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There is a striking knowledge gap on ADHD in older adults, and the diagnosis as well as treatment for ADHD in this age group.The authors first review the literature on the prevalence, functional impairment, and health comorbidities of ADHD across the lifespan. Next, they address the diagnostic criteria for ADHD in adults according to the DSM/ICD, available screening/diagnostic tools, differential diagnosis, and the validity of diagnostic criteria for ADHD in older adults. Finally, the authors focus on empirical evidence on the prevalence rates, medication response, and safety of pharmacological treatment of ADHD in older adults, and national and international clinical guidelines on the treatment of ADHD in this age group.It is expected that future editions of the DSM and ICD will provide specifiers to the standard ADHD criteria, to better inform the diagnosis of ADHD in older adults. It is also expected that the increasing number of epidemiological studies will provide rigorous estimates on the prevalence, incidence, and burden of ADHD in older adults. One may expect an increasing number of RCTs assessing the efficacy/effectiveness and tolerability/safety of pharmacological as well as non-pharmacological interventions which will inform future guidelines on ADHD in older adults.

Objective: Psoriatic arthritis mutilans (PAM) is the most severe phenotype of psoriatic arthritis due to excessive bone erosion causing joint destruction and decreased functional capacity. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of comorbidities among patients with PAM and the association between comorbidities and joint involvement.Methods: A total of 66 patients aged ≥18 years from the Nordic countries with past or present psoriasis along with at least one mutilated joint were included in the present study.Results: The median number of comorbid conditions per patient was 1 [interquartile range (IQR) 0–2] and 16.7% reported three or more comorbidities. The most frequent comorbidity was hypertension (36.4%). The median number of mutilated joints per patient was 3 (IQR 1–8.3; range 1–38).Conclusion: Two thirds of the patients with PAM reported comorbid conditions and the most frequent was hypertension which affected more than a third of the patients. However, this study was unable to detect any association between comorbidities and the severity of PAM.

This paper estimates family spillovers in high school major choice in Sweden, where admission to oversubscribed majors is determined based on GPA. Using a regression discontinuity design, we find large sibling and intergenerational spillovers that depend on the sex mix of a dyad. Same-sex siblings copy one another, while younger brothers recoil from an older sister’s choices. Fathers and mothers influence sons but not their daughters, except when a mother majors in the male-dominated program of engineering. Back-of-the-envelope calculations reveal that these within-family spillovers have sizable implications for the sex composition of majors. (JEL I21, J12, J13, J16)

Photoinduced bimolecular charge transfer processes involving the iron(III) N-heterocyclic carbene (FeNHC) photosensitizer [Fe(phtmeimb)

AbstractA stereospecific deoxygenation of trans‐epoxy cinnamic acid derivatives to access (Z)‐cinnamamides, (Z)‐cinnamyl alcohol and (Z)‐cinnamyl amines using a catalytic system based on nickel triflate and triphenylphosphine has been developed. The desired products were obtained in good to excellent yield (up to 92 % isolated yield) and excellent stereospecificity (Z : E ratio up to>99 : 1). The transformation has a broad functional group tolerance including amides, amines, alcohols and esters. The power of the methodology was demonstrated in the key step of the total synthesis of biologically active natural product, N‐cis‐feruloyl tyramine from readily available trans‐ferulic acid. A reaction mechanism involving activation of epoxide via coordination of the oxygen atom and the neighboring O‐ or N‐atoms to the nickel catalyst and formation of Ph3P‐carbon bond is proposed. This method is important for synthesis of highly desirable functionalized (Z)‐alkenes from readily available (E)‐alkenes.

Deliverable 2.1 ‘Handbook of protocols for chemical characterization and sample preparatory techniques’, provide guidelines on standardization and organization of protocols used for preparation and processing of samples within SECRETed for subsequent screening in WP2, subsequent sharing, and further analysis in downstream WPs. It defines the data/information to be associated with target compounds discovered and archived in the SECRETed project.