OBJECTIVE To characterize the changes in systemic hemodynamics and systolic, diastolic, and global myocardial performance after patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) ligation in very-low-birth-weight infants. STUDY DESIGN Echocardiograms were performed on 23 neonates (mean gestational age, 26.2 +/- 2.2 weeks) at 2.3 +/- 2.0 hours before PDA ligation (n = 23) and at 2.0 +/- 1.4 hours (n = 23) and 23....

Penetrating cerebrovascular injuries (PCVI) are associated with a high incidence of mortality and neurologic events. The optimal treatment strategy PCVI, especially when damage control measures required, remains controversial. aim this study is to describe the management PCVI patient outcomes at level 1 trauma center where vascular predominantly managed by surgeons. An institutional registry wa...

OBJECTIVE Oesophagectomy, whether open or minimal access, is associated with a significant incidence of gastric-conduit-related complications. Previous animal and human studies suggest that ischaemic conditioning of the stomach prior to oesophagectomy improves perfusion of the gastric conduit. We have adopted laparoscopic ligation of the left gastric artery 2 weeks prior to minimally invasive o...

The colloidal semiconductor nanoplatelet (NPL) with broad ligand-semiconductor interface is an ideal system for surface science investigation, but the study regarding depletion effects in NPLs remains lacking. Herein we explore such CdSe through Br ligation. Apart from improved brightness and red-shifted optical features, also experimentally observed abnormal negative thermal quenching phenomen...

An electrowetting-on-dielectric (EWOD) microfluidic system of coplanar electrode type was designed for parallel DNA ligation of an ultra-micro volume, which was applied to droplet manipulation containing DNA, a ligation enzyme and a multi-salt reaction buffer. For environmental reasons, we applied a concept of a watereoil coreeshell droplet; such droplets of volume w0.3 mL were generated from r...

The use of omonasteine (Omo) in sequential peptide ligation strategies extends the scope of homocysteine (Hcy) ligation to longer, methionine-rich proteins. Hcy-to-Omo conversion can be performed on-resin, while the Omo-to-Hcy deprotection can be performed in situ after peptide ligation. This strategy was successfully applied in the synthesis of the BRD7 bromodomain.

The powerful combination of native chemical ligation and click chemistry has been used to affect a one-pot synthesis of neoglycopeptides from propargyl-containing peptides using GalNAc-N(3) as the glycan component. A versatile chemical toolkit for the fully convergent synthesis of neoglycoproteins using click chemistry, native chemical ligation, and kinetically controlled ligation is thus demon...

Using a recently discovered peptide ligase, butelase 1, we developed a novel method to access protein thioesters in good yield. We successfully combined it with native chemical ligation and sortase-mediated ligation in tandem for protein C-terminal labeling and dual-terminal labeling to exploit the orthogonality of these three ligation methods.

BACKGROUND After portal vein ligation of 1 side of the liver, the other side regenerates at a slow rate. This slow growth may be accelerated to rapid growth by adding a transection between the 2 sides, i.e., performing portal vein ligation and parenchymal transection. We found that in patients undergoing portal vein ligation and parenchymal transection, portal vein hyperflow in the regenerating...