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Temporal trends of carbonated soft-drink consumption among adolescents aged 12–15 years from eighteen countries in Africa, Asia and the Americas
- Lee Smith, Guillermo Felipe López Sánchez, Mark A Tully, Masoud Rahmati, Hans Oh, Karel Kostev, Laurie T. Butler, Yvonne Barnett, Helen Keyes, Jae Il Shin, Ai Koyanagi
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- British Journal of Nutrition / Volume 131 / Issue 9 / 14 May 2024
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- 16 January 2024, pp. 1633-1640
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- 14 May 2024
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Carbonated soft-drink consumption is detrimental to multiple facets of adolescent health. However, little is known about temporal trends in carbonated soft-drink consumption among adolescents, particularly in non-Western countries. Therefore, we aimed to examine this trend in representative samples of school-going adolescents from eighteen countries in Africa, Asia and the Americas. Cross-sectional data from the Global School-based Student Health Survey 2009–2017 were analysed. Carbonated soft-drink consumption referred to drinking carbonated soft-drinks at least once per day in the past 30 d. The prevalence of carbonated soft-drink consumption was calculated for each survey, and crude linear trends were assessed by linear regression models. Data on 74 055 students aged 12–15 years were analysed (mean age 13·9 (sd 1·0) years; 49·2 % boys). The overall mean prevalence of carbonated soft-drink consumption was 42·1 %. Of the eighteen countries included in the study, significant decreasing, increasing and stable trends of carbonated soft-drink consumption were observed in seven, two and nine countries, respectively. The most drastic decrease was observed in Kuwait between 2011 (74·4 %) and 2015 (51·7 %). Even in countries with significant decreasing trends, the decrease was rather modest, while some countries with stable trends had very high prevalence across time (e.g. Suriname 80·5 % in 2009 and 79·4 % in 2016). The prevalence of carbonated soft-drink consumption was high in all countries included in the present analysis, despite decreasing trends being observed in some. Public health initiatives to reduce the consumption of carbonated soft-drink consumption among adolescents are urgently required.
Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection and associated risk factors among staff and residents at homeless shelters in King County, Washington: an active surveillance study
- Julia H. Rogers, Sarah N. Cox, Amy C. Link, Gift Nwanne, Peter D. Han, Brian Pfau, Eric J. Chow, Caitlin R. Wolf, Michael Boeckh, James P. Hughes, M. Elizabeth Halloran, Timothy M. Uyeki, M. Mia Shim, Jeffrey Duchin, Janet A. Englund, Emily Mosites, Melissa A. Rolfes, Lea A. Starita, Helen Y. Chu
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- Epidemiology & Infection / Volume 151 / 2023
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- 10 July 2023, e129
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Homeless shelter residents and staff may be at higher risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, SARS-CoV-2 infection estimates in this population have been reliant on cross-sectional or outbreak investigation data. We conducted routine surveillance and outbreak testing in 23 homeless shelters in King County, Washington, to estimate the occurrence of laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection and risk factors during 1 January 2020–31 May 2021. Symptom surveys and nasal swabs were collected for SARS-CoV-2 testing by RT-PCR for residents aged ≥3 months and staff. We collected 12,915 specimens from 2,930 unique participants. We identified 4.74 (95% CI 4.00–5.58) SARS-CoV-2 infections per 100 individuals (residents: 4.96, 95% CI 4.12–5.91; staff: 3.86, 95% CI 2.43–5.79). Most infections were asymptomatic at the time of detection (74%) and detected during routine surveillance (73%). Outbreak testing yielded higher test positivity than routine surveillance (2.7% versus 0.9%). Among those infected, residents were less likely to report symptoms than staff. Participants who were vaccinated against seasonal influenza and were current smokers had lower odds of having an infection detected. Active surveillance that includes SARS-CoV-2 testing of all persons is essential in ascertaining the true burden of SARS-CoV-2 infections among residents and staff of congregate settings.
Characterization of resistance to newer antimicrobials among carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in the post–acute-care setting
- Helen L. Zhang, Kyle J. Gontjes, Jennifer H. Han, Kevin Alby, Zena Lapp, Evan Snitkin, Ellie J.C. Goldstein, Sean Muldoon, Pam Tolomeo, Ebbing Lautenbach
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- Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology / Volume 44 / Issue 7 / July 2023
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- 28 July 2022, pp. 1159-1162
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We assessed susceptibility patterns to newer antimicrobial agents among clinical carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) isolates from patients in long-term acute-care hospitals (LTACHs) from 2014 to 2015. Meropenem-vaborbactam and imipenem-relebactam nonsusceptibility were observed among 9.9% and 9.1% of isolates, respectively. Nonsusceptibility to ceftazidime-avibactam (1.1%) and plazomicin (0.8%) were uncommon.
Cross-sectional association between objective cognitive performance and perceived age-related gains and losses in cognition
- Serena Sabatini, Obioha C. Ukoumunne, Clive Ballard, Rachel Collins, Kaarin J. Anstey, Manfred Diehl, Allyson Brothers, Hans-Werner Wahl, Anne Corbett, Adam Hampshire, Helen Brooker, Linda Clare
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- International Psychogeriatrics / Volume 33 / Issue 7 / July 2021
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- 14 April 2021, pp. 727-741
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Evidence linking subjective concerns about cognition with poorer objective cognitive performance is limited by reliance on unidimensional measures of self-perceptions of aging (SPA). We used the awareness of age-related change (AARC) construct to assess self-perception of both positive and negative age-related changes (AARC gains and losses). We tested whether AARC has greater utility in linking self-perceptions to objective cognition compared to well-established measures of self-perceptions of cognition and aging. We examined the associations of AARC with objective cognition, several psychological variables, and engagement in cognitive training.
Design:Cross-sectional observational study.
Participants:The sample comprised 6056 cognitively healthy participants (mean [SD] age = 66.0 [7.0] years); divided into subgroups representing middle, early old, and advanced old age.
Measurements:We used an online cognitive battery and measures of global AARC, AARC specific to the cognitive domain, subjective cognitive change, attitudes toward own aging (ATOA), subjective age (SA), depression, anxiety, self-rated health (SRH).
Results:Scores on the AARC measures showed stronger associations with objective cognition compared to other measures of self-perceptions of cognition and aging. Higher AARC gains were associated with poorer cognition in middle and early old age. Higher AARC losses and poorer cognition were associated across all subgroups. Higher AARC losses were associated with greater depression and anxiety, more negative SPA, poorer SRH, but not with engagement in cognitive training.
Conclusions:Assessing both positive and negative self-perceptions of cognition and aging is important when linking self-perceptions to cognitive functioning. Objective cognition is one of the many variables – alongside psychological variables – related to perceived cognitive losses.
Relationship between working memory and complex syntax in children with Developmental Language Disorder
- Hélène DELAGE, Ulrich Hans FRAUENFELDER
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- Journal of Child Language / Volume 47 / Issue 3 / May 2020
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- 28 November 2019, pp. 600-632
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Some theories of Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) explain the linguistic deficits observed in terms of limitations in non-linguistic cognitive systems such as working memory. The goal of this research is to clarify the relationship between working memory and the processing of complex sentences by exploring the performance of 28 French-speaking children with DLD aged five to fourteen years and 48 typically developing children of the same age in memory and linguistic tasks. We identified predictive relationships between working memory and the comprehension and repetition of complex sentences in both groups. As for syntactic measures in spontaneous language, it is the complex spans that explain the major part of the variance in the control children. In children with DLD, however, simple spans are predictive of these syntactic measures. Our results thus reveal a robust relationship between working memory and syntactic complexity, with clinical implications for the treatment of children with DLD.
Sleep–wake difficulties in community-dwelling cancer patients receiving palliative care: subjective and objective assessment
- Marie Solange Bernatchez, Josée Savard, Marie-Hélène Savard, Michèle Aubin, Hans Ivers
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- Palliative & Supportive Care / Volume 16 / Issue 6 / December 2018
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- 21 September 2017, pp. 756-766
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Prevalence rates of sleep difficulties in advanced cancer patients have varied widely across studies (12 to 96%), and none of these employed a diagnostic interview to distinguish different types of sleep–wake disorders. Moreover, very limited information is available on subjective and objective sleep parameters in this population. Our study was conducted in palliative cancer patients and aimed to assess rates of sleep–wake disorders and subsyndromal symptoms and to document subjective and objective sleep–wake parameters across various types of sleep–wake difficulties.
Method:The sample was composed of 51 community-dwelling cancer patients receiving palliative care and having an Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group score of 2 or 3. Relevant sections of the Duke Interview for Sleep Disorders were administered over the phone. An actigraphic recording and a daily sleep diary were completed for 7 consecutive days.
Results:Overall, 68.6% of the sample had at least one type of sleep–wake difficulty (disorder or symptoms): 31.4% had insomnia and 29.4% had hypersomnolence as their main sleep–wake problem. Participants with insomnia as their main sleep difficulty had greater disruptions of subjective sleep parameters, while objectively-assessed sleep was more disrupted in patients with hypersomnolence comorbid with another sleep–wake difficulty.
Significance of the Results:The high rates of sleep–wake difficulties found in this study indicate a need to screen more systematically for sleep–wake disorders, including insomnia and hypersomnolence, in both palliative care research and clinical practice, and to develop effective nonpharmacological interventions specifically adapted to this population.
The website-based eaTracker® ‘My Goals’ feature: a qualitative evaluation
- Jessica RL Lieffers, Helen Haresign, Christine Mehling, Jose F Arocha, Rhona M Hanning
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- Public Health Nutrition / Volume 20 / Issue 5 / April 2017
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- 19 December 2016, pp. 859-869
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In 2011, Dietitians of Canada added ‘My Goals’ to its website-based nutrition/activity tracking program (eaTracker®, http://www.eaTracker.ca/); this feature allows users to choose ‘ready-made’ or ‘write-your-own’ goals and to self-report progress. The purpose of the present study was to document experiences and perceptions of goal setting and My Goals, and report users’ feedback on what is needed in future website-based goal setting/tracking tools.
DesignOne-on-one semi-structured interviews were conducted with (i) My Goals users and (ii) dietitians providing a public information support service, EatRight Ontario (ERO).
SettingMy Goals users from Ontario and Alberta, Canada were recruited via an eaTracker website pop-up box; ERO dietitians working in Ontario, Canada were recruited via ERO.
SubjectsMy Goals users (n 23; age 19–70 years; 91 % female; n 5 from Alberta/n 18 from Ontario) and ERO dietitians (n 5).
ResultsDietitians and users felt goal setting for nutrition (and activity) behaviour change was both a beneficial and a challenging process. Dietitians were concerned about users setting poor-quality goals and users felt it was difficult to stick to their goals. Both users and dietitians were enthusiastic about the My Goals concept, but felt the current feature had limitations that affected use. Dietitians and users provided suggestions to improve My Goals (e.g. more prominent presence of My Goals in eaTracker; assistance with goal setting; automated personalized feedback).
ConclusionsDietitians and users shared similar perspectives on the My Goals feature and both felt goal use was challenging. Several suggestions were provided to enhance My Goals that are relevant to website-based goal setting/tracking tool design in general.
Brechtbrief / Letter to Brecht
- from Documents from the Inaugural 24h DURCHEINANDER in Berlin
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- By Hans-Thies Lehmann, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Helene Varopoulou, University of Athens
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- The Brecht Yearbook / Das Brecht-Jahrbuch 40
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Verehrter Bert Brecht,
hier stocken wir schon, denn an wen richten wir dieses Schreiben? An Sie, den anarchischen, manchmal expressionistischen Dichter der frühen Gedichte und des Baals? An Sie, den Brecht der Neuen Sachlichkeit, der schreiben konnte “Das Abc heißt: man wird mit euch fertig werden”? An den marxistisch denkenden Brecht, der das Modell der Lehrstücke erdachte? An Sie, den Erfinder tragischer Figuren vom jungen Genossen des Lehrstücks Die Maβnahme bis zu Gestalten ihrer Klassiker des epischen Theaters, zum Beispiel Mutter Courage? Auch wenn es besonders der eine Brecht ist, nämlich der “Andere,” den wir ansprechen, so meinen wir doch auch irgendwie Sie, die anderen, mit.
Sie waren eben nicht einer, sondern immer ein “Anderer,” und dadur ch ein Veränderer. Sie sahen sich nie als den “Besitzer” von Ideen und no tierten früh in Ihren Tagebüchern 1932:
Ich glaube nicht, dass ich jemals eine so ausgewachsene Philosophie haben kann wie Goethe oder Hebbel, die die Gedächtnisse von Trambahnschaffnern gehabt haben müssen, was ihre Ideen betrifft. Ich vergesse meine Anschauungen immer wieder, kann mich nicht entschließen, sie auswendig zu lernen.
Und wir vergessen nicht Ihre wundervolle Beschreibung, als Sie einmal ihr Gesicht betrachteten, vor dem Spiegel Kirschen essend:
Mein Gesicht hat viele Elemente von Brutalität, Stille, Schlaffheit, Kühnheit und Feigheit in sich, aber nur als Elemente, und es ist abwechslungsvoller und charakterloser als eine Landschaft unter wehenden Wolken. Deshalb können viele Leute mein Gesicht nicht behalten (“es sind zu viele”’ sagt die Hedda).
“Wer immer es ist, den ihr sucht—ich bin es nicht.” Wir beide, die Ihnen diesen Brief schreiben, fanden das so wahr, dass wir—damals noch unbekannt miteinander—zur gleichen Zeit, 1991, das Motto “Der andere Brecht” für eine Brechtveranstaltung wählten. Der eine in Augsburg, die andere in Athen. Damals reichte unsere Bekanntschaft mit dem, was Sie schrieben, schon weit zurück. Bei dem einen bis in seine Bremer Jugendzeit, als er als Schüler in einem der blassgelben schmalen Einzelausgaben Ihrer Stücke am Fenster einer Bibliothek oder Buchhandlung der Innenstadt diesen Satz las und elektrisiert war: “Dass da gehören soll, was da ist, denen die für es gut sind.” Elektrisiert vom Inhalt, der den jugendlichen Sinn für Gerechtigkeit ansprach; aber ebenso sehr formal, durch das wundervolle kleine Stolpern in Syntax und Klang, “die für es gut sind.” Ein so schlagend einfacher Dreh, den der Deutschlehrer vermutlich moniert hätte.
Impact of biofilm resuspension on mesozooplankton in a shallow coastal ecosystem characterized by a bare intertidal mudflat
- Valérie David, Hans Hartmann, Alexandre Barnett, Martine Bréret, Hélène Montanié, Francis Orvain, Christine Dupuy
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- Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom / Volume 96 / Issue 6 / September 2016
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- 29 April 2016, pp. 1319-1329
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A prey–predator experimental setup was conducted in a shallow coastal ecosystem characterized by a bare intertidal mudflat to test if benthic biofilm resuspension causing microalgae inputs and carbon export toward nanoflagellates would favour the highest planktonic trophic level (i.e. mesozooplankton) when nutrient concentrations are high in the water column. Mesozooplankton predation and somatic production were studied by comparing the evolution of the prey assemblage (diversity and abundances) in the presence and absence of these predators during 24 h experiments. The results were then statistically analysed according to the cross-calculation method. Biofilm resuspension caused (i) a direct input of benthic microorganisms that had changed prey structure in term of diversity and/or size and (ii) a differential growth ability between prey taxa. Both reasons implied a bottom-up control on both micro- and mesozooplankton. The carbon export toward heterotrophic nanoflagellates favoured pelagic ciliate growth while mesozooplankton benefited from largest diatoms with high growth rates, both benthic and R-strategist pelagic species. Even if these microbial and herbivorous pathways are controlled by benthic inputs, they seemed to be totally disconnected since ciliates represented only a small part of mesozooplankton diet. The sensitivity of mesozooplankton production appeared species-dependent with the most tolerant taxa dominating the zooplankton assemblages. This suggests a role of the intensities and the frequencies of biofilm resuspension on the spatio-temporal structuring of mesozooplankton in macrotidal coastal ecosystems.
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- Edited by Jon Whitman, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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- Romance and History
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- 18 December 2014
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Off-Label Promotion Is Protected Speech: Second Circuit Sweeps Away Pharmaceutical Representative’s Misbranding Conviction Under the First Amendment – United States v. Caronia
- Han Helen Yan
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- American Journal of Law & Medicine / Volume 39 / Issue 1 / March 2013
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- 06 January 2021, pp. 189-192
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- March 2013
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- By Hans Christian Arnseth, Karin Aronsson, Maria Lucia Castanheira, Lynne Chisholm, Kirsten Drotner, Ola Erstad, Øystein Gilje, Judith Green, Shirley Brice Heath, Jaakko Hilppö, Glynda A. Hull, Kristiina Kumpulainen, Jay L. Lemke, Lasse Lipponen, Mark Evan Nelson, Helen Nixon, Antti Rajala, Julian Sefton-Green, Kenneth Silseth, Björn Sjöblom, Audra Skukauskaite, Randy Young
- Edited by Ola Erstad, Universitetet i Oslo, Julian Sefton-Green, London School of Economics and Political Science
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- Identity, Community, and Learning Lives in the Digital Age
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- 05 November 2012
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Introduction
- Seol-Heui Han, Helen Lavretsky
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- International Psychogeriatrics / Volume 24 / Issue S1 / August 2012
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- 12 July 2012, pp. S1-S2
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In June 2011, Dr. Willmar Schwabe Pharmaceuticals sponsored a two-day expert meeting in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The meeting brought together 19 dementia experts from a range of disciplines and countries to review preclinical and clinical data on Ginkgo biloba special extract EGb 761® in the context of recent developments in the diagnosis and treatment of age-related cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Ginkgo biloba special extract EGb 761® is formally approved and reimbursed for the symptomatic treatment of age-related cognitive decline or dementia by numerous authorities worldwide. The meeting therefore focused on relevant research questions and potential study designs with appropriate target populations to prove the efficacy of Ginkgo biloba special extract EGb 761® as a disease-modifying product in AD and to reveal further relevant modes of action.
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- By Emmanuel Afolabi Adegbite, R. Greg Bell, Jean Jinghan Chen, Ignacio Danvila del Valle, Bengi Ertuna, Stav Fainshmidt, Yves Fassin, Jonas Gabrielsson, Dimitrios G. Georgakakis, Stephen X.H. Gong, William Judge, Nisha Kohli, Abigail Levrau, Krista Lewellyn, Félix J. López-Iturriaga, Teye Marra, Daniel J. McCarthy, Chiara Mosca, William Paczkowski, Sheila M. Puffer, Majdi Quttainah, Jose Luis Rivas, Winfried Ruigrok, Hideaki Sakawa, Dhirendra Shukla, Till Talaulicar, Monica Guo-Sze Tan, Lutgart Van den Berghe, Hans van Ees, Naoki Watanabel, Helen Wei Hu, Michael A. Witt, Sibel Yamak, Alessandro Zattoni
- Edited by Alessandro Zattoni, Università degli Studi di Napoli 'Parthenope', William Judge, Old Dominion University, Virginia
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- Corporate Governance and Initial Public Offerings
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- 22 March 2012, pp xvi-xxviii
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- By Yasir Abu-Omar, Matthew E. Atkins, Joseph E. Arrowsmith, Alan Ashworth, Rubia Baldassarri, Craig R. Bailey, David J. Barron, Christiana C. Burt, David Cardone, Coralie Carle, Jose Coddens, Alan M. Cohen, Simon Colah, Sarah Conolly, David J. Daly, Helen M. Daly, Stefan G. De Hert, Ravi J. De Silva, Mark Dougherty, John J. Dunning, Maros Elsik, Betsy Evans, Florian Falter, Nigel Farnum, Jens Fassl, Juliet E. Foweraker, Simon P. Fynn, Andrew I. Gardner, Margaret I. Gillham, Martin J. Goddard, Maximilien J. Gourdin, Jon Graham, Stephen J. Gray, Cameron Graydon, Fabio Guarracino, Roger M. O. Hall, Michael Haney, Charles W. Hogue, Ben W. Howes, Bevan Hughes, Siân I. Jaggar, David P. Jenkins, Jörn Karhausen, Todd Kiefer, Khalid Khan, Andrew A. Klein, John D. Kneeshaw, Andrew C. Knowles, Catherine V. Koffel, R. Clive Landis, Trevor W. R. Lee, Clive J. Lewis, Jonathan H. Mackay, Amod Manocha, Jonathan B. Mark, Sarah Marstin, William T. McBride, Kenneth H. McKinlay, Alan F. Merry, Berend Mets, Britta Millhoff, Kevin P. Morris, Samer A. M. Nashef, Andrew Neitzel, Stephane Noble, Rabi Panigrahi, Barbora Parizkova, J. M. Tom Pierce, Mihai V. Podgoreanu, Hans-Joachim Priebe, Paul Quinton, C. Ramaswamy Rajamohan, Doris M. Rassl, Tom Rawlings, Fiona E. Reynolds, Andrew J. Richardson, David Riddington, Andrew Roscoe, Paul H. M. Sadleir, Ving Yuen See Tho, Herve Schlotterbeck, Maura Screaton, Shitalkumar Shah, Harjot Singh, Jon H. Smith, M. L. Srikanth, Yeewei W. Teo, Kamen P. Valchanov, Jean-Pierre van Besouw, Isabeau A. Walker, Stephen T. Webb, Francis C. Wells, John Whitbread, Charles Willmott, Patrick Wouters
- Edited by Jonathan H. Mackay, Joseph E. Arrowsmith
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- Core Topics in Cardiac Anesthesia
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- 05 April 2012
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Project Grow-2-Gether: A Study of the Genetic and Environmental Influences on Child Eating and Obesity
- Myles S. Faith, Kathleen L. Keller, Patty Matz, Susan L. Johnson, Rebecca Lewis, Marie Alexandra Jorge, Clare Ridley, Helen Han, Shoshanna Must, Moonseong Heo, Angelo Pietrobelli, Steven B. Heymsfield, David B. Allison
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- Twin Research / Volume 5 / Issue 5 / 01 October 2002
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- 21 February 2012, pp. 472-475
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“Project Grow-2-Gether” is a child nutrition study of same-sex, 3- to 7-year-old monozygotic and dizygotic twin pairs. The study attempts to bridge two bodies of literature that have rarely interfaced with respect to obesity and ingestive behavior: the first being behavioral genetic approaches to obesity-related traits, and the second being developmental approaches focusing on parent–child relationships. The overarching aim of Project Grow-2-Gether is to disentangle genetic from potential home-environmental influences on child eating behavior and body fat. This paper reviews the rationale for Project Grow-2-Gether, its procedures, and core phenotypic measurement battery. A focus of the study is acquisition of controlled food intake measurements obtained in the laboratory, measurement of specific home environmental variables, and multi-method evaluation of parent–child feeding relations. Future directions may involve longitudinal assessment of child growth and molecular analyses for specific genes that influence child eating behavior.
Propranolol for infantile haemangiomas: initiating treatment on an outpatient basis
- Joshua L. Dyme, Ashis Thampan, Eugenia J. Han, Themba L. Nyirenda, Mohy E. Kotb, Helen T. Shin
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- Cardiology in the Young / Volume 22 / Issue 4 / August 2012
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- 14 December 2011, pp. 424-429
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Introduction
Propranolol was recently discovered to be an effective treatment for infantile haemangiomas, and varying doses and monitoring regimens have been proposed. Adverse events, although uncommon, have been reported.
Materials and methodsThis was a retrospective chart review of infants with haemangiomas who were started on propranolol at a dose of 3 milligrams per kilogram per day on an outpatient basis. After a baseline cardiac evaluation including an electrocardiogram and an echocardiogram, treatment was initiated during 6 hours of observation.
ResultsA total of 15 patients were identified; however, only 13 returned for at least one follow-up visit. This cohort was followed up for a median of 2.8 months with a range from 0.2 to 10.0. No hypotension, hypoglycaemia, bronchospasm, or clinically significant bradycardia occurred during treatment. All patients had clinical improvement of their haemangiomas.
ConclusionsThis study suggests that initiating treatment during outpatient observation may be a reasonable alternative to inpatient admission. In addition, expensive testing may not be necessary during pre-treatment screening when the physical examination is normal.
Psychometric Properties of the French Version of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (form Y) Adapted for Older Adults
- Stéphane Bouchard, Hans Ivers, Janel G. Gauthier, Marie-Hélène Pelletier, Josée Savard
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- Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement / Volume 17 / Issue 4 / Hiver/Winter 1998
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Although there are reports that the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) should be adapted to older adults, the standard version of the instrument is consistently used with this population. Bouchard, Gauthier, Ivers and Paradis (1996) have adapted a French version of the STAI for a population of older adults and found one item with extremely low item-remainder correlation. In Study 1 (N = 57), alternative formulations of item 24 were assessed to examine if the low item-remainder correlation was related to problems in translation that could become apparent in a sample of older adults. Study 2 (N= 188) was conducted in order to replicate the findings of Study 1 and assess the factor structure of the instrument. In Study 3, 46 older adults completed the instrument on two occasions with a 35-day interval to assess test-retest reliability. Our results suggest that: (a) item 24 should be removed from the trait anxiety scale and be replaced by the mean of the other anxiety-present items; (b) the instrument has a four-factor structure similar to what is found with the standard version of the STAI in nonelderly samples; and (c) both subscales are highly stable.
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From Single Molecules to Nanoscopically Structured Functional Materials
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The synthesis of MS2 (M = Mo, W) onion-like nanoparticles by means of a high temperature MOCVD process starting from W(CO)6 and elemental sulfur is reported. The reaction can also be carried out in two steps where the intermediate amorphous WS2 nanoparticles formed through the high temperature reaction of tungsten and sulfur in the initial phase of the reaction are isolated and converted in a separate annealing step to onion-type WS2 nanoparticles. Based on a study of the temperature dependence of the reaction a set of conditions could be derived where onion-like structures were formed in a one-step reaction. Onion-like structures obtained in the single-step process were filled, whereas the particles obtained by the two-step procedure were systematically hollow. A model could be devised to rationalize the different outcome of the reactions. The MOCVD approach therefore allows a selective synthesis of open and filled fullerene-like chalcogenide nanoparticles. Furthermore, we demonstrate the novel surface functionalization of WS2 nanotubes with polymeric ligands by complexation with a combination of Ni2+ via an scorpionate-type nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) and immobilization of TiO2 nanoparticles onto the surface of nanotubes. Synthesis of such a functional polymeric ligand was achieved via a reactive polymer precursor route.