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Qualitative Look at the Interpersonal Psychological Training Program for moms and dads of kids along with Autism from Hong Kong.
Our POCUS workflow allowed intensivists to perform cardiac sonography for rapid bedside diagnosis of pathology with immediate interpretation performed by echocardiographers. At least 3 views were obtained in the majority of cases.
Our POCUS workflow allowed intensivists to perform cardiac sonography for rapid bedside diagnosis of pathology with immediate interpretation performed by echocardiographers. At least 3 views were obtained in the majority of cases.
To assess and compare the magnitude of lameness and level of pain after muscle-sparing lateral thoracotomy (MSLT) and standard lateral thoracotomy (SLT) in dogs.

Randomized, blinded, prospective clinical study.

Twenty-eight client-owned dogs.

The latissimus dorsi muscle was retracted in the MSLT group and was transected in the SLT group. Gait was analyzed with a force plate, and the peak vertical force symmetry index (SI) was calculated within 24 hours before surgery, 3 days postoperatively, and 8 to 12 weeks postoperatively. Symmetry index and pain scores as measured by the Glasgow Composite Measure Pain Scale - Short Form were assessed as primary outcome measures.

The SI 3 days postoperatively was lower compared with the preoperative SI value in all dogs, consistent with lameness of the ipsilateral thoracic limb (P < .001). The absolute differences in preoperative and 3-day-postoperative SI provided evidence that this change was 3.1-fold greater after SLT compared with after MSLT (P = .009). Pain scores 1 day after surgery were lower after MSLT (1) compared with after SLT (2.5, P < .001).

Lateral thoracotomies caused postoperative pain and ipsilateral forelimb lameness, and both were reduced by sparing the latissimus dorsi.

Sparing the latissimus dorsi should be considered to decrease immediate postoperative morbidity in dogs undergoing lateral thoracotomy.
Sparing the latissimus dorsi should be considered to decrease immediate postoperative morbidity in dogs undergoing lateral thoracotomy.
Language barriers may impact family experience, which is a key measure of healthcare quality. We compared family satisfaction between Spanish-speaking families (SSF) and English-speaking families (ESF) in pediatric otolaryngology.

Retrospective cohort study.

Responses from the Family Experience Survey (FES), a hospital quality benchmarking survey, were analyzed from 2017 to 2019 at one academic pediatric otolaryngology practice. Question responses were compared between SSF versus ESF using mixed effect logistic regression models, adjusting for patient age, medical complexity, and insurance.

A total of 4,964 FES survey responses were included (14% SSF). EGFR targets In multivariate analysis adjusting for age, medical complexity, and insurance, SSF were 1.7 times more likely than ESF to rate their provider with the highest rating (i.e. 9-10/10; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.24-2.22). However, SSF were less likely than ESF to provide the highest rating on many individual aspects of care, including whether providers explained things intelligibly (odds ratio [OR] 0.43, 95% CI 0.25-0.74), listened carefully (OR 0.36, 95% CI 0.28-0.47), knew their medical child's history (OR 0.53, 95% CI 0.44-0.64), provided understandable information (OR 0.36, 95% CI 0.16-0.83), spent sufficient time with them (OR 0.38, 95% CI 0.31-0.48), allowed them to discuss their questions (OR 0.57, 95% CI 0.47-0.70), or had enough input in their children's' care (OR 0.46, 95% CI 0.26-0.80).

In a large cohort of pediatric otolaryngology patients, SSF rated many individual aspects of their child's care less positively compared to ESF, despite rating their provider highly. Further research is needed to explore the reasons for these differences and how they can be improved.

4 Laryngoscope, 131E2393-E2401, 2021.
4 Laryngoscope, 131E2393-E2401, 2021.
To investigate the nurses' work environment in university hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.

The COVID-19 pandemic brought challenging times for nurses worldwide. In Brazil, as well as in several countries, nurses are working hard in hospital settings caring for patients infected with the virus, sometimes with unfavourable work environment conditions.

This study was a convergent embedded mixed methods research. The sample comprised 104nurses from three Brazilian university hospitals. Data were collected in April-June2020 from an online questionnaire with a self-reporting Likert scale survey designed to measure the nurses' perceptions of their work environment. Qualitative data in the form of written comments were also collected through an open question. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and content analysis.

The quantitative results showed that the responses to 'I received training on the correct use of personal protective equipment' and 'I am afraid of being infected' ite professionals due to the increasing workload and treatment of an illness hitherto unknown.The common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) represents one of the main crops for human consumption, due to its nutritional and functional qualities. Phenolic compounds have beneficial health effects, and beans are an essential source of these molecules, being found mainly in the seed coat and its color depends on the concentration and type of phenolic compounds present. The bean during storage and processing, such as cooking, germination, extrusion, and fermentation, undergoes physical, chemical, and structural changes that affect the bioavailability of its nutrients; these changes are related to the interactions between phenolic compounds and other components of the food matrix. This review provides information about the identification and quantification of phenolic compounds present in beans and the changes they undergo during processing. It also includes information on the interactions between the phenolic compounds and the components of the bean's cell wall and the analytical methods used to identify the interactions of phenolic compounds with macromolecules.Effects of high-intensity ultrasound (HIU) treatments on gelation of threadfin bream (Nemipterus spp.) surimi at various NaCl contents (0.5, 1, and 2% NaCl) were investigated. Protein extractability at 0.5% NaCl was increased with the ultrasonic intensity (p less then 0.05). At all tested NaCl contents, reactive sulfhydryl group (SH) content and surface hydrophobicity of the surimi pastes were increased after HIU treatments and were accompanied by a decrease in the Ca2+ -ATPase activity and total SH content, indicating a greater extent of unfolding and conformational changes induced by HIU at higher NaCl contents. Textural properties and color of the surimi gels at 0.5% NaCl were improved concomitant to an increase in ultrasonic intensity (p less then 0.05), whereas HIU treatments resulted in inferior gels at 1 and 2% NaCl. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) revealed that HIU resulted in a more orderly gel network at 0.5% NaCl. Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy indicated that the α-helix content of the surimi gels was decreased as the ultrasonic intensity and NaCl content increased, confirming that structural changes induced by HIU were more profound at higher NaCl contents.
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