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The reconstructed planes were found correlated to the original pre-acquired samples (control group) with correlation coefficient of up to 90%. Given the findings, this procedure appears to be a powerful method for inquiring and analyzing biological samples. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.Erythrodermic psoriasis is a severe, life-threatening condition with additional complications, when occurring in hemodialyzed patients, as the majority of treatments are contraindicated. A 44-years-old man, of Philippine origins, with a 15-years-history of psoriasis treated with cyclosporine developed progressive hypertension and renal insufficiency. Despite drug dismission, renal function worsen to end-stage, and hemodialysis was necessary three times a week. Phototherapy was not able to control the skin condition, progressing to erythroderma, and after nephrology consultation, the patient consent to the off-label secukinumab treatment, at the standard regimen (300 mg subcutaneously once weekly at weeks 0-4 followed by 300 mg every 4 weeks). Seven days after the first injection, a rapid improvement was noted, with the psoriasis area severity index (PASI) score passing from 31.5 to 17.6. At the 52-week-follow-up visit, the patient was completely clarified, without any side effects. The case supports secukinumab effectiveness and safety in difficult patients, including erythrodermic psoriasis with end-stage renal failure, as drug plasma levels seem not to be affected by hemodialysis. Results are rapidly achieved, and long term maintained, with the additional advantage of a very comfortable monthly administration. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC.Since 1887 Red Mud is an unavoidable waste derived from the production of alumina in the Bayer process. Because of its high alkalinity and metal loading, Red Mud disposal and storage constitute an important environmental risk. With worldwide storage capacity reaching its limits and no alternatives to the Bayer Process, the development of methods for the valorization of Red Mud is a must. Here, we demonstrate that Red Mud can be turned into an efficient catalyst for the valorization of CO 2 . By a simple potassium promotion, 45% conversion of CO 2 with a light olefin (C 2 -C 4 ) selectivity of 36% has been achieved at 350 ºC, 30 bar and at 9600 mL·g -1 ·h -1 , matching the performance of some of the best catalysts reported to date. © 2020 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.Charge transfer has proven to be an important mechanism in DNA photochemistry. Especially guanine (G) plays a major role as an electron donor, but the photophysical dynamics of G-containing charge transfer states have not been extensively investigated so far. Here, we use UV pump (266 nm) and picosecond IR probe (~5-7 µm) spectroscopy to study ultrafast dynamics in G containing short oligonucleotides as a function of sequence and length. For the pure purine oligomers we observe lifetimes of the charge transfer states on the order of several hundreds of picoseconds, regardless of the oligonucleotide length. In contrast, the pyrimidine containing dinucleotides GT and GC show much faster relaxation dynamics in the 10 to 30 ps range. In all studied nucleotides the charge transfer states are formed with an efficiency on the order of ~50%. These photophysical characteristics will lead to an improved understanding of DNA damage and repair processes. © 2020 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.Hydrogenolysis of alkyls substituted cyclopentadienyl (Cp R ) ligated thorium tribenzyl complexes [(Cp R )Th( p -CH 2 -C 6 H 4 -Me) 3 ] ( 1~6 ) afforded the first examples of molecular thorium trihydrido complexes (Cp R )Th( u -H) 3 ] n (Cp R = C 5 H 2 ( t Bu) 3 or C 5 H 2 (SiMe 3 ) 3 , n = 5; C 5 Me 4 SiMe 3 , n = 6; C 5 Me 5 , n = 7; C 5 Me 4 H, n = 8) ( 7~10 and 12 ) and [(Cp # ) 12 Th 13