Academic literature on the topic '378-448'

A novel bipolar green phosphorescence host material, 3,5-bis (4-(9H-phenol-thiazine-9-yl) phenyl)-1,2,4-oxadiazole (PPOXD), was designed and synthesized, and its structure was characterized by means of 1H NMR and 13C NMR. The photophysical properties of PPOXD were studied by ultraviolet-visble (UV-Vis) absorption, fluorescence, phosphorescent spectroscopies at 77 K and cyclic voltammetry (CV) and density functional theory (DFT). The results show that the maximum absorption wavelength is located in about 210、247、270 and 307 nm, and the photofluorescence emission peaks in 378 and 448 nm in CH2Cl2 solution. Its phosphorescence emission peaks were observed at 504 and 535 nm, and suitable triplet energy ( 2.46 eV) for PPOXD was achieved, which could meet the basic requirement of green host material for the green emitter Ir (ppy)3 (2.40 eV). Cyclic voltammetry exhibits that HOMO and LUMO level of PPOXD is located in-5.25 and-2.32eV respectively. TGA and DSC results reveal that PPOXD has good thermal stability, the decomposition temperature and glass transition temperature are 275 and 170 °C, respectively. Therefore, PPOXD is a potential green phosphorescence host material with bipolar feature.

AbstractObjective:To determine whether neighbourhood supermarket and convenience store availability and broader built environment context are associated with food purchasing behaviour in a national population.Design:We used observational data to perform a cross-sectional study of food purchases for US households in 2010. We used three-level mixed-effect regression models to determine whether the associations between the number of neighbourhood supermarkets and convenience stores and the self-reported annual household expenditures for fruits and vegetables were affected by regional destination accessibility, neighbourhood destination diversity, availability of neighbourhood destinations and neighbourhood street connectivity.Setting:Metropolitan statistical areas (n 378) in the USA.Participants:Households (n 22 448).Results:When we controlled for broader built environment context, there was no significant association between availability of neighbourhood supermarkets and expenditures on fruits and vegetables; instead, we observed an inverse association between the number of convenience stores and expenditures for fruits (P = 0·001). The broader built environment context was associated with food purchase, although the magnitude was small: (i) higher regional destination accessibility was associated with higher expenditures for fruits (P < 0·001); (ii) higher neighbourhood destination diversity was associated with lower expenditures for vegetables (P = 0·002); and (iii) higher neighbourhood street connectivity was associated with higher expenditures for fruits (P < 0·001).Conclusions:The broader built environment factors contributed to understanding how people use neighbourhood food stores. However, there was only a small relationship between the broader environment context and fruit and vegetable expenditures. Policy interventions that focus exclusively on increasing the availability of neighbourhood supermarkets likely will not promote fruit and vegetable consumption.

This study investigated whether the physical fitness and body composition of 10–12-year-old Danish children are related to participation in leisure-time club-based sporting activities. The study involved 544 Danish 10–12-year-old 5th-grade municipal schoolchildren (269 boys and 275 girls, 11.1 ± 0.4 years). After answering a questionnaire about leisure-time sporting activities, the children were divided into four groups: football club participation (FC; n=141), other ball games (OBG; n=42), other sports (OS; n=194), and no sports-club participation (NSC; n=167). The children completed a battery of health and fitness tests, including a 20 m sprint test, a standing long-jump test, the Yo-Yo IR1 children’s test (YYIR1C), and body composition, blood pressure, resting heart rate (HRrest), and the flamingo balance test. The children engaged in club-based ball games (FC and OBG) had higher (p<0.05) lean body mass than NSC (FC: 17.5 ± 2.9; OBG: 18.4 ± 2.6; OS: 16.7 ± 2.9; NSC: 16.4 ± 2.8 kg), performed better (p<0.05) in the YYIR1C test (FC: 1083 ± 527; OBG: 968 ± 448; OS: 776 ± 398; NSC: 687 ± 378 m), and had lower (p<0.05) %HRmax after 1, 2, and 3 min of YYIR1C. Moreover, HRrest was lower (p<0.05) for FC than for OS and NSC (FC: 68 ± 9 vs OS: 72 ± 10 and NSC: 75 ± 10 bpm), and lower (p<0.05) for OBG than for NSC (OBG: 70 ± 10 vs NSC: 75 ± 10 bpm). This study found that 10–12-year-old Danish children engaged in club-based football and other ball games had better exercise capacity, lower resting heart rate, and higher muscle mass than children not engaged in leisure-time sports. Thus, participation in club-based leisure-time ball-game activities seems to be of importance for the fitness and health profile of prepubertal children.

Background: The persistence or recurrence of minimal residual disease (MRD) after chemotherapy predicts relapse of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL). CD19-directed chimeric antigen receptor-modified T (CD19 CAR-T) cells have shown excitable response in B-ALL. Recently, some studies have shown that ALL patients with lower burden had higher CR rate and lower risk of CRS after CAR-T therapy (Park, et al, NEJM. 2018; 378(5):439-448. Lee, et al, Blood.128 (22):Abstract 218.). However, its role in chemotherapy-refractory MRD-positive B-ALL remains unclear. Here we aimed to assess the effectiveness and safety of CD19 CAR-T in MRD-positive B-ALL patients. Methods: Since January 2018, a total of 14 B-ALL patients with persistent (n=8) or recurrent (n=6) MRD were enrolled in the CAR-T clinical trials (ChiCTR-ONN- 16009862 and ChiCTR1800015164). The patients were from two different clinical trials about CAR-T. If patients were treated in an MRD positive state, they would be included in this analysis. All the patients received one or more infusions of autogenous CD19 CAR-T. Results: Median age was 37.5 (13-62) years and 7 patients were female. The median dose of infused CAR-T cells was 6.78´106cells/kg, and 5 patients received more than one infusion. After one cycle of CAR-T infusion, 12 patients achieved MRD-negative remission, leading a response rate of 85.7%. Of the subgroup of 5 Ph-positive patients who subsequently underwent transplantation, 2 patients died due to transplant-related toxic effects, whereas the other 3 patients all currently alive without leukemia. Of the subgroup of 9 Ph-negative patients, 8 patients did not undergo subsequent transplantation (Figure 1). Three patients finally suffered CD19-positive relapse and 1 patient suffered CD19-negative relapse. Importantly, 4 patients (50%) are in ongoing molecular remission without transplantation, with a duration of response averaging 22.9 months (range: 12.1-28.6 months). The most frequent adverse events were fever and hematopoietic toxicities. Ten patients (71.4%) had grade 1 or 2 cytokine release syndrome (CRS) and no patients died of CRS. At a median follow-up time of 599.5 days (range: 172-915 days), the probability of 2-year relapse-free survival and 2-year overall survival was 61.2%±14.0% and 78.6%±11.0%, respectively. Conclusion: In conclusion, pre-emptive CD19 CAR-T treatment is an effective and safe approach and may confer a sustained remission in B-ALL patients with chemotherapy-refractory MRD. Disclosures No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.

Abstract Background: Autologous hematopoietic progenitor cells (auto-HC) can be mobilized either by hematopoietic growth factors (GF) alone or cytotoxic chemotherapy + GF (CC+GF). The latter is associated with higher CD34+ yields, but is associated with increased costs and risks of infection and hospitalization. In patients with multiple myeloma (MM) undergoing Auto-HCT, it is uncertain whether mobilization with CC+GF affects post transplant outcomes. Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis of patients with MM undergoing their first AHPCT following high dose melphalan (≥140 mg/m2) between 2007 and 2012 in US and Canada and registered with the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR). Patients who had a planned subsequent allogeneic transplant, received VAD or similar induction therapy, had disease progression prior to transplant, or were mobilized with plerixafor were excluded from the analysis. The primary endpoint was progression-free survival (PFS) and the main secondary end-points were transplant-related mortality (TRM), relapse and overall survival (OS). Results: There were 519 patients in GF and 449 in CC+GF with median follow-up of 42 and 46 months respectively. The most common mobilizing CC regimen was single agent cyclophosphamide (71%). GF and CC+GF groups were similar but there were more patients in GF with only one prior line of therapy, lenalidomide exposure and CR at the time of transplant and more patients in CC+GF with low HCT co-morbidity index, prior thalidomide exposure and planed second autologous transplant (Table 1). Median number of days for auto-HC collection was 2 (IQR 1-3) in GF and 1 (IQR 1-3) in CC+GF (P<0.001). There were fewer days between collection and transplant (median 16 vs. 18, P<0.001) and fewer CD34+ cells (x 106/kg) infused at transplant (median 3.9, IQR=3.1-4.8, vs. 5.1, IQR 3.5-6.9, P<0.001) in GF than in CC+GF. Kinetics of neutrophil engraftment (> 0.5 x 109/L) was similar between groups (13 vs. 13 days, P=0.69) while platelet engraftment (> 20 x 109/L) was faster in CC+GF (median 19 vs. 18 days, P=0.006). There was no difference between groups in number of hospitalization days (14 vs. 14, P=0.7). In univariate analysis, there was no significant difference between the two groups in OS, PFS, or TRM. In multivariate analysis, stage III at diagnosis and Karnofsky status <90 but not modality of mobilization were associated with worse PFS. Similarly HCT-CI >2, Stage III at diagnosis and immunoglobulin isotype (IgG/IgA/Others), but not mobilization were associated with OS. Adjusted 3-years PFS was 43% (95% C.I. 38-48) in GF and 40% (95% C.I. 35-45) in CC+GF, P=0.33 (Figure). Adjusted 3-years OS was 82% (95% C.I. 78-86) vs 80% (95% C.I. 75-84), P=0.43 and adjusted 5-year OS was 62% (95C.I. 54-68) vs. 60% (95% C.I. 52-67), P=0.76, for GF and CC+GF respectively (Figure). Conclusions: MM patients undergoing AHPCT have similar outcomes irrespective of the use of cytotoxic chemotherapy mobilization. We found no evidence that chemotherapy mobilization contributes to disease control in MM. Table Characteristics of patients and treatments GF CC+GF P N=519 N=449 Lines of therapy <0.001 1 382 (74) 265 (59) 2 113 (22) 136 (30) >2 24 (5) 48 (11) Prior therapy <0.001 Thalidomide+Bortezomb+-Steroid 74 (14) 92 (20) Lenalidomide+Bortezomb+-Steroid 121 (23) 48 (11) Thaildomide+-Steroid 85 (16) 106 (24) Bortezomib+-Steroid 132 (25) 136 (30) Lenalidomide+-Steroid 107 (21) 67 (15) Disease status at HCT 0.05 CR 84 (16) 48 (11) PR 407 (78) 378 (84) MR/NR/SD 28 (5) 23 (4) HCT-CI 0.006 0 227 (44) 227 (51) 1-2 147 (29) 134 (30) >2 145 (28) 88(20) Time from diagnosis to HCT <0.001 <6 mo 221 (43) 140 (31) 6-12 mo 298 (57) 309 (69) Year of HCT 0.03 2007-2008 289 (56) 272 (61) 2009-2010 105 (20) 100 (22) 2011-2012 125 (24) 77 (17) Melphalan dose 0.40 140-180 mg/m2 71 (14) 70 (16) >180 mg/m2 448 (86) 379 (84) Transplant type 0.02 Single transplant 417 (80) 331 (74) Multiple Transplants Planned 2ndAuto (0-6 mo) 42 (8) 63 (14) Planned 2ndAuto (>6 mo) 5 (1) 6 (1) Use of maintenance agent 198 (38) 176 (39) 0.29 Figure 1 Figure 1. Disclosures Costa: Sanofi: Honoraria.

Two Permian-Triassic boundary (PTB) successions, Lung Cam in Vietnam, and Lukač in Slovenia, have been sampled for high-resolution magnetic susceptibility, stable isotope and elemental chemistry, and biostratigraphic analyses. These successions are located on the eastern (Lung Cam section) and western margins (Lukač section) of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean during PTB time. Lung Cam, lying along the eastern margin of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean provides an excellent proxy for correlation back to the GSSP and out to other Paleo-Tethyan successions. This proxy is tested herein by correlating the Lung Cam section in Vietnam to the Lukač section in Slovenia, which was deposited along the western margin of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean during the PTB interval. It is shown herein that both the Lung Cam and Lukač sections can be correlated and exhibit similar characteristics through the PTB interval. 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