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A method was developed for the simultaneous qualitative and quantitative determination of azoxystrobin and its relevant impurity (Z)-azoxystrobin using high performance liquid chromatography with diode array detector (HPLC-DAD) in suspension concentrate (SC) pesticide formulations, with the aim of the product quality control. Method validation was realized according to SANCO/3030/99 rev. 5. The proposed method was characterized by acceptable accuracy and precision. The repeatability expressed as ratio standard deviation (%RSD) to relative standard deviation (%RSDr) was lower than 1, whereas individual recoveries were in the range of 97-103% and 90-110% for azoxystrobin and (Z)-azoxystrobin, respectively. The limit of quantification (LOQ) for the impurity ((Z)-azoxystrobin) amounted to 0.3 µg mL-1 and was acceptable because it was lower than the maximum permitted level according to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 703/2011 of 20 July 2011 for the active substance (azoxystrobin) being 25 g kg-1 of the azoxystrobin content found. The method described in this paper is simple, precise, accurate and selective as well as represents a new and reliable way of simultaneous determination of azoxystrobin and its relevant impurity in formulated products.BACKGROUND Working as an ambulance nurse involves facing ethically problematic situations with multi-dimensional suffering, requiring the ability to create a trustful relationship. This entails a need to be clinically trained in order to identify ethical conflicts. AIM To describe ethical conflicts in patient relationships as experienced by ambulance nursing students during clinical studies. RESEARCH DESIGN An exploratory and interpretative design was used to inductively analyse textual data from examinations in clinical placement courses. PARTICIPANTS The 69 participants attended a 1-year educational programme for ambulance nurses at a Swedish university. ETHICAL CONSIDERATION The research was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. selleckchem Participants gave voluntary informed consent for this study. FINDINGS The students encountered ethical conflicts in patient relationships when they had inadequate access to the patient's narrative. Doubts regarding patient autonomy were due to uncertainty regardl reflection focusing on the core nursing and caring values of trust and autonomy, particularly in situations that affect the patient's decision-making ability.Aim As a strategy to improve the outcome of ex vivo cultivated corneal epithelial transplantation, the role of human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hUC-MSCs) is investigated in promoting corneal epithelial growth and functions. Materials & methods Human telomerase-immortalized corneal epithelial cells were characterized and its functions evaluated by scratch migration assay, cellular senescence, HLA expression and spheres formation with hUC-MSC. Results Expression of corneal epithelial markers was influenced by the duration and method of co-culture. Indirect co-culture improved cellular migration and delayed senescence when treated after 3 and 5 days. hUC-MSC downregulated expression of HLA Class I and II in IFN-γ-stimulated human telomerase-immortalized corneal epithelial cells. Conclusion hUC-MSC promote corneal epithelial growth and functions after treatment with hUC-MSC.In this study, a pilot-scale down-flow hanging sponge (DHS) reactor was operated in the community plant of Bangkok for the treatment of domestic wastewater (COD 285 mg/L, BOD 105 mg/L) collected by separate sewer to evaluate the reactor's feasibility as a decentralized treatment system. The DHS reactor was operated for 600 days at ambient temperatures of 25-30 °C, both with constant flow conditions and with fluctuating flow conditions that simulated wastewater discharge patterns of the community. The results indicate that under constant flow at an HRT of 5 h, the volumetric loading rates of 0.36 kgBOD/m3-sponge/day and 0.16 kgN/m3-sponge/day were the optimum operational conditions of the DHS reactor in order to satisfy the effluent discharge standards. The DHS achieved removal rates of 89, 95, 91 and 90% for COD, BOD, TSS and NH4-N. Under the fluctuating flow condition, improvement of denitrification was confirmed at volumetric loading rates of 0.50 kgBOD/m3-sponge/day and 0.18 kgN/m3-sponge/day. The fluctuating flow of wastewater positively affects retained sludge activities in terms of homogenizing sludge concentration and stimulating oxygen uptake rates. These results suggest that the DHS reactor can be applied as a decentralized treatment system for domestic wastewater with fluctuating flow rates in tropical regions.The congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a cardiac disorder characterized by a prolonged QT interval on the electrocardiogram and an increased susceptibility to ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death. A frequent cause for LQTS is mutations in the KCNH2 gene (also known as the human ether-a-go-go-related gene or hERG), which reduce or modulate the potassium current IKr and hence alter cardiac repolarization. In a patient with a clinically diagnosed LQTS, we identified the mutation L69P in the N-terminal PAS (Per-Arnt-Sim) domain of hERG. Functional expression in HEK293 cells shows that a homotetrameric hERG channel reconstituted with only mutant subunits exhibits a drastically reduced surface expression of the channel protein thus leading to a diminished hERG current. Unlike many other mutations in the hERG-PAS domain the negative impact of the L69P substitution cannot be rescued by facilitated protein folding at a lower incubation temperature. Further, co-expression of wt and mutant monomers does not restore either wt like surface expression or the full hERG current. These results indicate L69P is a dominant negative mutation, with deficits which most likely occurs at the level of protein folding and subsequently inhibits trafficking to the plasma membrane. The functional deficits of the mutant channel support the clinical diagnosis of a LQTS.White matter (WM) abnormalities, such as atrophy and hyperintensities (WMH), can be accessed via magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) following pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI). Several methods are available to classify WM abnormalities (i.e. total WM volumes and WMHs), but automated and manual volumes and clinical ratings have yet to be compared in pediatric TBI. Additionally, WM integrity has been reliably associated with processing speed. Consequently, methods of assessing WM integrity should relate to processing speed to have clinical application. This study had two goals (1) to compare Scheltens rating scale, manual tracing, FreeSurfer, and NeuroQuant® methods of assessing WM abnormalities, (2) to relate WM methods to processing speed scores. We report findings from the Social Outcomes of Brain Injury in Kids (SOBIK) study, a multicenter study of 60 children with chronic TBI (65% male) from ages 8-13. Scheltens WMH ratings had good to excellent agreement with WMH volumes for both NeuroQuant® (ICC = .62; r = .29, p = .005) and manual tracing (ICC = .82; r = .50, p = .000). NeuroQuant® WMH volumes did not correlate with manually traced WMH volumes (r = .12, p = .21) and had poor agreement (ICC = .24). NeuroQuant® and FreeSurfer total WM volumes correlated (r = .38, p = .004) and had fair agreement (ICC = .52). WMH assessment methods, both ratings and volumes, were associated with processing speed scores. In contrast, total WM volume was not related to processing speed. Measures of WMH may hold clinical utility for predicting cognitive functioning after pediatric TBI.Nowadays sexual violence among adolescents continues to be detected in schools. In this sense, several studies show the great importance of the interactions of boys and girls with people in their educational environment to configure their emotional and sexual identity, their beliefs about violence, and their relationship with sexual violence, being necessary to identify the actions that prevent sexual violence at schools. In the current article, and according to the literature review, a model based on structural equations is proposed to analyze the influence of students' relationships with one another, with the educational community (at the center, with faculty, staff, other workers), and families' relationships with the center as well as adolescents' own beliefs related to gender violence on being a victim, bystander, or aggressor of behaviors related to sexual violence in a sample of 4,273 Spanish students in secondary education. This model is replicated for only women (n = 2,022) and only men (n = 2,038). The results show that positive relationships are a protective factor against involvement in situations of sexual aggression, and they influence the acquisition of transformative beliefs regarding models of attraction and nonviolence. In turn, these beliefs even more obviously affect the prevention of this type of violence.OBJECTIVE Study incidence and mortality for blunt trauma patients developing acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) across race and insurance. link2 DESIGN The National Trauma Data Bank (2007-2015) was queried for blunt trauma patients age >16. Covariates (age >65, injury severity score [ISS] >25, traumatic brain injury, lung injury, pneumonia, severe sepsis, hypotension on admission, and blood transfusion) were included in a multivariable logistic regression analysis. SETTING Despite progress in the treatment for ARDS, it remains a significant concern. Racial differences in response to trauma and ARDS have been inconsistently demonstrated. Since these prior studies, ARDS has been redefined by the Berlin Criteria, advances in care have been made, and health-care accessibility has changed. PATIENTS Adult blunt trauma patients with ISS > 15 and length of stay ≥ 3 days to examine patients at high risk of ARDS. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS There were 28 727 patients with ARDS. Most were white (76.2%), followed by r risk of incidence and mortality.Introduction Despite the strong relationship between marijuana and tobacco use, especially among African American individuals and males, very few studies have examined the association between marijuana and menthol cigarette use. This study was designed to identify the prevalence of past month, past year and lifetime marijuana use and marijuana dependence among menthol and non-menthol cigarette smokers, as well as the association between marijuana and menthol cigarette use among African American female and male cigarette smokers. link3 Methods Data were drawn from 1,173 African American adult cigarette smokers in the 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Results Overall, 8.8%, 13.9% and 44.7% of African American menthol and non-menthol cigarette smokers reported past month, past year and lifetime marijuana use, respectively. Weighted multivariable logistic regression models revealed a significant interaction between gender and past month marijuana use on menthol cigarette use (AOR = 1.49, 95% CI 1.21-2.42, p les and males, highlighting the need for gender-tailored interventions that target marijuana use among African American individuals, especially females, who are at risk for smoking or are currently smoking menthol cigarettes.
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