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Practices and activities among healthcare personnel with severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection working in different healthcare settings—ten Emerging Infections Program sites, April–November 2020
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- Nora Chea, Taniece Eure, Austin R. Penna, Cedric J. Brown, Joelle Nadle, Deborah Godine, Linda Frank, Christopher A. Czaja, Helen Johnston, Devra Barter, Betsy Feighner Miller, Katie Angell, Kristen Marshall, James Meek, Monica Brackney, Stacy Carswell, Stepy Thomas, Lucy E. Wilson, Rebecca Perlmutter, Kaytlynn Marceaux-Galli, Ashley Fell, Sarah Lim, Ruth Lynfield, Sarah Shrum Davis, Erin C. Phipps, Marla Sievers, Ghinwa Dumyati, Cathleen Concannon, Kathryn McCullough, Amy Woods, Sandhya Seshadri, Christopher Myers, Rebecca Pierce, Valerie L. S. Ocampo, Judith A. Guzman-Cottrill, Gabriela Escutia, Monika Samper, Sandra A. Pena, Cullen Adre, Matthew Groenewold, Nicola D. Thompson, Shelley S. Magill
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- Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology / Volume 43 / Issue 8 / August 2022
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- 02 June 2021, pp. 1058-1062
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Healthcare personnel with severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection were interviewed to describe activities and practices in and outside the workplace. Among 2,625 healthcare personnel, workplace-related factors that may increase infection risk were more common among nursing-home personnel than hospital personnel, whereas selected factors outside the workplace were more common among hospital personnel.
Methods for training collaborative biostatisticians
- Gina-Maria Pomann, L. Ebony Boulware, Shari Messinger Cayetano, Manisha Desai, Felicity T. Enders, John A. Gallis, Jonathan Gelfond, Steven C. Grambow, Alexandra L. Hanlon, Angelean Hendrix, Pandurang Kulkarni, Jodi Lapidus, Hui-Jie Lee, Jonathan D. Mahnken, Julie P. McKeel, Rebecca Moen, Robert A. Oster, Sarah Peskoe, Greg Samsa, Thomas G. Stewart, Tracy Truong, Lisa Wruck, Samantha M. Thomas
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- Journal of Clinical and Translational Science / Volume 5 / Issue 1 / 2021
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- 04 August 2020, e26
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The emphasis on team science in clinical and translational research increases the importance of collaborative biostatisticians (CBs) in healthcare. Adequate training and development of CBs ensure appropriate conduct of robust and meaningful research and, therefore, should be considered as a high-priority focus for biostatistics groups. Comprehensive training enhances clinical and translational research by facilitating more productive and efficient collaborations. While many graduate programs in Biostatistics and Epidemiology include training in research collaboration, it is often limited in scope and duration. Therefore, additional training is often required once a CB is hired into a full-time position. This article presents a comprehensive CB training strategy that can be adapted to any collaborative biostatistics group. This strategy follows a roadmap of the biostatistics collaboration process, which is also presented. A TIE approach (Teach the necessary skills, monitor the Implementation of these skills, and Evaluate the proficiency of these skills) was developed to support the adoption of key principles. The training strategy also incorporates a “train the trainer” approach to enable CBs who have successfully completed training to train new staff or faculty.
Cardiovascular risk factors, anxiety symptoms and inflammation markers: Evidence of association from a cross-sectional study
- G. Rioli, S. Tassi, G. Mattei, S. Alboni, S. Mancini, C. Artoni, M. Galletti, N. Giambalvo, G. Galli, M. Marchi, A. Minarini, G. Montardi, D. Perrone, G. Pollutri, L. Roncucci, S. Saraceni, G. Spiga, C. Visentini, G.M. Galeazzi, S. Ferrari
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- European Psychiatry / Volume 41 / Issue S1 / April 2017
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- 23 March 2020, p. s503
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Introduction
Anxiety disorders and Cardiovascular (CV) diseases, among the most common disorders in Western World, are often comorbid. A chronic systemic inflammatory state might be a shared underlining pathophysiological mechanism.
AimsTo investigate the association between anxiety symptoms, CV risks factors and inflammatory markers in an outpatient sample.
MethodsCross-sectional study. Inclusion criteria: outpatients aged ≥40 years, attending colonoscopy after positive faecal occult blood test, negative medical history for cancer. Collected data: blood pressure, glycaemia, lipid profile, waist circumference, BMI, PCR (C Reactive Protein), LPS (bacterial Lipopolysaccharide). Psychometric tests: HADS, TCI, IMSA, SF36. Statistical analysis performed with STATA13.
ResultsFifty four patients enrolled (27 males, 27 females). Sixteen patients (30.19%) were positive for anxiety symptoms. Thirty-three patients (61.11%) had hypertension, 14 (25.93%) hyperglycaemia and 64.81% were overweight, with frank obesity (BMI≥ 30) in 11 subjects (20.37%). Anxiety symptoms were associated with low hematic HDL values (OR = 0.01; P = 0.01) and high concentration of triglycerides (OR = 0.023; P = 0.02) at the multiple regression model. At the univariate logistic analysis, anxiety was associated with LPS (OR = 1.06; P = 0.04).
ConclusionsFurther evidence over the epidemiological link between common mental disorders and CV diseases was collected, with possible hints on pathophysiology and causative mechanisms related to inflammation. The importance of screening for anxiety and depression in medical populations is confirmed. Suggestions on future availability of screening tools based on inflammatory-related indicators should be the focus of future research.
Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and of symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients undergoing colonoscopy
- M. Marchi, S. Alboni, A. Fabbrizi, L. Feltri, G. Galli, A. Guicciardi, S. Mancini, G. Mattei, A. Minarini, D. Perrone, G. Rioli, L. Roncucci, P. Sena, S. Ferrari
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- European Psychiatry / Volume 41 / Issue S1 / April 2017
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- 23 March 2020, pp. S318-S319
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Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is defined by metabolic and cardio-vascular impairments and is frequently associated with anxiety and depressive disorders. Both MetS and anxiety-depressive syndromes feature similar systemic inflammatory alterations. Inflammation of the large bowel is also a key factor for the development of colorectal cancer (CRC).
ObjectiveTo measure the prevalence of MetS and symptoms of anxiety and depression among patients undergoing colonoscopy.
MethodsCross-sectional study. Patients undergoing colonoscopy aged 40 or more, with negative history for neoplasia or inflammatory bowel disease, were enrolled. Data collected: colonoscopy outcome, presence/absence of MetS (IDF and ATP III criteria), presence/absence of depressive and anxiety symptoms assessed with HADS.
ResultsThe sample was made up of 53 patients (female 24, 45.3%). Mean age was 60.66 ± 9.08. At least one adenoma was found to 23 patients (43.3%). Prevalence of MetS ranged from 34% to 36% (ATP III and IDF criteria, respectively). Prevalence of depressive and anxiety symptoms was 20% and 33%, respectively.
ConclusionPrevalence of MetS, anxiety and depressive symptoms among patients undergoing colonoscopy was higher than in the general population.
Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.
An Italian observational study on subclinical cardiovascular risk factors and depressive symptomatology. A suggestion for the potential utility of a sinergic cardio-psychiatric perspective
- S. Tassi, G. Rioli, G. Mattei, S. Mancini, S. Alboni, L. Roncucci, P. Sena, F. Mariani, M. Marchi, A. Fabbrizi, L. Feltri, C. Visentini, G. Pollutri, C. Artoni, S. Saraceni, G. Galli, G. Spiga, A. Minarini, D. Perrone, M. Galletti, N. Giambalvo, G. Montardi, G.M. Galeazzi, S. Ferrari, PNEI-MO Research Group
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- European Psychiatry / Volume 41 / Issue S1 / April 2017
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- 23 March 2020, p. S318
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Growing evidence has been collected over the complex, intertwined pathophysiological connection among subclinical cardiovascular (CV) disease, i.e. atherosclerosis, systemic low pro-inflammatory states and psychiatric disorders/symptomatology (anxiety, depression), with controversial results.
AimAim of this study was to investigate the possible link between subclinical CV risk factors (atherosclerosis), depressive symptoms, and inflammation.
MethodsCross-sectional study. Inclusion criteria: outpatients aged ≥40 years, attending colonoscopy after positive faecal occult blood test, negative medical history for cancer. Collected data: blood pressure, glycaemia, lipid profile, waist circumference, BMI, PCR (C reactive protein), LPS (bacterial lipopolysaccharide), ultrasound carotid intima-media thickness (c-IMT). Psychometric tests: HADS, TCI, IMSA, SF36. Statistical analysis performed with STATA13.
ResultsThe 54 patients enrolled were equally distributed by gender. CV risk factors were common in the study population, with 33 patients (61.11%) with hypertension, 14 (25.93%) with hyperglycaemia, 20 (37.4%) with hypertriglyceridemia, 19 (35.19%) with low HDL and 64.81% with overweight. High levels of PCR were found in 24 subjects (44.44%). Right c-IMT was increased in 26.41% of the sample, and 11.32% had an atheromatous plaque. Left c-IMT was increased in 24.53% of patients, with a plaque in 7.55% of them. Clinically relevant depressive symptoms were found in the 18.87% of the sample and were statistically significantly associated with PCR (OR = 28.63; P = 0.01).
ConclusionsEvidence contributing to the so-called “inflammation theory” of depression and supporting the association between mood and CV disorders was here collected, supporting the need for a multidisciplinary approach to the diagnosis and treatment of such conditions, assuming a clinically-translated PNEI (psycho-neuro-endocrino-immunological) perspective.
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British Escherichia coli O157 in Cattle Study (BECS): to determine the prevalence of E. coli O157 in herds with cattle destined for the food chain
- M. K. HENRY, S. C. TONGUE, J. EVANS, C. WEBSTER, I. J. McKENDRICK, M. MORGAN, A. WILLETT, A. REEVES, R. W. HUMPHRY, D. L. GALLY, G. J. GUNN, M. E. CHASE-TOPPING
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- Epidemiology & Infection / Volume 145 / Issue 15 / November 2017
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- 19 September 2017, pp. 3168-3179
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Escherichia coli O157 are zoonotic bacteria for which cattle are an important reservoir. Prevalence estimates for E. coli O157 in British cattle for human consumption are over 10 years old. A new baseline is needed to inform current human health risk. The British E. coli O157 in Cattle Study (BECS) ran between September 2014 and November 2015 on 270 farms across Scotland and England & Wales. This is the first study to be conducted contemporaneously across Great Britain, thus enabling comparison between Scotland and England & Wales. Herd-level prevalence estimates for E. coli O157 did not differ significantly for Scotland (0·236, 95% CI 0·166–0·325) and England & Wales (0·213, 95% CI 0·156–0·283) (P = 0·65). The majority of isolates were verocytotoxin positive. A higher proportion of samples from Scotland were in the super-shedder category, though there was no difference between the surveys in the likelihood of a positive farm having at least one super-shedder sample. E. coli O157 continues to be common in British beef cattle, reaffirming public health policy that contact with cattle and their environments is a potential infection source.
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Beryllium abundances and the formation of the halo and the thick disk
- Rodolfo Smiljanic, L. Pasquini, P. Bonifacio, D. Galli, B. Barbuy, R. Gratton, S. Randich
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- Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union / Volume 5 / Issue S268 / November 2009
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The single stable isotope of beryllium is a pure product of cosmic-ray spallation in the ISM. Assuming that the cosmic-rays are globally transported across the Galaxy, the beryllium production should be a widespread process and its abundance should be roughly homogeneous in the early-Galaxy at a given time. Thus, it could be useful as a tracer of time. In an investigation of the use of Be as a cosmochronometer and of its evolution in the Galaxy, we found evidence that in a log(Be/H) vs. [α/Fe] diagram the halo stars separate into two components. One is consistent with predictions of evolutionary models while the other is chemically indistinguishable from the thick-disk stars. This is interpreted as a difference in the star formation history of the two components and suggests that the local halo is not a single uniform population where a clear age-metallicity relation can be defined. We also found evidence that the star formation rate was lower in the outer regions of the thick disk, pointing towards an inside-out formation.
A view of the Galactic halo using beryllium as a time scale
- Rodolfo Smiljanic, L. Pasquini, P. Bonifacio, D. Galli, B. Barbuy, R. Gratton, S. Randich
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Beryllium stellar abundances were suggested to be a good tracer of time in the early Galaxy. In an investigation of its use as a cosmochronometer, using a large sample of local halo and thick-disk dwarfs, evidence was found that in a log(Be/H) vs. [α/Fe] diagram the halo stars separate into two components. One is consistent with predictions of evolutionary models while the other is chemically indistinguishable from the thick-disk stars. This is interpreted as a difference in the star formation history of the two components and suggests that the local halo is not a single uniform population where a clear age-metallicity relation can be defined.
Optical Properties of Polystyrene Opals Infiltrated with Cyanine Dyes in the form of J-Aggregates
- F. Marabelli, D. Comoretto, D. Bajoni, M. Galli, L. Fornasari
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We report preliminary data on the infiltration of polystyrene opals with cyanine dye water solutions, which are known to form J-aggregates. Different approaches are used to infiltrate cyanines inside opals. The degree of infiltration is evaluated by scanning and transmission electron microscopy as well as micro reflectance spectroscopy. Data show that in spite of the low wettability of polystyrene with water solutions, some infiltration can be achieved. Even though this degree of infiltration is still not enough to observe strong modification on the photonic band structures, further strategies to improve it are in progress.