Bioethanol from Lignocellulosic Biomass: Current Findings Determine Research Priorities by Qian Kang, Lise Appels, Tianwei Tan, Raf Dewil

“…Recent advances in genetically engineered microorganisms are promising for higher alcohol tolerance and conversion efficiency. By combining advanced systems and by intensive additional research to eliminate current bottlenecks, second generation bioethanol could surpass the traditional first generation processes.…”
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A Spontaneous Isolated Superior Mesenteric Artery Dissection Associated with Cocaine Abuse: A Pathomechanistic Association by Rayan S. El-Zein, Jeffrey Sobecki, Roy Greenberg, Michael Keleher, Robert A. Palma

“…A 38-year-old African American male with hypertension and alcohol, cocaine, and tobacco abuse presented with abdominal pain and recent cocaine use. …”
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Synthesis of 2-[4-(10H-Substituted Phenothiazine-3-yl)-6-Pyrimidin-2-Phenylthiol/ol/amine/thiol] Pyrroles by Meghasham Narule, Jyotsna Meshram, B. Santhakumari, A. Shanware

“…2-[4-Hydroxy benz-1(propene-1-one)]Pyrrole II on treatment with phenyl thiourea, guanidine carbonate, urea and thiourea in alcoholic KOH yielded compounds III, IV, V, VI which on treatment with different aryl anilines gave compounds VII, VIII, IX, X which under goes cyclisation with sulphur and iodine to give 2-[4-(10H-substituted phenothiazine-3-yl)-6-pyrimidin-2-phenylthiol/-ol/-amine/-thiol] pyrrole XI(a-j), XII(a-j), XIII(a-j) and XIV(a-j) respectively. …”
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Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Mannich Bases of Isoxazoline Derivatives as Novel Anti-Microbial Agents by Pawar Sudhir, Chavan Rajashree, Bhosale Ashok

“…A novel series of compounds were synthesized by condensation reaction of substituted acetophenone (1a-b) with substituted aldehyde (2a-b) in presence of alcoholic sodium hydroxide to get intermediate chalcones (3a-c), which were further treated with hydroxylamine hydrochloride in presence of sodium hydroxide to get isoxazolines derivatives (4a-c). …”
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Proper Hand Washing for Food Handlers by Amy Simonne

“…Dirt, foods, or anything else on your hands makes the alcohol less effective. Do not use hand sanitizer in place of hand washing! …”
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La religion dans la publicité : analyse des cas sur la bière à Kinshasa by Jéthro Ekoka Bokelo, Andrea Catellani

“…These discourses make a corrective or “recategorizing” contribution (Bonhomme and Horak, 2009) to previous discourses on the depreciative nature of beer, which was (and still is) a victim in Kinshasa, due to the teachings of certain Pentecostal religious formations that are against the consumption of alcoholic beverages.…”
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Proper Hand Washing for Food Handlers by Amy Simonne

“…Dirt, foods, or anything else on your hands makes the alcohol less effective. Do not use hand sanitizer in place of hand washing! …”
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Intimate partner violence among women of reproductive age during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Gizachew Yilak, Alemayehu Sayih Belay, Aychew Kassie, Befkad Derese Tilahun, Ambaw Abebaw Emrie, Mulat Ayele, Eyob Shitie Lake, Legese Fekede Abza

“…Women whose partners used alcohol and other substances were found to be vulnerable to IPV. …”
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Relationship between four healthy lifestyle factors and all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality among residents aged 35 – 75 years in Hebei province by Yuhuan LIU, Lijuan TANG, Xiaoying LU, Jingjing ZHAO, Yajing CAO, Xiaoli LIU, Dongsheng JIANG

“…These participants had complete information on four healthy lifestyle factors (non-smoking, no or moderate alcohol consumption, adequate physical activity, and a healthy diet) and socio-economic characteristics, and no history of CVD or cancer. …”
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Prevalence and Predictors of Self-Reported Sexual Abuse in Severely Obese Patients in a Population-Based Bariatric Program by Danielle L. Gabert, Sumit R. Majumdar, Arya M. Sharma, Christian F. Rueda-Clausen, Scott W. Klarenbach, Daniel W. Birch, Shahzeer Karmali, Linda McCargar, Konrad Fassbender, Raj S. Padwal

“…Abuse was common amongst obese patients managed in a population-based bariatric program; alcohol addiction, psychiatric comorbidities, and low-income status were highly associated with sexual abuse.…”
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Determinants of Preeclampsia among Women Attending Delivery Services in Public Hospitals of Central Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: A Case-Control Study by Teklehaimanot Gereziher Haile, Nega Assefa, Tadesse Alemayehu, Teklewoini Mariye, Gebreamlak Gebremedhn Geberemeskel, Degena Bahrey, Guesh Mebrahtom, Biniyam Demisse, Hailemikael Gebrekidan, Tamirat Getachew

“…This study concludes that a family history of hypertension and preeclampsia; a history of diabetes mellitus and anemia; and a history of preeclampsia on prior pregnancy, primigravida, and drinking alcohol were found to be risk factors for preeclampsia. …”
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Association of parental rearing styles with suicidal ideation in Chinese adolescent patients with depression: a large-scale cross-sectional study by Jiacheng Liu, Jiacheng Liu, Chang Cheng, Kamila Edeleva, Zhen Zhao, Liying Yang, Chuanyi Kang, Xiaohong Wang, Na Zhao, Jian Hu

“…The Egna Minnen Beträffande Uppfostran (EMBU) scale was used to evaluate parental rearing style.ResultsThe study showed that female (OR=1.886, 95%CI:1.502–2.368), sleep (OR=0.798, 95%CI:0.637–0.998), school management (OR=1.179, 95%CI:1.041–1.336), alcohol consumption (OR=1.798, 95%CI:1.304–2.479), child life (OR=1.797, 95%CI:1.457–2.216), maternal interference (OR=1.032, 95%CI:1.015–1.048), paternal emotional warmth (OR=0.975, 95%CI:0.966–0.983) and paternal rejection (OR=1.102, 95%CI:1.063–1.142) were significantly associated with SI.ConclusionsTo recognize SI earlier, physicians and nurses need to pay more attention to those female adolescent depression populations that are experiencing an unhappy childhood, non-democratic school management, alcohol consumption, excessive maternal interference, lack of paternal emotional warmth, and paternal rejection.…”
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Evidence in Lager Yeasts of β-Lyase Activity Breaking Down γ-GluCys-Conjugates More Efficiently Than Cys-Conjugates to Odorant Beer Polyfunctional Thiols by Romain Christiaens, Margaux Simon, Raphaël Robiette, Sonia Collin

“…The prevalence of glutathionylated (G-) precursors of polyfunctional thiols (PFTs) over their free forms has prompted investigating how to optimize the enzymatic breakdown of these precursors with yeast during lager, ale, and non-alcoholic/low-alcoholic beer (NABLAB) fermentation trials. …”
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Heart Failure in Atrial Fibrillation Subtypes in Women and Men in the Tromsø Study by Hilde Espnes, MD, Tom Wilsgaard, PhD, Jocasta Ball, PhD, Maja-Lisa Løchen, MD, PhD, Inger Njølstad, MD, PhD, Renate B. Schnabel, MD, MSc, Eva Gerdts, MD, PhD, Ekaterina Sharashova, MD, PhD

“…Smoking was a shared risk factor, while diastolic blood pressure and hypertension were specific to women, and underweight, obesity, and low alcohol intake were specific to men. Subsequent HF increased mortality risk in all.…”
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Symptoms of anxiety and depression among health and social science students: A multicenter study by Lara Guedes Pinho, Maria Engström, Brooke C. Schneider, Cesar Fonseca, Magnus Lindberg, Johanna Schröder, Anabela Afonso, Lena Jelinek, Johanna Börsting, Gonçalo Jacinto, Annika Nilsson

“…Swedish students who do not consume alcohol had more anxiety symptoms and German students who do not consume alcohol had more depressive symptoms. …”
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Mendelian randomization studies of risk and protective factors for osteoporosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Wenhao Ji, Wenhao Ji, Bin Pan, Bin Pan, Xin Chen, Xin Chen, Zhaobai Lao, Zhaobai Lao, Wanlei Yang, Wanlei Yang, Yu Qian, Yu Qian

“…The combined findings from these 30 studies revealed that rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, sex hormone binding globulin, depression, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, primary biliary cholangitis and asthma are associated with increased risk of osteoporosis, while basal metabolic rate and gut microbiota (NB1n) serves as a protective factor. …”
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Combination of age-adjusted d-dimer, platelet distribution width and other factors predict preoperative deep venous thrombosis in elderly patients with femoral neck fracture by Yunsong Li, Pengkai Cao, Tianyi Zhu, Yaqi Wang, Fengkai Wang, Liang Li, Xiangdong Liu, Yanrong Zhang

“…Multivariate analysis confirmed all except alcohol consumption as independent predictors (all P < 0.05). …”
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Canonical correlation analysis of family burden of disease and quality of life in caregivers of people living with schizophrenia: evidence from Schizophrenia-specific cohort in the... by Ximei Wang, Teng Zhang, Mingsong Li, Bo Yang, Liming Wang, Chuanwen Fu, Nishang Zhang, Zhengxu Li, Ce Yang, Zhimin Zhao, Qiong Meng, Yuemei Feng, Jianzhong Yin

“…In our study, we found that gender, age, education level, personal monthly income, history of smoking and alcohol consumption, subjective sleep quality, relation to the patient, degree of self-care and the number of relapses in patient all influence 1 to 4 domains of quality of life for caregivers, stratified analysis was conducted to minimize the effect of gender on the results, we still found that history of smoking could positively predict the score of psychological domain and history of alcohol consumption could positively predict the score of social relationships domain. …”
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Patterns and predictors of mortality in a semi-urban population-based cohort in Sri Lanka: findings from the Ragama Health Study by Anuradhani Kasturiratne, Dileepa Senajith Ediriweera, Madunil Anuk Niriella, Hithanadura Janaka de Silva, Arunasalam Pathmeswaran, Shamila Thivanshi De Silva, Uthuru Beddage Thulani, Anuradha Supun Dassanayake, Arjuna Priyadarsin De Silva, Sureka Chackrewarthy, Udaya Ranawaka, Norihiro Kato, Ananda Rajitha Wickremasinghe

“…Independent predictors of: ACM were older age, lower income, smoking and diabetes mellitus while gender, education, occupation, harmful alcohol use, waist circumference and hypertension were not; CVM were older age, lower income, smoking, diabetes and hypertension while gender and harmful alcohol use were not; CRM was older age while gender, smoking and diabetes were not. …”
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Carcinoma epidermoide intraoral y factores de riesgo asociados: un estudio de casos y controles by Ibraín Enrique Corrales-Reyes, Vanesa Cruz-Sánchez, Christian R. Mejia

“…Las personas con antecedentes de consumo de alcohol tuvieron un riesgo 16 veces mayor de padecer la enfermedad (OR: 16,03). …”
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