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Correlates of past HPV vaccine uptake among adult women were younger age, monthly income of $2,500-$5,000, full-time employment, US birth, and higher perceived severity of HPV. Older age was a correlate of vaccine uptake for daughters.
Findings revealed low HPV vaccine uptake among adult Hispanic women, but high vaccine acceptability for their sons and daughters. Culturally tailored educational interventions are needed to improve HPV knowledge and HPV vaccine uptake among adults and their children.
Findings revealed low HPV vaccine uptake among adult Hispanic women, but high vaccine acceptability for their sons and daughters. Culturally tailored educational interventions are needed to improve HPV knowledge and HPV vaccine uptake among adults and their children.Significance Cardiovascular stem cells are important for regeneration and repair of damaged tissue. Recent Advances Pluripotent stem cells have a unique metabolism, which is adopted for their energetic and biosynthetic demand as rapidly proliferating cells. Stem cell differentiation requires an exceptional metabolic flexibility allowing for metabolic remodeling between glycolysis and oxidative phosphorylation. Critical Issues Respiration is associated with the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by the mitochondrial respiratory chain. But also the membrane-bound protein nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase (NADPH oxidase, NOX) contributes to ROS levels. ROS not only play a significant role in stem cell differentiation and tissue renewal but also cause senescence and contribute to tissue aging. Future Directions For utilization of stem cells in therapeutic approaches, a deep understanding of the molecular mechanisms how metabolism and the cellular redox state regulate stem cell differentiation is required. Modulating the redox state of stem cells using antioxidative agents may be suitable to enhance activity of endothelial progenitor cells.Hydrothermal spring deposits host unique microbial ecosystems and have the capacity to preserve microbial communities as biosignatures within siliceous sinter layers. This quality makes terrestrial hot springs appealing natural laboratories to study the preservation of both organic and morphologic biosignatures. The discovery of hydrothermal deposits on Mars has called attention to these hot springs as Mars-analog environments, driving forward the study of biosignature preservation in these settings to help prepare future missions targeting the recovery of biosignatures from martian hot-spring deposits. This study quantifies the fatty acid load in three Icelandic hot-spring deposits ranging from modern and inactive to relict. Samples were collected from both the surface and 2-18 cm in depth to approximate the drilling capabilities of current and upcoming Mars rovers. To determine the preservation potential of organics in siliceous sinter deposits, fatty acid analyses were performed with pyrolysis-gas chromaton are of paramount importance in the search for organics on Mars.The amount of nitrogen (N2) present in the atmosphere when life evolved on our planet is central for understanding the production of prebiotic molecules and, hence, is a fundamental quantity to constrain. Estimates of atmospheric molecular nitrogen partial surface pressures during the Archean, however, widely vary in the literature. In this study, we apply a model that combines newly gained insights into atmospheric escape, magma ocean duration, and outgassing evolution. Results suggest less then 420 mbar surface molecular nitrogen at the time when life originated, which is much lower compared with estimates in previous works and hence could impact our understanding of the production rate of prebiotic molecules such as hydrogen cyanide. Our revised values provide new input for atmospheric chamber experiments that simulate prebiotic chemistry on the early Earth. Our results that assume negligible nitrogen escape rates are in agreement with research based on solidified gas bubbles and the oxidation of iron in micrometeorites at 2.7 Gyr ago, which suggest that the atmospheric pressure was probably less than half the present-day value. Our results contradict previous studies that assume N2 partial surface pressures during the Archean were higher than those observed today and suggest that, if the N2 partial pressure were low in the Archean, it would likely be low in the Hadean as well. Furthermore, our results imply a biogenic nitrogen fixation rate from 9 to 14 Teragram N2 per year (Tg N2/year), which is consistent with modern marine biofixation rates and, hence, indicate an oceanic origin of this fixation process.High-quality hole-transport layers (HTLs) with excellent optical and electrical properties play a significant role in achieving high-efficient and stable inverted planar perovskite solar cells (PSCs). In this work, the optoelectronic properties of Cu-doped NiO x (CuNiO x ) films and the photovoltaic performance of PSCs with CuNiO x HTLs were systematically studied. The Cu-doped NiO x with different doping concentrations was achieved by a high-temperature solid-state reaction, and CuNiO x films were prepared by pulsed laser deposition (PLD). Cu+ ion dopants not only occupy the Ni vacancy sites to improve the crystallization quality and increase the hole mobility, but also substitute lattice Ni2+ sites and act as acceptors to enhance the hole concentration. As compared to the undoped NiO x films, the CuNiO x films exhibit a higher electrical conductivity with a faster charge transportation and extraction for PSCs. By employing the prepared CuNiO x films as HTLs for the PSCs, a high photocurrent density of 23.17 mA/cm2 and a high power conversion efficiency of 20.41% are obtained, which are superior to those with physical vapor deposited NiO x HTLs. Meanwhile, the PSC devices show a negligible hysteresis behavior and a long-term air-stability, even without any encapsulation. The results demonstrate that pulsed laser deposited Cu-doped NiO x film is a promising HTL for realizing high-performance and air-stable PSCs.The development of CO2-reduction photocatalysts is one of the main targets in the field of artificial photosynthesis. Recently, numerous hybrid systems in which supramolecular photocatalysts comprised of a photosensitizer and catalytic-metal-complex units are immobilized on inorganic solid materials, such as semiconductors or mesoporous organosilica, have been reported as CO2-reduction photocatalysts for various functions, including water oxidation and light harvesting. In the present study, we investigated the photocatalytic properties of supramolecular photocatalysts comprised of a Ru(II)-complex photosensitizer and a Re(I)-complex catalyst fixed on the surface of insulating Al2O3 particles the distance among the supramolecular photocatalyst molecules should be fixed. Visible-light irradiation of the photocatalyst in the presence of an electron donor under a CO2 atmosphere produced CO selectively. Although CO formation was also observed for a 11 mixture of mononuclear Ru(II) and Re(I) complexes attached to nsitizer could drastically reinforce the photocatalysis of the supramolecular photocatalyst on the surface of the Al2O3 particles more than 10 times higher turnover number and about 3.4 times higher turnover frequency of CO formation. These investigations provide new architectures for the construction of efficient and durable hybrid photocatalytic systems for CO2 reduction, which are composed of metal-complex photocatalysts and solid materials.Nucleic acid transfer has shown significant potential in the treatment of bone damage because of its long lasting local effect and lower cost. Nonviral vectors, such as nanomaterials, with higher biocompatibility are increasedly applied in the study of bone defect repair. Carbon dots with various reactive groups on the surface not only provide a unique surface to carry therapeutic genes, but also some carbon dots have been reported to promote osteogenic differentiation. The bone regeneration effect of carbon dots in vivo, however, is rarely investigated. MiR-2861 has revealed osteogenic differentiation effects. In the current study, we created ascorbic acid-PEI carbon dots (CD), which were able to carry miR-2861, by the microwave-assisted pyrolysis method. Results demonstrated that CD had excellent fluorescence stability leading to good fluorescence imaging in vitro and in vivo. Bobcat339 CD was efficiently internalized into bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) through the clathrin-mediated endocytosis pathway and distributed in the mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, lysosome, and nucleus. Results from alkaline phosphatase staining, alizarin red staining, and reverse transcription real-time PCR (RT-QPCR) showed that our CD indeed had osteogenic effects in vitro. Flow cytometry data indicated that CD could efficiently deliver miR-2861 into BMSCs in vitro, and CD carrying miR-2861 (CD@miR) had the strongest osteogenic effects. Analyses of hematology, serum biochemistry, and histology showed that CD and CD@miR did not have cytotoxicity and had higher biocompatibility in vivo. Most interestingly, CD and miR-2861 in the CD@miR could act synergistically to promote osteogenic differentiation in vitro and new bone regeneration in vivo remarkably. Our results clearly indicate that the osteogenic CD delivering osteogenic therapeutic gene, miR-2861, can obtain much stronger bone regeneration ability, suggesting that our CD has great potential in future clinical application.The group of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) comprises thousands of chemicals, which are used in various industrial applications and consumer products. In this study, a feeding experiment with laying hens and feed grown on a contamination site was conducted, and PFAS were analyzed in the feed and eggs to assess the transfer of PFAS into eggs. A targeted analysis of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) and different sulfonamides was performed. Additionally, the total oxidizable precursor (TOP) assay was modified by fully oxidizing small amounts of the samples instead of oxidizing their extracts in order to overcome potential losses during extraction. Targeted analysis showed the presence of known PFAAs and four sulfonamides in the feed and egg yolk samples. In the plant-based feed, short-chain PFAAs, methyl and ethyl perfluorooctane sulfonamidoacetic acid (Me- and EtFOSAA), and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) were the most abundant PFAS. In the eggs, PFOS, FOSAA, and its alkylated homologues showed the highest concentrations. The TOP assay revealed the presence of substantial amounts of precursors with different chain lengths from C4 to C8. The highest relative increase of PFOA after oxidation was observed in egg yolk from the end of the exposure period (828%). The results of this study demonstrate the transfer of PFAAs and their precursors into hens' eggs and emphasize the contribution of (known and unidentified) precursors to the overall PFAS burden in edible products. The modified TOP assay approach was shown to be a powerful tool to better assess the total burden of samples with PFAS.Enhanced near-infrared (NIR) luminescence from two structurally related heterobinuclear NaIYbIII eight-cooridnate and heterobinuclear YbIIINaI eight-coordinate (CN = 8) complexes is reported and compared to a nine-coordinate (CN = 9) homoleptic complex. For the heteroleptic complex, [Yb(MPQ2)(acac)], the YbIII cation is coordinated to two tridentate 2-(5-methylpyridin-2-yl)-8-quinolinate (MPQ) anions, with a bidentate acetylacetonate (acac) anion completing the coordination sphere. Instead, the heterobinuclear [NaYb(MPQ)4] complex comprises a total of four anionic MPQ ligands, two of which exhibit κ3-coordination to the YbIII cation. The remaining two MPQ anions are unidentate toward the lanthanide and form μ2-bridges via the deprotonated quinolinate oxygens to a bound NaI cation which is also coordinated to the remaining nitrogen donor atoms. The structural properties of these complexes were evaluated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SXRD), continuous shape measure (CShM) analysis, and 1H NMR spectroscopy using a diamagnetic LuIII analogue.