidence of the last decades. During this period, however, thyroid cancer incidence has not been increasing at a constant pace. We hypothesized that changes in the slope of the incidence trends curve, called joinpoints, could be associated with changes in clinical practice guidelines' recommendations. Methods Data was obtained from the initial 9 registries of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER-9). Thyroid cancer incidence was analyzed from 1975 to 2016. Joinpoints in thyroid cancer incidence trends and clinical variables were correlated with significant changes in clinical practice recommendations. Results Incidence rate trends of Medullary and Anaplastic thyroid cancer were constant during the study period. Among papillary thyroid cancers, three main joinpoints were identified, mainly driven by changes in incidence trends of smaller cancers. First, acceleration followed by two decelends have been shaped in large part, but not completely, by changes in professional guidelines' recommendations.3-TYP