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studies in headache medicine. The results of this systematic review will be used to inform the clinical community on the association between pediatric migraine and internalizing disorders and symptoms and may also be used to inform the design of future research studies in this area. © 2020 American Headache Society.BACKGROUND Carotid artery stenting is an alternative to carotid endarterectomy for the treatment of atherosclerotic carotid artery stenosis. This review updates a previous version first published in 1997 and subsequently updated in 2004, 2007, and 2012. OBJECTIVES To assess the benefits and risks of stenting compared with endarterectomy in people with symptomatic or asymptomatic carotid stenosis. SEARCH METHODS We searched the Cochrane Stroke Group Trials Register (last searched August 2018) and the following databases CENTRAL, MEDLINE, Embase, and Science Citation Index to August 2018. We also searched ongoing trials registers (August 2018) and reference lists, and contacted researchers in the field. SELECTION CRITERIA Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing stenting with endarterectomy for symptomatic or asymptomatic atherosclerotic carotid stenosis. https://www.selleckchem.com/ In addition, we included RCTs comparing carotid artery stenting with medical therapy alone. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS One review author selected trialof periprocedural stroke or death than endarterectomy. This extra risk is mostly attributed to an increase in minor, non-disabling strokes occurring in people older than 70 years. Beyond the periprocedural period, carotid stenting is as effective in preventing recurrent stroke as endarterectomy. However, combining procedural safety and long-term efficacy in preventing recurrent stroke still favours endarterectomy. In people with asymptomatic carotid stenosis, there may be a small increase in the risk of periprocedural stroke or death with stenting compared with endarterectomy. However, CIs of treatment effects were wide and further data from randomised trials in people with asymptomatic stenosis are needed. Copyright © 2020 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Worldwide, many emerging porcine parvoviruses (PPVs) have been linked to porcine circovirus-2 (PCV2) associated disease (PCVAD), which includes post-weaning multi-systemic wasting syndrome (PMWS), PCV2-related reproductive failure (PCV2-RF), as well as other syndromes. To determine the DNA prevalence of PPVs and their relationship with PMWS and PCV2-RF, in Mexico, 170 formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues were selected from archival collections to detect PPVs using nested PCR. The tissues were composed of 50 PMWS cases, 20 age-matched tissues from healthy pigs, 56 PCV2-related reproductive failure (PCV2+ -RF) cases and 44 PCV2- -RF cases. Overall, PPV2 and PPV6 were the most prevalent species (90.0% and 74.7%, respectively). In 8-11 week-old pigs, the highest prevalence was for PPV6 and PPV3. Concerning RF, the PCV2-affected farms had a significant higher prevalence for PPV6 (61.6%) and PPV5 (36.4%) than the PCV2-unaffected farms (35.0% and 5.0%, respectively). The concurrent infection rate was high, being significant for PPV2/PPV4 and PPV1/PPV5 within the PMWS cases and for PPV6/PPV5 among the PCV2+ -RF tissues. PPV5 showed significant relationship with PMWS whereas PPV5 and PPV6 were significant for PCVAD. The PPVs prevalence and coinfection rate in Mexico were markedly higher than that described in other countries, denoting that PPV5 and PPV6 might have a potential role in PCVAD in Mexico. It is concluded that, likely, the pig density population in Mexico is contributing to high PPV inter-species and PCV2 co-infections which might lead to a different pathogenic outcome. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.1. Aphid populations frequently include phenotypes that are resistant to parasitism by hymenopterous parasitoid wasps, which is often attributed to the presence of 'protective' facultative endosymbionts residing in aphid tissues, particularly Hamiltonella defensa. In field conditions, under parasitoid pressure, the observed coexistence of aphids with and without protective symbionts cannot be explained by their difference in fitness alone. 2. Using the cereal aphid Rhopalosiphum padi as a model, we propose an alternative mechanism whereby parasitoids are more efficient at finding common phenotypes of aphid and experience a fitness cost when switching to the less common phenotype. 3. We construct a model based on delay differential equations and parameterise and validate the model with values within the ranges obtained from experimental studies. We then use it to explore possible effects on system dynamics under conditions of environmental stress, using our existing data on the effects of drought stress in crops as an example. 4. We show the 'switching penalty' incurred by parasitoids leads to stable coexistence of aphids with and without H. defensa and provides a potential mechanism for maintaining phenotypic diversity amongst host organisms. We show that drought-induced reduction in aphid development time has little impact. However, greater reduction in fecundity on droughted plants of symbiont-protected aphids can cause insect population cycles when the system would be stable in the absence of drought stress. 5. The stabilising effect of the increased efficiency in dealing with more commonly encountered host phenotypes is applicable to a broad range of consumer-resource systems and could explain stable coexistence in competitive environments. The loss of stable coexistence when drought has different effects on the competing aphid phenotypes highlights the importance of scenario testing when considering biocontrol for pest management. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Mechanism-based inactivation of l-aspartate-α-decarboxylase (PanD), which leads to irreversible modification of active site, is a major challenge in the efficient production of β-alanine from L-aspartic acid. In this study, a semi-rational strategy that combined conformational dynamics and structural alignment was applied to increase the catalytic stability of Bacillus subtilis PanD (BsPanD). Using site-saturation and C-terminal deletion, the variant Q5 (BsPanDI46V/I88M/K104S/I126* ) was generated. The catalytic half-life and the total turnover number (TTN) of Q5 were 3.48-fold and 2.52-fold higher, respectively, compared with that of the parent Q0. The reasons for the differences were the prolonged distance d1 between the phenolic group of Tyr58 and pyruvoyl group of Ser25 (4.9 Å in Q0 vs. 5.5 Å in Q5), an increased difficulty for incorrect protonation to occur, and the decreased flexibility of residues in regions A, B, and C, thereby enhancing the probability of correct protonation. Variant Q5, coupled with l-aspartase (AspA) in a 15-L bioreactor, generated a linear cascade system using fumaric acid as a substrate, yielding 118.