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Tweens, Teens and Screens
What Parents Need to Know
By Judy Jenkins
A piece of the pandemic's impact and legacy that we cannot ignore is screen time. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Americans relied on technology more than ever to continue working, going to school, checking in with health care providers and connecting with family and friends. Recreational screen time for teens skyrocketed during the pandemic.
Screen Time – Friend or Foe?
Students of all ages ranging from pre-K to college had no choice about how they would learn when the pandemic arrived here. Education came through a screen. Zooming was done from the start of the school day, usually beginning before 9 a.m. and going through the end of the day at 3 p.m. In-person classes were halted with mandates to keep schools closed through the end of the 2019-2020 school year. Closures affected approximately 55 million students in 124,000 public and private schools across the nation. Summer provided a bit of a reprieve as researchers scrambled to develop an effective vaccine. As the school year of 2020-2021 began, many schools offered families choices of in-person learning, virtual learning or a combination or "hybrid" of the two.
Increased screen time was not only attributed to educational pursuits during the pandemic. This time gave producers an opportunity to create apps, games, programming, etc. to attract young and impressionable tweens and teens. And it worked. A recent study published in JAMA Pediatrics documented that screen time doubled from pre pandemic estimates of 3.8 hours per day to 7.7 hours for entertainment and recreation.
The streaming service Netflix added some 10 million subscribers during the pandemic. One of the hits, "Squid Game," a South Korean drama TV series, is receiving lots of attention and parental concerns about how appropriate it is for children. As of November 2021, it claims to have reached the status of the streaming service's most-watched series. So what is all the hype about? Blending "Survivor" and "Hunger Games", this series uses some of the familiar and innocent games of youth, such as tug-of-war and red light, green light but adds a dimension of violence. Even though the show has been rated as TV-MA, indicating it may not be appropriate for teenagers under 17, younger children have been intently following this series. David Anderson, head of School and Community Programs at the Child Mind Institute, provided a description of the show, "The level of violence is horrifying," continuing on with, "It's a murder fest with the premise that out of over 400 participants, there can only be one survivor." What do kids often do? They mimic what they see. Across playgrounds, school-age students are acting out what they are seeing on the screen.
Devious Licks
Educators and parents faced a challenging new year when school started back in September. Continuing to keep everyone safe when returning to in-person learning was enough to manage. Add to that return to normalcy, a new trend referred to as "Devious Licks." A lick isn't one of those wet extensions of affection from man's best friend. Originating with a TikTok user, a "lick" represents something that has been successfully stolen from school. The trend targets soap dispensers along with other items such as fire extinguishers, signs, sinks, etc. and has spread across several states racking up over millions of views and leaving teachers totally exhausted. Social media is the match that can ignite a trend. What starts as one post behind a screen can end up resulting in theft, vandalism, damage and legal repercussions.
The Brain and Screens
Understanding how a series such as "Squid Game" or a trend such as "Devious Licks" can be so attractive to teens and gain incredible popularity really isn't too difficult when one looks closely at the teenage brain. High scores on the SAT or ACT do not begin to equate with good judgment. It just isn't something that can be accelerated no matter how great the desire may be.
Information gets processed differently with adults and teens. Adults rely on the prefrontal cortex, more commonly thought of as the rational part of the brain. Conversely, teens use the amygdala or emotional part of the brain to process information. Teens eventually catch up to adults, but the rational part of the brain is not fully developed until about 25 years old. That essential decision-making center of the brain that guides behavior is still developing through the teens. When social media bombards the teenage mind, which is still very much a work in progress, it is easy to see how certain programming and sites may be able to lure them into inappropriate and dangerous avenues. Good judgment is needed in order to make good choices.
Our children may need us to lead the way and help them unplug from their devices. A child's brain switches to passive mode when in front of a screen, and the addictive power of a screen cannot be ignored. Exposing the young to all the offline world offers takes some creative planning and a willingness to engage in some battles. Taking small steps such as keeping screens out of the bedroom, scheduling screen time, planning adventures outside, etc. may be effective ways to help children avoid growing so dependent on screens. Screens are here to stay, but they don't have to be 24/7 in our lives.
Editor's Note: As We Go to Press
Instagram has just announced new safety features for teens. The new features include "take a break" reminders when a user has been scrolling on the app for too long. Additional parental control features that give parents insight into their teens' and tweens' social media habits, the option to set limits and know when their teens report someone will launch in March 2022. "We want people to be able to take a break and have their time on Instagram be intentional and meaningful — irrespective of whether that means seeing less ads or not," Meta spokeswoman Liza Crenshaw says. But experts are questioning the impact these features will have. Linda Charmaraman, director of the Youth, Media & Wellbeing Research Lab at the Wellesley Centers for Women, says that while Instagram, Facebook and Meta continue to refuse to share data and algorithms with outside researchers and auditors for review, it's impossible to know the extent of the problem and whether these new features will actually make a difference to our kids and the impact social media has on them.
Josh Golin, executive director at Fairplay, a nonprofit organization that aims to end marketing targeted at children, says, "If you can't be certain that your algorithms aren't promoting and recommending harmful content to teenagers, then you shouldn't use your algorithms on teenagers."
Additional Information & Resources
Understanding the Teen Brain
Kids are Playing Squid Game at School
No, Your Kids Probably Shouldn't Watch Squid Game
Is Squid Game Appropriate for Kids?
What to Know About the 'Devious Lick' TikTok Challenge
TikTok Challenge Gone Awry
Screen time among teenagers during COVID more than doubled
Kids who Watched Sesame Street did Better in School
9 Tips for Helping Your Child Unplug From Screens
Detoxing From Social Media
Media use and Brain Development During Adolescence
When Is Your Brain Ready for Social Media?
Why Social Media Is Not Smart for Middle School Kids
Developing Social Media Literacy
Quarantine = More Screen Time = Sore Eyes
10 Easy Ways to Cut Screen Time
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Judy Jenkins is a teacher in the Washington, D.C. area. She enjoys helping students develop the skills needed for written expression. Outside of the classroom, Judy loves spending time with her three beautiful daughters, her greatest gifts.


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VIDEO: Annual march in Plymouth recalls Pilgrims' Progress
Jessica Melanson
Of the 102 Pilgrims who sailed in the Mayflower across the Atlantic Ocean in 1620, half were dead by the end of their harsh first winter in the Plymouth settlement. Nearly 400 years later, people gathered Thanksgiving morning in Plymouth for the Pilgrims' Progress march to honor those 51 Pilgrims who struggled to survive the winter.
Of the 102 Pilgrims who sailed in the Mayflower across the Atlantic Ocean in 1620, half were dead by the end of their harsh first winter in the Plymouth settlement.
Nearly 400 years later, people gathered Thanksgiving morning in Plymouth for the Pilgrims' Progress march to honor those 51 Pilgrims who struggled to survive the winter.
Fifty-one people dressed as Pilgrims followed a drummer from North Street to Water Street to the top of Burial Hill, the site of the Pilgrims' original fort and meetinghouse, for a brief re-enactment of a Pilgrim religious service.
"It shows the faith the Pilgrims had despite the harsh winter conditions," said march organizer Cheryl Doherty, who has participated every year since 1983. "I love doing it."
The Pilgrims' Progress event drew a crowd of dozens of people, including local residents and tourists, who followed the marchers through the streets of downtown Plymouth.
The marchers were a mix of local residents and people from as far away as Salem and Beverly. Many marchers have participated for years.
Some were only toddlers.
"We've got kids and grandkids participating," said Paul Jahle, who acted as the Pilgrim pastor at the re-enactment service on Burial Hill.
Jahle joined the Pilgrims' Progress march in 1986.
Jahle's brother David also joined the march, leading it Thursday morning as a drummer and lead singer during the Burial Hill service.
While Paul Jahle gave a short sermon and prayer, David Jahle led the group of re-enactors in singing Psalms 86, 100 and 136.
The march and the service are adapted from a written account by Isaack de Rasieres, secretary of the Dutch colony of New Netherlands, who visited the Plymouth settlement in 1627.
The town of Plymouth instituted the Pilgrims' Progress march in 1921 for the 300th anniversary of the Pilgrims' settlement of Plymouth. The march has gone on every Thanksgiving since, except for a few years during World War II, Doherty said.
The march is also held Fridays in August, but the Thanksgiving installment is special to march participants.
"I think my favorite part is portraying the Pilgrim church and their faith," said Paul Jahle. "To portray that is a great thing to keep up for our children. So it's a legacy."
Jessica Melanson is at jmelanson@ledger.com.
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John Park Taylor (April 16, 1874 – February 24, 1934) served as District Attorney of Rensselaer County, New York from 1914–1920, and was posthumously honored with the dedication of the  John P. Taylor Federal Housing Project, Troy, New York in 1954.

After his service as District Attorney, Taylor was in the private practice of Taylor & Taylor in Troy, New York with his sons, U.S. Representative Dean P. Taylor, who later served in the U.S. Congress from 1943–1961, and Judge Donald S. Taylor, who was later elected to the New York State Supreme Court in 1948, and appointed to the Appellate Division by Gov. Nelson Rockefeller on March 1, 1961.

John Park Taylor died in 1934, and is interred with his sons in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, N.Y.

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Why not? Well, we might have a fantasy of lying on the operating table looking spectacular, but cosmetics can interfere with the success of the operation. Your nail polish can impede your anesthesiologist's ability to monitor oxygen levels in your blood. Eye makeup can scatter into your eyes and irritate them, since you won't be able to blink. Also, certain hair care products are flammable, and that's definitely a problem neither you nor your surgical team wants.
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Two Local Men Share a Pair of Lungs from Same Donor
Meet Bob and Emanuel. Their paths likely never would have crossed, but now they share a common bond: their lungs.
They do not live in the same town, do not come from similar backgrounds, and do not even speak the same language. But Emanuel DeJesus, from Union, and Bob Denning, from Westfield, now think of themselves as brothers from another mother, ever since each man received one half of a pair of donor lungs – Emanuel the right, Bob the left – during simultaneous transplant operations at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia this past summer.
Though the men did not know each other, their path to transplant was similar. Each had suffered from lung disease for years, and their declining health prompted their physicians to recommend them for placement on the list of people waiting for donor lungs. "It's important to get on the list well before you need the transplant, because it can be a long process," explains pulmonologist Vincent Donnabella, MD, of Atlantic Medical Group's Pulmonary and Allergy Associates.
Dr. Donnabella has treated Emanuel for five years, through multiple illnesses and hospitalizations and even a medically induced coma in 2016. "You want to get patients evaluated for transplant as early as possible, but also need to hold off on transplant as long as possible because the donated lungs will last only so long. Mr. DeJesus had rallied from each of his previous hospitalizations, but he was getting weaker and was on full-time oxygen. It was time."
Meanwhile, pulmonologist Robert Restifo, DO, also of Pulmonary and Allergy Associates, had come to the same decision for Bob, whom he had been treating since 2011. "His condition had become so drastic that there was no way to put off transplant any longer," says Dr. Restifo. "Temple University Hospital has a great program and great facilities for lung transplant. They are able to handle the most advanced lung disease, and I knew Mr. Denning would be in the most capable hands there."
In theory, Bob, then 75, and Emanuel, 62, never should have met. While on the transplant list, Emanuel had twice received a call that a lung was available. But once at Temple, neither turned out to be viable. Bob, too, had received two calls about an available lung, neither of which resulted in a transplant. But on June 23, when the calls came in, the men and their wives raced back to Philadelphia yet again. This time, for each of them, the transplant was a go.
In the Temple University Hospital waiting room while their husbands underwent hours of surgery, Emanuel's wife, Maria, and Bob's wife, Carol, thought they recognized each other. Their paths had crossed at Temple months earlier, when their husbands were there for evaluation, and they struck up a conversation. They soon learned that they lived just a few towns apart and that, back home, their husbands were being treated at the same practice. Connecting the dots of time and place and happenstance, they came to realize that Emanuel and Bob were each receiving a lung from the same donor.
For Emanuel and Bob, the road to recovery post-transplant included eight weeks of rehabilitation. Prior to surgery, both men had been in touch with Overlook's pulmonary rehabilitation coordinator, Monica Gilles, RRT, MAS, NCTTP, and while in the hospital had discovered yet another connection: They would be attending the same rehab program. Months away and miles away from their Temple University hospital rooms (they were just five doors apart from each other as they recovered from surgery), the men came together again, now back at Overlook, for pulmonary rehab to strengthen their new lungs. Bob's session would typically follow Emanuel's (Bob credits Gilles and "the whole crew in pulmonary rehab for going above and beyond" to fit the men into the rehab schedule), and the two men would exchange smiles and laughs and nods of encouragement. "We're both doing well," says Bob. "I know what he's been through because I've been through it too, and it's good to see him getting stronger and doing better."
Looking back over the past several months, Bob also acknowledges how far he has come. "I couldn't walk 20 feet," he says. "I was on constant oxygen. I was so emotionally depressed that I couldn't do anything. At night, I would almost crawl up the stairs to go to bed. I'm not yet back to what I was six years ago. But I'm moving faster than I was a year ago, and I'm getting my life back."
Emanuel's experience has been quite the same. "Pre-transplant, he was barely able to walk, let alone go up the stairs," says his daughter, Jennifer. "He would walk 20 feet and would be huffing and puffing and would have to pause. Now, he's washing dishes, sweeping the floor, going up the stairs – all things he couldn't do before but wanted to do. We sold his car because he had no use for it; now we have to get him a car again. It's wonderful. He was an auto-body technician for years and was always such a hard worker. He hasn't had a vacation in his life. It would be nice if he could finally do that."
The Gift of Life
Both men praise Gift of Life Family House for their services throughout the transplant process. The 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization serves as a home away from home for transplant patients and their families by providing affordable lodging, meals and support services to those who travel to Philadelphia for transplant-related care. "What they do for families is tremendous," says Bob. "They make everything so much better and so much easier. I can't say enough about them."
Nor can he say enough about the gift of life he received from the donor and the donor's family. Years ago, in 1981, Bob was on the giving end when his first wife passed away and her eyes and heart were donated. "I know what that's like to make that decision, and now I know what it's like to receive this kind of a gift," he says. "It's a debt I'll never be able to pay back. I have a second chance at life."
Adds Jennifer, "We are all so appreciative. We are so sorry for the other person's loss, but we are so thankful for what we received. It's a gift."
Pulmonary and Allergy Associates and Drs. Donnabella and Restifo are part of Atlantic Medical Group, a multispecialty network of health care providers. They can be reached at 908-934-0555.
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Q: Why are bash variables 'different'? Is there some reason why bash 'variables' are different from variables in other 'normal' programming languages?
Is it due to the fact that they are set by the output of previous programs or have to be set by some kind of literal text, ie they have to be set by the output of some program or something outputting text through standard input/output or the console or such like?
I am at a loss to use the right vocabulary, but can anyone who can understands what I trying to say and perhaps use the right words or point me some docs where I can understand bash variable concepts better.

A: In most languages, variables can contain different kinds of values. For example, in Python a variable can be a number that you can do arithmetics on (a-1), an array or string you can split (a[3:]), or a custom, nested object (person.name.first_name).
In bash, you can't do any of this directly. If I understood you right, you asked why this is.
There are two reasons why you can't really do the same in bash.
One: environment variables are (conventionally) simple key=value strings, and the original sh was a pretty thin wrapper on top of the Unix process model. Bash works the same, for technical and compatibility reasons. Since all variables are (based on) strings, you can't really have rich, nested types.
This also means that you can't set a variable in a subshell/subscript you call. The variable won't be set in the parent script, because that's not how environment variables work.
Two: Original sh didn't separate code and data, since this makes it easier to work with interactively. Sh treated all non-special characters as literal. I.e. find / -name foo was considered four literal strings: a command and three arguments.
Bash can't just decide that find / -name now means "the value of the variable find divided by the negated value of variable name", since that would mean everyone's find commands would start breaking. This is why you can't have the simple dereferencing syntax other languages do.
Even $name-1 can't be used to substract, because it could just as easily be intended as part of $name-1-12-2012.tar.gz, a filename with a timestamp.

A: I would say it has to do with Bash functions. Bash functions cannot return a value, only a status code.
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But if you try to "save" the return value of the function
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It is merely saving the exit status, not any value. Contrast this with a language such as Javascript, functions can actually return values.
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and save like this
quux = foo();

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John Kerry's Family Fights for Border Security at Palatial French Villa Because of Terrorism
Published December 27, 2018 at 6:47pm
Following the law is for the little people, and enforcing secure borders is only for elites.
That seems to be the conclusion after the family of John Kerry rejected rules about land access in France, while demanding that migrants and hikers be kept away from their multi-million dollar property.
Kerry, the former liberal senator, presidential candidate, and secretary of state, spends a significant amount of time at his family's ancestral home in Saint-Briac-sur-Mer, a beach escape and resort playground for the elite.
It's a lifestyle that most people in America and indeed the world can't afford, and Kerry's family seems intent on keeping it that way.
The laws of France say that a portion of all beaches must be public access, but the wealthy Saint-Briac residents don't think that law applies to them.
"Hikers demanding right of way along a pristine stretch of coastal France are locked in a legal war with villa owners in a posh Brittany resort town, not least the family of US statesman and former presidential candidate John Kerry," an AFP report published by MSN stated.
"Under French law the country's coastlines must be accessible to all," the outlet continued. "But for decades Saint-Briac leaders have steadfastly refused to obey via a series of legal moves, in particular Senghor's predecessor Brice Lalonde — Kerry's first cousin."
While Democrats including Kerry act as if they are voices for the common man and the world's downtrodden, there's nothing "common" about the former secretary of state's background and jet-set life.
"(John Kerry and Brice Lalonde's) grandfather James Forbes bought the Essarts castle in Saint-Briac in 1928 and it has remained in the family since, being rebuilt as a villa after it was confiscated and later destroyed by the Nazis in World War II," AFP explained.
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"Kerry speaks French and has regularly spent time at the estate, most recently joining his relatives to celebrate its 90th year in the family last July," the news source continued.
Now, the family of the liberal icon is doing everything they can to keep pesky commoners and migrants from stepping foot near their villa — even if it means using large walls to do it.
"The path (migrant hikers use) will impact the well-being of residents by knocking down their walls and ruining their privacy," complained Lalonde, Kerry's cousin.
Lalonde told AFP that Kerry's extended family is worried about the "terrorist risks" of allowing common people onto the beach as French law requires, and fretted that "it will be fairly easy to target members of my family who are politically active."
So let's get this straight: Liberals in both France and the United States frequently push socialist views, and insist that the "rich" must do "their fair share" to benefit anyone less fortunate.
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The same open-borders liberals declare that building walls to prevent illegal entry is racist — and don't even think about suggesting that unrestricted migration or open access could be exploited by terrorists. That would make you literally Hitler.
But if you're a powerful former senator or his wealthy family, none of that applies. Suddenly, walls are amazing and keeping people from walking near your property — they could be terrorists! — is hugely important. The hypocrisy and double-standards are just too much to stomach.
"Laws must be followed… and anybody who doesn't follow them is a thug," scolded a French attorney and avid hiker named Patrice Petitjean.
"All the communities along the coast of the Ille-et-Vilaine department have adopted the law, except (Kerry's) Saint-Briac," he said.
One set of rules for thee, and one set for me. Liberal elitism has once again been exposed as a power-consolidating sham.
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State Chiefs Offer Plan To Improve Teacher Quality
By Thomas Toch
An ad hoc committee of the Council of Chief State School Officers will recommend that states raise the standards for entry into teacher-training programs in an effort to reduce the supply of new teachers, drive up salaries, and thus attract higher-caliber teachers into the profession.
The committee concluded that moves by many states in recent years to require teacher candidates to pass basic-skills tests have failed to improve the quality of students entering the profession because passing scores have been set too low.
Quality of Teachers
To counteract that situation, the four-member panel, which was formed to study ways of improving the quality of teachers, recommends in a draft report that state education departments raise minimum-competency standards for entry into teacher-education programs and shun the common practice of setting lower standards "by consensus" in order to get them approved or to maintain a supply of new teachers.
Such a policy would improve the quality of students entering the teaching profession in two ways, the panel's draft report asserts.
First, higher test standards would allow only more academically able students to enter teacher-education programs.
Second, the report contends, higher cutoff scores would sharply reduce the number of college students entering the teaching profession. Thus, school districts, under the principle of supply and demand, would be forced to raise salaries to compete for teachers. These higher salaries, the report implies, would in turn encourage better students to become teachers.
"The biggest problem we face is getting top people into the profession," said Robert G. Scanlon, the secretary of education in Pennsylvania and chairman of the committee. "But in many states, the cutoff scores on the basic-skills tests are 'watered down' to the point where they do nothing to ensure the competency of teacher candidates."
Initial Endorsements
The report, which the full 50-member council is scheduled to consider this summer, attributes the low cutoff scores in many states to the need to win initial endorsements of the skills tests from segments of the education community--some teachers' unions and education schools, for example--that oppose them.
To minimize the "political problems" that may accompany a policy designed to attract better students into the profession by deliberately holding down the supply of new teachers, the report urges states to set these new standards in cooperation with neighboring states.
Such "regional consortiums," as they are called in the report, would, for example, help a state avert an exodus of students to education schools in bordering states that have lower admissions standards.
"It would be difficult for one chief [state school officer] to say he wants to dry up supply to improve quality [of teachers]," said Mr. Scanlon. "But regionally, chiefs may have a better chance of handling the political problems of such a policy."
Civil-rights advocates have been vehemently opposed to the use of basic-skills testing for admissions to teacher-education programs or for certification.
And teacher unions and financially troubled education schools have opposed measures that would reduce enrollment in teacher-training programs.
Thirty-three states have adopted or are considering some form of so-called "competency-based" teacher training that requires teacher candidates to pass a proficiency test in mathematics, writing, and verbal skills.
Additional Proposals
Aside from recommending the upgrading of testing standards and the formation of regional consortiums, the panel made 13 other proposals to improve the quality of teachers. These recommendations cover a range of issues, including recruitment and selection of students for teacher-education programs, the effect of increased social and legal demands on teachers' performance, and competency-based teacher training.
The committee's recommendations were based on the results of a survey, which sought to identify the current condition of teaching and teacher-training in each state, completed by all 50 chief state school officers.
The survey results do not represent a unanimity of opinion among the state education leaders, but rather "a sense of direction," according to Mr. Scanlon. Some chief state school officers, especially those in the Midwest, said they would not push for the use of basic-skills tests in their states, Mr. Scanlon said.
However, responses to the survey suggested that those opposed to the tests were not opposed to them per se.
Rather, Mr. Scanlon said, there was a feeling among some of the state education leaders that raising teacher salaries is the only realistic way of getting better students into the teaching profession.
The report also recommends that state education departments:
Give more attention to teacher-recruitment incentives, such as scholarships for able students who choose education as a career;
Determine which universities in their region are eliminating education schools and why;
Urge federal officials to earmark federal financial aid for top students entering education programs and to commission research on the effect of competency-based teacher educa-tion on teachers' performance and students' achievement;
Conduct regional studies of teacher supply and demand to determine the probable impact of raising education schools' admissions standards;
Develop guidelines for the use of emergency teaching certificates; and
Encourage education schools to form partnerships with elementary and secondary educators.
Committee Make-Up
Established in August 1980, the committee includes, in addition to Mr. Scanlon, Wilson C. Riles, superintendent of public instruction in California; Lynn Simons, state superintendent of public instruction in Wyoming; and Wayne Teague, state superintendent of education in Alabama. Gregory R. Anrig, former commissioner of education in Massachusetts, served on the committee until his appointment as president of the Educational Testing Service last fall.
2019-20 Middle or High School Inclusion Specialist (SpEd) Teacher ($7,500 signing bonus)
Bright Star Schools, Los Angeles, California


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Have you ever wondered why as a group of people, politicians leave themselves so readily open to ridicule. Take one look at the current batch of Australian federal politicians for a moment.
We have a minority government, with the balance of power held by a few independent cross-benchers. The Australian Labor Party didn't so much as lose the last election rather than the Liberal coalition, a party in complete disarray without a viable and effective leader since the demise of John Howard, failed to win it. Remember John Howard? History will record him as one of the few sitting Prime Ministers ever to have lost his seat at a general election; and to a first time novice candidate.
Anyway, here we have this minority Labor government. What a strange group they are too. There's Craig Thompson. He is being investigated by police for alleged fraud and credit card irregularities. The alleged attempt to disguise payments to a Sydney-based escort agency undermines Mr Thomson's recent claim that his signature was forged when he was Health Services Union boss. In further damaging evidence, court documents conclusively show his mobile telephone was used to contact escort agencies recorded on his credit card. They also show he tried to phone two other escort agencies that have not been previously revealed. The Opposition yesterday tried to force Mr Thomson to front up to Parliament to answer claims he used a union credit card to pay for prostitutes. But the Gillard Government, which would likely fall if he is forced to resign, blunted the attack. If a majority government existed, Mr Thompson would have long ago been dismissed. But no, he appears to be a protected species – at least for the time being.
Then there is the Prime Minister herself. Ms Gillard born in Barry in Wales, she has a peculiar accent that is neither Australian nor Welsh. She is a redhead with pale skin and a prominent nose. This persona is a cartoonist dream, thus she often wears the brunt of the cartoonist's pen. She lives in de facto relationship which is possibly not the best example for a head of state to set, especially when moving and travelling in conservative Christian and Islamic circles.
Then there's Peter Slipper. Magnificently poached from the Opposition after 21 years as the Liberal member for Fisher in Queensland. How did the government achieve this feat and boost heir numbers by one? Easy, offer him the position of Speaker of the House. This position is usually held by a member of the government – but not always. As a result of this treachery, Peter resigned from the Liberal party and became an independent for Fisher – at least until the next election – where his constituents will probably repay him for that treachery.
There is well known adage that states that a politicians only job is to get re-elected, and they thank God they only have to do that once every three or four years! Long enough for people to forget their past stupidities.
Speaking of re-election and looking wider afield, consider the former polkovnik (colonel) of the Communist KGB who overnight converted to democracy to become the second President of Russia, Vladimir Putin. Because of constitutional mandated term limits, Putin was ineligible to run for a third consecutive presidential term. After the victory of his successor, Dmitry Medvedev in the 2008 presidential elections, Putin was nominated by Medvedev to be Russia's Prime Minister. Putin took office on 8 May 2008. Not satisfied with this, and with a lust to remain in power, in September 2011 Putin officially announced that he would seek a third, non-consecutive term in the 2012 presidential elections. What do you do when the constitution forbids another term? You change the constitution! His intention to circumvent the constitution and prolong his rule, proved extremely unpopular with Russian people, and was believed to be a cause of the 2011 Russian election protests. He appears not able to exist without the elixir of power. Oh dear!
Having said all this – who are the bigger fools? The politicians with their antics and their grab on power, or we the electorate who put them there?
Finally, how do you tell when a politician is lying? Their lips are moving!
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Captain Coward? →


Chronic inflammation is now a hallmark of many neurodegenerative disorders and accordingly, interleukin-1 beta (IL-1), a proinflammatory cytokine, is normally implicated in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases. the gemfibrozil-mediated upsurge in AMG-8718 supplier IL-1Ra. Furthermore, gemfibrozil could protect neurons from IL-1 insult. Nevertheless, siRNA knockdown of neuronal IL-1Ra abrogated the defensive aftereffect of gemfibrozil against IL-1 recommending that this medication increases the protection system of cortical neurons via upregulation of IL-1Ra. Jointly, these results high light the need for the PI3-K C Akt C CREB pathway in mediating gemfibrozil-induced upregulation of IL-1Ra in neurons and recommend gemfibrozil just as one healing treatment for propagating neuronal self-defense in neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative disorders. with AMG-8718 supplier the terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase-mediated binding of 3-OH ends of DNA fragments produced in response to IL-1, using the TdT FragEL? package from Calbiochem. Quickly, cover slips had been treated with 20 g/ml proteinase K for 15 min at area temperatures, equilibrated for 30 min in 1x TdT buffer and cleaned with PBS ahead of terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase and DAPI (1:10,000; Sigma) staining. After visualizing using a Bio-Rad (Hercules, CA) MRC1024ES confocal laser-scanning microscope, stereological keeping track of was performed. Immunoblotting Traditional western blotting was executed as described previously (25) with adjustments. Briefly, cells had been scraped in lysis buffer, used in microfuge pipes and spun into pellet. The supernatant was gathered and examined for protein focus via the Bradford technique (Bio-Rad). SDS test buffer was put into 40C60 g total proteins and boiled for 5 min. Denatured examples had been electrophoresed on NuPAGE? Novex? 4C12% Bis-Tris gels (Invitrogen) and proteins moved onto a nitrocellulose membrane (Bio-Rad) using the Thermo-Pierce Fast Semi-Dry Blotter. The membrane was after that cleaned for 15 min in TBS plus Tween 20 (TBST) and obstructed for 1 hr in TBST including BSA. Next, AMG-8718 supplier membranes had been incubated over night at 4C under shaking circumstances with the next 1 antibodies; Akt, p-Akt, CREB, p-CREB, Histone H3 (all 1:600; Cell Signaling), -actin (1:800; Abcam, Cambridge, MA), p110, p110, p110, IL-1Ra (all 1:200; Santa Cruz) and TrkB (1:500; R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN). The very next day, membranes had been cleaned in TBST for 1 hr, incubated in 2 antibodies against 1 antibody hosts (all 1:10,000; Li-Cor Biosciences) for 1 hr at area temperature, washed for just one even more hour and visualized beneath the Odyssey? Infrared Imaging Program (Li-COR, Lincoln, NE). Densitometric Evaluation Protein blots had been examined using ImageJ (NIH, Bethesda, MD) and rings had Ly6c been normalized with their particular -actin loading handles. Data are representative of the common fold change regarding control for three 3rd party tests. Cellular Membrane Removal Neuronal membranes had been isolated to look for the recruitment of varied membrane associated protein towards the membrane. Cells had been cleaned with PBS and scraped in phenol-red-free HBSS to 5 mL ultracentrifuge pipes. The answer was after that diluted with 100 mM sodium bicarbonate buffer (pH 11.5) and spun within an ultracentrifuge at 40,000 rpm for 1 hr at 4C. The resultant supernatant was aspirated as well as the pellet was immersed in double-distilled H20 and SDS and kept at ?80C overnight. The next time, the pellet was resuspended by repeated milling and boiling. Assay of transcriptional activity Transcriptional actions of CREB had been examined using the process previously discussed by us (26) with some adjustment. Quickly, cells plated at 50 to 60% confluence in 12-well plates had been transfected with 0.25 g/well pCRE-Luc (a CREB-dependent reporter construct), pNF-B-Luc (a NF-B-dependent reporter construct) and pAP-1-Luc (a AP-1-dependent reporter construct) using Nupherin? peptide and Lipofectamine As well as? as.
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Background Proteins tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) 1B, a poor regulator from the insulin and leptin signaling pathways, happens to be considered a promising focus on for the introduction of book therapeutic strategies used to take care of insulin-resistant type 2 diabetes mellitus (IR-T2DM). high PTP1B inhibitory activity, that was concentration-dependent. Daiokanzoto, Masiningan and Tokakujokito inhibited PTP1B by blended inhibition settings and exhibited different inhibitory selectivities against four homologous PTPs. Masiningan also exhibited mobile activity. Statistical analyses indicated the fact that constituent crude medication provided the best contribution towards the PTP1B inhibitory activity of the Kampo formulations. Conclusions Large PTP1B inhibitory activity was mainly connected with formulations which were categorized as Jyokito in Kampo medication and with today's medical sign of constipation. Presently, there is absolutely no scientific treatment for IR-T2DM that runs on the mechanism of actions predicated on PTP1B inhibition. Hence, we propose the Kampo formulations discovered in this research as solid PTP1B inhibitors, that could end up being created as scientific therapeutic agents to take care of IR-T2DM. to improve insulin and leptin activity PPP2R1B and leads to normalized blood sugar levels and decreased adiposity [10,11]. Furthermore, PTP1B inhibition may drive back aging and continues to be studied from a wide perspective . PTP1B inhibitors possess gained much interest for their healing value connected with their book mode of actions and are positively pursued in the introduction of new medications. Even though some PTP1B inhibitors are going through scientific trials, currently a couple of no PTP1B inhibitors designed for scientific use. A complete of 148 prescription Kampo formulations comprising 185 crude medications are currently included in Japans buy 183298-68-2 national medical health insurance. A couple of 147 types of dental formulations among 148 prescription Kampo formulations. These Kampo formulations are in scientific use for a number of diseases, that are dependent on traditional scientific theories. However, because of the elucidation from the systems of actions of Kampo formulations lately, evidence-based scientific applications are getting to be created, as exemplified by Daikenchuto . Kampo formulations contain a combined mix of multiple crude medications and are seen as a their exertion of the therapeutic effect being a multicomponent program, in which useful systems of individual elements are integrated. Hence, it is tough to comprehend the cause-and-effect romantic relationships. However, we examine these formulations to become beneficial for the treating metabolic disorders, such as for example buy 183298-68-2 IR-T2DM, which need multiple therapeutic results. Kampo formulations, such as for example Goshajinkigan, could be used for the treating diabetes problems, as confirmed by an research , and Bofutsushosan for the avoidance and treatment of weight problems . Within this research, we survey the results of the study of the PTP1B inhibitory activity of 147 Japanese prescription Kampo formulations to buy 183298-68-2 judge their prospect of scientific application for the treating IR-T2DM. Methods Components This research analyzed 147 prescription Kampo formulations, which signify the entire -panel of dental Kampo formulations included in Japans national medical health insurance. These formulations had been produced by Tsumura & Co. (Tokyo, Japan); Kotaro Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Osaka, Japan); Ohsugi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Osaka, Japan); Kracie Holdings, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan); Sanwa Shoyaku Co., Ltd. (Tochigi, Japan); Taikoseido buy 183298-68-2 Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Hyogo, Japan); or Toyo-Kampo Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Osaka, Japan). and had been bought from Tochimoto Tenkaido Co., Ltd. (Osaka, Japan). PTP1B (human being, recombinant), T-cell proteins tyrosine phosphatase (TCPTP) (human being, recombinant) and Vaccinia H1-related phosphatase (VHR) (human being, recombinant) had been bought from Enzo Existence Sciences, Inc. (Lausen, Switzerland), and ursolic acidity (purity: 98.5%), sodium orthovanadate (purity: 90%), citrate buffer remedy (pH?6.0), or (60?g) was dissolved in distilled drinking water (1,000?mL) and decocted before quantity was reduced by fifty percent. The draw out solutions had been freeze-dried to acquire examples of the crude medication. PTP1B and additional PTPs inhibitory activity assay The PTP1B inhibitory activity was assessed using may be the response adjustable, and may be the regressor adjustable factor. buy 183298-68-2 The.
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Retinoids are structurally related derivatives of supplement A and so are required for regular vision aswell while cell proliferation and differentiation. and exert a number of profound results on eyesight, cell proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, swelling, organogenesis, duplication, and advancement (1, 2). There's been substantial public curiosity and demand for organic and artificial retinoids for their verified benefits for several therapeutic signs, including however, not limited to tumor, pores and skin disorders, and diabetes (2). For example, the usage of all-trans retinoic acidity (ATRA, tretinoin) continues to be very effective in the treating acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) by inducing differentiation and apoptosis of leukemic cells with bloodstream concentrations in the micromolar range (2). Many pores and skin disorders, including pimples and psoriasis, will also be effectively treated with topical ointment retinoids (3). Actually, tretinoin may be the 1st Food and Medication AdministrationCapproved (FDA-approved) topical ointment retinoid with recorded efficacy to take care of acne vulgaris, the most frequent skin condition in america (4). Retinol (supplement A) continues to be used for aesthetic formulations to lessen lines and wrinkles and improve cellulite and was authorized by the FDA for make use of in anti-aging remedies in 1996 (3). The pleiotropic ramifications of retinoids are mediated by 2 known groups of nuclear receptors, both owned by the steroid-thyroid hormone receptor superfamily: the retinoic acidity receptors (RARs) (, , and isotypes) as well as the retinoid x receptors (RXRs) (, , and isotypes). RARs and RXRs become ligand-dependent transcriptional regulators by binding to regulatory locations located in focus on genes by means of heterodimers (2, 3). The endogenous ligand ATRA selectively binds to RARs, and 9-cis-retinoic acidity (9-cis-RA, alitretinoin) provides high affinity for both RARs and RXRs (2). Despite many helpful effects, retinoids possess substantial irritating unwanted effects. Topical ointment program of retinoids frequently causes severe regional discomfort manifested as burning up feeling, pruritus, erythema, peeling, or dryness (5), which is often termed retinoid dermatitis. Retinoids also trigger severe headache, muscles pain, joint discomfort, bone discomfort, and inflammatory back again pain when utilized systemically (6C8). Retinoid-elicited discomfort has turned into a main clinical concern and may be the main reason that lots of sufferers discontinue retinoid treatment (9C13). Pet studies show that dental or intrathecal program of ATRA induced nociceptive behavioral results, recommending a sensitization of nociceptive pathways by retinoids (14, 15). Nevertheless, the molecular systems mediating retinoid-induced sensory hypersensitivity are undetermined, and impressive treatment plans for these unwanted effects lack. A knowledge of mobile and molecular systems root retinoid-elicited sensory hypersensitivity possibly may lead to advancement of medically useful remedies. Skin irritation is a PDK1 inhibitor primary response to noxious chemosensory irritants (16, 17), including retinoids. Epidermal keratinocytes, melanocytes, PDK1 inhibitor and fibroblasts discharge cytokines in response to noxious stimuli, which furthermore to various other inflammatory results, can sensitize peripheral nociceptive fibres and generate neurogenic irritation and discomfort (18). Additionally, retinoids can straight raise the excitability of nociceptors and make neurogenic irritation (18). Oddly enough, the symptoms of retinoid dermatitis and neurogenic irritation are very very similar (19), raising the chance that retinoids evoke neurogenic irritation to induce epidermis irritation. Principal sensory nerve terminals, specifically unmyelinated C-fibers, mediate neurogenic irritation in the periphery and transmit discomfort towards the CNS (16). Transient receptor potential (TRP) stations portrayed by somatosensory neurons are fundamental molecular receptors of thermal, chemical substance, and various other sensory stimuli (20). Developing evidence signifies that many temperature-sensitive TRP stations (thermoTRPs) get excited about inflammatory discomfort and nociception (21). Right here, we present that Rabbit Polyclonal to SNIP both normally occurring and artificial retinoids are particular transient receptor potential route vanilloid subtype 1 (TRPV1) activators, interesting nociceptive PDK1 inhibitor sensory neurons and evoking sensory hypersensitivity, that are inhibited by hereditary ablation or pharmacologic inhibition of TRPV1 function. Furthermore, disruption from the vanilloid-binding pocket that's needed is for activation by capsaicin also abolishes activation of TRPV1 by retinoids. Our results demonstrate that TRPV1 can be an ionotropic retinoid receptor that mediates retinoid-induced sensory hypersensitivity in the contexts of injury plus PDK1 inhibitor some dermatological remedies. Results Both normally occurring and artificial retinoids activate recombinant TRPV1. Bioactive lipids enjoy important assignments in TRP route signaling (22, 23). To recognize novel lipid regulators of thermoTRPs, we screened a bioactive lipid library composed of 195 bioactive lipids (Enzo Bioscience). Testing goals included TRPV1, TRPV3, TRPA1, and TRPM8. A rise of intracellular calcium mineral ([Ca2+]i) was utilized as an operating readout of actions.
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The bromodomain and extra-terminal (BET) protein Brd4 recruits transcriptional regulatory complexes to acetylated chromatin. many DNA-binding transcription elements to impact their disease-relevant features. Right here we review the existing knowledge of molecular systems that underlie the appealing therapeutic ramifications of pharmacological Wager bromodomain inhibition. Launch The bromodomain and extra-terminal domains (Wager) category of adaptor proteins is normally made up of Brd2, Brd3, Brd4, and Brdt, which performs different assignments in regulating transcription by RNA polymerase II (Pol II). Common to all or any four Wager protein are two conserved N-terminal bromodomains (BD1 and BD2), that are chromatin connections modules that acknowledge acetylated lysine residues on histone tails and various other nuclear protein (Dhalluin et al., 1999). The bromodomain framework includes four alpha helices separated by adjustable loop locations, which together type a hydrophobic cavity that identifies acetyl-lysine (Dhalluin et al., 1999). The individual genome encodes 61 bromodomains within 46 different protein, where variations in the amino acidity residues across the acetyl-lysine binding site impart ligand specificity (Filippakopoulos et al., 2012). Bromodomains from the Wager family are Polyphyllin VII manufacture recognized to possess moderate Polyphyllin VII manufacture affinity for mono-acetylated lysine in a variety of polypeptide contexts, nevertheless their affinity can be significantly higher when multiple acetylation sites can be found within a period of 1-5 proteins (Dey et al., Polyphyllin VII manufacture 2003; Filippakopoulos et al., 2012; Moriniere et al., 2009). Using settings, this upsurge in affinity continues to be related to bi-dentate acetyl-lysine reputation occurring within an individual bromodomain pocket (Filippakopoulos and Knapp, 2012; Gamsjaeger et al., 2011; Moriniere et al., 2009). Bromodomain-mediated relationships with acetylated chromatin bring about the localization of Wager protein to discrete places along the chromosome, where they recruit additional regulatory complexes to impact gene manifestation (Dey et al., 2003). A well-studied person in the Wager family can be Brd4, whose part in transcriptional rules was first recommended from the constituents of its connected protein complex, including P-TEFb and Mediator (talked about individually below) (Jang et al., 2005; Jiang et al., 1998; Yang et al., 2005). P-TEFb can be a heterodimer of cyclin-dependent kinase 9 (Cdk9) and among its regulatory subunits, Cyclin T1, T2 or K, which promotes transcription elongation by Pol II through its kinase activity (evaluated in Zhou et al., 2012). At a substantial small fraction of metazoan genes, lately initiated Pol II turns into caught, or paused, within ~60 nucleotides from the transcription begin site through a number of different means (Kwak and Lis, 2013). One particular mechanism can be through relationships with regulatory elements DSIF and NELF, that may maintain Pol II inside a reversibly Polyphyllin VII manufacture paused condition (Adelman and Lis, 2012). When recruited towards the promoter-proximal area, P-TEFb can phosphorylate DSIF and NELF to inhibit their function and invite effective transcription elongation (Zhou et al., 2012). P-TEFb also phosphorylates the heptad repeats of Pol II in the serine-2 placement, an adjustment also connected with energetic elongation (Zhou et al., 2012). At least two parts of Brd4 bind right to P-TEFb: The C-terminal site (CTD) interacts with Cyclin T1 and Cdk9 while BD2 identifies an acetylated area of Cyclin T1 (Bisgrove et al., 2007; Jang et al., 2005; Schroder et al., 2012). The connections with Brd4 will prevent P-TEFb from associating with 7SK/HEXIM, a ribonucleoprotein complicated that sequesters P-TEFb within a kinase-inactive condition (Jang et al., 2005; Yang et al., 2005). Hence, the association with Brd4 can modulate the global degree of P-TEFb activity in the cell (Jang et al., 2005; Yang et al., 2005). Brd4 itself Rabbit polyclonal to LIMK1-2.There are approximately 40 known eukaryotic LIM proteins, so named for the LIM domains they contain.LIM domains are highly conserved cysteine-rich structures containing 2 zinc fingers. also includes an intrinsic kinase activity that may phosphorylate the heptad repeats of Pol II at serine-2 program, which has allowed an instant evaluation of their potential healing activity in a variety of disease models. could be mutated by chromosomal translocation to create in-frame fusions using the gene to start an aggressive cancer tumor known as midline carcinoma (France, 2012). The causing Brd4-NUT oncoprotein can be an aberrant transcriptional regulator that depends on the bromodomains of Brd4 because of its oncogenic function. Therefore, this malignancy supplied an obvious rationale for the original healing evaluation of Wager inhibitors. In midline carcinoma cell lines, JQ1 treatment resulted in the discharge Polyphyllin VII manufacture of Brd4-NUT from chromatin and prompted terminal squamous cell differentiation and apoptosis (Filippakopoulos et al., 2010). In patient-derived xenograft types of midline carcinoma, it had been proven that daily contact with JQ1 expanded the success of cancer-bearing mice at dosages that had.
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Background Gastric ulcers certainly are a regular problem in america. trial. Outcomes Sixteen studies met the addition requirements: four likened a PPI versus placebo, nine likened a PPI versus ranitidine (no studies of rabeprazole versus ranitidine fulfilled the inclusion requirements), and three likened a more recent PPI (lansoprazole, pantoprazole or rabeprazole) versus omeprazole. With regards to ranitidine, the pooled RR of PPIs (lansoprazole, omeprazole and 1242137-16-1 pantoprazole) was 1.33 (95% CI 1.24 to at least one 1.42) in a month. In each trial, better improvement in the examined scientific symptoms was discovered using the newer PPIs (rabeprazole, pantoprazole and lansoprazole) in comparison with omeprazole. Conclusion Within this research treatment with PPIs led to higher healing prices than ranitidine or placebo. This proof shows that the initial choice for gastric ulcer treatment for the higher comfort of symptoms is among the newer PPIs. History In america about four 1242137-16-1 million folks have dynamic peptic ulcers and about 350,000 brand-new situations are diagnosed every year, and around 3000 deaths each year in the U.S. are because of gastric ulcer . The principal therapeutic method of gastric ulcer continues to be the inhibition of gastric acidity secretion to create symptom alleviation, acceleration of crater curing and preventing relapse or recurrence [2,3], since gastric ulcer can result in hemorrhage, perforation, blockage and loss of life [4,5]. It really is established the fact that H+, K+-ATPase, or proton pump, participates in the ultimate step of acidity secretion [6,7] and all of the peripheral parietal cell stimuli converge to activate it . As a result, blocking the ultimate procedure in hydrogen ion secretion decreases acid secretion which is the system of action from the substituted benzimidazole agencies referred to as proton pump inhibitors (PPI). Presently, five PPIs are advertised: rabeprazole, omeprazole, esomeprazole, lansoprazole and pantoprazole, each using a different pharmacokinetic profile, tissues selectivity, binding specificity and potential to connect to the cytochrome P450 enzyme program [8-10]. For instance, rabeprazole and esomeprazole obtain faster and profound inhibition of acidity secretion than perform older agencies . It really is unclear, nevertheless, if these pharmacologic distinctions result in distinctions in the scientific efficacy of recovery gastric ulcers and managing ulcer symptoms. To handle this issue we undertook a meta-analysis of most randomized clinical studies that likened at least among the newer PPI with either ranitidine or placebo. SOLUTIONS TO identify research for inclusion within this meta-analysis, two research workers independently conducted queries of MEDLINE?, Cochrane Collection docs. The keywords employed for these queries had been: and Hands looking Rabbit polyclonal to Piwi like1 of medical publications was completed aswell as overview of guide lists of various other meta-analyses, monographs, pharmacoeconomic research and testimonials. The search included documents released between January 1990 to July 2001, without language limitations. Both research workers independently analyzed the documents and selected those referred to as randomized managed clinical studies, dual blind, short-term treatment (significantly less than half a year) in sufferers with endoscopically verified medical diagnosis of gastric ulcer that also included at least one group treated using a PPI. If a paper didn't report healing prices, but reported improvement in scientific symptoms, this may be included for the analyses of symptoms. Your choice regarding whether to add a paper had not been linked to trial outcomes. Papers 1242137-16-1 linked to chemical substance properties of PPI, pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic, acidity research, concomitant duodenal ulcers or gastric ulcers challenging with hemorrhage or perforation, PPI coupled with antibiotics or with treatment of Helicobacter pylori had been excluded. Documents or abstracts with inadequate data, preliminary outcomes, duplicate reports from the same studies or with an increase of complete confirming in another paper had been also excluded. Both research workers reviewed the research separately and any distinctions in the info retrieved in the papers had been solved by consensus. The info entered right into a data source included: research design, population features, diagnosis, intensity, PPI and comparator treatment regimens, curing rates and scientific symptoms aswell as alcohol intake, smoking cigarettes and caffeine make use of. Ulcer medical diagnosis and healing needed to be evaluated by endoscopy; we recognized the primary research authors' description for gastric ulcer medical diagnosis and healing. Outcomes had been retrieved for both purpose to take care of and per process evaluation, if the paper supplied such data. If the writers reported per process outcomes only and stated the initial variety of topics in the analysis, we approximated the healing prices for the purpose to treat evaluation. Statistical evaluation The healing price proportion (RR) was computed for every trial by dividing the curing rate from the PPI with the rate using the comparator on the given time stage. Chi-squares and 95% self-confidence intervals (CI) had been calculated using the precise method defined by Miettinen . The appropriateness of merging outcomes.
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Although benzophenone-3 (BP-3) has frequently been reported to are likely involved in endocrine disruption, there is certainly insufficient data about the impact of BP-3 in the anxious system, including its likely adverse effects in the growing brain. Er and Ppar agonists reduced, but Er and Gpr30 agonists activated the BP-3-induced apoptotic and neurotoxic results. Receptor antagonists triggered the opposite results, aside from ICI 182,780. That is consistent with a substantial decrease in the consequences of BP-3 in cells with siRNA-silenced Er/Gpr30 as well as the maintenance of BP-3 results in Er- and Ppar siRNA-transfected cells. We demonstrated for the very first time that BP-3-affected mRNA and proteins expression degrees of Er, Er, Gpr30, and Ppar, paralleled BP-3-induced apoptosis and neurotoxicity. As a result, we claim that BP-3-evoked apoptosis of neuronal cells is certainly mediated via attenuation of Er/Ppar and arousal of Er/Gpr30 signaling. had been obtained from Lifestyle Technology Applied Biosystems (Foster Town, CA, USA). JC-1 was extracted from Biotium, Inc. (Hayward, CA, USA). Principal Neocortical and Hippocampal Neuronal Cell Civilizations Neocortical and hippocampal tissue for primary civilizations had been ready from Swiss mouse embryos (Charles River, Germany) at 15C17?times of gestation and cultured seeing that previously described . All techniques had been performed relative to the Country wide Institutes of Wellness Suggestions for the Treatment and Usage of Lab Animals and accepted by the Bioethics Payment in conformity with Polish Laws (21 August 1997). Pet care followed formal governmental guidelines, and everything efforts had been made to reduce suffering and the amount of pets utilized. The cells had been suspended in estrogen-free neurobasal moderate using a B27 dietary supplement on poly-ornithine (0.01?mg/ml)-covered multi-well plates at a density of 2.0??105?cells/cm2. The civilizations had AZD2858 been preserved at 37?C within a humidified atmosphere containing 5% CO2 for 7?times in vitro (DIV) ahead of experimentation. The amount of astrocytes, as dependant on this content of intermediate filament glial fibrillary acidic proteins (GFAP), didn't exceed 10% for everyone civilizations . Treatment AZD2858 Principal neuronal cell civilizations had been subjected to BP-3 (1C100?M) for 6 or 24?h. To assess if the ramifications of BP-3 had been tissue-dependent, we analyzed these AZD2858 results in neocortical AZD2858 and hippocampal civilizations. The participation of ER signaling in BP-3-induced results was verified using the high-affinity estrogen receptor antagonist ICI 182,780 (1?M), also recognized to become a CD1D membrane estrogen receptor Gpr30 agonist , the Er antagonist methyl-piperidino-pyrazole (MPP; 1?M), the Er agonist 4,4,4-(4-Propyl-[1H]-pyrazole-1,3,5-triyl)trisphenol (PPT; 1?M), the Er antagonist 4-[2-phenyl-5,7-bis(trifluoromethyl)pyrazolo[1,5,-a]pyrimidin-3-yl]phenol (PHTPP; 1?M), the Er agonist 2,3-bis(4-Hydroxyphenyl)-propionitrile (DPN; 1?M), the Gpr30 antagonist G-15 (10?M), as well as the Gpr30 agonist G-1 (1?M). BP-3-induced Ppar activation was analyzed using the receptor agonist GW1929 (1?M) and antagonist GW9662 (1?M). For apoptotic signaling, we utilized a cell permeable Gsk3 inhibitor SB 216763 (3-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-4-(1-methyl-1Hindol-3-yl)-1H-pyrrole-2,5-dione; 1?M) and a p38/MAPK inhibitor SB 203580 (4-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(4-methylsulfinylphenyl)-5-(4-pyridyl)-1H-imidazole; 1 M) and caspase-8 and caspase-9 inhibitors: Z-Leu-Glu(O-Me)-Thr-Asp(O-Me)-fluoromethyl ketone (Z-LETD-FMK; 40?M) and Z-Leu-Glu(O-Me)-His-Asp(O-Me)-fluoromethyl ketone trifluoroacetate sodium hydrate (Z-LEHD-FMK; 40?M), respectively. GW1929, GW9662, ICI 182780, MPP, PPT, DPN, and PHTPP had been put into the culture mass media 45C60?min before BP-3 was added. The various other agents had been introduced concurrently with BP-3. In order to avoid nonspecific results in our research, particular receptor ligands and SB 216763, SB 203580, as well as the caspase inhibitors had been utilized at concentrations that didn't have an effect on the control degrees of caspase-3 activity or LDH discharge. All the substances had been originally dissolved in DMSO and additional diluted in lifestyle medium to keep the DMSO focus below 0.1%. The control civilizations had been treated with DMSO in concentrations add up to those found in the experimental groupings. Id of Apoptotic Cells Apoptotic cells had been recognized via Hoechst 33342 staining at 24?h after.
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PlsY may be the essential first step in membrane phospholipid synthesis of Gram-positive pathogens. acyl-sulfamates than PlsY. Metabolic profiling demonstrated that development inhibition with the acyl-sulfamates had not been Ciproxifan particular for lipid synthesis illustrating the fact that amphipathic acyl-sulfamates may also possess off-target results in Gram-positive bacterias. Nonetheless, this research further developments PlsY being a druggable focus on for the introduction of book antibacterial therapeutics, through the breakthrough and validation from the probe substance phenyl (8-phenyloctanoyl) sulfamate being a PlsY inhibitor. Launch The creeping rise in antibacterial medication resistance combined with failing of current breakthrough programs to create brand-new antibacterial goals and lead substances to meet up this growing risk is certainly of great concern to the complete medical community.1 This comes at the same time when increasingly virulent and resistant strains of bacteria such as for example methicillin resistant (MRSA) lineage USA300 have become dominant inside our clinics leading to very much morbidity and mortality. Current initiatives at developing brand-new Gram-positive antibacterial agencies are largely concentrated around regular antibacterial classes including -lactams, oxazolidinones and fluoroquinolones that class particular resistance systems preexist.2 Thus, there can be an urgent have to develop brand-new therapeutic Ciproxifan goals that are crucial for cell viability and ideal for therapeutic involvement. One such choice focus on is the lately uncovered PlsX and PlsY mediated phospholipid biosynthetic pathway.3 PlsX catalyzes the forming of acyl-PO4 in the acyl-acyl carrier proteins (ACP) end-products of fatty acidity biosynthesis. PlsY exchanges the acyl group from acyl-PO4 towards the 1-placement of glycerol-PO4 to create the initial intermediate in membrane phospholipid synthesis. Concentrating on this pathway shows up desirable since it is essential in every significant Gram-positive individual Ciproxifan pathogens3 and disrupting bacterial membrane biogenesis is certainly a proven technique for the introduction of Ciproxifan powerful antibacterials.4 Furthermore, human beings synthesize the phospholipids using acyl-CoA-dependent glycerol-PO4 acyltransferases and PlsY homologs aren't within mammalian genomes. Despite these apparent advantages, concentrating on PlsY presents issues. PlsY is a little (23 kDa) essential membrane proteins with 5 transmembrane helicies.5 However the residues crucial for catalysis are known, structural information isn't available as well as the enzyme is most active in its native membrane environment. Hence, our first method of inhibitor style was to synthesize five classes of nonhydrolyzable acyl-PO4-structured bioisosteric inhibitors of PlsY.6 These chemical substance classes included acyl-phosphonates, acyl-phosphoramides, change amide phosphonates, acyl-sulfamates and acyl-sulfamides (Fig. 1). One of the most energetic inhibitors from each series generally included an extended aliphatic string that mimicked the acyl-PO4 substrate of PlsY. These PlsY inhibitors shown vulnerable to moderate antimicrobial activity against a representative -panel of Gram-positive bacterias, apart from PlsY The SAR on the acyl-PO4 R1 mind site (System 1) was explored by the formation of substances 1C21 (Desk 1) that preserved a palmitoyl (C16) string on the R2 tail placement to imitate the organic substrate. The strength of the acyl-sulfamates as PlsY inhibitors was inspired by how big is the R1 substituent with the bigger six membered and bicyclic analogs getting generally stronger than the smaller sized furan (3), cyclopentane (2) and methyl (1) analogs. The strength was also inspired with the hydrophobicity from the R1 substituent. The greater hydrophobic cyclohexane analog 4 was six-fold stronger compared to the 4-air formulated with pyran analog 5 with least twenty-fold stronger compared to the 4-NH formulated with piperidine analog 6. The significant loss of strength of 6 recommended that a free of charge amine had not been tolerated here due to a niche site particular relationship and a possibly strong desolvation charges of the cation. This is further corroborated with the significant recovery of strength upon protection from the 4-NH of piperidine (6) using a Boc-group (7). Changing the saturated and relatively versatile cyclohexane with an aromatic phenyl group (8) resulted in a minor reduction in strength; nevertheless, the option of several substituted phenols managed to get the better choice for further discovering this web Ciproxifan site. A 4-Cl substituent in the phenyl band (9) became somewhat much Rabbit polyclonal to KIAA0494 better than the unsubstituted 8. The 3, 4-dichloro analog 11 as well as the 3-chloro analog 10 had been less powerful than 9 recommending the fact that 4-placement in the phenyl was the most well-liked site for even more exploration. We changed the 4-Cl with substituents of raising.
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Background We examine the prognostic and predictive tasks of EGFR variant III mutation, EGFR gene duplicate number (GCN), human being papillomavirus (HPV) infection, c-MET and p16 em INK4A /em proteins manifestation in recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the top and neck (R/M SCCHN). Operating-system. Summary EGFRvIII mutation, within about 40% of SCCHN, is apparently an urgent prognostic biomarker connected with better disease control in R/M SCCHN no matter treatment with erlotinib. Bigger prospective studies must validate its significance. History The epidermal development element receptor (EGFR) is definitely over-expressed in up to 90% of squamous cell carcinoma of the top and throat (SCCHN) and continues to be postulated to be always a key molecular focus on with this malignancy . EGFR transmission transduction prospects to cell proliferation, invasion, angiogenesis and metastasis . EGFR overexpression and aberrant EGFR gene duplicate quantity (EGFR GCN) have already been connected with poorer prognosis and disease-specific success in SCCHN [1,3,4]. Therapies targeted against EGFR possess SYN-115 demonstrated moderate activity either only or in conjunction with chemotherapy in both locally advanced  and repeated and/or metastatic SCCHN [6-10]. No validated biomarkers can be found to forecast the response to EGFR inhibitors in SCCHN. The most frequent EGFR truncation mutation, EGFR variant III (EGFRvIII), harbors an in-frame deletion of exons 2 to 7 (801 bp), producing a truncated extracellular EGF-binding website that's constitutively triggered and ineffectively ubiquinated [11,12]. EGFRvIII is situated in many human malignancies and exists in ~40% of glioblastomas and 5% of lung squamous cell carcinomas, where it confers tumorigenicity and dose-dependent level of resistance to gefitinib in pre-clinical versions [13,14]. The prevalence of EGFRvIII in SCCHN was initially reported as 43% in a single research of 33 SCCHN tumors . EGFRvIII-transfected SCCHN cells acquired reduced apoptosis in SYN-115 response to cisplatin and reduced growth inhibition pursuing treatment using the EGFR monoclonal antibody cetuximab weighed against handles . EGFRvIII can be an interesting healing focus on because unlike wild-type EGFR, EGFRvIII isn't found in regular tissue. EGFRvIII is certainly proposed to take into account restrictions in response to current EGFR inhibitors, yet, in sufferers with SCCHN tumors harboring EGFRvIII response to EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibition (TKI) is certainly unknown. HPV infections is certainly a risk aspect for the introduction of SCCHN. HPV DNA is situated in 20-30% of SCCHN or more to 40-66% of SCCHN from the oropharynx [16,17]. HPV positive oropharyngeal tumors are medically and molecularly distinctive from HPV harmful tumors [18,19] and connected with a more advantageous prognosis . HPV positive position prospectively predicts success and response to induction chemotherapy and chemoradiation in stage III or IV oropharynx malignancies [21,22] and better response to radiotherapy by itself . The mix of low HPV titers and high EGFR appearance was connected with worse general success in oropharynx cancers . Inactivation of pRb by HPV E7 proteins leads to overexpression of p16 proteins, hence p16 immunostaining provides served being a surrogate marker for HPV-associated SCCHN. Sufferers with tumors missing both p16 appearance and HPV (p16-/HPV-) acquired the most severe disease-specific success in comparison to tumors with p16+/HPV+, p16-/HPV+ or p16+/HPV- types . Regardless of the need for HPV in the pathogenesis and prognosis of SCCHN in response to chemotherapy and rays, the function of HPV DNA and response to EGFR inhibitors in SCCHN is certainly unclear. c-MET, a proto-oncogene tyrosine kinase receptor, is certainly overexpressed in SCCHN, and its own ligand, hepatocyte development aspect (HGF), stimulates cell proliferation, SYN-115 motility and invasion . c-MET overexpression continues to be connected SYN-115 with disease development in dental squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) . Elevated serum HGF is certainly associated with level of resistance to chemoradiation and decreased success . c-MET amplification and mutations of MET confer an intrusive phenotype connected with metastases in SCCHN . Ligand-independent constitutive activation of c-MET via its heterodimerization with EGFR continues to be defined as a adding mechanism of obtained level of resistance to cetuximab in SCCHN . The function of c-MET in response to EGFR TKI in the scientific setting up in SCCHN is certainly unknown. Within this research, we examine the prevalence of EGFRvIII, HPV, p16, c-MET and EGFR GCN in sufferers with R/M SCCHN and explore the prognostic and predictive assignments of the biomarkers in sufferers treated SYN-115 with or without EGFR TKI. We hypothesized that EGFRvIII and c-MET will be connected with poorer prognosis or response to EGFR TKI, while HPV INSR and p16 appearance would forecast improved clinical results and response to treatment. Strategies Individuals We obtained authorization from the University or college.
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Modulation of dopamine (DA) released by serotonin-2 (5-HT2) receptors continues to be implicated in the system of actions of antipsychotic medicines. infusions of glutamate antagonists in to the VTA. Infusions of a combined mix of a NMDA (AP-5: 2-amino-5-phosphopentanoic acidity) and an AMPA/kainate (CNQX: 6-cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione) receptor antagonist in to the VTA clogged the raises in cortical DA made by administration from the 5-HT2 agonist DOI [()-2,5-Dimethoxy-4-iodoamphetamine] (2.5 mg/kg s.c.). These outcomes demonstrate that excitement of glutamate receptors in the VTA is essential for 5-HT2 agonist-induced raises in cortical DA. and had been approved by the neighborhood animal treatment committee. Medical procedures Rats had been anesthetized with an assortment of xylazine and ketamine (6 and 70 mg/kg, respectively; given i.m.) and installed inside a stereotaxic framework. Microdialysis probes had been implanted in HDAC6 to the PFC (+3.2 AP, ML 0.8, DV ?5.5) as well as the VTA (?5.60 AP, ML 0.6, DV ?8.4) (Paxinos and Watson, 1998; discover Fig. 1). Placements had been ipsilateral and about 50 % from the placements had been on the proper and half for the remaining. The probes had been then secured set up with three arranged screws protected with cranioplastic concrete. Probe locations had been verified histologically in the conclusion of the tests. If improperly positioned, animals had been excluded through the experiments. Open up in another windowpane Fig 1 Schematic of the positioning from the microdialysis probes. The lines in reddish colored represent the dialysis membrane. A: prefrontal cortex, B: ventral tegmental region. aca: anterior commissure, anterior; AOP: anterior olfactory nucleus posterior; CA3: field CA3 from the hippocampus; Cg1: cinglulate cortex region 1; Cl: claustrum; csc: commissure sup colliculus; cp: cerebral peduncle; DP: dorsal peduncular cortex; fmi: forceps small corpus callosum; fr: fasiculus retroflexus; IL: infralimbic cortex; M2: supplementary engine cortex; ml: medial lemniscus; mp: mammillary peduncle; PrL: prelimbic cortex; SNCD: substantia nigra, compacta, dorsal tier; SNR: substantia nigra reticulata. Microdialysis Microdialysis probes had been of the concentric flow style (Yamamoto and Pehek, 1990). Typical recovery for DA was 10C15%. PFC probes had been designed with a 5.0 mm active dialyzing surface area membrane (Spectra/Por Hollow, MW cutoff = 13,000, size = 240 m) to effectively dialyze through the dorsal anterior cingulate towards the most ventral area from the infralimbic PFC. VTA probes had been designed with a 1.0 mm active dialyzing surface area at most ventral expansion from the probe to effectively dialyze the mediolateral parabrachial and paranigral VTA (discover Fig 1). The ideas from the probes (around 0.3 mm) were connected with glue and therefore didn't recover analyte. The evening ahead of microdialysis experiments pets had been placed in very clear Plexiglas microdialysis chambers (Harvard Equipment, Hollister, MA, USA) with water 212779-48-1 manufacture and food available infusions from the selective 5-HT2A antagonist M100907 (Pehek et al., 2006). This second option finding shows that the 212779-48-1 manufacture result of DOI arrives specifically to excitement of 5-HT2A receptors inside the PFC. Administration of DOI also improved efflux infusions of M100907 (Pehek et al., 2006), recommending that the raises in cortical DA launch may be because of raises in glutamate launch in the VTA. This second option study also shows that the consequences of DOI on VTA glutamate are reliant on a circuit relating to the PFC. The existing study shows that excitement of glutamate receptors in the VTA is essential for 5-HT2 agonist-induced raises in cortical DA. Earlier function by others shows that software of DOI towards the PFC raises burst firing of VTA DA neurons and DA launch in the PFC (Martin-Ruiz et al., 2001; Bortolozzi et al., 2005). Used together, these results provide solid support for the hypothesis that cortical 5-HT2A receptor-induced raises in mesocortical DA are causally linked to raises in glutamate efflux in the VTA. We claim that cortical 5HT2A agonism stimulates corticotegmental glutamatergic projections that, subsequently, stimulate mesocortical DA neurons. Today's work didn't determine the endogenous way to obtain glutamate in the VTA. Our earlier work 212779-48-1 manufacture demonstrated that DOI shots improved.
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Bile duct epithelial cells (BDECs) donate to liver organ fibrosis by expressing V6 integrin, a crucial activator of latent transforming growth aspect (TGF-). de novo induction of JunB proteins, cycloheximide pretreatment inhibited TGF-1 induction of Itg6 mRNA. Appearance of the dominant-negative AP-1 mutant (TAM67) also inhibited TGF-1 induction of Itg6 mRNA. General, the results claim that p38 plays a part in TGF-1-induced Itg6 mRNA appearance in MMNK-1 cells by regulating activation of both SMAD and AP-1 transcription elements. Launch Bile duct epithelial cells (BDECs) are harmed chronically in cholestatic liver organ diseases such as for example principal sclerosing cholangitis and principal biliary cirrhosis. Not only is it goals of disease procedures, it is more and more apparent that BDECs positively take part in the pathogenesis of cholestatic liver organ disease by making proinflammatory and profibrogenic mediators such as for example transforming growth aspect 1 (TGF-1) as well as the V6 integrin (Sedlaczek et 144701-48-4 IC50 al., 2001; Hahm et al., 2007; Sullivan et al., 2010). These mediators stimulate various other cell types including portal fibroblasts to create collagen, resulting in liver organ fibrosis (Bataller and Brenner, 2005). The V6 integrin is certainly selectively portrayed by epithelial cells in multiple tissue and is important in physiological procedures such as for example fetal advancement and wound curing (Breuss et al., 1995), aswell as pathological procedures including tumor cell invasion and fibrosis (Marsh et al., 2008; Patsenker et al., 2008). Especially, the V6 integrin binds to and facilitates the activation of latent TGF-1 (Munger et al., 1999), a cytokine and essential profibrogenic mediator (Bataller and Brenner, 2005). Many research using mice lacking in the 6 integrin (Itg6) subunit possess demonstrated an essential role because of this integrin in the activation of TGF-1 during fibrosis induced by persistent tissue injury. For instance, in rodent types of lung and liver organ fibrosis, Itg6 insufficiency decreased the deposition SPP1 of extracellular matrix in these tissue (Jenkins et al., 2006; Hahm et al., 2007). The Itg6 gene, which encodes the restricting subunit from the V6 integrin, is certainly portrayed at low amounts in normal liver organ. Nevertheless, in rodent types of cholestasis, degrees of both hepatic Itg6 mRNA and V6 proteins are elevated (Hahm et al., 2007; Patsenker et al., 2008; Popov et al., 2008; Sullivan et al., 2010), and V6 proteins manifestation colocalizes with BDECs (Hahm et al., 2007; Patsenker et al., 2008; Sullivan et al., 2010). Numerous hereditary and pharmacologic interventions focusing on the V6 integrin have already been shown to decrease the activation of TGF-1 and fibrosis in mice and rats during cholestasis (Jenkins et al., 2006; Patsenker et al., 2008; Sullivan et 144701-48-4 IC50 al., 2010). Used together, these research claim that the induction of Itg6 manifestation is definitely a critical part of the fibrogenic response connected with chronic cholestasis. Nevertheless, the system of Itg6 mRNA induction in BDECs isn't known. We've demonstrated previously that neutralizing TGF- decreases Itg6 mRNA manifestation during cholestasis (Sullivan et al., 2010), recommending the current presence of a feed-forward amplification loop of TGF- activation. Worth focusing on, the system whereby TGF- regulates Itg6 in BDECs isn't completely recognized. Mature TGF-1 binds its type II receptor, which is definitely indicated by BDECs (Lu et al., 2003). This binding event initiates downstream canonical signaling including activation of TGF- type I receptor, C-terminal phosphorylation from the regulatory (at 4C for 5 min. The cell pellet was after that resuspended in lysis buffer (10 mM HEPES, 10 mM KCl, 300 mM sucrose, 1.5 mM MgCl2, 0.5 mM dithiothreitol, 0.5 mM phenylmethylsulfonyl 144701-48-4 IC50 fluoride, 0.1% NP-40) containing protease and phosphatase inhibitors (Roche Diagnostics) and incubated 144701-48-4 IC50 for 10 min on snow. Nuclei had been pelleted from lysate by centrifugation at 3500for 10 min at 4C, and supernatant was preserved as the cytosolic portion. Nuclei were after that resuspended in nuclear lysis buffer (20 mM HEPES,.
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Q: ModalViewController doesn't save to core data? iPad app fans:
I've got a modalviewcontroller designed to popup on a button tap so users can add notes or change data inputs. A table in the main window needs to be refreshed as changes to the database are made. The database incorporates a kind of advanced bookmark. I can create and delete database entries based on where users browse - no problem: I get the console report "saveContext KQVC line 203" and entries are quickly added into the table.
The modalviewcontroller even pops (on tapping the blue (>) detail icon also in each cell) with populated data of existing records. However the save button on the modalviewcontroller just doesn't save. (the delete function works great). Here's my code for the modalviewcontroller save button:
#import "PatternViewController.h"
#import "KnittingQueenViewController.h"

 @implementation PatternViewController
 @dynamic patternName, patternNotes, patternUrl, dateAdded;
 @synthesize patternA, patternView, knittingQueenViewController;

-(IBAction)save {
    [patternA setValue:patternName.text forKey:@"patternName"];
    [patternA setValue:patternUrl.text forKey:@"patternUrl"];
    [patternA setValue:patternNotes.text forKey:@"patternNotes"];
    dateAdded = [NSDate date];
    [patternA setValue:dateAdded forKey:@"dateAdded"];
    [patternA setValue:patternLabel.text forKey:@"patternLabel"];
    [patternA setValue:pngPath forKey:@"patternPhoto"];

    [knittingQueenViewController saveContext];
    [self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}

and the saveContext method in the knittingqueenviewcontroller:
- (void)saveContext {
    NSManagedObjectContext *context = [self.fetchedResultsController managedObjectContext];
    NSError *error = nil;
    if (![context save:&error]) {
         // error code goes in here
    }
    NSLog(@"saveContext KQVC line 203");
    [self refreshPatternsTable];
}

I get no errors, but no saved data either. My question: why isn't the method saveContext being called from the modalviewcontroller? Any suggestions you can offer would be most appreciated.

A: Is your save method being called? Is knittingQueenViewController non-nil when it's called? Do the values of patternA look correct?